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Author Archive for Benj Espina

Benjamin Espina is a medical student with a lot of passions but unfortunately, not a lot of time in his hands. Aside from the challenge that is med school, Benj is also a collegiate debater, a frontman for his metal band and an athlete. He has been blogging on and off for the past four years and is also affiliated with Blog Tutorials, also under the Splashpress Network. His personal blog can be viewed here at Atheista.net

Keep Your Eyes On Pakistan

Nov 01 2007

Posted by Benj as In the News

Nobody outside of news channels and state governments is paying attention to the major crisis in Pakistan, but if the situation escalates, it could potentially have consequences to a lot of people in the world. President Pervez Musharaf has recently declared a state of emergency to "curb extremism". Curiously, the President also curtailed the powers and authority of the Supreme Court as well as the legislative body of the state. This is a virtual turn around from the democratic status of the country. According to reports, the Supreme Court was about to rule on the veracity of last month's elections ...

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Save The Redwood!

Oct 28 2007

Posted by Benj as In the News

In the plant kingdom, it is rare that a tree could challenge the longevity of the mighty redwood. The tall poplars are known to live for hundreds of years and it is actually not unusual to hear of ones that live over a millennium. Unfortunately, what years of growth and resisting weathering for just as long could easily be diminished by the acts of man. Due to the obvious sturdiness and strength of the redwood, builders have long preferred its wood for construction work. Aside from being durable, it has also been known to stand up well against ...

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Oprah’s Next Target: Youtube

Oct 25 2007

Posted by Benj as In the News

After dominating the airwaves, cable television and publishing fields, Oprah Winfrey is at it again. We all know that the 53 year-old multi-millionaire talk show host is not one who would rest on her laurels, so it's not a big surprise that we're seeing her again with yet another big business idea. Oprah is now on Youtube! Yup, it seems like this goddess of old media has now surrendered and assimilated  the inescapable charm and spontaneity of cyberspace. Oprah launched a channel that would show the behind-the-scenes footages of her talk show. The host of 22 years also said that  the channel ...

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Sacrificing For Faith

Oct 20 2007

Posted by Benj as Announcements

Jehova's  Witnesses are forbidden from taking  in blood whether in the form of physical ingestion or blood transfusion. It is known by a lot of people, but real-life examples of instances wherein devout followers of the religion choose to keep faithful to  the "teachings of their God" have been scarce. Jehova's Witnesses believe that taking in blood is considered a sin and is something that will be taken  against them come the final judgment. Such cases are rare, so it shocked doctors and other  medical professionals in Britain when a young woman who just gave birth to twins died after reportedly ...

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An Ovarian Cancer Vaccine In The Offing?

Oct 14 2007

Posted by Benj as Health Features

Months after the breakthrough release of Gardasil, a vaccine that has shown to decrease the likelihood of women getting cervical cancer - a malignancy than could be caused by a sexually-transmitted virus --- the next big thing in vaccines could be coming sooner than we thought. A revolutionary new vaccine has shown encouraging results in preliminary trials. The vaccine is said to enhance the body's own defenses to make sure that the cancer will not take much hold of the patient's body. As it stands now, ovarian cancer is one of the leading causes of death among women. Why? Ovarian cancer is ...

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What If Your Mom Wanted Your Womb Removed?

Oct 12 2007

Posted by Benj as In the News

Assuming that you're a girl, how would you feel if your mom asked you if she could hire a doctor who would in turn remove your uterus - thus removing the chance of you ever having children? No, it's not being done by the mother because her daughter is  some village whore. You see, Alison Thorpe from the United Kingdom has recently found herself in a legal firestorm after requesting to have her daughter Katie's womb removed. Katie is severely disabled. She is suffering from a debilitating condition called cerebral palsy that makes the girl challenging in terms of interacting with ...

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Nigerian Courts: No Play

Oct 08 2007

Posted by Benj as In the News

One of the world's most populous and most culturally-divided countries has just reached another point worth debating on. Islamic courts in Nigeria's northern region has ruled in favor of banning the showing of a satirical play that features characters that run a corrupt Muslim state. Playwright Shehu Sani's play Phantom Crescent depicts unscrupulous and morally-inept officials who use the very tenets of the Sharia Law - the rules that Muslims are required to follow - into getting more funds for personal gain. Since Nigeria came back to civil rule in 1999, the Sharia courts have dominated the mostly-Islamic population of Northern ...

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Garry Kasparov Makes His Move

Oct 02 2007

Posted by Benj as In the News

It was well-anticipated and much talked about, but at this point, it's official. Former world chess champion Garry Kasparov has officially thrown his hat into the political arena as the opposition coalition's official standard bearer for the upcoming presidential elections. Kasparov received an overwhelming majority of 379 out of 498 votes in the recent convention held by the Other Russia coalition. This by no means assures Kasparov's spot in the March polls. His candidancy still needs to be registered and is still vulnerable to the blocking of other parties. Even if his candidacy gets through, the former world champion is still ...

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The UN’s New Ambassadors

Sep 29 2007

Posted by Benj as In the News

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When you see two of the biggest names in sports posing together in a pictorial, you just know something big is about to go down. And no, they're not about to get married. Cleveland Cavaliers' star forward LeBron James and Russian tennis sensation Maria Sharapova both agreed to be photographed pro bono (read: free!) for a good cause. The two were asked by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) to appear in ads that would feature the organizations millennium goals. The central concept to the entire campaign is the quelling of global poverty. Through alleviating the ...

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It’s Kanye By A Landslide!

Sep 20 2007

Posted by Benj as Entertainment

A week after bold pronouncements of eventual retirement should his album Curtis end up trailing Kanye West's latest album Graduation, rapper 50 Cent must be seriously reconsidering the implications of what he said. Both albums hit the market September 11 and the initial  sales numbers are in. According to Nielsen Soundscan, a respected tabulating body that deals with artists' worldwide record sales, Kanye West just barely missed the one million record mark by registering a robust total of 957,000 copies. Graduation is the second highest selling album for 2007 and beat 50 Cent's Curtis by more than 260,000 copies. Much has ...

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