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1245 days ago Ramon Thomas

From Q&A to the Slumdog Millionaire

Arthur Goldstuck told me about the book Q&A by Vikas Swarup. What amused him was that the character's name is Ramon Mohammed Thomas, similar to mine. And that I was on the South Africa version of the Weakest Link around the same time that the book was published. This book is on my to-read list. So it's no surprise to find out the book has been adapted into a film by the name of Slumdog Millionaire. The title character's name has been changed and the story possible shorted for dramatic effect. From Danny Boyle, director of Trainspotting Read More →

Mobile phone radiation damages memory: study

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1245 days ago The Webmaster

Mobile phone radiation damages memory: study

Exposure to mobile phone radiation worsens the short-term memory of rats, according to a new Swedish study. A doctoral dissertation carried out at Lund University also found that groups of genes involved with behaviour and memory undergo changes due to repeated doses of radiation from mobile phones, the Sydsvenskan newspaper reports. Doctoral candidate Henrietta Nittby and her adviser, Leif G Salford, are in agreement that studies involving mobile phones must continue. Nearly a decade ago, Salford was involved in a separate study which revealed that the electromagnetic radiation from mobile telephones created openings in the blood-brain barrier. The openings allowed the blood-borne Read More →

Interview on Chai FM, Jewish community radio station

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1251 days ago Ramon Thomas

Interview on Chai FM, Jewish community radio station

[NB! I often receive phone calls or emails from people thinking this website is Chai FM. Please contact them directly via their websitebecause I was only a guest on the radio station a few times.] Today I received an invitation to do my first interview with this new Jewish community radio station next week 10, Tuesday, 23 December 2008. We will be discussing what technology is popular among children, why it's so popular and coping strategies for Jewish parents and families in general. The big take away for me learning about diverse South African groups is how strong families are Read More →

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1261 days ago Ramon Thomas

Lesbian Love in The World Unseen

I'm re-posting this directly from the Times Multimedia because I have been struggling to write anything original longer than 140 characters. Another reason for this is because my friend Natalie Becker has a small role in this film and she informed me about it beforehand and because I love watching movie trailers, this grabbed my attention. And so once I've watched the film I will update this will my own review. One thing that bothers me is that the two lesbian women are unusually Read More →

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1264 days ago Ramon Thomas

Internet turnaround has begun in SA

In the past year, the Internet user base in South Africa has seen its highest rate of growth since 2001, increasing by 12.5% to 4,5-million. This is the key finding of the Internet Access in South Africa 2008 study, released today by World Wide Worx. The study was backed by Cisco Systems, and the findings released during the Networkers at Cisco Live! conference in Johannesburg. “The increase comes on the eve of the biggest shakeup in South African Internet access we’ve seen since the dawn of the commercial Internet in 1994,” says Arthur Goldstuck, MD of World Wide Read More →

Monthly archive December, 2008

From Q&A to the Slumdog Millionaire

Mobile phone radiation damages memory: study

Interview on Chai FM, Jewish community radio station

Lesbian Love in The World Unseen

Internet turnaround has begun in SA

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