Sunday, April 19, 2009

What you need to know about snow removal

Amid tight budgets, companies allow pets as perks (WTOL 11 Toledo)

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 05:04:57 -0700
Associated Press - April 18, 2009 2:05 PM ET WARRENSVILLE HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) - Some companies are allowing employees to bring their pets to work in hopes of boosting morale and productivity as...

Strange News, Politics, Sport, and Celebrity on the Anorak (Anorak)

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 07:40:19 -0700
“Actors should shut up about politics, because they tend to be ill-informed finger-pointers who just cozy up to some flavor-of-the-month liberal, you know?”

John Paul II’s ‘Rule’ for married couples discovered, published by newspaper

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 14:45:08 -0700
In its Thursday printed edition, the Italian daily Il Messagero published an unknown booklet written by Cardinal Karol Wojtyla in 1968 to help married couples in his Polish diocese implement the Encyclical “ Humanae Vitae, ” released that same year by Pope Paul VI. The text, entitled “Rule for Spouses,” was never made public outside the Archdiocese of Krakow, but was recently discovered by a student from the John Paul II Institute for Life and Family in Rome. The booklet will be officially pr

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Slashing Health

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:08:50 -0700
I knew I would not be disappointed by the reaction of Labour to the OECD report on New Zealand’s health services . Bear in mind that the OECD report is about the economic consequences of continuing down the current path of health funding and modeling. It is not talking about the quality or breadth of our health services at all, merely suggesting ways we could make them cheaper and more efficient. This is the context that seems to have escaped Ruth Dyson: Labour’s health spokeswoman, Ruth Dys

App Review: Flight Control

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:36:29 -0700
Flight Control from the Australian developer, Firemint is a game with a very simple concept – land aircraft while keeping them from crashing into each other. A quick look at almost any screenshot will tell you pretty much all you need to know about the game mechanics. You’re presented with an aerial view of an airport and different aircraft appear from off screen (slow jets, fast jets, light aircraft and helicopters) which you direct by simply dragging your finger from the plane, around the s

Catskill Spring

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 16:57:45 -0700
Click painting for a larger, clearer image: 12×16″, Oils on Raymar canvas panel $395 via PayPal, $20 shipping within US For the past several days, I’ve been craving a painting day up in the Catskills. I loaded all my gear into my car this morning and drove up to do this painting this afternoon, then turned around and drove back. It was worth the trip for the exquisite weather, spring buds on the trees, and beautiful mountain views. The grass was shimmering in the sunlig

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Research: Toxicant exposure and mental health

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 15:56:43 -0700
Toxicant Exposure and Mental Health—Individual, Social, and Public Health Considerations Stephen J. Genuis Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of Alberta, 2935-66 Street, Edmonton, AB, Canada T6K 4C1. KEYWORDS forensic science • depression • environmental exposure • environmental medicine • mental status • mercury poisoning • neurotoxins • obsessive–compulsive • public health • toxicology ABSTRACT Thoughts and moods are the result of biological processe

"How could things go so wrong?" asks Lakeville finance director (Lakeville Sun-Current)

Sun, 19 Apr 2009 00:17:06 -0700
"How," asked City Finance Director Dennis Feller, "could things go so wrong?"