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Who Rules The Animal Kingdom?
It used to be thought that only chimpanzees, dolphins, elephants and humans could recognize their reflection in a mirror. Now German scientists have added magpies to that list. When magpies were marked with a red or yellow dot that was visible to the birds only in a mirror, they scratched the dot. To prove the […]
Where Has All The Good News Gone?
More and more professionals are moving to small towns. The good news is they’re not having to move back in with their parents. These professionals are responding to Web-based recruitment campaigns from rural areas - campaigns that offer both good jobs and a better quality of life. In rural southwest Virginia the program’s called “Return […]
Is Beauty Only Skin Deep?
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder - and when I read women’s magazines, I behold beauty product ads on almost every other page. The creams, lotions and oils have various money-back guarantees - some are celebrity endorsed, some are supposedly newly revealed, European secrets and some are meant to be scientific […]
Isn’t There A Pill To Prevent Gas Problems?
Every time the price of gas goes up 1 cent a gallon it costs the U.S. Postal Service another $8 million for fuel. While the USPS waits for a breakthrough in automotive technology so it can increase its fleet of 45,000 alternative-fuel vehicles, the Postal Service has to find better ways to use - or […]
In 2008 Should Economy Be Spelled Econome?
Eighty percent of Americans are feeling financially stressed by the economy. This was one of the findings of the American Psychology Association survey conducted April-September 2008. Approximately half the 7,000 respondents worried most about providing for their families and the other half worried most about job security, but women worried more than men. This was […]
Is The Fox Still Guarding The Hen House?
In 1905 football was almost banned from college campuses because of being too dangerous. Since then innovations in helmets and pads have made football safer - except from heat and humidity. According to Larry Kenney, professor of physiology and kinesiology at Penn Sate, playing in a typical uniform is like playing in a three-piece suit. […]
Isn’t It Time To Teach Parenting?
Although parenting doesn’t stop when a mother goes to prison, the Ohio Reformatory for Women is one of very few prisons that addresses this problem. It has a program for non-violent, short-term offenders, who are pregnant or have infants. These mothers live in a special wing of the prison, where they’re able to have their […]
Who’s Minding The … Environment?
The Amazon is being deforested three times faster in 2008 than in 2007. Brazil’s Environmental Minister attributes this to Amazon-region mayors ignoring illegal logging to get votes. Greenpeace attributes this to soy farmers and cattle ranchers clearing more land to profit from the rise in food prices. Although satellite imagery showed that 292 square miles […]
Is There Enough Care In Health Care?
Because Anthrax is easily treated if caught early, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to use volunteer, government mail carriers to deliver emergency antibiotics to areas affected by anthrax attack. According to the plan, mail carriers will have advance supplies of antibiotics to protect themselves and their families; and they’ll be escorted […]
Is It A Sign Of The Economy?
Because of the faltering economy more Americans are eating Spam. Although this has contributed to a 14% profit increase for the Hormel Company, Spam has been popular in Hawaii since being introduced there during WWII and today more is sold there per capita than anywhere else in the U.S. In fact, Hawaiian cookbook author Muriel […]
