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Conference Examines Interplay Between Religion and Culture |
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Written by University of Chicago
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Sunday, 19 April 2009 |
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Chicago, Illinois - The Divinity School's Martin Marty Center will host a two-day conference on April 22-23 that will explore a topic of growing scholarly interest in an increasingly globalized world: the interplay between religion and culture. |
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Scientists Get a Grip on Colliding Fermions to Enhance Atomic Clock Accuracy |
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Written by Peter Caughey - University of Colorado
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Sunday, 19 April 2009 |
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Boulder, Colorado - Physicists have measured and controlled seemingly forbidden collisions between neutral strontium atoms - a class of antisocial atoms known as fermions, which are not supposed to collide when in identical energy states. The advance makes possible a significant boost in the accuracy of atomic clocks based on hundreds or thousands of neutral atoms. |
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Hazardous Health Plans: Investigation Finds Serious Gaps in Individual Health Insurance Policies |
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Written by Consumer Reports
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Sunday, 19 April 2009 |
 Yonkers, New York - A new Consumer Reports investigation finds that many people who believe they have good health insurance actually have coverage so riddled with loopholes, limits, and exclusions that it won’t come close to covering their expenses if they fall seriously ill. The full report is available in the May 2009 issue of Consumer Reports and online |
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Plow & Hearth Celebrates Earth Day with a Focus on Reforestation |
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Written by Business Wire
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Sunday, 19 April 2009 |
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Madison, Virginia - With a pace of more than 20,000 seedlings a week – Plow & Hearth® is marking Earth Day 2009 by closing in on three quarters of a million seedlings donated as part of its Campaign to Reforest Americasm, a yearlong effort to provide one million new seedlings for planting in forests across America. |
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PETA Found Adoptive Homes for Less than 1 out of 300 Animals |
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Written by Center for Consumer Freedom
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Sunday, 19 April 2009 |
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Washington, DC - Hypocrisy is the mother of all credibility problems, and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) has it in spades. While loudly complaining about the "unethical" treatment of animals by restaurant owners, grocers, farmers, scientists, anglers, and countless other Americans, the group has its own dirty little secret. |
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Taxing Time by Jackie Papandrew |
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Written by Jackie Papandrew
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Sunday, 12 April 2009 |
 So it’s almost April 15, and my marriage will soon be undergoing its annual tax trial by fire.
Oddly enough, my husband and I usually prepare our joint return jointly. Being upstanding citizens eager to help finance large banker bonuses, we begin in February with serious tax planning discussions such as this:
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"E.I or I.Q?" by Jerry Maldonado - Disturbing Trend in the Employment Marketplace |
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Written by Jerry Maldonado
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Sunday, 12 April 2009 |
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 With millions out of work employers now have the upper hand when choosing potential employees. Long gone are the days of employees offered multiple opportunities without a care in the world. The trend “job-hopping” is now a distant memory due to the unstable market conditions.
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Everything Looks Like Failure in the Middle by Karen Wright |
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Written by Karen Wright
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Sunday, 12 April 2009 |
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 I'm not what you might consider a chef...heck, I'm barely a cook. My idea of fixing dinner is to steam an artichoke! Oh, and pour a nice glass of merlot. But, on occasion I've managed to bake a cake or turn out a batch of cookies. One thing that always fascinates me is how ugly it can all be part way through. Maybe that's because I don't follow recipes.
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Revelation Was Worth The Money - Life In the Fast Lane |
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Written by Wild-Man Bill
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Sunday, 12 April 2009 |
 I have a friend named Stan, he is an investment banker and he recently celebrated his fifty-fifth birthday. Until a year ago, he had it all, plenty of money, a big home, a few luxury cars, expensive suits etc. Then, he went through an expensive divorce that cost him millions of dollars and almost broke his spirit. |
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Consumer Reports: Save Up To $130 a Year by Switching Toilet Paper |
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Written by Consumer Reports
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Sunday, 12 April 2009 |
 Consumers don’t have to pay a lot for strong and soft toilet paper, according to the latest report from Consumer Reports. Store brands like Costco’s Kirkland Signature and Walmart’s White Cloud cost roughly half as much as brand-name toilet paper, and scored very good or better for softness and disintegration in Consumer Reports’ tests. |
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