Think Before You Flush: Investigating Toilet Handles

New toilet handles around campus claim to be germ-free. Are they? Find out after the jump ... dishes from her lab and leaving one as the control, we swabbed 3 different toilet handles - two ... coating doesn't make it "germ-free". One of the dishes showed signs of mold and of course it smelled [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 16:26:26

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Interview: IAC CFO Tom McInerney: Split Rationale 'More True Today'; The Hunt For Deals Continues

A wrenching legal battle, a sharp downturn in the economy and nearly a year of planning later, Barry Diller's experiment in building an internet conglomerate comes to an end. Starting today, IAC (NSDQ: IACI) officially becomes five independently traded companies—new IAC, HSN (NSDQ: HSNI), TicketMaster (NSDQ: TKTM), LendingTree (NSDQ: TREE) [more...]

Date: 2008-08-21 12:19:46

Herb Remedies

Herb Remedies Herb remedies are made of natural substances that come from plants. Herbs have been valued throughout history ... to have effects upon the body. One example is the bark of the willow tree. Years ago this bark would ... health. Some herbs have even been turned into medicines. Foxglove is one example. In the past [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 05:46:29

Around Mark's House

Around Mark's House Two days after Thanksgiving of 2007, I was in Columbus, ... a full-on removal of mold and possible contamination. Then all efforts turned to reconstruction ... Ohio for the Mid-Ohio Con when my house sitter phoned to say that water was leaking through [more...]

Date: 2008-10-17 16:29:51

Home Insurance Rate - What to Look for When Shopping

Homeowner insurance premiums are on the rise. There was a time when the home policy was the best and least expensive of all the property and ... before. Toxic mold has caused some real problems in some areas of the country and caused the premiums to rise dramatically. Some states exclude coverage for toxic mold entirely. Natural disasters [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 23:48:34

Water Damage

water damage is a bad and sometimes a real serious problem for home owners ... after water damage occurs. Many homeowners don’t, either. They think a quick steam cleaning or drying fans will do the trick. That’s not always the case. If a carpet, baseboard, or underlayment gets [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 05:57:00

BUSH v. GORE: EXPOSING THE HIDDEN CRISIS IN AMERICAN DEMOCRACY

by Charles L. Zelden. Lawrence, KS: The University Press of Kansas, 2008. 416pp. Cloth. $34.95. ISBN: 9780700615933. Reviewed by Michael R. Dimino, College of Law, Florida State University (Visiting Associate Professor); School of Law, Widener University. Email: mrdimino mail.widener.edu. pp.35-40 With the presidency of George W [more...]

Date: 2009-01-12 19:02:10

1/10/09 MAYBE NEW MANAGING EDITOR BRUCE HUNTER IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Look At All Of The News That The Greenwich Time Has Up Online On A Saturday

Why Wasn't Ex-Greenwich Time Editor Jim Zebora Able To Get This Much News Up Online At The Local Hearst Newspaper?TODAY'S GREENWICH TIME TOP STORY:Ronald Reagan's budget director, David Stockton Is Off The Hook.Even Though four other former Collins & Aikman executives, including then-Treasurer John Galante, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 12:05:00

John Seavey’s Storytelling Engines: Star Wars

Here’s the latest Storytelling Engine from John Seavey. Click here to read John’s description of what a Storytelling Engine IS, anyways ... general in the mold of Peter Cushing’s Grand Moff Tarkin, with a plan to restore the glory ... of the spin-offs do tend to fit neatly into the mold of either being like Tarkin, Vader, the Emperor [more...]

Date: 2008-09-03 22:55:14

Will Green Food Saver Bags Make Food Last Longer?

Do you use green food saver bags as a way to make food last longer? Here are some ideas to make produce last. [ ... Green Bags” that are hawked in infomercials, the greenbags.com web site, the Home Shopping Network ... . They performed a test using a variety of fruits and vegetables stored in various ways: they stored [more...]

Date: 2008-10-07 16:24:45

Phoenix American Idol auditions (aired 1/13/09)

Bunny: After 8 long months, American Idol Season 8 has finally begun! Are you ready? Burke and Bunny and the Prognosticates are. Well, actually Zinni is snoozing on the rice pillow I use to warm my feet. Zoey has disappeared in search of tuna. But they’re really into it. I can tell [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:23:57

DrumBeat: November 23, 2008

Russia president, warships to Venezuela to counter US CARACAS (Reuters) - Warships, nuclear power, arms sales and perhaps cooperation on oil prices -- Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev is in Venezuela this week with an alarming sounding list to wave under Washington's nose. The U.S [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 12:08:18

Journalists As Truth-Tellers

The thing that shocks me most about this presidential election year isn't the smears or the lies. It's not the rumor-peddlers that try their best to destroy Barack Obama. It's not even the lobbyists that populate the McCain campaign as he disingenuously campaigns against lobbyists and special interests [more...]

Date: 2008-09-10 21:58:20

Cancer | Mold

The opinion of an MD and oncologist. "Treating" cancer is one of the most lucrative business on earth.For years, cancer has been called a "mystery." After spending billions of dollars over many decades, the medical establishment claims not to know the cause of cancer,... read more [more...]

Date: 2008-09-19 17:44:21

Citigroup’s Bailout: Outrageous or Courageous?

In 1997, when then-Travelers CEO Sandy Weill agreed to a $70 billion stock swap with Citicorp, he called Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to let him know. When told Weill had important news, Rubin quipped in reference to Weill’s ambitions, “You’re buying the government? [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 15:50:15

Citigroup’s Bailout: Outrageous or Courageous?

In 1997, when then-Travelers CEO Sandy Weill agreed to a $70 billion stock swap with Citicorp, he called Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to let him know. When told Weill had important news, Rubin quipped in reference to Weill’s ambitions, “You’re buying the government? [more...]

Date: 2008-11-24 18:43:00

Note to Self - It’s in the Cards

Murphy’s Law - An open letter to the wannabe rocker who cried on American Idol last night American Idol may have a new judge this season, but its first week back on the air featured the usual bunch of ridiculous contestants vying for a ticket to Hollywood [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 15:47:51

Gaza

I am not seeing it up yet at PBS' The NewsHour but they have the blurb for it:Gaza Humanitarian CrisisA look at the U.N.'s decision to halt some aid deliveries to Gaza as fighting continues and Israel's view of the humanitarian situation in the region.I am going to be very brief on this topic [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 04:00:00

'Crimson' columnist has us seeing same

Last year, Harvard Crimson columnist Lucy Morrow Caldwell caught national attention (and much ire) when she chose to publicly reveal that Rudy Giuliani's minor daughter had joined a pro-Obama Facebook group (privately, under a pseudonym) [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 19:21:53

In Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow, It’s Who You Know

Aside from earning top scores, Syphon Filter: Dark Mirror did what developers everywhere were claiming couldn’t be done on the PlayStation Portable ... . Technologically it is an impressive game just on single-player side of things and the online game broke the mold [more...]

Date: 2008-09-12 03:01:12

New York Court Finds Tenants Failed To Show Mold Caused Illness

NEW YORK - A New York appeals court on Dec. 30 found that a trial court properly precluded expert evidence and personal injury claims alleged by a family claiming that mold in their apartment made them ill, finding that the experts failed to establish the causal link between indoor dampness and mold and disease (Colin Fraser, et al. v. 301-52 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 21:48:46

Lykos brings changes to Harris DA

Two stories about incoming Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos deserve readers attention:First, she's already consolidating her own leadership team, starting with a new first assistant, Jim Leitner, and also bringing onboard former Judge Roger Bridgwater [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 14:44:00

Concepts of Socialism

Concepts of Socialism By Punkerslut Introduction - What Is Socialism? Socialism is the belief that children should not have to go to sleep hungry at night. Socialism is the belief that sweatshops are an abomination to the ethic of humaneness. Socialism is the belief that no man should worry about their family’s welfare because of a boss [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:07:09

D. A. Carson - Editorial

.fullpost{display:inline;}From Themelios:D. A. Carson is research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois.The apostle Paul writes, "Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind" (Rom 12:2) [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 18:14:00

Idiot of the week (Zirin) and more

Friday! It's the weekend. :D And let's get started with Idiot of the Week like I promised last night. Dave Zirin, come on down. Here's the link to Zirin's badly written sports-year-in-review and I normally don't link to idiots but I'll make an exception for Dave and here's the passage that cinched his win: [more...]

Date: 2009-01-10 04:00:00

Hard-Wired Justice

By BJ Jazz Shaw at TMV flags a study that suggests that a sense of justice is hard-wired into the human brain. Fairness is more than just a dogma, it’’s an emotion hard-wired in the human brain, claims a new ... in the Old Testament mold of an, "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth", that makes the Iranian justice system [more...]

Date: 2008-12-15 00:41:08

Start your Adventure with Walmart Camping Tents

If you have a plan to go camping , you might consider to use a tent Nowadays, there are variations of camping tents ... throughout the tent. Camping tents can become covered with mildew and the mold and mildew can eat right ... what the weather report claims, it is always best to plan for the worst and enjoy the great weather [more...]

Date: 2008-12-31 05:41:06

THERE PROBABLY ISN'T A GOD, SO STOP WORRYING AND LIVE YOUR LIFE

It has came as a surprise, that the most tolerant groups of society are the liberal fascists.While political correctness has castrated society from really thinking for themselves, the politically left of thinking claims to be the most tolerant of peoples in society [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 15:15:00

In Defense of the U.S. Taxpayer: End Deferred Compensation and its Tax Subsidy

In my earlier post on bailed-out banker pay, I argued that we need a simplified compensation regime that more closely aligns corporate managements ... needs to fit this mold. Same with hedge fund managers. With performance comes payout [more...]

Date: 2008-11-01 18:12:34

ANN DUCILLE ON “ETHNIC” BARBIES

Ann DuCille, in her book Skin Trade, takes two issues with “ethnic” Barbies.  First, she takes issue with the fact that “ethnic” Barbies are made from the same mold as “real ... are inscribed in such claims of authenticity?  …The fact that skin color and other ‘ethnic features’ … [more...]

Date: 2008-10-28 04:02:49

Fix Pick: Being Bobby Jindal

Fix Pick: Being Bobby Jindal Is Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal the next Republican presidential nominee? Photo by Pat Semansky -- Getty Images INDIAN WELLS, Calif. -- Regular Fix readers know that we believe any conversation about the future faces of the Republican Party has to begin with Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal [more...]

Date: 2008-11-30 15:00:00

Retrospective: The American Arcade (Part Two)

The American arcade, in its heyday, provided a reliable and enjoyable haunt to young gamers such as myself. Just as the moviegoer will come to develop a favorite theatre, and the foodie has a favorite restaurant, so too could the gamer establish a rapport with “his” arcade [more...]

Date: 2008-12-03 13:00:18

A radical proposal to nationalize workplace law

Jeffrey M. Hirsch, professor of law at the University of Tennessee College of Law, has just published Revolution in Pragmatist Clothing: ... a nationalized system. Nationalization would take a rich tapestry of experiments and mold [more...]

Date: 2009-01-19 18:43:16

Electric Adjustable Bed - Memory Foam Mattresses Under Oath…The Truth and Nothing But The Truth

Electric Adjustable Bed ? Charles C Harmon Co. http://www.memory-foam-buyers-guide ... Adjustable Bed -? Are you confused about all the hype and confusing claims made by the different ... . Visco-elastic foam has unique qualities. It is able to mold itself to the shape of any object [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 01:15:02

The Picture of Sasha Grey

In The Picture of Dorian Grey, Oscar Wilde wrote that those “who find ugly meanings in beautiful things are corrupt without being charming, ... Highlands, CA, where Marina Hantzis was enrolled at Highlands High School, where she claims [more...]

Date: 2008-12-30 18:39:05

The 8 Second Bicycle

You Ain't Seen Anything Yet.Those were the five words that made the famous tagline for Kirk Precision Ltd, a seemingly revolutionary bicycle company that popped up in the 1980's in Britain under the stewardship of Frank Kirk. When Kirk's bicycles first came out, [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 18:31:00

Like ants. Really dumb ants. - Berg/COLB update

For those both stubborn and soft in the head, who are willing to believe anything no matter how stupid, I present this short course in "What you Must Believe to Be a Birther". You must believe Obama was born in Kenya. And Hawaii. And maybe even Canada [more...]

Date: 2009-01-05 04:23:17

What happened last week? - Courtesy of the RedRoadMaster

This is what happened last week… Last Friday’s gave us a Jobs Report that is somewhat flawed and a number of other stories, like the beginning of the lame earnings reports that most of us have come to expect. Crude Oil ended the week at 40.45 bbl -1 [more...]

Date: 2009-01-08 15:23:16

John McCain Questions Obama relationship with William Ayers

  John McCain on ABC Video Newly Released Documents Highlight Obama’s Relationship With Ayers Documents released Tuesday by the University of ... , will we have broken the mold? Not much seems to be bubbling up that is inspiring or substantive,” [more...]

Date: 2008-10-05 07:08:55

Habitat for Liberalism?

In doing my morning rounds this morning I notice that there’s an awful lot of traffic on Michelle’s place this morning with regards to Habitat for ... . Others reported mold or mildew, nails popping out of plasterboard and other problems. The Habitat [more...]

Date: 2009-01-04 16:18:38

Main Stream Media CONTROLLING America!

OPERATION SPIKE! Most covered-up of 2008: Natural-born citizen WND editors join with readers to determine the year’s top 10 Posted: December 31, 2008     © 2009 WorldNetDaily   Charges that Barack Obama is not a natural born citizen of the U.S [more...]

Date: 2009-01-01 21:58:37

AP: Preparing Country for Failing Obama Presidency, Excuses Abound

-By Warner Todd Huston Liz Sidoti of the Associated Press seems to be setting the table for a certain amount of failure from Barack Obama by ... he has even really faced anything at all, Sidoti is making excuses for him almost in the mold [more...]

Date: 2008-12-16 14:32:00

Olbermann, Matthews Booted from MSNBC Anchor Chair

Keith Olbermann and Chris Matthews were leaning so far to the left during coverage of the Democratic and Republican Party conventions that they were bound to fall off of those anchor chairs sooner or later. As it turns out, they didn't fall off -- they were thrown [more...]

Date: 2008-09-08 03:50:03

The True.Origin Archive: Five Major Evolutionist Misconceptions about Evolution (Part 1)

This Creationist Breakdown comes from a website I haven’t yet had the chance to rebut material from: the True.Origins archive. True.Origins is a creationist response to the pro-evolution website Talk.Origins, and contains many “refutations” of the articles posted there [more...]

Date: 2009-01-03 10:54:00

01.14.2009 - I Kill Giants #7

by Ron RichardsFor the past year, we've been watching as Image Comics has slowly continued to carve out a niche in the comics world, ... that all this giant killing business is in her head with moments where you absolutely believe [more...]

Date: 2009-01-15 05:49:22

Mark Millar: The Pursuit of Popularity

Michael Czobit is a writer based in Mississauga, Ontario. He’s not fond of lengthy writer biographies ... s opening homosexual sex scene was also dropped from the film, along with a lot of needless killing [more...]

Date: 2008-10-27 15:17:05

And a child shall lead them

The wolf will live with the lamb,  the leopard will lie down with the goat,  the calf and the lion and the yearling together; ... proverb has guided me as I raise my children. My parents tried to mold my character by praising the good [more...]

Date: 2008-12-23 18:26:33

HD Video Sharing: Best Solutions To Publish High Definition Videos - Sharewood Guide

<!- google_ad_section_start --> Looking for a solution that allows you to share high definition video with your friends or others? ... are eleven options from you to choose from. Listed alphabetically they are: Blip.TV, DailyMotion, Exposure [more...]

Date: 2008-11-23 09:00:00

Secret Millionaire Has a Secret of Its Own

IMPERIAL BEACH, CA: Greg Ruzicka and his 20-something son Cole, dressed in jeans and hoodies, ... motel apartment. They find a hole punched in the bathroom door, and a wall lamp with exposed wires. “ [more...]

Date: 2008-12-22 15:27:10

aehphotography: Nate and I made a LOVELY gingerbread house this...

aehphotography: Nate and I made a LOVELY gingerbread house this year. He claims that his roof is the best looking feature, but I believe it’s the many Christmas trees ... Christmas! YO PEEPS.  THIS is the gingerbread house mold I am ALWAYS talking about.  This Christmas [more...]

Date: 2008-12-24 14:57:09

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