Archive for December, 2010

New Year Sees New He...

Washington Post – in September of this year, portions of the landmark health care reform law were implemented that make it more accessible for working families.  Measures included: - insurance companies unable to deny coverage children with pre-exisiting conditions; not allowed...

Johnny Depp returns ...

Excellent news!  A new installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean saga is on it’s way.  A swash-buckling storyline is always a good watch and you can never go wrong with Johnny Depp. And while this installment does not include Orlando Bloom and Keira Knightly, Geoffrey Rush...

Coca Cola to reduce ...

Vancouver Sun – a trip organized by World Wildlife Fund – Canada to northern Manitoba for a “seeing is believing” jolt, included corporate executives from Coca Cola, Air Miles (Loyalty One), RSA Canada.  The encounter with the majestic polar bears shocked...

Susan G. Komen fund ...

Health Sciences Institute – we’ve all heard these stories before too – how much of your donation actually goes to whatever it is your donating to, whether it’s orphans in Africa, disease research – and how much of it is spent on administration? The latest...

SKYPE surrounded by ...

The Toronto Sun reported today that Skype has a new problem to add to it’s woes.  Gradient Enterprises has filed a patent infringement suit in a court in New York relating to US patent 7,669,207, more commonly known as it’s “supernode network”.  It’s...

The “dirty” on a...

Healthier Talk – for years I’ve heard the talk about antibacterial soap – it cleans at the expense of killing not only “bad” bacteria but also “good” bacteria.  So, let’s look at some of the research. The active ingredient in almost...