Archive for January, 2011

Fuel Rationing in Gr...

As snow started to fall in the UK in late December, word went out that approximately two million homes, schools and hospitals faced fuel rationing due to a crisis in the supply of heating oil.  Some households were already facing a four week wait for supply.  Homes affected were...

Big Bang Theory big ...

Big news at the red carpet of the Golden Globe awards on January 16th.  Jim Parsons, the absolutely amazing Sheldon Cooper won his first Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a TV Series, Comedy or Musical.  He can put that statute on the mantel next to the 2010 Emmy...

Avoiding Kidney Ston...

Had kidney stones?  Once, more than once?  If you’ve had them once, chances are very good that you’ll have them again.  The two common types of stones are made up of either calcium or oxalate.  They form in basically the same way – when the kidneys don’t...

Australian Flooding ...

Parts of Australia are experiencing their worst flooding since 1974.  Estimates call for 20,000 homes and businesses to be affects, as well as 200,000 people.  Queensland has 350,000 square miles underwater (larger that France and Germany combined). Despite being small in the minds...

Magnesium – es...

I’ve been reading for years about the importance of the mineral, magnesium, in the functioning of the human body.  An interesting article caught my eye the other day and I dug out my old research and decided to put together an article. Magnesium is implicated in more than...

Why Interest Rates H...

If you ran your company like the US runs the federal goverment, you would have been bankrupt long ago.  While companies can’t go on borrowing money endlessly while consistently losing money, governments do. Then it will come as no surprise the the US Treasury requested US Congress...