As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S. - WSJ.com

Uh, ok...I'll take this bet big time! Does he understand the odds he is placing on this?

As if Things Weren't Bad Enough, Russian Professor Predicts End of U.S. - WSJ.com:

"Mr. Panarin insists he does not dislike Americans. But he warns that the outlook for them is dire. "There's a 55-45% chance right now that disintegration will occur....Panarin posits, in brief, that mass immigration, economic decline, and moral degradation will trigger a civil war next fall and the collapse of the dollar. Around the end of June 2010, or early July, he says, the U.S. will break into six pieces -- with Alaska reverting to Russian control."

Help for Thunder-Phobic Dogs -- Veterinarians Show Consoling Dogs Does Not Relieve Their Panic

Bonnie definitely has this problem! Fireworks are MUCH worse.

Help for Thunder-Phobic Dogs -- Veterinarians Show Consoling Dogs Does Not Relieve Their Panic:

"A new study shows that dogs can get very upset during thunderstorms, whether or not their owner holds them. The study measured the stress hormone cortisol to be up to three times normal levels while the dogs heard recordings of a thunderstorm. The company of other dogs did help, though vets say medications may be more effective."

College Students Find Comfort In Their Pets During Hard Times

Again no surprise here:

College Students Find Comfort In Their Pets During Hard Times:

"A survey of students at a large university and other adults in the area found that nearly a quarter of college students surveyed believed their pets helped them get through difficult times in life. Students who chose to live with at least one dog, one cat, or a combination of the two were less likely to report feeling lonely and depressed; something they directly attributed to their beloved pet."

Inventor's 2020 vision: to help 1bn of the world's poorest see better | Society | The Guardian

Inventor's 2020 vision: to help 1bn of the world's poorest see better | Society | The Guardian:

"What if it were possible, he thought, to make a pair of glasses which, instead of requiring an optician, could be 'tuned' by the wearer to correct his or her own vision? Might it be possible to bring affordable spectacles to millions who would never otherwise have them?

More than two decades after posing that question, Silver now feels he has the answer. The British inventor has embarked on a quest that is breathtakingly ambitious, but which he insists is achievable - to offer glasses to a billion of the world's poorest people by 2020."

Scientists debunk myth that most heat is lost through head | Science | The Guardian

Scientists debunk myth that most heat is lost through head | Science | The Guardian:

"The face, head and chest are more sensitive to changes in temperature than the rest of the body, making it feel as if covering them up does more to prevent heat loss. In fact, covering one part of the body has as much effect as covering any other. If the experiment had been performed with people wearing only swimming trunks, they would have lost no more than 10% of their body heat through their heads, the scientists add."

Did Early Global Warming Divert A New Glacial Age?

Did Early Global Warming Divert A New Glacial Age?:

"...gathering physical evidence, backed by powerful simulations on the world's most advanced computer climate models, is reshaping that view and lending strong support to the radical idea that human-induced climate change began not 200 years ago, but thousands of years ago with the onset of large-scale agriculture in Asia and extensive deforestation in Europe.

What's more, according to the same computer simulations, the cumulative effect of thousands of years of human influence on climate is preventing the world from entering a new glacial age"

Ken Burn's The War

Having just finished Ristening to the War, thought these links were interesting.

The PBS page on the series.

A speech by Ken Burns from 2007 on the War from American Public Media.
Word for Word: Program Archives from American Public Media

Envy is a dog's life, study finds - Yahoo! News

I always like to see studies confirming what we thought we already knew.

Envy is a dog's life, study finds - Yahoo! News:

"Dogs can sniff out unfair situations and show a simple emotion similar to envy or jealousy, Austrian researchers reported on Monday.

Dogs sulked and refused to 'shake' paws if other dogs got treats for tricks and they did not, said Friederike Range, an animal psychologist at the University of Vienna, who led the study into canine emotions.

'It is a more complex feeling or emotion than what we would normally attribute to animals,' said Range.

The study, which was published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, also showed dogs licked and scratched themselves and acted stressed when they were denied rewards given to other dogs"

Want to Ride Faster? Just RELAX!

Want to Ride Faster? Just RELAX!:

"Athletes need to walk a fine line between 'getting amped' for an event and staying relaxed. Adrenaline can increase performance, but nervous energy and tension will make you slow. As a cyclist, efficiency is the name of the game. We want as much energy as possible pushing into the pedals and propelling us forwards.

Clenched hands, rounded shoulders, gritted teeth and excessively moving your upper body side-to-side are all energy wasters. These little things all add up and will rob a cyclist of performance as well as potentially lead to physical discomfort."

Study: Poverty dramatically affects children's brains - USATODAY.com

There is no truth to the rumor I was raised in an impoverished family. I am just naturally stupid.

Study: Poverty dramatically affects children's brains - USATODAY.com:

"The study adds to a growing body of evidence that shows how poverty afflicts children's brains. Researchers have long pointed to the ravages of malnutrition, stress, illiteracy and toxic environments in low-income children's lives. Research has shown that the neural systems of poor children develop differently from those of middle-class children, affecting language development and 'executive function,' or the ability to plan, remember details and pay attention in school."

Thomas Friedman on the Bailout

Op-Ed Columnist - The Real Generation X - NYTimes.com:

"I think we should be talking about “bail,” not “bailouts,” regarding the people running the Big Three car companies and the lawmakers who mindlessly protected them for so long. Still, I do not want to see jobs destroyed. But if taxpayers are going to give Detroit money, we must not entrust the spending to people who have run their businesses into the ground.

You want my tax dollars? Then I want to see the precise production plans and timetables for the hybridization of all your cars and trucks within 36 months. I want every bailed-out car company to move to hybrid electric drive trains, because nothing would both improve mileage and emissions more — and also stimulate a whole new 21st-century, job-creating industry: batteries.

Big batteries that can store electricity for transportation and wind and solar generation are the indispensable enablers of the Energy Internet of the future. Any Detroit bailout has to serve that goal."

Stress is not easily turned off

Stress, even 6 months before a pregnancy, impacts the pregnancy. It would be fascinating to see other studies that look at the lasting impact of stress. Be it Katrina, a death in family, or battlefield exposure, stress seemingly has a long impact.

BBC NEWS | Health | Stress hits even before pregnancy:

"Stress in the six months before conception increases the risk of giving birth prematurely, research suggests.

Mothers who experience a death or serious illness in the family before falling pregnant are more likely to have a preterm baby, a study found."

If you are good at some things, are ou more likely to be good at others?

Forget the topic of study, the question itself if fascinating.

BBC NEWS | Health | Intelligent 'have better sperm':

"..., people with robust genes might be blessed with a biological 'fitness factor' making them fit, healthy and smart.

Previously, scientists tended to assume that lifestyle factors were more likely to underlie any relationship between intelligence and health.

For instance, brighter people may be less likely to smoke, and more likely to take exercise, both of which are known to impact on mental performance....

The latest study tested the gene theory by taking two characteristics that seemed unlikely to be associated with each other - intelligence and sperm quality.

They found a small, but statistically significant link, and were able to show that this could not be explained by unhealthy habits, such as smoking or drinking alcohol."

BBC NEWS | Health | Happiness 'rubs off on others'

Duh....this explains much. Why bad firms (or teams) get worse, why it seems like most in some unnamed city are unhappy, etc etc.

BBC NEWS | Health | Happiness 'rubs off on others':

"Happiness is infectious and can 'ripple' through social groups, according to US researchers.

A study of 5,000 adults suggests a person's happiness is dependent on the happiness of those around them."

Two bits of advice:
A. Try to make others happy and you will be happier (Hint: BonaResponds!)
B. Surround yourself with happy people (and if you can't in reality, do it virtually. Read happy books, watch happy movies, avoid Dear Abby columns, talk TV, etc).

Blast From The Past: Astronomers Resurrect 16th-Century Supernova

How cool is this? wow!

Blast From The Past: Astronomers Resurrect 16th-Century Supernova:

"Astronomers have used light echoes as a time machine to unearth secrets of one of the most influential events in the history of astronomy –a stellar explosion witnessed on Earth more than 400 years ago."

BBC NEWS | Health | Avoiding food 'may beat jet lag'

BBC NEWS | Health | Avoiding food 'may beat jet lag':

"Harvard University researchers believe the brain has a second 'feeding clock' which keeps track of meal-times, rather than daytime, after studying mice.

When food is scarce, the feeding clock overrides the master clock, keeping animals awake until they find food.

Thus, shift workers and travellers can keep tiredness at bay by not eating, they suggest in the journal Science"

Alf Chirstmas

ALF Special Holiday Clips On Hulu And Sling.com

Pat's safari pictures

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Originally uploaded by pat4886

My brother Pat recently volunteered in an orphanage in Africa. Here are some of his pictures from a photo safari he took.

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google

LIFE photo archive hosted by Google:

"Search millions of historic photos

Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the 1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google."

WOW....VERY cool...

Exploring Old Rome Without Air (or Time) Travel - NYTimes.com

Exploring Old Rome Without Air (or Time) Travel - NYTimes.com:

"Google Earth has embraced a frontier dating back 17 centuries: ancient Rome under Constantine the Great."

This just gets more and more cool! wow.

Google Trends: tour de france

Have you seen GoogleTrends? Very cool. It is the technology that was in the News for being able to find flu outbreaks faster than the CDC. So I was playing with it. Notice a few really interesting things from the Tour de France search. First the relative popularity of the searches. The US ranks way down on the list.

Google Trends: tour de france

1.	France
2.	Netherlands
3.	Belgium
4.	Denmark
5.	Australia
6.	Switzerland
7.	Germany
8.	United Kingdom
9.	United States
10.	Austria

Then also note the large drop off in popularity after Lance Armstrong retired the first time.

Marrow transplant may have cured AIDS - Yahoo! News

Great news if true!

Germany: Marrow transplant may have cured AIDS - Yahoo! News:

"An American man who suffered from AIDS appears to have been cured of the disease 20 months after receiving a targeted bone marrow transplant normally used to fight leukemia, his doctors said Wednesday.

While researchers — and the doctors themselves — caution that the case might be no more than a fluke, others say it may inspire a greater interest in gene therapy to fight the disease that claims 2 million lives each year. The virus has infected 33 million people worldwide."

Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook | Mr. and Mrs. Prince: Out of Slavery and Into Legend | WGBH Forum Network | Free Online Lectures

Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook | Mr. and Mrs. Prince: Out of Slavery and Into Legend | WGBH Forum Network | Free Online Lectures:

"Mr. and Mrs. Prince: Out of Slavery and Into Legend
Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook, writer

Dr. Gretchen Gerzina Holbrook, author of Mr. and Mrs. Prince How an Extraordinary Eighteenth-Century Family Moved Out of Slavery and Into Legend, tells the remarkable true story of a pre-Civil War African-American family in New England. Mr. and Mrs. Prince uncovers the lives of those who could have been forgotten and brings to light a history that's intrigued but eluded many until now."

very interesting!

Six Things You Need to Be Happy Forever

SportsGeezer is an awesome site...Should check it out. They have this from the LA Times. A study from Canada.

SportsGeezer: Six Things You Need to Be Happy Forever:

"A positive outlook
Lower levels of stress
No smoking
Drinking moderately,
A moderate to higher income,
No chronic health conditions"

Favorite pictures

I love these pictures.

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Seaweed farms 'could fuel future'

BBC NEWS | UK | Scotland | Seaweed farms 'could fuel future':

"'Heating and transport make up around three quarters of our energy use so it's vital that we find new ways of meeting that demand.

'Extracting energy from seaweed is a particularly efficient and reliable method of producing green energy, and the growing of seaweed could have positive impact on local marine biodiversity.

"

Steve Ross Interview

Is he on TV anymore? He is definitely one of my favorites! If not all time favorite.

Maddon brings 'Thanksmas' to Florida homeless - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

Maddon brings 'Thanksmas' to Florida homeless - MLB - Yahoo! Sports:

"The Tampa Bay Rays manager has served spaghetti and meatballs to 250 men, women and children at the Salvation Army. Actually, first he paid for it, then he helped prepare it, and then he served it. And then he cleaned up"

Texting taps out a family-friendly result - USATODAY.com

Texting taps out a family-friendly result - USATODAY.com:

"A family that texts together, stays together. Or at least it stays in touch better.

and later

"The phone survey of 2,252 adults, between Dec. 13, 2007, and Jan. 13, 2008, also shows that families use those technologies to stay in touch with each other throughout the day."

and finally:

"When the Internet arose, some worried that it would pull families apart, Rainie said. But for perhaps the first time, this study indicates fairly definitely that technology is bringing them together by allowing them to have constant contact, Rainie says."

Ten Questions with Randy Pausch

Ten Questions with Randy Pausch

Randy Pausche Graduation Address

No Armstrong at TDF?

10 Speed » Blog Archive » Armstrong may be having a change of heart about Tour:

"Armstrong has adjusted his message since the Vanity Fair story announcing his comeback. In that story, his comeback seemed to be all about winning the Tour de France for the eighth time and proving once and for all he raced clean and won fair and square. But since then, his message has focused more on his global cancer initiative through LIVESTRONG, sprinkled with realism that winning the Tour again might not be possible — or even practical considering Alberto Contador is the undisputed leader of the Astana cycling team .....Focusing on the Giro certainly would solve a couple of problems. It would remove the issues about the team leadership of Astana, which would be Contador’s role at the Tour de France and presumably Armstrong’s at the Giro, which Armstrong not only never won but never even competed in."

I hope US TV covers the Giro!

J.R. Bremer signs with MBC Moscow Dynamo. « NBA inside & other stuff

J.R. Bremer signs with MBC Moscow Dynamo. « NBA inside & other stuff:

"The St. Bonaventure product averaged 6.5 points and 2.2 assists in his NBA career. Bremer played for Spartak Primorje in the Russian Basketball Federation last year and was first in the league in assists and second in scoring. ”He’s probably one of the best point guards in all of Europe,” agent Craig McKenzie said."

CONGRATS JR!!!!! (A can brag that I had JR in class!)

Why Disasters Are Getting Worse - Yahoo! News

Why Disasters Are Getting Worse - Yahoo! News:

"It is tempting to look at the line-up of storms in the Atlantic (Hanna, Ike, Josephine) and, in the name of everything green, blame climate change for this state of affairs. But there is another inconvenient truth out there: We are getting more vulnerable to weather mostly because of where we live, not just how we live.

In recent decades, people around the world have moved en masse to big cities near water. The population of Miami-Dade County in Florida was about 150,000 in the 1930s, a decade fraught with severe hurricanes. Since then, the population of Miami-Dade County has rocketed 1,600% to 2,400,000."

Playing, And Even Watching, Sports Improves Brain Function

Playing, And Even Watching, Sports Improves Brain Function:

"It shows, for the first time, that a region of the brain usually associated with planning and controlling actions is activated when players and fans listen to conversations about their sport. The brain boost helps athletes and fans understanding of information about their sport, even though at the time when people are listening to this sport language they have no intention to act."

Vital Signs - With Treadmill Therapy, Signs of Progress Long After Stroke - NYTimes.com

Vital Signs - With Treadmill Therapy, Signs of Progress Long After Stroke - NYTimes.com:

"researchers have found that even years after suffering a stroke, some patients may see significant improvement in their ability to walk if they are given a form of physical therapy that uses a treadmill.

The changes were not limited to their walking and their overall fitness."

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Climate 'hockey stick' is revived

BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Climate 'hockey stick' is revived:

"The 1998 hockey stick was a totem of debates over man-made global warming.

The graph - indicating that Northern Hemisphere temperatures had been roughly constant for 1,000 years (the 'shaft' of the stick) before turning abruptly upwards in the industrial age - featured prominently in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) 2001 assessment."

London Free Press - Local News- Samaritans jilted

London Free Press - Local News- Samaritans jilted:

"The officials wanted the women's paperwork explaining what they'd be doing, but they had no documents, even though they had approvals from Habitat for Humanity.

Officials said they also needed a letter from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) saying they were volunteers."

HUH?

Television - Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America? - NYTimes.com

Television - Is Jon Stewart the Most Trusted Man in America? - NYTimes.com:

"MR. STEWART describes his job as “throwing spitballs” from the back of the room and points out that “The Daily Show” mandate is to entertain, not inform. Still, he and his writers have energetically tackled the big issues of the day — “the stuff we find most interesting,” as he said in an interview at the show’s Midtown Manhattan offices, the stuff that gives them the most “agita,” the sometimes somber stories he refers to as his “morning cup of sadness.” And they’ve done so in ways that straight news programs cannot: speaking truth to power in blunt, sometimes profane language, while using satire and playful looniness to ensure that their political analysis never becomes solemn or pretentious."

New York Traffic Report | Traffic Information | Road Conditions NY:: Traffic.com

New York Traffic Report | Traffic Information | Road Conditions NY:: Traffic.com

Highly recommended!

YouTube - Internet cell phone popcorn HOAX - secret revealed

YouTube - Internet cell phone popcorn HOAX - secret revealed

Why Africa Is Still Starving - TIME

Why Africa Is Still Starving - TIME:

"In the six weeks to mid-July, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) treated 11,800 Ethiopian children for severe acute malnutrition. At a tented hospital in the town of Kuyera, 50 out of 1,000 died, double the rate MSF expects for a full-fledged famine. 'It's very bizarre,' says Jean de Cambry, a Belgian MSF veteran of crises from Sudan to Afghanistan. 'It's so green. But you have all these people dying of hunger.' The verdure around Kuyera is misleading. It is the product of rains in June, too late for the first of two annual crops. From January to May, the fields were parched and brown. And one failed harvest is enough to turn Ethiopia, a nation of 66 million farmers, into a humanitarian catastrophe."

UPDATE 3-Olympics-Media not told of censorship plan, IOC say | Reuters

While I am looking forward to the Olympics, btw censorship, pollution, Tibet, etc, I am tempted to not watch. I am sure I will give in, but there sure seem like better places to hold them!

UPDATE 3-Olympics-Media not told of censorship plan, IOC say | Reuters:

"As the row over censorship continued to rumble, Gosper said that both he and the international media had been taken by surprise that some sensitive websites had been blocked despite many assurances from Beijing organisers that they would be able to work normally during the Games, which start on Aug. 8."

Barcelona

I uploaded some pictures of the fast Barcelona trip. They are here.

Benefits of Recycling Plastic Bottles » Earth 911

Benefits of Recycling Plastic Bottles » Earth 911:

"the plastic bottle recycling rate was only 24.3 percent in 2005.

Still, there is so much more we all can do. But, why should we?
Oil Conservation

Recycling a ton of plastic bottles saves approximately 3.8 barrels of oil"

One of my many big failures is to not push recycling more at the stores. I feel very bad about it. For instance the deli in Allegany!

Driving Less, Americans Finally React to Sting of Gas Prices, a Study Says - NYTimes.com

Economics always wins out..

Driving Less, Americans Finally React to Sting of Gas Prices, a Study Says - NYTimes.com:

"Sales of pickup trucks, minivans and sport utility vehicles have fallen below 50 percent of new passenger vehicle sales this year for the first time since 2001, the report says, as consumers turned to smaller vehicles in favor of fuel economy.

“It’s kind of stunning,” said Aaron F. Brady, a co-author of the report. “It was over 50 percent as late as February and by May it fell under 44 percent. It’s like falling off a cliff.”

Drivers, meanwhile, are becoming more prudent in their driving habits, either by using public transportation, carpooling or just cutting down on unnecessary trips, the two authors said in an interview. “Public transit ridership is surging all over the country,” said Samantha Gross, the other author."

The Associated Press: FEMA finishing closure of Louisiana trailer parks

The Associated Press: FEMA finishing closure of Louisiana trailer parks:

"Stampley was among the last Louisiana residents displaced by hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005 being moved from the state's remaining six trailer parks managed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA planned to close all six by Sunday — the official start of hurricane season — but said it would take a few more days to move everyone into apartments or motels."

Leaky Levee Stirs Doubts in New Orleans - AOL News

Leaky Levee Stirs Doubts in New Orleans - AOL News:

"The Army Corps of Engineers has spent about $4 billion so far of the $14 billion set aside by Congress to repair and upgrade the metropolitan area's hundreds of miles of levees by 2011. Some outside experts said the leak could mean that billions more will be needed and that some of the work already completed may need to be redone."

The Gratitude Campaign

The Gratitude Campaign

Astana invited into Giro lineup - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports

Astana invited into Giro lineup - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports:

"Giro d’Italia organizers have invited the Astana team to compete in the race, reversing an earlier decision to ban it because of doping scandals.

Astana officials confirmed Saturday they are hurrying to get elite American rider Levi Leipheimer from California to Palermo, Sicily, for the start of the three-week race next Saturday.....Alberto Contador, winner of the 2007 Tour de France, will also be at the starting line for Astana."

WCSN.com Live Sports Events Online - Schedule

WCSN.com Live Sports Events Online - Schedule--Watch it here!

Contador defies toothache to win Basque race - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports

Contador defies toothache to win Basque race - Cycling - Yahoo! Sports: "

Severe toothache could not prevent Spaniard Alberto Contador from taking an emphatic overall victory in the Tour of the Basque Country on Saturday.

Victorious in the opening stage on Monday, the 2007 Tour de France winner clinched Saturday’s final stage, a hilly time trial in Orio, to confirm his week-long lead.

Second behind the Astana rider on the stage was Cadel Evans"

Reinforcing history | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/13/2008

Reinforcing history | Philadelphia Inquirer | 04/13/2008:

"The opening of the new $103 million Gettysburg Museum and Visitor Center tomorrow is nearly the culmination of a 14-year plan to relocate the hub of tourist activity well away from the battle lines of the defining North-South clash of 160,000 men, and to restore Cemetery Ridge to the way it looked that summer 145 years ago."

One of the more difficult trees I have eve cut

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Originally uploaded by Nif

Hanging, downhill, from rootball that got pulled out of ground.

long but worth it

Major League Baseball National League (Baseball) New York Mets NL East Division - SI Vault

I remember this the first time around. It is a classic, but well worth a read!

Major League Baseball National League (Baseball) New York Mets NL East Division - SI Vault:

"Nelson Doubleday is especially hopeful about Finch's ultimate decision. 'I think we'll bring him around,' he said a few days ago. 'After all, the guy's not a nut, he's a Harvard man.'

In the meantime, the Mets can only wait. Finch periodically turns up at the enclosure. Reynolds is summoned. There are no drills. Sometimes Finch throws for five minutes, instantly at top speed, often for half an hour. Then he leaves. Security around the enclosure has been tight. Since Finch has not signed with the Mets, he is technically a free agent and a potential find for another club. The curious, even Met players, are politely shooed away from the Payson Field enclosure."

Calls Grow to Skip Olympic Opening in Beijing - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog

Calls Grow to Skip Olympic Opening in Beijing - The Lede - Breaking News - New York Times Blog:

"In the past few days, a growing number of lawmakers here in the United States and abroad have called on President Bush and other world leaders to skip the opening ceremony in Beijing, a protest they say would send a bold message to China about its crackdown in Tibet, its overall human rights record, and its relationship with Sudan."

CDC enters fray over tainted FEMA trailers - USATODAY.com

CDC enters fray over tainted FEMA trailers - USATODAY.com:

"In February, the CDC released preliminary results showing that most of the 519 units tested had elevated levels of formaldehyde. It urged people to move out of the units.

The agency came under fire for a report it issued a year earlier — drafted at the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) — that minimized the dangers of formaldehyde. Commissioned by a FEMA attorney, the report concluded that leaving windows open and air conditioning running would keep formaldehyde below 'levels of concern.'

ATSDR Director Howard Frumkin was criticized for ignoring the concerns of a top agency toxicologist, Christopher De Rosa."

Cell phone usage linked to brain tumors. - Tampa Bays Local News

Cell phone usage linked to brain tumors. - Tampa Bays Local News:

"Three billion people all over the world, using mobile phones every single day.

The numbers are staggering. But, even more shocking is a new study by an Australian neurosurgeon. He says ten years of cell phone use can double your risk of a brain tumor.

How many hours have you spent on your phone? Day after day, year after year.

Not so fast, says one neurologist from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute.

“There's no need to change your ways,” says Dr. Sajeel A. Chowdhary.

Dr. Chowdhary sees more than 200 brain tumors a year at the Moffitt Cancer Center. He says, not one has a direct link to cell phone usage."

Pop Up Video

Pop Up Video My Mom talking about Walsh and its ability to stay

FEMA trailers toxic, tests show - Los Angeles Times

FEMA trailers toxic, tests show - Los Angeles Times:

"The Federal Emergency Management Agency said Thursday that it would accelerate efforts to get victims of hurricanes Katrina and Rita out of government-supplied trailers after tests showed that the temporary residences contain unhealthy levels of toxic formaldehyde."

Straus Newspapers - West Milford Messenger - Volunteers make a difference in New Orleans

Straus Newspapers - West Milford Messenger - Volunteers make a difference in New Orleans:

"As of Jan. 18, Helping Hands has had 14,797 volunteers put in 418,063 volunteer hours. They have gutted 1,115 homes and 810 elderly apartments. Exterior painting has been done for 49 homes and yard work completed for 202 units. Thirty-four homes are under construction and 19 have been completed."

The Tuxedo Travels - Official Home Page

The Tuxedo Travels - Official Home Page: "

The Tuxedo Travels was born from the fateful encounter of two odd characters: Heath Buck and Doug Campbell.

The duo decided to plot a trip from Hong Kong to London, raising money for charity and having crazy adventures along the way. And they decided to complete the entire trip in tuxedos."

I saw this on CNN, it is really cool.\