Economist Blames Aid for Africa Famine - Yahoo! News

Economist Blames Aid for Africa Famine - Yahoo! News: "When aid money keeps coming, all our policy-makers do is strategize on how to get more,' said the Kenya-based director of the Inter Region Economic Network, an African think tank.

'They forget about getting their own people working to solve these very basic problems. In Africa, we look to outsiders to solve our problems, making the victim not take responsibility to change.'

Moving the aid can be nightmare in itself. Africa's good roads are few, and often pass through the front lines of civil wars. But Shikwati notes an additional problem: Even African countries that have food to spare can't easily share it because tariffs on agricultural products within sub-Saharan Africa average as high as 33 percent, compared with 12 percent on similar products imported from Europe."

Yellow journalism at its best!

A collection of Lance's front pages from around the world. Newsdesigner.com

Yoga may help prevent middle-age spread | Science Blog

Science Blog reports:

Yoga may help prevent middle-age spread | Science Blog: "regular yoga practice may help prevent middle-age spread in normal-weight people and may promote weight loss in those who are overweight."

King George's Madness Linked to Arsenic - Yahoo! News

I guess 1776 was wrong on this one...but it is still a great book!

King George's Madness Linked to Arsenic - Yahoo! News: "n 1969, researchers proposed the strange behavior of the monarch who reigned during the American Revolution resulted from a rare hereditary blood disorder called porphyria."

Worst Service Award

Of all the companies I personally deal with, I used to think Tim Horton's had the worst customer service (last week they initially refused to take dollar coins as the cashier had never seen them before and throught they were fake). I stand corrected. The new winner in the worst customer service contest is....drumroll........Verizon!

What a waste of an afternoon!!!!!! How do these people win any customer service award?

Verizon Wireless Contact Us: "Customer Service Representatives are available from 6am-11pm, 7 days a week"

They are however a good example of how creative pricing can more or less lock you into a company.

Runner's Web and Triathlete's Web, a Running, Track and Field and Triathlon Resource Portal

Runner's Web and Triathlete's Web, a Running, Track and Field and Triathlon Resource Portal

What a cool article on the differences between swimming and running!

I definitely have the "terminal mediocrity" down!

"Keller and other elite freestylers can easily swim 25-yards in 7 or 8 strokes (counting each hand entry as one stroke), while novice swimmers typically average 20 to 25 strokes for the same distance.

And that threefold difference in stroke efficiency is only half the story."

If you are trying to make the transition to swimming, definitely READ IT!!

Documents for the Study of American History: US History: AMDOCS: 1400 - 2004 Primary Sources

Documents for the Study of American History: US History: AMDOCS: 1400 - 2004 Primary Sources

One of the coolest history sites I have "stumbled upon." It has hundreds of original source writings going back to about 1400!!!