Percy Jackson is difficult to deal with from a parental perspective. Of course, one issue is that he is a teenager.  Another is the fact that he is a half blood thanks to being the son of the sea god, Poseidon.  Then, there is that whole blowing up the school issue which happens on a [...]

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The parents of some of the children at the Greenfield Park International elementary school in the South Shore area have stated that they will not return their children to the school until the air has been tested and the school has been given a clean bill of health. The parents pulled their children from the [...]

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Everyone is remembering Cassie today. Jack comes to the office early from his trip so he can be with Sharon. She tells him she is hanging in there. Phyllis can’t seem to cheer Nick up. She offers to go get Summer and take her to the park to feed the ducks but Nick isn’t interested. [...]

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Brad and Katie check out Liberty’s dress for the dance tonight. Brad thinks she has too much make up on. Katie tells Brad they need to go. Janet says she thought they were taking Liberty to the dance. Liberty says she isn’t a child so she doesn’t need them to take her. She says Brad [...]

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Daniel claims he isn’t getting much sleep lately and Lexi tells him she knows the feeling. He offers to be a good listener if she ever needs a shoulder to lean on to get things off her chest. She tells him she would rather not talk about it but tells him things at home with [...]

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Karl Rove, the dancing white guy, is subpoenaed to appear before The House Judiciary Committee in Washington, DC. He is to answer questions about dismissing some cases and prosecuting Democrats. The committee ordered Rove to appear July 10 to testify on claims that he was a key player in pressing the Justice Department to dismiss [...]

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A woman from the UK has won compensation after claiming that she contracted a deadly asbestos related cancer from hugging her father when she was a child. The woman, Debbie Brewer, claims that she was exposed to asbestos when she hugged her father when she was younger. Her father worked at Devonport Dockyard in the [...]

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The blogosphere has been a awash with articles concerning Payday loans in the US. Several states seem bound and determined to kill the industry. Ohio for example has passed legislation which the governor is expected to ‘rubber stamp’ capping the interest rate at 28%. This effectively means that the Payday lender will make pennies for [...]

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According to a new report baseline CT screening could prove beneficial and effective in the detection of lung cancer among people that have a history of being exposed to asbestos, which is a potentially deadly substance and a known carcinogenic. Researchers state that this method of screening could benefit those at high risk of developing [...]

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…he won’t criticize her for her ‘personal habits.’ “Andrew Brownson, one of the Republicans challenging Allen, said it would not be appropriate to ask or force her to resign for her ‘personal habits.’ “‘I don’t believe in that,’ said Brownson.” According to the UPI, “Assemblywoman Francis Allen (pictured), R-Las Vegas, is accused of using a [...]

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The owner of an Oregon retirement home, along with contractors that worked on a remodeling project at the site in 2006, have been fined nearly sixty five thousand dollars between them after it was found that asbestos had been mishandled at the site. Asbestos is a known carcinogenic that can cause asbestos related cancer and [...]

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With budget cuts by Governor Mitch Daniels, and Terrible news by a resent study on towns in the path of I-69, Oakland City Indiana seems to be headed for trouble. A study conducted by The University Of Southern Indiana (USI) states “Investment in upgrading/expanding infrastructure (e.g., water/sewer facilities) yields a greater return if it is [...]

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The journal Nature has an article about carbon nanotubes, when placed into mice, can cause pleural placques and granulomas of the pleura similar to those seen from asbestos. Carbon nanotubes are structures engineered from single atoms and molecules and scientists say they hold great promise for applications in medicine, electronics and especially new materials. Note: [...]

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The British Institute of Directors says that “…the non-executive director’s role is to provide a creative contribution to the board by providing objective criticism.” Well “objective criticism” was distinctly absent from the non-executive directors who appeared at the Annual General Meeting of Royal Dutch Shell plc this week. To be fair Jorma Ollila, Shell’s Chairman, [...]

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A widow whose husband died from the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma, has won the fight to keep the compensation that she was previously awarded by the courts. Angela Cox from Derbyshire in the UK was told that she could lose the one hundred thousand pounds (around two hundred thousand dollars) compensation that she was awarded [...]

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From Churchill’s Parrot blog: A recent spat on the Chris Matthew’s television program (“Dancing with the Stars” we believe?) has provided a splendid micro-study of the various bankruptcies which characterize the low-state of political debate currently at play in the last best hope of mankind.  May God help us all. First there is intellectual bankruptcy [...]

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