Bulb planting and a touching ceremony recently took place in the peaceful memorial gardens in Rochdale in the UK to remember the thousands of victims that have died as a result of asbestos related diseases in the UK. The bulbs were planted by the Rochdale Council’s Environmental Services Department and the British Trust for Conservation [...]

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Pat Buchanan knows his history, whatever else you might think of him, and he has just written a good summary of the revisionist arguments about the two world wars. I myself alluded briefly to such arguments on 23rd. I am one of the many history buffs who agree that WWI was the big mistake so [...]

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Using the Internet for phone access seems like a great idea, and the price is right. If you use computer based products like Skype it is basically free and who doesn’t like free? Companies are aggressively marketing VOIP solutions. In Alberta, Shaw Cable is pushing it hard. But can they provide 911 assistance? 911 is [...]

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The Queers are a pretty interesting band, they play punk the way punk was meant to be. While hardly spring chickens (sorry Joe, but none of us are getting any younger!). They have been around since the early 80′s which makes them ‘first generation’ punk, and they maintain the high energy of that era. This [...]

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A company from Hillingdon in the UK has been fined thousands of dollars after a large metal container, known as a “skip”, filled with asbestos waste was discovered by environment officials. The waste transfer company had left the skip full of debris in an area that is only licensed to cater for empty skips, and [...]

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Jana is at the ranch ready to go to work with Sabrina. She loves the place. Sabrina tells her what they will be doing for the day when Michael comes in. Sabrina takes Jana into the study. Adam comes downstairs and tells Michael he is sorry he got them into this mess. Victor sits down [...]

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Margo and Lisa are waiting on Lisa to come in and talk to them about Casey. Margo is nervous but Tom tells her to calm down till they find out what the problem is. When Lisa comes in she tells them that Casey stole from her again. She says it wasn’t very much.  She says [...]

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Morgan is nervous about taking her exams as the film crew walks in filming her. She asks if they really have to do this today. They tell her that they had instructions to film it all. She says great she gets to have her humiliation on film. They ask where Stephanie is and Morgan says [...]

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This slight and lyrical novel is based on the life of pioneer Sarah Royce, pioneer, memoirist, and mother. Strong-willed, fiercely intelligent and conventionally religious – but with a deep mystical streak – Sarah Royce took to the California trail in the Gold Rush year of 1849. She did not wish to be separated from her [...]

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Campaigners in the UK are up in arms after the level of compensation for families of those that lose loved ones to asbestos related disease was raised. Campaigners state that the rise in compensation levels should have been higher, stating that the government has only upped the rate of compensation by a small amount. This [...]

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The family of a man who died from the asbestos related cancer, mesothelioma, has been awarded over two and a half million dollars by a McLean County jury. The family of John Watkins, who died in 2005 from the asbestos related cancer, was awarded $2.6 million in a verdict that was returned earlier this week. [...]

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“Melissa Barton said she is considering legal action after her son’s kindergarten teacher led his classmates to vote him out of class. “After each classmate was allowed to say what they didn’t like about Barton’s 5-year-old son, Alex, his Morningside Elementary teacher said they were going to take a vote, Barton said. “By a 14 [...]

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In July of this year, the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe is set to be dedicated in La Crosse, Wisconsin. The project has been underway for quite some time, under the patronage of Archbishop Raymond Burke of Saint Louis. Archbishop Burke began the project prior to his transfer from the Diocese of La Crosse [...]

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Todd Davis, Lifelock’s flamboyant CEO, who flashes his social security in public to sell identity theft protection made Yahoo’s top five stories of the week. When I checked Google News, there were no less than 339 articles covering the woes of Lifelock and it’s CEO. Lifelock has been mired in controversy since it was revealed [...]

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Planet Toys has had to remove two of its CSI based toys from the shelves over fears about asbestos. A number of watchdog groups and campaigners have been lobbying over the toys, and CBS has now asked Planet Toys to remove the two CSI kits from the shelves. The two kits that have been pulled [...]

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The New York Times displayed its habitual hypocrisy regarding the “pastor eruptions” that have plagued the campaigns of John McCain (R-AZ) and Barack Obama (D-IL). Here’s what the editorial board of The New York Times wrote about McCain’s repudiation of the comments and endorsements of Rev. Rod Parsley and Rev. John C. Hagee (emphasis, The Stiletto’s): [...]

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Fans of the HBO series Sex and The City which aired from 1999 to 2004 are anxiously waiting for the new movie that is scheduled to open on Friday in the U.S. after its world premier at Leicester Square, London, on 12 May. They want to know if the character, Carrie, played by Sarah Jessica [...]

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Brother Boy [This article brings back sad memories of the days when I worked with children in West Harlem while a divinity student and later a summer job with the Protestant Council of the City of NY. The latter organization was pretty much a fraud set up to do little more than to raise funds [...]

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