In this recession, lots of specific problems crop up that we moan and groan about.  But habitual whiners and complainers want us to wallow in their negativity even in the best of times.  In her article in the Financial Times, “Office moaners are something to groan about,” Emma Jacobs points out that habitual complainers can [...]

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Identity Theft Expert Robert Siciliano During National Protect Your Identity Week we will be taking a fundamental approach to the issues. In the next 3 posts we’ll look at myths, compiled by the National Foundation for Credit Counselors (NFCC) who is sponsoring a “Protect Your Identity Week” October 17 – 24. To help support their [...]

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I have to admit that I love movies that have that ‘B’ tag on them, and without doubt when you add the tag Horror, to the ‘B’ you get something truly delightful. Think about it for a moment. How many huge horror, and Sci-fi movies has fizzled, and they have huge budgets. The ones that [...]

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Composer Robert J. Kral has become known for his ability to create quality music for action-packed superhuman adventure stories. For five seasons, Kral worked on the television series “Angel” and also created the music for two previous DC comics animated films made for DVD: Bathman: Gotham Knight and Superman/Doomsday. In the liner notes for his [...]

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With the obvious success of Spike Jonze’s live-action adaptation of Maurice Sendak’s infamous children’s book Where the Wild Things Are (which came in as #1 this weekend with a healthy $32 million opening weekend), it’s no surprise that there’s a reawakened interest in the story behind the movie. Originally published in 1963, Where the Wild [...]

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The financial press and economists are starting to raise their voices about the deficit and the debt that is burdening our country and threatening our future.  Amid the news that the dollar hit a 14 month low last week, concerns abound about how government is spending our money; money earned in the form of taxes, [...]

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Prophecy Of Power… Will It Come True? Andrew Parker is new to the book world and Prophecy Of Power is his debut novel, and, in my opinion he is off to a very fine start. The subject matter is an interesting one, and is the second novel I have read in recent weeks that uses [...]

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A study is being carried out at a medical school with the aim of helping protect healthy cells in sufferers of mesothelioma while allowing drugs to be used to treat affected cells. The research is part of a two year study, and has been carried out at the Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, New Hampshire. [...]

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Wow! Another week and another Google Alert. This time, its about having cameras in the classrooms in the United Kingdom. Wonder if this trend will hit up the United States? A group in the UK called Class watch sets up cameras in classrooms and uses this as a basis for professional development. So far, they [...]

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Phyllis and Chloe are having a fit saying they are going to press. Jack brings in some donuts saying it is a sugar rush/bribe. Jack asks that despite it being so close to the deadline but he wants to know if they can add a note to donate organs in Colleen’s memory. Phyllis agrees to [...]

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Prior to seeing the commercials for this new diamond edition of this movie, I did not know that this was in fact the first full-length animated movie that was made by Walt Disney.  I hadn’t seen this movie in years, prior to just rewatching it a couple of days ago.  However, if I had seen [...]

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Malignant mesothelioma is a form of cancer that is linked to exposure to asbestos, which is a substance that was once commonly used is a wide range of industries and applications. It has become known that long term and high level exposure to asbestos dust and fibers can lead to a range of serious health [...]

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The report in Economic Times suggesting a successful sting operation revealing the possibility of leakage of medical record information for a price by one transcription company in India calls for an urgent and appropriate response from the industry. It is necessary for us to remind the world that the IT industry contains a spectrum of operators and [...]

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