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Google Health: Is google violate our personal privacy? (again)
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Red-Tapism
Writers' Paradise | October 2nd 2008 by sheetal ahlawat
I am a little upset today. There has been some tiffs at college. But I think they are a part and parcel of any job. The usual bickering and back stabbing is every where. And you have to cross the red-tapism to get work done. It is no different here t read more
Gordon Brown: UK has strong underlying fundamentals, Really?
Power to the People - Political views of a UK Voter | September 17th 2008 by Graham
If you have heard him say it once, you have heard him repeat it 100 times. Gordon Brown keeps telling is that the UK economic fundamentals are strong. Now I am no economist and that will become self-evident when reading this blog, but I am blessed wi read more
A New Political Party - The ConAm Party
Lumuhuku | September 12th 2008
After witnessing the Indian politics for the last few months, I am pretty sure that just about anything can happen here. And I mean ‘anything’. We always knew that ministers do take money (here, at least) to switch loyalties. But to show read more
Emily Wants to Know “I’m Pregnant And Got My Hours Cut. What…
Get Out of Debt | September 10th 2008 by Steve Rhode
Emily wrote in to me at GetOutOfDebt.org to ask for help. Here is what she said. “I’m having some money problems. I’m having to struggle on making a payment on time and cause I’m pregant my hours got cut back at… read more
Tape
I Am The Cheese | September 5th 2008
I almost electrocuted myself with “electrical tape“!! There really should be a warning on that stuff! note: It’s not a good idea to use masking tape as a halloween costume. double note: taping worms is a waste of time; they d read more
FDA lagging
Written on the Wind | July 27th 2008 by Poetry
I don’t generally fault the FDA when some quack is caught tell horse pills to kill toe nail fungus: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080727/ap_on_go_co/fda_off_label_drugs Rather my problem with all government regulatory process is that they impede read more
FPS launch ‘Trade Pay’
FPS Umbrella | July 24th 2008 by FPS Umbrella
Construction and trade workers will be interested to learn FPS Umbrella has launched a service specially for that area of industry called FPS Trade Pay. All types of trades and professions are covered by the service, that the umbrella company said re read more
Cut print costs and related harm
SmallBizPod - small business blog | July 6th 2008 by Alex Bellinger
Last week three reports dropped (digitally) into my lap. They were all on the subject of what ICT needs to do to keep a lid on our impact on the environment. Each was well written and well constructed but they all came from the ‘carbon is the e read more
The Form I-9 Hokey Pokey
Thoughts from Training Time | June 27th 2008 by Lindsay
Yesterday we reported on an urgent change with I-9 forms issued by the DHS. Today the same government website has withdrawn the statement that the existing form is no longer acceptable. In neither case was any information given beyond those single read more
Bold Approach Falls on My Deaf Ears
The A+ Activist | June 12th 2008 by Nikki
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No prize in our Cracker Jacks
If Mom Says OK | June 5th 2008 by Tara R.
UPDATED: April over at It’s All About Balance is hosting a BlogBlast for Education on June 20. I will be all over that. Check over at her place for other bloggers who are joining the fray and think about jumping in too. Breathe in, brea read more
MEDICARE--A NECESSARY EVIL
Golden Years ??? | June 5th 2008 by Earlene Hofer
Wow! Leaving California a year ago was easy. Getting back in isn't! It was hard enough driving myself back to my home state of 40 years, but taking care of business to be reinstated as a RESIDENT is just a pain in my ASS! My daughter welcomed read more
Random Wednesday - like you care?
If Mom Says OK | May 28th 2008 by Tara R.
It’s just been one of those days when it’s all I can do to not go all spider monkey on some unsuspecting soul, but I have to play nice. ‘What I lack in decorum, I make up for with an absence of tact.’ ~ Don Williams, Jr. (Am read more
Florida Department Of Agriculture Shuts Down Microgreen Seller At…
Hole In The Donut | April 19th 2008 by BARBARA ANN WEIBEL
A sixty-two year old woman who earns half her income from the sale of sprouts and microgreens at the downtown Sarasota Farmer’s Market was shut down today by the Florida Department of Agriculture. The greens she sells are grown in sprouting tra read more
Myth #4: From Crisis to Regulating (or to Transparenting instead…
The Kaufmann Governance Post | April 11th 2008 by Daniel Kaufmann
Recall the downfall of Enron, WorldCom, Parmalat and others, in the aftermath of the vast corporate corruption scandals a few years back. Then we witnessed a push for tightening the corporate regulatory framework in the US (through SO read more
Patience hell, I’m going to kill something
If Mom Says OK | March 22nd 2008 by Tara R.
I have two children who couldn’t be more different. My oldest, a girl, is the kind of student every teacher dreams of having at least once during their career - well behaved, participates intelligently in class discussions, turns her homework read more
Health Care: This Time It's Personal!
Health Care Reform Now! Book Blog | March 13th 2008 by George C. Halvorson
Eric Stoner is writer for The Huffington Post. He also suffers from cystic fibrosis (CF), a genetic disease that attacks the digestive and respiratory systems. Despite major advances in medicine, most CF sufferers do not live far past 40, often dying read more
News on Changing Tourist Licence Laws
Dream Portugal | March 6th 2008 by Dream Portugal
Apparently, the Portuguese Government has approved a new law that should come into effect sometime in March. The câmaras (local councils) will still be responsible for issuing licences but with clearer guidelines; making it easier for staff to pr read more
Pet Passport to Portugal
Dream Portugal | February 23rd 2008 by Dream Portugal
The European Pet Passport (EU Pet Passport) allows for qualifying domestic animals (dogs, cats) to freely cross borders in Europe. The Pet Travel Scheme(PETS) provides for qualifying domestic pets to travel to and from the UK without undergoing quar read more
Different Land Classifications
Dream Portugal | February 17th 2008 by Dream Portugal
There are some neccessary rules to follow when buying property in Portugal. To begin with, you will need to check the property’s classification at the land registry. It should be listed as either rural or urban or sometimes it can be a combi read more
Buying Property In Portugal
Dream Portugal | February 17th 2008 by Dream Portugal
Brief Guide to buying Property in Portugal. Step 1: Fiscal Number Before you do anything you will need a Fiscal number (Cartão de Contribuinte). A Fiscal number is your Tax number and you can do very little in Portugal without one. You will need a read more
Taking your Pet to Portugal
Dream Portugal | February 10th 2008 by Dream Portugal
Traveling with Pets The European Pet Passport (EU Pet Passport) allows for qualifying domestic animals (dogs, cats) to freely cross borders in Europe. The Pet Travel Scheme(PETS) provides for qualifying domestic pets to travel to and from the UK wi read more
Successful People
Talented Young People | January 30th 2008 by Adam Sibley
This week I wanted to use the blog to talk about successful people and the things I think are stopping successful people being as successful as they could be. Now one of the most successful businessmen of our generation is Bill Gates. Unlike a celebr read more
How not to pay taxes
iNsAnItY iNtEnSiFiEd | January 30th 2008
WARSAW (Reuters) - Red tape is preventing a Polish man from returning from the dead.Piotr Kucy, 38 and from the city of Polkowice in southwest Poland, was wrongly identified by authorities last August as a drowned man, only to show up a few days afte read more
Sangria Ban Debate
Watching Washington | January 24th 2008
That August body known as the Virginia General Assembly is debating the heady issue of legalizing ... Sangria.The Commonwealth which Lacks Common Sense (see the abusive driving civil fines) outlawed the mixing of beer or wine with spirits years ago. read more
RAPING LOUISIANA: HOW MANY BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT ARE THERE?
ALL THINGS THAT MATTER | January 2nd 2008 by Philip Harris
We are taught in school that in the U.S. we have three branches of government: the executive, legislative and judicial. Our “founding fathers” felt that this separation of powers would result in a system of “check and balances’ that would pr read more
Chapter 3, Page 42 Such is Life
Mary Quite Contrary | December 21st 2007 by Naomi
Well, that's how things go, isn't it? Just a few holiday related strips and then the next chapter starts. Hopefully I'll be able to get a more coherent plot out of it. read more
Chapter 3, Page 30 Helpless
Mary Quite Contrary | November 23rd 2007 by Naomi
I never did like not being able to do anything about something. I don't think anyone does, but I have gotten the impression that the feeling is stronger in some people than in others.Mary really shouldn't hit the window like that. read more
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