| May 2006
And this little house that needs work just about everywhere I turn is giving me a chance to revel in its potential. Windows leak like sieves? Get new airtight double-panes! Think the fireplace mantle is just too wimpy? Chuck it! And what about that cheap, varnished-pine clamshell molding surrounding every door and window? I'm now buying Benjamin Moore Decorator's White by the contractor-size bucket to cover it all up. After years of having to consider architectural significance, I now have the chance to create my own, instead. It seems that, in this land of 300-year-old salt boxes, I have found new possibilities, and a home that belongs, not to history, but to me, alone. .
B.C. to set up climate-change institute with $94.5-million endowment
He said B.C. will market green technology to the world. The province's Liberal government has committed in law to reduce greenhouse gases by 33 per cent below 2007 levels by 2020 and 80 per cent by 2050. The aim of the legislation is to make provincial government operations carbon-neutral by 2010. The University of Victoria will be the institute's headquarters and prime mover, and the government's endowment - which needs legislative approval-will ensure it operates in perpetuity. .
Catholic Schools Week events
Students in preschool through 12th grade will collect personal care items for residents of local area nursing homes. Elementary students will make placemats for nursing homes. TUESDAY: Elementary students will enjoy a fun day with games, movies and activities. Junior and senior high students will participate in a Chicken Soup for the Soul program in religion class. All students will write thank-you notes to their parents for the sacrifices they make for Catholic education. WEDNESDAY: Catholic Schools Week Mass will be at 8:45 a.m. The Rev. Mark Pasik will officiate. Parents and friends are invited to attend. Students will design and send valentines to veterans. Read with the principal will take place at 6 p.m., followed by an ice cream social at 6:30. THURSDAY: Students will write thank-you notes to bishops, priests, sisters, deacons and lay ministers. FRIDAY: Students will dress in "spirit wear" and take part in a pep rally at 1:30 p.m.
Deadly new form of MRSA emerges
It causes large boils on the skin, and in severe cases can lead to fatal blood poisoning or necrotising pneumonia, which eats away at the lungs. Researchers say the bug has so far been 13 times more prevalent in gay men in San Francisco than in other people. In the Castro district - where more gay people live than anywhere else in the US - about one in 588 people are carrying the bug. In the general San Francisco community the figure was around one in 3,800. Sex link Researcher Dr Binh Diep, from San Francisco General Hospital Medical Centre, said: "These multi-drug resistant infections often affect gay men at body sites in which skin-to-skin contact occurs during sexual activities. .
Two dead in bulding collapse
Police had earlier reported that at least eight people died and seven were injured. Five people were missing and were believed to be trapped under rubble, said Rawalpindi police chief Saud Aziz. Fireworks stored on the ground floor exploded and then the building collapsed, he said. The building had both residential apartments and shops on the ground floor. Share this article .
Humiliation for Edwards
In any case, this piece is completely wrong. Hillary had plenty of time, on her private plane to be in Chicago and to be at this fundraiser. Hey guys, she actually did both. So it's wrong on facts, as well as silly and naïve in its analysis, but hey who cares? I hear Edwards got a haircut. ... 1) Yes, Hillary has to have fundraisers. But then she should be honest about it--she shouldn't try to hide the cause of her "scheduling conflict" from the Kos crowd, treating them like children who can be conned. That's the basic complaint; 2) Yes, she was at the Kos convention and at the fundraiser, but she didn't apparently have time for the advertised "breakout" session after the YearlyKos candidates' forum. When Kossacks kicked up a fuss, a session was apparently hastily scheduled for before the forum; 3) These things are scheduled long in advance, as Alterman says.
Hillary Clinton Ads Appear In Chattanooga, Barack Obama Ads Disappear
I want to ask why you like to be misled for 4 or eight more years. I remember "slick willy" being asked what he was going to do about a 60 Billion Trade deficit we had. The Press kept asking and asking and one day Pres Clinton said he paid and balanced the 60 Billion deficit and had a 20 Billion surplus ! The Press asked HOW HE DID THIS. ? He evaded this question for days then weeks when it was later discovered Pres Clinton BORROWED THE 80 Billion from the Social Security account and yes THIS NEVER WAS REPAID HOWEVER WE WERE LATER TOLD SOC. SEC. WAS GETTING IN TROUBLE AND COULD BE OUT OF FUNDS (as little as the checks are for people who worked and contributed to Soc. Sec for 45 years) If You Had an Intellect on your side you would be well advised to cast your vote to the person that says HOW TO FIX WHAT IS WRONG AND NOT FOLLOW LIKE SHEEP TO THE SAME WATER HOLE ALL ABOUT TALKING ABOUT WHAT IS WRONG.
Obama Beats ... Jesse Jackson
What am I missing? ... 1:14 A.M. link ____________________________ On the bright side: The Hillary campaign shakeup--cruelly delayed by the unexpected victory in New Hampshire--may now be back on track. ... Suggested headline: "Quantum of Solis"! ... 12:46 A.M. ___________________________ .
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