To Be Happy You Must Make More Than Your Friends It is referred to as conspicuous consumption. Basically what this means is the spending of goods to display wealth or social status. Which is more commonly called “keeping up with the Joneses.” Conspicuous consumption was introduced by economist Thorstein Veblen in 1899. The Theory of […]

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The Director of The Movie “Gasland” Talks With PBS PBS Now interviews Josh Fox, the director of the film Gasland. Gasland has been aired on HBO. This documentary won an award at the Sundance Film Festival, which takes place annually in Utah. The film focuses on communities in the United States impacted by hydraulic fracturing. […]

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Be Aware Of The Dangers Of Lightning, Even If It’s Not Raining Lightning is always dangerous and very unpredictable. We should become aware of the hazardous risks that lightning poses and we should always be safe as we possibly can be. Make no mistake – lightning can kill and does so often. Between the years 1959 […]

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Live Northern Lights Webcams 1. Sweden — Porjus (Recommended) 2. Winnipeg — Winnipeg Webcams Live in Canada 3. Talkeetna — TAT’s Webcam Mt. McKinley is 60 miles from Talkeetna 4. Minnesota — Mille Lacs Resort Live Webcam 5. Turnagain Arm — Alaska About 4 miles south of Anchorage 6. Climate Research Center — Alaska Web […]

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 Warning Description: Heat Advisory Today While certain parts in the United States may be enduring a drought period this summer, some areas in the Midwest are getting blessed with tremendous amounts of rain this year. Some areas have been hit hard, with never before seen proportions of rain. The year has been catastrophic for some who lost everything they had. […]

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Where There’s Innovation There’s Opportunity There is another way to buy. There is another way to sell. The word is out. The new kid on the block is OpenSky, which was founded in May of 2009. The objective is to connect people and merchants. The team is headquartered out of New York and claims to reach […]

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Seasonal environment at birth may influence diabetes later. Could the season and environment have an effect on infants being born? Study participants (9,737 youth with type 1 diabetes and 1,749 with type 2 diabetes) were identified by six collaborating U.S. centers. Among the type 1 diabetic youths, percentage births decreased in October–February and increased in […]

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An End To Finger-Stick Testing For Diabetes Patients? The PositiveID Corporation (“PositiveID” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ: PSID) announced in April that it planned to conduct laboratory-based comparisons of the non-invasive Easy Check breath glucose analysis system versus the current standard “finger stick” blood glucose testing method. The hope for diabetics is that this new breath analyzer […]

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It’s Time To Skin The Brown Dog! The Dog Days of summer have arrived. The loud stinging sound of cicadas penetrate the airwaves with vibrato. Incessant hot temperatures keep reminding us what summer is all about. And to think that just a few months ago we were begging for some kinder, warmer weather. Now we […]

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TwitPic Comes Up With A New Look And Popular Users List The very popular photo website has come up with a new look and and a search button. I’ve sometimes wondered what would happen if they added a search button. Well, I never noticed one there before if it was there. Did you? Also at the TwitPic site […]

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