| Christmas gifts for Mother Earth
But this year, Green Planet offers up a few holiday tips and gift ideas that will at least make for a Green Christmas. Give a gift you know will be used, advises Kara DiCamillo, gift guide editor for treehugger. com. Tickets to sporting events and movies, for example, don't have to be wrapped and are consumable gifts. Foods, restaurant gift certificates and homemade coupons offering babysitting and cleaning services are sure to be used instead of gathering dust. "One of the best gifts is a gift certificate," she added in a phone interview from Rhode Island. " People can pick out a gift they really want as opposed to giving them something they'll just throw away." If you're dreading the crush of Christmas shopping, a more sustainable way to shop is to go online, says Shelagh McNally, editor of greenlivingonline.com.
Why a barren rock in the Atlantic is the focus of an international ...
Yes and if an independent Scotland claims sovereignty watch them suddenly change to it should be shared by adjacent countries (but they mean England of course) and Northern Ireland probably and for some strange reason the Repunlic does not qualify !One thing tou can put your life on is Westminsters view depends on whats in it for us (you cannot afford principles where money is concerned)I cannot agree less with that statement than I currently do! Report as unsuitable 52. howyoudoingboy; / 10:16am 27 Sep 2007 #7 and various others Guga II Still laughing at Guga Ha..ha..ha..ha...por old Guga the ship of the British state cruised by and swept him of his rock into the Atlantic sea (Splash..Blup..blup..blup) and all his jumping up and down spitting venom at everything British helped not at all.
These power struggles are par for the course
The Scottish Government protested that Westminster had short-changed Scottish farmers of £8.1 million. Before Gordon Brown saw the opinion polls that didn't influence his decision against having an election, Westminster Environment Secretary Hilary Benn had intended to pay Scottish sheep farmers compensation for the financial havoc caused by the foot-and-mouth outbreak. Hallelujah - cheated of an election, another opportunity popped up for one-trick political hacks to ferret around the corridors of power, this time to uncover details of the breakdown in cooperation between Westminster and Holyrood. But just as it takes two to tango, cooperation isn't a solo effort, as was recognised by the people who devised devolution when they incorporated "Concordats" into the grand plan of how it would work.
Thermage swings to Q3 profit
Thermage Inc. Tuesday reported a net income of $400,000 or 2 cents per share, compared with a net loss of $1.5 million, or 26 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. Hayward-based Thermage (NASDAQ: THRM) had third-quarter revenue of $13.9 million, over $12.5 million a year ago. "Our third quarter net income was driven by a very strong gross profit margin of 78 percent, reflecting the strength of our treatment tip sales during the period," Stephen Fanning, Thermage's president and CEO, said in a statement. "Treatment tip revenue grew 16% from the third quarter of 2006." .
Isn't That Just Like a Man?
They can have the babies and work, they can work without having babies, or they can have babies without work. We make over the female "firsts," but rarely examine those firsts in the context of the varied life now open to women. Not so long ago, a woman who turned 60, as Hillary just did, faced a life of diminished physical and intellectual abilities and opportunities. Not for her a prosperous and interesting future stretching out for years ahead. Now women, commuting to a different timetable, feel fresh surges of energy just when their husbands retire. The responsibilities and demands of child raising have changed, and women are freer to work when their children are young. Once it was assumed that a child shouldn't start schooling before 5, but now the culture suggests that it's considerably better for a child to play with other children at 4 -- or even 3, guided by teachers -- than to stay home in front of a television set.
Identity theft targets kids, and relatives often the perpetrator
While only a small percentage of identity-theft victims are children, the number is growing, and the impact on the victim's credit, confidence and relationships could be devastating. The crime can go undetected for years and is most commonly committed by a family member, according to a report released this week by the Identity Theft Resource Center, a San Diego nonprofit organization. Fortunately, simple precautions, such as keeping your child's Social Security number secret, can prevent some of the abuse. For instance, you can check your children's credit reports at credit bureaus to nip identity theft in the bud. .
Credit info breached at Not Your Average Joe's restaurant chain
Someone hacked into the security system of the Not Your Average Joe's restaurant chain and stole credit card information from customers of all 13 of its Massachusetts locations.
The thefts occurred in August or September and were discovered at the Hyannis store, said Diana Pisciotta, spokeswoman for the Dartmouth-based company.
While less than 1 percent of the 350,000 customers during that time period were affected, Pisciotta said, some of the victims ate at the Newburyport, Methuen and Beverly locations.
Pisciotta said customers' names, credit card numbers and expiration dates were taken, but victims were not at risk for identity theft. While purchases can be made with the information, it can't be used to obtain identification or open new accounts.
Saturday Readers' Forum
The network administrator's user ID and password is the highest in the computer chain of command. Having once supervised a network administrator, I have had the unfortunate experience of a significant breach of security - no security for a few hours. Everyone could see and change everyone else's data in a 1,000-node network. Then there are the voters who do not know what computers do, let alone how to use one. They must pass on before it is time. Mike Maguire, Mill Valley CUSTOMER SERVICE Roger saves the day Chagrined by my antiquated viewing apparatus (an old, small TV), I forced myself to pop for a fashionably thin, high-definition upgrade. It wasn't easy, and I feared the worst was yet to come - Comcast. After recovering overnight from analysis paralysis and buyer's remorse, I approached the Fort Knox of broadcast bombast.
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