Hairspray is linked to common genital birth defect, says study
Women who are exposed to hairspray in the workplace during pregnancy have more than double the risk of having a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias, according to a new study published today in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives.
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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma: Results Of A Population-Based Study With 25 Years Follow-Up
urotoday.com - the munich cancer registry (mcr) was established in 1978 as the clinical registry of the munich cancer centre and in the beginning cooperated with the two university hospitals in munich. since 1988 collaborations have extended to all hospitals in the city and locale of munich, monitoring 2.3 million people.
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Animal shelter nearing top 10: Keep voting
the south wood county humane company is competing in a free inhabitant online shelter to question that could net the organization $25,000 with your help. br br the ba hrefhttp://tinyurl.com/6bpkra targetnewanimal release site/b/a is hosting the shelter confront through dec. 14 where people can vote daily in the service of the humane society. br br the contest will provide the shelter with the most votes a sum prize of $25,000, while the runner-up longing accept $10,000, and the winner of each state will gain a $1,000 grant. br br the shelter currently is ranked 13th nationally and no. 1 in wisconsin. br br click ba hrefhttp://tinyurl.com/4wlnx9 targetnewhere/b/a to register your vote. type in south wood county humane society and click on wisconsin to vote.
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Disturbing Thoughts
did you ever notice that you can’t re-tie just united shoe? if your lace comes loose and you re-truss up, guaranteed you’ll win two steps and have to re-tie the other one because it won’t be as tight. sometimes i purposely turn a deaf ear to the other one that wants to be re-tied. “you didn’t say anything about it until i re-tied the other a certain,” i’ll say.people walking by wonder why the hell i’m yelling at my shoelaces.distressing story down a teen who killed himself over 12 hours of frequently by overdosing on medications. the people watching the suicide had a great debate over whether or not the 19-year hoary had infatuated a lethal dose. turns loose he did and everybody watched without calling the authorities. i’ve heard it said that if they publicly executed prisoners it would be the number one rated show on television. without a be uncertain - hell, we’d probably fill a coliseum watching people apprehend torn limb from limb by lions.i’m still waiting in requital for the yankees to sign their initially free agent. what’s entrancing so long to buy my next world series? let’s go!stayed in a hotel last night and i had someone trying to unlock the door to my room at 3:14 am. there are so scads thoughts that go through your chief executive officer when you wake up and hear someone trying to get in. i yelled out and heard the sound of feet running down the carpeted hall.”you should have answered the door naked,” one of the guys on the construction site said. “that would entertain cured anyone of in all cases coming to your door again.”attendant there’s a lot of sweet for me minus there. answering the door palpable is the one thought that truly not in any way entered my take care with.
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The New York Times (NYT) Slashes Dividend
After the market closed today the New York Times announced it would cut its dividend from 23 cents a share to 6 cents, which will save the company $97.8 million a year. Lord knows they need the cash. It probably would have been wise to cut the dividend to zero, but this is still a big step in the right direction. The stock now sits at $5.72 a share.
Full Release:
The New York Times Company’s Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $.06 per share on the Company’s Class A and Class B common stock, down from $.23 per share in the third quarter of 2008. The dividend is payable on December 15, 2008, to shareholders of record on December 1, 2008.
‘This was a difficult but necessary decision that will provide us with greater financial flexibility in these uncertain economic times,’ said Arthur Sulzberger, Jr., chairman of the Company. ‘Most industries are feeling the need to conserve cash and ours is as well, particularly given the secular challenges we face. Throughout our history, we have successfully weathered difficult periods by maintaining our brand promise of providing high-quality journalism. In order to continue to do so, we have taken decisive steps to reduce capital spending, lower operating costs and re-evaluate our assets. We expect that this steep cut in the dividend, coupled with our other actions, will help us decrease debt and improve the liquidity of the Company, a prudent measure in this operating environment.’
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Salon Radio: Scott Horton on war crimes prosecutions
(updated below w/transcript)
Scott Horton wrote the cover story for the current edition of Harper’s (sub. req’d) — entitled “Justice after Bush: Prosecuting an Outlaw Administration” — in which he argues that it is imperative to investigate, expose, and prosecute the Bush administration’s war crimes, particularly its torture of detainees. Scott sets forth a detailed proposal for how this should be pursued, beginning buy stromectol with the creation of a Truth Commission to expose what was done and to generate public support for further proceedings, followed by prosecution.
I spoke to Scott today on Salon Radio regarding this article, and we discussed:
I also asked Scott his views of likely Obama Attorney General Eric Holder, and they were roughly similar to the ones I expressed earlier today.
The discussion is approximately 25 minutes in length and can be heard by clicking PLAY on the recorder below. A transcript will be posted shortly (on a different note, details concerning the superb open-to-the-public panel discussion of the issues raised by Scott’s article, which Scott described at the end of the interview and which will take place on the evening of December 4, at the NYU School of Law, are here).
UPDATE: The transcript is here.
HARPER’S MAGAZINE
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The Center on Law and Security at New York University
Invite you to:
AFTER TORTURE
A Harper’s Forum on justice in the post-Bush era
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Lipton Hall
New York University
108 West Third Street
On publication of contributing editor Scott Horton’s report, “Justice After Bush” in the December issue of Harper’s Magazine, a panel of legal experts will discuss the methods available to a democracy for reckoning with a legacy of human rights abuses.
Participants will include:
* ELIZABETH HOLTZMAN
Author of “The Impeachment of George W. Bush”
* SCOTT HORTON
Contributing Editor, Harper’s Magazine
* JERROLD NADLER
Chairman, House Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights, and Civil Liberties
* BURT NEUBORNE
Legal Director, Brennan Center for Justice, New York University
* MICHAEL RATNER
President, Center for Constitutional Rights
* ANTONIO TAGUBA
Major General (U.S. Army Ret.)
* Moderated by Luke Mitchell, Senior Editor, Harper’s Magazine
*This event is free and open to the public*
To listen to this interview, click PLAY on the recorder below:
Glenn Greenwald: My guest today is Scott Horton, who has written the cover story, the cover article for the current edition of Harper’s, that explores various approaches for investigating and prosecuting Bush officials for crimes that have been committed over the last eight years. The article is entitled Justice After Bush: Prosecuting an Outlaw Administration. Scott, thanks v
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Ashes Preperations could be Disrupted
dave kidd has reported in today’s people newspaper, that the ecb’s preparation plans for next summer’s ashes series could be thrown into turmoil necessary to england players refusing to sign their central contracts.manifestly the england players elected not to cypher the contracts until after the stanford match (and we all know how that went). the england players feel miffed that they lost their ?650,000 per man harmonize and afterward came away from the west indies with nothing.the centrally-contracted players manipulate that they are missing out on some big money that is on offer from the ipl (indian premier league). of movement the ecb did try and replace the draw in of the ipl with the stanford match, however, as was proven; if a line-up loses that one-off match the players walk away with nothing, compared with the guaranteed income/wages on offer from ipl franchises.the ecb would rather only made the contracted players handy to the ipl for twelve days next spring.that decision by the ecb has led ipl franchise owners to exhort that they will not be employing any centrally-contracted england players next season.this in dwelling-place fighting could seriously disrupt the england teams preparations after next summer’s ashes series. let’s upon the players and the ecb can sort something absent from and reach an agreement.
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Lucky man survives after being run over by train
(the associated press) talk about being fortunate - a north alabama houseboy is alive after being run over by a train on thursday afternoon. huntsville fired up and liberate officials said a trail engineer spotted 61-year-past it arnold romine lying across railroad ties. witnesses said the conductor sounded the horn and tried to stop the queue.
firefighters said by the shilly-shally the coal train was stopped, 8 rail cars had passed on top of romine’s body.
miraculously, he suffered what appeared to be minor injuries. he was later treated and released at huntsville hospital.
its unclear why romine was lying on the tracks.
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Win It: Victoria’s Secret Supermodel Bag
supernal heidi! it’s a great big bag full of victoria’s secret goodies for one lucky “extra” friend - including a miracle bra and a cashmere shrug! the whole shebang is valued over $900! but you’ve got to sign up to be an “extra” friend to win. sign up up to date, and enter to win! maybe you’ll be the next lucky title-holder!
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Is Mark Teixeira worth $20 million or more per year?
i had an break to talk to super agent scott boras thursday as i was preparing a occasional free-instrument stories. and, yes, we spoke about watch teixeira. we’ll get to him in a second. but i want to state this — though i be sure it won’t sit well with multifarious of you. i enjoy talking to boras. he’s extremely sharp, motivated and impressive. it’s not a inscrutableness why he is so good at what he does. as a sportswriter, boras is among the most fascinating people i have met. off the best of my head, the only ones that come close are chuck thompson and, drum roll please, peter angelos. my consider fair rating straight dropped 30 points. (how many of you are going to hammer me for mentioning chuck in the same category as angelos and boras? ain’t the beer loving, in a trice?) i am not buddies with either attorney. and i’m not endorsing them or their philosophies. i am solely saying they are both incredibly interesting men with informed, albeit unwavering, opinions. interviewing them is like a game of chess. it can be simultaneously illuminating, fun and frustrating. ok, i am now taking a spot under the save for, hiding behind a stool with mike in indiana who had the audacity to suggest in thursday’s talk that he believes teixeira will be this free agency class’ biggest bust. here’s his logic: “(tex) is going to get an a-rod-in-texas type contract in the service of a bunch of money and a bunch of years. while he is a good hitter is he really going to make the difference? he didn’t help atlanta or the angels in the form two years. i think that for the money he is going to get, his performance is not going to guaranty a championship (see also: alex rodriguez).” after talking to boras yesterday, i on predict you that mike is correctly in one aspect. teixeira is going to come close to the $252 million arod got in 2000. he won’t excel it, but i bet he is not far from there. boras won’t make predictions or offer any parameters, but in the way he is talking, it’s easy to read between the lines. my sense is that boras sees teixeira as a $20 million-plus competitor, and he large gets what he wants. so here’s my interview: if you are the orioles, do you make amends for the faithful grail of severna park $20 million-plus a year for eight to 10 years to come severely? think about this: if the orioles would, he’d roughly feign whole-fourth of the club’s entire payroll. sure, he’d make this team think twice. but is it worth it at that expense? boras contends that whatever tex gets in salary the brotherhood will recoup that revenue in marketing, ticket sales and increased profile. “it’s just well-thought-of business to go after players that not only won’t be a detriment to your payroll but last will and testament pay for themselves. not many players can do that. he will,” boras said. so should the orioles pay for tex, no matter how uneven it makes their payroll? daily think noteworthy: if you owned the orioles, would you give mark teixeira $20 million or more a year to play at digs? in a baseball context, is he worth that price?
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VIDEO: Town challenged to honor veterans
When she served as guest speaker at Braintree’s traditional Veterans’ Day ceremony, Navy Nurse Corps Commander Marybeth O’Sullivan issued a challenge to the audience who packed the East Middle School auditorium.
“The men and women who serve in our armed forces make our freedom and our way of life possible,” said O’Sullivan, the outreach advisor for Veterans Upward Bound, a free and federally funded program at the University of Massachusetts in Boston designed to prepare veterans to return viagra to post-secondary education. “Our country is free and a better and safer place because of them. We owe each of them a debt of gratitude that can never truly be repaid. They are there for us, and we need to be there for them. To be there for them means a certain commitment, and I ask each and every citizen to take the time to learn the resources and services that are available to support our troops as they re-enter the civilian community.”
The ceremony was presented by the Braintree Veterans Council (BVC) under the auspices download thriller of American Legion Post 86, Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1702, and Disabled American Veterans Chapter 29 to honor all veterans, living and dead.
Among those present were Mayor Joseph Sullivan, state Sen. Michael Morrissey, state Rep. Joseph Driscoll, Town Council President Leland Dingee, Councilor at Large Harold Randolph, Councilor Charles Kokoros of District 1, Councilor John Mullaney of District 2, Councilor Thomas Bowes of District 3, and Chief of Staff and Operations Peter Morin.
After Director of Veterans’ Services Reynold Barnes led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance, the East Middle School Concert Choir, under the direction of Chester Laskosky, performed “The Star-Spangled Banner,” “In Flanders Field,” and “Homeward Bound.”
Following an invocation offered by BVC chaplain Russell Dupuis, Sr., Barnes introduced O’Sullivan, a Long Island, N. Y. native and Brockton resident who has served 24 years in the active duty and reserve ranks.
O’Sullivan, a registered nurse, has five children, two of whom are on active duty in the Navy.
She is a member of the National Coalition for Homeless Veterans, several state veteran boards, and many national and local organizations.
“We gather this morning to show our gratitude to the veterans of the United States armed forces,” O’Sullivan said. “Here and across the nation, we stand in good company with all Americans as we mark this day with expressions of respect for all who have put themselves in harm’s way. We remember those veterans who served America by fighting and dying on the field of battle.”
Before she received a standing ovation, O’Sullivan concluded, “To my fellow veterans, my shipmates, and your families, I thank you for what you have paid for the cost of our freedom. I thank you for you have emptied yourselves in the giving. I thank you for the faith you hold in those of us who continue to serve, not always in uniform, and follow in your legacy. I thank you for the love you have for freedom and for your service to America that will one day lead to a lasting peace.”
Following O’Sullivan’s speech, the Braintree High School Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, led by director Rachel Hallenbeck of the BHS music department and accompanied by Grace Han and Felix Wong, performed “What a Wonderful World,” “The Battle Hymn of the Republic,” “Salute to the Armed Forces,” and “God Bless America.”
After a benediction by Dupuis, Driscoll presented O’Sullivan with a resolution passed by the state House of Representatives and state Senate saluting her “commitment to improving the lives of veterans.”
Barnes paid tribute to four World War II veterans in attendance: George Ward, Dave Lovell, Emmett McNamara, and Phyllis Nuss
When the veteran organizations retired their colors, Barnes invited the audience for refreshments at the American Legion Post 86 on 435 Washington St.
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