Month: July 2011
It’s Hard to Keep Track of All the Health Advances
Cancer Death Rates Continue to Fall
Steady overall declines in cancer death rates have meant about 898,000 who would have died prematurely from cancer in the past 17 years did not, the organization said.
Expanding Our Minds About What’s Natural
Donating retired subway trains to the little-known cause of creating artificial reefs.
A decade ago, in a moment of inspiration, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority stumbled on a way to help the environment and its own bottom line: donating retired subway trains to the little-known cause of creating artificial reefs.
Glimmers of True Patriotism
USAA, CVS Caremark, Costco, UnitedHealth Group and Berkshire Hathaway are among the few multi-billion dollar American corporations that actually pay their fair share of taxes and don’t hide their money offshore.
…if you combined the federal tax receipts of just these five corporations, that accounts for more than $7 billion. Theoretically, that money paid for 175,000 teachers at $40,000 a year, or for the guaranteed healthcare for sick and injured 9/11 first responders outlined in the Zadroga bill.
Everything Can Be Fresh
New Rules: Consider everything an experiment
The only rule is work. If you work it will lead to something. It’s the people who do all of the work all the time who eventually catch on to things.
