Thursday, June 19, 2008

target shooting in the news

Our health by the numbers - Canada.com


Canada.com

Our health by the numbers
Canada.com, Canada - 13 hours ago
Health promotion advocacy groups in Saskatchewan warn the growing number of people packing on the pounds, smoking or leading sedentary lifestyles are not ...
Canadians able to fill in medical gaps Ottawa Citizen
Bad habits, not enough doctors to help Globe and Mail
Local screen time packs on pounds London Free Press
Belleville Intelligencer - Guelph Mercury
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News flash on target shooting

Back from the 'Burbs

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:39:56 PDT
Some critics of Rise said I had the Bay Area all wrong. The techies live in Silicon Valley - the classic nedistan. The "yuppies, sophistos, trendoids, and gays" like in San Francicso - the "ephemeral city." We countered - lots of commuting going on. Then came the Google bus, then my visit to Google where I saw the map of where Google employees live - lots in San Fran. Now Business Week is reporting (pointer via Planetizen) Autodesk is one among a raft of tech companies, including Google (G

Stolen Medical Data, SSNs, Personal Info For Sale On Servers

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:45:56 PDT
Myriads of stolen medical and business data and Social Security Numbers (SSNs) have been found on “crimeservers” in Malaysia and Argentina... The vulnerable health data was accessible via compromised login information for healthcare systems using Citrix remote access software

Four loans may be behind Dominion Finance woes (NZPA via Yahoo!7 Finance)

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:19:40 PDT
Four loans that were not repaid on time may be behind problems at Dominion Finance, finance company analyst Chris Lee says.