With most Salmonella outbreaks, I read the stories carefully to see what foods I need to be cautious about. Here's one I can completely ignore, though:
INDIANAPOLIS (WANE) - Indiana State Department of Health officials are acting on a advisory from the Food and Drug Administration regarding a Salmonella outbreak involving alfalfa sprouts.
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If a test shows you have a greater risk of Alzheimer's, should the doctor tell you? Would you want to know? Those are two different questions. On the first question, notes The New York Times, five different consensus statements by ethicists and neuorilogists were all in favor of no, do not tell. But in a study of people with a first-degree relative suffering from Alzheimer's, most people wanted to know.:
Well, OK, I signed up for one of the new recycling carts, mostly because it would be a pain to deal with stacks of old newspapers without participating. And there's a bonus!
Residents may keep their current yellow and brown bins, reuse them for another purpose, or after receiving their new recycling cart, may leave their bins on the curb and crews will collect them within 72 hours.
In the preposterous analogy of the day, Aaron Sorkin notes Sarah Palin's killing of a caribou on her TLC travelouge and goes ballistic. Sorkin admits to enjoying meat but thinks it unseemly that Palin seems to enjoy the hunt:
It just wouldn't be a normal Thanksgiving season without an insufferably pretentious food essay, and Newsweek comes through this year:
Seven things from American that are insanely popular overseas, including Pabst Blue Ribbon in China, Kit-Kat candy bars in Japan, 7-Eleven in Taiwan, David Hasselhoff in Germany and my favorite, Spam in Guam:
Well, the evidence is in, and the debate is over -- global warming is, er, that is, dogs are smarter than cats:
It was often thought that the feline pet was smarter than its canine counterpart because it needed less attention but researchers have discovered that cat's brains are smaller because they are less social
The city hopes its One Cart Recycling program will increase the percentage of the population that recycles from 34 to at least 60:
The mayor explained the benefits of recycling, including using less landfill space and being eco-friendly. He also swung the biggest hammer available in tough financial times: The city's new contract with National Serv-All means Fort Wayne gets 50 percent of profits from sales of recycled material.
I had cereal for breakfast this morning. Yesterday, I had eggs and bacon. Before that, I had sausage gravy and biscuits, and before that, pancakes swimming in Log Cabin syrup. (And some of you suspected I wasn't capable of having an adventurous vacation!) Alas, only today's breakfast would win approval in San Francisco:
I'm taking a couple of weeks off, both to recover from the election campaign season and to catch up on some neglected chores (sorry, kitties, your reprieve from the v-e-t is about to expire). But I'll post occasionally, so check in from time to time if you like.
