Fung to Present Budget Tomorrow Night
The Projo reports that Fung’s budget will be presented at tomorrow night’s City Council meeting, and it won’t be pretty — with proposed layoffs in the police department and possibly “two dozen” other layoffs in the city. We all hoped it wouldn’t come to this, and yet here we are. From the Projo: …Even with [...]
Preschoolers Store Info and Use As Needed
Here is an enlightening piece of research for those of us raising the strange little creatures known as preschoolers, and those of us providing treatment to families raising the little barbarians as well. Research by Colorado Professor Yuko Munakata suggests that three-year-olds are often listening when you give them directions — they simply choose to [...]
4,800 Calorie Burger
I’m on a diet, and I can’t explain why this makes me smile, but a Michigan ballpark is serving one burger that contains about 3 days worth of calories… The 4-pound, $20 burger features five beef patties, five slices of cheese, nearly a cup of chili and liberal doses of salsa and corn chips, all [...]
New Morning
This is a song I’m hoping to sing at my church, Church of the Ascension, once we get past Lent and into Easter season. The song “New Morning” was written by Bob Dylan and is performed below by Elizabeth Mitchell and Lisa Loeb. It has a beautiful simplicity to it — a sense of coming [...]
Newport Review Event: “Writes of Spring”
Kathryn Kulpa, editor of The Newport Review, forwarded this invitation to a public reading and photography show: Newport Review is celebrating spring with an afternoon of art and writing at Second Stage Studio in Cumberland, RI. Join us from 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, May 3 in a beautiful, historic gallery setting to view photography from [...]
Appeal for Help
One of my co-workers, a nurses’ aid who provides care every day for elderly and handicapped people, is facing a crisis in her own life. Her 23 year old daughter has scleroderma and the burden falls heavily on her and her family. Ideal Home Care has organized a benefit to raise money to provide a weekend away for a mother and daughter who have been through a lot.
Cranston Police Contract
I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a bigger story about this on the ProJo’s website tomorrow, but around 1 pm today they posted a small article on their blog about a hot topic in Cranston right now: the Police Department contract. In case anyone missed the outcome of last week’s Finance Committee Meeting, Mayor [...]
Better Mousetrap
Danger and opportunity, eh? These are uncertain times. Anyone who invents a good, green, practical device or technique may make their fortune now. I have posted about the Lifestraw, about the peanut butter wonder food, Plumpy Nut. I know some of our readers are smart people, because I read the comments (thanks guys). Any ideas?
They Also Serve
When the pressure is on, you might want someone who understands hydraulics, unlike ‘Joe’ the ‘Plumber’, who never bothered to get licenced.
Nice Change on the Stock Market Today
Since the new theme of Kmareka is blogging about change — global, local, personal, and political — I thought it apt to comment on the ferocious roar of the stock market back to life today. Almost 500 points last time I checked! And yes, I’m checking daily again now, since I managed to suck up [...]
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