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» PolicyMound: Why do so many lawyers turn to fiction?
From NPR’s ALL THINGS CONSIDERED July 27th with Richard Patterson…
“Why do so many lawyers turn to fiction?
RICHARD PATTERSON (Author, “In the Name of Honor”): Well, they may be desperate to leave their current profession for one thing, but aside from that, if you think about what…
05/21/2010
“BP Chief Says Gulf Oil Spill Is Relatively Small”… and I say you are relatively retarded.
NPR once again elaborates on the gulf oil spill debacle…. As a side note to those living outside of New Orleans - you know its bad when your weatherman starts referring to ‘the gulf’ as ’ the oil’. Bob Breck, gotta love your enthusiasm for the weather and its effects on [the gulf] the oil….
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126827880&sc=nl&cc=bh-20100514
05/01/2010
Oil washing up on shore for three months - says NPR
“The Exxon Valdez was one accident. Here, we’re talking about oil conceivably being washed up for three months” until the well is capped. “Snapper spawn in the Gulf of Mexico at this time of year. What’s happening now could have an impact on the harvest levels for the next three or four years,” Powers said.”
Source: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126419688&sc=nl&cc=bh-20100501
01/24/2010
» If You Said Yes, Press 'One' Now : NPR
This is an old NPR story about the billion dollar market of toll free directory services (free 411), and the automated menus that fail to raise the bar.
08/03/2009
Spoonful of lowfat dressing keeps the nutrients from going down…
In a recent Morning Edition blurb on diet and health, an eye-opening fact help solidify what I’ve been suspecting all along… All these low-fat, fake substitute food stuffs aren’t benefiting us as much as they are inhibiting our bodies ability to process everything from sugar to fat to now… betacarotene. Here’s a glimpse into the must-read NPR story:
“The salads all tasted the same to me,” says Brown. But when researchers went back and analyzed the blood samples they realized that people who had eaten fat-free or low-fat dressings didn’t absorb the beneficial carotenoids from the salad. Only when they had eaten the oil-based dressing did they get the nutrients.” Read Full NPR Story here…
07/23/2009
Food trucking it to the bank
A San Francisco chef and restauranteur invested $150,000 each in 3 trucks… He turned them into food trucks going to hot spots throughout the city at lunch time… They grossed 1.6 million dollars in revenue. Now that’s what I call taking lemons and turning them into lemonade!
Facts from recent NPR morning edition marketplace.
03/13/2009
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Sweet Memories of a Snack Food Financial Scheme - from NPR’s Planet Money, a light hearted story of how childhood politics mirror adult practices…
(Plays: 10)
