Agency: Cancer cases to double by 2030 (AP via Yahoo! News: Wed, 04 Apr) The number of diagnosed cancer cases will more than double between 2000 and 2030, primarily in poorer countries, the director of the International Agency for Research on Cancer said Tuesday.
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Arizona's Fire Season Could Begin Early (KTAR 92.3 Phoenix: Fri, 30 Mar) Fire commanders say Arizona's wildfire season could begin early and anywhere in the state. Type 1 Incident Commander Jeff Whitney says explosive population growth and a dozen years of drought ramped up the challenge of firefighting.
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Growth comes to a halt in Ontario (BizJournals: Thu, 29 Mar) Population growth has come to a virtual standstill in Ontario, according to a report released Thursday by Statistics Canada.
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Remember that, if we account for population growth (i.e remove value created by new population: Wed, 28 Mar) Although I don't applaud "blind" tax cuts, we cannot ignore that in the last 27 years our GDP growth has been greater per annum than in any other similar period, even including wartime booms.
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273985. Comfort afflicted poor? (MLive.com: Sun, 01 Apr) Social hypochondria is the national disease of the most successful nation. By most indexes, life has improved beyond the dreams of even very recent generations. Yet many Americans, impervious to abundant data and personal experiences, insist that progress is a chimera.
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The Chaplain's Corner (The Crusader: Sat, 31 Mar) A dull headache has been my companion for the better part of a day. I feel fatigued, a little irritable, and there is a nagging hollowness in my gut. It has been 22 hours since my last meal, and it will be another eight before I eat anything.
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