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Reflections on MLK Day: In our country there is room for disagreement around our belief system. There is however, no room for violence or injustice based on a person’s skin color.
Too much calm, we stay on the couch watching “Facts of Life” reruns when we should be studying. Too much fear, and we stay on the couch watching “Facts of Life” reruns … that wasn’t a typo.
Inside The Puritan Backroom Gabby and her pals lifted a toast to Gov. Sarah Palin. “What a gift,” said Charlie, the black cat, using the same words Tina Fey’s gang chose when Palin, the Tina doppelganger, first burst on the scene.
One month to the day after Dr. Martin Coster performed the surgery that saved his eyesight, Phil, the cat has been adopted, according to Rob Halpin, spokesman for MSPCA-Angell.
The Soapbox MANCHESTER, NH – Former Alderman Patrick Arnold issued the following statement after adoption of the Community Revitalization Incentive Program by
Phil, the homeless kitten, was born without upper eyelids, meaning he could not blink and lubricate his eyes, according to Rob Halpin of MSPCA-Angell. (The medical name for this congenital defect is agenesis, Halpin said.) Apart from causing eye irritation, Phil’s condition, if untreated, would lead to blindness.
In his book The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload, Daniel Levitin has done the research and the math. He says 81 percent of online dating profiles are built on lies – most commonly underestimating weight and overestimating height. Politics and religion are hardly ever included as a selling point, and continue to be taboo when trying to catch a soulmate. Agreeing to disagree is not a popular option.
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“Peanut butter surprise, my paw,” Asia fumed. “Yuk. Plus, it’s always a one-way street with these humans. If people can invent recipes for pet treats, why shouldn’t the pets come up with ideas for people treats?” – Asia, sitting in for The Gabby Dog
The treatment at Angell Animal Medical Center works by wrapping a laser around the tumor “so tightly that it destroys cancer cells without affecting nearby tissues,” Halpin said, meaning vets can blast through tumors aggressively without worrying about side effects damaging nearby vital organs, like the brain or the eyes.