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Monthly Archives: April 2007
The beauty in this beholder’s eyes
Now added to my blogroll: a great local website called PictureRochester.com. It’s maintained by one Joseph Moroz; he’s been posting a photo per day (some he’s taken, some taken by guest photographers) because he wants to counter the perception that … Continue reading
Posted in Rochester, New York
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Okay, now it’s getting ridiculous
Turkeys. Turkeys in my back yard. Here’s the same pic, cropped. I do not live in the country. I live in an old suburban neighborhood a stone’s throw from the city’s edge. And yet it’s crawling with woodland wildlife. Amazing. … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Rochester, New York
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Asymmetric tail-wagging responses by dogs to different emotive stimuli
Dontcha love the language academics use to title their papers? Saweeeeeeeet. lol The stuff inside this particular one is even better, though — as reported by the NY Times: When dogs feel fundamentally positive about something or someone, their tails … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs, Science
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Straight from an HR manager
John at Romantic Ramblings is an HR manager in real life, and has put up a post with some information on how Flexible Spending Accounts can work to an employer’s benefit. The main criteria: whether or not your out-of-pocket medical … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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A $2.2 Billion Windfall?!?
One of the people I reached out to today, in my quest to find out how many Flexible Spending Account dollars are forfeited by employees each year, was David Harlow, a healthcare lawyer and consultant who blogs here. He sent … Continue reading
“Give me a wild guess where you think it goes, if you don’t use it”
Well, unused Flexible Spending Account contributions aren’t pocketed by the insurers who administer them, like I’d assumed. As reported here in a video piece by Channel 6 in Corpus Christi, the money goes to . . . your employer. Reporter … Continue reading
If it smells like a scam
Suppose your bank launched a new product. They’re calling it a “pay your unexpected bills” savings account. Here’s how it works. You guess estimate what your unexpected bills will be over the next twelve months. You then deposit that amount … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
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Who’s protecting you? From what?
The FDA, for a long time, has been tinkering with the idea that it ought to be protecting you — from the horrors of using, say, supplements to treat medical symptoms. Here’s a draft “Guidance” document here that outlines the … Continue reading
Posted in Health
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They’re back
I went out my back door with my dog this afternoon and nearly tripped over one of those four deer I photographed the other morning. A few minutes later I was able to get some digital video of them as … Continue reading
Posted in Nature, Rochester, New York
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