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I hope everybody made it to the Stumptown Comics Fest over the weekend, it was lotsa fun. Among other highlights, Nicholas Gurewitch signed my copy of this week's Mercury , and I got my picture taken holding a ginormous library card! Since I couldn't take pictures of all the participants, I had to narrow my photo-journey somehow... Aron Nels Steinke and the Super Crazy Cat Dance . (Steinke also does...
My third crack at challenging our fundamental assumptions when it comes to travel and transit issues is in today's Guelph Mercury. My editorial board column comparing our parking investment to what it could do for transit is below, along with a whole lot more thoughts that did not make the cut into the version I submitted on account of space constraints. (2762 words)
The best part of being the music editor here at the Mercury is that my boss, the illustrious Sir Wm. Steven Humphrey , knows nothing about music. I can run long-winded rants about mall emo bands and he's none the wiser. That was, until he stormed into my office the other day, ripped off my headphones, kicked my dog, and demanded that I cover a performer coming to Portland. Knowing his keen taste in...
Ever wondered where the expression 'Mad as a Hatter' came from? I did, and out of such a casual query opened the door to a discovery that I cannot ignore. Mad as a hatter was a reference to the mental disorders that occurred in hat makers caused by the mercury once used to process felt for hats. To be more specific, it is the exposure to mercury vapour that proves to be so hazardous. When inhaled,...
When a young person dies slowly and painfully, it's our natural reaction to curse the unfairness of it all, to see nothing but tragedy in a life gone too soon. Not so for Quebec's Sylvain Trudel.
By MICHAEL CASEY TAIYUAN, China - It takes five to 10 days for the pollution from China's coal-fired plants to make its way to the United States, like a slow-moving storm. It shows up as mercury in the bass and trout caught in Oregon's Willamette River.
Filed under: Hybrid , Ford , Mercury , LA Auto Show , Detroit Auto Show Ford will definitely be introducing hybrid versions of the Fusion and Mercury Milan sedans in the near future. They told us earlier this year that it was coming around the end of the year. While many were expecting it to pop up at the Los Angeles Show later this month, it now looks like it won't be there. Instead Ford will focus...
I promised to give you a heads-up on the astro-events of this coming month. Besides yesterday's Mercury direct, two other planets will be changing direction. Mars will turn retrograde on Nov. 15 for 10 weeks. The Red Planet turns retrograde every other year, and this will be a particularly potent episode for reasons we’ll explore in the next week or two.
Liberal media anyone? I was doing some research on the ousted candidates, and found some interesting and totally biased stuff. The Guelph Mercury, one of the local media outlets of ousted candidate Brent Barr has been reporting the story by quoting Liberals more than Conservatives when it comes to the local ouster of the local candidate! Hello? DUH! Isn't that sort of like quoting
Today is Friday, Nov. 2, the 306th day of 2006 with 59 to follow. The moon is waning. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus, Mars and Saturn. The evening stars are Uranus, Neptune and Jupiter. Those born on this date are under the sign of Scorpio. They inc...
In another indication of Nintendo’s stunning comeback in the gaming sector, the company took over the lead in the video-game software market in the third quarter, overtaking Sony, according to figures released by the research firm iSuppli Corp., as reported by the San Jose Mercury News.
When the Irish singer-songwriter Fionn Regan received his Mercury Music Prize nomination, he was instantly passed off as the folk outsider. But at the awards it took just one song ? a spellbinding performance of "Be Good or Be Gone" ? to capture the hearts of many new followers, and in the week following, his album sales tripled. That this tour sold out is proof of Regan's rapid upward direction, which...
Say you've driven your new Comet sedan into a cattle pasture for a picnic, only to find that you're about to be gored by an enraged bovine. Not to worry! The little Maverick clone fits an amazing four passengers and goes faster than most animals. Warning: The stunningly bad song at the end of this ad will attach itself to your gray matter like a fearsome brain-worm and refuse to let go for the rest...
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Medical researchers are just beginning to explore such mercury exposure in adults, which can leave some people struggling through life in a disorienting “fish fog.”.
