Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-09

March 1, 2010

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2009-11-02 http://bit.ly/nRisY #
Excellent posts, articles, information about progressive behavioral health for 2009-07-05 http://bit.ly/a68E9 #
Inherited Taste for Alcohol http://bit.ly/11FyNT #
Are We Driven to Distraction or Do We Take a Cab? http://bit.ly/111JXf #

Originally posted 2009-11-09 12:07:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

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Are We Driven to Distraction or Do We Take a Cab?

March 1, 2010

Ever wonder where the day went?
It’s much too easy to be distracted into mindlessness.  This short video with Pema Chodrom uses the Tibetan example of “dunzie’  (doon-z) explaining the distractions that plague us all.  Short and informative.

Anger and Hostility are often our reactions to life when we are in the uncentered state of dunzie/distraction.

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High School Drug Testing – Slippery Slope to Nowhere

March 1, 2010

I am sure there are many opinions on this one.? I am a little concerned when the whole drug testing phenomenon filters down to testing students.? Do I think students should be abusing drugs?? I do not.? Of course, I don’t.
Random drug testing of high school athletes scores big life-lesson points — South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com.
The [...]

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Protecting Your Time and Money

March 1, 2010

Have you ever had to pay for a service twice?
When is the last time you really needed something done right and didn’t know where to turn?
I don’t know if you have ever had trouble with a service provider.  That’s not true.  I am sure you have.  You have gone to a mechanic that charged too [...]

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Booze Tax Backfire?

March 1, 2010

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The New Scientist Blog presents an article that seems like common sense. If the taxes on alcohol were higher, people would drink less, and therefore reduce problems related to alcohol.
Tom Friedman says the same thing about gasoline tax. Raise taxes on gasoline and we will all be smarter in how we [...]

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Cutting Federal Drug Testing is a Bad Move

March 1, 2010

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Cutting Federal Drug Testing is a Bad Move
You run a small trucking outfit.? Times are tough and you are looking for ways to cut expenses.? Holding on to the employees you have and keeping them working is the biggest headache keeping you up at night.
You are not alone.? This is not the time [...]

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Alcohol Alert talking breathalyzer helps prevent drunk driving.

March 1, 2010

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Alcohol Alert is a fairly comprehensive site related to drunk driving.? It includes a somewhat macabre little applet that shows the number of people killed by drunk drivers this year.
When I checked, the time was 9:40 this am February 28th, 2009 and the number of deaths was 2079.
Alcohol Alert talking breathalyzer helps prevent [...]

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