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printed letters May 29, 2012
25 May 2012, 5:34 pm
As a member of the Mesa Valley Education Association’s Negotiations Team, I would like to correct some inaccuracies reported in the May 23 Daily Sentinel article titled, “Parents unhappy with budget proposals.”
Taiwan Cabinet passes draft looking to tighten requirements to conduct eye surgery
24 May 2012, 11:10 pm
Taipei (The China Post/ANN) - The Cabinet yesterday approved the draft Optometrist Act, stipulating that only licensed optometrists or certified graduates from the optometry department of colleges will be allowed to conduct optometric operations, with violators to face heavy fines, according to the Department of Health.
No to foreign players
24 May 2012, 9:14 pm
Perhaps the most widely read news in the local sports papers at any time are reports relating to contracts being signed and then canceled with foreign players.
RANDOM WALKER: Earth-bound forever?
7 May 2012, 8:21 am
The stock market is the epitome of
shortsightedness. Investors focus mainly on the economyâs performance for a year or two ahead. Just as in the past, prices will fluctuate upwards and downwards on the basis of this myopic view. In short, todayâs stock prices are not necessarily an indicator of the countryâs long-run development.
Spiritual eye problems
4 May 2012, 8:10 pm
Rick Reed Are you nearsighted? I am and I'm required to wear glasses if I want to see properly. In fact, ...
Review | ‘Theatre Roulette 2012’: MadLab anthologies a mixed bag
3 May 2012, 11:02 pm
MadLab saves the best playlets for last in the opening bill of its Theatre Roulette 2012. The annual festival, which rotates three repertory collections of short works through much of May, provides a showcase for the quirky humor and often-subversive themes of playwrights from across the country.
Letters to the Editor
27 April 2012, 2:52 am
Voter-ID law shortsighted It’s hard to fathom the
shortsightedness the Pennsylvania legislature displayed in enacting the voter-ID law (“New voter-ID law gets a ‘soft rollout,’” Wednesday). There doesn’t seem to have been any analysis of the problems this law would create. Was there any thought about how absentee voters (e.g., shut-ins, out-of-state students, travelers, hospitalized, and ...
World - shortsightedness
Most in B.C. said 'no' to cosmetic pesticides - thenownewspaper.com
24 May 2012, 3:34 am
With appalling
shortsightedness and lack of concern for public health, the committee has ignored scientific and medical studies linking chemical pesticide exposure to serious illness, particularly leukemia, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, various cancers ...
Have your say - Winnipeg Free Press
23 May 2012, 2:59 am
The closing of the Experimental Lakes project should qualify our federal government for a
shortsightedness award, equal to the Diefenbaker debacle of 50 years ago when the Avro Arrow project was cancelled. This would indicate that Canadians remain hewers ...
Lleva: Adaptation and change - Sun Star
22 May 2012, 4:51 pm
Have something to report? Tell us in text, photos or videos. Glancing at the history of humanity, we must learn to read between the lines and see the follies and
shortsightedness and like a dreaded disease, realize that such unnecessary repeat of history ...
Vista: Look to the longterm - Tri-City Herald
20 May 2012, 1:37 am
I cannot believe the
shortsightedness of the port, council and people of Kennewick. I have been in Kennewick for 10 years. I am a pilot and when I came here, I could not find a hanger at Vista field. I had to go to Pasco. I own a hanger in ...
UN holds debate on State of the World Economy - Presstv
17 May 2012, 6:37 pm
And it went downhill from there -- with economists -- notably American ones -- outlining the
shortsightedness and greed that drove US and European financial markets into the abyss that they currently wallow in. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz ...
Letter: LaMalfa not worthy of praise - Oroville Mercury-Register
17 May 2012, 2:02 am
Your editorial Sunday was stunning in its
shortsightedness. You praise Doug LaMalfa for grandstanding to stop the high-speed rail project, despite the fact that his position is an obvious attempt to curry favor with the tea party types who ...
Kidnapping Can Be a Family Affair in Mexico's Drug War - NewsHour
14 May 2012, 8:13 pm
ALEJANDRO JUNCO: Well, there's a
shortsightedness to what we are seeing, how people behave and react, because the visible part of the drug cartel war is when two of the cartels are fighting over territorial control. Now, once territorial control ...
Build new rails to emerging mines - Thunder Bay Chronicle-Journal
11 May 2012, 10:47 pm
The editorial, Make the Most of Mine Project (May 10) mentions
shortsightedness in the closure of the Kinghorn rail line however neglects the opportunity to transport mine ore by rail. Indeed, besides the Ring of Fire, there are mines opening and expanding ...
