Montana Transportation Department says it will fight judge's megaload ruling

The ruling threw another wrinkle into Imperial/Exxon's plans to begin mining the tar sands in the Kearl Lake area of northeastern Alberta by late 2012.

Study: For healthy choices, shop with a cart, not basket

People who used baskets that they carried instead of carts that they pushed were more than three times as likely to choose unhealthy over healthy food items.

Why, exactly, is a little complicated, and involves something called "embodied cognition," or the notion that bodily sensations can influence our thoughts and emotions. In this case, the researchers say that the act of flexing your arm, as you do when holding a basket, somehow encourages you to choose smaller, easier rewards (also known, in this study, as "vices"), while extending your arm, as when you push a cart, has the opposite effect.

“It’s kind of sad that people are willing to pay for the privilege of holding onto their possessions . . .

“It’s kind of sad that people are willing to pay for the privilege of holding onto their possessions but never actually seeing them.” Lowenheim believes there are only a few scenarios in which storage would be a good option.

Backyard nature site links to earthworm culture, gardening references

My gardening efforts led to curiosity about earthworms and other creatures encountered in the garden. Jim educates us in all these matters - and painlessly encourages our curiosity. You're always a child when you're down in the dirt again.

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