Three times a week on the radio, those words, juxtaposed with the galloping strains of Rossini’s “William Tell” overture, captivated generations of midcentury Americans. For a decade, first on the radio and later on television, Fred Foy was the man who intoned those gallant lines, among the most evocative in American broadcasting. Mr. Foy died [...]
EU-eurozone institutions are fighting the second debt crisis in six months and analysts now ponder openly how they would cope with a third and discuss how the single currency can be given a new lease on life. There are concerns that the strains could become systemic across Greece, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, the so-called weaker [...]
Public Health officials say this year you’ll only need one flu vaccine to protect you from H1N1 and a newer strain known as H3N2. Starting this week family doctors, long-term care facilities, retirement homes and hospitals will receive the new vaccine. Karen Quigley-Hobbs, the Director of Communicable Disease for Waterloo Region’s Public Health Unit, says: [...]
A group started back in the 1960′s continues to expand, and it hopes to develop healthier, tastier strains of fruit. At the recent California Rare Fruit Growers’ festival, the group said some new strains can now be grown right in your backyard.