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Some, like the homeless, the people on welfare, and the working poor, already pay that price for us. It is by putting a certain proportion of us in such misery that capitalism ensures the low cost of labour and hence adequate returns on investment for the owners of capital. The suffering of the starving and the homeless in our cities is helping to put the lights on our trees, the iPods in our pockets, and the piles of food on our plates this Christmas. Is it really so bad if they snatch a can of ravioli from a supermarket shelf in their desperation? - Tucats

The various professional guidelines on building and ventilation tend to agree that the ideal humidity level should be between 40 and 60% RH, and as close to 50% as can be economically achieved. - Tucats

If the weather is really taking it's toll on you, you may consider moving to a warm, dry climate. - Tucats

For someone with fibromyalgia, sometimes it's not the actual climate that makes such a difference as trying to adjust to one that is not consistent. Changes in the barometer, brought on by precipitation, can trigger symptoms. The combination of humidity and barometric pressure makes someone with fibromyalgia feel worse when it is going to rain or snow before the precipitation actually occurs. - Tucats

When the alerts are purely for big waves there’s nothing to worry about… unless you ignore them and take a stroll along the top of the harbour wall. - Tucats

If you're diagnosed with fibromyalgia or chronic fatigue syndrome and you've never had your thyroid hormone tested, you should. - Tucats

Online advertising — the sole, intermittent source of hope for newspapers in recent years, which nonetheless also declined in 2009 — will probably increase in 2010, but not nearly enough to make up for the catastrophic losses of the last three years. - Tucats

Bureaucrats in West Kent were today blaming the 'wrong kind of pen' as efforts to clear up Friday's 'unprecedented' eight-inch snowfall foundered. - Tucats

The Met Office has put out yet another weather warning. A yellow alert beginning at midnight tonight (Sunday), until midnight on Tuesday, forecasting winds gusting up to 85kph and possible up to 100kph in higher regions, for Tenerife, Gran Canaria and La Palma. - Tucats

It is hard to image how people coped in the days of Dickens before Christmas trees were sunk into two-tons of concrete and shrouded in rings of steel, when no one thought to weigh a seagull and risk-assess its impact on a town's festive illuminations. - Tucats

A spectacular new pantomime on ice. (We regret that global warming has caused the ice to melt) - Tucats

XMRV is a Retro Virus that has jumped from Mice to Humans in a similar fashion to HIV when the RV jumped from Moneys to Humans. - Tucats

It's encouraging to see work going on at this level -- now, we just have to hope for quality studies with conclusive results. - Tucats

Why is ME such a controversial illness? In a series of special programmes we ask what the illness is, how it is diagnosed, what treatments are available both on the NHS and privately and we investigate the current state of medical research into the condition. - Tucats

Potentially helpful to #fibro #me/cfs sufferers: "Interestingly, the most comfortable position, according to the study, is position #2 above: lying down with the device slightly elevated on the user's thigh with bent knees." - Tucats

“Web Safe” fonts mean that they will be extremely common on most versions of Windows, Mac, Linux etc, so they will be viewable by more a less everyone. - Tucats

ROFLMAO! #uksnow - Tucats

Orange customers can dial 347 for free from their mobile, and everyone else can call 0207 050 6888 and pay their normal network rate to get a choice of what Orange has chosen as Britain's soothingest sounds. Press one for the sounds of a woodland forest, two for waves lapping on Brighton beach, three for the "traditional hubbub of an English village green", four for the calming crackle of a log fire, or five for birdsong. - Tucats

This massage has made a real difference to my feeling of well-being. Pain levels have dropped, mobility has increased - Tucats

Santiago del Teide council are organising a Christmas concert on Saturday 19 December, It will be held in the square of Los Gigantes. Taking part will be Folk Groups “Brisas” of Arguayo, “Taym” of Tamaimo, and Cultural Association Folk Roots of Santiago del Teide, the Municipal School of Folklore and the Municipal Band. - Tucats

WTF? Still trying to treat a physical illness as a mental problem: it's a bloody wonder they aren't still burning witches at the stake really. "... the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/ Myalgic Encephalomyelitis service at the Royal Free Hospital has been instructed to return all CFS/ME patients to community mental health teams ...." - Tucats

This, abstracted from the Conservative party website, isn’t exactly cheering reading - Tucats

Regularly discuss your pain with your doctor. Are they having a laugh? Has the author of this advice ever tried discussing pain with their doctor? Regularly? If they had, they would know that even the most caring, dedicated doctor’s eyes will glaze over after two minutes on the first visit. On subsequent visits his attention will wander, and then he will write in code on your notes “neurotic”. - Tucats

For those stranded on The Rock, the Tenerife Tourist Board puts out the following advice: - Tucats

Those who have Christmas holiday flights booked to Tenerife and elsewhere with Scottish airline FlyGlobeSpan have been advised to ‘remain at home or make alternative arrangements’ as the company was today put in the hands of administrators and is expected to go into receivership tomorrow. - Tucats

All you have to do is edit the HTML source of your existing web pages on the older domain and include a rel=canonical link that points to their new location. - Tucats

One of the biggest difficulties with benefits for disabled people is that the application process demands a style of answer typically not relevant to the life of the disabled person. - Tucats

In a statement tonight, the administrators said the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) would be responsible for the repatriation of about 1,100 people who are on holidays booked as part of a Globespan package holiday. However, a further 3,400 people are overseas and are not protected, who booked directly through flyglobespan.com. Information for customers: http://www.flyglobespan.co.uk/ - Tucats

Oh joy, viral bugs and I'm booked in to the Princess Anne on January 5th. "Visitors are being urged to stay away if they have suffered from diarrhoea or vomiting in the previous 72 hours." - Tucats

Maybe Tenerife residents should give this a try, "Given that in the last few years the island has been rocked by one political scandal after another the Majorcans have finally decided enough is enough. Through word or mouth and via Facebook, a non politically motivated march was held at the weekend in the island’s capital of Palma. More than 1,000 people took to the streets in a carnival atmosphere demanding vociferously that politicians act honestly if they wished to continue holding government positions." - Tucats