| Cubs' DeRosa to Have Heart Procedure
MESA, Ariz. - Cubs second baseman Mark DeRosa will undergo a heart procedure in Chicago on Thursday to correct an irregular heartbeat.
Team doctor Stephen Adams said DeRosa is expected to return to Arizona on Sunday, be back on the field as early as Monday and ready to play in spring training games by March 8.
"Theoretically, this should take care of the problem," Adams said Wednesday.
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In brief
Patients who undergo vision-correcting laser eye surgery sign a release form with an extensive list of risks, but some researchers and former patients say a potential complication is not mentioned: depression that can lead to suicide. In response to patient complaints, the Food and Drug Administration plans to convene a large, national study to examine the relationship of LASIK complications and quality of life, including psychological problems such as depression. .
Circus denies its use of animals is ‘cruel’
They have refused to respond to us and they don't see anything wrong with using animals, but it is cruel and unnecessary," he said. "The animals are subjected to large amounts of travelling and humiliation when they are performing. It's not a form of entertainment. "At the end of day, when people have left to go home, the animals will be locked away in cages." He called on people to boycott the circus and demonstrate outside it to persuade others to do the same, encouraging people to choose "human circuses" instead. Steve Norman, animal rights spokesman for Barnet Green Party said: "The shopping centre should not be promoting it and should have their own business ethics, which should include points against animal circuses. "It is an outdated and antiquated form of entertainment." Martin Burton, proprietor of Zippos Circus, said: "We respect the right to free speech but everyone should be clear that the number of people campaigning against animals in circuses are a minority.
What’s Your Consumption Factor?
A real problem for the world is that each of us 300 million Americans consumes as much as 32 Kenyans. With 10 times the population, the United States consumes 320 times more resources than Kenya does. People in the third world are aware of this difference in per capita consumption, although most of them couldn't specify that it's by a factor of 32. When they believe their chances of catching up to be hopeless, they sometimes get frustrated and angry, and some become terrorists, or tolerate or support terrorists. Since Sept. 11, 2001, it has become clear that the oceans that once protected the United States no longer do so. There will be more terrorist attacks against us and Europe, and perhaps against Japan and Australia, as long as that factorial difference of 32 in consumption rates persists.
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