Deadication: Confessions of an obituarist Dec 27, 2008
By encouraging his writers to highlight a subject's less salubrious traits and escapades in thinly veiled euphemisms, Mr. Massingberd set up a conduit between them and discerning readers capable of deciphering hidden slurs and playful meanings. Because the obituaries were unsigned, the writers were free to unsheathe their literary knives without public accountability although readers delighted in guessing who'd written what. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
A speed bump on the road to progress Dec 13, 2008
Just this week on the Gold Coast, the Mayor, Ron Clarke, was questioning the reported $20 million projected cost of moving 100 koalas to more salubrious digs. The cost works out at $200,000 per koala and makes about as much sense as anything we do in NSW.. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Fine tables, time capsules and German wallpaper Dec 11, 2008
At the store's Salubrious Shopping Saturday, noon to 7 p.m. Dec. 20, expect to find imported art supplies, jewelry by Selby, vintage lightbulbs, East German wallpaper and oddball eccentric objects like flocked piggy banks from Mexico. Child's play: Sean Quigley of Paxton Gate, a taxidermy-meets-gardening store at 824 Valencia St., San Francisco, where dried beetles and zoological and botanical curiosities have amused shoppers for 16 years, has opened Paxton Gate's Curiosities for Kids a block... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Laugh and the World Laughs With You: How Happiness Spreads Dec 5, 2008
That's the conclusion of researchers from Harvard and the University of California at San Diego, who report in the British Medical Journal online that happiness spreads among people like a salubrious disease. Dr. Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler studied nearly 5,000 people and their more than 50,000 social ties to family, friends and co-workers, and found that is chiefly a collective affair, depending in large part on his or her friends' happiness and the happiness of their friends' friends,... (Time.com)
Glasgow - Scotland - The Hunterian Oct 24, 2008
The University had decided to move from High Street to the more salubrious West End and sold off the Old College - described by contemporaries as the chief ornament of the city - for railway development. The present 1970s Hunterian Gallery and University Library building is less of an architectural ornament, though its towers are impressive. (Suite101.com)
A woman who believes Cabra matters Oct 18, 2008
Meagher, a Sutherland Shire girl, always preferred the salubrious eastern suburbs address of Coogee to slumming it in her electorate. So, while the Government holds Cabramatta with a seemingly unassailable margin of 29 per cent, the Opposition has at last offered voters a real choice. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
EU climate change push in disarray as Italy joins Iron Curtain revolt Oct 18, 2008
What a surprise: that one of the most salubrious and despicable politicians around will not support EU efforts to control global warming. Berlusconi did not get rich by caring about the world or its people: he represents the worst form of cynical money-making. (Times Online)
India treats smoking ban the same way it treated ban on public ... Oct 3, 2008
In the less salubrious neighbourhoods of Bombay it was a very different story. In Grant Road, the centre of the red-light district, a request for an ashtray at one backstreet drinking den was met with a sneer. (Times Online)
* Beijing locals protest dump Sep 1, 2008
The residents thought they were buying into one of the citys most salubrious neighborhoods, but on hot summer days, when the wind is in the wrong direction, their homes are filled with the stench from the dump. If I had known, I would never have bought a home here, says Helen Liu, who moved into her 500,000 yuan house in April. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Eco-tourism helps save endangered wildlife, coastline Jul 30, 2008
During my stay, the group was assembling oyster domes, concrete structures that foster coral reef growth and attract such salubrious sea life as oysters, real-life Britas that filter as much as 10 gallons of water per hour. When I pulled up to the organization's headquarters, one bridge away from Fort DeSoto, a team of seven was already pounding away in a corner of the parking lot, the passing clouds providing scant shade. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
How Anecdotal Evidence Can Undermine Scientific Results Jul 25, 2008
The alleged salubrious effects of wheatgrass were promoted in the 1940s by a Lithuanian immigrant to Boston named Ann Wigmore, a holistic health practitioner who was inspired by the biblical story of King Nebuchadnezzar, recounted in Daniel 4:33, in which he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles feathers, and his nails like claws. Wigmore also noted that dogs and cats eat grass when they are ill and feel... (Scientific American)
Only death stopped him from writing Jun 28, 2008
Lofgren's standard answer to the greeting "How are you?" was "Salubrious!" Atkinson said. "Salubrious" is an odd word, defined as promoting a healthy mind or body. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
Medicine man's muse Jun 21, 2008
" Rather like Zelig, Woody Allen's surreptitiously ubiquitous character, Rebennack has "always seemed to be around", among rock's top brass. He was in the room, for instance, when Little Richard cut Tutti Frutti. He has recorded with John Lennon, the Rolling Stones and Van Morrison, among innumerable others. Perhaps coolest of all, his biggest hit, Right Place, Wrong Time, featured the line, "I'm on the right trip, but I'm in the wrong car" - written for him by Bob Dylan. Before all that, he... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sky-high petrol: it's almost cheaper to fly Jun 17, 2008
But now, for just $6 extra, you can fly direct to the former steel town from salubrious Rose Bay. In a flashback to the days when the grand old Empire-class flying boats left the harbour bound for prewar London, a commuter service took off yesterday, delivering business types direct to Newcastle's growing harbourfront development in just 30 minutes. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Rock the marketHedge funds are under pressure but their annual party goes on May 22, 2008
But beneath the bonhomie and benevolence at the salubrious Caf de Paris venue in central London, there was a distinct whiff of nervousness. Hundreds of jobs are being shed every week by banks and hedge funds in the City and an estimated 20,000 are set to go over the next two years, according to the Centre of Economics and Business Research. (BBC News -- Business)
TRADE: RAVE REVIEW FOR EASTWOOD IN CANNES... May 21, 2008
What happens next -- to Capt. Jones, the police chief, the mayor and the murderers, among others -- is all part of the public record and the less than salubrious history of Los Angeles politics. The intercutting of two heavyweight proceedings, a murder trial and a landmark City Hall hearing, provide the story's dramatic crescendo, although even greater tension stems from what comes thereafter. (The Drudge Report)
Whadda they know? May 13, 2008
When I was a cub reporter at the late and much-lamented Transcript-Telegram, I got sent to cover a homicide in one of the less salubrious sections of Holyoke, which is so far west of Boston that some people in Beantown think it's in Montana. There was a subdued crowd outside a tenement. (Boston Globe)
6 comments May 9, 2008
Today I predict that Johnson, working from the City Hall of London, will have a salubrious influence on conservatives both in the U.K. and the U.S. His campaign for the American presidency will begin long before Reid speculates that it will, and it cannot begin too soon for me. I say Johnson will be a salubrious force because I have known him since his tenure as editor of The Spectator. (Human Events Online)
Rocking your body May 3, 2008
I m okay with someone who might be a little salubrious about herself, but I can t stand vanity in a woman. Beauty and humility can co-exist. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
'We are the outsiders with this music' May 2, 2008
Inside, the members of Alphabeat sit huddled in what may be Britain's least salubrious dressing room. Handily located so that the band have to leave via the Barfly's front door and walk down the street to reach the stage, it offers an intriguing line both in refreshments for the band - chief among them a tub of hummus that would cause lesser mortals to call health and safety and cancel tonight's show on the spot - and graffiti. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
Catwalk closed to the kittens Apr 13, 2008
The ghosts of scandals past are haunting Sydney's more salubrious addresses this week as producers of a new British documentary set their sights on Prince Charles's favourite Aussie blue-blood, the late Lady Dale Tryon. Known in royal circles as "Kanga", the flamboyant Australian socialite died in 1997, yet the controversy surrounding her relationship with "confidant" Charles, her marriage to the British aristocrat Lord Anthony Tryon and the secrets she is said to have taken to her early grave... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Bino's Blogaroni Apr 9, 2008
Remember those days of the food pyramid, and the exalted place that all those carbs played, anchoring the bottom of that pyramid with a salubrious blend of grains, corn and rice. Well, nobody likes to admit that they eat carbs anymore. (The Palm Beach Post)
SAN DIEGO: Colin Powell to offer keynote at June biotech convention Apr 1, 2008
San Diego County's biotech community highlighted the region's salubrious climate in this exhibition at the 2001 BIO convention, held in San Diego. North County Times File Photo. (North County Times)
Dirty, sexy money Feb 22, 2008
The developers there on the night, and others who made donations but did not turn up, do not always dine in such salubrious surroundings. Not far from the Lagoon is the Northbeach Kebab cafe. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Squeeze along as inflation bites Feb 21, 2008
Then I say, (using the word "salubrious" to show them that I know what the word "salubrious" means and am therefore worthy of respect): "The apparently salubrious result is that the money is created out of thin air, and nobody has so much as a dime taken away from them, dorkface! In fact, everybody involved has the same or more money!". Okay, I got away from myself there, but their rebuttal would doubtlessly be that if I had any professional courtesy at all, I would have called them up to ask... (Asia Times Online)
Question of the Week: should I sell my house now? Dec 1, 2007
Slightly down-at-heel neighbourhoods populated by those who have been priced out of a nearby more salubrious areas tend to fall out of favour when the market is more depressed. There are also concerns about lower value properties (that is under 350,000) as the prospective purchasers of these homes could find it harder to get mortgages even if they are prepared to overextend themselves. (Times Online)
Bean and gone Nov 23, 2007
Coffee was hailed as a salubrious alternative. As an anonymous poet put it in 1674, "When foggy Ale, leavying up mighty trains / Of muddy vapours, had besieg'd our Brains, / Then Heaven in Pity ... / First sent amongst us this All-healing Berry.". (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
Son of a what? Nov 20, 2007
A * in this weeks Science says the researchers involved are labouring not under the name of a she-wolf but of a rather less salubrious lady of the night. According to Sciences * the project was named after the legendary wolf who nourished the founders of Rome ( for the legend). (Nature News Service)
Lil' bits from the senior center Nov 14, 2007
Salubrious, Obstreperous, Bacchanalia, Interregnum, Nomenclator, Balalaika and Appurtenance. Recognize any of these words. (Hopkinton Town Crier, MA)
Raina: Deal or Democracy? Oct 28, 2007
It is said that nothing would be more salubrious for the current world order than for the two most-best (in Shakesperean phrase) democracies to close in strategic embrace. The ironies here are truly befuddling, once these are seen. (Zmag.org)
Little faith remains in Hu's promises Oct 20, 2007
These are not the large, sprawling houses that wealthy foreigners such as Rupert Murdoch are busily renovating in more salubrious parts of Beijing. These are the homes of the about to have-even-less. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Concerns as biggest casino opens Sep 6, 2007
The casino, which will employ 300 and have a gaming area of more than 45,000sq ft, is in the city centre's Salubrious Place development. X Factor runner-up Ray Quinn is headlining the opening night on Thursday, which comes less than a week since new gambling laws were introduced in Britain. (BBC News -- UK)
Good night's sleep boosts long-term memory Aug 30, 2007
3m last year - a sum the staff and punters at the less salubrious margins of his empire can only try to imagine. August 30 2007. (Yahoo News -- Sleep and Sleep Disorders)
How I earned my first pay packet Aug 30, 2007
During term time, obviously, it's university students, but in the summer, it's all sorts: foreign students, interns at City banks, skint tourists, all enticed to these less than salubrious quarters by their location and the price. (Even today, it's a staggeringly cheap 19 a night if you stay a week. (Guardian Unlimited -- Jobs)
Brown calls for action to curb terrorist recruitment Jul 9, 2007
The Herald : Politics: MAIN POLITICS. Gordon Brown yesterday called for better cross-border sharing of intelligence on terror as his new security chief warned the fight against extremism in Britain could last as long as 15 years. (The Herald)
From waterfront to watershed Jul 7, 2007
He leases a flat in a somewhat more salubrious area near the shores of Lake Macquarie, a few kilometres away. Combet could have landed a seat in Victoria after so long in Melbourne but says he was pining for NSW. "In all those years flying up here I always felt like I was coming home when I got off the air bridge at Sydney Airport," he says. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
At Vineyard inns, a variety of workouts and spa services Jun 27, 2007
Along with indigenous spa treatments featured across the island at the Mansion House in Vineyard Haven, Martha's Vineyard's upscale accommodations are becoming salubrious retreats in hopes of luring the increasingly popular fitness traveler. Surely, the Vineyard's natural assets have always attracted the walker, biker, angler, and paddler. (Boston Globe)
Payday the thirteenth Jun 9, 2007
" Reunited at the Cannes Festival, they were like one big happy family. They all stayed at the salubrious Hotel du Cap, where Garcia even instigated a diving competition (a picture of him in his trunks wound up in a French gossip magazine). At the Ocean's 13 press conference Damon seemed half-asleep, so was up for a little ribbing from Clooney and Pitt. Perhaps the unassuming star can have the last laugh, as he is currently a bigger box-office draw than his co-stars, thanks to his portrayal of... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Barry Farber: Deceit and Lies of Che Guevara May 24, 2007
Most people, fortunately, prefer more salubrious kinds of sexual excitement. Killing seemed to do it for Che; killings he performed personally or merely ordered. (Newsmax)
Rough diamonds May 5, 2007
Spend the morning mooching around the old town, trofie al pesto or a farinata for lunch, an afternoon swim out at nearby Camogli or Santa Margherita, followed by an afternoon stroll around the Portofino peninsula, finishing up back in the old town with a seafood dinner and a root around some of Genova's less salubrious nightspots. MD. (Guardian Unlimited -- Travel)
High and dry: a nation's battling impulses Apr 22, 2007
"Wellness," she tells us, "succeeded where the Volstead Act failed." Evidence given of alcohol's bad rap is that the word "hangover" is a relatively recent one, and that the "modern hangover may be attributed partly to our stern morning sobriety" (we no longer take the salubrious morning belt of yesteryear) "and partly to guilt." I don't think so. The malady referred to as the hangover has had, for centuries, a most fitting designation: "crapulence ." The more recent term sounds, in comparison,... (Boston Globe)
Portrait of an optimist Mar 9, 2007
Perching himself at a reserved table in his regular Main Beach cafe - for 11 years he's lived on his own floor in one of Harry Triguboff's towers in the same salubrious suburb - McCrae sports a neatly pressed beige shirt, blue jeans and brown ankle boots. A bloke whose company has just delivered him a profit on paper of about $50 million, he wears a shirt from the mass-marketed Asian label Giordano and boots that are well-polished but well-worn. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
A respite for body and soul Mar 6, 2007
Though young adults and couples such as the Dobrows have savored the salubrious, if pricey benefits of wellness jaunts (a week at Canyon Ranch Berkshires starts at $4,020 per person), it is largely health-conscious, deep-pocketed baby boomers who are driving the trend, demanding more ounces of prevention over pounds of cure. Boomers are "much more health conscious than their parents," Walther says. (Orlando Sentinel -- News)
Rise of the anti-hero (Cal Thomas) Feb 23, 2007
In his "Republic," Plato has Socrates describe the effect on the soul of grace and gracelessness in the material culture: "Our aim is to prevent our Guards being reared among images of vice -- as it were in a pasturage of poisonous herbs where, cropping and grazing in abundance every day, they little by little and all unawares build up one huge accumulation of evil in their soul. Rather, we must seek out craftsmen with a talent for capturing what is lovely and graceful, so that our young,... (Washington Times, DC)
Fudging the U.S. budget Feb 6, 2007
Then President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed a commission that brought these programs into a new "unified budget." While the commission argued that a single federal budget would be less confusing and more reflective of the government's overall impact on the economy, skeptical commentators noted the salubrious effect of wrapping in the Social Security surplus. Even if we adjusted properly for pensions and entitlements, we would leave unaddressed the largest financing gap, unheralded by Bush Monday:... (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
Health For All - A Reality Or A Mirage? Jan 7, 2007
There is obviously a need for a paradigm shift to promotion of holistic health, healthy lifestyles, salubrious environment and shared vision of health for all. The alternative, unfortunately, is worsening mortality and morbidity statistics and a saddling with increasing prevalence of hypertension, diabetes, cancers, and dependence on drugs. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
