Air pollution can hinder heart’s electrical functioning

Source: American Heart Association
Published Sep. 15, 2008

Microscopic particles in polluted air can adversely affect the heart’s ability to conduct electrical signals in people with serious coronary artery disease, researchers reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
In a recent study of 48 Boston-area patients, all of whom had [...]

‘I think it’s important to get out of the car and go inside’

Cave Creek sticks to its guns on slower-paced lifestyle
By Linda Bentley | September 24, 2008
‘I think it’s important to get out of the car and go inside’
CAVE CREEK – Parkway Bank didn’t fare much better than the previous applicant during Thursday night’s planning commission meeting with its renewed request for a special use permit (SUP) [...]

Banning drive-thrus in Madison worthwhile

By: Emily Houtler /The Daily Cardinal  - September 16, 2008
Recent proposal to ban drive-thrus in Madison deserves greater consideration

I wonder why much of the world considers Americans lazy. Maybe it is because dead batteries in a remote control have reduced some to tears. Perhaps it is the fact that nearly a [...]

Republican US Representative recommends eliminating drive thru windows

Barack Hussien Obama gets ridiculed for reminding people to keep tires properly inflated then a Republican US Representative not only checking tire inflation, but also this gem—eliminating drive thru windows.
http://www.peachpundit.com/2008/09/1…-conserve-gas/
http://www.tigerforums.com/showthread.php?t=75885

Ordinance banning drive-throughs carried to Sept. 22 council meeting

by Stacey McEvoy/Independent Press
Tuesday September 16, 2008, 6:39 PM
MADISON — The Borough Council will carry an ordinance to the Sept. 22 council meeting that would amend a land development ordinance of the borough’s code, which would prohibit drive-throughs in two business districts, the CBD-1 and CBD-2 zones.
Among other properties, the [...]

Tim Hortons joins drive-thru debate | Kitchener

MERCURY NEWS SERVICES

Mercury news services
September 12, 2008
Terry Pender
Mercury news services

KITCHENER
Tim Hortons went on the offensive yesterday against a possible ban on future drive-thrus in the city.
“If you get rid of drive-thrus, the cars keep coming, and the cars will move to the parking lots,” Nick Javor, a Tim Hortons [...]