Faith in your tools key to better performance

September 30th, 2009 Holley Performance files Chap. 11 bankruptcyWILMINGTON, Del.

September 30th, 2009 Kohn: Fed is developing new exit toolsWASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve is developing some new tools for reeling in the extraordinary support it's provided to the economy, Fed Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said Wednesday. However, Kohn and Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta President Dennis Lockhart said they see no need to rush to boost interest rates because there are still risks to the unfolding recovery.

September 15th, 2009 LONDON - Students in the UK are being offered courses in horse psychology and pop music performance, amongst other bizarre university degrees in the country. Youngsters can take up pop music performance at the University of East London, or hair dressing management at Derby University.

September 3rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has shown that chimpanzees in Congo use "specialised tool kits" to catch army ants. Published in the American Journal of Primatology, the study suggests that chimpanzees have developed a 'sustainable' way of harvesting food.

September 1st, 2009 Twitter, texting could help families in disastersWASHINGTON — Text messaging, Twitter and social networking Web sites could help families stay in touch in the wake of a disaster, a national safety group said Tuesday. The Safe America Foundation announced a campaign to train families about alternate ways of staying in touch if traditional communication methods are not working.

August 7th, 2009 Utah-based Ancestry.com wants to go publicSALT LAKE CITY — Ancestry.com Inc. has filed a registration statement with the SEC proposing an initial public offering of some of its shares.

August 5th, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study by researchers from the Tel Aviv University (TAU) has determined that for workers in a organization, the belief in the effectiveness of tools is more important than their availability. According to leading management specialist Professor Dov Eden of TAU's Faculty of Management, in spite of the fact that a firm might not be able to afford the latest software or computers, that may not impair the productivity of their workers.

July 9th, 2009 WASHINGTON - In a new research, scientists have determined that nanomaterials can serve as effective and economically viable tools for the cleanup of contaminated sites. The research is detailed in new review article appearing in Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP) co-authored by Dr.

May 31st, 2009 LONDON - Chimps are so nuts about honey that, even though they've no access to a hardware store, they construct their own brand of toolkits when foraging for snacks from beehives, a new study has found. A research team, which was led by Christophe Boesch of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, studied chimps living in Loango National Park in Gabon.

May 26th, 2009 LONDON - Rooks, a member of the crow family, are surprisingly innovative when it comes to searching food - they are not only capable of using tools but also making and modifying them for their use. "This finding is remarkable because rooks do not appear to use tools in the wild, yet they rival habitual tools users such as chimpanzees and New Caledonian crows when tested in captivity," said Chris Bird of Cambridge University, co-author of the study.

May 26th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Rooks, a member of the crow family, are no bird-brained, infact they're as good with their beaks as chimps are with their hands.esearchers at the Universities of Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London have found that rooks have the capacity to use and make tools, modifying them to make them work and using two tools in a sequence. The surprising study has been published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

May 24th, 2009 LONDON - One of former British Prime MinisterTony Blair's closest political mentors, has said that his decision to go to war in Iraq and Kosovo was part of a "Christian battle". John Burton, Blair's political agent in his Sedgefield constituency for 24 years, says that Labour's most successful ever leader - in terms of elections won - was driven by the belief that "good should triumph over evil".

May 5th, 2009 Prejean says racy Web photos posted to mock faithSAN DIEGO — Miss California Carrie Prejean says a Web site has posted racy photos of her in an attempt to belittle her Christianity. "Recently, photos taken of me as a teenager have been released surreptitiously to a tabloid Web site that openly mocks me for my Christian faith," Prejean said Tuesday in a statement.

May 4th, 2009 PARIS - Nearly two-thirds of French voters are disappointed by President Nicolas Sarkozy's performance since his election two years ago, according to a new poll. According to a Metro newspaper commissioned survey, 65 per cent of the respondents said they were disappointed with Sarkozy's performance, 24 per cent said they were satisfied and 11 per cent said they had no opinion.

April 21st, 2009 WASHINGTON - Miss USA runner-up Carrie Prejean believes 'God was testing her faith' after she answered a question about gay marriage. Miss California, during the recent Miss USA telecast, had picked Perez Hilton's question and replied she was against the legalisation of gay marriage in California.