How much do most of us think about the search terms we enter into our search engine of choice? Are there times when you hesitate entering a word or phrase? Do you ever wonder if someone out there, either an employee of the company that runs your search engine or some faceless researcher who gains [...]

The Ascension Parish Council’s Utilities Committee voted 3-1 Tuesday to recommend not paying consulting firm URS Corp. $54,100 for inspection work on the Hillaryville wastewater project.
The decision marks the second time in as many months that the committee voted not to pay URS Corp. for the services. The full council voted earlier this month not [...]

Marg wrote of this as a Kiwi habit, developed over the past 10 years or so. The time estimate is about right, though there may have been earlier instances before this combination of a positive and a negative became noticed. But it is not a distinctive Kiwi trait, and has been well documented for Australian [...]