Michaels Arts and Crafts stores is offering free crafts projects for kids featuring crafts from around the world. Michaels Passport to Fun program lets kids creative in the store.

Michaels Arts and Crafts stores are located across America. Just about every conceivable craft supply can be purchased, taken home, and used to create crafts. In addition to their regular kids' craft projects, Michaels stores currently are offering a Passport to Fun program.

GlobalData, the industry analysis specialist, has released its new report, “Diabetic Retinopathy Therapeutics - Pipeline Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2017”. The report is an essential source of information and analysis on the global Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) therapeutics market. The report identifies the key trends shaping and driving the global DR therapeutics market. The report also provides insights on the prevalent competitive landscape and the emerging players expected to significantly alter the market positioning of the current market leaders.

Turkey's in the news again and, as usual, the news is not good. Yesterday gunmen attacked the U.S. Consulate in Istanbul, killing three policemen.

News is often negative, because it is by definition a recording of things outside the norm. But Turkey seems to suffer more bad news than most countries.