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- Last summer, hormone replacement therapy was linked to heart trouble. Now, it's Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Yet despite startling new evidence showing hormone pills may cause ailments they once were thought to help prevent, some women and doctors say they're still not ready to abandon the menopause treatment. |
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Cotton Row (May 28 2003 01:58 GMT) - I've added yet another race number to my running page.... |
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- Homewreckers: home and garden diary blog... |
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Cotton Row (May 28 2003 01:58 GMT) - I ran in the 5k Cotton Row race this year. I placed 3/10 in my age group and 37/542 overall.... |
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- I know you've come to expect forceful prose at this site, but try reading it through the Dialectizer for a... |
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- "Judge Bucks Third-Strike Rules: Ninth Circuit's Pregerson says he can't 'go along' in non-violent cases": Jason Hoppin of The Recorder has this report. In the article, Hoppin writes: "Since judges are not normally free to ignore Supreme Court rulings, Pregerson's stare-down with stare decisis is remarkable. |
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- @WFlamme, thats not fully right, that RSS/RDF has not a query language. If you are interested, there are already some undertakings on the way to close this gap:RDQL - RDF Data Query Language > http:/... |
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- Help! Get me out of this Manilla hell! |
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- David Laprad, editor-in-chief hos Adrenaline Vault, har skrivit en intressant krönika som tar upp det faktum att det börjar bli ont om kreativitet i spelvärlden. Först och främst tar han upp det som vi här på Consoul har hackat på... |
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- "Only months after launching its first Tablet PC model, figures for the first quarter of 2003, from independent IT market researcher Dataquest, show that Toshiba has captured a 33.5 percent share of the Tablet PC market for the Middle East and Africa.Strong initial demand for Toshiba’s tablet offering — the Portege 3500 - grew exponentially since launching late last year, according to Ahmed Khalil, Middle East regional manager, Toshiba Computer Systems Division. The Portege 3500 ... |
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- "In preparation for our May and June BreakfastForums, we caught up one of the speakers, Raymond Vardanega from Acer, to find out his views on re-investment and whether Acer's 'Smile' is still relevant under the current tough climate.With the backdrop of external shock factors at play in the global economy can you offer us some insight into how Acer has positioned itself to grow in a sustainable and ongoing fashion? Most consider the current downturn a structural problem rath... |
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- Martin Fowler, author of Refactoring and Analysis Patterns has started a blog-wiki hybrid. |
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- They emerged from behind the palm groves with Kalashnikov rifles - 17 gunmen, Islamic militants all, opening fire on a passing convoy and killing several people. But the man they were aiming at escaped. From that day forward, the target - Saddam Hussein - made sure this rich Shiite Muslim town paid dearly. |
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Bees (May 28 2003 01:56 GMT) - Tried to explain the concept of killer bees to Little Fayoumis today, in the "why you should not squish bees" lecture. "If you squish a bee, and it's a certain kind of bee, its body will have a chemical, and its brothers and sisters will smell the chemical and know their brother is in trouble, and then they will all get mad and come to sting the bad guy who hurt their brother. And that would be at least two hundred bees. All coming to sting you." |
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- The extent of French misgivings about Picasso's politics have just become known with the discovery of the Spanish-born artist's police files from 1901 to 1940. By Alan Riding. |
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- For many people outside Italy, it is difficult to understand how Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of Italy holds onto power. By Frank Bruni. |
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- A new commander took charge of the American-led force in Afghanistan, promising a continued commitment to bring peace and prosperity to the nation. By Carlotta Gall. |
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- A car spun out of control Tuesday morning and collided with a vehicle carrying Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld. By The New York Times. |
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- The Canadian government introduced legislation to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana but set stricter penalties for trafficking the drug. By Clifford Krauss. |
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- Though Iraqi officials say the scale of current archaeological looting is unprecedented, the buying and smuggling networks are well-established. By Edmund L. Andrews. |
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- The delay was not described as serious by either side, and aides were trying to reschedule the talks, possibly for Thursday. By Greg Myre. |
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- Kathleen Winsor's 1944 novel "Forever Amber," detailing the sexual adventures of a young woman in Restoration England, became a model for romantic best sellers to follow. By Douglas Martin. |
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- A PBS documentary tells the story of American war prisoners, some Jewish, others without Semitic ties, who were sent into forced labor by the Nazis. By Ned Martel. |
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- Mother/daughter dynamics vie with have/have-not dynamics in overstuffed but bracingly acted drama by the Canadian playwright Judith Thompson. By Neil Genzlinger. |
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- To call Richard Abrons's family drama didactic is a dire understatement. By Anita Gates. |
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- "Remembrance of Things to Come," one of three French shorts at Film Forum, is the most unforgettable film of any length you will see this year. By Elvis Mitchell. |
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- On Thursday night at the Ethical Culture Society, the Eos Orchestra showed the Catholic Mass as concert music rather than as religious ritual. By Anne Midgette. |
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- Jennifer Muller/The Works packed a lot of celebratory events and people into the company's gala at the New Victory Theater last Wednesday night. By Jennifer Dunning. |
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- Alexandra Ansanelli is electrifying as the heroine in the New York City Ballet's "Coppélia." By Anna Kisselgoff. |
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- The Italian composer Luciano Berio combined innovative imagination and analytical depth with a richly sensuous feeling for sound and form. By Paul Griffiths. |
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- If Doug Wright's play about Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, the celebrated German transvestite, is not quite as terrific as it might be, that's because it's terrific enough to raise high expectations. By Bruce Weber. |
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