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- School buses carry precious cargo and although everyone agrees that the singular objective of school bus transportation is to safely transport students to and from school and school activities, fatal accidents continue to occur. In an effort to minimize the potential ... |
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- From Scarleteen: Hollerin' out to all you Texans! Come to the Austin benefit for Scarleteen! On Monday, October 20th, at... |
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- Bin Laden Striking With Words and Ideas No comment on Osama. What interests me is that yet again the Tuscaloosa... |
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- Last post by Gralefrit on 16:27 20/Oct/03 - What the hell happened to that rumour that the Kings of Leon were nothing more than a good looking bunch of appropriately juvenile front people drafted in to make music written by a shadowy 40-something rock svengali, who then conjured up a preposterous boy band marketing scam along the lines of them being "sons of a preacher man" |
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- Last post by mongrel on 16:21 20/Oct/03 - "3. |
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- Jefferson Graham reports on Apple's rushed and buggy attempt at Windows software, without mentioning its failure to follow Windows' user interface conventions. However, he does reckon there is a way out of Apple's lock-in strategy (Apple music store -- Apple-only AAC format -- Apple client software -- Apple iPod): "Burn a CD, then rip the files to MP3. Once that's done, you're free to do anything you want with the file and put it anywhere you want to." |
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- From MIT Press there is a new book New Media, 1740-1915 which i'm putting on my wishlist. I never really get around to buying the books on my wishlist, and when i do see them in the bookstores here, they are always in spanish. Although i bet New Media is a pretty straight forward read, most of the stuff i'm interested in gives me headaches when i read them in english. Reading in spanish makes it even worse. Right now i'm struggling through Genealogia de la Revuelta: |
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Spendware (Oct 20 2003 15:28 GMT) - Der Dialog nach einem Prozess war beendet und am Screen stand "Spenden" und "Abschliessen". Ich steh davor und frag: Was heisst bitte "spenden"?... Sagt jemand anderer bei uns im Buero drauf: Naja, das ist... |
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- The recent events in the Anglican Communion and the possibility (and in my opinion the probability) of a split has caused me to reflect on the nature of church leadership during times of controversy. While I am not currently doing... |
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- On hearing about the recent Visual Basic .NET Resource Kit, I must admit to having reservations, in fact my initial reaction was along the lines of: "Hmmmm, just what I need, another 300Mb of hard-drive filler". Anyways, - thankfully - Dan from ADNUG downloaded it and has offered it to members of our group. I'm glad that he did - thanks Dan! |
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- Some exciting news today. It took some time to be publicly announced, but Nanosys, Inc, (note: my firm Lux Capital is an investor in Nanosys) formed two new commercial partnerships . The 1st is a Phase I of a potential... |
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- Today's just one long waking siesta, since I'm still very tired. And it shows, doesn't it? I'm conserving my appreciative energies for tonight when Catherine, my former wife, gives me my birthday present. We're going to a performance of Verdi's 'Requiem', conducted by Zubin Mehta. I'd forgotten all about it until she 'phoned last night. |
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- The Undead and Philosophy: A Call for Papers: "Possible topics might include, but are not limited to, the following: zombie-based critiques of functionalist theories of mind; historical treatments of the undead in philosophy; |
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- Some of my favorite things: I love my Lipton Cold Brew Iced Tea. My life would be truly empty without Bryce. I still have my Sweet Pickles books packed somewhere. I love my cello. |
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- Another dead American soldier makes seven in three days. With the sophistication, efficacy, and frequency of attacks on US troops rising steadily, how optimistic is the Pentagon's plan to reduce troop levels to below 100,000 next year and to 50,000... |
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- A new wireless baby monitor from Philips called the Read-and-Rest Easy that has a built-in thermometer for displaying the room temperature. In almost Gizmodo-like fashion, the New York Times notes that the Read-and-Rest Easy operates at a frequency of 900MHz and this won't interfere with a home WiFi network. Read... |
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- A new wireless baby monitor from Philips called the Read-and-Rest Easy that has a built-in thermometer for displaying the room temperature. In almost Gizmodo-like fashion, the New York Times notes that the Read-and-Rest Easy operates at a frequency of 900MHz and this won't interfere with a home WiFi network. Read... |
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Popularity (Oct 20 2003 15:27 GMT) - So apparently Outside the Inbox is popular. The server seems to be holding up OK right now, but the traffic is flooding in and I'd like to have a contingency plan. If anyone's got bandwidth they want to offer up for mirrors (or maybe a BitTorrent or something?), please contact me. Thanks so much! |
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- There are thousands of curriculum resources available on the site. The bulk of the materials are contained with four primary areas: Web Links, Education Topics, Curriculum Resources, and Professional Development.... |
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- IBM have started running a TV ad about Linux. Not sure if it'll be shown in the UK but the ads are available (in various formats) on the IBM web site. Dave Cross |
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- IBM have started running a TV ad about Linux. Not sure if it'll be shown in the UK but the ads are available (in various formats) on the IBM web site. Dave Cross |
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- Divining the Wellspring of Rage That Incited Montreal Punk Riot Only in montreal can The Exploited 1)still get a gig, and 2) cause a riot. These guys were boring 17 years ago when i listened to them. but alas, finally... |
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- Excerpt: "The cost of home exercise equipment purchased on a doctor's recommendation as part of treatment for a taxpayer's obesity is a deductible medical expense under Code Section 213, the IRS ruled in Information Letter 2003-0202." (Thompson Publishing Group) |
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- Excerpt: "[T]he sky is falling for a good number of American workers. Or the ship is sinking. Or any number of other metaphors for looming disaster, all of them applicable to the state of America's private pension system. The country's entire retirement income structure is being battered by an unprecedented wave of demographic and economic changes. |
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- Excerpt: "Retirement income, like a life jacket, is pretty dull -- until you need it." (Washington Post) |
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- PLR 200342007 (July 23, 2003). Excerpt: "18 U.S.C. |
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- 3 pages. Excerpt: "The thrust of this decision is that funds may still seek recovery under section 502(a)(3)(C) of ERISA if the suit does not impose personal liability on the participant which means that the funds to be recovered are still identifiable and are preserved in a separate fund and are not in the direct possession of the participant. In addition, ... a plan might be better off seeking recovery under state lien laws, rather than under ERISA ... |
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- Excerpt: "[A]lthough 'Boomers' have had more opportunities, more earning potential, and the most overall wealth of any generation in history. John Rother of the AARP says they are woefully unprepared for the future." (CBSNews.com) |
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- Excerpt: "Sweden's new state pension system has received accolades as a model for other countries across Europe. But its private system is facing a crisis. For decades, generous tax breaks have been used to encourage Swedes to save privately for their retirement. The main products have been mutually-run schemes in which investment profits go to policyholders. |
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- Excerpt: "Several labor experts said this week's strikes are part of a growing trend, one that increasingly pits cost-conscious employers against workers seeking to hang on to their most important benefit." (AP via SFGate.com) |
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- Excerpt: "A structural dynamic model of retirement and saving is used to simulate the retirement effects of proposals made by the President's Commission to Strengthen Social Security." (Working Paper by Alan L. Gustman and Thomas L. Steinmeier) |
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- Excerpt: "During the Senate's consideration of the $87 billion spending package for rebuilding Iraq (S. 1689), the Senate adopted by unanimous consent an amendment offered by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-WI) radically altering the benefits available under the Family and Medical Leave Act." (HR Policy Association) |
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- Excerpt: "The real problem, the one the drug companies do not want to confront, is not safety but equity.... Americans pay more than their fair share for drugs compared with the rest of the industrialized world. We are, in short, paying the research and development bill for so-called single-payer nations such as France and Germany, and Canada, too." (Steve Bailey in the Boston Globe) |
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- Excerpt: "The law's rules, or misinterpretations of them, have angered doctors and patients and led some members of Congress to wonder whether their quest to protect patients' privacy went too far." (USA Today) |
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- Excerpt: "The Supreme Court is considering whether to grant certiorari in Aetna Health Inc. v. Davila to address the Fifth Circuit's adoption of a self-described 'narrow' test for complete preemption. In Davila, a plan participant brought a state law tort action (pursuant to the Texas Health Care Liability Act) against the plan's third party administrator ('TPA') for what amounted to a routine benefit claim denial. |
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- Excerpt: "Supported by President Bush, association health plans would become reality under the Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2003. The bill was approved in June by a margin of 262-162 in the House of Representatives.... The problem, [said the assistant state director of the Ohio office of the National Federation of Independent Business], is a powerful lobby of big-business interests opposes the bill. It includes the U. |
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- Excerpt: "According to an August report in the New England Journal of Medicine, the United States spends $1,059 per person on health administration costs, compared to $307 per person in Canada, which has a national health-care program." (Steve Lopez in the Los Angeles Times) |
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