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- Larisa Vaysman sends me a link to her post about a judge who has told a father that he may have visitation rights with her daughter if, and only if, he agrees to use English as their primary means of... |
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- Tilburger Luuk Koelman heeft ruzie met Gretta Duisenberg over een van zijn columns. |
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- Quicktime, Real, or WMP? Why, Winamp, of course (discussion thread) |
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- Although the rate of breast cancer among Hispanic women in the United States is lower than among Caucasians or African Americans, breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in this patient population. This result is largely because Hispanic women often are diagnosed after breast cancer has advanced locally or has metastasized to the bone, according to Amelie Ramirez, Dr.PH, associate director for community research, San Antonio Cancer Institute and associate professor of medicine, Baylor College of Medicine. [PRWEB Oct 23, 2003] |
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- COLA and TÜV America announce a strategic alliance designed to offer ISO 9000 management systems certification and laboratory accreditation services to medical laboratories around the world. [PRWEB Oct 23, 2003] |
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- Glasgow Based Company Abra4u.Com , Scotland’s first internet company selling lingerie for breast cancer victims celebrates 5 years in providing post mastectomy lingerie and swimwear. [PRWEB Oct 23, 2003] |
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- LW Scientific microscopy camera, the MiniVID eyepiece camera is the simplest, most portable camera to use for instant imaging. [PRWEB Oct 23, 2003] |
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- I don't have the energy to repost all of my thoughts here. And more keep coming out. So, I'll just tell y'all who don't already to go read the discussion that Devon has created, which has already spread across the... |
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- So many focuses of discussion revolve around web searches, and the quality of results from those searches. I’d like to talk about the merits of the quality of information that can come from getting NO results at all from your searches. And yes, there is some true quality information coming back from that big pile of nothing. If you type in an error message or such and get no results back, what has this told you? Without you realizing it, it has spoke volumes about your issue. |
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- Go read this. You won't like it, but you need to read it nonetheless. Think about it.... |
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Old Timey (Oct 23 2003 19:58 GMT) - FOR YOU OLDER SKATERS OUT THERE crailtap has a little video that reminds us that skating around with your pals... |
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- IBM and Cisco Wednesday announced that in December they plan to begin shipping a new storage-area network module for Cisco's MDS 9000 family of switches based on the software from IBM's SAN Volume Controller storage appliance. |
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- IBM is ready to dispatch "personal trainers" to companies whose data centers are out of shape. IBM Thursday plans to announce Infrastructure Management Assessment Services designed to evaluate a data center's condition and prescribe ways to whip it into shape. |
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- Qwest this week sued AT&T, alleging inaccurate billing of toll-free calls routed across the Qwest network. |
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- The U.S. Senate Wednesday passed a bill regulating unsolicited commercial e-mail and allowing fines as large as $3 million for some types of illegal spam. |
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- "[B]ecause we have no other way to explain how things work, we will see the world as animist. ... This, in turn, raises several questions for experience designers: ... If I sit on that park bench, will it tell my student loan officer how much money is in my pocket? |
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- James Lileks, on the Rumsfeld Memo, and how it's being spun: It’s not an “admission of failure, ” as (Tommy)... |
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- Since I got my insulin pump (which Cigna STILL refuses to pay for), I've been feeling a bit overwhelmed. Our A/C stopped working and dumped massive amounts of water on the floor, destroying it. It was lovely parquet. This happened... |
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- PronKaraoke!!! What`s godverdomme next??? |
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- Patients given artificial blood - "Doctors have for the first time successfully used artificial blood to treat patients. The product is a powder which can be stored for years, say scientists at Stockholm's Karolinska Hospital..."... Posted by abursey at 01:56 PM Iraq ConflictSpecial postwar policy report from CEIP & |
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- We are 2 young filmmakers from India having formed our very own production company after having worked together on various short-film, documentary and advertisement film projects, writes Anindya Ghosh, in a letter to cinema minima's Editor. Currently we are working on a Short Silent Film SO WHERE'S THE PROBLEM which we initially intend to send to film festivals in India and abroad upon completion, in order to study the response and then tap prospective buyers and distributors for the same. The film is being made within a very stringent budget which we have managed to pool-in on our own from our limited funds. Talks are also on with a small-time regional financier for a feature film AMAAR SHOHOR: |
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- Jim Carrey will star in a film based on the '70s TV series The Six Million Dollar Man, to be written and directed by Todd Phillips, Dimension Films announced. |
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- The First Web Folio Edition of Shakespeare's Works First Web Folio edition is currently composed of all Shakespeare's plays—poems will join them eventually—and a search engine. First posted 4/17/00, in anticipation of Shakespeare's 436th birthday. |
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Unfit (Oct 23 2003 19:56 GMT) - First Rush Limbaugh tried to take OxyContin abuse to the mainstream. Now Courtney Love shows that an OxyContin overdose is fun for the whole family!... |
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- Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 16 Oct 2003 |
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- The Guardian, 23 Oct 2003 |
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- Washington Times, 22 Oct 2003 |
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- Edmonton Journal, 23 Oct 2003 |
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- Dallas Morning News, 23 Oct 2003 |
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- Richmond Times-Dispatch, 23 Oct 2003 |
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- Roanoke Times, 23 Oct 2003 |
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- Dow Jones Newswires, 22 Oct 2003 |
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- The Crossville Chronicle, 17 Oct 2003 |
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- Winnipeg Sun, 23 Oct 2003 |
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- Good Samaritans interrupted an attack in the city's Wicker Park neighborhood. Police say the assault may be linked to six other attacks and warn residents that a serial rapist is on the loose. |
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In Custody (Oct 23 2003 19:56 GMT) - Two people are in police custody in connection with Tuesday night's fatal shooting at a liquor store in south suburban Harvey. |
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- Blagojevich appoints independent panel to look into fatal high-rise fire, says county panel "lacks expertise." |
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- A car has gone into Lake Michigan at North Avenue Beach. Fire Department divers are at the scene. |
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- Students are evacuating Saint Anne's School on the Southwest Side because of a gas leak. |
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- Contract negotiations resume between the Chicago Public School District and the teacher's union. |
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- Aurora police hope a reward will help track down a driver who struck and killed a three-year-old boy. |
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- One lucky couple wins the wedding of their dreams! Promising to "love, honor, cherish and shop at Marshall Fields 'til death do us part," Katie Kubicki and Cameron Williams will get an all expenses paid wedding thanks to Marshall Fields and Wedding Bells Magazine. |
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Lucky Dog (Oct 23 2003 19:56 GMT) - A dog was found with an arrow sticking through his head. |
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- Liza Minnelli has filed for divorce from estranged husband David Gest, a day after he filed a $10 million lawsuit against the entertainer, accusing her of beating him during alcoholic rages. |
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- Thanks to her new film, "Beyond Borders," Angelina Jolie's off-screen activities are once again overshadowing her acting. Only now it's a good thing. |
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- The parents of kidnapping victim Elizabeth Smart say they decided to write a book about their family's ordeal because they "wanted to put the misinformation to bed," and that they continue to be surprised by their daughter's courage. |
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