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- Sun Frees Solaris for x86 Platforms [BetaNews.Com] |
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- Finally! A form field spell checker for Firebird. I came across two extensions that make it possible to spell check form fields. The spell checker has a front end and supports multiple languages and custom dictionaries and a Windows Spellchecker-type... |
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- The Winter 2004 issue of The 2River View is now online with new poems by Wendy Taylor Carlisle, Jefferson Carter,... |
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- In contrast to events in Ramadi, even Saddamites in Mosul are starting to get the Idea of this Democracy thing. From The Australian : Some 1,000 students protested peacefully Tuesday in Iraq's northern capital Mosul in support of captured ex-president Saddam Hussein, a correspondent reported. The demonstrators marched from the university through the city shouting slogans against the US-led occupation and US-installed Governing Council. Police were on standby but did not intervene. |
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- Bagpuss, I would have been traumatized if something happened to you. Cars |
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- Gambling: A House panel's study will also address horse-racing reforms. |
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- Story at About Mental Health - "Long-term users of "ecstasy,' the street name for the drug methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), tend to experience memory loss or impairment, according to a study reported in the April 10 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Over the period of one year the test scores either declined or kept static, but did not improve. The main finding of the study is that continued use of MDMA is associated with different aspects of memory decline, including retrospective memory (i.e. the ability to recall a short passage of prose being read out immediately and after a delay). |
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- Story at About Mental Health - "Long-term users of "ecstasy,' the street name for the drug methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), tend to experience memory loss or impairment, according to a study reported in the April 10 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Over the period of one year the test scores either declined or kept static, but did not improve. The main finding of the study is that continued use of MDMA is associated with different aspects of memory decline, including retrospective memory (i.e. the ability to recall a short passage of prose being read out immediately and after a delay). |
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- Story at About Mental Health - "Long-term users of "ecstasy,' the street name for the drug methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA), tend to experience memory loss or impairment, according to a study reported in the April 10 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Over the period of one year the test scores either declined or kept static, but did not improve. The main finding of the study is that continued use of MDMA is associated with different aspects of memory decline, including retrospective memory (i.e. the ability to recall a short passage of prose being read out immediately and after a delay). |
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- Boycott Is Urged in Drive to Unionize Bakery. By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times: Business. The long-running labor dispute raging at a 170- employee bakery here has taken unusual turns in recent years, including accusations of death threats, illegal firings and managers forcing workers to have sex with them. In yet another unusual twist, the United Auto Workers, which has been trying for three years to unionize the bakery, Chef Solutions, announced a boycott on Monday against the bakery's parent company, Lufthansa airline, and one of its customers, Boston Market. |
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- You know those streaky, puffy clouds left by airplanes? Bet you thought they were harmless, huh? Apparently they're not! They're called "chemtrails" and they're actually government spy planes spraying us with chemicals! Uh huh. |
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- From my hometown Philadelphia Inquirer:Worldwide chatter about Saddam Hussein erupted in the blogosphere within minutes of his capture and was still at fever pitch yesterday. Warbloggers rejoiced. Anti-war bloggers searched for clouds behind the silver lining. Iraqi bloggers praised Allah. |
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Fozzie Bear (Dec 16 2003 12:57 GMT) - You are Fozzie Bear. You are caring and love your friends as if they were family. For only they will put up with your stupid jokes. FAVORITE EXPRESSION: "Wocka! |
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- For the last couple of years we have given a quarterly internal class on how to write great APIs for WinFX. One of the highlights in a class like this is the Q&A. |
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- The New York Film Critics' Circle has announced its picks for the year in film, with many smaller films getting kudos, but studio epic Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King was called best picture. Lost in Translation was recognized with Sofia Coppola as best director and Billy Murray as best actor (from indie major Focus Features), and indie Secret Lives of Dentists emerging with best actress Hope Davis (earning the award for both her work in SLoD and American Splendor) and best screenplay. Soon to be released The House of Sand of Fog's Shohreh Aghdashloo won for best supporting actress, and Eugene Levy was called best supporting actor for A Might Wind. Many wonder what is the use of following these critics' awards, since they are only directionally useful in wondering who will win the Oscars, an imperfect process also. |
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- "Fisher sworn in as federal judge": The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette contains this report on the swearing-in of the judge most recently confirmed to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. |
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- Health Central story - "A broad-based suicide prevention program implemented by the United States Air Force is having the intended effect. According to a report in the Dec. 13 issue of British Medical Journal, suicides are down 33 percent since the program was put into place in 1997. ... The key components of the ongoing program are to provide support for soldiers facing mental health or psychosocial problems, with an emphasis on removing the stigma associated with seeking help for such problems. |
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- Health Central story - "A broad-based suicide prevention program implemented by the United States Air Force is having the intended effect. According to a report in the Dec. 13 issue of British Medical Journal, suicides are down 33 percent since the program was put into place in 1997. ... The key components of the ongoing program are to provide support for soldiers facing mental health or psychosocial problems, with an emphasis on removing the stigma associated with seeking help for such problems. |
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- Health Central story - "A broad-based suicide prevention program implemented by the United States Air Force is having the intended effect. According to a report in the Dec. 13 issue of British Medical Journal, suicides are down 33 percent since the program was put into place in 1997. ... The key components of the ongoing program are to provide support for soldiers facing mental health or psychosocial problems, with an emphasis on removing the stigma associated with seeking help for such problems. |
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- Health Central story - "A broad-based suicide prevention program implemented by the United States Air Force is having the intended effect. According to a report in the Dec. 13 issue of British Medical Journal, suicides are down 33 percent since the program was put into place in 1997. ... The key components of the ongoing program are to provide support for soldiers facing mental health or psychosocial problems, with an emphasis on removing the stigma associated with seeking help for such problems. |
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- So, was Saddam Hussein in hiding or somebody's prisoner? A number of questions are raised by the incredibly bedraggled, tired and crushed condition of this once savage, dapper and pampered ruler who was discovered in a hole in the ground on Saturday, December 13: 1. The length and state of his hair indicated he had not seen a barber or even had a shampoo for several weeks. 2. |
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- La volonté ferme du gouvernement Charest de faire adopter avant Noël plusieurs projets de loi qui viendront modifier de manière substantielle la vie des citoyens et des citoyennes dans plusieurs secteurs de la vie est un indicateur extrêmement sérieux de ce qui nous attend durant les prochaines années. La mise en œuvre de la « réingénierie de l'État », doublée d'une attitude très autoritaire, se cache sous le manteau de la légitimité électorale. Ce refus du débat public affiché ouvertement par le gouvernement nous invite à réfléchir très sérieusement sur les moyens que nous avons, comme citoyennes et citoyens, pour faire comprendre aux tenants du néo-libéralisme que nous refusons le programme de dilapidation de nos services collectifs et le recul de nos droits sociaux. |
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- Une décennie de paix - d'absence de conflits armés - a-t-elle suffi pour démocratiser l'Amérique centrale ? Rien n'est moins sûr. Le bilan social de la libéralisation politique et économique de l'isthme touche au désastre. Retour sur une région plus vulnérable que jamais. |
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Ka-Ching! (Dec 16 2003 12:56 GMT) - Has the capture of Saddam been good for business? It seems so for the parents of the guy leading the... |
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Supergroups (Dec 16 2003 12:56 GMT) - Last post by Nick Clark on 12:55 16/Dec/03 - Who would you put together in a "supergroup" |
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- Last post by Skratz on 12:38 16/Dec/03 - 80's Retroism continues with DJ Yoda going all transformers and hair-gel with his new mix-cd. He's much better on recordings than he is live (as anyone who went to the Paul Barman gig at the ICA earlier in the year will attest), and while you probably won't be listening to this over and over again, it's fun while it lasts. |
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- Last post by Jon on 11:59 16/Dec/03 - The Darkness are just ahead at the moment with Mad World at 2. Pop Idol are down at 5. |
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- This is the Operation Gadget weekly summary for the second week of December 2003. I'm experimenting with a weekly summary so that readers who want to receive a periodic email with Operation Gadget headlines can receive the links to all... |
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- "Goooood morning Bagh-dad!" With those words - a play on his 1987 movie "Good Morning Vietnam" - Robin Williams took the outdoor stage at Baghdad International Airport on Tuesday and delivered a barrage of raunchy comedy. |
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- A law passed by Congress to aid a woman who went to jail rather than divulge the whereabouts of her daughter was declared unconstitutional Tuesday by a federal appeals court, the latest chapter in a bizarre international custody battle. |
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- So what happens if you test those higher-level components with mock objects? Well, you sort of end up with tests that do absolutely nothing but test a series of method calls on mock objects. What are you testing, really? (448 Words) |
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- "Justices bow out in Moore appeal; Riley, high court will appoint special seven-member panel": The Birmingham News today provides this report. And The Montgomery Advertiser contains an article headlined "7 retired justices may hear appeal." |
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- Figures from the Central Statistics Office show that factory gate prices decreased by 0.3% in November, bringing the annual percentage change to show a decrease of 8.4%, which is the same as the decrease in October. |
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- Question Does anyone have a (working) solution on how to treat German Umlaute in topic titles? I've read the Internationalization issues but asking the user to change ... |
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Type O list (Dec 16 2003 12:54 GMT) - I made a list of releases at amazon. Check it out here.... |
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- Savukosken kunta aikoo lomauttaa opettajia lukuun ottamatta koko henkilöstönsä ensi vuonna. |
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- Motorolan uudeksi pääjohtajaksi on valittu 56-vuotias Edwars Zander, joka on aiemmin työskennellyt 15 vuotta tietokone- ja ohjelmistovalmistaja Sun Microsystemsin johtotehtävissä. |
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- Every now and then I would watch the news and hear some story about a girl being stalked by some creepy guy she met online. I would smirk to myself when the news anchor would proceed to give tips for protecting your children online. Many... |
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