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Dazzy (Dec 16 2003 20:43 GMT) - Whatever was left of my sleeping "schedule" is now no longer present in any way shape or form. I got up at midnight and have been waking ever sense. I wasn't tired enough to sleep and yet not fully charged to do a whole lot. That's not to say that I did add two more photos to my gallery which brings me two a total of sixteen pieces in all. My original goal was twenty but I think I'm going to shoot for thirty now. |
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- "Sales of Apple's new PowerMac G5 product-line have topped over the half million mark, sources told AppleInsider this week... At the current rate, sales of the Power Mac G5 could surpass 300,000 units for the quarter, analysts said. The last time the company shattered the 300,000 sales figure for Power Macs was back in Quarter 3 of 2000, when it sold 351,000 Power Mac G4s," AppleInsider reports. Full article |
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- Arik Hesseldah of Forbes.com looks at Steve Jobs' vision for Apple Computer, Inc, including Apple's infamous "Lemmings" television ad from 1985: "The ad portrayed office workers as mindless, blindfolded creatures following each other over a cliff one after another, until the last one in the line stops himself and removes his blindfold just before he's about to fall down the cliff like all... |
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- IBM, Microsoft issue separate patches to correct the denial-of-service vulnerability. |
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- Excerpt: "Innovative benefits may be more prevalent among small employers, and the manufacturing sector -- not the transportation industry -- most frequently offers several forms of relocation assistance. These findings may be unexpected and may not even seem logical; nonetheless, they are among the results of recent benefits studies." (Thompson Publishing Group) |
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- Excerpt: "The essence of HMO utilization review may be at stake in two cases before the U.S. Supreme Court. The two closely related 5th Circuit decisions involve state malpractice claims against HMOs that are charged with negligence in making decisions that altered levels of treatment. |
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- Excerpt: "Effective January 1, 2004, California will become the first state in the country to offer wage replacement benefits for employees who take time off from their jobs in order to care for a family member or child with a serious health condition." (Perkins Coie) |
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- Excerpt: "Consumer advocates and 401(k) retirement-plan sponsors fear that small investors will be denied the most up-to-date prices on funds, get hit with new fees -- and still won't be told what it costs them to own mutual funds. 'The SEC is punishing the innocent to prevent abuses by a few insiders,' fumes David L. Wray, president of the Profit Sharing/401(k) Council of America. The SEC needs to rethink its approach on three fronts: |
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- Excerpt: "The state Assembly narrowly approved a bill that gives gay couples the opportunity for health and pension benefits, exemption from the inheritance tax, hospital visitation rights and the ability to make decisions for incapacitated partners. The bill passed 41-38, with one abstention." (PressofAtlanticCity.com) |
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- Excerpt: "The nation's largest pension fund announced Tuesday it is filing a class action lawsuit against the New York Stock Exchange, alleging that fraudulent practices cost it millions of dollars in recent years. The $154 billion California Public Employees Retirement System, representing an estimated 1.4 million members, will seek to recover pension fund investment money it lost ..." (AP via SignOnSanDiego. |
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- Excerpt: "The California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS) today voted to continue investigating AllianceBernstein, stopping short of terminating its $1.4 billion contracts. The firm will be placed on the System's Watch List until the completion of various other investigations next year." (California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS)) |
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- Excerpt: "It isn't the business of either law enforcers or government regulators to determine what fees fund managers should charge. Never has been, never should be. Besides, it doesn't work." (Chet Currier on Bloomberg. |
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- Excerpt: "So let's catch our breath and check in to see where fund shops tainted by the scandal stand. We'll start with those firms whose violations of fiduciary duty were serious enough for us to urge investors to consider selling. Then we'll consider those firms whose relatively less-egregious misdeeds prompted us to issue a 'don't send new money' warning." (Morningstar. |
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- Excerpt: "HSAs may be far more popular than MSAs, experts predict, in part because the Medicare reform legislation reduces the minimum deductible. An individual must have a deductible of just $1,000 to qualify for an HSA, while the Archer MSA requires individuals to have a deductible of at least $1,700." (Managed Care Week via AISHealth.com) |
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- 17 pages; revised 12/9/03. Excerpt: "All the bills would require mutual funds to make more extensive disclosure of the fees and charges that investors pay. Financial relationships among mutual funds, brokers, and investment advisers would also have to be disclosed. |
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- Thomas v. Town of Hammonton (3rd Cir. 2003). Excerpt: "The employer in this case, a town in New Jersey, terminated an employee's employment and notified her in her termination letter that her health benefits would end if she did not return an enclosed COBRA election form 'as soon as possible' with a monthly COBRA payment. |
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- Excerpt: "The IRS has released the 2004 Form 5498-MSA (Archer MSA or Medicare+Choice MSA Information), which is used to report the amount of contributions a participant has made to an Archer MSA. There were no significant changes from the 2003 version of this form." (Employee Benefits Institute of America (EBIA)) |
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- Borneman v. Principal Life Ins. Co. (S.D. |
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- Rev. Rul. 2004-2; 3 pages. (Internal Revenue Service) |
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- Akribisch bohrte ich meine Schuhspitze in den Hallensand. „Wenn Bernhard nicht bald kommt, verlässt mich doch noch der Mut“ |
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- This is a table about WCE Closing Futures Markets for December 16 |
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- This is a table about Atlanta Terminal Nut Market Report |
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- This is a table about U.S. National Daily Lamb Slaughter Activity |
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- This is a table about U.S. National Lamb Market Update |
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- This is a table about Elevator Grain Bids in Kentucky |
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- This is a table about Kentucky Barge Report |
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- This is a table about Chicago Terminal Grain Report |
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- This is a table about Central Illinois Soybean Processor Report |
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- This is a table about Central Illinois Corn Processor Report |
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- West Africa's HIV-AIDS pandemic has often been overshadowed by thehigher infection rates in southern Africa. But the WHO's latest globalHIV-AIDS update warns strongly against complacency. |
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- Okay, so you have a respectable handle on syntax, and you are proud of yourself for getting that far. And, truth be told, you should be. But, knowing syntax is not the same as mastering syntax in such a way that builds quick, efficient web software. This article takes a look at not just writing software, but writing quality software. |
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- so here are some images for you to peruse. http://www. fearstudios. com/burqueluv/imageslides. |
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- Excerpt: "FDA officials are seeking help from major package carriers and credit card companies in 'cracking down' on companies that reimport large amounts of prescription drugs from Canada, the Wall Street Journal reports." (KaiserNetwork.org) |
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- I made a really cool movie poster using this cool deal that I found over at The J-Walk Blog, but our internet here is being stupid again and I am unable to upload the image. Also, my e-mail is going all crazy as well and I can't really check it.... |
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- Eric the clown, had never heard of his colleague, Bozo, the clown. This made George very upset. Note: Eric's big shoes are perfect for putting out small fires.... |
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- For those with money on the Iraq situation, be it TradeSports or otherwise:George Friedman, the director of intelligence gathering service Stratfor.com, provided early intelligence on geopolitical developments in the Middle East that led him to state unequivocally that long-term investors -- the so-called "smart money" -- were counting on a successful clean-up of Iraq and a broad-based stock market rally."The markets have been pretty sophisticated on Iraq. There does not appear to have been any Iraq war discount," says Friedman, who operates a network of intelligence gatherers around the globe. |
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- Earlier today we reported how the US has now legalized spam, and now the debate continues. Ray Everett-Church has an opinion piece explaining that the law is called "Can Spam" because it teaches spammers how they can spam. He points out that it's basically an outline of all the loopholes that will make it possible for our in-boxes to become even more crowded with junk than usual. Meanwhile, the sponsors of the bill have fired back against all the critics, saying that it's a good first step. They pretty much ignore the point about legalized spam from direct marketers, insisting (against popular perception) that spam is only spam if it's somehow fraudulent. |
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TC - 12/16 (Dec 16 2003 20:41 GMT) - Have body odor that can be detected across the yard OR be hairy like Bigfoot? Hairy Chew shards of... |
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- Hutch will have a bit of fun reading COMICON.com: SA PROFILE: ELONGATED MAN. I already knew most of the stuff here, but the examination of the artists brought some stuff forward that was actually new to me.... |
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