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- Perhaps on his journey to Japan, Lam can figure out what inspires Japanese engineers to develop stuff like this Toshiba Drape. On the outside, it looks like a standard bronze cellphone—weird enough as it is—but when you open it up you've got a grandfather-like analog clock. Gee, an analog clock. |
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- The German-made, English-language thriller Blood Trails won the Audience Award at this year's Dead By Dawn Horror Festival, and now it has new artwork. Richard Brunton wrote a very balanced review, and if you click through you can also have... |
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- This is a device we covered a while back, when it was in the embryonic stage of development. Now it's ready to graduate into NICUs across the country, thanks to an FDA approval: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today [December 20, 2006 --ed.] approved a first-of-a-kind medical device for the treatment of babies born with moderate to severe hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE), a potentially fatal injury to the brain caused by low levels of oxygen. The Olympic Cool-Cap system is designed to prevent or reduce damage to the brains of these patients by keeping the head cool while the body is maintained at a slightly below-normal temperature. |
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- Two guys play strip poker and game ends with sex |
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- La aplicación que sirve de red de seguridad a los switchers, Parallels, camina hacia su próxima versión y hace pública una nueva beta, la 3094. La nueve revisión mejora lo siguiente: Soporte de USB 2.0 tanto en discos duros, impresoras y scanners a velocidad nativa. No soporta dispositivos como cámaras web o micrófonos. |
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- The Daily News had an exclusive on something a couple of the transit agencies are considering: A "smart" that commuters could use for NJ Transit buses, PATH train, and maybe even city subways. And a dream plan would also include the AirTrain and ferries! According to the News, the Port Authority has asked financial institutions to "put together a system that essentially would feature some version of debit or credit cards that function like MetroCards - and that could also open PATH train turnstiles and be used to pay for trips on some New Jersey Transit buses and possibly even for commuter train rides on both sides of the Hudson River." Which would be a great - if hardly groundbreaking - idea. |
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- Ice Skating Hot & Cold Christmas Mix (93 MB - 1:18:59) TracksIce Skating Girl (Linus Loves Remix) - Rekindle Give Me The Night (Atoc Mix) - Xavier Sex Me - Datarock The Looks (Felix Cartal Remix) - MSTRKRFT Into The Groove - Madonna Yes Yes Y?all (Du |
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- Author: Mr.COW Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:07 am (GMT 1) My dreams and wishes seem meaningless. |
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- Over the past week, power brokers in Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Iraq have engaged in talks to resolve conflicts. |
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- New charges are focusing attention on how the military handles abuse and the killing of prisoners and civilians. |
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- A new study finds that fewer than 1 in 3 American teens now use marijuana, but abuse of pharmaceuticals is rising. |
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- A child labor dispute could eliminate 4,000 Pakistani jobs. |
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- The film is stirring debate as the nation mulls rewriting its pacifist constitution. |
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- mdd writes me;Anybody listening to Michael Medved? He's got an anti-war couple on that has organized something for tomorrow (Dec 22) to help bring peace to the world. It's called the Global O project. They claim that if enough people all around the world achieve a big O that all the positive energy created, will move the world towards peace...... |
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- Blacked out text in your newspaper. The White House has attempted to heavily censor parts of a proposed op-ed about Iran. So tomorrow, the NYT will run the op-ed with black redaction marks, and provide a list of non-classified sources for the exact material the administration claims is sensitive. |
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- Since I know many of my readers are using some sort of e-mail marketing, I am posting a fascinating study conducted by MailChimp The boring subject lines win out by HUGE numbers…interesting, eh? Study of Best and Worst Open Rates People who are new to email marketing often ask us, “How should I write my subject lines so [...] |
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- With only a few days left in the holiday shopping season, retailers are checking their receipts to see if profits will be naughty or nice. |
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- David Pescovitz: New Zealand surgeon Peter Walker missed his flight from Queenstown back to Christchurch after Qantas Airways staff noticed his suitcase was bleeding. Apparently his baggage contained a plastic bag loaded with bloody operating gowns, a towel, and surgical instruments. After Walker sealed his sack inside a plastic airline bag he was permitted to catch a later flight. From the New Zealand Press Association: |
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- Despite the fact we can't create a robot that can navigate stairs without doing a face plant, there's apparently concern in some circles that robots may someday want the same rights afforded humans. A "speculative paper" released by the British government predicts that should robots eventually learn to reproduce, improve or think for themselves -- it's inevitable that they'll sue for equal rights. Once obtained, the robots would then drain government coffers, as "states will be obligated to provide full social benefits to them including income support, housing and possibly robo-healthcare to fix the machines over time," according to the report. Of course the very nature of a more efficient economy where robots comprise a significant portion of the labor force should hopefully mean an increase in the distribution of wealth, potentially offsetting the impact of having to pay the social security costs incurred by a legion of hard-working R2D2s. The paper admits we won't be worrying about any of this for at least another twenty years, assuming robots can first hurdle the monumental task of self-sustained bipedal movement sans fatality. |
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- Annie Jennings PRWeb - Skin Formulas , From Third Rail Labs, Inc Announces the Launch of an Exciting New Breakthrough Product in Anti-Aging Skin Care — Active Skin Formulas Active Skin Formulas(TM) anti-Sun damage system is a potent antioxidant, SPF and wrinkle cream wrinkle cream |
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- Vince Leibowitz | Austin | December 21SA Current - As with any un-televised revolution, there are people who manage to blissfully sashay through life unaware, until a battering ram knocks down their front door and men with red scarves tied around their necks crawl in through the windows. That?s what happened to State Representative Vicki Truitt after the Republican lawmaker from Keller filed House Bill 129 on November 13, and was descended upon by Texas?s media revolutionaries, known as bloggers. Truitt? |
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- 21 pages. Excerpt: "This edition contains . . . |
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- 17 pages. '[T]he Service is beginning to process determination letter and examination cases [involving] an amendment to change a traditional defined benefit plan into a cash balance plan . . . . |
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- Excerpt: "The Rhode Island Office of the Health Insurance Commissioner . . . announced requirements for insurance companies Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Rhode Island and UnitedHealthcare of New England to offer a 'wellness health benefit plan' as part of a state law passed earlier this year, the Providence Journal reports. |
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- Excerpt: "Recognizing the mounting burden of caring for aging parents, companies including NBC Universal, Unilever USA and McGraw-Hill Cos. offer services that include underwriting the cost of emergency caregivers and connecting employees with nursing-home finders or physicians who specialize in older patients." (Los Angeles Times via The (Canton) Repository) |
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- Excerpt: "Arkansas has introduced a new health care coverage plan that should help small business owners provide employees with health benefits. Called ARHealthNet, the program is meant to be a safety-net of benefits for workers who have no coverage." (bizjournals.com via MSN. |
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- 68 pages. This presentation was given by attorney Steve Bachelder at the Conference Board's 2006 Executive Compensation Conference: 'Everything Directors and Senior Executives Need to Know about Effective Pay', held April 2006 in New York and May 2006 in Chicago. (Bachelder & Dowling, P.A. |
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- Excerpt: "Here's what California taxpayers have to look forward to next year, when the state begins fully accounting for retiree health benefits: picket lines. Lawsuits. Private-sector worker revolts. |
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- The target page is a transcript of the discussion with Washington Post business columnist Steven Pearlstein online yesterday, Wednesday, Dec. 20, on excessive executive pay on Wall Street. (The Washington Post; free registration required) |
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- 4 pages. (U.S. Social Security Administration) |
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- Excerpt: "The study involves 15 different countries: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Mexico, the Slovak Republic, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America." (Seyfarth Shaw LLP) |
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- Excerpt: "The Segal Company's 2007 Reporting & Disclosure Calendar for Multiemployer Plans summarizes compliance requirements for multiemployer plans. [The interactive calendar provides a] brief description of each requirement and information about such details as the plan(s) affected, filing requirements and due dates . . . |
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- Excerpt: "Which are the largest European companies regarding employee ownership? In which countries? Using which schemes? [The authors] identify, list, analyse, rank all largest European companies, listed and non listed. |
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- Excerpt: "In this paper, [the authors] extend the analysis of the effect of health insurance on health behaviors by allowing for the possibility that health insurance has a direct (ex ante moral hazard) and indirect effect on health behaviors." (National Bureau of Economic Research; paid subscription or individual purchase required to retrieve fulltext) |
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- Excerpt: "[The authors'] results show that increases in prescription drug prices reduce both the use of and spending on prescription drugs. However, consumers substitute the use of outpatient care and inpatient care for prescription drug use, and the expenditure reductions on prescription drugs are largely offset by the increases in other spending." (National Bureau of Economic Research; paid subscription or individual purchase required to retrieve fulltext) |
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- 4 pages. Excerpt: "In what may represent a highwater mark for favorable health savings account (HSA) legislation, Congress passed and President Bush signed into law [December 20, 2006] HSA legislation increasing HSA contribution limits and permitting rollovers to HSAs from health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), flexible spending accounts (FSAs), and individual retirement accounts (IRAs)." (Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP) |
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- by FoxEasy Inc. Convert almost all video formats to iPod other portable video device. Page Views: 4 Downloads: 1 |
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- I'm always on the lookout for words with more 'snap.' |
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- A midnight visitor of the furry variety gives special meaning to the well known Christmas story - even 50 years later. |
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- The homemade Christmas stockings she has made for her girls aren't perfect - and that's part of their charm. |
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- At Christmastime a family embraces a new family member, miles from home. |
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