You are scrupulously honest, frank, and straightforward. Therefore you
have few friends.

Meet Jackie Huba, Customer Evangelist

Posted: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 20:03:19 -0600

Source: Jackie Huba from the Church of the Customer blog has been agonizing over which computer to buy for awhile now. She finally caved and bought a PowerBook just like I did a few months ago. Jackie didn't just announce...

Custom Google Ad?

Posted: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 18:23:34 +0000

Source: Over at Rapidshare, there's a a special kind of Google ad -- something that looks like a customized half image/ half text Google AdSense ad. The HTML source to the page (copied here for reference) appears as though the site owner received special prototype code from Google to test new features. Of course this could also be non-official and han ...

La Haine

Posted: Mon, 14 Nov 2005 12:27:13 +0000

Source: Critics often use pop culture to decode 'weak signals' that predicted September 11 and other hyperviolent events. Slate's Matt Feeney examines Mathieu Kassovitz's film La Haine (1995) and what it can tell us about the immigrant ghettoes that have shaped the week-long riots in France. Feeney suggests that Kassovitz "overindulges himself as a screenwriter", that La Haine has limited value as prophecy, and that its verite strengths fail to detail the sociopolitical conditions that lead to escalating conflict.

ASTRO Provides Treatment Information on Breast Cancer - Options Include Breast-Conserving Surgery Combined with Radiation Therapy

Posted: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 22:00:00 GMT

Source: October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology offers a free brochure explaining common treatments for the disease include a combination of surgery and radiation therapy. In the past, the only treatment for breast cancer was the removal of the entire breast (mastectomy)... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:01:25 +0000

Source: Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon Adsense greed : Jumping on the Mesothelioma bandwagon. There is money to be made from the ppc services, but many people are just not “getting it”. Mesothelioma - Greed, Cancer, & Profit What is mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is a malignant spreading tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum, arising as [...]

Convention organizer to Linus Torvalds: "You might like to come with us
to some licensed[1] place, and have some pizza."

Linus: "Oh, I did not know that you needed a license to eat pizza".

[1] Licenced - refers in Australia to a restaurant which has government
licence to sell liquor.
-- Linus at a talk at the Melbourne University

My Friend Cracker

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I HAVE THE GREATEST FRIEND HER NAME IS LAURA SHE IS VERY SWEET WE DO SO MUCH TOGETHER I KNOW IF I EVER NEED SOMEONE TO TALK TO THAT SHE WILL BE THERE AND UNDEDICATED UNLIKE MY MOM OR I DON'T KNOW SHE IS VERY SWEET WE HAVE A LOT OF GOOD TIMES. THIS I A PICTURE OF US TOGETHER AT SCHOOL SHE LOVES PICTURES BUT I HATE THEM SO I ALWAYS MAKE A STUPID FACE BUT YEAH MY MOM AND DAD SEE HER AS FAMILY I SEE HER AS MY GUARDIAN ANGEL SHE HAS KEPT ME FROM DOING A LOT OF STUPID STUFF I HAD AND OVERDOSING PROBLEM I KEPT DOING IT HOPING IT WOULD KILL ME BUT IT DID NOT AND SHE CLEAN MY ROOM OF EVERY PILL BECAUSE I TOLD HER SHE TOLD ME HOW SAD SHE WOULD BE IF I DIED BUT I NEVER REALLY CARE IF I DIED I WOULD FEEL BAD BUT I WOULD BE HAPPY SHE IS THE ONLY REASON AND A SPECIAL GUY THAT I FIGHT TO STAY ALIVE AND NOT DO ANYTHING STUPID SHE IS MY SISTER THAT I NEVER GOT TO HAVE SHE IS MY OLDER SISTER AND SINCE I CANT BE A OLDER SISTER TO MY REAL LITTLE SISTER THAN I HAVE NO PROBLEM LET HER BE MY OLDER SISTER AND LETTING ME BE THE YOUNG ONE ITS MAKES FEEL LIKE I HAVE A REAL OLDER SISTER WATCHING ME AND MAKING SURE I AM OK.

Travelocity Syndicates Fare Alerts with RSS

Posted: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:37:00 -0600

Source: Travelocity has launched a new program that tells you when fares to your favorite destinations drop by at least 20%. (Thanks Niraj!)...

Mood Engine

Posted: Sun, 6 Nov 2005 18:37:52 +0000

Source: Wild Mood Swings looks a bit like a search engine, but actually it's just a way for you to pick your mood... and let yourself be forwarded to a website fitting that mood. [Thanks Renschler Senior.]

All Your Words

Posted: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 14:54:27 +0000

Source: All Your Words is a "social word association engine." Basically, here's what happens; you enter a single word, and the engine will take you to a single site associated with it. If there's no site yet for a word, you can enter a URL of your own liking which will then be associated with it -- until next time, when someone feels like modifying that as ...

Wal-Mart Movie Opens With Fracas In Manhattan

Posted: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:36:16 +0000

Source: • The New York Times reports that Robert Greenwald confronted Wal-Mart consultant John Marino, at the New York launch of Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price on 1 November 2005. The Guardian notes that Greenwald's film distributor is contemplating suing Wal-Mart for piracy.

• 200,000 Missouri employees have filed a class action suit against Wal-Mart over its unauthorized removal of rest and meal breaks from pay cycles. In retaliation at the negative publicity, BusinessWeek reveals that Wal-Mart is sponsoring an academic conference to examine the conglomerate's economic impact on businesses and communities.

• Salon's Andrew O'Hehir surmises: "We didn't know about any of this alleged bad stuff, Wal-Mart insists -- and that happy little yellow Low-Pricey Man throws his gloved hands in the air and does his best impression of a frown. But as you watch Greenwald's movie that response becomes more and more incredible; what the chain's execs presumably didn't know about their global quest to drive costs, wages and prices ever downward dwarfs the already galactic scale of what George W. Bush and Dick Cheney presumably didn't know about Iraq."

• CBS5 has broadcast an excellent interview with Greenwald.

Reflexology helps women receiving chemo in late-stage breast cancer

Posted: Fri, 07 Oct 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Source: Researchers at Michigan State University are finding that many women who are receiving chemotherapy while in the late stages of breast cancer are turning to a complementary therapy known as reflexology to help them cope. In a pilot study, researchers from MSU's College of Nursing tested three different complementary therapies - reflexology, guided imagery and reminiscence therapy, in which women recall times in their lives when they've met and overcome challenges... click link for more info.

Asbestos - The Gardener, the Salsa, and a Day at the Ranch

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:00:08 +0000

Source: The Gardener, the Salsa, and a Day at the Ranch Once Upon a Time… A Gardener’s DaydreamThe Gardener, the Salsa, and a Day at the RanchArticle by Rich ShowalterCopyright 2003 by ProGardenBizProGardenBiz, an online magazinehttp://www.progardenbiz.comThis is a tale of a landscape contractor and his quiet getaway in the mountains. Now, I’m no gardener myself, [...]

Welcome to Changemaker

Posted: 2005-09-30T23:22:35Z

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Welcome to Changemaker: Healing Heart, Mind and Soul blog.
In advocating the self-discovery model for understanding ourselves and others, Changemaker believes that the Changemaker Test can be used to teach personality indicators to groups of persons interested in learning about themselves.

Healing begins when, in spite of all the negative self-talk going on inside a person, that person feels someone caring and loving them for no apparent reason. This unconditional love comes in spite of attempts to search for a motive.

The Changemaker Blogs:

http://addictionreality.blogspot.com/

http://emotionalhealing.blogspot.com/

http://mentalhealing.blogspot.com/

http://physicalhealing.blogspot.com/

http://recoverytips.blogspot.com/

http://spiritualsampler.blogspot.com/

http://www.kathyberman.com/blog

http://www.weblogsampler.com/blog

http://answersbyemail.blogspot.com/

http://coralcayads.blogspot.com/

http://thechangemakertest.blogspot.com/

http://therapysampler.blogspot.com/

http://changemakergroups.blogspot.com/

http://personalitysampler.blogspot.com/

C-3PO:
We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.

My Little Baby Zoe

Posted: 2005-07-23T00:19:41Z

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LOOK AT MY BABY ISNT SHE THE CUTIES THING IN THE WORLD I LOVE HER HER NAME IS ZOE BUT WE HAVE TO GIVE HER AWAY SHE IS A VERY SWEET CAT BUT SHE IS TEACHING THE OTHER ANIMALS BAD HABBITS AND SHE IS GOING TO A GREAT HOME SHE IS MY BABY AND ALWAYS WILL BE BUT SHE WILL BE MUCH HAPPIER WERE SHE IS GOING I GOT ANOUTHER LITTLE RUNT WHICH I WILL SHOW YOU SHE IS UGLY BUT YOU GOT TO LOVE HER SHE IS A REALLY FAT CAT BUT SHE IS SO PRETTY WHEN WE BROUGHT HER BACK FROM ILLONIOS SHE WAS LIKE SKINNY UNDERFEED BUT SHE HAS A FOOD PROBLEM AND GROWLS AND ALL THE OTHER ANIMALS WHEN THEY COME NEAR HER WHEN SHE IS EATING BUT SHE ISNT LIKE A CUDDLE KITTEN NOT LIKE MY LITTLE RUNT

links for 2005-10-31

Posted: Sun, 30 Oct 2005 22:17:47 -0600

Source: Susan Mernit's Blog: Announcing Beta Fridays Lisa Wiliams and Susan Mernit are launching a new podcasting series called Beta Fridays. (tags: podcasting friends) Daisy - Your Personal Web Assistant This cross-platform desktop tool keeps a detailed record of every...

Google Print, Cache, and Copyright

Posted: Sat, 5 Nov 2005 14:47:37 +0000

Source: Steve Baker on Slashdot regarding Google Print -- they recently resumed scanning of books -- wrote (used with permission): "I don't see any difference between what Google are doing here and what they do to index web sites. [They] roam the web -- they take local copies of every web page -- they index those pages -- then they display a 's ...

Cynthia McKinney: The Upcoming March To Gretna

Posted: Thu, 03 Nov 2005 15:16:10 +0000

Source: First of all I'd like to acknowledge the life and death of Rosa Parks, a pioneer with courage, who will be laid to rest today.

CNN.com reports that as the heart of a hurricane-ravaged New Orleans filled with sewage-tainted floodwaters and corpses, Mayor Ray Nagin urged people to cross a bridge leading to the dry lands of the city's suburban west bank.

And there begins the story of what might become the worst American civil rights episode ushering in the 21st Century.

Asbestos - Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:01:25 +0000

Source: Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon Adsense greed : Jumping on the Mesothelioma bandwagon. There is money to be made from the ppc services, but many people are just not “getting it”. Mesothelioma - Greed, Cancer, & Profit What is mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is a malignant spreading tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum, arising as [...]

The Gentle Persuader

Posted: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:36:03 +0000

Source: Alan Greenspan's reign at the Federal Reserve shaped the future contours of globalization and the post-Cold War era. Reason's Jeff Taylor probes Greenspan's "Jedi mind trick" and explains the masterful way he used economics, policy instruments and rhetoric to persuade his audiences.

A 'translation factor' protein over-expressed in breast cancer cells might be an oncoprotein

Posted: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Source: The tissue-specific elongation factor eEF1A2 might be an oncoprotein involved inbreast cancer. Research published in the open access journal BMC Cancer showsthat eEF1A2, which is usually present only in muscle cells and neurons, isabnormally expressed in two thirds of breast tumours. This means it could beused as a new diagnostic marker and, once its role as been identified, as atherapeutic target for the treatment of breast tumours... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:01:25 +0000

Source: Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon Adsense greed : Jumping on the Mesothelioma bandwagon. There is money to be made from the ppc services, but many people are just not “getting it”. Mesothelioma - Greed, Cancer, & Profit What is mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is a malignant spreading tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum, arising as [...]

The Mystery of the Missing HTML

Posted: Sat, 22 Oct 2005 01:08:01 +0000

Source: Can you find out where the HTML, CSS and JavaScript went on this page? Cow -- who posed the riddle in the forum -- says, "It's a blank HTML file (0 byte without HTML comments) but it's got text, images and rollover effects." I could only get this to work in Firefox.

Jewish Terrorists Attack Al Aqsa Mosque

Posted: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 05:31:02 +0000

Source: 'Dozens of Jewish extremists stormed the esplanade of the holy Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, the Palestinian WAFA news agency reported Wednesday.

'The Israeli occupation forces allowed about fifty Jewish extremists to enter the Haram al-Sharif esplanade in the morning, Muslim Wakf sources said.

'The Jewish terrorists were protected by the Israeli forces, said Mohammed Hussein, Director of the mosque, adding that they didn't even try to stop them when they started provoking the Muslim worshipers.' (Al Jazeera article).

Researchers zero in on estrogen's role in breast-cancer cell growth

Posted: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 09:00:00 GMT

Source: Why do estrogen-dependent breast-cancer cells grow and spread rapidly? Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign say it may be because estrogen virtually eliminates levels of a vitally important regulatory protein. In a paper that will appear in the Sept. 13 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the scientists report that human breast-cancer cells exposed to estrogen in their laboratory showed a dramatic reduction in numbers of a crucial nuclear receptor corepressor, a protein known as N-CoR (pronounced "en CORE")... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:01:25 +0000

Source: Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon Adsense greed : Jumping on the Mesothelioma bandwagon. There is money to be made from the ppc services, but many people are just not “getting it”. Mesothelioma - Greed, Cancer, & Profit What is mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is a malignant spreading tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum, arising as [...]

Jews United Against Zionism

Posted: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 10:51:16 +0000

Source: 'I have been asked to talk to you about Judaism and Zionism. This subject is of course tremendously relevant in the light of the current situation in Palestine, where you have - let’s face it - one side, the Zionists (who are also Jews), wishing to impose a ‘sectarian’ State over the heads of an indigenous population, the Palestinians. A confrontation which has resulted in horrific bloodshed and brutality with no end in sight unless there is a very radical change.' (Rabbi Ahron Cohen's talk at Birmingham University).

Lymph nodes harbor information on whether breast cancer will recur

Posted: Tue, 06 Sep 2005 17:00:00 GMT

Source: Breast cancer often spreads through the lymph nodes in the arm pits (so-called axillary lymph nodes), and whether these lymph nodes are tumor-free or contain small metastases is an important factor in the decision of how aggressively to treat a patient. Peter Lee and colleagues (from Stanford University) now report in the open access journal PLoS Medicine that looking at the immune status of lymph nodes might teach us even more about a specific breast tumor... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:01:25 +0000

Source: Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon Adsense greed : Jumping on the Mesothelioma bandwagon. There is money to be made from the ppc services, but many people are just not “getting it”. Mesothelioma - Greed, Cancer, & Profit What is mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is a malignant spreading tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum, arising as [...]

Moffitt's Breast Cancer Education Conference - September 24

Posted: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 01:00:00 GMT

Source: The H Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute's 18th Annual FACTors (Fighting Against Breast Cancer Together) Breast Cancer Education Conference, "Spirits of Lasting Beauty & Courage," will be held Sat., Sept. 24 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Vincent A. Stabile Research Building, 12902 Magnolia Dr... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:01:25 +0000

Source: Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon Adsense greed : Jumping on the Mesothelioma bandwagon. There is money to be made from the ppc services, but many people are just not “getting it”. Mesothelioma - Greed, Cancer, & Profit What is mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is a malignant spreading tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum, arising as [...]

C. Delores Tucker Dies AT 78

Posted: Fri, 14 Oct 2005 00:16:18 +0000

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C. Delores Tucker Dies AT 78

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Asbestos - Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:01:25 +0000

Source: Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon Adsense greed : Jumping on the Mesothelioma bandwagon. There is money to be made from the ppc services, but many people are just not “getting it”. Mesothelioma - Greed, Cancer, & Profit What is mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is a malignant spreading tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum, arising as [...]

The Changemaker Test PackageEveryone has many pers...

Posted: 2005-09-29T17:53:09Z

Source: The Changemaker Test Package

Everyone has many personality labels yet most of us resist being labeled. I'm sure that we each have hundreds of labels because each person is very complex. The main way that we learn our labels is from others. We generally resist these learnings as it feels that the labels have a negative connotation.

Yet most labels can be positive and negative at the same time. While counseling others for several years, I realized that we each love to learn about ourselves if the information comes from a place of love and acceptance. But we pretend that we don't want to know. It is the same maneuver we use to view a group picture that includes us. While oohing and aahing over all the other group members, we are secretly gazing at ourselves.

I also knew that many of the labels used by counselors are unknown to most persons who never attend therapy. So I used these groups of labels and developed a short test that anyone can take because I give you the "answers". I will also include a bibliography of books for reference for each of the parts of the test. Therefore anyone can read and discover what their own personal labels mean.

The Changemaker Test Complete Package, a 84 page ebook, includes the test, test answers, a page explanation for each of all the labels, two newer personality measures, a bibliography for the test answers, and recommended websites for included subjects.

 

It is estimated by the age of 21, each of us has acquired 20,000 hours of negative self-talk. Learn to listen to the voices in your head. Whatever you are thinking is what you are feeling.

 

By learning our personality traits, we can determine the positives about ourselves and change the negative thoughts to positive ones.

          

This test is meant to be the starting point for self-discovery. With the complete test, answers and explanations, anyone can test their friends and family. Also anyone who has compassion for others, can use these materials to begin discussion groups of persons interested in self-discovery.

 

Inside the extensive 84 pages of this ebook you will be able to give the test to anyone and help them to learn 10 personality traits unique to that person. With the complete book, you’ll be able to create and run 10-12 persons self-discovery groups.

 

The Changemaker Test Package includes:

§         The test of 25 personality traits include the categories of NLP (neurolinguistic programming), birth order, family roles, emotional energy, and MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)

§         From the 25 traits, each person will learn 10 of his/her personality traits

§         Each of the 25 traits is explained in an individual description

§         Included is the Big Five Test and enneagram information

§         A bibliography for all the personality traits has been added

§         Also the ebook has recommended websites for the included personality schools

 

By learning our personality traits, we can determine the positives about ourselves to enrich our self-image. The Changemaker Test is meant to be the starting point for self-discovery. With this ebook, anyone with compassion and interest in others can use these materials to begin discussion groups.

 

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The paradox that divides black America?

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The paradox that divides black America?

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Bush’s 600 Bucks

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Bush’s 600 Bucks

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During Sex What Goes Through Your Mind?

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During Sex What Goes Through Your Mind?

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During Sex What Goes Through Your Mind?

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During Sex What Goes Through Your Mind?

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During Sex What Goes Through Your Mind?

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Stellar rays prove fibbing never pays. Embezzlement is another matter.

links for 2005-09-19

Posted: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 23:17:27 -0500

Source: John Stossell @ ABC News: Fed Ex in a Fit Over Furniture "You could follow Jose Avila's lead and furnish your entire apartment with furniture made from Fed Ex boxes. But if you do, you better not tell anyone...

Google Campus Gmail Ad

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 14:05:23 +0000

Source: Brian Mingus sent in this black-and-white ad from his small campus newspaper: (Since when is Gmail's storage infinite? The URL, by the way, goes to the Google college life homepage.)

Money in Blog Archives

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:44:15 +0000

Source: For those who have a blog spiced up with Google AdSense, Tristan Louis notes there's money in archives, as people keep searching and finding content for years to come after publication: "The first thing to take into account is that the model o ...

Blackwater Down

Posted: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:51:10 +0000

Source: 'The men from Blackwater USA arrived in New Orleans right after Katrina hit. The company known for its private security work guarding senior US diplomats in Iraq beat the federal government and most aid organizations to the scene in another devastated Gulf. About 150 heavily armed Blackwater troops dressed in full battle gear spread out into the chaos of New Orleans. Officially, the company boasted of its forces "join[ing] the hurricane relief effort." But its men on the ground told a different story.

'Some patrolled the streets in SUVs with tinted windows and the Blackwater logo splashed on the back; others sped around the French Quarter in an unmarked car with no license plates. They congregated on the corner of St. James and Bourbon in front of a bar called 711, where Blackwater was establishing a makeshift headquarters. From the balcony above the bar, several Blackwater guys cleared out what had apparently been someone's apartment. They threw mattresses, clothes, shoes and other household items from the balcony to the street below. They draped an American flag from the balcony's railing. More than a dozen troops from the 82nd Airborne Division stood in formation on the street watching the action.' (Nation article).

Patient's genes can predict response to chemotherapy for breast cancer

Posted: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:00:00 GMT

Source: Breast cancer patients could find out whether they will respond positively to chemotherapy treatment by testing for the activity of certain genes. In a study published today in the Open Access journal, Journal of Translational Medicine, researchers analysed the genes expressed in the tumours of eighty-three patients with primary breast cancer... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Protect Against Mesothelioma by Avoiding Asbestos

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:01:00 +0000

Source: Protect Against Mesothelioma by Avoiding Asbestos Mesothelioma is a rare cancer that attacks the body’s mesothelial cells around the organs. The mesothelium provides a protective membranous lining for the internal organs and allows moving organs (i.e. the heart and the lungs) to glide easily against adjacent structures. The names of the three regions of mesothelial cells [...]

GoogleTV and YahooTV Is Coming

Posted: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:25:36 +0000

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Money in Blog Archives

Posted: Sat, 24 Sep 2005 13:44:15 +0000

Source: For those who have a blog spiced up with Google AdSense, Tristan Louis notes there's money in archives, as people keep searching and finding content for years to come after publication: "The first thing to take into account is that the model o ...

Joe Harris, Blogging for Cash

Posted: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:39:40 +0000

Source: Joseph Harris does research at a major university in California. He has 7 years of research experience in the Biochemistry/ Molecular Biology field. Joe's new to blogspace and the web in general, but already found ways to make money online -- by ...

How To Be Inhuman

Posted: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:41:18 +0000

Source: 'Biotechnology holds the promise of some day allowing people to enhance themselves and their children using pharmaceuticals or genetic interventions. This prospect is welcomed by some, but causes a great deal of anxiety in many people: Are there enhancements whose benefits would come at the price of our humanity?

'The President's Council on Bioethics worries that people who choose to use biotech enhancements would somehow lose themselves: The Council's report "Beyond Therapy" warns "we risk 'turning into someone else,' confounding the identity we have acquired through natural gift cultivated by genuinely lived experiences, alone and with others." Liberal bioethicist George Annas from Boston University is pushing for a global treaty that would ban all inheritable modifications to any person's genetic makeup. He favors such a treaty because he believes that "species-altering genetic engineering [is] a potential weapon of mass destruction, and [that] makes the unaccountable genetic engineer a potential bioterrorist."' (Reason article).

Study confirms treatment switch is beneficial for women with early breast cancer

Posted: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 01:00:00 GMT

Source: Switching treatment to the drug anastrozole after two years of tamoxifen can improve event-free survival for postmenopausal women with early breast cancer, concludes a study in this week's issue of THE LANCET. For more than 20 years tamoxifen has been the standard treatment after surgery for postmenopausal women with hormone-responsive early breast cancer... click link for more info.

Asbestos - The Gardener, the Salsa, and a Day at the Ranch

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:00:08 +0000

Source: The Gardener, the Salsa, and a Day at the Ranch Once Upon a Time… A Gardener’s DaydreamThe Gardener, the Salsa, and a Day at the RanchArticle by Rich ShowalterCopyright 2003 by ProGardenBizProGardenBiz, an online magazinehttp://www.progardenbiz.comThis is a tale of a landscape contractor and his quiet getaway in the mountains. Now, I’m no gardener myself, [...]

GoogleTV and YahooTV Is Coming

Posted: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 14:25:36 +0000

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GoogleTV and YahooTV Is Coming

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James McNeill Whistler's (painter of "Whistler's Mother")
failure in his West Point chemistry examination once provoked him to
remark in later life, "If silicon had been a gas, I should have been a
major general."

Creating a Good Blog Archive

Posted: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:34:54 +0000

Source: I would like to talk about some blogging approaches I have here on Google Blogoscoped to help make sure, years from now, this blog makes a good archive -- maybe it inspires a thing or two on your own blog! 1. Making screensho ...

Lame Duck, Big Spender

Posted: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:41:18 +0000

Source: 'In a recent New York Observer column, Richard Brookhiser argues that if George W. Bush "is now a lame duck, it is by his own hand." Bush's response to Hurricane Katrina, says Brookhiser, was doubly disastrous. First (and most important), people died and anarchy was loosed because Bush acted slowly and had surrounded himself with incompetents. Second, as in the immediate aftershock of the 9/11 attacks, Bush failed to provide the proper symbolic rhetoric that is part of the job: "If you can't speak, act," Brookhiser wrote. "Gesture is also a form of speech. Go to your desk. The news will show the chopper landing on the White House lawn. Look serious."

'Given that he's a Republican stalwart, a longtime senior editor at National Review, and the Observer's token conservative columnist, you can forgive Brookhiser for fretting over the electoral ramifications from Bush's metamorphosis into a lame duck.' (Reason article).

Asbestos - Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:01:25 +0000

Source: Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon Adsense greed : Jumping on the Mesothelioma bandwagon. There is money to be made from the ppc services, but many people are just not “getting it”. Mesothelioma - Greed, Cancer, & Profit What is mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is a malignant spreading tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum, arising as [...]

Ben Fawley: Affection For The Young

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Ben Fawley: Affection For The Young

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Asbestos - Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon

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Source: Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon Adsense greed : Jumping on the Mesothelioma bandwagon. There is money to be made from the ppc services, but many people are just not “getting it”. Mesothelioma - Greed, Cancer, & Profit What is mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is a malignant spreading tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum, arising as [...]

Staying Sober The information on this post is repr...

Posted: 2005-07-26T17:24:05Z

Source: Staying Sober

The information on this post is reprinted from a website that I can no longer access. If anyone knows the author's name or new website, please email me. I believe wholeheartedly in what he is saying.

 

“You see, I believe we can get past this thing called alcoholism and addiction. We can get past it by taking advantage of every opportunity for abstaining that we encounter. For most people that includes a period of time in a 12 Step Program. If it's not AA right off the bat, almost ALL Treatment Centers refer clients to the 12 step programs anyway. So if you haven't done it already, go ahead, bite the bullet and put a little time into AA.

 

One thing you'll learn there is what Not to do if you really want to stop drinking. You will have many, many opportunities to study people as they stumble through the obstacles they place before themselves on the way to sober living. There are tricks to not falling prey to self-destruction while learning to not drink, and it's less painful to learn those lessons second hand. I learned a lot of them there.

 

The bottom line for everyone is that if you really want to get sober, you will get sober. It doesn't matter what your gig is, it could be the fishing cure, church, a hot new babe, 12 steps, or plain hard assed self-preservation. When the nickel drops and you know what you need to do to get the job done,,,, go ahead and do it. And do it like you never did anything before, because getting sober takes all the passion you'll ever have. Staying sober, it gets a lot easier after the first 10 or 15 years.”

 

The link I have is http://biminibound.com/recovery/index.html

 

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Links To Information On Taylor Behl Case; Ben Fawley

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Links To Information On Taylor Behl Case; Ben Fawley

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People’s Coverage of Taylor’s Vigil At VCU; Mother Speaks

Posted: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 03:56:35 +0000

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The Castle is Crumbling

Posted: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 10:30:11 -0500

Source: InformationWeek reports that newspaper companies and business trade publishers are seeing their revenues erode. A new report from Outsell says that blogs and other free content sites are having a significant impact on big media's growth prospects. The analyst group...

Google-Spoofing Worm

Posted: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 12:15:11 +0000

Source: Thanks to Tomi H. for sending in this pointer to PC World from September 16: "Downloaders looking for a free Star Wars game may instead find themselves installing a new worm that gives them dodgy Google search results. The worm, called P2Load. ...

Google Blog Search

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 13:09:35 +0000

Source: Google released their own blog search tool. It seems that whatever site has an RSS or Atom feed is considered to be a blog. (If you're a blog owner and you don't see your blog included, note that Google promises to soon make a manual submission ...

North Korea Says It Will Abandon Nuclear Efforts

Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:31:04 +0000

Source: 'BEIJING, Monday, Sept. 19 - North Korea agreed Monday to end its nuclear weapons program in return for security, economic and energy benefits, potentially easing tensions with the United States after a two-year standoff over the North's efforts to build atomic bombs.

'The United States, North Korea and four other nations participating in negotiations in Beijing signed a draft accord in which the North promised to abandon efforts to produce nuclear weapons and re-admit international inspectors to its nuclear facilities.

'Foreign powers said they would provide aid, diplomatic assurances and security guarantees and consider North Korea's demands for a light-water nuclear reactor.' (New York Times article and joint statement).

Scientists close in on new breast cancer genes

Posted: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 03:00:00 GMT

Source: Cancer Research UK scientists are closing in on new genes linked to the development and progression of breast cancer, according to research published today (Thursday) in Oncogene. The overwhelming majority of breast cancers are caused by damage to genes acquired during a woman's lifetime... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Bill afoot to offer victims of asbestos-caused mesothelioma aid (The Japan Times)

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:01:29 +0000

Source: Bill afoot to offer victims of asbestos-caused mesothelioma aid (The Japan Times)The government plans to introduce a bill that will give financial aid to people with asbestos-related mesothelioma and the next of kin of those who have died from the disease, sources said Monday. Gov’t to give financial help to asbestos victims (Kyodo via Yahoo! Asia [...]

Candelight Vigil For Behl Tonight

Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:35:58 +0000

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Candelight Vigil For Behl Tonight

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Flirting is the gentle art of making a man feel pleased with himself.
-- Helen Rowland

From Fordors to iToors

Posted: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 07:26:42 -0500

Source: Could podcasts one day replace our trusty Fodor's books? For a taste, check out iToors. iToors Walks & Rides are audio tours taking you to a city's most interesting places by topic....

Magic 150

Posted: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:47:37 +0000

Source: Some research says people can't connect to any group larger than 150 members. So when you have 124 in your group -- say, 124 colleagues where you're working -- even if you don't know how to do something specific, you still know who to ask for help. T ...

A Triumph For Decency At The UN

Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 09:11:02 +0000

Source: 'It was billed as the biggest gathering of heads of state and government ever, as most of the presidents, prime ministers and assorted potentates of the U.N.'s 191 members headed to New York for the 60th Anniversary Summit of the United Nations from Sept. 14-16.

'Almost unnoticed in the coverage of the Summit was the most significant change in international law since the U.N. Charter itself -- the "Responsibility to Protect" declaration. Its survival is in some way a personal triumph for U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan, certainly compared with the mostly anodyne mush that was left after "the spoilers," as he called them, had watered down many of the original bold concepts he presented in his reform package.' (AlterNet article).

BRCA1 tumor suppression nullified by cyclin D1 at the estrogen receptor

Posted: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 15:00:00 GMT

Source: For about a decade, scientists have recognized that many cases of hereditary breast cancer result from a mutation of a specific gene called BRCA1, which, in its normal state, helps keep tumor formation in check. About five to 10 percent of breast cancer cases are linked to genetic miscues, about half of which are linked to BRCA1... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Protect Against Mesothelioma by Avoiding Asbestos

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:01:00 +0000

Source: Protect Against Mesothelioma by Avoiding Asbestos Mesothelioma is a rare cancer that attacks the body’s mesothelial cells around the organs. The mesothelium provides a protective membranous lining for the internal organs and allows moving organs (i.e. the heart and the lungs) to glide easily against adjacent structures. The names of the three regions of mesothelial cells [...]

XXL Raps? Em, G-Unit On CD

Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:01:47 +0000

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XXL Raps? Em, G-Unit On CD

Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:01:47 +0000

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"Dad buried in landslide! Jubilant throngs fill streets! Stunned father
inconsolable - demands recount!" -- Calvin

We the Editors

Posted: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 05:31:39 -0500

Source: Gabe Rivera has relaunched his pioneering memeorandum news aggregation project with a site on tech news and another on world affairs and politics. Keep an eye on what Gabe is working on. It's the future of news aggregation and a...

Locking Up Life-Saving Drugs

Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:26:03 +0000

Source: 'At a time when blockbuster drugs are revolutionizing the treatment of high cholesterol, Janice Alston can feel the first effects of heart disease creeping up on her. The 51-year-old resident of North Carolina says a common drug called Zetia would help her fight the cholesterol clogging her arteries. But as an uninsured, low-income home care professional, Alston isn't willing to pay for the doctor's visit and associated tests it would take to get the prescription.

'With a history of hospitalization for heart disease, she knows she is taking a risk by avoiding the clinic, and as a licensed nurse's assistant, she feels confident she can assess and treat her own symptoms. If the drug were available over the counter, she says, she would buy it.' (Reason Magazine article).

Penn named a 'Breast Cancer Center of Excellence' by Department of Defense

Posted: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:00:00 GMT

Source: $10 million awarded to study breast cancer progression using state-of-the-art imaging techniques and animal models to develop more effective therapies - The University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine has been named a Breast Cancer Center of Excellence by the Department of Defense Breast Cancer Research Program... click link for more info.

Asbestos - The Gardener, the Salsa, and a Day at the Ranch

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 04:00:08 +0000

Source: The Gardener, the Salsa, and a Day at the Ranch Once Upon a Time… A Gardener’s DaydreamThe Gardener, the Salsa, and a Day at the RanchArticle by Rich ShowalterCopyright 2003 by ProGardenBizProGardenBiz, an online magazinehttp://www.progardenbiz.comThis is a tale of a landscape contractor and his quiet getaway in the mountains. Now, I’m no gardener myself, [...]

Candelight Vigil For Behl Tonight

Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 22:35:58 +0000

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Candelight Vigil For Behl Tonight

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A man always needs to remember one thing about a beautiful woman.

Somewhere, somebody's tired of her.

links for 2005-09-13

Posted: Mon, 12 Sep 2005 23:18:15 -0500

Source: ClickCaster Beta A new podcasting tool. (tags: Podcasting) Marketing Pilgrim :: Interactive, New Media and Search Engine News Marketing Pilgrim is the new blog from internet marketing and search engine expert, Andy Beal. (tags: Blogs Marketing Search) CBS.com Netcast...

A Failed State

Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:21:07 +0000

Source: 'MARTINSBURG, WV -- “America’s proverbial drawers are down,” the preacher exclaimed. “Its backside is showing.” His speech was deliberate, grave for such a slapstick image, a joke that wasn’t meant for laughter, but within the packed sanctuary of Destiny Baptist Church on a working-class street in this average small town people laughed some anyway, as the preacher knew they would, for the same reason they pray: to lighten the load.

'This was the Sunday after the storm, September 4. Six days of madness, of human creation either undone or finally exposed amid the fetid high water of New Orleans, and on the seventh day, restlessness. Great swathes of America found two sources of public communion, the church and CNN, and two rescuers in which to place their faith, Jesus and the cavalry. Armed force having come late or brutally to Katrina’s wretched exiles, and in all events helpless as salvation from a trouble so profound that neither poverty nor racism adequately names it, people looked to Jesus. Jesus must be sick of us.' (MotherJones article).

Asbestos - Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:01:25 +0000

Source: Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon Adsense greed : Jumping on the Mesothelioma bandwagon. There is money to be made from the ppc services, but many people are just not “getting it”. Mesothelioma - Greed, Cancer, & Profit What is mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is a malignant spreading tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum, arising as [...]

XXL Raps? Em, G-Unit On CD

Posted: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 20:01:47 +0000

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XXL Raps? Em, G-Unit On CD

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Bush Afraid To Tax The Wealthy To Pay For Hurricane

Posted: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:58:20 +0000

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Bush Afraid To Tax The Wealthy To Pay For Hurricane

Posted: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 18:58:20 +0000

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Bush Afraid To Tax The Wealthy To Pay For Hurricane

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Bush Afraid To Tax The Wealthy To Pay For Hurricane

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Decreased Breast Cancer Survival Associated With High TRAIL-R2 Expression

Posted: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Source: High expression of TRAIL-R2, a cell surface receptor that triggers cell death, has been shown to be associated with a decrease the survival rates of breast cancer patients according to a study published by Yale Cancer Center researchers in Clinical Cancer Research... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 00:01:25 +0000

Source: Adsense and the Mesothelioma bandwagon Adsense greed : Jumping on the Mesothelioma bandwagon. There is money to be made from the ppc services, but many people are just not “getting it”. Mesothelioma - Greed, Cancer, & Profit What is mesothelioma?Mesothelioma is a malignant spreading tumor of the mesothelium of the pleura, pericardium, or peritoneum, arising as [...]

Is 50 Cent Obsessed With Jay-Z?

Posted: Sat, 17 Sep 2005 11:19:52 +0000

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Y’all Thought I Was Joking!

Posted: Fri, 16 Sep 2005 15:20:23 +0000

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Xbox 360 Launch Dates Yada Yada

Posted: Thu, 15 Sep 2005 18:25:33 +0000

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Sex Sermons

Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:39:21 +0000

Source: Curiosity killed the cat. That’s why Zillz is your dawg. Religiocity can be seen as a well-meaning behavior with poor outcomes.

Sex Sermons

Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:39:21 +0000

Source: Curiosity killed the cat. That’s why Zillz is your dawg. Religiocity can be seen as a well-meaning behavior with poor outcomes.

Sex Sermons

Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:39:21 +0000

Source: Curiosity killed the cat. That’s why Zillz is your dawg. Religiocity can be seen as a well-meaning behavior with poor outcomes.

Sex Sermons

Posted: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 22:39:21 +0000

Source: Curiosity killed the cat. That’s why Zillz is your dawg. Religiocity can be seen as a well-meaning behavior with poor outcomes.

God Willing?

Posted: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:28:42 +0000

Source: What happened to the people who had frank and open-minded discussions about religion? Did they all die? Because the only people who are left are self-righteous idiots who buy-in to everything and feel disrepected or get agitated when there’s a point observed outside of the box. Example: Islamic Jihadists, Purists, Religious Zealots, Baptist Black People. You? Technorati Tags: zilla zillz zillasays zillasays.

God Willing?

Posted: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:28:42 +0000

Source: What happened to the people who had frank and open-minded discussions about religion? Did they all die? Because the only people who are left are self-righteous idiots who buy-in to everything and feel disrepected or get agitated when there’s a point observed outside of the box. Example: Islamic Jihadists, Purists, Religious Zealots, Baptist Black People. You? Technorati Tags: zilla zillz zillasays zillasays.

God Willing?

Posted: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 16:28:42 +0000

Source: What happened to the people who had frank and open-minded discussions about religion? Did they all die? Because the only people who are left are self-righteous idiots who buy-in to everything and feel disrepected or get agitated when there’s a point observed outside of the box. Example: Islamic Jihadists, Purists, Religious Zealots, Baptist Black People. You? Technorati Tags: zilla zillz zillasays zillasays.

Nintendo Shortens My Wishlist

Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:14:07 +0000

Source: Nintendo must hate my money. Or hates profits. Nah, it’s gotta be personal.

Nintendo Shortens My Wishlist

Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:14:07 +0000

Source: Nintendo must hate my money. Or hates profits. Nah, it’s gotta be personal.

Nintendo Shortens My Wishlist

Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:14:07 +0000

Source: Nintendo must hate my money. Or hates profits. Nah, it’s gotta be personal.

Nintendo Shortens My Wishlist

Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:14:07 +0000

Source: Nintendo must hate my money. Or hates profits. Nah, it’s gotta be personal.

Nintendo Shortens My Wishlist

Posted: Wed, 17 Aug 2005 00:14:07 +0000

Source: Nintendo must hate my money. Or hates profits. Nah, it’s gotta be personal.

National Black Theater Festival

Posted: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 01:09:45 +0000

Source: Tracey's trip downtown in her hometown.

National Black Theater Festival

Posted: Mon, 08 Aug 2005 01:09:45 +0000

Source: Tracey's trip downtown in her hometown.

Lost Kids And Gangs

Posted: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 17:38:37 +0000

Source: Disney funded some good programming last night.

Masked Meeces

Posted: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:48:57 +0000

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Adult Swim presents DangerDOOM - The Mouse and The Mask (promo)

My rating: 5 out of 5

I haven't wrote a review in a minute. "I hate meeces to pieces." - Mr. Jinx. Remember that? Probably not. Then either contact your local cable/dish monkey and get the monkeying for the Boomerang channel. Or Google it up. That's the type of mindframe you'll need for this cd. You're gonna need to be a fan of cartoons and comics anyway if you're gonna tolerate anybody named Danger Mouse and MF Doom. As Mallz says, "MF Doom" is an acquired taste. But it's easily to see why Doom is LARGE! The Masked one delivers all of the flows on the cd with a couple cameos from Ghostface, Cee-Lo and Talib Kweli and a slew of interaction with the Adult Swim characters like Brak (Brak Show) and Meatwad (Aqua Teen Hunger Force) who both try their hand at spittin'. My favorite, Carl and The Moonanites (Aqua Teen Hunger Force), Space Ghost (Space Ghost Coast-To-Coast), Sealab's Dr. Quinn, Stormy, Black Debbie, and a brewing stalker in Aqua Teen Hunger Force's Master Shake. This form of interaction with fictional characters, VERY CREATIVE. Soon it will be bastardized and copied. Doom is ill. Fans of Doom will love this. Fans of Adult Swim SHOULD love this. The retail copy should appear in October. Adult Swim is known for promoting one of their projects 6 months in advance. But a simple search and you can find the promo copy on the net. Schooly D and MC Chris fanatics will pick this up. A song-by-song breakdown isn't needed in this joint. It's themed. So by the first few tracks if you're not feeling it, then you're not gonna like it at all. But I love it. I've listened to it 7 times prior to writing this review. My favorite tracks? "Benzi Box", "Crosshairs", and "Basket Case". Danger Mouse production and MF DOOM spittin'...dope. BTW, join the fan collective on the Adult Swim website, I'm on there somewhere.

Nachos 101

Posted: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 02:41:53 +0000

Source: quick lesson in eating nachos

Is The ‘Net Full?

Posted: Mon, 01 Aug 2005 21:06:13 +0000

Source: are there not anymore sites to be created?

New Routine Maybe?

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 18:31:37 +0000

Source: do that dance

The Common Thread of CodependencyWe are probably a...

Posted: 2005-07-30T23:33:26Z

Source: The Common Thread of Codependency

We are probably all codependent at one time or another. It is only harmful when it is the basic pattern of  relationship choice. It happens sometimes that another person gets more of our attention than we are giving to ourselves. But the codependent uses concern to gain power over others in the classic position of "top-dog". Codependency is a pattern of loving someone excessively in order to control the other person.

Healthy relationships have shared power. The main reason for conflict in relationships is power and how it is shared. Shared power in relationships is the only ingredient in relationships that determines how healthy the union is. Unfortunately, when a person decides to give up his/her addiction, if he/she is part of a couple, the other partner will also have to change. Without the addiction to feed the addict's sense of reality, the recovering person is awakened to the reality of the power balance in the relationship.

 The addict is addicted to the idea that he/she is "controlling" the addiction ("I can quit any time I want to."). The codependent is addicted to the belief that he/she is "controlling" the addict (by telling them when to drink/use--how to drink/use--how much to drink/use, etc.). The reality is that the addiction is in control and is controlling both partners.

 

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Cumming

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:53:59 +0000

Source: I'm Cumming

Cumming

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:53:59 +0000

Source: I'm Cumming

The health of a democratic society may be measured by the quality
of functions performed by private citizens.
-- Alexis de Tocqueville

War Of The Words

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:31:00 +0000

Source: 'When the going gets tough, adjust the rhetoric. Thanks to the New York Times we now know that the Bush administration is changing the semantics of its "global war on terror", so that it will now be referred to as a "struggle." The new label implies that "the long-term struggle is as much an ideological battle as a military mission." Recently, for example, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the top brass have been referring to a "global struggle against violent extremism" in their speeches.

'But is it wise to describe a monumental campaign, particularly one relying heavily on the sturdy morale of America's citizenry, as "a struggle"? After all, if the term evokes persistent effort, it also suggests proceeding with difficulty. Moreover, it comes with a whiff of left-wing mildew: Karl Marx used the word in one of the most famous phrases in The Communist Manifesto: "The history of all hitherto existing society is the history of class struggle." Digging into the archives one might find other renditions, as in the name of a minor Palestinian group, the Popular Struggle Front; or Lebanon's long-forgotten National Struggle Front; or the publication Unity and Struggle of the Colombian Communist Party, and so on. Among the comrades, it seems, one incessantly struggles.' (Reason article).

Cancer Research UK's Statement on Kylie Minogue

Posted: Wed, 18 May 2005 14:00:00 GMT

Source: Dr Lesley Walker, Director of Cancer Information for Cancer Research UK, says: "We wish Kylie all the best for her forthcoming treatment and a speedy recovery... click link for more info.

Asbestos - U.S. Senate’s Frist intends to pass asbestos bill

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:01:22 +0000

Source: U.S. Senate’s Frist intends to pass asbestos billWASHINGTON, July 29 (Reuters) - Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist said on Friday he intends to get legislation creating a $140 billion asbestos victims’compensation fund approved by the chamber this autumn.’… Tennessee Republican, said of the asbestos bill as the Senate wound up … US lawmaker says decided against [...]

Steve Buscemi

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:22:12 +0000

Source: Bu-fuckin'-scemi

Steve Buscemi

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:22:12 +0000

Source: Bu-fuckin'-scemi

How to Spread a Rumor and Get Away With It

Posted: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 15:41:21 -0500

Source: The Unofficial Apple Weblog shows step by step how anyone with a computer and PhotoShop could go about launching a fake web site and spread a false rumor like someone almost did today....

Increasing Click-Thrus

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:13:37 +0000

Source: Some people have found creative ways to increase their AdSense click-throughs. Not all of these tricks may be OK with Google. [Thanks Alek.]

Sex And The Supremes

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:31:00 +0000

Source: 'There have been occasions in the history of the Supreme Court when simple professional excellence, more than any grittier consideration, was enough to propel a lawyer onto the bench. Ethnic and geographic balance, as well as a measure of ideological suitability, played some part in, say, Herbert Hoover's selection of Benjamin Nathan Cardozo, in 1932, or Dwight D. Eisenhower's choice of John M. Harlan, in 1955, but it was possible, too, to see these nominations as ratifications of a national consensus about lawyerly credentials. George W. Bush's designation of John G. Roberts, Jr., can be seen as following this tradition. Though he is only fifty years old, Roberts, who graduated magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, has been a clerk to two eminent judges (the late Henry J. Friendly, of the United States Court of Appeals in New York, and William Rehnquist, Roberts's likely future colleague), a lawyer in the Reagan White House, Principal Deputy Solicitor General under the first President Bush, and a leading private lawyer before the Justices. Since 2003, he has served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.' (New Yorker article).

Link between passive and active smoking and breast cancer

Posted: Fri, 03 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Source: Breast cancer is one of the most commonly diagnosed cancers among women in Western countries... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Government plans nation wide survey on asbestos use

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:00:43 +0000

Source: Government plans nation wide survey on asbestos use Asahi Shimbun, Japan - 3 hours ago A Cabinet task force Friday announced sweeping plans to determine asbestos use in this country in an effort to address public concerns following reports of Dick Armey, Rep. Patrick McHenry Lead National Strategy Call with U.S. [...]

Steve Buscemi

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:22:12 +0000

Source: Bu-fuckin'-scemi

Steve Buscemi

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:22:12 +0000

Source: Bu-fuckin'-scemi

Peter Griffin: Hey, camera guy. Check this out.
[holding up an old woman puppet]
Peter Griffin: "Peter Griffin and Madame." Oh, Madam, you're a lusty gal, aren't
you?
Peter Griffin: [as Madame] You're the one with your hand up my backside,
darling.
Peter Griffin: Oh! She got me!

CNET Starts Linking to Blogs

Posted: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:50:58 -0500

Source: CNET News.com has a new blog called Blogma. They characterize it as "a special portal designed to highlight the most popular technology topics discussed throughout the expanding universe of Web logs." The blog is co-written by editors, reporters and readers....

Google Teams Up With Univision

Posted: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:54:06 +0000

Source: From a Google press release: "Univision Online, Inc., the interactive division of Univision Communications Inc., today announced that it has entered into multi-year partnership with Google Inc. The partnership combines the power of the most visi ...

Security Costs Slow Iraq Reconstruction

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:31:00 +0000

Source: 'Efforts to rebuild water, electricity and health networks in Iraq are being shortchanged by higher-than-expected costs to provide security and by generous financial awards to contractors, according to a series of reports by government investigators released yesterday.

'Taken together, the reports seem to run contrary to the Bush administration's upbeat assessment that reconstruction efforts are moving vigorously ahead and that the insurgency is dying down.' (Washington Post article).

Study Examines Cancer Risk in ATM Mutation Carriers

Posted: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Source: Women who carry one mutated copy of the ATM gene have twice the risk of developing breast cancer during their lifetime and almost five times the risk of developing breast cancer before age 50 compared with the general population, according to a new study... click link for more info.

Asbestos - From shotgun to rifle: Delaware docket shifting from mass tort to

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 12:00:23 +0000

Source: From shotgun to rifle: Delaware docket shifting from mass tort to St. Clair Record, IL - Jul 28, 2005 WILMINGTON, Delaware - On the fourth day of a nationally significant asbestos trial, the lawyers settled, the jury turned into a focus group and the judge Examiner Editorial - Asbestos lawyers’ scam [...]

Whitey Portable

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:37:28 +0000

Source: melaninless playstation portable

Whitey Portable

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:37:28 +0000

Source: melaninless playstation portable

I hear the wind blowing across the desert and I see the moons of a winter night
rising tike great ships in the void. To them I make my vow: I will be resolute
and make an art of government; I will balance my inherited past and become a
perfect storehouse of my relic memories. And I will be known for kindliness
more than for knowledge. My face will shine down the corridors of time for as
long as humans exist.

-- Leto's Vow, After Harq al-Ada

Money Isn't the Primary Motivation for Blogging

Posted: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 10:07:17 -0500

Source: Internet Daily: "Almost two out of three Web loggers say they maintain their online publications because they like to write.... 'To make money' was the third primary reason for blogging."...

Birth of Google

Posted: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:23:38 +0000

Source: John Battelle (author of Searchblog, as well as the upcoming book on Google titled The Search), writes on "The Birth of Google" over at Wired. "Larry thought Sergey was arrogant. Sergey thought Larry was obnoxious. But their obsession with backlinks ...

A Document Request For Senator Schumer

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:31:00 +0000

Source: 'Senator Charles Schumer of New York has led the charge for Senate Democrats over the last several days in demanding the release of thousands of pages of highly confidential internal executive branch memos written by Supreme Court nominee John Roberts when he worked as a deputy solicitor general in the first Bush administration. These document requests are unprecedented in their nature and scope and call on the Bush administration to waive executive privilege and attorney-client privilege to a degree that no other administration has ever previously been asked to do.

'Republicans are skeptical of the Schumer request and suspect the senator is on a fishing expedition to try to dig up something with which to oppose the hitherto unassailable Roberts nomination. Republicans have solid reason to suspect Schumer of this, since he was overheard saying on a cell phone that he was going to go to war against whoever the president nominated before Roberts was even nominated.' (Weekly Standard article).

High-Risk Women Reluctant to Take Tamoxifen for Prevention of Breast Cancer

Posted: Wed, 01 Jun 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Source: Despite recent trials showing the effectiveness of tamoxifen in reducing the incidence of breast cancer in high-risk women, this study of 345 women at an elevated risk for developing breast cancer found that few women chose to take it... click link for more info.

Asbestos - State plans to name more firms that handle asbestos (The Japan Times)

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:01:47 +0000

Source: State plans to name more firms that handle asbestos (The Japan Times)The government plans to release the names of more companies that have handled asbestos, according to government sources. State checked three of 2,000 asbestos plants, saw low risk (The Japan Times)The state’s air checks for asbestos in fiscal 1981-1983 were conducted at only three of [...]

$14.5 bil Energy Bill

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:44:30 +0000

Source: gimme more power.

$14.5 bil Energy Bill

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:44:30 +0000

Source: gimme more power.

discussing the pronounciation of gif:
I say it with soft g
coz like I envision this exchange:
"hey, I have a gif for you" <-- hard g
where will reply "ooh for me? you shouldn't have!
it's not even my birthday"
and then you're in an embarrassing situtation

Yahoo Buys Konfabulator

Posted: Mon, 25 Jul 2005 05:37:52 -0500

Source: Yahoo has acquired Konfabulator, a company that makes mini desktop apps that monitor news, weather, stock prices and a wealth and more. Me thinks I smell desktop RSS in the works (Via TUAW.)...

IE7 Beta for MSDN Subscribers

Posted: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 15:21:10 +0000

Source: The new Internet Explorer has been released as Beta to MSDN subscribers, the official IEBlog reports. I'm curious if this is will turn out to be more than a marketing move to counter the rising popularity of Firefox -- or if there are some actual imp ...

Good Copy, Bad Copy

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:31:00 +0000

Source: 'Nine Inch Nails have just released a new single; In addition to the usual formats, "The Hand That Feeds" was available for free download in Garageband format. Trent Reznor explained, "For quite some time I've been interested in the idea of allowing you the ability to tinker around with my tracks – to create remixes, experiment, embellish or destroy what's there" (MacMinute 15 April 2005). Reznor invites creativity facilitated by copying and transformation. "Copy" carries connotations of unsavoury notions such as piracy, stealing, fake, and plagiarism. Conversely, in some circumstances copying is acceptable, some situations demand copying. This article examines the treatment of "copy" at the intersection of musical creativity and copyright law with regard to cover versions and sampling.' (M/C Journal article).

Active women have better breast cancer survival rates

Posted: Wed, 25 May 2005 00:00:00 GMT

Source: Women with breast cancer who engaged in an amount of physical activity equivalent to walking 1 or more hours per week had better survival compared with those who exercised less than that or not at all, according to a study in the May 25 issue of JAMA... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Asbestos studies sought on Iron Range

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:01:45 +0000

Source: Asbestos studies sought on Iron Range… to see which Iron Range jobs may carry asbestos-related health risks, an agency official said Monday.The … that could shed light on asbestos disease patterns on the Range, said … Range asbestos studies sought… workers to see which Iron Range jobs may carry asbestos-related health risks, an agency official said [...]

Progress Retort

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:52:51 +0000

Source: i always feel like, somebody's watching me

Progress Retort

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 21:52:51 +0000

Source: i always feel like, somebody's watching me

Tell me, O Octopus, I begs,
Is those things arms, or is they legs?
I marvel at thee, Octopus;
If I were thou, I'd call me us.
-- Ogden Nash

links for 2005-07-25

Posted: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 23:17:10 -0500

Source: Write All About It (at Your Own Risk) - New York Times Q&A; on workplace blogging (tags: Blogs) Smalltalk Tidbits, Industry Rants: Old habits die hard "Everyone else got a chance to talk about Virtual Earth before MS -...

Chopping Unions

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:31:00 +0000

Source: ' To nobody's great surprise, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) and the Teamsters have left the AFL-CIO, and at least two other unions may soon follow.

'In part, this schism reflects rivalries of turf, personality, pride, and money -- the ambition of new challengers versus the self-interest and dignity of the existing leadership. The challengers didn't have the support to vote John Sweeney out, so they walked.' (American Prospect article).

Tiny bundles seek and destroy breast cancer cells

Posted: Tue, 24 May 2005 16:00:00 GMT

Source: A Penn State College of Medicine study shows for the first time in an animal model that ceramide, a naturally occurring substance that prevents the growth of cells, can be administered through the blood stream to target and kill cancer cells... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Chubb Announces Record Date for Remarketing of 4.00% Senior Notes

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 08:00:49 +0000

Source: Chubb Announces Record Date for Remarketing of 4.00% Senior Notes Yahoo News (press release) - 11 hours ago of loss reserves, including: - The Company’s expectations relating to reinsurance recoverables; - the effects of proposed asbestos liability legislation Asbestos said to be in local quarry stone Juneau Empire, AK [...]

Whitey Portable

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:37:28 +0000

Source: melaninless playstation portable

Whitey Portable

Posted: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 00:37:28 +0000

Source: melaninless playstation portable

Lois Griffin: Peter, where's Chris?
Chris Griffin: I love you She Hulk.
Security Guard: All right son, I'm going to need those two hams back.
Chris Griffin: I... I don't have any hams.
Security Guard: Lift up your shirt son.
Chris Griffin: I need an adult. I need an adult.
Security Guard: You're not a shoplifter, you're just a fat kid. Sorry about that
fatty, fat, fatty. Hey Tom, he's just a fat kid. Aren't ya fatty? He's a big ol'
fat kid. Here's some chocolate fatso.
Chris Griffin: Thanks.

Make Your Own Google

Posted: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 14:13:41 -0500

Source: I guess this is what people mean by personalized search....

NASA Fails To Solve A Basic Problem

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 09:31:00 +0000

Source: 'In a history that includes technical setbacks and failures, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration has always bounced back with a solution over the four decades of human space flight.

'But its discovery that large pieces of foam fell off the shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank during Tuesday's launch shows that the space agency failed to solve the most basic problem that caused the Columbia accident that killed seven astronauts on their return voyage in February 2003.' (LA Times article).

Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Regimen Associated With Life-Threatening Complications

Posted: Sat, 21 May 2005 09:00:00 GMT

Source: The chemotherapy regimen of doxorubicin plus docetaxel, used to treat breast cancer in a clinical trial, was associated with an increased risk of serious complications, resulting in the premature termination of the trial, according to a study in the May 18 issue of JAMA... click link for more info.

Asbestos - Energy bill directs cleanup of Arkansas nuke site

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 04:01:19 +0000

Source: Energy bill directs cleanup of Arkansas nuke site Arkansas News, AR - 20 hours ago The bill, a product of House and Senate negotiations that ended Tuesday Fast Oxide Reactor (SEFOR) site in Strickler of explosive chemicals, asbestos and other US asbestos bill edges closer slowly Thames Laboratories, [...]

$14.5 bil Energy Bill

Posted: Fri, 29 Jul 2005 22:44:30 +0000

Source: gimme more power.