People cry lawsuit for every little mistake. This article is about wrongful deaths. I worked for over 15 years in the financial area of the healthcare industry. I can tell you from first-hand experience that there is no faster way to get a hospital or medical office to change dangerous or sloppy practic
"By analyzing the data we receive from our updated snapshots of the Web, we can tell our users how their traffic ranks in comparison to other web sites and how many other sites link to that site. We can also derive a popularity rating from our user base and share that rating with our community of users. " Exerpted from http://pages.alexa.com/company/technology.html Alexa Rankings are based in part on changes in the web and in part on
Good article as usual, Kupe Thank you, BakerStreet! OMG...I find myself in agreement with BakerStreet... Will miracles never cease? Manopea
Yesterday, I read that, influenced by friend and soul-kiss mate Madonna, Britney Spears has accepted Kaballah as a force in life and is rumored to be planning a Jewish wedding. My first thought, as a Jew, was haven't we suffered enough? (Its a joke! Just kidding!) Now the Kabbalah Centre is an organization based in LA. Their webpage is at http://www.kabbalah.
A. Chernopup, was on board an Aeroflot domestic flight from Moscow to the Siberian city of Nizhnevartovsk. (No, don't ask me to pronounce that. Just sneeze in the middle and it will sound right.) He noticed that the crew was somewhat intoxicated and not performing their duties. So he complained. He asked to be served by a competant and sober attendant. As I am sure th
A. Chernopup, was on board an Aeroflot domestic flight from Moscow to the Siberian city of Nizhnevartovsk. (No, don't ask me to pronounce that. Just sneeze in the middle and it will sound right.) He noticed that the crew was somewhat intoxicated and not performing their duties. So he complained. He asked to be served by a competant and sober attendant. As I am sure th
Amnesty International is reporting that Arab militias in Sudan are gang-raping and abducting girls as young as eight and women as old as 80, systematically killing, torturing, or using them as sex slaves. The rape of these poor women and children is part of the Islamic government's policy of ethnic and religious "cleansing" in what is the world's worst human crisis.<B
Hi, SauravX. Your article is well-written and makes some valid points. But.... There are two other reasons why software piracy is epidemic throughout Asia. A lack of government effort to stop it and a general feeling among the population that it is alright. Software piracy is stealing. Lets not beat around the bush here. It is taking and using products that you haven't paid for. Saying that a program costs more than you want to or ca
I have been watching baseball for over forty years. I don't know if that makes me an expert (and I will concede that the first 25 I watched from the Bronx) but... Has anyone checked the standing lately? Yankees winning percentage: .640 Next higest team in all of baseball is the Cardinals at .628. This is after the Cards went on an 8 game winning streak. Day in and day out, the Yankees are playing the best ball.
O G San, thank you once again for an insightful and thought-provoking post. This thread has wandered a bit from the original post (in my humble opinion.) The original assertion that "there is a growing tendency among those who are pro-Israeli to label any and all criticism of the Jewish state as anti-semitic" is accurate as is the further statement that "to say that none of the criticism is anti-semitic, or that all of it is anti-semitic, see
You may have redefined the word "paranoid" in one article. "America today is racked with sin the likes of which history has never seen." Worse than say ancient Rome? MTV is worse than the Coloseum? "a monstrous superpower is rising across Europe" The armies of Belgium and Lichtenstein are coming! "It could be God's plan that just as a monstrous superpower is rising across Europe, a pansy like Kerry will become president of Go
At last, some good news from the Middle East. On BBC Newsnight, King Abdullah of Jordan offered to send troops to Iraq to help with security if asked by the new government. "If the Iraqis ask us for help directly, it will be very difficult for us to say no," he told BBC's Newsnight. "And my message to the president and to the prime minister is: tell us what y
CrispE raises a good point. The movie doesn't open widely until the 25th But if you want a sample, you can see the trailer at: http://www.fahrenheit911.com/trailer/ And here is Michael Moore's take on the efforts to stop the movie from being shown: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php I don't believe that censorship is appropriate. However, I do believe that a company has the right to make a business decision about wha
The extremes approach each other not just in theory, but in historical fact as well. In 1939, Hitler and Stalin signed a pact of mutual support. See http://motlc.wiesenthal.com/text/x19/xm1905.html
Kennedy's accomplishments: Civil rights legislation, establishing the Peace Corps and the Alliance for Peace and the US Space Program. He gave what is arguably the best Inaugural Address including the famous quote: "Ask not what your country can do for you--ask what you can do for your country." Confronting Communism in Berlin and Cuba. Downside: Began the US intervention in Vietnam. The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba. <BR
Congratulations, Mason! I don't know what company was lucky enough to get you, but I hope that over time they come to appreciate the wonderful person that you are.
My esteemed colleague, shadesof grey, has captured the thoughts and feelings that I have had for so long and put them into prose. Thank you.
The Detroit Pistons shock the world by beating the Lakers in the fifth and decisive game of the NBA Finals! Pistons 100 LA Lakers 87 The Pistons win the series four games to one. Go Pistons! The Pistons have a slogan over their tunnel entrance: "Hard work pays off." In four words, that summarizes this Detroit team. They pla
I'm a big fan of Fly, by Treetog (Renato Veras.) Very clean, yet elegant.
little_whip, you fail to mention that I was the one referenced above that pointed out that the source of the article you posted was inaccurate. Other sources were then referenced and they contradicted the first article that you posted. I supported everything that I wrote with quotes. The first page that you used as a reference attacked the Supreme Court of the United States on the opening page. Therefore I said that I thought THEY were a hate group, a
Very good article and subsequent posts. Both sides are necessary to provide checks and balances. Having watched politics for 35+ years, I have seen the "single issue litmus" test applied to determine if someone is a "liberal" or "conservative." But when that issue is gone, the arbitrary definition becomes irrelevant. For example, in the 1930's conservatives favored non-intervention in the affairs of Europe. In the 1960's, the issue was Vietnam
First of all, congrats on the job! I have a desk job and have had for quite a while. Some advice: 1- I work out at a gym 3 to 4 times a week. Boy, do I feel better! 2- Its okay to get up and take small walks. The brain is an organ and needs blood to function. Increasing circulation makes you think better, hence more productive. In the summer time, I will take brief walks outside. (You remember "outside," right?) 3- Bring healt
Excellent article, Zoomba! It has been a long time since I have to go through that process, but I still remember some of the unpleasant events of those days. My son just went on his first series of interviews and ran into a #3.
I have the feeling that I may regret posting on this thread, but here we go. GeoATL, thank you for your original post. Your point of view was interesting and one that I had not of before. I disagree with some of the points, yet the article led to discussion. Sometimes heated discussion, admittedly, but thought-provoking. Please see http://www.thebody.com/encyclo/presidency.html It
At this point in the discussion, I usually refrain from commenting, since I feel that no one is really LISTENING. But some of the comments here require response. P.H. Stephenson said "a man who broght us to the brink of armageddon." For anyone that has read any of posts, you know that I am big on the concept of fairness. That compels me to reply. Why do I never see this allegation made about John F. Kennedy, who threatened the U.S.S.R. with nu
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