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US Government Launches US
Prescription-Drug Price Comparison Site
US Government Launches US
Prescription-Drug Price Comparison Site
05/31/2004 07:05 PMYou can perform a quick search for Medicare-approved drug discount
cards, and their drug pricing information, by simply entering your ZIP
Code and the drugs that you take.
Computer drug-prescription systems
riddled with flaws
Computer drug-prescription systems
riddled with flaws
05/15/2004 02:24 PMPhilippine Daily Inquirer May 15 2004 5:45PM GMT
Canada considers shutting down Internet
prescription drug trade
Canada considers shutting down Internet
prescription drug trade
01/06/2005 10:18 PMMaze site 'approved' for stadium
Maze site 'approved' for stadium
03/30/2005 05:47 PMPlans for a new £55m sports stadium at the site of the former Maze
prison in County Antrim are approved.
Canada to announce restrictions to
Internet pharmacy prescription drug
trade
Canada to announce restrictions to
Internet pharmacy prescription drug
trade
06/24/2005 03:06 PMThedailycamera.com - Fri Jun 24, 09:21 am GMT
Canada Considering Proposal Aimed At
Shutting Down Internet Pharmacy
Prescription Drug Trade
Canada Considering Proposal Aimed At
Shutting Down Internet Pharmacy
Prescription Drug Trade
01/06/2005 07:24 AMWeb1.wsvn.com - Thu Jan 6, 07:16 am GMT
Wis. Launches Prescription Drugs Web
Site (AP)
Wis. Launches Prescription Drugs Web
Site (AP)
04/28/2004 08:54 AMAP - A partnership of nearly a dozen health and professional
associations launched a Web site clearinghouse Tuesday to help
patients navigate through a maze of programs offering free or
discounted prescription drugs.
Wis. launches prescription drugs Web
site
Wis. launches prescription drugs Web
site
04/28/2004 11:51 AMBoston Globe Apr 28 2004 3:47PM GMT
AARP Gives Republican Medicare Bill Its
Blessing; Backing Is Big Boost for
Prescription Drug Measure, Which
Democrats, Liberal Groups Want Defeated
AARP Gives Republican Medicare Bill Its
Blessing; Backing Is Big Boost for
Prescription Drug Measure, Which
Democrats, Liberal Groups Want Defeated
11/19/2003 03:31 PMAARP signing onto the Repubican Medicare deform proposal .. AARP ..
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Medicare Web Site to Provide Comparative
Data on Prescription Medicines
Medicare Web Site to Provide Comparative
Data on Prescription Medicines
04/11/2004 10:29 PMMedicare will soon publish information comparing the prices of most
prescription drugs, shining a bright light on some of the biggest
secrets in the health care industry.
Web Site Shows Variation in Drug Prices
Web Site Shows Variation in Drug Prices
04/29/2004 11:16 PMThe government on Thursday activated a Web site documenting wide
variation in prices for scores of prescription drugs at thousands of
pharmacies around the country.
Consumer Reports Launches New Drug
Information Site
Consumer Reports Launches New Drug
Information Site
01/05/2005 04:48 PMConsumers Union, publisher of Consumer Reports magazine, has launched
a public education campaign and free website at www.CRBestBuyDrugs.org
that will help consumers save money on medicines. The reports compare
a variety of prescription drugs on price, effectiveness and safety to
help consumers and their doctors identify the most effective and
affordable medicines.
New York State Launches RX Drug
Comparison Site
New York State Launches RX Drug
Comparison Site
08/18/2004 10:23 AMConsumers can go online to http://www.nyagrx.org/ and compare
prescription proces by store, address and price throughout the state.
The site currently covers 170 pharmacies including in 25 counties, and
is to be updated monthly.
Medicare Web Site to Shine Light on Drug
Prices
Medicare Web Site to Shine Light on Drug
Prices
04/12/2004 10:08 AMMedicare will soon publish information comparing the prices of most
prescription drugs, shining a bright light on some of the biggest
secrets in the health care industry.
Drug Industry Site to Share Some
Clinical Trial Results
Drug Industry Site to Share Some
Clinical Trial Results
09/08/2004 08:52 AMWASHINGTON (AP) An association that represents the nation's
leading drug manufacturers said Tuesday it has created a Web site
where companies can list clinical trials they sponsored for drugs
approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
Medicare and Little-Known Company Open
Site to Compare Drug Prices
Medicare and Little-Known Company Open
Site to Compare Drug Prices
04/28/2004 11:02 PMA Web site set to launch Thursday will help Medicare enrollees to find
prices of their medications at nearby stores accepting
Medicare-certified discount cards.
N.Y. Atty General Announces Drug-Price
Web Site (Reuters)
N.Y. Atty General Announces Drug-Price
Web Site (Reuters)
08/17/2004 11:16 AMReuters - New York Attorney General Eliot
Spitzer on Tuesday said his office has created an interactive
Web site to help New Yorkers comparison shop for prescription
drugs, following a statewide survey showing widely varying
prices at pharmacies.
An Ultrasound That Navigates Every Nook
and Cranny
An Ultrasound That Navigates Every Nook
and Cranny
01/16/2004 11:33 AMTiny devices micromachined from silicon may one day slim ultrasound
equipment down so much that crucial parts could be placed inside the
body.
Special cable navigates USB, parallel
ports
Special cable navigates USB, parallel
ports
11/17/2003 08:04 AMLos Angeles Times Nov 17 2003 7:46AM ET
News: Cassini navigates Saturn with
guidance from Macs
News: Cassini navigates Saturn with
guidance from Macs
04/15/2005 06:01 PMThe Cassini mission to Saturn marked a major milestone this past
January when it successfully launched its onboard Huygens probe into
the murky atmosphere clinging to the moon called Titan. A team of 14
navigators at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) helped guide the
spacecraft into the proper position, most of them relying on Macs to
help get the job done.
In Iraq, Al Jazeera Navigates Minefield
of Press Freedom (Los Angeles Times)
In Iraq, Al Jazeera Navigates Minefield
of Press Freedom (Los Angeles Times)
07/31/2004 05:28 AMLos Angeles Times - BAGHDAD — The videotapes arrive by courier
at the information desk in the shadowy lobby of the Swan Lake, a
fading hotel in Baghdad's battle-pocked downtown that now serves as
the Iraqi headquarters for the television channel Al Jazeera.
Naked guy in a maze
Naked guy in a maze
05/13/2004 06:34 PM
Naked guy in a maze "The urban maze"
"The urban maze"
08/22/2004 04:11 AMWinding Your Way Through the SP2
Distribution Maze
Winding Your Way Through the SP2
Distribution Maze
08/11/2004 10:14 AMNow that Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) is out, it's on to the next
challenge: Figuring out the best way to get users upgraded (or not, in
certain cases).
New Maze-a-Pix Puzzles Get Hot Reviews
New Maze-a-Pix Puzzles Get Hot Reviews
09/10/2004 03:32 AMMAP (Maze-a-Pix), the new maze puzzles announced by Conceptis
(www.conceptispuzzles.com) in June 2004, are already receiving hot
reviews from Conceptis publishers and puzzle fans. [PRWEB Sep 10,
2004]
Lg 2BR, Many Amenities, Heated Maze
Lg 2BR, Many Amenities, Heated Maze
12/28/2004 03:40 AMThis week: living conditions for lab mice, crickets with broken hearts
and the remnants of a Jupiter moon.
Farmer Creates Cornfield Maze of the
U.S. (AP)
Farmer Creates Cornfield Maze of the
U.S. (AP)
08/30/2004 07:05 PMAP - There's something corny about Ted Johnson's plan to help educate
schoolchildren about America's geography.
A maze of twisty classes and interfaces,
all different.
A maze of twisty classes and interfaces,
all different.
01/08/2003 12:56 AMSo I've been working to understand the Java code I need to extend at
work. And it's quite a bit of culture shock after being a Perl Hacker
for the last... well, a long time. I've done Perl in some...
"Python code for making a maze"
"Python code for making a maze"
06/08/2004 08:54 AMWhite House drug agency giving away
anti-drug ringtones
White House drug agency giving away
anti-drug ringtones
04/19/2005 08:41 AMCory Doctorow:
Freevibe is an anti-drug website produced by the White House Office of
National Drug Control Policy, producing teen-hip don't-smoke-pot
messages. They offer free hip-hop ringtones to make you think about
not doing drugs every time your phone rings.
You want the Funk? We've got the Funk! This ringtone will get you in
the groove and remind you where to go to get the facts on drugs. And
remember, you have the power to stop your friends from using drugs or
alcohol. That's right--your cell phone is a powerful way to help start
a conversation with a friend who might be using drugs.
Link
(
via CoolGov)
Could the DMCA Exemption for Libraries
Lead the Way through the DRM Maze?
Could the DMCA Exemption for Libraries
Lead the Way through the DRM Maze?
04/11/2005 10:57 AMWhenever I post anything about Apple, I’m guaranteed to get
comments from Apple fans, and last week was no exception. However, Ben Karel posted some very thoughtful
commentary that suggests a most interesting possibility. In my original post, I pointed to an effort to get Apple to
try and help libraries circulate audio ebooks to patrons with iPods
and to play nicely with others in the industry. In the comments to that post, Ben
and I differed on who is to blame for the current situation, but his
last comment really has my mind going.
“There are
relatively cheap technological solutions to this particular
(technological) problem. By ‘relatively’ cheap I mean less
than two thousand dollars for the hardware and software
infrastructure. Considering that it would probably double the number
of patrons able to listen to library ebooks on their player of choice
for a one-time fee amounting to a fifth of the price of a single
year's subscription, said technological solutions would be a
no-brainer were it not for the DMCA's prohibitions upon any and all
forms of DRM circumvention.
Hmm. But wait! According to http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/usc_sec_17_000012
01----000-.html , Provision (a)(1)(B) states that the ban on
circumvention of copyright-protecting technological measures does not
apply to users who are ‘adversely affected by virtue of such
prohibition in their ability to make noninfringing uses of that
particular class of works under this title [...]’. I'm not
entirely sure, but I think the next two subparagraphs essentially say
that only the Librarian of Congress has the authority to
[pre!?-]determine when the exemption in rule (B) applies.
So perhaps the route of least resistance is to forget about Apple
entirely and instead convince the Librarian of Congress that the DMCA
should count 'audiobooks in public libraries' as a class of
copyrighted works deserving of an exemption to aid in noninfringing
use by the majority of library patrons.
Also something to
consider: the DMCA seems to focus on technologies that short-circuit
the process of gaining access to a protected work. Little seems to be
said about one may do with that work after having gained access.
Oh. Stupid me. The DMCA already has a built-in exemption
for libraries and other such nonprofit entities, which means it looks
like you're free to convert those problematic encrypted WMA files into
MP3 so that the majority of your patrons will be able to access and
play said files in a noninfringing manner.
No doubt a real
lawyer ought to examine this, but... Problem
solved?”
In the immortal words of Neo,
whoa!
It's an interesting idea. So now, I’m wondering if
we could really do this. After all, there’s a difference between
“letter-of-the-law-right-with-a-true-loophole” and
“letter-of-the-law-right, go-for-it but
get-your-butt-sued-out-of-existence-and-the-loophole-closed-forever.&r
dquo; Which, of course, is exactly what legislation like the DMCA is
designed to do – stop you from even thinking about trying
anything for which you could even remotely, possibly be sued for
actually doing.
So now I’m in a pinch. Illinois LSTA
grants are due in June, and this year there’s finally a "dream
big" one that my organization could apply for. I’ve already
pitched a half dozen ideas, two of which we’re probably going to
submit and one of which a member library is going to submit. But what
if we submitted a grant to actually do what Ben proposes? What would
the implications be? Is it realistic? Would we still exist in a year
or would the legal bills kill us? Would it ultimately open up
circulation of digital files in libraries or end it forever? I'm not a
fan of DRM, but I also don't want to see libraries used for illegal
copying (a whole other debate). Is there an open source type of DRM
for these files? I’m not a lawyer, and I don’t play one on
TV, so I'd be interested to hear reactions from others on this.
Federal Roadblocks and Checkpoints
Creating Capital Maze
Federal Roadblocks and Checkpoints
Creating Capital Maze
08/06/2004 10:25 PMWashington officials feel that the growing numbers of barriers and
guard posts around the city are excessive and even harmful.
Colourfull Creations releases Simply
Maze Crazy for Mac OS X
Colourfull Creations releases Simply
Maze Crazy for Mac OS X
11/19/2003 09:23 PMNovember 14, 2003; New Baltimore, MI. Colourfull Creations releases
Simply Maze Crazy for Mac OS X.
Shark Tank: Lost in a maze of LISty
little file names
Shark Tank: Lost in a maze of LISty
little file names
04/14/2004 11:45 PMIt's the early 1990s, and this IT pilot fish working in far-northern
Alaska for a Texas-based oil company can't understand why her
accounting files keep disappearing.
Prescription for Fun
Prescription for Fun
09/19/2004 11:09 PMG4 Tech TV Sep 20 2004 2:16AM GMT
Prescription trips
Prescription trips
09/27/2004 08:53 AM
David Pescovitz:
In Wired News, Kristen Philipkoski reports on FDA- and DEA-approved
clinical trials of psychedelic drugs. For example, psylocibin is now
being tested to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder and cluster
headaches. Meanwhile, a proposal for studying MDMA's effectiveness as
an anti-anxiety treatment for terminal cancer patients is undergoing
review at Harvard. Paging Dr. Leary!
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Co. Wants Non-Prescription
Defibrillators (AP)
Co. Wants Non-Prescription
Defibrillators (AP)
07/19/2004 06:48 PMAP - Defibrillators that jump-start a stopped heart may save lives in
airports and shopping malls, but few people keep them at home in case
of collapse — even though that's where most cardiac arrests
occur.
FDA OKs Defibrillator Without
Prescription (AP)
FDA OKs Defibrillator Without
Prescription (AP)
09/16/2004 05:02 PMAP - People worried about sudden cardiac arrest no longer need a
doctor's prescription to buy devices that jump-start the heart. The
Food and Drug Administration for the first time agreed Thursday to let
consumers go online and purchase the $2,000 devices for home use.
Some 80 percent of the instances of sudden cardiac arrest, which is
best treated by a shock from a defibrillator, happen at home.
not going to fill your prescription
not going to fill your prescription
07/07/2004 07:58 AMhere's an interesting article .. growing number of doctors .. Access
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prevention.com/cda/feature2002/0,2479,s1-7342-P,00.html
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