Bird flu claims 50th Asian victim

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Bird Flu Spreads in Asia and Claims a
7th Victim

Bird Flu Spreads in Asia and Claims a
7th Victim 01/26/2004 01:50 PM
The World Health Organization pleaded today with the global scientific community to accelerate the search for a cure.

Spreading Bird Flu Claims First Thai
Victim

Spreading Bird Flu Claims First Thai
Victim 01/26/2004 01:16 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 26 2004 5:41AM GMT

Thai Boy Dies, Latest Victim of Asia's
Bird Flu (Reuters)

Thai Boy Dies, Latest Victim of Asia's
Bird Flu (Reuters) 02/14/2004 11:42 PM
Reuters - A 13-year-old boy has died of bird flu in Thailand, taking the death toll from the virus rampaging through Asia to at least 20, a health ministry official said on Sunday.

China Finds 1st Bird Flu Cases; Eighth
Victim Is Reported

China Finds 1st Bird Flu Cases; Eighth
Victim Is Reported 01/27/2004 12:37 PM
China said that it found bird flu in dead ducks on a southern farm and was tracking "suspect" cases in two other provinces.

Asian Bird Flu Makes Way to Indonesia
(AP)

Asian Bird Flu Makes Way to Indonesia
(AP) 01/25/2004 09:52 PM
AP - Indonesia became the seventh country in Asia to confirm an outbreak of deadly bird flu, as the World Health Organization warned Sunday the virus could be resistant to basic human influenza drugs.

Gay Marriage Claims First Victim

Gay Marriage Claims First Victim 06/11/2004 07:33 PM
As soon as Massachusetts legalized gay marriage the destruction of all traditional marriage was soon to follow. Well the first victim has fallen:Conservative radio commentator...

World War One Claims Another Victim
(Reuters)

World War One Claims Another Victim
(Reuters) 07/19/2004 11:22 AM
Reuters - A 70-year-old Italian died on Saturday when a World War One bomb, part of his collection of military memorabilia, exploded while he was showing it to a friend in his garden.

Google Claims it is a Victim of Its Own
System

Google Claims it is a Victim of Its Own
System 04/09/2004 04:06 PM
In response to the red hot controversy around a recent racial-related search result, a spokesman for Google, David Krane, claims it does not have the power to hand manipulate results: "Google's search results are solely determined by computer algorithms..."

CERN celebrates 50th birthday

CERN celebrates 50th birthday 03/06/2004 01:58 AM
I can remember when it was all gluons round here...

DVD to watch on 50th anniversary of
Normandy invasion

DVD to watch on 50th anniversary of
Normandy invasion 06/09/2004 12:35 PM

Stuck at home for the last couple of days with a sore throat and earache and catching up on my TV viewing...  Just finished "E ye of Vichy", a 1993 collection of newsreels produced in France during the period of the Vichy French government.  As the victors we've tended to write the history of World War II and forget that not everyone was unhappy in the France of 1940-44.

The film is a chronological assemblage of newsreels with a touch of commentary but mostly just subtitled translation.  Occupation and surrender initially usher in a great wave of optimism.  The French dream of a unified Europe from Japan through Siberia and west to the shores of France and Spain.  (Remember that at the time of the German invasion the Soviets and Germans were allies).  It was upsetting to have lost the war in a matter of weeks but the future of European union looked bright.

For the speakers featured in the newsreels "collaboration" is a good word.  They are proud of the millions of Frenchmen working in Germany, fighting in the German army (mostly on the Russian front), and building military hardware for the German army.  Cheerful young people are shown leaving France on special trains to take up apprenticeships in German firms where they are then shown alongside cheerful helpful German workers.  A narrator notes that France contributed more labor and war production to Germany than any other country; invading France really seems to have been one of Hitler's best ideas.

The Jews come in for a bit of beating in these newsreels as you might expect.  Jews are compared to rats as a danger to the human race.  They are cowardly but are still dangerous due to their "superior numbers".  [This is an odd claim considering that French Jews numbered only about 225,000 in 1933, less than one percent of the total French population. For an explanation of how any of these Jews survived the war, see this review of the book IBM and the Holocaust]

As in German films of the same era the final year of the war brings a lot of sad coverage of bombed-out homes and cities.  The British and American air forces are the villains here, of course, bombing the innocent civilians that they were hypocritically claiming to be saving.  There is a clever animated film in which airplanes piloted by Disney characters drop "Made in USA" bombs on the home of some French suburbanites who'd been chatting about how much they were looking forward to liberation by the English and all of the beloved foods they'd be able to eat again as well as the English cigarettes that they'd be smoking.

If you're a World War II buff this is worth seeing because of the 50th anniversary of Normandy.  If you're an imperialist it might be worth seeing as an example of how to make invading and occupying a country pay off big time economically (cf. American invasion of Iraq 2003 for what not to do).

The World Federation of Advertisers 50th
Anniversary

The World Federation of Advertisers 50th
Anniversary 11/02/2003 06:30 AM
WFA Commercial Hall of Fame .. reklamer

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HomeToys.com Publishes it's 50th Online
Emagazine Issue.

HomeToys.com Publishes it's 50th Online
Emagazine Issue. 02/01/2005 08:46 PM
Home Technology Emagazine has been online since 1996 and boasts an information library containing over 800 articles and reviews written by experts from all over the world. [PRWEB Jan 26, 2005]

Bush, Kerry Mark Brown 50th Anniversary
(AP)

Bush, Kerry Mark Brown 50th Anniversary
(AP) 05/17/2004 04:33 PM
AP - Half a century after the Supreme Court banned school segregation, President Bush and Democratic rival John Kerry found agreement Monday on the point that America still falls short of racial equality despite progress across many fronts.

BIRD BY
BIRD

BIRD BY
BIRD 08/02/2004 03:38 PM

The best thing about Anne Lamott's Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing & Life is, even when the thought of sitting down and writing is about as appealing to you as root canal work, she inspires you to want to write. That alone is worth the investment. The book is full of mostly well-established wisdom about the art of writing, but it's written intelligently and with great humour and passion. She really practices what she preaches. She takes you through the standard rules: Write every day at the same time, always write something each day, no matter how brief, or how hard it is; break the job into manageable tasks ("take it bird by bird"); start with short assignments and "shitty first drafts" that just get everything down, and edit later; avoid perfectionism; write about what you know; use your own authentic voice and style; use index cards as reminders, phone friends and experts to get background material you need quickly and authentically, and use writing groups and trusted readers to keep you going and honest. She explains how to deal with writer's block, agents, publishers, and jealousy of other (successful but clearly inferior) writers. What I liked best about the book were some of the humbler, lesser known rules of good writing: Stories tell themselves through you, so it's critical to find means to silence the noise in your head and let them come out Flawed, hopeful narrators are great voices, and points of view, from which to tell your story Plot need be nothing more than the discovery of what each of your characters cares about, revealed vividly and continuously Characters must show strength or courage to be sympathetic Dialogue must be authentic and individual, yet concise and fast-moving Good writers must be observant, reverent, and even startled by life and its lessons Great stories are about great truths, things the writer cares passionately about that come out in the writing: "To be a good writer you not only have to write a great deal, but you have to care." You must trust yourself and your intuition, especially with first drafts, not self-criticize and second guess every step You have to give the best you have always, not save it up for the next story Writers have a duty to the reader to be honest, to make things clearer, to help heal readers' "gaping wounds and dazed expressions", to soothe The book includes an extraordinary 2-page story by the author that illustrates these and other points: It is charming, heartbreaking, full of surprises, imbued with the author's great love for two very special characters, imbued as well with a bit of wonderful, spare, dialogue, some stunning imagery and an improbable analogy. But mostly, the story moves, and in so doing it takes the reader along for the ride. Until you can read Bird by Bird for yourself, here are two quotes by other accomplished writers about the art of writing: "The greatest writing is done on the edge of what you know and what you don't know." -- Beth Nielsen Chapman "The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think." -- Edwin Schlossberg

Fishing changes set bird on bird

Fishing changes set bird on bird 02/18/2004 01:31 PM
Drops in the number of fish thrown back by fisherman forces a scavenging seabird to prey on fellow birds, scientists say.

Bilderberg conference 2004 - Stresa,
Italy 3-6 June 2004 - 50th anniversary

Bilderberg conference 2004 - Stresa,
Italy 3-6 June 2004 - 50th anniversary 06/05/2004 05:49 AM
Participant list and more info (slightly tin-foil hat-ish) here .. Bilderberg Participants 2004 .. the guest list

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"UPDATE: 'Trampled' Wal-Mart Shopper Has
History Of Injury Claims; Report: Woman
Has Filed 16 Previous Claims, 9 At
Wal-Mart Stores.."

"UPDATE: 'Trampled' Wal-Mart Shopper Has
History Of Injury Claims; Report: Woman
Has Filed 16 Previous Claims, 9 At
Wal-Mart Stores.." 12/05/2003 10:14 AM

UPDATE: 'Trampled' Wal-Mart Shopper Has
History Of Injury Claims; Report: Woman
Has Filed 16 Previous Claims, 9 At
Wal-Mart Stores

UPDATE: 'Trampled' Wal-Mart Shopper Has
History Of Injury Claims; Report: Woman
Has Filed 16 Previous Claims, 9 At
Wal-Mart Stores 12/05/2003 06:40 AM
a very unlucky shopper as this is the 16th time .. frequent faller .. Read article .. Dec. 4

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Insurance Payors Cut Offshore Processing
Risk of HCFA-1500 and UB-92 Paper Claims
By Utilizing MedValue Workflow
Management System for Claims
Processing™.

Insurance Payors Cut Offshore Processing
Risk of HCFA-1500 and UB-92 Paper Claims
By Utilizing MedValue Workflow
Management System for Claims
Processing™. 08/27/2004 01:27 PM
MedValue, the leading provider of Claims Processing solutions and offshore talent to America’s leading Insurance Payors announced the rollout of its groundbreaking MedValue Workflow Management System for Claims Processing™(WMS), a proprietary web-based management and collaboration tool designed to eliminate risk of processing claims offshore by providing seamless Communication, Knowledge Management, Management Reporting and Issues Tracking between its Customers’ US-based Staff and MedValue’s India operations. [PRWEB Aug 25, 2004]

Story Of A 419 Victim

Story Of A 419 Victim 11/03/2003 01:28 PM
I still can't believe people fall for Nigerian 419 scams any more. The scam has been around for ages, and I get about five such scam emails every day. You have to have been living in a hole not to know about them, but apparently there are still plenty of people (with lots of excess cash to throw away) who fall for it every day. While authorities estimate that the vast majority of 419 scam victims never admit what happened (mostly out of embarrassment for their own greed), it appears the press has found someone in Singapore who's willing to admit just how greedy he was. He fell for a typical 419 scam, and lost about $200,000 (US) - some of which he'd borrowed. He's now trying to sell his house. He seems to realize how stupid the whole thing was - or, at least - his wife is making sure he realizes: "My wife said I use the handphone so much that my brain is damaged. I think she's right. She said my eyes can see only the dollar signs."

How to Avoid Becoming a Victim

How to Avoid Becoming a Victim 09/01/2004 12:39 AM
Abcnews.go.com - Tue Aug 31, 10:23 am GMT

Stop Being a Victim

Stop Being a Victim 04/29/2004 09:48 PM

Meet Mr. and Mrs. Victim

Meet Mr. and Mrs. Victim 09/18/2004 12:53 PM
A sign that things have gone tragically wrong in SimCity: "the entire neighbourhood is whimpering and standing in puddles of their own urine."

Boy, 14, victim of sex attack

Boy, 14, victim of sex attack 09/18/2004 11:06 AM
Detectives hunt three men who are believed to have sexually assaulted a teenager near a pub in Llanelli, west Wales.

Jackson Says He's Victim of Conspiracy
(AP)

Jackson Says He's Victim of Conspiracy
(AP) 03/27/2005 09:37 PM
AP - Declaring himself "completely innocent" of child molestation charges, Michael Jackson said Sunday that he is the victim of a conspiracy and asked fans around the world to pray for him.

Ex-Aide Says He Was Victim of McGreevey

Ex-Aide Says He Was Victim of McGreevey 08/13/2004 11:40 PM
A former aide to Gov. James E. McGreevey said he had an affair with the governor but said the relationship was far from consensual.

Footballer crash victim may sue

Footballer crash victim may sue 08/10/2004 05:27 AM
A man badly injured in the crash for which footballer Lee Hughes was jailed for six years may sue for compensation.

Second victim set to face Dutroux

Second victim set to face Dutroux 04/20/2004 01:43 AM
A second young woman kidnapped as a child by alleged killer Marc Dutroux is to testify at his trial.

Murder victim was sex offender

Murder victim was sex offender 02/10/2004 12:01 PM
The dismembered body of a former teacher jailed for abusing three pupils is found in an Edinburgh garden.

Pepsi uses RIAA victim in ad

Pepsi uses RIAA victim in ad 01/24/2004 07:14 PM
This morning, we trawled Google expecting to see a stack of headlines condemning Pepsi and the music industry. But - there was nary a one. ...

Jackson: I'm the Victim of a Conspiracy
(AP)

Jackson: I'm the Victim of a Conspiracy
(AP) 03/27/2005 11:59 AM
AP - Declaring himself "completely innocent" of child molestation charges, Michael Jackson said Sunday that he is the victim of a conspiracy and asked fans around the world to pray for him.

pho falling victim to spam?

pho falling victim to spam? 04/13/2004 07:40 PM
if even this venerated list can die off from email's failures, it may well be time to move to syndication

Social Engineering: You Have Been A
Victim

Social Engineering: You Have Been A
Victim 03/17/2005 03:14 AM

Teenage gun victim 'executed'

Teenage gun victim 'executed' 04/12/2004 02:05 PM
A 19-year-old man shot dead as his friend put her children to bed was "executed", say police.

Is N.E. a victim of its own tech
success?

Is N.E. a victim of its own tech
success? 11/07/2003 03:11 AM
Boston Globe Nov 7 2003 1:55AM ET

Murder victim was 'rogue'

Murder victim was 'rogue' 06/22/2004 02:11 PM
Advances in DNA technology mean human remains found seven years ago in West Yorkshire have been identified.

Its a victim-less crime, Bobby!

Its a victim-less crime, Bobby! 03/06/2004 01:48 AM
A good amount of bloggers are outright thieves. Researchers at Hewlett-Packard Labs found that a vast amount of popular bloggers stole ideas, topics, and content from lesser-known weblogs without any sort of attribution or crediting. The researchers created a new ranking algorithm called iRank to track the source of new ideas and topics, which you can play around with here.

Valentine attack victim 'improving'

Valentine attack victim 'improving' 08/17/2004 07:55 AM
A man, in a coma for two years since a Valentine's Day attack in Cardiff, is showing signs of improvement, police say.

Assault victim dies in hospital

Assault victim dies in hospital 07/29/2004 03:15 PM
Police are reviewing charges against a Londonderry man after an assault victim dies.
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