Bird Flu Kills Two Sisters in Vietnam (AP)

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WHO Confirms Fifth Death from Bird Flu
in Vietnam

WHO Confirms Fifth Death from Bird Flu
in Vietnam 01/19/2004 01:45 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 19 2004 5:43AM GMT

WHO Confirms Fifth Vietnam Bird Flu
Death (AP)

WHO Confirms Fifth Vietnam Bird Flu
Death (AP) 01/19/2004 02:51 AM
AP - The World Health Organization confirmed Monday that a fifth person in Vietnam has died after contracting a bird flu that is ravaging chicken farms throughout Asia.

Another Person in Vietnam Dies From Bird
Flu

Another Person in Vietnam Dies From Bird
Flu 01/24/2004 12:34 PM
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) -- Nations stepped up efforts to stem the spread of bird flu with bans on chicken imports from some affected countries, while the death toll rose to six in Vietnam, the country hardest hit by the virus.

Sixth bird flu death in Vietnam

Sixth bird flu death in Vietnam 01/24/2004 01:14 AM
A 13-year-old boy dies of avian flu in Vietnam, as more Asian nations join a growing boycott of chicken.

Thailand Denies Bird Flu Cover-Up;
Vietnam Toll Six

Thailand Denies Bird Flu Cover-Up;
Vietnam Toll Six 01/24/2004 09:13 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 24 2004 11:42AM GMT

Bird flu kills child in Thailand

Bird flu kills child in Thailand 01/25/2004 09:46 PM
A six-year-old boy becomes Thailand's first confirmed victim of avian flu, amid growing concern across Asia about the outbreak.

Bird Flu Kills Second Child in Thailand
(AP)

Bird Flu Kills Second Child in Thailand
(AP) 01/27/2004 02:24 AM
AP - Thailand confirmed its first two fatalities from bird flu, raising the number of deaths in Asia from the disease to eight — the deadliest outbreak since 1997.

Bird flu kills Vietnamese girl

Bird flu kills Vietnamese girl 01/19/2004 02:55 AM
An eight-year-old girl becomes the fifth person in Vietnam to die from bird flu, world health officials confirm.

Bird Flu Leaps Into Laos; Kills Another
Thai Boy (Reuters)

Bird Flu Leaps Into Laos; Kills Another
Thai Boy (Reuters) 01/27/2004 02:24 AM
Reuters - The bird flu rampaging through Asia made the dreaded leap into impoverished Laos as a second Thai boy died of the disease Tuesday and countries tightened defenses against a potential SARS-like epidemic.

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.

Scissor Sisters

Scissor Sisters 01/24/2004 09:28 PM
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Sisters look for missing NI man

Sisters look for missing NI man 01/04/2005 10:46 AM
Two sisters of a County Tyrone man missing since the Asian tsunami are to look for him in Thailand.

Twisted sisters

Twisted sisters 04/14/2004 07:43 AM
In her new book, Alexandra Robbins goes undercover as a sorority sister at an anonymous university. What she found was very little sisterhood -- but a lot of hardcore hazing, public humiliation, binge drinking and extreme peer pressure.

3 Sisters Die in Crash on Way to Wedding

3 Sisters Die in Crash on Way to Wedding 01/02/2004 09:55 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jan 2 2004 9:38PM ET

The Brontë sisters

The Brontë sisters 03/06/2004 01:49 AM

H ow the Brontës Became Romantic Icons -- I've never been a huge Brontë fan (always prefering Burney and Austen) but this article was a good look at their tragic lives and its impact on their writing. Maybe I'll re-read some of that Brontë sisterly goodness soon.

Williams Sisters and Capriati Win in
Paris

Williams Sisters and Capriati Win in
Paris 05/30/2004 05:39 PM
Serena Williams won her fourth-round match and won over French Open fans, who had jeered her earlier in the tournament.

Wis. Soldier Sisters Won't Return to
Iraq (AP)

Wis. Soldier Sisters Won't Return to
Iraq (AP) 04/27/2004 02:40 PM
AP - Two soldiers who were given the choice of returning to combat in Iraq after their sister was killed in a Baghdad ambush have decided not to go back, a National Guard spokesman said Tuesday.

Sisters left in airport car park

Sisters left in airport car park 09/01/2004 12:20 AM
A grandmother and uncle of two young girls are arrested after abandoning them in an airport car park so they could go on holiday.

Wisconsin Sisters Won't Return to Iraq

Wisconsin Sisters Won't Return to Iraq 04/27/2004 03:55 PM
The National Guard said today that the sisters of a soldier killed in a Baghdad ambush have decided not to return to their units in Iraq.

Village mourns 'reclusive' sisters

Village mourns 'reclusive' sisters 05/31/2004 05:39 AM
A community is shocked following the discovery of the bodies of elderly twins at a south Wales beauty spot.

Sisters died in 'vicious' attack

Sisters died in 'vicious' attack 07/19/2004 07:41 AM
Two women who were found dead at a flat in North Yorkshire had been "viciously assaulted".

US sisters excused more Iraq duty

US sisters excused more Iraq duty 04/14/2004 06:33 AM
The Pentagon gives the servicewomen sisters of a woman killed in Iraq the option not to return there.

Williams Sisters Beaten at French Open
(AP)

Williams Sisters Beaten at French Open
(AP) 06/01/2004 10:39 AM
AP - Serena and Venus Williams were knocked out of the French Open quarterfinals within 30 minutes of each other Tuesday.

Williams Sisters Lose at French Open

Williams Sisters Lose at French Open 06/01/2004 02:11 PM
Venus Williams lost to Anastasia Myskina less than half an hour after Jennifer Capriati eliminated Serena Williams.

Internet leads to reconnection for half
sisters

Internet leads to reconnection for half
sisters 06/05/2004 04:35 AM
Messenger-inquirer.com - Sat Jun 5, 07:22 am GMT

Sisters do it on the web Why women are
turning to online magazines

Sisters do it on the web Why women are
turning to online magazines 07/20/2004 06:00 AM
News.independent.co.uk - Tue Jul 20, 07:10 am GMT

Sinn Fein warns McCartney sisters

Sinn Fein warns McCartney sisters 03/14/2005 06:04 PM
Sinn Fein has warned the sisters of murdered Robert McCartney to stay out of Northern Irish politics.

Sisters of Dead Soldier Decide Not to
Return to Iraq

Sisters of Dead Soldier Decide Not to
Return to Iraq 04/27/2004 06:51 PM
Two women serving in the Wisconsin National Guard will not return to duty in Iraq, where their sister was killed in combat, military officials said today.

Two Iraqi Sisters Working with U.S. Firm
Shot Dead

Two Iraqi Sisters Working with U.S. Firm
Shot Dead 06/23/2004 09:06 AM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 23 2004 1:02PM GMT

Sisters of Dead Soldier Not Going Back
to Iraq (Reuters)

Sisters of Dead Soldier Not Going Back
to Iraq (Reuters) 04/27/2004 05:28 PM
Reuters - The soldier-sisters of a Wisconsin military policewoman killed while serving in Iraq, said on Tuesday they had decided not to return to Iraq to serve out combat duty with their Wisconsin National Guard units.

Hell yes - we're gonna compete with our
open source brothers and sisters!

Hell yes - we're gonna compete with our
open source brothers and sisters! 05/16/2004 10:50 PM

Jeff Jarvis: "You can't be a software company and a service company under one roof, for you will inevitably end up competing with your customers." [Scripting News]

This is a perfect post to followup my previous rant.

Earlier Ted Leung used the current Moveable Type pricing scandal as a launching pad for: "Community owned weblogging tools". I responded that the code is only part of the equation of the software.

And then BAM along comes this next post by Jeff, which I actually mainly agree with, asserting that you can't mix a software company and services company - as it generates an inherent conflict of interest with your software customers - and then I thought NO!

I don't agree with Jeff.

You can and we should be able to mix services and software - we MUST!  Over 50% of IBM snd Oracle's revenues are generated from service business.  There's plenty of good money out there, why shouldn't companies be opportunistic and jump on great ideas and run with it?

I think it was really smart of SixApart to put out TypePad and I'm proud of them for it.  I don't agree with their pricing model for TypePad - so it came as no surprise to me that they'd kind of stumble with the MT 3.0 pricing delimma. But it looks like they're listening and are senstiive enough to criticism that they 'backed off' a bit on the onerous terms.  That was just stupid.

But they do have the right to do what they're doing.

But Jeff's POV brings up the REAL issue we face - as we all try and show how to 'make money' from open source.  There's such a thing as GOOD implementation, GREAT implementation and HITTING A HOME RUN!

Based upon what I've seen Ross Rader and Tucows produce with Blogware - I'd say the Trotts and SixApart are only doing a GOOD job at TypePad.  They're obviously being pulled in numerous directions (like who the hell thought up TypeKey? Can't they get that functionality from SourceID or other authentication systems?)

So I totally agree with Jeff Jarvis that combining services and software in one company creates inherent conflicts of interest - but that's the nature of the beast nowadays - Jeff - and it takes really GREAT, sometimes HOME RUN like execution to pull it off.

In my own life - I can tell you that when the VCs told us to stop doing production work - back in 1987-88 - we let $10,000,000s of reveneus escape us, while our mutlimedia develoipers chomped it down.  Our little company, which was doing less than $5M a year had enabled a $250M market - growing 100% a year.

But because we were relished to the 'tools ghetto', Kleiner Perkins then went on to invest in lots of other multmedia startups - taking their market knowledge we educated them in - and investing their money elsewhere. 

I vowed then, that I'd participate in ALL stages of the food chain - from the moment when the idea is created, to the pitch that gets the project going, to the designs and architecture of the project, the implementation and MOST importantly the iteration, refinement and testing required to evolve a really great digital lifestyle aggregator.  That's what I'm dong right now - and it's the only way to guarentee that your ideas come to actuality.

I've seen too many good ideas go to waste and I've been around the block enough to know how to make things happen.  Creating software is a multi-faceted, multi-discilplinary activity - sometimes stretching out over many years before you 'get it right'.

So Jeff's point is right on!

You DO create a conflict of interest with your open source brothers and sisters.  Who do you think is gonna best understand how to exploit the technology and take it to the next step?

Don't you think Mitch Kapor knows that - too?

Suicide Bomber Kills Three, Israel Kills
Militant

Suicide Bomber Kills Three, Israel Kills
Militant 12/25/2003 05:33 PM
Reuters via Wired News Dec 25 2003 3:33PM ET

Soldier sisters choose not to rejoin
Army units in Iraq (USATODAY.com)

Soldier sisters choose not to rejoin
Army units in Iraq (USATODAY.com) 04/28/2004 07:17 AM
USATODAY.com - The two Wisconsin sisters of a female soldier killed this month in Baghdad said Tuesday that they will not rejoin their Army National Guard units in Iraq.

Guardian Unlimited | Arts features |
Interview: Gareth McLean meets Scissor
Sisters

Guardian Unlimited | Arts features |
Interview: Gareth McLean meets Scissor
Sisters 09/26/2004 08:59 AM
"It's the antithesis of the macho posturing of cock rock": Scissor Sisters

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Big Bird

Big Bird 07/04/2004 05:33 AM
I was taught that dinosaurs were green and lizard-like. Nowadays, the common theory is they were colorful and related to birds. Makes for better childrens books and wilds the imagination. But is it a coincidence that these theories emerged shortly...

BIRD 1.0.8

BIRD 1.0.8 06/07/2004 12:17 PM
A daemon for dynamic routing of IP and IPv6

J-Bird

J-Bird 12/09/2003 08:37 PM
J-Bird Version 0.3.0 (Alpha)

BIRD 1.0.9

BIRD 1.0.9 07/15/2004 02:09 PM
A daemon for dynamic routing of IP and IPv6
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