Archive for May, 2003

May 29, 2003 @ 11:46

SARS travels to Russia despite the ban

Okay, okay, so there is no travel ban to Russia. Sheesh.

Russia reported its first case of SARS on Wednesday on its border with hard-hit China, while two more people died from the virus in Toronto, where a school was closed and thousands quarantined on concern the illness may be spreading outside hospitals.

The first confirmed case of SARS in Russia, a man living in Blagoveshchensk on the Amur river, which forms the frontier with China, came as Chinese President Hu Jintao tried to persuade the world his country could contain the disease.

Umm… I think you better re-think that thought.

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May 29, 2003 @ 02:33

Just The Facts, M'am!

Well, I finally did it. I finished the long anticipated new game, Just The Facts, M'am!.

Actually, it has been done for two days now, but I have been working at night to complete some new That's A Fact Packs for the game.

Anyway, it's done. Here is the description:

A combination of "Concentration" with a splash of trivia. Test your trivia knowledge and your memory while you try to match the clues with the answers in this exciting new game from The Alligator Pit. Win points as you make matches, and watch your points dwindle as you view hints, or peek at the board. You better play quick, each second costs you another point, but you can pause the game to catch your breath.

The game comes complete with 14 background images (you can add more of your own at any time), 80 basic facts (with images), and 43 U.S. President facts (with images) to keep you playing for hours. You can also download additional "That's A Fact" Packs to add the number of facts to the game. Fact Packs are available at no additional charge, but you must be a registered user to add the fact packs to the game.

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Go. Get. It. You. Know. You. Want. It.

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May 28, 2003 @ 13:37

SARS Quarantine

More than 6,400 people, including 2,000 from the school, are now in quarantine in greater Toronto after Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome resurfaced six days ago.

The Toronto area is the only place outside Asia where people have died of SARS. There have been 27 deaths around Toronto and there are 12 probable cases now.

Nurses this week said they had noticed patients with SARS-like symptoms after the rules were relaxed, but doctors and hospital administrators did not listen.

"Unfortunately, they were not taken seriously," Doris Grinspun, executive director of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, told Reuters, describing it as "ridiculous" that no one paid attention.

It sounds to me like the hospitals in Canada have the same problems that we have in ours. The doctors never listen to the nurses.

"This is not a problem that is serious … It is not dangerous to travel to Toronto at all," Chretien told a news conference in Athens, Greece, after a summit between Canada and the European Union.

Obviously, if the only places with deaths are in Asia and Canada, I think I would avoid BOTH, no matter what "The Cretin" says.

Editors Note: I am NOT bashing Canada, I am not bashing Canada. I am just stating my opinions about the SARS outbreak, not the Canadian people (except "The Cretin").

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May 28, 2003 @ 02:45

Who are you, anyway?

Is this still making news?

Sultanna Freeman, 35, says Florida's insistence on photographing her face violates her religious rights.

"I don't unveil … because it would be disobeying my Lord," Freeman testified Tuesday at the start of her non-jury trial.

Assistant Attorney General Jason Vail argued that having an easily identifiable photo on a driver's license is a matter of public safety.

I have no problem with your "religious rights". However, you must remember,

Florida law requires identification, proof of date of birth and social security number (if issued) from all customers before a driver license or identification card can be issued.

Therefore, if wear a veil, no one can see your face, and you cannot be identified. Which means, by Florida law, that you CANNOT be issued a driver's license. PERIOD.

Freeman claims her religious beliefs require her to keep her head and face covered out of modesty and that her faith prohibits her face from being photographed.

If you don't like the rules, then don't play the game. I hear that public transportation in your area is quite efficient.

NEXT!

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May 27, 2003 @ 21:19

Welcome Home.

–Capt. Delbert A. Olson of Casselton, N.D.

–Lt. j.g. Dennis L. Anderson of Hope, Kan.

–Lt. j.g. Arthur C. Buck of Sandusky, Ohio.

–Lt. j.g. Philip P. Stevens of Twin Lake, Mich.

–Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard M. Mancini of Amsterdam, N.Y.

–Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael L. Roberts of Purvis, Miss.

–Petty Officer 2nd Class Donald N. Thoresen of Detroit.

–Petty Officer 2nd Class Kenneth H. Widon of Detroit.

–Petty Officer 3rd Class Gale R. Siow of Huntington Park, Calif.

The men were aboard a Navy OP-2E Neptune plane that crashed into a mountain in Laos in January 1968. The remains were recovered during six U.S.-Lao missions to the crash site between 1993 and last year, the Pentagon said in a statement.

Their plane left a base in Thailand on Jan. 11, 1968, on a mission to drop sensors in Laos to detect enemy movements, the Pentagon statement said. The crew reported their plane's descent through dense clouds in its last radio transmission.

The nine will be buried June 18 in a joint observance at Arlington National Cemetery

[via Foxnews]

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