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[Sad] Suicide suspected atWTC site
A 25-year-old from Georgia who was distraught over President Bush's re-election apparently killed himself at ground zero. Skin Deep: A Safety Assessment of Ingredients in Personal Care Product
Provides a report on personal care product safety and accompanying searchable database "that ranks products on their potential health risks and the absence of basic safety evaluations. The core of the analysis compares ingredients in 7,500 personal care products against government, industry, and academic lists of known and suspected chemical health hazards."Product guide searchable by brand name; browsable by product type. From the Environmental Working Group (EWG). The Games People Shouldn't Play
Can't be bothered to look up from Bejeweled and grind out a TPS report? Perhaps it's time to find another job. Mr. Know-It-All takes the moral helm in today's tech workplace. By Clive Thompson from Wired magazine. Killing Resistant Germs: Total Synthesis Of New Antibiotic Successful
UCSD/Scripps Professor K.C. Nicoalou's group succeeded to synthesize platensomycin, an antibiotic found in mushrooms, which inhibits an important step of bacterial fatty acid biosynthesis and in this way paralyzes a broad spectrum of Gram-positive bacterial strains. Slavonic Web
This site is for the Slavonic Cultural Center, which traces its roots back to "the Slavonic Mutual and Benevolent Society [which] was founded in San Francisco in 1857 by Slavic immigrants, primarily from the region of present day Croatia."The site features a virtual museum of historical photos and paintings, selections from oral histories, and audio clips of Slavonic music (such as music played on the tamburitza). [Scary] Pregnant woman says 'maternal instinct' helped her kill attack
FORT MITCHELL, Ky. - A pregnant woman who killed her attacker said a maternal instinct helped her fight off the woman who investigators believe was after her unborn child."I do believe that I fought harder because it was for my child,"Sarah Brady told ABC's "Good Morning America"in interviews aired Sunday and Monday. "It is a maternal instinct to protect your child to the very end."Katherine Smith, 22, died Thursday after luring Brady to her apartment to pick up a package supposedly delivered to the wrong address. When Smith pulled out a knife and attacked the pregnant woman, Brady fought back, striking Smith on the head with an ash tray and stabbing her three times with her own knife, police said. Brady, 26, said she didn't know Smith before the two met at Smith's apartment and can't be certain why Smith wanted to kill her."I really am not sure what was going through her mind,"Brady told ABC. "The only thing I thought was that she was going to kill me and my child and that is the only thing that ran through my mind." Scientists Discover How Ebola Virus Infects Cells
Ebola virus reproduction in laboratory-grown cells is severely hampered by enzyme-inhibiting chemicals, and these chemicals deserve further study as possible treatments for Ebola virus infections in humans, report scientists supported in part by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Steve Jobs Link in Stock Scandal
London's prestigious Financial Times newspaper reports Apple falsified documents involving stock options granted to Steve Jobs in 2001. In Cult of Mac. DNA Vaccine For H5N1 Avian Influenza Enters Human Trial
The first human trial of a DNA vaccine designed to prevent H5N1 avian influenza infection began on December 21, 2006, when the vaccine was administered to the first volunteer at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center in Bethesda, MD. Scientists from the Vaccine Research Center (VRC) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the NIH Institutes, designed the vaccine. The vaccine does not contain any infectious material from the influenza virus. Maritime Safety, Science &Environmental Protection, Including Famous S
This collection of research materials covers topics related to the U.S. Coast Guard and maritime safety, the environment, merchant and fishing vessel casualties, shipwrecks, oceanography, and marine inspection. Highlights include a page on lost cutters, the accident report on the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, and an oral history from a whaling inspector. Include bibliographies, research guides, photos, government documents, and more. From the U.S. Coast Guard.
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