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This online magazine from the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (California) features style reports, "Ask the Fashion Girl,"a calendar of fashion events, and book, magazine, and Web site reviews. Also includes links to news and fashion-related Web sites. [Odd] A Romanian couple has named their son Yahoo as a sign of gratitu
Daily Libertatea said on Thursday Cornelia and Nonu Dragoman, both from Transylvania, met and decided they were meant for each other following a three-month relationship over the net.They married and had a baby this Christmas, whom they decided to name after one of the worldwide web's most popular portals."We named him Lucian Yahoo after my father and the net, the main beacon of my life,"Cornelia Dragoman was quoted as saying. Metabolic Disease: AMPK Keeps Energy Balance Steady
The increasing number of individuals with obesity and diabetes has made understanding the regulation of food intake and energy balance a focus of many researchers. One aspect of such research is understanding how the brain controls these processes. Expression of the protein AMPK in neurons in the brain has been suggested to be important for regulating energy balance, but in which neurons its expression is important was not clear. FTC: E-commerce Lowers Prices, Increases Choices in Wine Market
This July 2003 report found "that e-commerce offers consumers lower prices and more choices in the wine market, and that states could expand e-commerce by permitting direct shipping of wine to consumers."The site provides a summary of findings and the full text of the report "Possible Anticompetitive Barriers to E-Commerce: Wine."From the Federal Trade Commission (FTC). Does Harry Potter Parody Government Response To Terror?
Could Harry Potter be guarding the secrets of the British government's post Sept. 11 response to the terrorist threat? Judith Rauhofer of the University of Central Lancashire seems to think so. Encyclopedia of Chicago
"Thousands of historical resources--including articles, photos, maps, broadsides and newspapers--related to Chicago's colorful and complex history are at your fingertips."Includes authored entries and special features on water in Chicago, labor unrest in 1886, video clips (of politicians, entertainers, and more), and a timeline. Searchable and browsable. From the Chicago Historical Society, the Newberry Library, and Northwestern University. Computer Security Day
Details about this annual event (November 30) "to remind people to protect their computers and information."Features a list of over 50 suggestions for Computer Security Day activities, such as backing up data and eliminating dust from computer areas. Also includes thematic posters. From a group of professional organizations and security software companies. NCAR Adds Resources To TeraGrid
Researchers who use the TeraGrid, the nation's most comprehensive and advanced infrastructure for open scientific research, can now leverage the computing resources of a powerful, 2048-processor BlueGene/L system at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Early-stage Immune System Control Of HIV May Depend On Inherited Facto
How well an individual's immune system controls HIV during the earliest phases of infection appears to depend on both the specific versions of key immune-system molecules called HLA Class I that have been inherited, as well as on the fragments of viral protein those molecules display to the T lymphocytes that usually destroy infected cells. Implanted Devices Detect High-Risk Heart Failure Patients
Implanted devices intended to optimize the cardiac function of patients with heart failure have provided new insights into which patients might be at higher risk of dying suddenly from their disease, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center.
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