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United States Small Business Administration: Office of Native American
The purpose of the office is "to ensure that American Indians, Native Alaskans and Native Hawaiians seeking to create, develop and expand small businesses have full access to the necessary business development and expansion tools."The site provides links to resources for Native American businesses, specific small business administration (SBA) programs, and information about using the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database to find firms owned by Native Americans. Fox Gives DVD Buyers a Tiny Taste of Portability
New Digital Copy technology lets consumers copy movies exactly twice, but only to PCs and PlaysForSure-compatible gadgets. That means Mac owners, and iPod users, are screwed. The Federal Reserve Board: Testimony of Federal Reserve Board Official
Transcripts of testimony by Federal Reserve Board officials (Chairman Alan Greenspan and others) to the U.S. Congress, committees, and related groups. Topics include the economic outlook (such as changes in oil prices, interest rates, and housing prices), budget reforms, Social Security, and taxes. Includes transcripts back to 1996. Browsable by date. Use Of Certain Lipid Measures Not More Effective In Predicting Coronar
The lipid measure apolipoprotein B: apo A-I ratio is not a better predictor of coronary heart disease risk than traditional lipid ratios that include total cholesterol and HDL-C, according to a new study. Ghost Hunting With Homemade Tech
Vince Wilson sets out to prove and explain the existence of ghosts with an arsenal of poltergeek gear. By Chris Suellentrop from Wired magazine. [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." Virus Used To Create Experimental HIV Vaccines Directly Impairs Immune
Leading efforts to create an HIV vaccine have hinged on the use of viruses as carriers for selected elements of the HIV virus. Recently, however, evidence has emerged that some of these so-called viral vector systems may undermine the immune system and should not be used for vaccine development. Now, a new study provides strong support for the idea that some viral-vector vaccines may cause more harm than good. Biometrics: Unlocking Doors With Your Eyes
It is not science fiction to think that our eyes could very soon be the key to unlocking our homes, accessing our bank accounts and logging on to our computers, according to one scientist. New research is helping to remove one of the final obstacles to the everyday application of iris scanning technology. Proteins May Behave Differently In Natural Environments
When in an environment similar to that in which they exist naturally, proteins and multiprotein assemblies may demonstrate actions or dynamics different than those they exhibit when in the static form in which they are most often studied, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report in the current issue of the journal Structure. ... LII: This Week's Batch, April 14, 2005
This week find a site that prompts the question, if you are what you eat, how would you like to be a book? After you think about that, move on to May Day in France, baseball, Buddha, newborn screening, "medspeak,"troop strength, rhinoceri, publishers and other primates, Saul Bellow, steroids, and a tax formthat's gone to the dogs. In More New This Week frolic with yet more fairies. Bon appetit from the LII team: librarian-editors Karen, Wendy, Jennifer, Maria, Pat, Tom, Charlotte, and Jerry, and our 100-and-change contributors.
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