Archive for February, 2008
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ften in the course of family life, a parent must face inconvenient or downright disturbing truths about children that fly in the face of what we believe about our influence as parents and human nature itself.
Nice graph of Box Office at The New York Times
0 Comments Published by cjlise February 27th, 2008 in WebThe New York Times published a very nice graph that displays how box offices evolves along the time for movies between 1986 and 2007. It’s easy to see the peaks or success: Harry Potter, Lords of the rings, etc. But it’s interesting to see that some movies attract people over a very long period like [...]
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The New york time reviewed positively one of my favorite restaurant: Le Clou - Rue Cardinet - Paris 17.
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This hotfix package fixes the following issue that was not previously documented in a Microsoft Knowledge Base article:• When you perform a calculation in Excel 2007, the following behavior occurs: • The result of the calculation is a number from 6553
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From government to big business, if you have a dirty secret, Wikileaks is your nightmare. David Leigh and Jonathan Franklin on the site a US court has tried to muzzle
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Years of unchecked pollution in France’s Rhone River have taken their toll with the recent discovery of PCB levels at 10-12 times the safe limit in the river’s fish.
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It’s not easy to have a great relationship with your boy/girlfriend, partner, or spouse. But it’s not impossible, either — it takes some work, of course, but it’s good work, work that’s a joy when everything comes together.
Cheap drug without patent kills most cancers
0 Comments Published by cjlise February 24th, 2008 in Health, WebThis article from New scientist highlights the benefits of DCA (dichloroacetate), a cheap drug without patent that has the ability to kill most cancers.
Cheap, ’safe’ drug kills most cancers - health - 17 January 2007 - New Scientist via kwout
The picture below summarizes the action of DCA: