Ian's Messy Desk
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. -A.A. Milne
Wednesday, April 23, 2003Alberta Health offers to pitch in to help Toronto deal with SARS fallout. CNEWS Apr 23 2003 9:06PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Toronto bemoans leper status. MSNBC Apr 23 2003 5:25PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
N.S. health minister backs down from advisory that people avoid Toronto. CNEWS Apr 23 2003 8:33PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Canada rejects health body's advice. Teletext Apr 23 2003 8:15PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Canada Denies Toronto Unsafe For Travelers Because of SARS. VOA Apr 23 2003 7:51PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Baseball warns Toronto-bound teams to take precautions to prevent getting respiratory illness. AP via New Jersey Online Apr 23 2003 7:34PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Sars warning to avoid Toronto. Glasgow Herald Apr 23 2003 7:24PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Toronto mayor's fury at Sars advice. Teletext Apr 23 2003 7:15PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Chorus of outraged voices denounces WHO warning against travel to Toronto. CNEWS Apr 23 2003 6:39PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Beijing and Toronto declared no-go zones because of SARS. INQ7.net Apr 23 2003 6:32PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
WHO Issues Travel Ban for Parts of China, Canada Due to SARS. VOA Apr 23 2003 6:27PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Tories say Toronto convention still on despite SARS, but some MPs cautious. CNEWS Apr 23 2003 5:36PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
People should react to facts, not fears about SARS in Toronto, say experts. CNEWS Apr 23 2003 5:36PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
What Spreads Faster: SARS Or Misinformation? Here's an interesting article from Reason Online questioning what spreads faster: SARS or the misinformation about it. -Tim [Rugged Elegance, LLC: SARS In The News]
Banks already acting on SARS - before Toronto's mayor vowed action [CBC.CA]
Air Canada lets more ticket holders rebook after WHO warning on SARS. Financial Post Apr 23 2003 9:02PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]8:39:24 PM # Speak Up []
SARS: Worldwide Economic Threat or Media Circus?. As a result of the spread of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, some leading investment banks are predicting a heavy blow to the economies countries hardest hit by the mysterious disease.
Is this new and infectious malady a further threat to the struggling global business climate, or just a media circus created to fill airtime following the war in Iraq? [Fast Company]
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First Impression. "Much of the stress that people feel doesn't come from having too much to do. It comes from not finishing what they've started."
-David Allen, Productivity Guru
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AP:Scientists are scrambling to evaluate existing drugs to find an effective treatment for SARS. To date the focus has been on anti-viral drugs. One exisiting anti-viral, ribavirin, has been used extensively in Hong Kong and Toronto but U.S. researchers have found it to be ineffective for the treatment of SARS. U.S. researchers have instead focused their attention on protease inhibitors, which have been effective in the control of the HIV virus. [Rugged Elegance, LLC: SARS In The News]
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WHO warning against Toronto called inappropriate, damaging to Toronto. CNEWS Apr 23 2003 12:53PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
US and Canada team up to fight Sars. SABC Apr 23 2003 12:10PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
SARS In Beijing. SARS is on the rise in Beijing, reports the NYTimes. Great, I'll be there in about three months. Sometimes it seems like everyone and their mother is conspiring to prevent my trip. Arghhh.... [The Agonist]
Bank of Canada governor says economic impact of SARS unknown. Financial Post Apr 23 2003 1:24PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
MLB issues SARS warnings to teams visiting Toronto. CNN Apr 23 2003 1:20PM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Mayor Mel to ask banks to help SARS sufferers [CBC.CA]
Beijing schools to close for 2 weeks, those exposed to SARS to be isolated [CBC.CA]
Health Canada disputes WHO warning [The Globe And Mail: National]
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April 23 SARS Update. Headlines: The World Health Organisation (WHO) warned on Wednesday against travel to Beijing, China's Shanxi province and Canada's business capital Toronto, to try to halt the global spread of the deadly SARS virus. (from Reuters) (See "Canada" section.) US officials make strong statements against the use of ribavirin as a routine SARS treatment. (See "How can SARS be treated".) The full April 23 SARS Update is here.... [The Agonist]
Toronto mayor rails against WHO warning [CBC.CA]
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Frequently, in our personal or professional lives, we review the outcomes of projects or activities. The common tendency is to consider these outcomes from a negative persepective, what went wrong rather that what went right. Next time you have to review something, try looking at its successful outcomes. At the very least, try balancing each negative consideration with a positive.
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Negative/neutral question |
Success-focused alternative |
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What went wrong? |
What went right? |
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What are our needs? |
What are our strengths? |
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What did we learn? |
What did we learn to do better? |
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What issues should we put on the agenda? |
What issues can be taken off the agenda? |
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How can we improve? |
What strengths could we make more use of? |
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What's missing from this group? |
What are the assets of this group? |
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What would you do differently next time? |
What would you do the same next time? |
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What do you want to achieve? |
What is your recipe for success, and how will you apply that? |
11:45:37 AM # Speak Up [] - See Also: Potpourri
In the latest example of computer virus writers capitalizing on current events, a new e-mail worm uses fears about SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) to entice users into opening a file attachment, infecting host machines and helping spread the virus to other machines on the Internet.
The worm, W32/Coronex-A (Coronex), is a mass-mailer worm that uses Microsoft Outlook e-mail application to send copies of itself to unsuspecting recipients, according to an alert from antivirus company Sophos.
[IDG InfoWorld]10:54:58 AM # Speak Up []
WHO warns against travel to Toronto, Beijing and Shanxi province [CBC.CA]
China closes schools to curb spread of SARS [CBC.CA]
Ontario seeks federal disaster relief for SARS. Globe and Mail Apr 23 2003 3:35AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
Toronto on Verge of SARS Emergency. VOA Apr 23 2003 2:07AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
SARS creates a city of pariahs [GAM]
West Coast: Fear Spreads Faster Than SARS. In U.S., Fear Is Spreading Faster Than SARS. Along the West Coast, a pervasive fear of SARS, has taken hold, despite the fact that no one in the U.S. has died from it. By Dean E. Murphy. [Rugged Elegance, LLC: SARS In The News]
SARS Warning: Avoid Toronto, Beijing. CBS News Apr 23 2003 7:40AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
SARS effect on sports spreads [CBC.CA]
So far, rumour spreads faster than SARS [The Globe And Mail: Entertainment]
Avoid non-essential travel to Toronto, Beijing: WHO [The Globe And Mail: National]
SARS creates more uncertainty, central bank says [The Globe And Mail: National]
WHO travel warning draws fiery response [The Globe And Mail: National]
SARS likely to hit economy, Bank of Canada says [The Globe And Mail: National]
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Napoleon Bonaparte. "Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in." [Motivational Quotes of the Day]
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