Ian's Messy Desk
One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. -A.A. Milne
Tuesday, May 20, 2003Travel to and from Canada fell in March with war and SARS taking a toll. CNEWS May 20 2003 9:58AM ET [Moreover - Canada news]
SARS Researchers In China Use SGI To Search For Genomic Clues And Anti-SARS Drugs. Beijing Genomics Institute and Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica [BioSpace]
WHO: SARS Has Spread on Only Four Flights. The World Health Organization (news - web sites) says only 16 of the more than 7,800 people infected worldwide with SARS (news - web sites) got the disease while aboard an airplane and that all those cases came before airlines began screening passengers for symptoms. [BioSpace]
Taiwan Reports Record SARS Infections, Deaths. Taiwan reported a record daily rise in SARS infections and deaths on Tuesday as the region picked through the economic fallout of the epidemic. [BioSpace]
Sars hits Hong Kong job market. BBC May 20 2003 7:59AM ET [Moreover - Human resources news]
Taiwan Says Military Laboratory Will Help Find A SARS Vaccine. Fearing its SARS epidemic has yet to peak, Taiwan said Tuesday that a secretive military laboratory -- once believed to have been a biological-weapons center -- will help find a vaccine, while its president lashed out at rival China for blocking Taipei from World Health Organization membership. [BioSpace]
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Beef's a big deal in Alberta. We don't need to see headlines like these.
A case of mad cow disease, or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), has been discovered in Canada, officials said on Tuesday.
A single cow in northern Alberta with the brain-wasting disease was killed in January, but tests only confirmed the diagnosis on Tuesday morning. [CBC.CA]
1:12:35 PM # Speak Up [] - See Also: Edmonton:Province
Getting Things Done - our journey.
I have already written about my filing experience with the Getting Things Done (GTD) process. Promoted as a time management solution, I also believe it is a strong foundation for personal knowledge management. However it won't be right for everybody. Some may not have yet gone through the heartache of trying another system to see the benefits here and other may have already moved on. For me it is the right system at the right time. That is why I was so interested yesterday to read about the learning journey of bignoseduglyguy as it parallels mine, both in where we visited, how we travelled and what we thought saw when we arrived.
Getting things done - my way [from bignoseduglyguy]
10:38:22 AM # Speak Up [] - See Also: organizing
ExcelTips and WordTips. Two of the links on the left are for these weekly newsletters that provide, I can tell the suspense is just killing you, tips for using Excel and Word. Allen Wyatt writes both newsletters, cleverly titled ExcelTips and WordTips, and sends them to the world free of charge in the wee hours of each Saturday morning.
Each newsletter includes four tips. They've been a highlight of my Saturday morning email for a couple of years now. If you use either program, give them a try.
[Country Keepers by Gary Petersen]9:12:15 AM # Speak Up [] - See Also: Computer Tips
Herbert Rappaport. "I hope that while so many people are out smelling the flowers, someone is taking the time to plant some." [Quotes of the Day]
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disparate: Dictionary.com Word of the Day. disparate [Dictionary.com Word of the Day]
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