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April 30, 2008 Hot Trends

How safe is your Data? Take this quiz to find out...

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 06:00:53 PDT
This is a survey designed to assess current data management procedures. You will recieve a report benchmarking your company’s recovery procedures, as well as data security and availability, against industry trends and best practices and will be entered into a draw for an Ipod Touch, a Play Station 3, or a Ferrari Driving Experience drawn on May 23.

Barry Klawans is at Hyperic

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:34:01 PDT
The good things keep happening every day here at Hyperic. Today’s good news is that Barry Klawans has officially joined our team! Many of you know Barry as the co-founder and longtime CTO of JasperSoft. Barry recently took leave of JasperSoft to find something that let him enjoy his family more. However, for those of you that know Barry well - his big brain is always cooking, and he can’t stay still for long. We’re excited that Barry is joining us at Hyperic on a part-time basis to do some m

Profs in National News

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:36:57 PDT
Prof. David Sparling, associate dean, research and graduate studies for the College of Management and Economics, was featured on CBC News Morning today talking about rising food prices, what the global food shortage means to Canadians and how it progressed to this point. He was interviewed by business reporter Danielle Bochove. Prof. Barry Smit appeared on CBC Newsworld Monday discussing the topic of rising food costs and Canada's international role. The geography professor has expertise in t

Tuesday April 1, 2008 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld - CBC News


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Tuesday April 1, 2008 at 10pm ET/PT on CBC Newsworld
CBC News, Canada - Mar 31, 2008
They are willing to fight for their country and even die for their country, everywhere but in the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Through accounts from the ...


Paying Upfront for Treatment

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:46:52 PDT
The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday on a growing trend in hospitals: requiring payment upfront. Hospitals across the country are starting to require patients with limited or no health insurance to pay before they’re treated.

Summit Get 'House on Sorority Row' Remake - Horror News

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:27:01 PDT
Summit Entertainment have just acquired remake rights to 'The House on Sorority Row'. The script was penned by Josh Stolberg and Pete Goldfinger.

More From The CBS News Poll: General Election - Atlantic Online


More From The CBS News Poll: General Election
Atlantic Online - 20 minutes ago
At this stage, we're all poststructuralists; the horse race numbers have little to do with the reality of the November election. But again, the differences ...


Circulation stabilizes for Post, News (Denver Post)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:42:47 PDT
Circulation counts at The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News have stabilized over the last six months, according to a report Monday from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, an industry auditing arm.

Link Grounds - Buy a word and redefine it to your website!

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:35:34 PDT
Link Grounds is a new web 2.0 link directory where you can buy daily latest google trend keywords for your darling, family and pets.

Nothing New at the Royal York Hotel

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:36:12 PDT
So I headed down to the Royal York hotel this morning to catch the Law Is Cool kids’ press conference. Faisal Joseph (dressed a little like Huggybear in his gold accoutrements, yet looking a lot like a 10th grade English teacher that offers the girls “extra credit”), counsel for the Canadian Islamic Congress, sat amid the all-but-silent Law Is Cool students, who are known to be Mohammed El Masry’s fresh-faced sock puppets. The CIC (absent Dr. El Masry, who I’m sure was off legitimately plotti

CBS News Poll: Dem Party Split But Hopes Remain High For Fall - CBS News


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CBS News Poll: Dem Party Split But Hopes Remain High For Fall
CBS News, NY - 4 hours ago
A new CBS News/New York Times poll coming out this evening shows strong feelings remain among supporters of both Democratic presidential candidates – and ...
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Coachella Wrap-Up: Scenes from the Anthem Party

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:49:33 PDT
The most legit party at Coachella was the Anthem party. Not only did they have a huge pool filled to the brim with people, a who's who of music industry heavyweights, but the party was an injection of adrenaline that gave me the perfect buzz right before going to see M.I.A. and Prince. The crowd was decked out to the nines: Bold stripes, vivid colors, high wasted shorts, shiny metallic fabric, sexy scarves and denim cut-offs. Everyone was rocking styles and starting trends without even trying.

Circulation stabilizes for Post, News (Denver Post)

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:42:47 PDT
Circulation counts at The Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News have stabilized over the last six months, according to a report Monday from the Audit Bureau of Circulations, an industry auditing arm.


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8:40 AM

Albert Hofmann the inventor of drug LSD has died aged 102

Register, UK

Discoverer of LSD dead at 102

Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann, who in 1943 accidentally discovered the hallucinogenic effects of Lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD), has died at the age of 102, Reuters reports.

Hoffman passed away at his home in Basel on 29 April as a result of a heart attack, according to the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies.

The chemist had in the late 1930s been working on possible medical applications of alkaloid derivatives of the fungus ergot and subsequently synthesised a number of such derivatives, including LSD. It wasn't until 1943, however, when a small amount accidentally leaked onto his hand that the compound's mind-blowing capability was revealed.

Hoffman recounted a "remarkable restlessness, combined with slight dizziness", elaborating: "At home I lay down and sank into a not unpleasant intoxication-like condition, characterised by an extremely stimulated imagination.

"In a dreamlike state, with eyes closed (I found the daylight too unpleasantly glaring), I perceived an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colours. After some two hours this condition faded away."

The rest is history. While the CIA infamously experimented with the mind-control possibilities of LSD during the 1950s and 60s in its Project MK-ULTRA, it was Timothy Leary and his "turn on, tune in, drop out" mantra who popularised the substance among the hippy movement and brought it to the attention of the wider world.

Hoffman maintained the movement had "hijacked" the drug and insisted he'd produced it "as a medicine and not as a substance to be abused". He continued to defend its possible use "in analysis of how the mind works, hoping it could be used to recognise and treat illnesses like schizophrenia", long after it was banned in the 1960s. �

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