The Army closed the books Friday on one of the leanest recruiting years since it became an all-volunteer service, missing its enlistment target by the widest margin since 1979 and raising questions about its plans for growth.
Read (AP via Newsday)
I tried to get Google Desktop to index my shared documents folder. I tried adding to the list of folders that get indexed. It said it was indexed, but it wasn’t.
I then tried mapping the shared documents folder to a drive letter and then adding the new drive letter to the list of [...]
Today, the mailbox contained:
Fall 2005 issue of Virginia Quarterly Review (Dispatches from Southeast Asia) October/November 2005 issue of Mother Earth News (Pay Less at the Pump!) October 7, 2005 issue of Sporting News (Here Come The Playoffs!) October 10, 2005 issue of ESPN The Magazine (The Hot Cool Issue) November 2005 issue of Electronic Gaming Monthly (The Ultimate XBOX [...]
A lesson learned by centuries of beachcombers has been distilled to a physicist’s formula: to make the perfect sandcastle, use eight parts sand to one part water.
While it deals with sandcastles, it could also help determine the stability of retaining walls and the material they hold back.
Read (Reuters)
So, that’s why my sandcastles never amount to [...]
The outbreak of Japanese encephalitis continues to claim lives and will leave many brain-damaged victims in its wake.
Japanese encephalitis (JE) is one of the “most scary” diseases to contract, says Jo Lines, a vector biologist at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the UK. “Why? Because it doesn’t usually kill you but [...]
Today, the gasoline prices at the Sheetz @ 1340 W Main St in Salem, VA were:
Grade Price Regular [...]
Researchers hoping to determine the causes of many common diseases like autism and diabetes will follow 100,000 U.S. children from birth through adulthood in the largest ever study of its kind.
Read (Reuters)
Is it possible to have too low a level of cholesterol? A cholesterol profile that reduces the risk of heart disease may increase the risk for Parkinson’s disease — at least for men — researchers report.
Going back several years, studies have uncovered associations between low cholesterol and suicide, stroke, depression, even violence.
Read (Reuters)
An estimated 1.4 children under five years of age die unnecessarily each year from measles, whooping cough or tetanus, all of them preventable with vaccines, the U.N. Children’s Fund, UNICEF, reported on September 29, 2005. While the 1980s showed a surge in vaccination programs around the world, progress remained even or dropped in the [...]
The brains of habitual liars differ from those of honest people, a study suggests. A University of Southern California team studied 49 people and found those known to be pathological liars had up to 26% more white matter than others.
Read (BBC)
My mother-in-law’s brain must be full of white matter.
Some cases of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) in children may be a result of an immune reaction following an infection, scientists believe.
Read (BBC)
DirecTV satellite subscribers will be able to tune in 72 XM Satellite Radio channels free beginning in November.
Read (Washington Post)
Excellent! Now, I’ll be able to listen to XM in the living room and bedroom. I’ve tried using the MyFi’s FM modulator to send the XM signal to the living room and bedroom from [...]
A month after Hurricane Katrina left thousands homeless, FEMA has placed just 109 Louisiana families in temporary homes.
Read (New York Times)
In barely a decade, online booksellers have grown to account for two-thirds of the market for general-interest used books, a trend that calls into question the future of brick-and-mortar stores devoted to used books.
Read (New York Times)
Today, the gasoline prices at the Sheetz @ 1435 Apperson Dr in Salem, VA were:
Grade Price Regular [...]
Today, the mailbox contained:
November 2005 issue of Motor Trend (Beauty & The Beast) An offer from Co-op America A plea from Central Union Mission
Eight Virginia counties, including Fauquier and Prince William, have been declared agricultural disaster areas.
Read (WTOP)
Today, the gasoline prices at the Sheetz @ 1435 Apperson Dr in Salem, VA were:
Grade Price Regular [...]
The virus which causes Aids could be getting less powerful, researchers say.
Read (BBC)
Learning a musical instrument could be good for the heart, a joint Italian and British study suggests.
Read (BBC)