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A global effort to combat bioterrorism The threat of bioterrorism affects people worldwide. From distant continents to the house next door we're all susceptible to the potential impact of a bioterrorist attack, where the enemy is an unseen biological agent with no known cure. That's why United Devices established the PatriotGrid: A family of research projects designed specifically to identify new leads for cures to diseases that are known to be potential weapons of bioterrorism.

WASHINGTON (Talon News) -- In 1996, Jim Jordan, campaign manager for Democrat presidential contender Sen. John Kerry (D-MA), was press secretary for Tim Johnson during his challenge to then-incumbent Sen. Larry Pressler (R-SD). The long, negative campaign resulted in the end of the South Dakota Republican's 22 years in Congress. During the campaign, Pressler was dogged by questions about his health, since his father suffered with Alzheimer's disease. But the most damaging attack was delivered by James Abourezk, the man Pressler replaced in the Senate in 1978. Abourezk brought Alexander Cockburn, author of "Washington Babylon" to speak to a Sioux...

Scenes from Liberia: Horror, chaos and a people pleading for help By Declan Walsh in Monrovia 26 July 2003 At first, Siapha Kiazolu was speechless. He stood on the spot where a mortar shell killed his wife two hours before, and pointed at the thickening pool of blood, the scattered flip-flops, the white body bag. Then he found her hat. "It hit her in the head," he mumbled, fingering two jagged holes. Siapha dropped the wool hat on the ground, and turned away in pain. Then he clutched his sides in pain and let out a long, desperate wail. As...

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - With U.S. troops being killed every week in Iraq (news - web sites), the United States is considering returning to the United Nations (news - web sites) to persuade countries to send in soldiers or share costs, running about $4 billion a month. But at this stage, diplomats say, no one knows what kind of a U.N. mandate would bring in help from such nations as India, France, Germany or Russia. Politically, seeking U.N. help would be an admission by hard-liners that the oft-mentioned "coalition of the willing" was indeed a slim one, they said. Thirty-five...

Ok I need some computer help and since FReepers are the smartest people I know.... (/shameless flattery) I recently installed Windows XP Home edition for my parents. They have a Dell Inspiron 8000. Here is the problem. The desktop shrinks without reason. It loaded up fine. Was the right size for two days and then shrank down to about a third of its normal size in the middle of the screen. I fixed it from the control panel but the next time I came over the same thing had happened. What is going on and how do I make it...

Click here to read part one of this article. India has missed a grand opportunity by refusing to join countries like Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Lithuania, and Poland in sending troops to Iraq. However, the decision was made through the Indian political process, and we must respect that decision. As the "the world's largest democracy," with 846 million people and a parliamentary-style government, India counts. It seems only natural that the U.S. and India build stronger ties. Why would India decline the U.S. request? Perhaps a bit of history is in order here (see condensed timeline). It was only 56 years...

<p>State Superintendent of Education Jack O'Connell plans to ask the California Supreme Court to intervene in the state's budget standoff and ease the way for tax increases to minimize school cuts, a spokesman said late Wednesday.</p> <p>O'Connell is expected to announce today that he plans to file a petition like that of GOP Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn, which led that state's Supreme Court to lift strict requirements, similar to those in California, to enact tax hikes.</p>

PLEASE EMAIL ALA PRESS OFFICE and PRESIDENT and CASTROITE OFFICIALS AT ALA to prevent them from spiking an appeal from Cuba...read on, it is OUTRAGEOUS hypocrisy from people who claim to love books. Emails to send at end. We have two days before ALA debate to LET THE PEOPLE SPEAK!!!! YEARNING FOR FREEDOM American librarians silence Cuban pleas Question legitimacy of book lenders imprisoned in crackdown by Castro -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Posted: June 24, 2003 1:00 a.m. Eastern By Art Moore © 2003 WorldNetDaily.com The co-founder of a movement that put George Orwell's anti-totalitarian classic "Animal Farm" in the hands of Cubans...

NOTE: I received this today from a close family member (it was forwarded to me). I blanked out with "XXX" or "<>" place names and covered individuals' names as well to keep this private and not compromise anything (sorry for the diminished 'human feel' this creates). It sounds like it may be helpful to pressure some of these orginizations to 'get something done other than studies/meetings' and/or look at the 'adoption' program... Hi XXX, Well, another busy day gone by. Almost everyone who was here when I arrived has gone home and we have a new but much smaller team...

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You Guys are going to flame me for this but here goes: I have a couple who are dear freinds. They are retired conservative parents of a disabled adult/child. They have a wonderful son who is part of the Portland Coast Guard. He is an active Libertarian who has a home here on the coast down the street from the Parents so as to care for his disabled sister on the week ends. Great young man at 38 never been married looking for a very conservative woman (keeps dating not by choice Liberal woman). Looking for marraige and does not...

Russia 'halting Iran nuclear help' Russia has turned up the pressure on its nuclear ally Iran Russia is to stop exporting nuclear material to Iran following its refusal to sign up to an international protocol, a senior British official has said. The official said President Vladimir Putin had announced to other leaders at the G8 summit in France that his country would halt "all nuclear exports" until Iran signed up to tougher nuclear inspections. It follows a decision by the G8 leaders to issue a joint statement describing weapons of mass destruction as the "pre-eminent threat" to international security.The statement...

José Acostas is the hero of the day in New York. He bravely fought off three armed robbers, defending a place of business with a handgun. Since the handgun is assumed illegal, José Acostas is sitting in jail. But he is a hero to New Yorkers. I do not expect Governor Pataki to pardon him. Besides, this is a golden opportunity for President Bush in a key state where, BTW, he is holding the convention. He should make a speech that there is a good chance he will pardon this hero, that he will ask Attorney General Ashcroft to investigate...

Deployed airmen help Iraqi school by Capt. David P. Lester 380th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs OPERATION IRAQI FREEDOM (AFPN) -- Reaching out across miles of desert, a group of airmen helped Iraqi schoolchildren May 25 when it delivered the results of a "Win the Peace" program drive. Nine men and women representing the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing traveled Baghdad from their forward-deployed location to deliver more than $7,500 worth of school supplies. The wing's "Win the Peace" program started in late April with the goal of collecting $6,000 in three weeks. By the end of three weeks, there was...

Help Chicago area Freepers. My daughter and I drove around this area today trying to find this vehicle, details: CHICAGO -- An Edison Park woman was seeking the public's help Friday in the search for her 46-year-old husband, who sent a despondent e-mail then disappeared in the middle of the night from his home. Police were looking for David "Scotty" Welch, a 23-year Chicago firefighter who lives in the 7700 block of West Jerome Street. He drove off in his green Dodge Ram truck early Thursday morning without packing a thing. At 2 a.m., his wife, Julie, received a call...

Pls point me toward articles depicting wasted federal money. Roger Hedgecok on Friday Rush listed some rather ridiculous expenditures of our money going to support such areas as the rock and roll hall of fame or a tile consortium. Admins – I will signal you to pull after a few leads are supplied to eliminate bandwidth Thanks in advance

Alright, I must have gone somewhere I shouldnt have,because I have hundreds of pop-up ads I cannot stop

The Activism 101 seminar held yesterday was a big success, with an enthusiastic group of freepers in attendance. And boy did we learn a lot! Ted Hayes opened for the workshop with one of his rousing speeches. He pointed out that his group, with little save audacity and a flair for publicity, was able to get in the headlines without spending money or having big crowds. The answer, he said, was in outsmarting the opposition. For example, he led a March on Beverly Hills -- not to try and shame residents into giving money, but to salute them for having...

Help, fellow Freepers! Here's my problem. I run Win 2000 Pro and IE 6, and had a trojan-caused crash. I ran Norton AV, and everything is OK, except for what happened when I did a clean install of Win2000. On bootup, I now have two choices: the old desktop, and the new desktop. Fine, no problem. I just have two parallel universes on my computer! When I reinstalled IE6, all my old folders, inbox messages, sent messages, and my fancy subfolders (all .DBX files) I use for work did not migrate over. I can't even open them up in the...

Two distinctly separate events have left me pondering a business opportunity. I have the opportunity to go into business, by myself, repairing automatic transmissions. I already have an equipped shop, years of experience as an ICAR trained auto-body man and structural welder, as well as a former professional auto mechanic. I used to R&R transmissions for a local shop here, but I never rebuilt one. The training is out there, I am sure it wouldn't be a problem as I have rebuilt many auto & motorcycle engines, manual transmissions and the like. I don't anticipate any issues in this area...