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  • Chow Time

    12/03/2002 3:07:26 PM PST · by WaterDragon · 10 replies · 201+ views
    Oregon Magazine ^ | December 3, 2002 | Paul Pintarich
    During my youth we ate a lot of salmon. Salmon was cheap in those days because each year, particularly in the spring, great runs swam up the rivers of the Northwest until all the dams got completed during the last century....(snip) We didn't realize it then, of course, but all that salmon was good for us. All that fish oil Roto-Rooterizing our arteries and balancing the depradations of all the macaroni-and-cheese, Spam, eggs and whatever, not to mention cigarettes, that today, we've been told, will eventually drop us like a sledged ox....(snip) For Complete Article Please Click Here.
  • CEO out at Ellison's Net-device firm

    04/12/2002 2:45:13 PM PDT · by Bush2000 · 9 replies · 201+ views
    CNET News.com ^ | April 12, 2002, 1:25 PM PT | Ian Fried
    New Internet Computer Co. CEO Gina Smith is leaving the Larry Ellison-backed Web-surfing gadget company she helped launch, CNET News.com has learned. Ellison's NIC Co. is one of the last players in the once-promising market for low-cost alternatives to the PC. The category attracted large names such as Sony, 3Com and Gateway, as well as start-ups such as Netpliance, all of which have stopped selling the devices over the past two years. Smith, a former technology reporter for ABC News and CNET, was Ellison's choice to head the company, of which he is chairman and majority owner. The company's namesake...