New Yahoo! Mail Beta may be sleek but sucks

Today when i tried to login to yahoo mail, they wanted me to try the beta mail. i really like gmail, but i thought why not. as per the review it is sleek. but i don't want another outlook express kind of mail client. i wanted to delete the marketing mails but can't without it opening the mails and showing the contents.

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Jeanine writes of wrongs

Jeanine Pirro a candidate for state attorney general lists all the wrong the prosecutors did to her and her family, while all she did was bug her husbands boat about his extra marital affair. what i can't believe is, even though what she did was illegal, how come she still wants a job that prosecutes those, without accepting her mistake.

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We came, we saw, we made enemies

One more article on mid-east war and current administration. This gives a timeline of the mid-east mess

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The Dairy Debate: Bovine Growth Hormone

Recently large dairies forsake growth hormones in milk, even though FDA's say it is safe for human consumption. this is largely due to consumers preferences to organic milk. but this news article says that this hormone is good for cows health (causes mastitis).

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Congress, Doctors at Odds over Medicare Payments

Congress is deciding whether to schedule a cut Medicare payments to doctors. And, if they do, whether to pay doctors different amounts based on how well they do their jobs.

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Bush 'Taken Aback' By Pakistan Bombing Threat

U.S. President George W. Bush said today the first he heard of a purported five-year-old U.S. threat to bomb Pakistan was when he "read it in the newspaper today." This is in response to the Musharraf's interview that he got the threat to bomb his country and send it back to stone age

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Bone-Marrow Cell Injections May Aid Heart Patients

German scientists have promising results from an experimental treatment to mend a broken heart. The treatment involves taking a heart-attack patient's bone-marrow cells, and injecting them into the arteries of the patient's heart.

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Jesus Camp Controversy

Jesus Camp is a film that follows the children at a summer camp in Devil's Lake, North Dakota as they hone their "prophetic gifts" and are schooled in how to "take back America for Christ." The camp is an intense training ground that recruits born-again Christian children to become an active part of America's political future by building Gods army

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Bangladesh faces energy dilemma

Bangladesh was once tipped to have a vast amount of natural gas reserves. now we are not sure whether it is true or not. the country is facing a huge power shortage even though there are coal and natural gas resources. This is due to misinformation, bureaucracy, corruption and paranoia of the government.

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IMF Reform Plan's Passage Appears Likely

Passage of a proposal to reform the voting structure of the 184-nation International Monetary Fund appeared likely Monday despite opposition from several member countries. this will change the voting shares and financial commitments of growing nations such as china, turkey, south korea, mexico, etc

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Advantage iPod over Zune

Is Zune - Microsoft's answer to Apple's iPod - a belated response to Apple's stranglehold in the on-the-move entertainment market? this article compares the advantage of zune over ipod and how microsoft plans to gain the marketshare from ipod

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Spacewalkers Add to Orbiting Space Junk

Since the day man was in space he is adding junk that doesn't belong in space. starting with a glove, till a spatula last year and recently couple of bolts. these junks/debris are not laughing matter. they might comeback to earth as fireballs or be a danger to the astronauts or damage expensive satellite parts

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Pope's Remarks on Islam, Violence Spur Anger

Much of the Muslim world is in an uproar over remarks by Pope Benedict, that they say are offensive to Islam. Speaking in Germany Tuesday, the pope quoted from a text that said the early spread of Islam had been accomplished by violence. I guess Pope forgot everything about crusade for spreading christianity

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What to expect if the Democrats win Congress

What seemed like a pipe dream for many Democrats back in January, when National Journal did a cover story looking at a potential Democratic takeover of the House and Senate, has become, two months before Election Day, a serious possibility. This article analyses the possibility

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Define Rude

So I was browsing channels in the TV, with the help of TV Guide. it says it was Ellen Degeneres. I like her. so i thought, may be i'll stop and see what the show is about.
She has one of my favorite TV actor Hugh Laurie. The guy who is that program "House".
She asked him whether she has any complains about USA (as he is from UK), he says I'm a guest here, so i can't go and complain. But if you insist, I'm not happy about this, " I go to a store, wait in line to check out. If the phone rings he/she will put me on hold and attend the phone. I'm the one who put so much effort to come to the store. not the person in the phone. he might be naked or sitting in a bar. This is might good for business, but it is very very rude.". I liked his view, then i moved on.
Also I'm a big fan of Calvin & Hobbes, and as I was reading this book, Calvin's mom get so pissed in the same situation in which after a bad day, she goes to the store, and at the time of ringing it, the clerk puts Calvin's mom on hold and attends the phone. After ringing the clerk says "have a good day" and calvin's mom replies "Too late".

Is this a conincidence. I don't know

Can Microsoft Out-Google Google?

Microsoft aims to grab more of the search market with a new slew of search services that copy, and try to build on, Google's approach. If you can't beat them, copy them. At first glance, that seems to be Microsoft's strategy to capture more of the search market

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Longevity Rates Differ Greatly in 'Eight Americas'

In matters of life and longevity, the United States is not one nation, indivisible, but eight nations divided by gender, race, income, and address, with huge differences in mortality.Depending on which of the eight Americas one inhabits can make the difference between the possibility of living until age 90 or dying at 55.

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Study Details Benefits, Limits of Green Tea

A new study finds that green tea significantly reduces the risk of death from many causes, including heart disease. The study did not find, however, that green tea has any effect on cancer, as has been previously claimed.

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Bush, GOP Senators Seek Deal on Tribunals

The deal, which seeks to limit Geneva Convention protections for prisoners which the bush administration calls "unlawful enemy combatants", has run into stiff resistance in the Senate from some leading Republicans, including Sens John McCain, Lindsey Graham and Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman John Warner.

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Tacoma hit my meteor commercial

Whenever i come across this commercial i always wonder, whether they really test the cab with a meteor and then tell us that it is capable of withstanding it. or is it just if i don't survive a meteor attack, i won't live to sue the heck out of toyota.

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New Pentagon Interrogation Manual Limits Methods

The Pentagon has issued a new interrogation manual on how to deal with detainees. It strictly limits how interrogators can question military prisoners, including those the Bush administration calls "unlawful combatants."

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Bush quoting Bin Laden

As november elections come close, with the prospect that republicans might far worse, president is quoting bin laden often to gain some political mileage. for example in his recent speech, he quoted his name 17 times in a 44 minutes speech. this shows that bin laden has moved from a terrorist to a foreign leader(really ????)

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Musharraf speaks of a 'common enemy'

Pakistan president Musharraf said Key U.S. allies Afghanistan and Pakistan must join forces to fight the "common enemy" of terrorism and extremism being fanned by al-Qaida and Taliban militants. But he also said that he would never allow US troops to enter pakistan controlled tribal areas, where these terrorists roam freely.

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Chargers linebacker apparently was unarmed when shot by officer

Chargers linebacker Steve Foley apparently was unarmed when an off-duty Coronado police officer shot him. When i went th

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Building Tough Crops to Grow on Mars

Imagine tomatoes that grow through the chill of winter or a front lawn that doesn't need watering all year.
The plants, which someday could be grown in greenhouses on Mars or on a spacecraft, could be used to help purify air and water as well as feed astronauts. may be this is a pre-cursor for a habitable mars

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Firms targeted in spam share scam

Spammers hoping to manipulate the stock market have begun approaching firms, offering to raise their share price in exchange for a percentage fee.
In an e-mail posted on Sophos' website, companies are told that they can boost their own share price by up to 250% within weeks.

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Horse Show Ends in Uproar Over U.S.D.A. Inspections

Horse show in tennessee ends as USDA disqualified the horses. this lead to the cancellation of the final event in 68 years. Walking Horse National Celebration is a major event in Nashville, and the regulators had to disqualify the horses, to stop the trainers from injuring these horses.

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Video awards? MTV shows videos?

This article in Chicago sun times about MTV and its programming is not that we don't know. The title says it all. MTV doesn't play music(may be in between some shows in bad taste) anymore.

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