Aug. 10th, 2007

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REUTERS -- A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday. Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-meter (8-foot) tall model with a yellow head and blue torso. The toy was later placed in front of the drinks stall.

Этот репортаж представили корреспонденты амстердамского бюро.
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REUTERS -- A giant, smiling Lego man was fished out of the sea in the Dutch resort of Zandvoort on Tuesday. Workers at a drinks stall rescued the 2.5-meter (8-foot) tall model with a yellow head and blue torso. The toy was later placed in front of the drinks stall.

Этот репортаж представили корреспонденты амстердамского бюро.
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В Дорчестере напротив католической школы повесили гигантскую фотографию презерватива. Хулиганы - Boston Public Health Commission.
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В Дорчестере напротив католической школы повесили гигантскую фотографию презерватива. Хулиганы - Boston Public Health Commission.
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Защитники нашей планеты требуют прекратить пить бутылочную воду. Но почему, Холмс?! Элементарно: на транспортировку бутылок тратится нефть!

CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- Cook County Board Commissioner Mike Quigley, chairman of the board's Environmental Control Committee, called bottled water "one of the great American failures" because citizens are paying -- financially and environmentally -- for a product already available virtually for free (имеется в виду, из-под крана).

Вдумаемся в эти слова, товарищи. One of the great American failures.

Примечание газеты Чикаго Трибьюн: The furor comes after a decadelong rise in the popularity of bottled water that is largely due to health-conscious Americans buying fewer soft drinks.
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Защитники нашей планеты требуют прекратить пить бутылочную воду. Но почему, Холмс?! Элементарно: на транспортировку бутылок тратится нефть!

CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- Cook County Board Commissioner Mike Quigley, chairman of the board's Environmental Control Committee, called bottled water "one of the great American failures" because citizens are paying -- financially and environmentally -- for a product already available virtually for free (имеется в виду, из-под крана).

Вдумаемся в эти слова, товарищи. One of the great American failures.

Примечание газеты Чикаго Трибьюн: The furor comes after a decadelong rise in the popularity of bottled water that is largely due to health-conscious Americans buying fewer soft drinks.
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Грандиозное порекомендовал [livejournal.com profile] ivanlenin. Интересно, что слово "золото" в тексте не встречается.
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Грандиозное порекомендовал [livejournal.com profile] ivanlenin. Интересно, что слово "золото" в тексте не встречается.

Это FDA

Aug. 10th, 2007 11:54 am
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 8-2 that terminally ill patients who have exhausted all available treatments have no constitutionally protected right to access experimental treatments not yet approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. A panel of the D.C. Circuit previously had ruled 2–1 in favor of the terminally ill patients who brought the case, Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. Eschenbach.

Из заявления в суд: "The challenged policy prohibits mentally competent patients with no other treatment options from purchasing investigational drugs -- medicines showing initial evidence of safety and efficacy in clinical trials, but not yet approved -- even though their physicians recommend these drugs as their best hope of surviving or of prolonging their lives."

The Abigail Alliance is named for Abigail Burroughs, who died of head and neck cancer in 2001 after failed attempts to access Erbitux (cetuximab) through the FDA’s existing channels. (In 2006, the FDA approved Erbitux for treatment of head and neck cancer.) The Abigail Alliance now represents similarly situated, terminally ill patients who only want one last shot at life. Eschenbach is commissioner of the FDA.

Это FDA

Aug. 10th, 2007 11:54 am
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On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled 8-2 that terminally ill patients who have exhausted all available treatments have no constitutionally protected right to access experimental treatments not yet approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. A panel of the D.C. Circuit previously had ruled 2–1 in favor of the terminally ill patients who brought the case, Abigail Alliance for Better Access to Developmental Drugs v. Eschenbach.

Из заявления в суд: "The challenged policy prohibits mentally competent patients with no other treatment options from purchasing investigational drugs -- medicines showing initial evidence of safety and efficacy in clinical trials, but not yet approved -- even though their physicians recommend these drugs as their best hope of surviving or of prolonging their lives."

The Abigail Alliance is named for Abigail Burroughs, who died of head and neck cancer in 2001 after failed attempts to access Erbitux (cetuximab) through the FDA’s existing channels. (In 2006, the FDA approved Erbitux for treatment of head and neck cancer.) The Abigail Alliance now represents similarly situated, terminally ill patients who only want one last shot at life. Eschenbach is commissioner of the FDA.

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Blogger Finds Y2K Bug in NASA Climate Data. Years of bad data corrected; 1998 no longer the warmest year on record. The warmest year on record is now 1934.
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Blogger Finds Y2K Bug in NASA Climate Data. Years of bad data corrected; 1998 no longer the warmest year on record. The warmest year on record is now 1934.