Wednesday, April 09, 2003

SARS coverup.  If I were in charge of China, I would put this Dr. Jiang Yanyong in charge of the health ministry : Meanwhile, the accusations of a Chinese government coverup came in a statement by Dr. Jiang Yanyong, retired chief of surgery for a Beijing military hospital. He said doctors and nurses at two other military-run institutions told him at least seven deaths have occurred in their hospitals and claimed there were 106 cases of the disease in Beijing — more than five times the figure announced by authorities. Health workers dismissed as "nonsense" claims by the health minister that the outbreak was under control, said Dr. Jiang, 72, who continues to see patients at the No. 301 hospital after retiring as its chief surgeon. He said he has not been contacted by authorities about his claims. Instead, he will probably be thrown in a dungeon.  Why do we send so much trade their way? 6:01:49 PM    comment []

The May 14 Twin Cities PHP users group will feature Steve Lime, creator of mapserver.  He will speak about GIS, open source GIS tools, web based mapping solutions, and the extra functions that mapserver makes available to scripting languages like PHP. 4:29:49 PM    comment []

These are the fish diseases in the DNR database: Flexibacter columnaris, Columnaris Coldwater Disease, Cytophaga psychrophila Edwarsiella ictaluri, Enteric Septicemia of catfish Aeromonas salmonicida, Furunculosis Bacterial Gill Disease Renibacterium salmominarum,  Bacterial Kidney Disease Yersinia ruckeri, Enteric Redmouth Asian Tapeworm Bass Tapeworm Ceratomyxa Shasta Leeches Myofibrogranuloma Argulus, fish lice Heterosporosis Ichthyopthirius multifiliis, Ich Proliferative Kidney Disease Lernea, anchor worm Bladder worm  Neascus Saprolegnia Ergasilus Trianophorus Myxobolus cerebralis, Whirling Disease Yellow grub Tumor  Channel Catfish virus Viral Hemorrhagic Septicemia Infectious Hematopoietic Necrosis Virus Largemouth Bass Virus Lymphocystis Northern Pike Herpesvirus Infectious Pancreatic Necrosis Virus Lymphosarcoma Spring Viremia of Carp 3:47:25 PM    comment []

Crumbling is not an instant's Act A fundamental pause Dilapidation's processes Are organized Decays. 'Tis first a Cobweb on the Soul A Cuticle of Dust A Borer in the Axis An Elemental Rust - Ruin is formal - Devil's work Consecutive and slow - Fail in an instant, no man did Slipping - is Crash's law. -Emily Dickinson 2:49:33 PM    comment []