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Compound identified in grapes may fight cancer and diabetes
Researchers with the U.S. Department of Agriculture have identified another compound in grapes that they believe shows promise in fighting cancer. The compound, pterostilbene, is similar to resveratrol, an antioxidant recently found in grapes and red wine that has also been linked to cancer-prevention, they say.

http://www.scienceblog.com/community/older/2002/F/2002284.html

Three Pointless Sites

http://www.pointlesssites.com/default.asp

http://www.thingsyouneverknew.com/website/aspfiles/home.asp?UID=2006122714471689&WT.svl=TopLogo

http://www.strangefacts.com/index.html

Diabetes breakthrough

Toronto scientists cure disease in mice. In a discovery that has stunned even those behind it, scientists at a Toronto hospital say they have proof the body's nervous system helps trigger diabetes, opening the door to a potential near-cure of the disease that affects millions of Canadians. Diabetic mice became healthy virtually overnight after researchers injected a substance to counteract the effect of malfunctioning pain neurons in the pancreas.

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=a042812e-492c-4f07-8245-8a598ab5d1bf&k=63970


This is pretty cool news!

Free Notes

Wiki Summaries

Free online book summaries. Similar to Spark Notes only publicly editable and free.

http://wikisummaries.org/Category:Summaries

I like this because it follows the wiki format. There is an even better site at:

http://litsum.com/

Raise a glass

Raise a glass and remember Al Shugart

It's hard to imagine a world without hard disk drives. It amazes me that many of the pioneers of modern technology are still with us, and are still working in their fields, dreaming up new and better inventions. Such was Al Shugart.

"(Shugart's) first disk drive had five megabytes. He couldn't get any money then because nobody thought the world would ever need five megabytes of storage. Here's a guy who thought you not only needed five megs, but you would ultimately need a whole lot more. And he was right,"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Shugart

A Little Late for the Holidays

Here is a heart warming tale of the holidays from the archives of Dave Barry. As Dave says, Happy Holiday Retail Purchasing Season to all.

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/miamiherald/living/columnists/dave_barry/16108636.htm?source=rss&channel=miamiherald_dave_barry

Quote of the Day

"Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity."

Christopher Morley