Nick wrote:
My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my
five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked her
body. Lesley died this morning.
Oh, Nick, I am so sorry to hear this. My condolences to you and your family.
Jim
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote:
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while.
My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my
five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked her
I am so sorry, Nick. You and your family will be in our thoughts.
- jmh
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My friends I hate
My heartfelt condolences, Nick.
Jeroen van Baardwijk
Van: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] Namens
Nick Arnett
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My friends I hate to write
Nick --
I will never understand these twistings of our lives, especially when such
terrible separations happen in one lifetime. I'm so sorry for your loss. I
hope you can find comfort wherever it is available to you, including here.
Blessings to you and your family.
Jo Anne
Jo Anne wrote:
I will never understand these twistings of our lives, especially
when such terrible separations happen in one lifetime. I'm so sorry
for your loss. I hope you can find comfort wherever it is available
to you, including here. Blessings to you and your family.
Today, in
On Jan 4, 2010, at 4:47 PM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote:
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while.
My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of
my five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that
attacked her
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Alberto Monteiro
albm...@centroin.com.brwrote:
Today, in brazilian TV, there was an analysis of the tragedies
that happened in Angra dos Reis, where families were cut in half
by an earthslide. The analysts said that people never recover from
the loss, and it
Something I've been meaning to mention here about my sister For a number
of years, she taught English at a high school in St. Thomas, USVI. I went
there to visit her and saw that she had a bunch of David Brin's books on her
shelf - she was a big fan! Boy, was she tickled to discover that I
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while.
My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my
five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked her
body. Lesley died this morning.
I have never hurt so much.
Nick
From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Nick Arnett
Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 3:48 PM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
Subject: The worst
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off
I am dreadfully sorry to hear this. Deepest sympathies, and may things go as
well as they can for your niece as well.
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 13:47:41 -0800
Subject: The worst
From: nick.arn...@gmail.com
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
My friends I hate
Nick said:
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while.
My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my
five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked her
body. Lesley died this morning.
I have never hurt so
Nick Arnett wrote:
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while.
My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of
my five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that
attacked her body. Lesley died this morning.
I have never hurt
On 05/01/2010, at 8:47 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while.
My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my
five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked her
body. Lesley died
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote:
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while.
Deepest condolences, Nick.
--
Mauro Diotallevi
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On 4 Jan 2010, at 21:47, Nick Arnett wrote:
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while.
My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my
five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked her
body. Lesley died this
Nick Arnett said the following on 1/4/2010 4:47 PM:
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while.
My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my
five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked
her body. Lesley died
Nick Arnett wrote:
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while.
My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my
five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked
her body. Lesley died this morning.
I have never hurt
Nick,
I'm so sorry to hear of your loss. My condolences to you and your family.
Doug
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Condolences and Hugs, Nick.
Whoever the author was that talks about us all starting and becoming
stardust, your family has been contributing too much to the beautiful heavens!
Dee
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Folks,
http://www.rollingstone.com/news/profile/story/9961300/
This piece appeared in the Rolling Stone last Friday. It considers,
without immediately jumping to its conclusion, whether GWB may be what
the title suggests. (For our international readers, that's Worst US
President, of course
the results: 338 said they believed Bush was
failing, while 77 said he was succeeding. Fifty said they thought he
was the worst president ever. Worse than Buchanan.
This is what those historians said -- and it should be noted that some
of the criticism about deficit spending and misuse of the military
came
On Thu, 06 May 2004 20:06:54 -0700, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote quoting
http://www.techcentralstation.com/041504I.html
~~~
Doug,
DDT was banned in the United States for obvious reasons and all but a
few have hailed that decision. Those few are now getting funding from
At 08:06 PM 5/6/2004 -0700 Doug Pensinger wrote:
http://www.techcentralstation.com/041504I.html
Why did Nixon push for a [DDT] ban? We may never know. A few older
Washington DC policy experts have suggested that some of his election
campaign supporters were chemical companies that produced
http://www.techcentralstation.com/041504I.html
Why did Nixon push for a [DDT] ban? We may never know. A few older
Washington DC policy experts have suggested that some of his election
campaign supporters were chemical companies that produced alternatives to
DDT and so stood to gain handsomely
PopSci has the answer.
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,484153-1,00.html
In their Sepember issue, they published the results of an informal survey:
The 10 Most Brilliant Scientists.
http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,472942-1,00.html
Jon
Le Blog:
What are the worst jobs in Science Fiction?
1. Typesetter to Alfred Bester
2. Temperance lecturer to Jerry Pournelle
3. Etiquette coach to Harlan
William Taylor
---
Tytlal to Brin
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What are the worst jobs in Science Fiction?
1. Typesetter to Alfred Bester
2. Temperance lecturer to Jerry Pournelle
3. Etiquette coach to Harlan
Courtesy Dan:
Sex Therapist to Robert Heinlein.
Hair stylist to Isaac Asimov.
Continuity Czar
, the justice system, and fair
markets.
For both, a key underlying theme is that members of
a group must be accountable.
Shirky's essay is called, A Group Is Its Own Worst
Enemy
http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html
and Brin's essay is called Disputation Arenas:
Harnessing
If only I was good enough to write so horribly.
George A
P.S. Top posting ain't bad all the time.
- Original Message -
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2003 6:51 AM
Subject: Worst Opening Sentences Contest 2003
2003 Bulwer
2003 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2003.htm
Winner
They had but one last remaining night together, so they embraced each
other as tightly as that two-flavor entwined string cheese that is orange
and yellowish-white, the orange probably being a bland
--- Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
2003 Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest.
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2003.htm
Winner
They had but one last remaining night together,
so they embraced each
other as tightly as that two-flavor entwined string
cheese that is orange
As our intrepid young hero first looked about his new school's lodgings, his
eyes darted about to take in the undersized and pitted desktop, the single
chair with only three out of four footpads, the totally inadequate drawer space,
the non existent but brochure promised overhead bookshelf,
is that members of a group must be
accountable.
Shirky's essay is called, A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy
http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html
and Brin's essay is called Disputation Arenas: Harnessing Conflict
and Competition for Society's Benefit
http://www.davidbrin.com
Robert's summery of the group and disputation papers was wonderfully
cogent and well-done, worthy of a fine book review or an A+ term
paper.
As for comparisons with THE CORE... don't just say that you saw em...
write em down! Ideally specific, the more the better!
Thanks folks. Thrive.
as it was to me. It's an
essay by Clay Shirkey entitled A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy
http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html)
And in a related issue in today's news from CNN:
SEX, MOB HITS, 'SIMS ONLINE'
The popular commercial game, where thousands of people interact
electronically
be of as much interest to brinellers as it was to me. It's an
essay by Clay Shirkey entitled A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy
http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html)
It's a rather fascinating analysis of the problems that can plague
long-lasting and/or long term online groups. Discusses
Shirkey entitled A Group Is Its Own Worst Enemy
http://www.shirky.com/writings/group_enemy.html)
It's a rather fascinating analysis of the problems that can plague
long-lasting and/or long term online groups. Discusses a variety of
posting patterns and topics that elicit reactions, including
to be careful in talking about
worst-case scenarios: most worst cases will not
happen.
Consider one of the possibilities Pentagon planners
have most feared an Iraqi infliction of smallpox,
which can kill 30 percent of those infected. The fact
is, there is no evidence that Iraq has smallpox we
know
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