Ferrol Sams, a country doctor who started writing fiction in his late 50s and went on to win critical praise and a devoted readership for his humorous and perceptive novels and stories that drew on his medical practice and his rural Southern roots, died on Tuesday at his home in Fayetteville, Ga. He was 90. The cause, said his son Ferrol Sams III, also a doctor, was that he was “slap...
Deering Banjo in a groove
Label: Business It all started with the Kingston Trio.One day in 1963, a San Diego kid and his friends got their hands on an album by the popular...
Feb
01
Flu outbreak remains high, but waning, CDC says
Label: World Claude Flanagan receives a flu shot from Geneva Hill, a licensed vocational nurse, during a free flu vaccine clinic this...
Apple edges out Samsung for mobile phone sales lead in fourth quarter
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc became the top mobile phone seller for the first time in the lucrative U.S. market during the fourth quarter of 2012, outshining arch rival Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, a report by Strategy Analytics showed.Apple‘s share of the U.S. mobile phone market, including feature phones and smartphones, jumped to 34 percent from 26 percent, while Samsung’s share grew to 32.3...
CNN's Sanjay Gupta adds fiction to his workload
Label: LifestyleLOS ANGELES (AP) — When doctors get called on the carpet by other doctors, it's productive but not always pretty, as neurosurgeon Sanjay Gupta describes it.Closed-door meetings in which physicians candidly dissect cases that went awry can verge on "dignified versions of street fights," said CNN's globe-trotting correspondent.He drew on such sessions — commonplace for hospitals, if little publicly...
Well: Gluten-Free Muffin Recipes
Label: HealthFor people who need to eliminate gluten from their diet, baking becomes a challenge. Beginners often find gluten-free baked goods too dense. Even the Recipes for Health columnist Martha Rose Shulman didn’t like the flavor of a commercial gluten-free flour mix, which left her gluten-free cookies and tart-shells with a strong taste of bean flour. As a result, she created her own gluten-free mix for...
Jan
31
Senate Democrats huddle on gun measures
Label: World WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden met Thursday with Senate Democrats to brief the caucus about the rationale behind the...
OpenStack at Linux.conf.au 2013
Label: TechnologyI’m writing this blog post from Canberra Australia, while attending the Linux.conf.au (LCA) open source conference. Among the people who do these sorts of things, LCA has a well deserved reputation as one of the very best open source conferences in the world.Geeks from across Australia and New Zealand, and from across the rest of the world, come together for a week in January (summer in this part...
NJ Gov. Christie appearing Monday with Letterman
Label: LifestyleNEW YORK (AP) — New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie will soon be crossing the Hudson River to appear on "Late Show with David Letterman."CBS says the colorful, outspoken Christie will make his first appearance with Letterman on Monday.The guest shot follows numerous jokes by Letterman at the expense of Christie and his ample girth.Christie termed his plumpness "fair game" for comedians at a 2011 news conference....
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