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...distant figure who seemed actively to court his family's contempt. When Mullan was 14 - by this time, he says, his father "had been serially raping my mother for a number of years" - the boy decided to take action. He prepared a cup of tea, added a generous dose of rat poison and took it into the sitting room. "I'd never made him a cup of tea in his life, and he knew it," says Mullan. "I laid it in front of him and he just grinned. He knew full well what I was thinking of doing. He found...
Rockwell's view that acts of commerce should have a strong dose of wonder is catching on elsewhere, particularly among retailers. Stores are no longer big rooms in which to make purchases. They're experiences, sites for little emotional excursions whose purpose is to hunt-and-gather but also to feel good about what is gathered. The new Apple Computer stores, designed by Gensler, a firm far more conservative than Rockwell's, attempt this with nooks for different computing activities, including a Genius Bar, where geeks can gather and ask questions of an expert. The Toys...
...Archives of Internal Medicine, an average of 40 drug errors occurred each day of 1999 in a typical, 300-bed hospital or nursing home. That translates to about two errors per patient each day, most of which involved giving patients medications at the wrong time or not giving the dose at all. And while only seven percent of those errors are considered potentially dangerous, the numbers are still enough to leave patients - and families of patients - wondering how to protect themselves...
...active patient: The most common drug error, according to the new study, is accidentally skipping a dose. The second most common mistake is taking the medication at the wrong time. Both of these errors could be diminished considerably if patients and patients' families pay careful attention to the dosage and distribution of what can often be a dizzying array of medications. This is especially true if you're keeping an eye on prescriptions for a young child, an elderly person or someone with compromised immunity, populations that can suffer much more dangerous responses to drug errors than someone whose immune...
...Martel's postmodern frame and half twist of an ending both reinforce his religious themes and inject a bracing dose of uncertainty. Is Pi a trustworthy raconteur? When the story is this satisfying, it doesn't really matter. Martel leaves all claims open-ended, like his protagonist's limitless faith. If Life of Pi is not quite a story to make you believe in God, it may convince you that when it comes to existence, we're all in the same boat...