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Eric Dishman is wound up about incontinence. That's not a typical concern around Intel's Portland, Ore., campus, where most of the 14,500 employees are preoccupied with building smaller and faster computer chips. But Dishman, 35, a vibrant sociologist with tight tufts of light brown hair, heads Intel's Proactive Health Lab. His mission is to use technology to assist people with the "activities of daily living"--getting dressed, making meals and so forth--so that we can all age with dignity and stay home with loved ones as long as possible...
...There is definitely a significant increase in people interested in eating game meat," says Geoff Latham, president of Nicky USA, a game distributor in Portland, Ore. "Our sales have grown from approximately $250,000 in 1990 to at least $3.5 million last year." That's far less than the $210 billion in sales of the U.S. beef industry, but the numbers are rising. D'Artagnan, another game source, has seen its sales of farmed rabbit leap almost 20% over the past few years...
Although the capture of an evil dictator is always cause for celebration, the apprehension of Saddam needs to be placed in context. Saddam and Iraq had nothing to do with the attacks of 9/11 or with al-Qaeda, the organization behind them. BRETT R. STACEY Portland...
...time we put aside the thought that space exploration is a goal for the U.S. and instead work on exploring space for all of mankind. Enough with politics, let's unite with the world and make this a project for all of mankind! Andrew Hart Portland, Maine...
...unlimited research dollars, I would say: sure! But we don't, and I think a better return for our quality of life would come from investigating the ocean and its fisheries or a number of other research areas. Casey Roberts Portland...