On Miracles

On Miracles

Jun 02 2009 | comment(s)

As I’ve often mentioned in this blog, philosopher David Hume famously said that “No testimony is sufficient to establish a miracle, unless the testimony be of such a kind that its falsehood would be more miraculous than the fact which it endeavours to establish,” setting the bar for believing in miracles properly high.

NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Addition of 60,000 Qualified Wireless Communications Decision Makers Will Fuel Growth Of Light Reading's Unstrung Website, Live Events, Webinars, and Research

TechWeb's Light Reading Communications Network (www.lightreading.com), the leading integrated publishing, events, and research company serving the global communications marketplace, today announced that it has acquired RCR Wireless' database of more than 60,000 qualified email addresses. The company plans to use the list to fuel growth for the Webinars, events and Website of Unstrung, Light Reading's authority on wireless communications technologies, and for research services from Heavy Reading and Pyramid Research.

LONDON, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Global Crossing (UK) Finance Plc (GCUK Finance), a wholly owned subsidiary of Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC), today announced that it has completed the annual excess cash offer for its 11.75 percent Sterling-denominated and 10.75 percent Dollar-denominated senior secured notes due in 2014.

NEWARK, New Jersey, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Now European Organizations that are Running Lotus Notes Can Migrate Up To 5,000 Users to Microsoft's Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS Standard) In as Little as One Weekend

Binary Tree announced today a collaborative partnership with Frontier Technology in the United Kingdom to offer Binary Tree's Weekend Express(TM) migration offering to the European market. Hosted at Frontier Technology's data center based in the UK, Weekend Express migrations will enable organizations in Europe that are running Lotus Notes to migrate up to 5,000 users to Microsoft Exchange Online and the Business Productivity Online Standard Suite (BPOS Standard) in as little as one weekend.

LONDON, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

With the Twitter population topping six million, a 600% increase in the last 12 months, Twitter is the hottest social media tool for individuals and companies alike. Internet World (IW) and Technology for Marketing Advertising (TFMA) have developed this unique conference to look beyond the hype of Twitter and provide practical guidance for all digital marketing, online sales and customer experience managers on how to deliver ROI on Twitter activity.

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ZURICH, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

Barix AG, a pioneer in IP-based audio, intercom, control and monitoring, today announced that Bosch Security Systems is now shipping an IP Audio Interface based on Barix technology for use with Bosch Praesideo and Plena Voice Alarm digital public address and voice evacuation systems. The Barix OEM device, labeled PRS-1AIP1, is used for distribution of supervised audio and control signals over standard IP networks according to the EN 60849 standard for voice evacuation in Europe and other regions.

STOCKHOLM, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Humac, som är känt för att vara den största och mest dedikerade Apple återförsäljaren I Norden, har blivit sålt till den ryskägda ECS gruppen. ECS gruppen var redan innan uppköpet av Humac, en av de största Apple Premium Resellers i Europa - med konceptbutiker i Ryssland, Tyskland och Kazakstan.

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OSLO, June 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Humac, som er kjent for å vaere den største Apple forhandler i Norden, har blitt solgt til den russisk eide virkshometen ECS Group. ECS gruppen var allerede før oppkjøpet av Humac en av de største Apple Premium Resellers i Europa - med konseptbutikker i Russland, Tyskland og Kasakhstan.

NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- Includes All FDA Drug Approval FOI Documents Through 1991

NEW YORK, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

PharmaPendium (http://www.info.pharmapendium.com/), Elsevier's online resource for authoritative preclinical, clinical and post-marketing drug information, has significantly expanded its coverage of US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval documents with the launch of the FDA Classic Collection. This collection contains all available historical FDA approval documents up to and including those issued in 1991 - all indexed and made searchable for the first time in history. With the addition of the FDA Classic Collection, PharmaPendium has become the only integrated, searchable source of all FDA drug approval documents.

TEL AVIV, Israel, June 2 /PRNewswire/ --

- TriPollar(TM) Technology Proven as an Effective Modality for Immediate and Long Term Body Contouring and Circumference Reduction