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Liberia and the Bush Dynasty: ... (Aug 11 2003 23:09 GMT) - Liberia and the Bush Dynasty: Armies of Compassion? (The New Republic) Liberia's current civil war doesn't have ancient roots. Indeed, the country was stable for most of its history. The seeds of the current crisis were laid in the '80s, during the dictatorship of Doe, who destroyed civil society and sowed ethnic hatred by blatantly favoring his own tribe. |
Soul Source
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Ashby Soul Night - niter?? (Aug 11 2003 23:09 GMT) - Hi all,With the closure of the Bretby Allnighter in October this year i am currently in negotiations with the Ashby War Memorial Club about the possibility of me changing my soul night to an allnighter.Hit read more for more details and info...... |
rowlff.de
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In the Loop (Aug 11 2003 23:09 GMT) - Wieder mal ein kleiner "Teaser", bis wir es geschafft haben, ganz viele Fotos zu schießen, sortieren und ins Netz zu stellen: ein wenig "Downtown" in Form des Blicks die North Michigan Avenue hoch, über den Chicago River, vorbei am links noch zu erahnenden Wrigley-Building, auf den Tribune Tower - bei weitem nicht das einzige beeindruckende Gebäude hier, aber doch eines der ansehnlichsten! |
metele
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Póngale nombre a la tía (Aug 11 2003 23:08 GMT) - Lugar: Casamiento Día: Madrugada del domingo Edad: Indefinida Raza: Indefinida Música incidental: |
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Richardson returns to NBA after 17 years (Aug 11 2003 23:07 GMT) - (US) Cocaine became his way of coping. Richardson proclaimed himself drug-free on several occasions, but the charade came to an end on Feb. 23, 1986, when he was banned for life after a third violation of the league's drug policy. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(85%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $use_is_abuse(60%), $propaganda_theme4(60%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $propaganda_theme7(100%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $drug_policy(100%), $prohibition(85%), $stimulant(100%), $cocaine(100%), $various_drugs(95%)] |
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Vriesde fails Pan American Games drug test (Aug 11 2003 23:07 GMT) - (Pakistan) Vriesde fails Pan American Games drug test Vriesde fails Pan American Games drug test [$drug_related(50%), $drugwar_propaganda(50%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $illegal_drugs(50%), $drugs(95%), $various_drugs(95%), $various_illegal_drugs(50%)] |
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Cyclist Clara Hughes adds Pan Am Games silver medal to her ... (Aug 11 2003 23:07 GMT) - (Canada) Captain Hugo Belanger, the lone holdover from the '99 team that won gold - only to be stripped of the medals after goalie Steve Vezina's positive drug test - led the way with five goals. [$drug_related(50%), $drugwar_propaganda(50%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $illegal_drugs(50%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(50%)] |
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Online gamblers sue their creditors (Aug 11 2003 23:07 GMT) - A California couple that lost more than $100,000 gambling online sues a host of credit card companies and banks, claiming the businesses shouldn't have processed the wagers. |
El Centro & OMEGA
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Jump in the Pool and Bull by the Head (Aug 11 2003 23:06 GMT) - Perhaps a more instructive title would have been "Scamming the Scammers". A long (but very, very engaging) history of an email conversation between a would-be Nigerian-419-scammer and the Ebola Monkey Man. Sure, ad-hoc identities are commonplace, especi |
Gothamist
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Accident or Act of God (Aug 11 2003 23:06 GMT) - Justin and Christina's Justified/Stripped tour dates are postponed, due to an unfortunate accident (the ceiling grid fell, damaging equipment and hurting some stagehands). Gothamist takes this as a sign of the oncoming apocalypse and will be running to the store for water and staples.... |
Workbench
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Name the new syndication format BikeShed (Aug 11 2003 23:05 GMT) - The expression bike shed discussion, which comes from a FreeBSD mailing list post by Poul-Henning Kamp, describes the experience of being bogged down by interminable debate on a subject where everyone feels comfortable in their expertise -- such as the building of a bike shed. It also can be stated as a law: ... the amount of noise generated by a change is inversely proportional to the complexity of the change. Looking at the naming effort for the new syndication and weblogging format briefly known as Pie, Echo, and Atom, perhaps it should be dubbed BikeShed (via RC3. |
News by CodingTheWeb.com
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The Register: GPL Goes to Court (Aug 11 2003 23:05 GMT) - "But with IBM's counter suit against SCO explicitly defending its rights in terms of the GPL, it looks like The One Thing we Didn't Want To Happen will happen. We'll have a random judge poking holes in the GPL, on some perfectly defensible grounds that bear little relevance to the social obligations these imply..." |
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The Register: GPL Goes to Court (Aug 11 2003 23:05 GMT) - "But with IBM's counter suit against SCO explicitly defending its rights in terms of the GPL, it looks like The One Thing we Didn't Want To Happen will happen. We'll have a random judge poking holes in the GPL, on some perfectly defensible grounds that bear little relevance to the social obligations these imply..." |
News by CodingTheWeb.com
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The Register: GPL Goes to Court (Aug 11 2003 23:05 GMT) - "But with IBM's counter suit against SCO explicitly defending its rights in terms of the GPL, it looks like The One Thing we Didn't Want To Happen will happen. We'll have a random judge poking holes in the GPL, on some perfectly defensible grounds that bear little relevance to the social obligations these imply..." |
techno weenie
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Bayesian filtering revisited (Aug 11 2003 23:04 GMT) - Reverend Classifier: "The first artificial intelligence agent trained by the blogosphere to learn right from wrong." -- posted in response... |
techno weenie
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Python + .Net integration (Aug 11 2003 23:04 GMT) - "Python for .NET gives Python programmers near-seamless integration with the .NET Common Language Runtime (CLR)." -- via Matt... |
Associated Press headlines via GoUpstate.com
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Ownership Debate Over N.C. Bill of Rights (Aug 11 2003 23:04 GMT) - Lawyers for an antiques dealer and his investment partner told a federal judge Monday that he should deny North Carolina's request for an original copy of the Bill of Rights the state claims as its own. Officials in North Carolina contend the document belongs to the state and was stolen from the Capitol in 1865 by an Ohio soldier. |
e-iko
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Sebas vuelve del FIB (Aug 11 2003 23:03 GMT) - Sebas me tiene preocupado porque ha vuelto bastante triste del FIB. He intentado hacer que se sienta un poco más... |
blog :: saralovering.com
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sunset over clouds (Aug 11 2003 23:03 GMT) - somewhere over the mid-atlantic... south carolina is the most relaxing place in the world. i'm am going to vermont again this weekend. i am going to bring my miranda 33mm camera with me. and i am glad to have electricity.... |
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sunset over clouds (Aug 11 2003 23:03 GMT) - somewhere over the mid-atlantic... south carolina is the most relaxing place in the world. i'm am going to vermont again this weekend. i am going to bring my miranda 33mm camera with me. and i am glad to have electricity.... |
tagesschau.de - Die Nachrichten der ARD
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Eichels Sparpaket steht (Aug 11 2003 23:03 GMT) - Bundesfinanzminister Eichel hat sein Sparpaket geschnürt. Darin enthalten sind herbe Einschnitte für Bürger und Wirtschaft. Bei der Gemeindefinanzreform riskiert der Minister Krach mit den Kommunen: Denn der nationale Stabilitätspakt wird aufgekündigt. |
Outside the Beltway
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HERB BROOKS, R.I.P. (Aug 11 2003 23:02 GMT) - ESPN reports the following sad news: Former Olympic hockey coach Herb Brooks, who led the Americans to the "Miracle on Ice" victory over the Soviet... |
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