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Pool Sickness (Aug 13 2003 04:42 GMT) - If you swim in a community pool or have a lot of guests in your own home pool…experts say you have to be diligent about hygiene. |
Pitt Sports Blather -- Rantings on the Panthers
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Plenty of Wiggle Room (Aug 13 2003 04:42 GMT) - Not necessarily what I want to hear from Pitt, but not unexpected. They are saying they "not looking at all at leaving the conference." Despite the loss of VT and Miami, but it doesn't say they won't listen or consider an offer (link via Derek Willis at B |
Sgt. Stryker's Daily Briefing
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A Man's Home Is His Hassle (Aug 13 2003 04:41 GMT) - First it was the ceiling fan in the master bedroom. That's one critical appliance not just for its cooling capability (a good thing here in Texas) but I need it to go to sleep. All those years in the bunking in the stern of the... |
Sgt. Stryker's Daily Briefing
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Oil Wells that End Wells (Aug 13 2003 04:41 GMT) - Trent Telenko has a very good analysis on Saudi Arabia, oil, and the war on terror here. Like one commenter said: Not sure I buy into the analysis entirely, but jee-whiz almighty, I'm gonna have to chew on that for a smidge.It's a good, read.... |
Brad DeLong's Semi-Daily Journal (2004)
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Lurker Day (Aug 13 2003 04:41 GMT) - Chuq von Rospach talks about mailing-list "lurker days": Teal Sunglasses: experimenting in groups: the quiet voices: One thing Laurie and I have been investigating over the years is how to bring forward the quieter voices in a community. |
esoterically.net
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Blah Blogs (Aug 13 2003 04:40 GMT) - New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd takes on the blogs... Blah Blah Blog Is the Internet over? There are troubling... |
Notes From The Cave
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The Lion King (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - On Sunday Ruth and I celebrated our seventh wedding anniversary by seeing The Lion King at the Cadillac Palace Theatre in Chicago. This musical, based on the Disney movie of the same name, features all of the songs from the movie, plus a few extra, and fantastic costumes. We enjoyed it very much, and recommend it highly. We left for Chicago on Saturday and returned on Monday. Some highlights from the trip. |
Sanjay's Coding Tips
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How To Manually Remove a MSDE-2000 Instance (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - This is a good HOW-TO that I ran across recently while trying to troubleshoot a MSDE installation. I'm bookmarking it here for future reference. MSDN #320873 - HOW TO: Manually Remove a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE 2000) Instance This step-by-step article describes how you manually remove a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (also known as MSDE 2000) instance. If you experience a problem when you try to remove an MSDE 2000 instance by using Add/Remove Programs in Control Panel, you can manually remove the instance instead. |
The Village News
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Medicare Fees for Physicians in Line for Cuts (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - Medicare Fees for Physicians in Line for Cuts Bush administration officials say they expect to cut Medicare payments to doctors by 4.2 percent next year unless Congress passes legislation to reduce or eliminate the cut. |
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Schwarzenegger's Prop. 187 Support Could Hinder Him (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - Schwarzenegger's Prop. 187 Support Could Hinder Him "It remains one of the most divisive in recent state history in part because it reflected a tension between white voters, who have long dominated politics in California, and the growing number of Latino voters." |
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Democrats to Seek Repeal of Car Tax Hike (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - Democrats to Seek Repeal of Car Tax Hike When the 1998 law passed, the state had agreed to maintain payments to cities and counties, in effect subsidizing car owners from the general fund. But the law dictated that fees automatically would rise if the state had "insufficient monies" to keep making the payments to local governments. |
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Labor Groups Buoy Davis (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - Labor Groups Buoy Davis "Gov. Gray Davis gained ground Monday in his effort to keep other prominent Democrats out of the recall election, as the nation's largest labor organization greeted him with rousing support here" |
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If You Can't Take the Heat, Get Out of Crawford (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - After all, Crawford is just like Bakersfield, only with three times the humidity and none of the intellectual stimulation. If You Can't Take the Heat, Get Out of Crawford "From Karl Rove, Mr. Bush's chief political adviser, to Donald H. Rumsfeld, the defense secretary, no one stayed a moment longer than necessary. Certainly no one lingered to see the Crawford scenery or to take a dip in Lake Waco. |
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Veterans of water wars tour upriver (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - Veterans of water wars tour upriver "Proponents believe a dam and reservoir at Temperance Flat on the San Joaquin River above Millerton Lake would be crucial to future agriculture, cities and recreation." |
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Painters prettying Padre's posterior (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - Painters prettying Padre's posterior Workers have been banging, bashing and bludgeoning the old hotel since before Christmas. But now painters are covering the top floor in a coat of ivory white. |
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Budget to have its day (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - Budget to have its day For the first time, county leaders are planning on approving their budget all in one day, on Tuesday. |
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Fort Ord home plan to get look (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - Fort Ord home plan to get look “…a victory for Democratic Rep. Sam Farr, a lifelong Carmel resident who has been campaigning for almost two years to make the new homes accessible to people who work in the tourism and agricultural industries -- or just people of average means.” |
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San Jose: Shared goals, shared building (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - San Jose: Shared goals, shared building The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Library opened Aug. 1, six years after former mayor Susan Hammer and ex-San Jose State University president Robert Caret brainstormed the idea over breakfast at the Fountain Restaurant at the Fairmont Hotel. |
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The Art of the False Impression (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - The Art of the False Impression The essence of Mr. Gore's speech was that these corrosive false impressions were part of a strategic pattern of distortion that the Bush administration used to create support not just for the war, but for an entire ideologically driven agenda that overwhelmingly favors the president's wealthy supporters and is driving the federal government toward a long-term fiscal catastrophe. |
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How the Radicals Can Save the Democrats (Aug 13 2003 04:39 GMT) - How the Radicals Can Save the Democrats “…only one-fourth of the electorate held a clear opinion on most issues and identified those positions with one party or the other. A mere 2 percent could be classified as holding a consistently "ideological" position on overall policy.” |
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