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Rodeo (Oct 07 2003 19:59 GMT) - „Och, eigentlich scheint er gut drauf“, meinte Anja als sie Orgu ein paar Runden longierte, während ich die nötige Ausrüstung zusammen suchte. Beim Aufwärmen an der Hand hatten Orgu und ich nämlich schon einige Streitereien hinter uns. Als Anja mich fragte, ob ich an der Longe reiten wolle oder alleine, sagte irgendwas in mir, dass heute eher ein Longentag sei. Angemerkt sei noch, dass ich heute sogar überlegt hatte, zum ersten Mal die Sicherheitsweste anzuziehen. Ich tat es nicht, aus Faulheit. |
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- Salon has a story on Barbie collecting today. Hey! Why didn't they ask me to cover it? (I covered it for the New York Times last year, and had quite the time of it.) Oh well. |
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- Dit jaar viert Xs4all, een van de eerste Nederlandse internetproviders, zijn tiende verjaardag. Op zijn site schrijft de provider waar het zwaartekracht van de ontwikkelingen de komende tijd liggen: "Voor de nabije toekomst richt XS4ALL zich op het nomadisch gebruik van internet met mobiel internet en GPRS. Hiermee komt internet overal en op elk moment binnen handbereik. XS4ALL is ook bezig met de ontwikkeling van diensten voor telefoneren via internet: |
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- This is Jeannie Shawl at the JURIST anchor desk. In a developing story on JURIST, the US government filed a notice of appeal[PDF] today that it will ask the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals to salvage its civilian prosecution of al-Qaida defendant Zacarias M |
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- U.S. to Appeal Moussaoui Decision With a military tribunal possibly looming for al-Qaida defendant Zacarias Moussaoui, the government served notice Tuesday that it will ask an appeals court to salvage a civilian prosecution that was nearly gutted by a trial judge. |
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- Matz v. Household Int'l Tax Reduction Inv. Plan (N.D. Ill. |
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- Contr@infos barcelona ============================== Contra-Infos 276 Setmana del 8 al 14 d'octubre del 2003 ============================== |
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- Priv. Ltr. Rul. 200339001 (June 13, 2003). Excerpt: |
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- Excerpt: "[Mike Clowes, editorial director of Pensions & Investments and InvestmentNews,] ponders the fate of the pension and 401(k) system, offering a glimpse into what retirement will be like in the decades to come." (Workforce.com; one-time registration required) |
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- 1 page. Excerpt: "The following rates were determined for the plan years beginning in the month shown below.... October 2003 ... 5. |
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- Excerpt: "When the California Legislature passed SB2 on the last day of its session, lawmakers put the state center stage in a simmering national debate over how to deal with the growing numbers of people without health insurance." (SFGate.com) |
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- Excerpt: "While small businesses are exempt, some believe the bill -- known as SB2 -- could cost California companies as much as $14.2 billion and thousands of jobs. Opponents plan to file paperwork in the next couple of days to start a referendum that would block the law." (SFGate. |
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- Excerpt: "BILL NUMBER: SB 2." (State of California) |
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- 6 pages. Excerpt: "Pension plan financial performance is now a board-level issue in 92% of major European companies, according to this survey." (Towers Perrin) |
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- Excerpt: "Despite a mandate from Congress and more attention from the Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration, telework programs continue to grow slowly in the federal workplace, an OPM official says." (GovExec.com) |
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- Excerpt: "The Census Bureau report ... resulted in several editorials throughout the country this week, zeroing in on the lack of employer coverage as the cause for the increase in the uninsured. The Louisville Courier-Journal [said]: 'More and more are cutting off the insurance of workers when they become disabled, for instance, and some smaller companies are coming under pressure to eliminate, somehow, their sickest employees from group coverage in order to hold down the premiums of others. |
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- Excerpt: "The University of California has released limited financial performance data for more than two dozen private equity firms after losing a court battle to keep it confidential, shedding further light on a previously shrouded area of its fund management activities." (Reuters via Forbes.com) |
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Sleepy (Oct 07 2003 19:58 GMT) - My daughter did not awake at her usual time this morning. This is pretty unusual as she likes to wake... |
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Syndirella (Oct 07 2003 19:58 GMT) - syndirella is a desktop information aggregator - a program which provides a comfortable environment for reading the information coming from multiple sources or feeds |
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- Centenares de adolescentes en Eritrea, Africa, que terminaron su décimo primer año de escuela, fueron obligados a prestar servicio militar durante este verano en el campamento Sawa. Algunos inocentemente llevaron un ejemplar de la Biblia entre sus equipajes. |
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- Durante 17 años el llamado Ejército de Resistencia del Señor (ERS) en Uganda ha atemorizado el norte del país. Ahora su jefe, Joseph Kony, ha ordenado la matanza de los líderes cristianos de todas las denominaciones. Su objetivo parece ser derrocar el gobierno de Uganda. |
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Blog Books (Oct 07 2003 19:58 GMT) - I just saw Salam Pax's book today. It's the first time I've seen a paper book that is just a... |
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- L.A. Times editor John Carroll says in the Wall Street Journal today that he expected a backlash against he paper's Schwarzenegger stories, because they were about the darker side of a candidate that many see as a white knight. "I... |
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- It appears that the Randy Moss jump ball is alive and well in Minnesota and the Vikings are 5-0. Brian... |
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- Opera 7.21 is available now. Get your Win copy here (with Java) here (w/o Java). For more information head over... |
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- Poor countries 'need help' to combat corruption Western governments must take tougher action to stop companies systematically paying bribes to decision-makers in developing countries, the anti-corruption organisation Transparency International said on Tuesday. |
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- DUUUUHHHHHHH. - www.indymedia.org:8080 |
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- I talked recently with an American who had just returned from more than 20 years in Israel. We did not talk for the record, so I will withhold his ... - www.indymedia.org: |
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- Annonce de rencontre de jouebeurs: Je rencontre Jennifer lundi et mardi prochain vers Lausanne en Suisse. Bon on sait que vous habitez pour la plupart en France mais si vous n'avez rien a faire...sait on jamais! |
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- En vadrouillant dans la ville, le ventre vide, Paul-Henri tomba un jour sur une sorte de camping dressé sur les pelouses d un bâtiment officiel. Entre deux arbres, un drap était tendu. Ecrit comme s il s était agi du sang d un animal, il était écrit : « Grêve de la faim contre la famine en Mogambie ». Paul-Henri n eu pas le temps de se poser davantage de questions, un groupe de jeunes personnes très fatiguées vint le voir. |
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- Premiers mots sur le blog, première angoisse de la "page" blanche... |
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- Lu sur A-infos : "Dans un geste éminament respecteux de ses employéEs et de sa clientèle, composée entre autre de plusieurs centaines de locataires des HLM St-Pie X, Denys Falardeau a mis son épicerie Métro-Gagnon de Beauport en lock-out le 1er octobre dernier. Résultat: les 80 syndiquéEs battent le pavé depuis ce temps-là. |
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- a part faire détruire mon p'tit joueb et tout recommencer ... |
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- Lu sur Actualité de l'anarcho-syndicalisme : "Un salarié d'une usine de Millau nous a contactés voici quelques mois. Cette entreprise comprend une soixantaines d'ouvriers ici et, au siège, en Bretagne, environ 150 personnes. Ce copain qui nous a téléphoné est abonné au Combat Syndicaliste depuis pas mal de temps et connaît donc depuis longtemps les idées et pratiques de l'anarcho-syndicalisme, même s'il n'avait pas eu l'occasion de les pratiquer depuis longtemps. Les conditions de travail dans sa boite et le mécontentement des personnels ont réveillé son militantisme. |
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