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- There's a bounty on the head of the Lamma Island Poisoner. Residents have promised to pony up $38,000 as a... |
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Order (Oct 11 2003 04:59 GMT) - Order |
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- Steve Fesenmaier writes "The Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County was chosen as the finest public library by Library Journal several years ago. Their Novello Festival is the largest of its kind in the country. This year it will begin with a showing of the landmark film THE STONE READER, introduced by its director, Mark Moscovitz. More Here" |
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- Dear onions, Thank you for existing. Please continue to do so. srah... |
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- I just wondered why our local WB (who is showing the beginning episodes of Buffy and Angel back to back), weren't showing their usual shows. And I was upset because SNL hadn't come on. Then I realized that Chitlin's day off school made me think today was Saturday. I swear, it's a wonder I get my underwear on right some mornings. Oh wait, scratch that too. |
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Busy Week (Oct 11 2003 04:57 GMT) - This week has been really hectic. The F-16s from the 180th ANG have been flying three times a day. Wednesday, Thursday, & Friday afternoons are the busiest times of the week. On Thursday night, I had 18 airplanes at one time. |
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- One thing that really bugs me (although it's not a huge drama in the scheme of things) - product websites that don't include a "Pricing" link, but instead include "Buy" links everywhere. (I'm not the only person in my office... |
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- Urbina sets the Cubs down in order again. To the bottom of the tenth.... |
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- Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. :> Today I learned that you can install Linux over multiple hard disks - at least in Mandrake 9.1. I've got several smaller drives between 1. |
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- That depends on whether you consider a vote for Roscoe wasted or not. Besides, I still believe the impact on friends, family and readership are more valuable than any individual vote. Your words on SA could have had a bigger influence on the election outcome than your personal ballot. And that's also why freedom of political speech is a better measurement of democracy than the amount of referenda. |
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- You know, I always said Limbaugh was on crack. I know now that I was wrong. It was actually prescription pain medication. Which just goes to show that it's just as painful to be Rush Limbaugh as it is having to listen to him.... |
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- You know, I always said Limbaugh was on crack. I know now that I was wrong. It was actually prescription pain medication. Which just goes to show that it's just as painful to be Rush Limbaugh as it is having to listen to him.... |
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- Attribute based programming is one of my favorites aspects of working with .NET. The ability to attach meta data to classes, properties, methods, and etc allows me to create some really fun pieces of functionality. |
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- Texas Gal is recapping MTV's 'Sorority Life' reality show. Click here to view the site.... |
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- Hello All: Am unable to reach the news page. Last event was subscribing to a rss page which was only later discovered already on the subscription page - attempted to delete but am unable to delete. Many attempts to connect but eventually attempt failure notice along with Radio crash. This has been a week now and every attempt to reach the news page fails. |
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- An interim report of the European Research Council Expert Group concludes that there are compelling reasons for the establishment of a European Research Council. The European Research Council Expert Group (ERCEG) was created in December 2002 by the Danish government to explore options for establishing a European Research Council (ERC). The Group now released an interim report, arguing that there were compelling reasons for setting up an ERC, whose main purpose should be to manage a (...) |
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- PBDE's fire-retardant properties are believed to have saved thousands of lives, but they are harmful to animals in laboratory tests. There's still no proof that they cause problems in humans. What is clear is that levels in humans are rapidly building up, doubling every two to five years. That gap between their potential harm and the lack of conclusive proof has created rifts between US state and federal officials and even within the ranks of the US Environmental Protection Agency (...) |
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- This conference is presented by Eurocare (an EPHA member), in collaboration with The European Commission, The World Health Organisation, The European Youth Forum, The European Cultural Foundation & The Polish State Agency for Prevention of Alcohol Related Problems, and in partnership with NGOs and government departments from 27 European countries. To bridge the gap between scientifically based evidence, the possible and the practical in the process of alcohol policy-making. To (...) |
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- Several environmental NGOs and trade unions have expressed their dissapointment with EU's failure to ban dangerous pesticide 'paraquat'. The EU failed late on Friday 3 October to ban Paraquat, one of the most dangerous and controversial herbicides in the world. The EU Commission's Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health did not exclude paraquat from the list of active substances authorised at EU level (Annex 1 of the Pesticides Authorisation Directive 91/414). (...) |
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- A report funded by the UK government and directed by Dr Mike Wilkinson of Reading University (UK) states that cross-pollination between GM plants and their wild relatives is inevitable and could create hybrid superweeds resistant to the most powerful weedkillers. The report, titled "Hybridization Between Brassica napus and B. rapa on a National Scale in the United Kingdom", has been published in the online magazine "Science" on 9 October 2003 (10.1126/science.1088200). |
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- Pharmaceutical brand name corporations are pushing hard so that the revised EU legislation provides for prolongation of "data protection" and "commercial exclusivity" for their products. You'll find Medicines in Europe Forum position on this issue in the attached PDF. For more information click here. Related EPHA articles Accession Countries issue declaration on EU pharma review European pharmaceutical association makes its case to EPHA |
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- The 15th edition of the European Commission's Employment in Europe report, published in early October 2003, presents a panorama of recent developments in European labour markets. This is the report integrate accesscion countries into the analysis. The report highlights the EU's commitment to increase the number of older people in work to 50 %(the Stockholm target) and to raise the age at which people retire by 5 years (the Barcelona target). Statistics in 2001 show that the average (...) |
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- Dear colleagues, Welcome to the EPHA Environment Network (EEN) Newsletter! The EEN is a new umbrella platform that brings together health and environment non-governmental organisations from the not-for-profit sector to join up on policy-making at a European level. The secretariat is currently hosted by the European Public Health Alliance (EPHA), one of EEN's founding members. Over the next nine months, both the EU and the wider European Region will be preparing significant action (...) |
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- A female Iranian lawyer has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize: Lech Walesa says Nobel peace choice 'a big mistake'. WARSAW (AFP) - In a surprisingly frank attack, former Polish ... |
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- Das südkoreanische Kabinett hat im Zusammenhang mit einer Parteispenden-Affäre von Präsident Roh den Rücktritt angeboten. Roh lehnte jedoch ab. Er hatte gestern erklärt, er fühle sich mitverantwortlich für die Bestechungsaffäre einer seiner früheren Mitarbeiter. |
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- Press Release - Nobel Peace Prize 2003: Shirin Ebadi: "It is fundamental to her view that the supreme political power in a community must be built on democratic elections. She favours enlightenment and dialogue as the best path to changing attitudes and resolving conflict. Ebadi is a conscious Moslem. |
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- The reader is, no doubt, familiar with the Yosemite Decimal System ("YDS")*. Earlier today, Lonewacko bagged the highpoint of Delaware, and has thereby extended the YDS to include a... |
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- Also FT: US and Iraqi versions of the battle - if it was the same battle, and both sides insist... |
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- http://radioapologia.com/ Bahnsen is one of my favorite people ever. Thanks to the person who sent me a link! |
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Hmmm (Oct 11 2003 04:52 GMT) - I wonder... why cant I get my blogroll to show up? Hmmmm...... |
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- Be certain that you understand the implications of the technology you introduce into your test lab. |
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Too busy (Oct 11 2003 04:52 GMT) - I went to bed at like 10 pm last night and got up at 8 am for school. At noon I was home and I was tired so I took a nap... until 5 pm. Now it's almost midnight and... |
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