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- (US) Survey: Parents Shy Away From Ecstasy Discussions [$drug_related(60%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme2(60%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(60%), $drugs(95%), $hallucinogen(60%), $MDMA(60%), $various_drugs(95%)] |
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Phil is 35 (Oct 17 2003 14:54 GMT) - Phil Woodford is turning 35 on November 1, 2003 and he has invited 35 celebrities to join in his birthday celebration including John Cleese, Catherine Zeta Jones, J. K. Rowling, Chelsea Clinton, Martina Navratilova, etc. Unfortunately, Phil knows none of... |
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- Observer: From Adam Ant to Nick Hornby, everyone seems to be opening up about depression. But is the therapy culture actually making us ill? [Guardian Unlimited] |
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- After some delays due to technical difficulties www.vincentians.net web site is now live and well worth a visit to see how the net can be used in recruitment. |
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- The Society of St. Vincent de Paul will join the Catholic Social Gathering, scheduled in conjunction with the Society's Midyear meeting, the agenda provides Vincentians with opportunities to speak as the voice of the poor; to brush up on advocacy skills; to hear from top Catholic Leaders, journalists and politicians on current issues impacting poor families and children at home and abroad; and to engage in in-depth analysis of specific public policy issues. |
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- Slashdot Oct 17 2003 9:25AM ET... |
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- Slashdot Oct 17 2003 9:25AM ET... |
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- Slashdot Oct 17 2003 9:25AM ET... |
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- Slashdot Oct 17 2003 9:25AM ET... |
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- Slashdot Oct 17 2003 9:25AM ET... |
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- Red Nova Oct 17 2003 9:25AM ET... |
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- Another four American troops are killed in Iraq, bringing to 101 the number killed in clashes since major hostilities ended. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] |
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- I've tinkered with the way comments and trackbacks are displayed, and would like some feedback on whether you like it or not. (213 words, 2 comments) |
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- I just want everybody to know that I have never, ever seen Tech TV. It is not on Adelphia... |
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- Jay Michelson reviews Roger Kamanetz's new book of poetry, The Lowercase Jew, in The Forward. |
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- A chubby amphibian with a pointy snout discovered in India tells a story of continental break-up and millions of years of evolution. [BBC News | World | UK Edition] |
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- Most recent daily statistics (15 Oct 2003): Ranking: 8805, Activity percentile: 37.04%, |
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- Most recent daily statistics (15 Oct 2003): Download count: 1 |
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- Public mailing lists: gpu-world |
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- Public discussion forums: Help, Open Discussion, Developers |
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- Tracker description: Bug Tracking System |
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- Tracker description: Tech Support Tracking System |
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- Tracker description: Patch Tracking System |
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- Tracker description: Feature Request Tracking System |
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- Most recent daily statistics (15 Oct 2003): Commit count: 0; Add count: 0 [Web-based access to repository] |
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- Project description: GPU is a Gnutella client for sharing files and CPU-resources. Our objective is to develop a robust framework for distributed computing on a peer-to-peer grid. We hope to support peaceful, open and free research and to build a cheap supercomputer. |
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- Project administrators: dangermaus, seeschloss |
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- Voices of Reason Julian Sanchez on Attack of the Dean-Leaners makes a case for libertarians supporting a Democrat in 2004. Personally, I don't see how real libertarians can have any other position, but then I'm so ancient I can actually remember why the Republican Party started pretending to be the party of "small government". ... Cathy Young has a fairly dishonest piece called Bipartistan Coulterism (" |
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- Ever wonder who is bankrolling the furor over gay bishops in the Anglican Church? Meet Howard F. Ahmanson, Jr., Newport Beach recluse. Among his greatest hits: |
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- "Never before have so many stories been created to sell a war," says Sam Gardiner, author of a new report {.pdf, here's an html cache} that explains how the world was deceived. |
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- Marry your pet [silly friday stuff] |
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- Leaving the latest European Council meeting in Brussels Friday, UK Prime Minister Tony Blair rejected the option of putting the draft European Constitution[PDF] to a popular referendum, saying instead that it should be debated and voted on in Parliament. |
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- A Palestinian bomb squad? Do they report to the Minister of Irony? From AP: Palestinian police bomb squad officers dig to pull out a wire, seen on the ground, leading from the scene of the attack to a small concrete... |
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- http://www. mises. org/fullstory. asp? |
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- Project Gutenberg has published its 10,000th open-access book. See the Slashdot discussion. (Thanks to LIS News.) |
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- Excerpt: "After surveying 175 high-tech companies, accounting giant Deloitte concluded that many firms will phase out stock options, even as industry leaders fight to preserve the current rules that make the awards a cheap form of incentive compensation. The report was released Thursday." (AP via Washington Post) |
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- Now just give it a XML-RPC server, its own home page and we'll be closer to distributed storage services. My coffee maker has a web server so I can turn on and off my coffee maker from anywhere I access the web. That part scared my wife, she said I don't want my coffee maker on the Internet, give me all your credit cards. New iPod Features -- Holy Crap. |
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- A source in Iraq tells us that evidence points to a team affair in last weekend's car bombing at the Baghdad hotel. The front rotor of the bomber's car landed in the hotel lobby. It appears to be from the... |
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