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- The MIT Comparative Media Studies program and University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Education have announced the creation of The Education Arcade ( www.educationarcade.org), an initiative that includes a consortium of international game designers, publishers, scholars, educators, and policymakers who are exploring new frontiers of educational media opened by computer and videogames. |
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- Manorama Online Oct 17 2003 8:34AM ET... |
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- Mac game maker Pangea Software on Friday announced the Pangea Super Pack, a collection that includes all of Pangea Software's Mac OS X-native games. Included are Cro-Mag Rally, Otto Matic, Bugdom 2, Enigmo and Billy Frontier. |
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- theodp writes "With IE, IM and Linux all threatened by patent infringement lawsuits, it's worth noting that Saturday marks what would have been the third ... |
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- Notizia Ansa: Nell'ambito dell'Anno Internazionale dell'Acqua ieri si è svolto un convegno all'Accademia europea di Bolzano per tema: ''Il punto... |
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- The first drug specifically for advanced Alzheimer's disease now has federal approval. |
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Bottle neck (Oct 17 2003 14:47 GMT) - My mom flew back to the UK last night and as a usual going to Newark airport is pretty uneventful. Coming back to Staten Island was another matter, I landed bang smack in the middle of rush hour. Now something... |
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- Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm sure that I'm the last one to note this, but even this little blog was affected... |
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- Sorry, couldn't resist. I'm sure that I'm the last one to note this, but even this little blog was affected... |
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Kill Greta (Oct 17 2003 14:46 GMT) - also wer ^^ noch nicht müde von blood ist, der sollte sich Kill Bill anschauen.... |
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- With the publication of the Magna Carta yesterday Project Gutenberg has now made available 10,000 on-line free ebooks. Give them a big hand folks. ----- |
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- ...... a BIG PROMOTION!!( Boston Channel ) - Just one day after the Boston Archdiocese releases new documents about a priest accused of molestation, Cardinal Bernard Law could be leaving Boston for a promotion, according to a report Friday. NewsCenter 5's Gail Huff said that the Boston Herald reported that the Pope wants to take Law out of the Boston Archdiocese and give him a job at the Vatican. According to the Herald, Law will likely be replaced and sent to Rome by the beginning... |
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- Philly.comConcerned about the appearance of disarray and feuding within his administration as well as growing resistance to his policies in Iraq, President Bush - living up to his recent declaration that he is in charge - told his top officials to "stop the leaks" to the media, or else. News of Bush's order leaked almost immediately. Bush told his senior aides Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any stories" quoting unnamed administration officials in the... |
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- ( Yahoo UK via Reuters ) - At least 13 U.S. troops have committed suicide in Iraq, representing more than 10 percent of American noncombat deaths there, and the Army has dispatched a suicide-prevention expert to assess the problem, officials say. At least 11 U.S. |
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- ( Yahoo via Reuters ) - The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Thursday charting a future for Iraq, a diplomatic victory for the United States, which sought backing for its occupation. This is what you will see the Bush administration pushing hard for as long as they can to milk every last bit or P.R. |
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Erol Alkan (Oct 17 2003 14:46 GMT) - Een clubavond op maandag, die ook de komende weken he-le-maal zal uitpuilen met bezoekers. En dan nog staat er een lange rij voor de deur. We hebben het over Trash, het feestje van Erol Alkan in de Londense club The End. Er is een prima trend naar minder serieuze djs zeg maar volslagen idioten waar Erol deel van uitmaakt. Sinds zijn optreden op Lowlands dit jaar heeft hij er flink wat Nederlandse fans bij. |
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- Roger Ebert reviews Bubba Ho-Tep. Yes, I'm still reading Roger Ebert. I feel I have to in order to deliver links to the invaluable reviews like this one. It's the first summary of the film that has not been written by someone from the Cult of Bruce, and I feel it's good to get some differing opinions. Now... |
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- Apple's iTunes Link Maker is a simple web interface that will automatically generate html you can copy-and-paste into your own code to create deep links to any music on the iTunes Music Store. Simpy enter a song name, album name, artist name, or any combination of the three to get started. The you just click the drill down arrow associated with a specific link on the page and simply copy and paste the "itms://" url into your html code. That's all there is to adding a link to... |
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- Web Design | Oxfordshire Business Pages | Free Services | Business Forum |
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- Web Design | Oxfordshire Business Pages | Free Services | Business Forum |
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- It's Friday and there's a new Weebl and Bob episode entitled tv. As usual, it's odd and yet funny. ;)... |
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- For majority of patients, memantine slows pace of deterioration |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: P4 |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: Fellesforbundet |
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- Shawn Bernard does not agree with me. "I know most people wanted a different ending to the script this time, but once again the Yankees are the American League champions." Do you really think so? "Most" people? There are a... |
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- LiveWarehouse offers the Iomega 128MB USB 2.0 Pen Drive for $47. A $15 mail-in rebate yields a net price of $32 and shipping is free. That's $1 off...(more) |
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quiet (Oct 17 2003 14:44 GMT) - The hallway outside my office abnormally quiet. There is a speaker here from Tri-City life which helps new mothers, etc.... |
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- 1. Name five things in your refrigerator. 1/2 % milk, apple cider, leftover Orange Chicken, raspberry yogurt, and carrots. 2. Name five things in your freezer. |
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- 1. Name five things in your refrigerator. 1/2 % milk, apple cider, leftover Orange Chicken, raspberry yogurt, and carrots. 2. Name five things in your freezer. |
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- 1. I cannot walk in high-heeled shoes properly. The last time I did, I thought my feet were going to have to be amputated at the end of the evening. 2. Current favorite beer: |
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- Laura Lynch, Public Library of Science, Creative Commons, October 2003. An excellent interview with PLoS co-founder Mike Eisen --good questions and good answers. Quoting Eisen: "Our goal is to see that every scientific and medical research publication is available free of charge for anyone to read, use, incorporate in databases, redistribute, etc. To do this we want to shift how the publishers are paid for the role they play in communicating scientific ideas and discoveries --to switch from a model in which publishers are given permanent, exclusive control over the scientific literature and allowed to charge for access to a model in which the literature is effectively placed in the public domain and publishers are paid a fair price for the service they provide in getting the literature there.... |
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- LiveWarehouse offers a 32MB SmartMedia card with the Lexar USB SmartMedia card reader for $9.99. Shipping is $5. That's $6 more than the best total...(more) |
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- A reader notes that the Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel and Pedals Set fell to $36.99 at ComputerGeeks.com. That's $3 off our last mention...(more) |
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- If the thread of IT jobs being outsourced to India wasn't a worry, now we have these guys to fear.... |
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- Ten facts and figures I learned from jury duty this past fortnight...... |
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- Voor de zesde keer in de laatste acht jaar en voor de 39ste keer in de geschiedenis staan ze in de World Series. Afgelopen nacht werd aartsrivaal Boston Red Sox aan de kant gezet. Over wie gaat het? De Yankees natuurlijk. Wie anders? |
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- Twenty years later, it turns out changing the world occasionally includes selling sugar water. By Mike Langberg (San Jos Mercury News via MyAppleMenu) |
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- Apple has more music to buy than your typical Wal-Mart sore but not more than a dedicated music store. Once that they surpass a good physical music store than I will get really excited about iTunes for Windows. (8BitJoystick.com via MyAppleMenu) |
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- When it's something critical like a system software update it should just work. By Adam Robert Guha (Low End Mac via MyAppleMenu) |
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