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- I have just a few of The Renaissance Library Calendar 2004 left, so I thought I'd try something a little different this time. The first 3 people, with user accounts (Sorry Anonymous Patron, you're not eligible), who can answer the skill testing questions below will win a Renaissance Library Calendar 2004 edition. If you aren't one of the first 3 to give the correct answer below you can always buy one, they're only 12 bucks, and if you've missed them the past few years, You can still buy copies of the first three editions of the Renaissance Library Calendar - at half price. Post your answers below by clicking the "reply" button. |
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- madtom writes "Today's Chronicle of Higher Education reports that two scientists at the University of California at San Francisco are urging a worldwide boycott of six molecular-biology journals on the grounds that their publisher, Reed Elsevier, is demanding that the University of California system pay too high a price for electronic access to the publications. The scientists are Keith Yamamoto, chairman of the department of cellular and molecular pharmacology, and Peter Walter, a professor of biophysics and biochemistry. In a letter circulated this week, they say that Reed Elsevier is asking the university system to pay more than $90,000 a year for the journals' online editions. The California Digital Library, which negotiates journal contracts for the university system, rejected that price, and is now pushing Reed Elsevier to reconsider its licensing terms that will take effect in January, says Daniel Greenstein, director of the Digital Library. Mr. |
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- Tobacco sales at the close of Zimbabwe's annual auction this weekrecorded the lowest volume sold in nearly 25 years, but the country'sregulatory body remained optimistic over the sector's prospects forrecovery. |
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- BLUE SWALLOWS' flirtation with the Premiership came to an end on Sunday when they lost 1-2 to fellow newcomers Kambuzuma at Pfupajena Stadium in Chegutu. |
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- IT'S a defining period for Dynamos and the Harare giants will knowwithin the next five days whether they can turn their ailing fortunes aroundand end their lengthy six-year wait for the Premiership crown. |
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- Preparations for the third National Arts Merit Awards are in progresswith the National Arts Council of Zimbabwe calling upon artists to returntheir nomination forms. |
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- UPCOMING musicians are set to thrill the audience at a Summer Splashopen air music concert to be held at the Zimbabwe Interna-tional Trade Fairmain arena this Saturday. |
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- DIVERSIFIED food processing group, Cairns Holdings Limited, has postedan after tax profit of $8,4 billion for the year ending August 31, 2003representing an 800-percent increase recorded during the same period lastyear. |
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- BUSINESS leaders are expected to meet in Bulawayo early next month forthe Zimbabwe National Chamber of Commerce's annual general meeting. |
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- A nation must not only recall its glorious past but must also know itssad and humiliating history and draw lessons from it, the Minister ofForeign Affairs, Cde Stan Mudenge, said yesterday. |
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- THE transport situation in Harare and Chitungwiza remained criticalyesterday, with commuter omnibus operators blaming the fuel shortagegripping the country. |
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- CHIEF Sengwe of Chiredzi has urged parents to instil a culture offarming into their children to ensure the country's future food security isguaranteed. |
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- The tragic crash of the light aircraft into Kuwadzana on Saturday showsthe need for the rethink on the aerial routes into and out of HarareInternational Airport. |
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- AREAS of northeastern and eastern Harare were still without water bylate yesterday, despite demand lessening in the city as rains fell over theweekend. |
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- Everything is broken! My post sent by normal email do not post at all and the stuff I post from work email goes through a psychotic prism when I use Word to compose. All is not lost, I found a Hot Diggity Dog a block away and had a real Chicago hot dog with :the works." Couldn't bring myself to say "drag it through the garden. |
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- Estoy navegando sin molestar a nadie cuando de pronto me topo con esto: Mientras que, como dijera Baudrillard, aterrizar en París es caer al siglo XIX y hacerlo en los Estados Unidos es en el futuro, bajar del avión en Monterrey es descender en la total indefinición, especie de interzona donde el futuro y el pasado, el cosmopolitismo y la franca rancherez se intersectan en un complejo rompecabezas que nadie quiere (ni puede) armar.Ajá. |
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- Alberto Aziz Nassif, writing for the conservative Mexican daily El Universal, argues that John Paul II's papacy has been marked by contradictory progressive and reactionary impulses. |
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- eXpansys US & Canada - PDAs, Mobiles & Wireless Networking London-based Expansys has long been one of the better online shopping sites for wireless and handheld gear. In the past it has been that it was very difficult to order products from them if you ar |
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- "Judge drops one suit brought by Bessinger; Federal ruling gives grocers right not to stock his sauce": The State reports here today that "Barbecue king Maurice Bessinger’s lawsuit against grocery chains that pulled his sauce from their shelves because o |
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- New from the NCES, a publication that looks at the trends and defining characteristics in large school districts. Interesting to... |
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- Rafat Ali for Moco News, has a roundup of mobile content deals that have been announced, coinciding with the CTIA... |
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- From Ben & Jennifer to 'The Kiss' ... 'VH1 Big in '03' Offers an Irreverent Tribute to a Year of Pop Culture NEW YORK, Oct. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- From Bush on the flight deck to Michael Jackson in his tree,... |
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- قشنگ معلوم است که يک نفر شعارهاي انگليسیشان را برايشان با فکر و دقت نوشته |
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- A decade after Texaco pulled out of the Amazon jungle, the U.S. petroleum giant went on trial Tuesday in a lawsuit filed on behalf of 30,000 poor Ecuadoreans who say the company's 20 years of drilling poisoned their homeland. |
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100 aos (Oct 21 2003 16:55 GMT) - Panam cumple 100 aos de repblica en unos das y para celebrarlo voy a colocar fotos de este bello pas. Puente de las Amricas... |
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100 aos (Oct 21 2003 16:55 GMT) - Panam cumple 100 aos de repblica en unos das y para celebrarlo voy a colocar fotos de este bello pas. Puente de las Amricas... |
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- GetFree is a script to automatically download and install open source software on Windows. At this time, GetFree will download and install the following softwares: Mozilla Firebird 0.7 Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3 OpenOffice. |
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- Your user name is breaking my heart...I'm so sorry things didn't |
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- We're going to talk about Phyllis Schlafly today. Shhhhh. Yes, I know she wants to undo the feminist gains of the past 40 years, but... |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - ZDNet Oct 21 2003 11:15AM ET... |
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- [Slashdot] - rocketjam writes "Federal and State regulators overseeing Microsoft's compliance with their antitrust agreement with the government, are questioning whether ... |
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- "Caucasian Club founder decides to leave school; Oakley freshman decides to transfer, cites harassment": This article appears today in The San Francisco Chronicle. |
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- Congress is moving quickly to beat a Nov. 1 deadline for renewing a ban on taxes for getting online, but the push has sparked a furor over how broadly Internet services should be taxed and whether cash-strapped state and local governments might lose billions of dollars in revenue per year. For proponents, the issue is simple: Internet use is vital to economic growth, and going online should not be subject to a new tax when consumers already pay an array of local and state taxes and fees for telephone and cable television services. |
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- Courtesy of Christian Weyer, Rich Salz proposes a kinder, gentler WSDL format. We're not sure about this (though WSDL can get a bit heinous), but it's worth discussing: I've sketched a brief example of an interface definition language for web services, m |
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- "The PDA is dead," Mr Levin, head of phone software firm Symbia, told BBC News Online. "Why anyone would opt... |
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Heller (Oct 21 2003 16:53 GMT) - Mh, typische Orgu-Position, der froh ist noch einmal auf seiner Weide stehen zu knnen, bevor der Winter wirklich einbricht;-) Besonders im Bereich der Sattellage sind die weien Haare hier sichtbar, und obwohl es bei der Aufnahme erst 16 Uhr war, meinte meine Kamera schon es sei zu dunkel, und schaltete den Blitz ein:-( |
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- Chris O'Leary, a St. Louis native and world-class marketer, has a site and associated weblog (sans feed) dedicated to his upcoming book The Paradox of Pain. |
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- Although I don't feel guilt, I do feel the need to be tactful. So I must apologize for being sporadic with updates these last few days. I know some of you were waiting for pics of Percy, and others wanting... |
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- TRENTON, N.J. - A 2-year-old Burlington County girl is undergoing treatment for severe neurological damage after becoming the first person in New Jersey to be infected with equine encephalitis in nearly 20 years. |
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