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- Eccentric millionaire Robert Durst took the stand in his own defense at his murder trial Wednesday, telling jurors he came to Galveston to escape renewed publicity in New York surrounding the disappearance of his wife in 1982. |
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- Die umstrittene EU-Richtlinie zur Durchsetzung der Interessen der Verwerter geistigen Eigentums ist im Europaparlament schon bei der ersten Beratung im zuständigen Rechtsausschuss auf massive Hindernisse gestoßen. Die Abgeordneten haben die stattliche Zahl von 199 Änderungsanträgen zu dem Konstrukt eingebracht, mit... |
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- The CGRS grid is modified from the Military Grid Reference System (MGRS). The MGRS itself is an alphanumeric version of a numerical UTM (Universal Transverse Mercator) or UPS (Universal Polar Stereographic) grid coordinate. In year 2000 representatives of the atlas groups mapping the European vascular plants, mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles, fungi and invertebrates agreed to use this as a common grid for species distribution mapping. |
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- Memory verse: Hebrews 13:15-16 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise--the fruit of lips that confess his name. And do not forget to do good and to share with others, for with such sacrifices God is pleased. |
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- ÷ÞÅÒÁ ÂÙÌ ÎÁ ÓÐÅËÔÁËÌÅ «ìÏ×ÃÙ ÓÎÏ×» ÔÅÁÔÒÁÌØÎÏÊ ÇÒÕÐÐÙ «ðÏÉÓË ÐÒÅÄÍÅÔÁ». ðÏÌÕÐÏÄ×ÁÌØÎÏÅ ÐÏÍÅÝÅÎÉÅ × ÐÏÌÕÓÏÔÎÅ ÍÅÔÒÏ× ÏÔ ÓÍÏÌÅÎÓËÏÇÏ ËÏÎÃÁ ÓÔÁÒÏÇÏ áÒÂÁÔÁ,... |
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- Had the following IM conversation with my good buddy and soon-to-be-ridiculously-famous actor Michael Brady on the passing of actor Fred Berry better known to fans as red-beret wearing "Rerun." Quinn: Rerun died. :-( Dead God: |
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- Had the following IM conversation with my good buddy and soon-to-be-ridiculously-famous actor Michael Brady on the passing of actor Fred Berry better known to fans as red-beret wearing "Rerun." Quinn: Rerun died. :-( Dead God: |
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- When Linda Price gets out of bed at 8 each morning, she knows it’s going to be 18 hectic hours before her head hits the pillow again. |
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- Today's required reading. |
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- Just when you thought the whole Tsumani thing had ceased to be controversial... |
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- This time out, the Direct Market -- threat or menace? |
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- French cartoonist Alain Bignon dies, Bill Jemas convinces no one, Asterix gets beaten, and more. |
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- It's weblogger Dirk Deppey vs. retailer Brian Hibbs, in a battle to the... well, the end, anyway. |
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- Written in defense of Diamond, oddly enough. |
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- The post-Jemas clean-up continues with cuts in Marvel's Tsunami line, and more. |
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- Milo George is an evil meanie, especially when he's right. |
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- 'L'Ajuntament de PSOE, ERC i IC i la Guà rdia Urbana ataquen la llengua catalana i el poble de Sant Andreu. Ni abandonarem la llengua, ni abandonarem la lluita!' |
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- Full Moon Watertown : Watertown, Tennessee, USA : 11 October 2003 |
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- We're getting a little wet snow this morning in Roxbury. I can't remember snow coming this early in the season.... |
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- I'm so glad Panther has finally hit the streets, so now I can rant about this like I've been wanting... |
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- via shippo (quick link) |
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- Independent News and Media's 40.7%-owned Australian subsidiary, APN News & Media Limited (APN), has reported positive trading across its divisions. |
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- The European Court of Justice has upheld a decision to block the Wrigley's chewing gum maker from trademarking its "Doublemint" brand across the EU. |
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- Factory gate prices increased by 0.3% in September 2003, the same as for the same period last year, resulting in an annual percentage decrease of 7.8%, according to figures released from the Central Statistics Office. |
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- Londis is to create 600 jobs in Ireland after revealing plans to open a further 30 stores in the next 12 months. |
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- Germany's SPD and Green coalition have said today that the country's budget deficit for 2003 will be the highest on record at around E43.8bn. |
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- Some Morrisville residents have reported the smell of trash in their neighborhoods. "Odor control technicians" are trying to keep the stench in check. |
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- Question How can I define / change the style of auto links to Non Existing Topics ? Does it always have to be a yellow background ? Environment TWiki version: Codev ... |
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- The first thing I ask when folks mention "tech recovery" is: "Recovery from what?" There's been some degree of "bounce back" from the lows of 2002, and I expect we'll see more increases going into 2004. I view the uptick in tech spending in 2003 as having two aspects. |
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- No thanks to Mahathir Mohammed, prime minister of Malaysia, we've been hearing lots of conspiracy theories about Jews secretly controlling the world. Well, there's lots more than that out there in Strangeville, and it's really bizarre. |
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- Richard Florida, author of The Rise of the Creative Class, speaking in Austin last night, ended his lecture with a strong note of caution about the Bush administration. Crazy people run this country, he said, and they're shutting the U.S. down, closing the borders and reviving the 50s control mentality. This is damaging in so many ways, but Florida's concern is that creative people won't come to America, and creative people in America will leave. |
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lipizzaner (Oct 23 2003 12:55 GMT) - das war eine coole mittagspause! über 60 lipizzaner am rathausplatz!!! sehr toll. und ich hab fast alle fotografiert. |
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- [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Washington D.C. - In a keynote speech Wednesday at the Enterprise Linux Forum, Red Hat CTO Michael Tiemann bluntly stated that today the company's "focus is on the enterprise. |
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- Kann mir das jemand verraten? Da gab's doch so Gruselgeschichten. Aber die Dinger sind doch jetzt hoffentlich akzeptabel?!? Ich will nämlich noch einen kaufen. |
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- Full Moon : Watertown, Tennessee, USA : 11 October 2003 |
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- G5 powerbook would be cool. Or hot, depending on how you look at it. But I'll be getting my hands on Panther anyway. Sounds to good to have to wait for until I get a computer. Desktop or Powerbook... |
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- Based on interviews conducted with 205 African-Americans, Gallup found Sharpton, president and founder of the New York-based National Action... |
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