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nice sunset (Oct 25 2003 04:59 GMT) - This morning some coworkers told me that they heard a rumor that we may be getting different workstations that have... |
It's My Blog
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Oct24 (Oct 25 2003 04:57 GMT) - 50 min deep aquafit class 20 min run (with the boy)... |
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Amazon and the fat tail (Oct 25 2003 04:55 GMT) - Gary Wolf:: All of Amazon's important innovations - starting from the concept of a Web bookstore - have suggested a profound change in the bookselling business, a change that makes it possible to earn a profit by selling a much wider variety of books than any previous retailer, including many titles from the so-called long tail of the popularity curve. 'If I have 100,000 books that sell one copy every other year,' says Steve Kessel, an Amazon VP, 'then in 10 years I've sold more of these, together, than I have of the latest Harry Potter.' So digitise and index all books - brilliant. |
The Legal Reader
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California Wins Its First Anti-Spam Judgment (Oct 25 2003 04:55 GMT) - California won its first anti-spam judgment on Friday when a court fined a marketing firm $2 million for sending out millions of unsolicited e-mails telling people how to spam, the state's attorney general said. Attorney General Bill Lockyer brought... |
Little Green Footballs
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Peace Creeps Infesting DC (Oct 25 2003 04:55 GMT) - The "peace activists" of International ANSWER, backed by the Communist Worker's World Party (with funding from North Korea) and various radical Islamic front groups, will be gathering in Washington DC ... |
you are a china shop, i am a bull
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Walking out the door (Oct 25 2003 04:53 GMT) - Free. Free, free, free. Of course, now vaguely regretting that whenever anyone said, 'So, do you have another contract to go to?' I blithely answered, 'No, I plan to write two filmscripts and a novel.' Way to go with the... |
Deaf Today
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Third official language to be introduced (Oct 25 2003 04:53 GMT) - From: Newstalk ZB, New Zealand - Oct 24, 2003 New Zealand sign language is set to become our third official language. Cabinet has agreed to introduce a bill to Parliament by the end of this year. Disability Issues Minister Ruth... |
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Athens vows toughest anti-doping fight in 2004 Games (Oct 25 2003 04:51 GMT) - (US) Athens 2004 Olympics organizers (ATHOC) pledged on Friday to host a drug-free Games by carrying out the toughest tests. Athens 2004 Olympics organizers (ATHOC) pledged on Friday to host a drug-free Games by carrying out the toughest tests. [$drug_related(85%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme7(100%), $drugs(95%), $prohibition(85%), $various_drugs(95%)] |
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India emerges as new drug trial hot spot (Oct 25 2003 04:51 GMT) - (US) Food and Drug Administrationb s (FDA) mandated clinical trials is a kind of b medical imperialism,b Indian industry leaders are cutting costs and saving time in new drug testing. There are still many significant challenges for the expansion of drug testing in India. [$drug_related(50%), $drugwar_propaganda(70%), $propaganda_theme2(70%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $illegal_drugs(50%), $drugs(100%), $various_drugs(100%), $various_illegal_drugs(50%)] |
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