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- Figures just released by Oftel reveal that the UK has reached a milestone in Internet penetration - half of all households are now on-line. Of course, this means that half of homes still have no access to the Net and only 18% of connected homes take broadband, so there's still a way to go. |
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- Caching can improve performance by leaps and bounds. How caching is implemented greatly impacts your overall performance. CFCACHE is a good solution and load test show great performance with it when there are only a few files in the cache. As the ... |
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People (Oct 28 2003 11:26 GMT) - Aren't they annoying?... |
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- Price is Right' announcer Rod Roddy dies at 66LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rod Roddy, the flamboyantly dressed announcer on the TV game show "The Price is Right'' whose booming, jovial voice invited lucky audience members to "Come on down!'' for nearly 20 years, died Monday. He was 66.... |
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- In commemoration of Theodor Seuss Geisel’s 100 birthday on March 2, 2004, Seussentennial is a yearlong tribute to the man known and loved by generations of Americans as Dr. Seuss. “Seussentennial: A Century of Imagination” will celebrate Geisel’s creativity, imagination, and his invaluable contributions to American society that live on today through his beloved books and iconic characters. Kicking off in January 2004, the events and activities comprising Seussentennial will celebrate all aspects of Geisel’s life, from his celebrated books, like Green Eggs and Ham and How The Grinch Stole Christmas! |
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- Technology analyst Bill Thompson has been getting lots of comments on his weblogs, unfortunately most of the want to sell him Viagra. He has been "flyblogged".Earlier this week I got an e-mail to tell me that someone called Levitra had commented on one of my entries on the VoxPolitics weblog. Since it's a group weblog for "e-democracy titbits and crumbs", we get quite a few comments from random readers, and often they are useful and informative, so I read it with interest. Read MoreSadly, it was not about the latest e-voting disasters in California - a topic of great interest to me - but a rather obvious piece of spam. |
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- JIM HEINTZAssociated PressMOSCOW - Confidence in Russia's economy and leadership fell dramatically Monday after the weekend arrest of its richest man, with the ruble losing value against the dollar and shares of the biggest oil producer being pulled from trading because their worth plunged by one-fifth.President Vladimir Putin defended prosecutors' decision to arrest Russia's richest man, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, whom special forces seized in a stunning operation at a Siberian airport. But fears were high that the move could stall the Russian economy, which recently has seen robust progress back from the 1998 collapse of the ruble."Capitalism with Stalin's Face," blared a headline in the daily Nezavisimaya Gazeta.... |
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- Red Cross Reassesses Its Presence in IraqBy Theola Labb and Keith B. RichburgTuesday, October 28, 2003; Page A14 BAGHDAD, Oct. 27 -- They used unarmed guards and eschewed elaborate security because in Iraq, as elsewhere in the world, they felt protected by their instantly recognizable symbol of benevolent assistance: a red cross. |
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- Legend tells that the stone stood on a hill top some distance from the intended site of the church. When the stone was dragged down to be incorporated into the church structure, it returned overnight to the hilltop. This happened three times and eventually the church was relocated and built on the hilltop so that the stone could remain undisturbed. |
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- http://ptb. safeurl. de/?http%3A%2F%2Fmembers. |
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- Der Polizei in Schleswig-Holstein ist es gelungen, die bewaffnete, rechtsextremistische Gruppe "Combat 18" zu zerschlagen. Am Morgen hatten rund 300 Beamte mit der Durchsuchung von etwa 50 Wohnungen und Treffpunkten begonnen. Dabei wurden mehrere Tatverdächtige festgenommen. |
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- THE DIRTBOMBS - Dangerous Magical Noise (In the Red) - Buy from Amazon. The third and best album yet... |
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- Wer nach einer Scheidung wieder geheiratet hat, muss möglicherweise künftig weniger Unterhalt an den geschiedenen Ehepartner zahlen. Das Bundesverfassungsgericht in Karlsruhe erkärte die derzeitige Praxis für verfassungswidrig, wonach der Steuervorteil aus der neuen Ehe bei den Unterhaltszahlungen berücksichtigt wird. |
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- From AFP via Yahoo: An explosion boomed across Baghdad just after midday (0900 GMT), AFP correspondents reported. There was no immediate confirmation on the exact location of the blast which rocked the southwestern sector of the capital a day after five suicide bombers left 43 dead and more than 200 wounded in Baghdad. Fox has no link yet, but is reporting in their website headline that four people have been killed in what appears to be a suicide bombing. [UDPATE]: |
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- Congratulations to the U.S. National Rugby Team, as they broke a 16-year losing streak at the Rugby World Cup in... |
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- I cannot help myself but have to suggest that simply replacing W2K with virtually any Linux variety will significantly improve performance. Thread management in Linux appears to be so much better.A q... |
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- Fighting between government soldiers and Hutu rebels has forced more than 5,000 people to flee their homes in the hills surrounding the capital of Bujumbura, a government official said Tuesday. |
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- Wie die 'Neue Westfälische' berichtet, soll sich in Bestwig ein Mann das Leben genommen haben, der im Verdacht stand, Kinder zu pornografischen Zwecken missbraucht zu haben. Das Bildmaterial von den Taten des 51-jährig ...mehr... |
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- I’m an atheist; I’d no more turn to the Prophet Isaiah for a comment on my sexuality than I would for advice on choosing toothpaste. But some folks do worry. |
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- Reading my Roman history and using my P800 phone stylus to clean my ears at the same time made me wonder? Stylus or ligula.A ligula was an instrument with a narrow cup-shaped scoop at one end. It may have been... |
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- Recently I've found myself in a number of conversations with new Christians. Its so exciting to spend time with people who have just made a decision to journey with Jesus and who are discovering God in new ways. They have... |
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- An alert from the State Department speaks of terrorist threats against American and western interests. |
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- Pricers nyemission, som ska inbringa 55 miljoner kronor till företaget, är garanterad till 100 procent av bolagets större aktieägare. |
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- Back in March, I noticed (with more than a touch of schadenfreude) that Gerhard Schroeder was having problems in Germany. It is with equally childish... |
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- (UK) Mr Tremlett said the doctor who signed the committal papers was the same one who killed Dylan with a lethal dose of morphine. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(55%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(55%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $narcotic(100%), $opiate(100%), $alcohol(100%), $various_drugs(90%)] |
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