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Nepalese general killed by rebels (Nov 15 2003 17:59 GMT) - KATHMANDU, Nepal (CNN) -- A Nepalese general, whose family had close ties with Nepal's royal family, has been killed in a Maoist ambush, officials ... - nyc.indymedia.org:8080 |
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Weekend (Nov 15 2003 17:59 GMT) - I'm posting so I can see if I'm still getting errors. I'm heading out to Adrian today and won't be back until late tomorrow, so I won't be posting again until then. Hope everyone has a good weekend!... |
LISNews.com
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Always Running: Luis Rodriguez (Nov 15 2003 17:59 GMT) - Fang-Face writes "In another incident of censorship, a mother who home schools her child has gotten Always Running removed from the curriculum. This case nicely illustrates the intrinsic lack of respect for human intelligence in that the book was on the curriculum for grade eleven classes. High school seniors are what? Sixteen? Seventeen? |
LISNews.com
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Library will allow gay publication again (Nov 15 2003 17:59 GMT) - Anna writes "The Central branch of the Lexington Public Library will allow a local GLBT newsletter to be placed on the lobby tables. The library executive director made a mistake and confused it with a Louisville GLBT newsletter, which she wanted removed from the table because it isn't local. "The decision to reinstate GLSO News was made Thursday, but library officials said it was not related to a Herald-Leader article that day about the removal." It probably didn't have anything to do with the numerous letters, emails, and phone calls made by Lexington residents, either. Nor did it have anything to do with LPL's aversion to bad publicity of any sort... |
HOG ON ICE
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Need More News From Miami? (Nov 15 2003 17:58 GMT) - Keep up With Developments in Santeria Got a nice mention from Miami blogger Val Prieto at Babalublog, and I thought... |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Censorware thinks blogs are unsavory (Nov 15 2003 17:57 GMT) - SurfControl, a censorware vendor, has roped off blogs from some of its customers' machines. That means that if your workplace, library or school relies on SurfControl to keep naughty pages away from its computers, you can't get at blogs, either. ... Now that the Supreme Court has upheld the federal mandate requiring libraries to censor their terminals, companies like SurfControl control more than surfing: they control basic access to information. |
GoogleGuy Says - Google Ranking Info
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Update hurts "overoptimizers"? (Nov 15 2003 17:57 GMT) - Importance: MediumGG replies to a member who suggests that webmasters who have fallen should ask themselves if they deserve their former (high) rankings. GG's reply may be interpreted as lending credence to the theory that this update addresses sites that are "over-optimized". Link to quote GoogleGuy Says:That's going to be a hard wake-up call for a lot of people, Chicago. |
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Demokratischer Hindernislauf in Serbien (Nov 15 2003 17:57 GMT) - In Serbien stehen Präsidentschafts-Wahlen an ż wieder einmal. Es ist der dritte Anlauf innerhalb von 13 Monaten. Die letzten beiden Wahlen waren an zu niedriger Wahlbeteiligung gescheitert. |
Matthew Yglesias
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The Chart (Nov 15 2003 17:56 GMT) - I suppose I should mention the chart the NY Times ran yestderday purporting to demonstrate progress in Iraq. Honestly, I don't know what this demonstrates. Sometimes the facts speak for themselves, but this is not one of those times. Among... |
Turnabout
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Upgraded forum (Nov 15 2003 17:55 GMT) - I've installed new forum software. The upgraded forum may be useful to anyone who wants to take one of these discussions on a tangent, or... |
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