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Does Ex-Gay Contempt for Gay Couples Help Ex-Gays? (Nov 23 2003 06:59 GMT) - In the wake of the Massachusetts Supreme Court ruling on gay marriage, Exodus could have informed its membership of the diversity of thoughtful, faithful and impassioned Christian opinions on the subject. Instead, Exodus on Nov. 21 replayed the propaganda of... |
The Agonist
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Analysis: Iraqi CPA fires 28,000 (Nov 23 2003 06:59 GMT) - Analysis: Iraqi CPA fires 28,000 teachers American's top man in Baghdad, L. Paul Bremer, last week fired 28,000 Iraqi teachers as political punishment for their former membership in the Saddam Hussein-dominated Baath Party, fueling anti-U.S. resistance on the ground, administration officials have told United Press International. |
Niutopia/Jouebs
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vendredi : Rahhhhhhhhhh ! (Nov 23 2003 06:59 GMT) - Depuis deux jours, je n'arrive pas à éditer mes textes comme je le voudrais. Polices de caractères, gras, italique, souligné, couleurs du texte, insérer image, etc. plus rien ne répond ! Quand à mes paragraphes, ils sont tous rattachés, ce qui rend le texte déagréable à lire. Bouhouhou !!! |
L.A. Observed
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Mr. Taschen comes to L.A. (Nov 23 2003 06:57 GMT) - Scott Timberg has a pair of Calendar pieces in the Sunday LAT on German art book publisher Benedikt Taschen, who adopted Los Angeles as home and last week opened a chic bookstore in Beverly Hills, and his local editor Jim... |
OnDecidingBetter News
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Dave WIner (Nov 23 2003 06:57 GMT) - Dave WIner has been migrating servers for his weblog sites from the West to East coast. I've been hoping that would help responsiveness at this site, which is served by Userland. Apparently there are some changes coming up for the management at Userland. After years of having free hosting of this site, I'm always a bit concerned that this platform may disappear at some point. |
The Agonist
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Revealed: what the tearful President told the grieving relatives of Britain's war dead (Nov 23 2003 06:56 GMT) - Revealed: what the tearful President told the grieving relatives of Britain's war dead It was an unscripted moment in a morning of minutely choreographed state ceremony. It was the moment the three-year-old son of a British soldier killed in Iraq looked President George Bush in the face and said: "My daddy is up in heaven." Mr Bush's face crumpled, and he stuttered the reply: |
nf0's Life
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Nightly Link Dump (Nov 23 2003 06:55 GMT) - MAME Cabinet Building the Recipe Web III Metallica's Hetfield: 'St. Anger' Sales 'A Bummer' >>> Could it be because its the worst album they have ever done? Classic Trilogy Ultimate Edition In The Works MacMinute: DEVONagent gets 'Pantherized' with v1. |
The Slat Rat Chronicles
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Note to Self: (Nov 23 2003 06:54 GMT) - Reading technical texts while drinking Grand Marnier only works for a limited period of time. After awhile, the text describing cellular signal distortion sort of drifts into a fuzzy attenuation (oooh - techie metaphoric wordplay!). And what kind of idiot am I, that I read technical texts late on a Saturday night? Geez... |
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blaaaaaaaaah (Nov 23 2003 06:53 GMT) - Meh. the last few weeks have taken their toll.... |
Sanjay's Coding Tips
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Python Natural Language Toolkit (Nov 23 2003 06:51 GMT) - Python Natural Language Toolkit NLTK, the Natural Language Toolkit, is a suite of Python libraries and programs for symbolic and statistical natural language processing. NLTK includes graphical demonstrations and sample data. It is accompanied by extensive documentation, including tutorials that explain the underlying concepts behind the language processing tasks supported by the toolkit. NLTK is ideally suited to students who are learning NLP (natural language processing) or conducting research in NLP or closely related areas, including empirical linguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence, information retrieval, and machine learning. NLTK has been used successfully as a teaching tool, as an individual study tool, and as a platform for prototyping and building research systems. |
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Professional Librarians Needed in Jacksonville, Florida (Nov 23 2003 06:51 GMT) - Librarians Source: Florida Times-Union Professional Librarians Needed in Jacksonville, Florida From the article, Staffing a new Main Library twice the size of the one it will replace, plus finding employees for six new and 12 renovated libraries in Ja |
Iunctura Daily with Justin Hitt
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Telemarketing inhibits business-to-business relationships (Nov 23 2003 06:51 GMT) - While the National (US) Do-Not-Call Registry primarily covers residential phone numbers; Jackie Huba of the Church of the Customer, offers a great view on the damage telemarketing causes in business-to-business relationships. Don't call people who haven't given you specific permission to do so or you risk destroying a profitable relationship before it starts. |
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Officer takes on crime (Nov 23 2003 06:50 GMT) - (US) He believes crime has flourished there for so long because pimps, prostitutes and drug dealers have effectively used intimidation tactics against residents. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $propaganda_theme5(70%), $propaganda_theme7(70%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $various_drugs(95%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%), $police_related_news(70%)] |
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County jail health costs escalating (Nov 23 2003 06:50 GMT) - (US) We have to deal with their health problems that range from mental health.[$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $use_is_abuse(60%), $propaganda_theme4(60%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $alcohol(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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Baylor plays -- and wins -- first game since Dennehy's death (Nov 23 2003 06:50 GMT) - (US) Dennehy's disappearance and death prompted an internal inquiry that revealed serious NCAA violations, including revelations that failed drug tests were suppressed and coach Dave Bliss had paid players' tuition. [$drug_related(50%), $illegal_drugs(50%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(50%)] |
Gadgetopia
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Depressing News About Offshore Outsourcing (Nov 23 2003 06:50 GMT) - Tech Workers' Losing Fight to Match Overseas Wages: Here's an awfully depressing article about overseas outsourcing that counters some of the more positive news we'd been hearing. Stocking shelves and hauling boxes on the graveyard shift at Target was... |
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