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- This interesting BusinessWeek article discussed the Vice Fund (VICEX), which specializes in investing "immoral" industries like gaming, tobacoo, alcohol and defense. The fund sports above S&P 500 returns YTD with little market correlation. Its MorningStar overview says: "Vice fund seeks... |
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- Ah, I'm so... nervous tonight. I want the next 5.5 hours to pass by faster, because I have to make a phone call, which can't be done... |
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- This strikes me as an utter non-story: Clark Post During Waco Gets New Attention, but nonetheless not that kind of thing that a campaign wants mentioned in the same breath as their candidate. Aside from supplying material, this has always... |
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- Spam I received today (and yesterday and the day before that and the day before that....): appian Jenni Want A Bigger Pen1s? Want A Bigger Pen1s? God, I freaking *hate* this crap. |
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- The boys at Max Design have come through for the world again by now offering a tutorial on the most overlooked feature of CSS: selectors. Check it out.... |
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- High-octane, AltiVec-powered G3s coming? |
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- If you are one who collects hot cars check out this site www.jadatoys.com... |
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- http://www. eatwellguide. org/search. cfm(found via trickofthedark, again, who linked http: |
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- If this is anything like what the PS3 will look like, then sign me up for one right now! The picture is a concept... |
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Please (Dec 01 2003 03:54 GMT) |
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- EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY is reportedly on the upsurge at Harvard, MIT, and other liberal Northeastern schools. Of course, it had nowhere to go but up. An interesting story, though.... |
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- EVANGELICAL CHRISTIANITY is reportedly on the upsurge at Harvard, MIT, and other liberal Northeastern schools. Of course, it had nowhere to go but up. An interesting story, though.... |
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- Ah! The spirit of Christmas - nyc.indymedia.org:8080 |
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- Boss Sedona Sedona Sedona watching the fish Kelly & Jeff have two ragdoll mix cats, Boss & Sedona. Boss is about 4 years old, is named after Bruce Springsteen and has 6 "fingers" on each of his front paws.... |
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- Bush plans new nuclear weapons: 'Bunker-buster' bombs set to end 10-year research ban The United States is embarking on a multimillion-dollar expansion of its nuclear arsenal, prompting fears it may lead the world into a new arms race. The Bush administration is pushing ahead with the development of a new generation of weapons, dubbed 'mini-nukes', that use nuclear warheads to penetrate underground bunkers. Anti-nuclear campaigners say the B83's large size makes its classification as a 'mini-nuke' debatable. More Articles and Discussion |
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- Factory Layoffs Seen Ending, But Future Is Grim After a bloodletting that cost 2.8 million jobs in just over three years, U.S. factory payrolls are expected to soon start inching higher, economists believe. But many manufacturing jobs may never come back. |
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- Saudi council's powers expanded King Fahd issued a decree empowering the consultative council to propose new laws without seeking his permission first. Correspondents say the move will speed up the decision-making process in the conservative Islamic kingdom. The Saudi Government has been under pressure to introduce political and economic reforms, and recently faced rare demonstrations calling for change. Saudi authorities, meanwhile, announced that the country will hold its first ever elections - for municipal councils - within a year. More on SAUDI ARABIA and Washington |
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- Arafat's support for Geneva peace blueprint sparks refugee protests Despite a crescendo of protests from Palestinian refugees, Yasser Arafat yesterday threw his weight behind an unofficial blueprint for a two-state solution, which is to be launched in Geneva today amid fanfare. Two ministers representing Mr Arafat's Fatah movement had cancelled their trip to the signing ceremony after the Palestinian leader declined to give the accords his seal of approval. But one of them, Kadoura Fares, told The Independent they would go with three other Fatah signatories. "There is a blessing and permission to travel," he said. MORE in ISRAELI / PALESTINIAN News Roundup |
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- U.S. Forces Kill 46 Iraqis Trying to Ambush Them U.S. soldiers killed 46 Iraqis and captured eight in a series of attempted ambushes on U. |
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- Frisky070802 writes "In the 12/03 Wired, Intel's Tiny Hope for the Future describes a fundamental transformation as Intel's Research director David Tennenhouse ... |
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- Rabbi Shmuley Boteach (author of "Kosher Sex") has a two-part, twelve-page interview with the first openly Jewish Playmate. I say "first openly Jewish" because 43 years times 12 months is 516 playmates. Of those, she represents 0.2%, far less than the Jewish fraction of the US population. I think she was on target with her estimation that, "I'm the first Jewish Playmate to admit that I was Jewish. |
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- The cabin looked perfectly normal from the outside when he arrived by helicopter. And it was immaculately swept. But inside, he found the baby gall bladder in plain view on the wall. A landmark study by Canadian naturalists on Human-Grizzly interaction was cut short when the bears being studied were slaughtered. Read about the reasearch here. |
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