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Innovation Week (Dec 01 2003 23:46 GMT) - At the AIChE meeting, Cawas Cooper from Air Products talked about a project that evolved from their Innovation Week, where people were encouraged to come up with new ideas and collaborate with their colleagues to sell the idea to their... |
Surf*Mind*Musings
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Sortable Tables, with color (Dec 01 2003 23:45 GMT) - S.L. @ Kyrogrenix's sorttable.js is a remarkable piece of work. I had been working on a similar bit of code, but recycled those bits as soon as I tried it. |
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hide the toys! (Dec 01 2003 23:45 GMT) - you're a mean one mr. grinch... your brain is full of spiders... i wouldn't touch you with a 39 1/2 foot pole!... |
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BOB (Dec 01 2003 23:45 GMT) - check out BOB - the Breathing Observation Bubble. no more need for those pesky tanks and hoses strapped to your back and hanging around your head. just hop on this james bondian scooter thingy, and explore away at 2.4 kn top speed. |
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2000 Year Old Roman d20 Up For Auction (Dec 01 2003 23:45 GMT) - dolo666 writes "There is a d20 for sale at Christie's. Titled; "A ROMAN GLASS GAMING DIE", this item dates to circa 2nd Century A.D., and it's likely to go for ... |
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“Fair Trade” and the Bush Administration (Dec 01 2003 23:44 GMT) - Contrary to conventional wisdom, the Bush Administration should be listed in the fair trade column, not the free trade one. Steel tariffs were the first step to win votes in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. Then to please the northwest,... |
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Tokyo festival lights up 'Incense' (Dec 01 2003 23:44 GMT) - Film News: 15-year-old helmer Makhmalbaf gets Special Jury Award Tokyo's small but energetic second film fest, the Tokyo Filmex, presented its top nod, the Kodak Vision Award, worth $9,200 to the Chinese competition entry "Incense," helmed by 26-year-old Ning Hao. Fourth edition of the fest wrapped Sunday. |
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Sundance busts out lineup (Dec 01 2003 23:44 GMT) - Film News: 13 of 16 pics in dramatic competish are debuts As difficult as it is to generalize about a festival lineup culled from 688 submissions to the dramatic competition alone, fest director Geoffrey Gilmore noted that, after a lull in recent years, the number of entries from black filmmakers and on black-themed subject matter is way up. |
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'Blues,' 'Return' top Gijon prizes (Dec 01 2003 23:44 GMT) - Film News: Shorr takes helmer, pic kudos Two of this year's most acclaimed directorial debuts from Europe -- German Michael Shorr's "Schultze Gets the Blues" and Russian Andrei Zvyagintsev's Venice Golden Lion winner "The Return" -- shared nearly all top honors at the 41st Gijon Intl. Film Festival, which wrapped Friday. |
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EM.TV pitches plan to dodge bond (Dec 01 2003 23:44 GMT) - Business News: Pact pays holders $24 mil, plus TMG revenue Financially troubled German rights trader EM.TV may be a step closer to saving itself from a looming E469 million ($562 million) convertible bond that's threatening to destroy it. |
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'Donnie,' toons boost TV-Loonland (Dec 01 2003 23:44 GMT) - Business News: DVD boom bails German rights trader German TV and home entertainment rights trader TV-Loonland managed to narrow its losses in the first nine months of the year thanks to the DVD success of feature "Donnie Darko" and relaunched tyke titles "G.I. Joe" and "Transformers." |
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Thessaloniki fest goes both ways (Dec 01 2003 23:44 GMT) - Film News: 'Spice' nabs aud award, crix catch 'Last Train' The juries favored high art, but the Greek public went for the country's current B.O. hit in prizes at the 44th Thessaloniki Film Festival, which ended Nov. 30 in the hip, northern city. |
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'Ford' fakery fuels fire at IFDA (Dec 01 2003 23:44 GMT) - Film News: Abu-Assad defends docu's fictional element Palestinian filmer Hany Abu-Assad delivered an impassioned defense of his award-winning but controversial film "Ford Transit" in a panel discussion on ethics at the Intl. Documentary Festival Amsterdam that turned into a rowdy debate, with auds and panelists hurling insults at each other. |
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MTV's AIDS concert to travel globe (Dec 01 2003 23:44 GMT) - World News: Music web offers special free of charge to b'casters More than 60 international broadcasters have promised to air an all-star concert that bowed on MTV channels worldwide Monday to mark World AIDS Day. |
Funky Helix
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Update.... (Dec 01 2003 23:43 GMT) - In plain language (and written very well): Why helping the African AIDS epidemic helps you. |
DN Ekonomi
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Råkurret har bara börjat (Dec 01 2003 23:43 GMT) - Rydbeck-Tidström-rapporten om Skandia är presenterad. Råkurret har redan börjat: Utredningen pekar ut den förra Skandialedningen, framför allt Lars-Eric Petersson och Ulf Spång. |
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Brevet skulle blidka styrelsen (Dec 01 2003 23:43 GMT) - "Vid en sammantagen bedömning av marknads- och konkurrensläge fann presidiet det viktigt att ta bort taket på 15 procents värdestegring per år..." |
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Så blåste Skandias ledning sin styrelse (Dec 01 2003 23:43 GMT) - Skandiadirektörerna bestämde att de egna optionerna kunde bli hur värdefulla som helst. Därmed gick de bakom ryggen på styrelsen. Det är den allvarliga bild som framträder av Otto Rydbecks granskning. |
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