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- Dec. 2 - Once again, grief counselors will be on hand at Anacostia Senior High School, in Northeast Washington, after the violent death of another student. |
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- Dec. 2 - Less than a year away from the presidential election, the situation in Iraq is already a major campaign issue. |
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- Dec. 1 - A toddler was in critical condition after falling into a pool at a home daycare in, where authorities said no one present was licensed to provide childcare. |
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- PM admits his 'authority was on the line' over vote to introduce university top-up fees. |
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racism (Dec 02 2003 13:59 GMT) - I sent an email to this lovely lady today about racism. She's about 10 years younger than I am and... |
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- As Israeli and Palestinian delegates met in Switzerland to launch the Geneva Accord, the Palestinian Religious Scholars Association, one of the leading Islamic bodies in the Palestinian Authority, issued a fatwa (religious decree) forbidding any Muslim from signing an agreement that forgoes the right of return for all refugees to their original homes inside Israel. The fatwa came as thousands of Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza Strip took to the streets to protest against the Geneva Accord.On the other side of the fence, Ehud Olmert criticized Colin Powell for backing the deal, and former Prime Minister Ehud Barak told the press that the plan "rewards terrorism."Well, I think Geneva's pretty much dead in the water. At least our hope isn't. |
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- Police say an arsonist set an early morning fire Sunday in the Grand Haven, MI, High School library that caused $50,000 in damage. Meanwhile, in CA, SFGate Reports the fire at the K-5 year-round school for 850 students is the seventh fire at a Bay Area school in as many weeks and authorities are trying to determine whether this fire is linked to any of the others. The fire, which caused an estimated $100,000 in total damage, is considered suspicious, Fairfield Fire Department Capt. Jeff Chandler said. Investigators found evidence that someone tried to set leaves on fire, as well as some cardboard and paper, at two sites outside the school's multipurpose room, Chandler said. |
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- I can't decide if This Sun-Times Article is sad, or inspiring, but students are donating time to a volunteer program that will restore some of the hours sliced at ISU's library because of state budget cuts over the last two years. They say The pilot program will keep the library open 3-1/2 hours longer most days, but student and campus leaders say it offers a sad commentary on the state of financial affairs at public universities these days. About 40 student volunteers will each donate five hours a week stocking shelves and doing other odd jobs, which will free up paid student workers for extended hours, Tucker said. The library will close at 2 a.m. |
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- Apple, a company I've long chalked up under the rubric "if you saw hot dogs made, you'd never eat them... |
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- Mark Steyn on the kookier reactions to Bush's Thanksgiving dinner in Iraq.... |
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- Did I mention that Mr. Fish and I paid our very first mortgage payment recently? It cleared my account yesterday. On one hand, I'm happy to [sort of] own my very own home. On the other hand, our mortgage payment is over double what my rent was... |
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- eCOST.com offers the factory-refurbished Onkyo LS-V500C DVD Home Theater System for $169. Even with shipping starting at a hefty $83.90, it's still...(more) |
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- Look, matey, I know a dead protocol when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now: Russia says it will not ratify in its present form the Kyoto Protocol designed to mitigate global warming. "The Kyoto protocol places significant limitations on the economic growth of Russia," presidential aide Andrei Illarionov told a conference in Milan. The landmark environmental pact cannot now enter into legal force, especially since the US has also repudiated it.... |
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- Facing softening burger sales, an obesity epidemic and a nation whose palate is evolving, the country's biggest restaurant chain wades into the espresso business Wednesday when it opens a Starbucks-style coffee bar called McCafe inside a Mountain View McDonald's. I don't know if this is fantastic or upsetting yet. |
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- Ruling in one of the most contentious redistricting cases in the nation, the Colorado Supreme Court found yesterday that the state's Republican-controlled Legislature violated the state constitution in redrawing congressional districts to the GOP's advantage. The 5-to-2 decision throws a wrench into Republicans' plans to strengthen their hold on Colorado's congressional delegation and could bode ill for a similar redistricting overhaul in Texas, which is also before the courts, specialists said. |
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- Cop: "You're arrested." Judge: "I've got prostate problems. |
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- If you are like most Americans,you believe that a conspiracy killed Kennedy. This web site is dedicated to debunking the mass of misinformation & disinformation surrounding the murder of JFK. |
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- cool idea by video artist sam easterson ... outfitting animals & plants with helmet-mounted video cameras worldwide |
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- Zach Huang is a happy man, a family man, and by all accounts, an intelligent man. For this, we should all respect him. But Zach is also... |
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- Over at Microsoft Monitor I see Microsoft revealed a whole bunch of security data about Microsoft's internal networks today. 2500 to 3000 attempted intrusions per day. And other interesting data. Also, points to a free anti-virus promotion Microsoft has put together with Computer Associates. If you aren't yet running anti-virus software, this is a good way to get it. |
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- The nation's first genetically altered household pet - a fish that glows in the dark - is set to begin appearing in stores next month everywhere except perhaps California, the only state with a ban on lab-engineered species. |
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- Each year the Plain English Campaign gives out it's annual awards that both applaud and razz the best and worst examples of using clear and accurate language in the media. The "Foot in Mouth" award goes to a public figure... |
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- Yesterday I left work early. Everyone I know is sick. Too tired to type this morning. Must...save .... |
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- Als supersub en aspirant lijflogger doe ik graag netjes mijn huiswerk om een wit voetje te halen bij de meester. Naar aanleiding van about:blank's lijflog lessen schrijf ik hier een stukje proza over mijn linkerteen. Daar gaattie: Het is een koude maandagnacht, 4: |
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- The Web site for Harpers has an unusual new design that builds on its extensive back catalog of magazine content in semantic-Web-ish ways... [Scott Rosenberg's Links & Comment] Suggestion: Go to the new Harpers site, start clicking around on the links in the Weekly Reviews. Then click on the links in these pages. |
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Meter Maid (Dec 02 2003 13:56 GMT) - Thanks to Scott, I discovered that there are about 260100 women in the US named Rita....which makes me wonder if... |
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- Knowledge management system, providing all the features a service desk needs to ensure consistent, approved solutions and fixes are provided by web, email or telephone. Includes web self-help module to provide client access to straightforward fix... |
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Leopard 1.0 (Dec 02 2003 13:56 GMT) - Leopard is a programming language built primarily for beginners. It facilitates software development in an extremely easy and enjoyable manner.There are no complicated commands or concepts to grasp. Instead, you will be able to develop your own W... |
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- dotPocket is an easy-to-use yet powerful utility that allows you to enhance the visual capabilities of your Pocket PC and integrate your handheld with desktop system. Portrait or landscape screen orientation, virtual screen resolutions up to 2000x2000, o... |
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- BS/1 Professional is a multi-currency time billing and accounting system: AP, AR, GL, Inventory, Time Billing, and Sales Analysis. Client jobs are tracked by priority and due date. Time is billed against the tasks which make up a job. Includes Stopwatch ... |
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- Advanced Web Ranking is a tool that will help you check your web site position on all major search engines. |
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- Encrypt files and folders and create archives with a click in Windows Explorer. Once encrypted, they can be safely stored in your computer, sent through email, shared or transfered on Internet without secure connections. Features: (1) Integrated with Wi... |
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- Telephony development Control, Extensition of Microsoft TAPI2.0,support multi-lines, multi-calls per line, help you build you IVR system in few minutes. Support Win98/Me/Nt/2K/XP Operating system .Features: Custom phone signals detection, Conference, Tr... |
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- WeOnlyDo! Mailbox is a component that can be easily integrated into your applications to provide full management over mailboxes and message parsing. Using wodMailbox, you can easily access mailbox, count messages, look at messages, count parts, save atta... |
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- Proxy Workbench is a unique proxy server ideal for developers, trainers and security experts that displays its data in real-time. You can actually see the data flowing between your e-mail client and the e-mail server, web browser and web server or even a... |
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- XXCOPY is a boldly extended XCOPY using the same command syntax. It performs file-copy, delete, search and many common file management operations. It can select files and directories by the date, age, and size, as well as the comparison between the... |
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- County Cork resident, Roy Disney, has resigned as a Director of the Walt Disney Corporation in a row over the direction of the company. |
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- This article emphasizes that the new model is based on services... that software should not run on the client's pc because the developer doesn't have much control there.. with softwares developed as services...it would be easy for developers to add a feature or fix bugs. |
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