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- that cool i have 13 songs wrote in guitar , bass , and all the lyrics i just have to get better at the drums before i record my band is a mix of deicide, cannibal corpse and decrepit birth the lyrics are more like deicide. |
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Kittens (Dec 04 2003 19:59 GMT) - Possibly lethal dose of cuteness right here.... |
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Football (Dec 04 2003 19:59 GMT) - Le football est le sport Roi de notre planète. Certes on aime ou on aime pas, mais on ne peut pas passer à coté. Tout le monde connait les règles de base et ce que signifie "marquer un but". Tout le monde à déjà vu un ballon rouler sur une ... |
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Inversions (Dec 04 2003 19:59 GMT) - Le cycle de la culture de Ian M Banks est un pendant à Dune ou Fondation dans le panthéon des Space Opera. Ce qui est extraordinaire par rapport aux autres space Opera, c'est que l'auteur, encore vivant, continue à le faire évoluer. Son avant dernière circonvulsion s'appelle Inversions et c'est ... |
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- Incredible as it may seem, some Democrats are actually trying to make a big deal about the absurd turkey scandal.... |
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- Maxine Carr wept in the witness box at the Old Bailey today, saying she "would not be blamed" for what her ex-lover Ian Huntley did to Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman. |
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- Polish Prime Minister Leszek Miller escaped unhurt when a helicopter flying him to Warsaw crash-landed today. |
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- Ich wurde schon von vielen festgenagelt doch zu verraten, wenn es wieder günstige Flüge zu ergattern gibt. Dabei weiß ich das doch eigentlich gar nicht - aber heute habe ich etwas für euch: Meine Lieblingsairline Air Berlin hat ein tolles Angebot: Wieder mal ein Grund zum Jubeln für unsere Kunden: Von Donnerstagabend 20 Uhr bis Freitagmorgen 9 Uhr können 60. |
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- The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a proposal to require coal-burning power plants to make the steepest emissions cuts in over a decade. The "Interstate Air Quality Rule" will require power plants to upgrade their facilities to ... |
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- A New York University student who had planned on filming a couple having sex in front of her film to demonstrate the "contrast between unbridled human lust and banal everyday behavior," has been given the thumbs down from NYU administrators. Despite having approval from the instructor, two willing copulators, and a classroom full of consenting viewers, NYU officials decided that any on-campus filming should conform to Motion Picture Association of American (MPAA) Guidelines. More here from New York Times and the Washington Square Times. |
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- The Palm Beach Post asks if the city wants a five-star library, shouldn't it offer five-star service, too? Library Director Pam Sandlian Smith agrees, so she and nine staff members spent Wednesday at the Ritz-Carlton Palm Beach, trying to learn how a five-star hotel earns its stars, and how a public library might adopt some of those hospitality secrets. "We need to have the feeling of the hospitality industry," Smith reasoned. "I think library schools sometimes don't focus enough on that particular part of what we're really all about. I think librarians tend to be introverts, but we're about presentation and hospitality and service, too. |
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- Dr. Lee Miringoff, Director of the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion, conducted a poll from October 27 through 29, 2003. The objective of the poll was to gather information on what library services are important to the public and how willing people are to approve extra tax monies for libraries to obtain those services. "The Public Library: A National Survey" confirms and updates the findings of two Zogby International polls done for the New York Library Association in 2002 and a statewide survey conducted for the Regents Commission on Library Services in 1999. |
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- Here's A Report funded by Resource: the Council for Museums, Archives and Libraries and conducted by the National Literacy Trust, that provides baseline data on the ability of museums, archives and libraries in England to contribute to the Government's targets for improving the literacy and numeracy skills of adults with basic skills needs. The research covers the full spread of activity from making museums, libraries and archives more welcoming for this audience, through to the delivery of basic skills courses including family literacy. The information is reinforced by case studies to help others build on promising practice and extend the contribution made by these areas. |
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- News On The NCSU Libraries where the body of the Student Senate passed a resolution supporting the NCSU Libraries position not to renew a journal subscription. A delegation from the NCSU Libraries gave a presentation on their contract negotiations with Reed Elsevier for its ScienceDirect online product. David Shuford, a master's student in genetics, said that Reed Elsevier is offering NCSU Libraries, along with the Triangle Research Libraries Network (TRLN), a contract deal that is unfavorable in light of budget problems that the libraries are facing. |
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- Good News for Aniruddha Bahal who is this year's Literary Review's "Bad Sex in Fiction" award. Aniruddha Bahal's book, "Bunker 13" -- described as a combination of the styles of ex-SAS author Andy McNab and romance novelist Jilly Cooper -- was awarded the prize on Wednesday for the most inept description of sexual intercourse in a novel. "Your RPM is hitting a new high. To wait any longer would be to lose prime time... "She picks up a Bugatti's momentum. |
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- A bit more on the Meriden Public Library Wednesday which defended its decision to ban certain images of Jesus Christ in a public display area. Meanwhile, a national Catholic organization blasted the library for prejudice, and the American Library Association said that the local library's policy for exhibits contradicts the very association bill of rights to which it refers. "It's a no-win situation," Meriden Public Library Director Marcia Trotta said. Full Story, or See Also, "No religion please, we're a library" from the UK on worshippers who have been told they cannot pin up church notices in High Wycombe's library as it is too religious. |
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- News From The Guardian on The Centre for the Children's Book, which uses its collection of original manuscripts and illustrations to encourage creativity in young people, will announce that it has raised £6m to create a new home in Newcastle upon Tyne. |
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Houhai (Dec 04 2003 19:58 GMT) - This week's TIME ASIA has a bit in their Global Adviser section on how the new trendy area of Beijing is Houhai, taking over from Sanlitun. When I was last in Beijing a year and a half ago, it was... |
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- Wecome to Mount Nevermind News. We care more about the quality of your life than you do. Our latest invention is WakaWaka, the new standard for walking. |
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- Last night I was reading Leonard Cohen’s Beautiful Losers. On the back of the book is praise from various critics,... |
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- Thanks to Foo for find this simple Blog Reader created using Flex. Flex is Macromedia's XML-based UI API, which I talk more about here. This is the first almost-real-world Flex example I've seen. I've played with XAML a small bit, but haven't seen any real-world examples like this. What I want to see now: |
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