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- An illustrated list. Never let it be said that this blog isn't Fair and Balanced (see the #1 guy on the list). (via Angry Bear, who is always an interesting read.) |
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- Clark Kerr, who created the blueprint for public higher education in the United States while president of the University of California system in the 1950's and 60's, died yesterday afternoon in El Cerrito, Calif. He |
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Think Twice (Dec 05 2003 14:59 GMT) - Kinda like draw poker with dice, or Yahtzee - you roll a bunch of dice (six plus two - I'll talk about the two later), decide which you want to re-roll, and have a total of three turns to get the best possible score. The six dice are also like Yahtzee, be |
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- Wales' Ryan Giggs has been suspended for two matches for elbowing Vadim Evseev during the Euro 2004 play-off match with Russia in Moscow. |
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- In a rare police crackdown on Internet file-sharing, two Japanese men were arrested for allegedly disseminating movies and games with software that claimed to protect users' identities. |
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- Layout of The Simpsons' house plus QuickTime VR movies of it. |
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- Hubbert blasts BCA on teacher benefits I know that in a lot of states -- arguably in the whole country... |
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- CBS News | Silencing Voices Of Dissent | December 4, 200320:19:06 A U.S. Secret Service Agent told Bursey neither he nor his anti-war poster belonged on a public corner. |
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- I have my belly pierced since 1997. I have a |
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- Iraq's Governing Council plans to create a war crimes tribunal to try members of Saddam Hussein's former regime for crimes against humanity. Some similar tribunals worldwide: |
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- Boob job for no frills airliner The flying angel logo for the wildly successful no frills airliner Ryanair has received a face lift, or rather, a boob job. The once flat chested angel/harp has clearly reached puberty now, as you can see from the before (left) and after (right) pictures above. Ryanair, which handles 24million passengers a year, yesterday admitted tweaking the flying harp motif. A spokesman said: “ |
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- Gabe's MINI site was given a short review in the first issue of GoMINI. Very cool.I think it's funny that the site has become so well known with such a funky name. |
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- After installing Spyware Guard on the new XP machine I had to download the missing file patch which cures the problem with a missing MSCOMCTL.OCX file. I've also installed their spyware blaster program which apparently sets a kill bit on certain ocx's that are used for installing spyware and various other ad programs such as lop to stop you getting infected by a driveby installation. Will be interesting to see how well this protects this machine. |
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- A Billings man who spent his 92nd birthday in the hospital has recovered from West Nile virus. "It's a horrible experience to go through," said Maynard Jones. "I was just so doggone weak and listless. I felt like I wanted to collapse." |
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- Anna has this to say about the latest outrageous, unjustified, fascist, racist, just-horrible cop-beating (and according to the actual facts... |
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Groan (Dec 05 2003 14:56 GMT) - Here is a prime example why election year politics are so damned irritating. President Bush finally rescinded the hideous steel... |
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- XAML IntelliSence Patch for PDC Visual Studio .NET "Whidbey" is available for download. |
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- Dec. 5 - The body of a federal prosecutor has been found shot and stabbed to death in a Pennsylvania streambed after he failed to show at the trial of a notorious rapper. |
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- Dec. 5 - The east coast is bracing for a massive storm that could dump up to a foot of snow in some parts. Officials say they are ready for the heavy downfall. |
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- Dec. 5 - She made headlines as the CIA spy who had her name leaked to the public. But for the first time we're seeing her face, in the pages of 'Vanity Fair'. |
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- Dec. 5 - Cable network A&E will air a special on 'Playboy' to honor the adult magazine's 50 year anniversary. And over that time, just how many woman has Hef slept with? |
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- Dec. 5 - The first family of television will share their home with the likes of Jessica Simpson and Carmen Electra in an Osbournes Christmas special. |
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- Dec. 5 - Beyonce Knowles, rapper Jay-Z and acclaimed hip-hop duo OutKast were among the leading contenders for the Grammy Awards. |
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- Dec. 5 - The American Medical Association says that measures to prevent migraines are widely underused and could be a true sign of relief for patients. |
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- I was looking to expand on Mail's sound effects, so I got some new MP3 sounds, saved them in ~/Library/Sounds and tried to use them in Mail. Mail accepts them, and plays a sample. Later I noticed that the sounds don't play,... |
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- Palestinian vendors hammered at the rusty locks on their stores Friday as the Israeli military allowed a market in the divided West Bank city of Hebron to open for the first time in more than a year. |
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- Question Installing on a system to which I don't have root access, I got the following problem when attempting to access the testenv script Perl Module(s) missing ... |
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- Yet another reminder that first reports are invariably incomplete -- if not completely wrong: A woman reported "trampled" last Friday by Wal-Mart shoppers desperate for $29.87 DVD players has a long history of claiming injuries |
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- The woman who was "trampled" at Wal-Mart near $29.95 DVD players turns out to have quite the history of falling over in stores and then suing. The plot thins, as they say.... |
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- David Pogue of the New York Times talks about his iSight moment: And then, suddenly, there it was: My wife Jennifer's live image and her voice, transmitted in real time 3,500 miles across the globe -- instantly, crystal clear, and (by the way) free. I paraded around the coffee shop... |
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- Over a few ales last night, Steve and I worked out his future career. He's going to be a carpenter! |
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- Puolitoistavuotias lapsi loukkaantui henkilöauton törmättyä lastenvaunuihin suojatiellä |
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- Nastolan Rakokiven ostoskeskuksessa ryöstettiin pankki perjantaina puolenpäivän jälkeen. |
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- Liikemies Jussi Uotin jutun käsittely jatkuu Salon käräjäoikeudess ensi viikon tiistaina. |
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- Savonlinnan käräjäoikeuden istuntosalissa leipäveitsen kanssa heilunut mies tuomittiin perjantaina tö |
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- Ruotsalainen käräjäoikeus tuomitsi perjantaina 43-vuotiaan brittiläissyntyisen naisen 12 vuodeksi vankeuteen tö |
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- Kalajokelainen kaupunginvaltuutettu Erkki Aho (ps.) on jättänyt keskusrikospoliisille kaksi tutkintapyyntöä |
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- Legendaarinen chanson-laulaja Juliette Gréco, 76, esiintyy Suomessa kolmenkymmenen vuoden tauon jälkeen ensi keväänä. |
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- Sanomalehtipaperin tuonti Venäjältä Suomeen on yli kolminkertaistunut viime vuosikymmenen puolivälistä |
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- Formula ykkösten merkkimestaruutta puolustava Ferrari kiirehtii uutta automalliaan MM-radoille ensi kauden alkuun mennessä. MM-sarja alkaa Australiassa 7. maaliskuuta. |
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- foda, o meu cachorro teve um ataque fulminante no corao e faleceu na minha frente. E eu s tinha 8 anos... Foi chocante :( |
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