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- A tradition that we inherit from Chris's side of the family is St. Nicholas Day, otherwise known as "Elves's Day". The night before, the children dutifully placed their Christmas lists in their stockings. Sometime overnight, Santa's elves retrieve the lists and leave a small gift or two along with a little candy. |
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- Here's the table for MLB right fielders, minimum 200 balls in play when they're on the field: Right Fielders FielderExpected OutsExpected DERActual OutsActual DERDER Difference Tom Goodwin 13.2 0.061 17.0 0. |
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- Today's Oregonian offers its own look at the sudden departure of Kim Kimbrough from the top spot at the Portland |
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- When I was in junior high, Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card was one of my favorite books. It's about a freakishly bright kid, and I won't spoil the plot for you if you haven't read it. Suffice to say that Card's well known for being a devout Mormon; but this essay is a clear statement of one of the things I'd heard about him, but never read from his pen: The goal of the polity is not to put homosexuals in jail. |
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- Libraries charge late fees for reason explains, to readers of the Sioux City Journal, Library officials said late fees were put in place to spur prompt returns. That generally works, but there are "some who don't have the civic sense of responsibility," said Sioux City library director Betsy Thompson. "Going after overdues is the worst part of our job, not a fun part at all," said Whiting library director Meg Polly. I really do have a strong civic sense of responsibility, though I just returned 2 books over a month late. |
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- Ever wonder what it would look like to travel to a black hole? A neutron star? If so, you might find this page interesting. Here you will find descriptions and MPEG movies that take you on such exciting trips. These movies are scientifically accurate computer animations made with strict adherence to Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. |
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Jay Nano (Dec 06 2003 23:58 GMT) - Yet another cultural bellwether, the late-night TV monologue, has reached down to the nano level. |
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- No One Knows But You "No one knows but youHow I feel insideNo one knowsNo one knows but you" Beth Nielsen Chapman I wish you could hear her singing these words. The depth of emotion is amazing. |
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- Internationally-renowned architect and urban designer, Sir Terry Farrell, has thrown his weight behind proposals for the creation of a £36 million 'Great Museum for the North' on the University's campus. |
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- «Samedi, aux environs de 10h30 (1h, heure de Montréal), un avion de la coalition a attaqué au canon un terroriste suspecté d'être responsable du meurtre de deux ouvriers travaillant sur un chantier routier», précise un communiqué du commandement américain, publié... |
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- Blog List of Over 6,900 Canadian Blogs Organized by Topic and Region |
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- twoday.net winterly new, improved & überhaupt — jetzt mit eMail-Gateway (das sich auch zum Gemoblogge eignet) & einer werbefinanzierten Gratisvariante. |
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- "Cravath represents many of the most powerful companies in the world and as a junior attorney you were given the opportunity to look behind the curtain. Of course, you were given the opportunity to look behind the curtain 100 hours a week." [ Ø SMLF • ] |
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- visad - viz and analysis kit in java / analytics java num viz elementary linear algebra / book lin-alg math wilmascope 3d graph visualization system / graph-viz java viz livejournal granular publicity control / cloneworthy |
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- Ça y est la tant attendue mise à jour 1.6 de chez Orange a bien été reçue par Francky94 ! N'étant pas un radin, ce très sympathique visiteur du site à l'humour débordant nous fait partager sa nouvelle version en nous offrant les premières captures d'écran de son SPV. De bien belles images qui vous feront certainement regretter de ne pas avoir cette version spéciale sur votre Smartphone :) Ah le plus important : |
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- INCLUDE{"DocsDevTopicNote"} Discussions around BugzillaLinkPlugin I renamed the Plugin from BugzillaPlugin to BugzillaLinkPlugin because this is more accurate, and ... |
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- AutolinkDDTSPlugin The defect tracking system DDTS uses special identifiers for bug numbers. This plugin automagically links DDTS bugs to the DDTS web system. This ... |
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fyi (Dec 06 2003 23:54 GMT) - that was a trick question on the poll.my "real" middle name is renee. |
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- Rekindling bitter memories, Democratic leaders and presidential candidates accused President Bush of stealing the 2000 election in Florida and pledged Saturday to avenge that loss next year. Former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek brought the activists to their feet with an angry reminder of the long-count election. |
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- Since starting college at the University of Kansas in the fall, freshman Kirk Vanderkamp has been cycling through personal identities at a breakneck pace, Hamilton Hall sources reported Monday."It's really unnerving to watch," said Eric Yusef, resident assistant on the 6-West wing where Vanderkamp lives. "You never know what he's going to be wearing when he steps out of that dorm room. Since September, I've seen him in everything from head-to-toe FUBU sweats and a chain to a tie-dyed shirt and a fringed leather jacket." [More] |
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- Since starting college at the University of Kansas in the fall, freshman Kirk Vanderkamp has been cycling through personal identities at a breakneck pace, Hamilton Hall sources reported Monday."It's really unnerving to watch," said Eric Yusef, resident assistant on the 6-West wing where Vanderkamp lives. "You never know what he's going to be wearing when he steps out of that dorm room. Since September, I've seen him in everything from head-to-toe FUBU sweats and a chain to a tie-dyed shirt and a fringed leather jacket." [More] |
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- I see on the news that NYC and New England will |
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- Hong Kong movie star Jackie Chan (C) takes a photograph with Miss Philippines Maria Rafaela Verdadero Yunon (R) in Sanya, in China's tropical island of Hainan, December 6, 2003. China plays host to the event on Saturday, putting the world's most populous country officially on the beauty pageant map. REUTERS/Bobby Yip (Click for Large Photo) [yrate: 4, +movie +miss +maria -china +beauty +pageant] |
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- Miss Ireland Rosanna Davison (L) is congratulated by first runner-up Miss Canada Nazanin Afshin-Jam (R) and second runner-up Miss China Qi Guan after being crowned Miss World 2003 in Sanya, on China's tropical island of Hainan, December 6, 2003. REUTERS/Kin Cheung (Click for Large Photo) [yworld: 3, +++'miss world' +miss -china] |
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- Carole Montillet of France skis down the mountain at the Lake Louise Ski Resort in Lake Louise, Canada during the women's downhill(AFP/File/Jeff Haynes) (Click for Large Photo) [yworld: 2, +louise +women] |
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- Just setting up a home system with Redhat 9 and couldn't get a linux driver for my Linksys WMP11 wireless PCI card. It uses a broadcom chipset and this doesn't seem to be readily supported. But, a company called http://www.linuxant. |
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- Slashdot Dec 6 2003 5:08PM ET... |
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- Slashdot Dec 6 2003 5:08PM ET... |
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- Slashdot Dec 6 2003 5:08PM ET... |
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- OfficialSpin Dec 6 2003 6:05PM ET... |
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- NY Times: "The finale of a powerful two-day storm roared across the New York metropolitan area and played out over the Northeast today, burying parts of the region in a foot of snow that set records, slowed travel, challenged Christmas shoppers and transformed the landscape into vistas as uncluttered as early maps of America."... |
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- Telecoms.com Dec 6 2003 6:11PM ET... |
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- San Jose Mercury News Dec 6 2003 5:08PM ET... |
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- AP via Seattle Post Intelligencer Dec 6 2003 5:34PM ET... |
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- AP via Daily Press Dec 6 2003 6:03PM ET... |
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- AP via Daily Press Dec 6 2003 5:40PM ET... |
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