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just chrissie
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I love Saturdays (Dec 06 2003 15:44 GMT) - The staff party last night was actually fun..It was really cool hanging with Mark and talking about his punk band... |
SingaporeSurf
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Shorter Hours So LRT Can Be Fixed (Dec 06 2003 15:44 GMT) - The shorter operating hours are to allow Singapore LRT (SLRT) to fix what is hopefully the last of a series of faults that have plagued the system since the light rail system opened four years ago. By Goh Chin Lian (Straits Times via MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf) |
SingaporeSurf
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SPH Says It's In TV Business For The Long Haul (Dec 06 2003 15:44 GMT) - Singapore Press Holdings (SPH) remains committed to its money-losing television subsidiary, MediaWorks, as it sees TV as an important part of its overall media strategy, SPH chairman Lim Chin Beng said yesterday. By Audrey Tan (Straits Times via MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf) |
SingaporeSurf
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Give SIA Pilots Some Credit (Dec 06 2003 15:44 GMT) - Let's not start labelling SIA pilots. They deserve some credit for the job that they do and our leaders should take the first step. By Tan Soon Kee (Straits Times via MyAppleMenu SingaporeSurf) |
Outside the Beltway
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SNOW ECONOMICS (Dec 06 2003 15:43 GMT) - From the NYT story on the snowstorm that's hit the East Coast: Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said that snow removal would cost $1 million per... |
Arizona Daily Star: More News
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Disgusted judge tosses Olympics bribe case (Dec 06 2003 15:42 GMT) - SALT LAKE CITY - With a stinging attack on prosecutors, a federal judge threw out the case Friday against two civic leaders accused of bribery for lavishing $1 million in cash, gifts and favors on Olympic officials to bring the 2002 Winter Games to Salt Lake City. |
Arizona Daily Star: More News
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Arnold's budget strategy: Borrow (Dec 06 2003 15:42 GMT) - SACRAMENTO - After saying for weeks there would be no option for putting a big bond measure on the spring ballot, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger quietly gave the green light Friday to a plan to borrow $10.7 billion without voter approval. |
Radio Free China
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Referendum to Focus on Chinese ... (Dec 06 2003 15:41 GMT) - Referendum to Focus on Chinese Missiles. A referendum March 20 will ask Taiwanese voters to demand that China remove hundreds of missiles aimed at the island, a presidential spokesman said. President Chen Shui-bian had said the referendum would not concern independence. [Los Angeles Times World News] |
Coyote Gulch
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2004 Presidential Election A Curious ... (Dec 06 2003 15:41 GMT) - 2004 Presidential Election A Curious Stranger: "Today in New Hamphire General Clark presented his 10 Pledges on the use of force in a Clark administration." Daily Kos: "The latest NH, IA, and MA polls. The $50K for the Florida Democratic Party. |
Smart Mobs
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The outcome of newly released Bollywood thrillers spread by SMS, hurting industry (Dec 06 2003 15:41 GMT) - Whereas Hollywood blamed teenage girls for box office bombs this summer, because they were spreading thumbs down by text messaging as they walked out of the theater, Bollywood has a very different problem. The outcome of newly released thrillers - who dies and whoddunit - are spreading like wildfire by SMS, spoiling the suspense. “There is no doubt that the SMS trend is going to make and break several films,” views distributor Isak Moosa, interviewed by The Times of India. "Producers and distributors alike are aware of the lethal power of SMS in completely ruing the chances of their films". |
Smart Mobs
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Rickshaws equipped with mobile phones (Dec 06 2003 15:41 GMT) - A regional mobile phone company in India is taking a novel approach to drive up business and help the poor at the same time, reports the BBC. Shyam Telecom, which operates in the state of Rajasthan, has equipped a fleet of rickshaws with a mobile phone. Drivers pedal these mobile payphones throughout the state capital, Jaipur, and the surrounding countryside. The hand-pedalled rickshaws are equipped with a battery, a billing machine and a printer. The rickshaw drivers, numbering around 200, are largely drawn from those at the margins of society - the disabled and women. |
Smart Mobs
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Web Conferencing Standard under way (Dec 06 2003 15:41 GMT) - What's good for Voice over IP (VoIP) is good for Web conferencing. A new IETF effort is under way to standardize centralized conferencing. The IETF's Centralized Conferencing (XCON) working group, formed in October 2003, is expected to adopt core Internet drafts for the technology at the IETF conference in November 2003. The XCON network will likely consist of two components: the standardized XCON client running on a PC or a phone; |
RichardŻ.com
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Random Blog (Dec 06 2003 15:41 GMT) - Put this on a list of stupid and useless items to have on ones blog. My viewers can now view a random blog from my site. I've permanently added the link to my archive pages as a feature. If you're... |
RichardŻ.com
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Random Blog (Dec 06 2003 15:41 GMT) - Put this on a list of stupid and useless items to have on ones blog. My viewers can now view a random blog from my site. I've permanently added the link to my archive pages as a feature. If you're... |
Baseball Musings
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Probabilistic Range, Center Fielders (Dec 06 2003 15:40 GMT) - Here are the center fielders, minimum 200 balls in play while they are in center field. Center Fielders CFExpected OutsExpected DERActual OutsActual DERDER Difference Jody Gerut 23.9 0.070 29.0 0. |
Off the Kuff
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Runoff today (Dec 06 2003 15:40 GMT) - The 2003 election season comes to a close today. Look on the bright side: even if your candidates lose, at... |
Obels.net Medical Weblog ★★★
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STATS - STeve's Attempt to Teach Statistics. (Dec 06 2003 15:38 GMT) - STATS - STeve's Attempt to Teach StatisticsThe STATS pages are a collection of handouts that I use in my job as a statistical consultant. The web provides a nice home for these handouts, because as I update my material, the newest version is immediately available to anyone who is interested. Steve SimonHave a look around, its nice, its easy written. Its an ideal start for medics who want to use and understand basic statistics.... |
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