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- PICTURES OF THE YEAR 2003 - U.S. singer Christina Aguilera performs on stage at the MTV Europe Awards in Edinburgh, November 6, 2003. REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell (Click for Large Photo) [yahoo: 4, +singer +christina +aguilera +performs] |
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- The Barnes Foundation mansion in the Philadelphia suburb of Lower Merion, Pa., is seen March 6, 2001. Unable to capitalize on its multibillion-dollar art collection, the perpetually cash-poor foundation is asking for a judge's permission to move from the suburbs to Philadelphia's museum district as part of a $150 million plan to stay afloat. A hearing to determine the Barnes' fate began Monday, Dec. |
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- Cell Phones Sales Skyrocket "The worldwide market for cell phones is outstripping even the most enthusiastic predictions from the beginning of the year, as consumers continue to snap up handsets at a dizzying rate, according to research released Monday by Gartner. Handset vendors sold 132.8 million units in the third quarter of this year, up 22 percent from last year's third-quarter shipments of 108.8 million units, says Ben Wood, an analyst with Gartner based in London. Gartner calculated the figures using the number of units sold to end users, rather than units shipped into the channel. |
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- It's almost 6 months now that I am stuck with Mozilla Firebird. Everyone knows that it’s a great web browser, but as always the default configuration is not the best configuration. I have discovered that following configuration improves web browsing... |
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- NRA wants to become news outlet The National Rife Association is not happy about spending limits in the campaign finance law. Now it wants to get its own TV or Radio station before the presidential election and declare itself a news organisation, meaning it would be exempt from all spending limits. The NRA would then be free to say what it wanted about all candidates, and accept as much corporate sponsorship as it could for its issues. We're looking at bringing a court case that we're as legitimate a media outlet as Disney or Viacom or Time Warner," the NRA's executive vice president, Wayne LaPierre, said in an interview. |
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- fingendosi agenti dell’ira si sono fatti un viaggio in kosovo: dove hanno comprato senza grandi difficoltà e con 10.000 dollari in contanti una quantità di esplosivo semtex tale da armare fino ai denti 20 kamikaze suicidi, o abbastanza da far esplodere tutta oxford street, o da far saltar per aria 40 aerei di linea. il semtex, pare, non viene rilevato dai metal detectors, e così i giornalisti di cui racconta il sunday mirror (la notizia è poi rimbalzata su b92, e se avete pazienza fra... |
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- Eat the Wrong Foods? Never Exercise? Don't Worry, It's Never Too Late to Get Back in Shape abcnews: "The No. 1 thing you should do is establish some very specific goals," said personal trainer Jim Karas. |
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BLIM! (Dec 08 2003 18:59 GMT) - Does the man ever stop playing?! |
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Stromboli (Dec 08 2003 18:59 GMT) - What?s a stromboli? It?s thin dough spiraling around hot cheese and Italian meats. You could say it? |
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- Probably you've heard of Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) , it's a new programming technique that enables you to write code that is easy to understand, maintain, reuse and evolve. The current dominant Implementation of the AOP specification is AspectJ(TM) an extension to the java language that enables developers to express AOP terminology. AopDotNetAddIn is a Visual Studio AddIn (attached to this article) that is a simple implementation of some AOP specifications , and by using this addin you can write AOP programs using your favorite .NET language ( C#, VB.NET or J#) you will need not learn any new concepts or constructs to use it. |
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- An architect of the government's legal battle against terror defended the USA Patriot Act, telling a federal commission on Monday the law rightly empowers investigators to "wage a coordinated, integrated counterterrorism campaign." |
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Faster.... (Dec 08 2003 18:58 GMT) - The Matrix In Two Minutes!!! Take your pill and checkit!!! (MP3) |
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- A fairly even-handed treatment of Bush on the merits, from one, like me, who voted confidently for him. We're both... |
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- Fried Hildebeest Served Swimming in Bile Looks like someone doesn't like Hillary Clinton all that much.... |
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- This is a table about N.Y. Fresh Herbs Market Update |
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- This is a table about N.Y. Fresh Vegetable Market Update |
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- This is a table about N.Y. Onion and Potato Market Update |
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- This is a table about Philadelphia Edible Nut Terminal Market Update |
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- This is a table about New York Edible Nut Terminal Market Update |
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- This is a table about South Carolina Edible Nut Terminal Market Update |
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- Plastic::Politics::Terrorism: A well-known defense lawyer in Canada has removed himself from a case involving a former Guantanamo Bay internee, claiming that intelligence agencies are threatening to kill him. |
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The Snow (Dec 08 2003 18:57 GMT) - Well it's Monday... the snow is all over. What is left is about 18 inches. My car is burried. I need a shovel. |
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The Snow (Dec 08 2003 18:57 GMT) - Well it's Monday... the snow is all over. What is left is about 18 inches. My car is burried. I need a shovel. |
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The Snow (Dec 08 2003 18:57 GMT) - Well it's Monday... the snow is all over. What is left is about 18 inches. My car is burried. I need a shovel. |
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The Snow (Dec 08 2003 18:57 GMT) - Well it's Monday... the snow is all over. What is left is about 18 inches. My car is burried. I need a shovel. |
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- Reuters: "The World Health Organization alarmed at mounting deaths linked to high sugar and fatty diets, presented its recipe Thursday for a world of fitter and more health-conscious eaters. In a draft plan to be put to member states at... |
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Pizzoccheri (Dec 08 2003 18:56 GMT) - One of my most simple but truly memorable winter meals was a bowl of pizzoccheri before a blazing fire in... |
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- www.smh.com.au: Pilot lands jumbo jet with hole in wing A pilot has managed to turn back and land a jumbo jet safety, with about 300 people on board, after it lost part of its wing on a flight from Hong Kong to Thailand, officials said today. |
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- Gabriel's last post brought irresistibly to mind another letter that was orbiting the planet via email several years ago (this was before the Planet Blog emerged from ether). As with Gabriel, I apologize if you have already seen this, but it is not only hilarious, it is funny in such a kind and gentle way that I have used it in several classes as an example of how to write a letter in which you... |
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