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- Jessica Farmer @ TAPPED is worried about gun purchasers and their background checks (the spending bill ) .. among the bill's less-noticed elements is a provision that would require the FBI to destroy gun-buyer background checks within 24 hours of a gun |
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- Macromedia ranked #6 on Best Supporting Materials and #9 on Toughest Recertification Requirements. Not bad, although I wish they ranked higher in the ... |
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- As robberies go, the take likely wasn't huge. But the bandit stole good will and maybe a little of the peace on earth along with the cash. A man snatched a Salvation Army bell ringer's kettle of donations out of her arms over the weekend. |
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- Flat screen monitor prices have risen due to a shortage of panels, but new factories come on-stream next year. LCD display prices set to fall in 2004 LCD flat-panel monitor sales in Europe have slowed because of an increase in prices, with many potential customers holding off until prices start to fall again, according to display research firm Meko. But supply is likely to outstrip demand early next year, which could allow companies to make savings on monitor purchases if they delay until then. (Meryl) |
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Tax cuts (Dec 09 2003 23:24 GMT) - Mr. Howard - we don't need no stinking tax cuts (and I use the word "stinking" in more ways than one). Put the surplus into public services, the services that most Australian's want and need. And if you're going to cut taxes - how 'bout instead of giving handouts to the rich you instead scrap the superannuation taxes. Or hey, even better, how 'bout you ditch the exhorbitant taxing of second jobs and instead tax a person based on their entire income, instead of slugging second jobs at the highest marginal tax rate (48. |
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- If I'm up to walking tomorrow, I'm hoping that votania and I would be able to go on a Sam's Club run tomorrow, given that she's supposed to have the day off. This would allow us to get toilet paper, paper towels, mushrooms, cheese, milk, shampoo, and other things we're running low on. I hope that will work. |
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- CBC Sports: Bosh, the Raptors' own first-year sensation, has been playing his best ball of the season and looks to... |
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- Ok, I've started messing around with B2Evolution a little bit, and it's definitely not quite as polished as Movable Type, but there's a bunch of features that they have that I'd really like to be able to use. However, getting... |
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- Nick FitzGerald (Dec 09 2003) |
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- Nick FitzGerald (Dec 09 2003) |
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- http-equiv_at_excite.com (Dec 09 2003) |
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- Clint Bodungen (Dec 09 2003) |
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DoD (Dec 09 2003 23:23 GMT) - Fucking DOD pisses me off. That fucking one shot bullshit while running. GOD DAMN!... |
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- Four days after issuing a list of products it planned to eliminate from its sales channels by December 15 (as a result of the Sun Java suit, according to the official party line), Microsoft has amended its Phase-Out list plans. (Meryl) |
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- Sapien released a public beta for his new software PrimalScript 3.1. This universal scripting environment comes with a bunch of cool features. Features ActionScript 2 and Flex support. Flash HElp System Support Class Browser PrimalSense Expanded search and replace Sapien... |
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- World News: World Brief Eurodata TV, an international database of program and TV audience ratings based in France, is launching a reference survey called Eurodata TV Sport Insight. |
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- World News: World Brief U.S.-based execs are scouting for content for ImaginAsian TV, the first 24-hour network for the Asian-American community. |
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- World News: World Brief Blind Spot Pictures has signed a three-year output deal giving Sandrew Metronome Nordic distribution rights to all its productions. |
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- World News: World Brief Directors have won their 40-year battle to join producers and writers in holding the copyright for their work. |
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- World News: AFTA clears Canadians for awards reserved for locals A wrangle over the eligibility of three of the winners at the New Zealand Film Awards is taking some of the luster off Monday's event. |
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- World News: 'Jerusalem' to be produced by thesp's shingle Actor Ray Winstone, artist Sam Taylor-Wood and cinematographer Seamus McGarvey are joining forces to make a biopic about 18th-century English poet and painter William Blake. |
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Weed! (Dec 09 2003 23:23 GMT) - I found a link to Weed over in some comments at Brad Sucks. I think it looks pretty cool, but I'd be interested to hear other people's thoughts on it. From their FAQ: Once you purchase a Weed file, you're... |
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Weed! (Dec 09 2003 23:23 GMT) - I found a link to Weed over in some comments at Brad Sucks. I think it looks pretty cool, but I'd be interested to hear other people's thoughts on it. From their FAQ: Once you purchase a Weed file, you're... |
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- New tools and software help the company's chips anticipate the likelihood that something will happen by calculating how often it occurred in the past. |
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- Let me just say that sometimes teaching just sucks. The kids are absolutely wonderful, but you can't protect them outside... |
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- The United States dismisses an offer by North Korea to freeze its nuclear activities in return for some concessions. |
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- Independent candidates take part in elections in China's capital for the first time in more than 20 years. |
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- Ben, the Toshiba password I mentioned is machine-specific. As far as I know, nobody has figured out how to get it without contacting Toshiba. And (here comes the planned obsolescence thing) Toshiba will only release it to the original owner, or some such nonsense like that. |
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- Indonesian troops and police fired automatic weapons at each other in a dispute over a traffic accident, and one soldier was killed, officers said Wednesday. It was the latest in a string of clashes between undisciplined and underfunded forces sparked in some cases by competition over the control of illegal business ventures. |
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- Everyone loves lezbo action and bewbs.... |
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- Voting-Machine Makers To Fight Security Criticism From ZDNet: "As electronic voting machines prepare to go to the polls in large... |
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- The blatantly weaseling deceivers want it both ways. After Saddam obliterates the United States, they'll say, "See, we told you so. It's all Jenna Bush's fault." It must be obvious to anyone who can think that the charges against Saddam... |
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- Dec. 9 - The owners of the nightclub where 100 people were killed in a fire last February were indicted on involuntary manslaughter charges Tuesday. |
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- The new super regulator Ofcom - which will regulate both broadcasting and telecommunications in the UK - comes into operation on 29 December. The Board and the Content Board have aready been appointed and the Consumer Panel is now in the process of being chosen. Today it... |
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- As noted at Wired, the UN has again voted to postpone any consideration of a global therapeutic cloning ban (which would also ban most work on stem cell therapies for cancer, Parkinson's, nerve damage, and so forth). This time the delay is only for a year, but it looks like the anti-research forces led by the US administration are going to have to accept this defeat. As damaging legislation is put off, scientists working on stem cell and therapeutic cloning medicine can demonstrate amazing payoffs. This said, it's is a sad statement on human nature that we are even fighting political battles over whether or not to cure deadly diseases. |
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- "Labs around the world are crawling with prodigiously long-lived flies, worms, and mice." Starting from that comment, SAGE Crossroads proceeds to debunk the idea that increased longevity requires a trade-off in some other aspect of life or health. While there are always dissenters, it doesn't look like the naysayers have a very compelling case in this instance. Research to date does indeed present a good case that - through advances in medical science - we could have it all: radically increased healthy life span with no significant downside. |
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- An article at ScienceDaily (found via Transhumanity) discusses a new potential cancer cure currently in the labs: number 18 since we started keeping count in late 2002. The cancer therapy field is poised for a real explosion in effectiveness and range of therapies. This one is especially novel: stem cells seek out cancer cells and produce biological killing agents on site. |
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- I really don't understand all the hoopla around the Harry Potter wave. Ok, the ingredients must be appealing to the youngster, stuff about wizard apprentice and broom sorcery. But my offspring - if I'd have some - would be presented to a entirely different fantasy. The Baudelaire Orphans, for instance, creation of Lemony Snicket. His Series of Unfortunate Events are much more thrilling and brainy. |
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*YAWN* (Dec 09 2003 23:20 GMT) - Just a teeny litte PSA before I head out to the barn for tonight's chores. I'll post other stuff later... |
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- Dec. 9 - The stars were out in full force for the premiere of the new movie 'Something's Gotta Give'. The film stars Jack Nicholson, Diane Keeton, and Keanu Reeves. |
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- Dec. 8 - Tom Cruise's epic 'The Last Samurai' sliced the box office competition, taking in over $24 million. 'Honey' starring Jessica Alba finished 2nd. |
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- Dec. 8 - The stars hit the red carpet in Hollywood for the premiere of the new movie 'Cold Mountain'. The film stars Nicole Kidman and Jude Law. |
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- Dec. 9 - Gwyneth Paltrow and rocker Chris Martin, who are expecting a child next summer, reportedly tied the knot last weekend in a quiet ceremony in California. |
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- Dec. 9 - 'American Idol' winner Ruben Studdard releases his debut album 'Soulful' on Tuesday. |
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- "An Honest discussion on the direction Bush is taking this country" [BryanBell.com] |
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- A cellphone company in India is outfitting a fleet of 200 rickshaws in the city of Jaipur with handsets so they can double as mobile... [Gizmodo]Talk about mixing tradition/analog and modern/digital life styles!!! |
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