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WORDS. (Dec 11 2003 21:45 GMT) - A couple of interesting words encountered while perusing the OED, the first remarkable for its etymology (lapwing has nothing to do with lap or wing) and the second because I hadn't realized (though it made sense once I thought about... |
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- Iranian internet users have been venting their frustration at online censorship on a website devoted to the UN's digital summit in Geneva. Hundreds of people have posted complaints online in the hope of reaching key summit delegates, after some web users in Iran found they could no longer access parts of the Google search engine. ¬> bbc |
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Cardage. (Dec 11 2003 21:45 GMT) - I've written out Christmas cards to everyone.. I think... Tiger Spectre Tracy Zuly Christine Wendy Michele Krista Roni Jamie Jeannine Azzy Sera and Doom *blinks* I'm missing people... I'm sure of it... Ugh.. |
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- The Dow Jones closed above 10,000 Thursday, for the first time in year in a half. |
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- Federal officials say the flu has hit hard in 24 states, nearly doubling the number since last week and including almost the entire Western half of the country. |
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- In these days of a global war on terror, it is worth remembering just how evil it can get. In Northern Ireland the terrorists were living within miles of their victims- part of a divided community who rarely talk. In a set of little known statistics fro |
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- It's windy today! All day I've been hearing the scraping of branches hitting the house, the rattle of the windows whenever a gust hits them, and the constant moaning and whooshing of the wind itself, escalating to a brief wail now and then. I keep thinking of the poem my mother always recited on days like this: Who has seen the wind? Neither you nor I; |
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- Daryl Hall and John Oates, Ruben Blades and Nile Rodgers were tonight hailed as "heroes" by the Recording Academy for their musical contributions. |
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- This script toggles the visibility of the sidebar for the front window and duplicates that status to all other toolbar enabled Finder windows. Thanks to Greg Spence for help. |
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- As if Expose wasn't enough |
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- yeah i agree the media milks this type of thing for everything its worth...assholes |
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- (Review) Long-time Democratic operative Susan Estrich lets Al Gore have it with both barrels over his endorsement of Howard Dean. There's a reason he isn't president, and it's not just the chads in Florida. Gore has the worst political instincts... |
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- FAIRFIELD, Conn. - Shares of Ikon Office Solutions surged 20 percent Thursday after General Electric Co. agreed to acquire its equipment leasing business for $1.5 billion. |
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Headphones (Dec 11 2003 21:43 GMT) - blogging my meltdown |
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- Bush Defends Iraq Reconstruction Policy Bush Calls Leaders of France, Germany, Russia Bush Rejects Europeans on Iraq Contract Flap Rift... |
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- Apparently, there's no room at the Guantanamo Inn. Be sure you read the commentary afterward. I can see both sides, but I'm having a hard time justifying the action. Disgusting.... |
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- This is a table about San Francisco Asian Produce Market Update |
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- This is a table about San Francisco Tropical Produce Market Update |
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- This is a table about San Francisco Fresh Herbs Market Update |
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- This is a table about San Francisco Fresh Fruit Market Update |
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- This is a table about San Francisco Fresh Vegetable Market Update |
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- This is a table about San Francisco Onion and Potato Market Update |
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- This is a table about San Francisco Edible Nut Terminal Market Update |
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- This is a table about Daily Lamb Carcass Market Report |
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- This is a table about U.S. Domestic Boxed Lamb Market |
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- This is a table about Illinois River Barge Terminals Bids |
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- This is a table about Montana Grain Market Report |
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- This is a table about South Dakota Elevator Bids |
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- This is a table about USDA Grain Bid Summary for Dec 11 |
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- This is a table about USDA National Sunflower Market Summary |
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- This is hilarious. It's also somewhat relevent to real life.... just not comic books. Well, it involves retroactive continuity I suppose, as all photo modifications do. I present to you... |
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- WHAT'S YOUR FAVORITE ALBUM COVER? |
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- War photojournalist James Nachtwey has been injured in a grenade attack in Baghdad. Apparently a grenade was thrown into the Humvee he was riding in, wounding him, fellow journalist Michael Weisskopf and two American GIs. Nachtwey was supposed to participate... |
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- RELIEF agencies in settlement camps for Sudanese refugees in West Nilehave decried the high rate of human rights abuses in the camps. |
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- The UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday commended Tanzania forhaving taken giant strides in advancing universal access to education, butstressed the need for further efforts to enrol girls to achieve genderparity and reduce poverty. |
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- Ethiopia is one of the worst places on earth to be born a girl,according to a new report by the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). |
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- Rape and abduction of women and girls, and pillage of crops by armedgroups continue to plague the southern Lubero region, North Kivu Province ofeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), a joint UN-NGO humanitarianassessment mission reported on Thursday. |
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- The Free State Government and civil society organisationsyesterday observed the end of the 16 Days of Activism for No ViolenceAgainst Women and Children campaign. |
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- Mistresses, also known less romantically as "kept women", are thesubject of very lively discussion in Zimbabwe's workplaces and places ofrelaxation these days. |
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