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- Iran to extradite al-Qaeda detainees Iran has arrested 130 suspected members of the al-Qaeda network and is ready to extradite some of them, President Mohammad Khatami said today. Reuters (via CNN) has more, including some interesting quotes on democracy and Iran's human rights record. |
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- A new message was posted: Address: http://radio. userland. |
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- ">Zdenka Micka ">Zdenka Micka is a Czech actress and model. She's the child of professional volleyball players.... |
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- "A committee of French experts on Thursday recommended a ban on Islamic headscarves and Jewish skullcaps in schools in order to reaffirm the country's secular identity, which they warned is in danger of being eroded. (...) Other countries in Europe have seen similar debates over religious insignia, but the argument is ... |
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- American Airlines has a Jewelry contest on their website. They are offering Diamond Chandelier Earrings and a Tag Heuer watch. You can enter the contest without booking. Good luck!... |
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- Morgan Stanley company among proposed tenants |
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- Oh Pouffykitty! There are outstanding! Ever so feminine with such intricate |
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- Wow, that's a gorgeous ring! Is this a hs or university |
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- Below discussions started in OpenSourceDistributionVsForkMo Main.PeterThoeny 12 Dec 2003 I am currently developing products at work which use open source software ... |
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- Toyota Matrix 0% on only 36 monthsToyota Corolla dittoSaturn Ion S3Civic HybridAccord Sedan DX no 0%Nissan SE-R no 0%Ford Focus Sedan ZTS 0% on only 36 monthsHyundai SonataChevy Malibu LT ??'s on the APR termsalero I dunno. I dont like it.Mitshubishi Lancer Ralliart AT I dunno. I dont like it. |
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Job 9:12 (Dec 12 2003 05:38 GMT) - World Trade Organisation's Agreement on Government Procurement. "International law? I better call my lawyer. I don't know what you're talking about, about international law," |
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- Intelligent Grouping Design is ... a new idea in public transportation. With many vans out and about town, a passenger can be quickly picked up wherever he happens to be and just as quickly conveyed to his desired destination. Via the cell-phone, people call into the central computer with their current location as well as their destination. The computer finds the nearest van whose route is also the most closest to the passenger's destination. |
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- Iranian bloggers challenge the President in the Summit: It all started from a post on the Geneva Summit's blog, DailySummit, asking Iranians to report on the Net censorship. Then, they asked them to post their questions for the Iranian President, who was going to have a press conference. Then reporters asked the questions from the president: Is the there a blacklist for Iranian websites? |
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- Canada not excluded from Iraq business U.S. President George W. Bush is grateful for help in the war on terrorism and is ''working'' to include Canada in hefty contracts to help rebuild Iraq, he said in a farewell phone call to retiring Prime Minister Jean Chretien. |
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- Lovely DinnerWonderful dinner in Cambridge tonight at Rialto. Big thanks to the gracious host. I terrorized everyone when I left telling them I was running home to blog about them -- not so, not so. How uncivilized that would be! Hilariously smart and funny tableful of folks. |
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- A historic council set to decide on a new Afghan constitution has been delayed for the second time in less than a week, officials said Friday. The grand council, or loya jirga, was to begin on Saturday but will be put off for 24 hours, council spokesman Sultan Baheen said. |
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- The December 2003 issue of the http://www.linux-mag.com/ Linux Magazine has an interesting article on "The other open source OS" by Steven J Vaughan-Nichols. It gives ... |
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- 1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays? No - the total opposite. And I think this semi-tropical climate I'm currently living in is going to provide me with the warmest Christmas so far. 2. |
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- 1. Do you enjoy the cold weather and snow for the holidays? No - the total opposite. And I think this semi-tropical climate I'm currently living in is going to provide me with the warmest Christmas so far. 2. |
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- PhotoshopやPainterなど、 more ... |
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- Lack of Progress Sited in Terror Fund Hunt A report by congressional investigators has found serious weaknesses in efforts by federal authorities to track the financing of terrorists. |
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- I have just put the first 7 shows of season three of the TV serries 24 onto Video Disc. I know have all 65 episodes that have come out so far. Holy crap, that is like 43 hours and 2 min of TV.... |
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- A Reuters story on the rebuilding of the World Trade Center has a link to an image of this disgusting piece of "art" by Chuck Bowden, which won second place ... |
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- Responding to an accusation by the German Chancellor that President Bush might be breaking international law, our President had this to say: "International law? I'd better call my lawyer." I... |
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- is it possible? These are tough times for the architects of the "Bush doctrine" of unilateralism and preventive war. Dick Cheney, Donald Rumsfeld and their fellow Project for a New American Century alumni viewed Iraq as a pilot project, one that would validate their views and clear the way for further regime changes. (Hence Mr. Wolfowitz's line about "future efforts. |
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- In February I wrote an article in Science about what Craig Venter's up to these days. In the late 1990s Venter made his mark by challenging the government human genome project to a race, promising to beat them to the full sequence for a fraction of their budget. Ultimately the race was a tie, and before too long Venter had been shown the door from his company. (I highly recommend James Shreeve's upcoming The Genome War for all the grisly details.) But he had also been working with the genomes of ... |
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- It's likely that part of the answer to this question has to do with how genes build the digits. Digits are already beginning to form when the limb is a tiny bud on the side of an embryo. There may be a tradeoff between the size of digits and the number of digits that can form in such a limited space. In order to make digits big enough to support a tetrapod on land, perhaps five is the most that constraints will allow. (Jenny Clack investigates these ideas in her excellent 2002 book Gaining Groun ... |
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- Another One for the Wish ListIn commenting on one of Rand Simberg's posts, I ran across this review of this book by Stephen Ambrose covering the construction of the Transcontinental Railroad(s). I'll have to get this, as it seems somewhat relevant in the current debate over what role, if any, government should play in opening the space frontier.My wish list has grown long over the last year or two, but I'm hoping it will be a few items shorter after Christmas. |
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- I seriously mean all these as open questions, ones I haven’t begun to work out for myself. Recent books and articles by Eshun, by Simon Reynolds, by Jonathan Sterne (from appearances - I haven’t read it yet), and by Alex Weheliye (warning: may not be accessible except through a college library or some other such gateway) have begun to tackle these questions, but there is still a lot of work to do - not to mention, of course, the continuing inventions by musicians themselves. |
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- I seriously mean all these as open questions, ones I haven’t begun to work out for myself. Recent books and articles by Eshun, by Simon Reynolds, by Jonathan Sterne (from appearances - I haven’t read it yet), and by Alex Weheliye (warning: may not be accessible except through a college library or some other such gateway) have begun to tackle these questions, but there is still a lot of work to do - not to mention, of course, the continuing inventions by musicians themselves. |
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- Stocking Stuffers For Girls Who MisbehaveThere are a few paperbacks I want rolled up and tied with a big red ribbon and slipped into my Christmas stocking this year. For starters, and let's give credit where it's due, Betsy Devine told me to get this one. Women Don't Ask: Negotiation And The Gender Divide -- this one is a humdinger about how women don't get what they want NOT because men or anyone else is taking it away from them, but because they just don't ask. Wait, it's not a paperback ... |
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- Dwight and Mary Beth at Wampum are, for the second year in a row, accepting nominations for the best blogs, in several categories. Go offer your two cents. My nominations are: Best blog: Body and Soul Best Writing: |
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- There's a line in High Fidelity (which I will butcher in an attempt to bolster an opinion) which stands out in my mind right now: It's not what you're like, it's what you like. Regardless of what the actual verbage... |
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- Hi, I've been doing a bit of reading on XML-RPC and it sounds like it could be |
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- Hello, XML-RPC is certainly a potential fit, if you run an XML-RPC server on |
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