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- Jail officials are reconsidering their cancellation of Christmas visits for inmates amid complaints from the public and accusations the decision "blindsided" Bucks' prison oversight board. |
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- Those of you who purchased holiday gifts online are no doubt awaiting their delivery by one of the major freight services. Now Google can help you track your package -- just enter your UPS or FedEx tracking number (for FedEx packages, add "fedex" before the number), and the first (and usually only) result you'll get will be a link to track your package! There are also several other... |
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- The Fall 2003 edition of SelectSmart is now online; just answer the 17 questions and you'll find out which presidential candidate most reflects your views. |
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- It's not too late to join eBay's Secret Santa Gift Exchange. Just create your own list (or join someone else's); then tell eBay what you want in your Wish List. eBay draws names and lets you know the name for whom you should buy a gift. |
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- 193.226.6.226 created this attachment on Fri Dec 12 15:09: |
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- eSnipe is een van de weinige sluipschutters die legaal zijn werk mag doen. Het Amerikaanse bedrijf heeft 'snipen' op eBay tot handel gemaakt. eBay-gebruikers kunnen via eSnipe (en deze snipers) automatisch in de laatste seconden van een veiling het hoogste bod uitbrengen, 'snipen' in eBay-jargon. Irritant voor de verliezende bieders, wel effectief en soms duur.... |
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- Rolling Stones singer Mick Jagger is knighted by Prince Charles - and says he does not take it "too seriously". |
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- Jonny Wilkinson is likely to be out for three weeks with a suspected stress fracture of the neck. |
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- "In a preliminary screen, Dr. Clark and his colleagues have found that a large number of genes shows signs of accelerated evolution in the human lineage. Those are genes that, by a statistical test applied to changes in their DNA, appear to be under strong recent pressure of natural selection and so are likely to be those that make humans differ from chimpanzees. A prominent set of accelerated human genes are those involved in hearing, particularly the gene that makes a protein called alpha-tec... |
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- "About three billion As, Ts, Gs, and Cs make up the human genome sequence, but other organisms that are only slightly simpler can have up to 1000 times less DNA - implying that some human DNA is redundant, says Ewan Birney of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI) in Cambridge, UK. So which sections of DNA are redundant, he asks, and which sections correspond to specific genetic traits? The most challenging aspect of this question, says Birney who heads Ensembl, an EBI project set up to de... |
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- CSC, IRS blasted for IT project work. A report criticizing an ongoing IT modernization effort at the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) offers a peek into a properly planned project marred by poor execution. [InfoWorld: |
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- Parlament dnes schvalil statny rozpocet na rok 2004 so schodkom na urovni 78,495 miliardy Sk |
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- Statna premia poskytovana stavebnym sporitelom sa na buduci rok znizi na 2 500 Sk zo sucasnych 3 000 Sk. |
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- South Carolina has added gay and lesbian employees to an existing policy that prohibits discrimination based on age, race, sex, religion or national origin. TheState.com |
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- Weekday articles from The Morning News |
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SubVersion (Dec 12 2003 13:08 GMT) - 193.226.6.226 created this page on Fri Dec 12 15:08: |
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- I'm sorry, definately purple. But they ARE getting smaller and smaller every time I have a bag, the bastards. |
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- Alt-Rocker Mick Jagger gehört jetzt zum Adel. Prinz Charles schlug den Rolling-Stones-Star jetzt im Londoner Buckingham-Palast zum Ritter. Gemäß dem Outfit eines wahren Rockers empfing der 60-Jährige die Ehrung in Ledermantel und Turnschuhen. |
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- Cringley has followed up on last week's column about electronic voting. He has a simple recommendation, one I find hard to argue about. Do what Canada does. Use paper ballots, vote by writing an X next to your choice, and have people count them. |
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- Xuxxy and Zuzzy are at it again! |
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A what? (Dec 12 2003 13:07 GMT) - An Octodog! |
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- A worldwide candle lighting vigil is scheduled for Sunday to remember loved ones who died at a young age. |
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- "Iraqi insurgents have bombarded the heavily fortified headquarters for U.S. military and civilian o... |
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- "Britain's use of cluster bombs and its failure to secure munitions dumps led to scores of civilian ... |
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- De jure vs de facto: Mike Krisher notes the difficulties of working against a spec with varying implementations, compared to working with a given implementation which is then specified... in this case he has been trying to do some XHTML... |
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- Die meisten Fehler gehen auf falsche Daten von den Wettbewerbern zurück |
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- Fixpreise ersetzen ständig wechselnde Tarife der Roamingpartner |
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- Operatives Geschäft läuft weiter |
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- Grazie ad un'operazione incrociata di Fiamme Gialle e Telecom Italia gli utenti non saranno tenuti a pagare le chiamate ai numeri 899 a causa dell'azione del virus Zelig. Lieto fine dunque per una vicenda che aveva visto la truffa ammontare a 104.000 euro |
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- Read interview. In the interview of Friends of ED with Lucian Beebe (Product Manager for Flash) that Peter Elst announced in his blog, you'll find some comments about Macromedia Central. When asked "Is Flash going to replace the browser?", Lucian... |
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- The Auburn University Senate on Thursday censured and voted "no confidence" in Presi dent William Walker but stopped short of asking for his immediate resignation. al.coms |
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- Microsoft readies Windows XP Service Pack 2 beta. Microsoft Corp. is gearing up for the first beta test of a set of updates for Windows XP designed to bolster the operating system's security and add features such as support for the latest version of Bluetooth and a new wireless LAN client. [InfoWorld: Top News] |
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