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- Emerald cuts are harder because there are so many poor cuts |
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- Thanks for the quick replies! Hehe, Beth, Shane CO. is everywhere. Glad |
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- HI Dallo, Welcome to DT! From the looks of it, diamonds are a |
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- http://www. boxesandarrows. com/archives/the_visual_vocabu php... |
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- I posed a question to db, who is a doctor, about the ethical implications of refusing to accept patients because they are plaintiffs' attorneys or the employees of same. I'm not a doctor and am inclined to say a doctor... |
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- Since I have plenty of better things to do, I added some new images to the page header rotation here on AndrewRaff.com.... |
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- The year 2003, marked by a sweltering summer and drought across large swaths of the planet, was the third hottest in nearly 150 years, the United Nations weather agency said Tuesday. The World Meteorological Organization estimated the average surface temperature for the year to be 0.81 degrees Fahrenheit higher than the normal 57 degrees. |
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- Material Girl covers Clark with praise The Material Girl has stepped onto the political stage and endorsed Democratic presidential hopeful Wesley Clark. "I think he has a good handle on foreign policy, I think he's good with people, and I think he has a heart and a consciousness," pop singer Madonna said. "He's... |
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- I see your true colrs, shining through... . Rep. Jim McDermott, D-Wash., who earned headlines across the globe last year for criticizing President Bush while in Baghdad, is enmeshed in a new controversy over remarks he made about the capture of Saddam Hussein. |
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The Big 10K (Dec 17 2003 02:42 GMT) - Congratulations to Me!! Today I have reached my 10,000th visit to the blog. I'm guessing 40% from my computer and... |
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- The Financial Times's Amy Yee covers the Wal-Mart index: FT.com Home UK: Wal-Mart dampened hopes for strong holiday sales as it announced expectations that US December same-store sales growth would be at the low end of a 3-5 per cent growth forecast. In a weekly sales summary, the world's largest retailer said more consumers were delaying holiday shopping and buying gift cards, which are not recorded as revenue when purchased. |
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- Emergency contraception _ the morning-after pill _ should be available without a prescription, on pharmacy shelves next to the aspirin and cough medicine, government advisers said Tuesday. |
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- Former chief U.N. weapons inspector Hans Blix said Tuesday it's becoming "increasingly clear" that Saddam Hussein's regime did not have any weapons of mass destruction. |
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- Fidel Castro chatted about nutrition and energy prices during a private meeting with U.S. farm officials who are in Havana for three days of talks on bringing more agricultural goods to Cuba, those at the meeting said Tuesday. |
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- Japan plans to send the first of two large contingents of ground troops to Iraq in late February, a newspaper reported on Wednesday, as South Korea also began finalizing plans to send peacekeepers. |
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- Student studying in Paris. |
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- A stunning admission: "Dr Allen Roses, worldwide vicepresident of genetics at Britain's biggest drugs firm GlaxoSmith-Kline, said that fewer than half of the patients prescribed some of the most expensive medicines get any benefit from them. Speaking at a scientific meeting in London last week, he said: ' The vast majority of drugs - more than 90 per cent - only work in 30 to 50 per cent of the people.'". |
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- Rival militias battled over barren desert lands in central Somalia on Tuesday in fighting that killed at least 31 people and wounded 50 others, a spokesman for one of the militias said. |
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- Outlook 2003 Spam Filter Update. An update to the Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 SmartScreen filter is being made available available here. "This update enhances the junk e-mail filter in Outlook to help provide a higher level of protection against junk e-mail." The details will be outlined in KB832333, and the update should be available through Office Update shortly. |
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- http://news. com. com/2100-1046_3-5126248. html... |
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PAGANA (Dec 17 2003 02:38 GMT) |
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- theOTHERblog- BitTorrent and RSS Create Disruptive Revolution [Newsability] |
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- A usability teaching tool to demonstrate poor interface design: EasyChart:Software:HCI Teaching: [SurfMind] |
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- Israel on Tuesday barred Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat from Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem for a third straight year, as Egyptian mediators again pressed Palestinian militants to halt attacks. |
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- Windows XP Service Pack 2. Found this little document floating around the Download Center this morning, may be of interest to folks waiting on the release of SP2:Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 [Life of a one-man IT department] |
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blog tech (Dec 17 2003 02:37 GMT) - theOTHERblog- BitTorrent and RSS Create Disruptive Revolution [Newsability] |
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- Iraq's foreign minister accused the United Nations on Tuesday of failing to rescue his country from Saddam Hussein's 35-year "murderous tyranny." He urged the world body not to fail Iraq again and to return to help build a democratic nation. |
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- Residents of Branco Street, Airport Road and Mafoluku Motor Parkareas have called the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) tocome to their rescue and save them from total black out during theChristmas and New Year celebrations. |
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- The traditional ruler of Keke in Agege Local Government Area of LagosState, Baale Liadi Idowu Ajagunna (Eleku II), has called on bothLagos State and Agege Local Government to immediately rehabilitatebad roads in his domain. |
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- Commercial drivers plying some routes in the Lagos metropolis seemnot to be ready to join the crusade against filth in Lagos, as theyhave refused to put waste bins in their buses. |
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- The Arigbanla community and its environs in the newly-created OrileAgege Local Government will benefit from electrification scheme of the newadministration in the local government. |
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- Chairman of Fortune Bank Plc, Mr. Henry A. Mac-Pepple and otherprincipal staff of the bank have petitioned the state Chief Judge (CJ) overan order for their arrest. |
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- The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Zone D has passeda vote of no confidence on the economic policies of President OlusegunObasanjo. |
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- Managing Director of the Nigeria Ports Authority (NPA) Chief AdebayoSarumi, has decried the neglect of the Ports in the Eastern zone. |
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- DEPARTMENT of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has confirmed the presence ofcommercial quantities of crude oil in the Anambra River Basin in AnambraState. |
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- CHERRY news came for the recently sacked 1,005 staff of the FederalMortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) as government ordered that they bereinstated immediately. |
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- A gale of sweeping changes is imminent in the Federal Road SafetyCommission (FRSC) as the reinstated leadership of the body is set to makegood its resolve to reposition the commission. |
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- Daniel 0wiredu, Managing Director of 0buasi Gold Mine, has beenappointed as the Acting Chief Operating Officer of Ashanti GoldfieldsCompany with effect from 1 January 2004. |
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- Ghana National Union of Polytechnic Students (GNUPS) has called on theMinister of Education, Hon Kwadwo Baah Wiredu to expedite action on jobplacement and academic progression, which have created employment barrierfor Higher National Diploma (HND) graduates within the public sector. |
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- ... GSM and indoor payphones introduced |
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