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- The signature skyscraper at the World Trade Center site will be a 1,776-foot glass tower that twists into the sky, topped by energy-generating windmills and a spire that evokes the Statue of Liberty, new plans revealed Friday. |
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RoboWebsite (Dec 20 2003 05:58 GMT) - Fully loaded with features fast and reliable Windows web hosting. We support everything, even your own COM/DLL. Unbeatable prices and technical support. Packages start from $4.95, and incredible deal - Unlimited traffic. |
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- 100s professionally designed web templates for any kind of website: from simple to advanced database-driven web-stores. Just put your content, customize logo/buttons/images if necessary and enjoy your new website. Webmasters save your time & mone... |
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- Computer technology, Programming, 3D animation => tutorials, tools and more. Read and submit knowledge, get tools and tutorials, join the community. |
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- Here is one of the Nomata towers. This work was present at the LANDSCAPES WITH ARCHITECTURE show.... |
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- North Korea said Saturday it had to strengthen its nuclear "deterrent force" to counter U.S. development of new, smaller nuclear weapons. Last month, President Bush lifted a decade-old ban on research into low-yield nuclear arms and authorized $15 million for research into a nuclear weapon capable of destroying deep underground bunkers. |
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BOO-YAA! (Dec 20 2003 05:56 GMT) - Yes, that Lincoln Center. So we've briefly noted the clever hack by way of which game engines, in this case, Halo's, can be used to make movies. The best-known of these is the bleakly humorous Red vs. Blue - which, if it isn't exactly this generation's "M*A*S*H" |
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- Justin Baeder of Radical Congruency Justin Baeder has written a great article over at the Ooze called Moving Beyond the Worship Service It is well worth the read - and I'm not just saying that because his Secret Santa asked... |
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- It might be worth paying the extra $10 for the more expensive Christmas lights in future.... |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: Overheid.nl |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: BN |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: FNV Bondgenoten |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: ABVAKABO FNV |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: ABVAKABO FNV |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: FNV |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: FNV |
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- A group of New York priests reportedly signed a petition to Cardinal Edward Egan, saying morale in the archdiocese "is at an all-time low" and asking to meet with him to discuss the treatment of clergymen accused of sexual abuse. |
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- This is my soccer team. I play keeper. |
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- High-speed Internet access and videoconferencing tools have given the deaf new access to a simple pleasure that most people take for granted: chatting on the telephone. [New York Times: Technology] |
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- Stjórnarskrárbreytingar eru ekkert hégómamál. Í Bandaríkjunum á nú að endurskoða stjórnarskrána og setja inn ákvæði um mismunun gagnvart samkynhneigðum. |
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- The following has been posted to the Feedback message forum:Here's the top of the XML file you folken so kindly generate for my wee blog: - <rss version="2.0"> |
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- Most digital photographers turn to inkjets when it comes time for printing. Olympus, however, has long promoted dye sublimation as the ideal way to transfer pixels to paper. [New York Times: Technology] |
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Jean Nouvel (Dec 20 2003 05:54 GMT) - After Ginza I was off to Shinjuku to check out the Jean Nouvel exhibit at the Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery. Nouvel has produced an amazing array of works, all buildings that I would absolutely love to visit in... |
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- Meryl Yourish catches the Associated Press playing fast and loose with the truth, in one of their ghoulish body count pieces. |
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- Another British Member of Parliament has been threatened with "hate speech" prosecution by the Muslim Association of Britain: Legal warning to MP after Muslim terrorism claim. (Hat tip: Morgan.) Scouts ... |
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- i have never seen a murder, but i've seen a suicide and the results of a suicide. very sad, very messy. |
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- Canon has announced today that it plans to roll-out nearly 20 new compact digital cameras in 2004 in an aggressive product push to grab 25 percent of the global market and it seems that this is aimed squarely at Sony. Takashi Oshiyama, head of Canon's digital imaging business group, told Reuters in an interview "Those companies out there that have no experience producing film cameras have yet to create a camera that performs like a real camera should. I won't say who that... [Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)] |
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- The Spanish prime minister paid a surprise visit to his country's soldiers in Iraq on Saturday, affirming his support for the occupation as the United States said it was deploying more troops. |
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- Cashier at Monk's, her name is mentioned by Jerry in "The Gum".... |
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- The U.S. Army and others are testing a new pill that may prevent hearing loss. The treatment is showing signs of protecting people's hearing when taken before exposure to very loud noises. By Noah Shachtman. |
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- Fan issues and many more details are covered in our update on Apple's update. |
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- Jeff Knapp describes his experience with a Mac and Wal Mart tunes. |
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- Readers offer more camera reviews plus tips for card reader users and red eye reduction (along with a few stories about problems). |
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- a warning about unplugging devices before updating firmware |
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- One reader describes a bad experience with iTMS credit card charges. |
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- Apple released DVD Studio Pro 2.0.3, with support for Cropped D-1 and 1/2 D-1 MPEG-2 video resolutions, and Compressor 1.1, which "dramatically improves" MPEG-2 encoding performance. |
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- Akumen unveiled a Combo FireWire 800/USB 2.0 PCI card featuring two external FireWire 800 ports, three external USB 2.0 ports, and a shared internal port. |
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- Video Update for Flash MX Professional 2004 "resolves issues identified with the Flash Video Exporter and Media Components in Flash MX Professional 2004." |
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- After Effects 6.0 Plug-in update "fixes problems in the Radial Wipe effect and in OpenGL shadows on Mac OS X v.10.3." |
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