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- As expected, it's shaping up to be something of a slow news day, but there are still a few good stories out there. This one, found over at Tech Law Advisor shows why people without a sense of humor shouldn't be allowed to hire (or be) lawyers. A few years back, after a judge ordered the detention of a 13-year-old kid for handing in a school essay with a "violent tone", the Dallas Observer wrote up a satire piece about the same folks having a 6-year-old arrested for writing a book report on Maurice Sendak's insanely popular children's book "Where the Wild Things Are." In the article, they made up ridiculous quotes ("We've considered having her certified to stand trial as an adult, but even in Texas there are some limits." and "Any implication of violence in a school situation, even if it was just contained in a first-grader's book report, is reason enough for panic and overreaction. |
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- I am trying to open the KSig file and it says the There was an error in opening this document. File does not begin with'%PDF' I would like to use the Puffy Shirt episode for a counseling training that I am doing. Does anyone have info on how to get this epsiode?... |
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- Pull API for HTML parsing. |
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- In 1851 on this date, fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., destroying about 35,000 volumes (Associated Press). |
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- The Head Lemur: We can handle the truth. A sample:One of the most significant memes of the internet is that the bullshit stops when you 'view source'.In web design, 'viewing the source' allows you behind the scenes of what is on your screen, giving you the ability to see how they did what they did. |
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- Database Journal Dec 24 2003 10:42AM ET... |
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- "Now a second Linux clustered file system supplier has piped up, PolyServe Inc., and it says it's far more important to enterprises than Sistina..."... |
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- TheStar.com - Just because they have a glaring need for another rebounder, the Raptors aren't about to become the dumping... |
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- Toronto Sun: SPORTS - The names may or may not change the fortunes of a foundering franchise. But they are... |
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- Toronto Sun: SPORTS - Merry Christmas, Glen Grunwald. The Raptors general manager is about to undertake the toughest, most vital... |
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- TODAY'S LINKS To Vince Carter, we give the DVD of The Wizard of Oz, so he can find out you... |
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- BY ROMAN MODROWSKI Staff Reporter Incredibly, the Bulls drew 17,604 fans to the United Center and started the evening ranked... |
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- Oakland Tribune Online - Sports News and Columns Few players have been more maligned in their NBA career than Marshall,... |
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- KnoxNews: Basketball Twenty years ago, all 23 NBA teams averaged at least 101.5 points. Ten years ago, 20 of the... |
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BWS? (Dec 24 2003 16:56 GMT) - Planned deal has Archibald going to Magic First, Harvey cannot be traded until today because of the timing of his... |
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Dear Santa (Dec 24 2003 16:56 GMT) - . Please be generous with all the folks of the flash community. Make them happy. But don't forget those who can't celebrate: please send my gifts to them, that would be nice. And for those who do not celebrate christmas... |
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- Panorama This is a big red ball, an art installation by American artist Kurt Perschke -- which is appearing in unannounced locations round the city for the next few weeks. This was its inaugural appearance - outside the Sydney Town Hall on Tuesday. [Peter Murphy's Panoramic VR Weblog] |
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- The latest polls from American Research Group show Dean pulling ahead in Oklahoma and strengthening his lead in Arizona-- both of which are critical February 3rd primary states. The Oklahoma results: Howard Dean 24% Wesley Clark 21% Joe Lieberman 9%... |
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- Thanks to the Warp Pipe site for its announcement that the latest 0.3.1 version of their Warp Pipe tunneling software for GameCube has been released, with ... |
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- Fred of ~Fragments fame posted this question from a friend who now publishes a periodic newsletter. Newsletters, whether electronic or not are "push" type publishing. I have done email newsletters in the past and I stopped when I realized it... |
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- The roster of Antarctic blogs continues to grow: sandwichgirl.com, Polar Cafe, The Seventh Continent, and Sarah Kaye's letters. Soon they'll... |
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- ONCE SKEPTICAL, BRITON SEES IRAQI SUCCESS: The British officer described himself as neither optimist nor pessimist but "a hard-boiled realist," then offered an upbeat assessment that matched that of American generals: "I think we're in great shape." He took a jab at the press. Western reporters, he implied, had come... |
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- ONCE SKEPTICAL, BRITON SEES IRAQI SUCCESS: The British officer described himself as neither optimist nor pessimist but "a hard-boiled realist," then offered an upbeat assessment that matched that of American generals: "I think we're in great shape." He took a jab at the press. Western reporters, he implied, had come... |
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- The Testy Copy Editors are taking them. And sharing timeless laments. Why can't we persuade the reporters that the best word for "said" is "said." |
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- Tim Blair has a great set of quotes from the past year, hat tip to Glenn Reynolds.... |
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- Riddle me This Would you really want to buy the DNA of Ted Williams, considering the way his only son... |
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- Two years after the dot-com fallout, IT began to claw its way back in 2003. Our editors present the Top 10 stories/trends that shaped the year and will influence the year to come. |
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- Justice concludes marketplace has resolved early questions of possible anti-competitive behavior of major music labels. |
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- Paid listing players try to keep their on-again, off-again marriage plans on again. |
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- ANALYSIS: Critics of Microsoft claim its new intellectual property policy is a plot to undermine Linux, but a closer look at the policy suggests otherwise. |
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- The bulk of that online holiday shopping took place during the work week. At lunch time, of course! |
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- A judge grants a preliminary injunction against adware company WhenU's pop-ups. |
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- Lileks goes on a journey in search of Christmas lights and winds up with a funny Bleat that reads like a little short story. Tom Keller sends this blog link to a guide to lights in Palo Alto. It culminates... |
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Bad Timing (Dec 24 2003 16:52 GMT) - Donna's mom suffered a stroke on Monday. It's been quite a roller coaster ride this week. From all indications, this wasn't a trivial stroke (or a TIA), as she has some paralysis on her left side and is still having... |
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- Articles include Medicare milestones; All seniors gain benefits; Providers get help in caring; Opening door to choices; Flawed program needs fixing; |
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- 5 pages. Excerpt: "While the Notice does not address several of the more complex HSA issues (later guidance will), it is very helpful in that it restates many provisions of the Medicare Prescription Drug Improvement and Modernization Act of 2003 (the Act) and provides some clarification on a few basic HSA compliance matters." (Alston + Bird LLP) |
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- Excerpt: "As millions of Americans turn to Canada for cheaper prescription drugs, the Food and Drug Administration's top pharmacist said Tuesday that it would take hundreds of millions of dollars to set up a legal, safe program to import the medicines." (AP via Las Vegas Sun) |
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- Excerpt: "Many people seem to think they don't have to worry about a preventable disease that does not, at the outset at least, have serious consequences and that can be treated. One such disease was long called adult-onset diabetes. There are two things wrong here: first, this disease does indeed have very serious consequences despite the availability of numerous drug therapies, and second, it is no longer an ailment that occurs almost exclusively in adults. |
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- The parents of slain 6-year-old JonBenet Ramsey filed a $12 million federal defamation lawsuit against Fox News Network over a story they say cast suspicion on them. In the lawsuit filed Tuesday in Atlanta, John and Patsy Ramsey took... |
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- Gardai are questioning a man in Limerick following an attempted robbery. |
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