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- I'm staying with a bunch of Iranians and I showed them news of a killer quake in Iran. They quickly read the reports (Jeff Jarvis' Buzz Machine points to the best) and they said that where the quake happened is the poorest area -- many people there live in simple shacks. I see President Bush has offered our assistance. You know, in the old days we wouldn't care about what happens around the world, but today I have many friends on IM in Iran. I wish them all well and hope they and their families are all doing OK. |
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- I'm staying with a bunch of Iranians and I showed them news of a killer quake in Iran. They quickly read the reports (Jeff Jarvis' Buzz Machine points to the best) and they said that where the quake happened is the poorest area -- many people there live in simple shacks. I see President Bush has offered our assistance. You know, in the old days we wouldn't care about what happens around the world, but today I have many friends on IM in Iran. I wish them all well and hope they and their families are all doing OK. |
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- After SXSW earlier this year, I posted that Tantek wanted a way to add meaning to blogrolls, something with less complexity than FOAF. Apparently he and others have been churning away at this idea since then, and the resulting specification is called XHTML Friends Network (XFM). It's refreshingly simple. P.S. |
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- How dreamy, what did your hubby think?? |
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- Tonight is the last night of Chanukah. So tonight we shall have two songs to remind us that there are... |
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- Just a quick question, out of curiosity:Does anyone here know any forms of Sing Language other than ASL?I remember that, in my first semester of studying American Sign Language, I found it interesting to learn that ASL and Bristish Sign Language were vastly different (I suppose I assumed that since the two countries have nearly identical spoken/written languages, they would have similar signed languages).I was just wondering. |
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Indy Jones (Dec 26 2003 23:56 GMT) - We watched the third Indiana Jones movie tonight, the one with Sean Connery. This movie was so much better than the middle one, the overly-gory Temple of doom with its obnoxious kid sidekick. The first really could stand all on its own and be a great thing, though. The sequels were just profit-taking. |
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- California Yankee has the news coverage. Prof. Bainbridge tackles Slate and fearmongering while the Poliblogger chimes in noting the size difference between the US and the UK as one more reason not to panic.... |
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over (Dec 26 2003 23:56 GMT) - here's to you kid.... |
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Drupal (Dec 26 2003 23:56 GMT) - Drupal is an open-source platform and content management system for building dynamic web sites offering a broad range of features and services including user administration, publishing workflow, discussion capabilities, news aggregation, metadata functionalities using controlled vocabularies and XML publishing for content sharing purposes. Equipped with a powerful blend of features and configurability, Drupal can support a diverse range of web projects ranging from personal weblogs to large community-driven sites. |
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- To carry on from "Frost's" excellent posting on the Whisper. Here for those who missed it is their MAIN site. Tremendously interesting. |
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- Oi, Mari! Estou orando para q td dê certo! E dará! Tenha fé! Um Natal abençoado e um Ano Novo melhor ainda!!! |
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- Search crews began the hunt Saturday for a crocodile and the body of a man it killed a week ago in Australia's remote Northern Territory. |
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- The British sure do call their violations by strange names. Aggravated vehicle taking.. hehe! Joyriding ambulance thief jailed A drunken joyrider who took an ambulance as it prepared to answer an emergency call and led police on a 15-mile chase with its horn sounding and lights flashing has been jailed for five months. Magistrates at Exeter, Devon, heard that a patient's treatment was delayed for nearly two hours while a replacement ambulance was called... |
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- The British sure do call their violations by strange names. Aggravated vehicle taking.. hehe! Joyriding ambulance thief jailed A drunken joyrider who took an ambulance as it prepared to answer an emergency call and led police on a 15-mile chase with its horn sounding and lights flashing has been jailed for five months. Magistrates at Exeter, Devon, heard that a patient's treatment was delayed for nearly two hours while a replacement ambulance was called... |
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Doorbells (Dec 26 2003 23:55 GMT) - NYTimes: "American soldiers found in an adjacent area various bomb-making materials, including a doorbell, a common device used for detonating roadside bombs, Major Nagl said." Huh? Maybe PATRIOT II needs to start banning doorbells in our homes too? It's amazing that a newspaper that publishes insightful articles like Krugman's column today and can also unquestioningly regurgitate interesting quotes like this!... |
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Outgunned (Dec 26 2003 23:55 GMT) - Ariel Natan Pasko argues Israel is outgunned: As long as Hamas, Islamic Jihad, Fatah elements, al-Qaida, and other extremists want to destroy Israel; as long as Iran, Syria, Egypt and Libya continue their own WMD programs; as long as the balance of forces favors Israel's enemies, Israel needs to continue to build up its own non-conventional weapons capabilities and be prepared to use them. Israel has a moral obligation; |
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- yes the stop sign look is very appealing indeed. :) |
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- Does anyone here have any need for some boys clothing??? I am |
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- congrats! it sounds so pretty! :) |
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- The Royal Asscher style of cutting has been pretty much copied |
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- (((Pookie))) I'm so glad your family came through okay, and you |
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- In fact you should be smiling because not a single squirrel |
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- Posted by Alphonsus 12/26/2003 |
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- Busy news day You know there has been a horrible day in the world when both a targeted killing and a new suicide bombing in Israel gets buried. Indeed the day after Christmas was a bloody one, with at least 20,000 being killed in an earthquake in Iran, a gas leak accident killing 200 in China and a deadly plane crash in Benin taking at least 113 lives. |
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- CBS and CNN News reported this evening that a major earthquake has occured near Bam, Iran, with initial the death toll running from 5,000 to as high as 20,000. |
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- Rare Exports, Inc. They deliver the extremely rare original Finnish product to nearly 150 countries every Christmas, exclusively. It's a big download (the small version is 35.5 MB) but that's nothing compared to the patience these hunters must have to catch their prey. [NSFW, via MonkeyFilter. |
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- Welcome to this, the 23rd Annual Xmas Quiz, a holiday tradition in the Bay Area for 23 years. No. 12 is probably too obscure, and No. 14 will inspire rampant pedantry. 16 questions on a wide range of subjects, and answers are here |
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Tara Strong (Dec 26 2003 23:52 GMT) - Last post by Peter Object on 20:10 26/Dec/03 - Voice of Bubbles in the Powerpuff Girls. |
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- Welcome to our world Esther. Sorry it's not in very good share. Hope to get around to fixing it up a bit more before we pass it on to you. Congratulations Kevin! |
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- Boxing Day is a day of recognition celebrated globally. |
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- Steve Bainbridge puts the Mad Cow story in perspective (and deals a little criticism Slate's way while he's at it). I would add another point that seems to be lost in the news rush on this whole affair: when comparing... |
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- Slashdot Dec 26 2003 5:08PM ET... |
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- Slashdot Dec 26 2003 5:08PM ET... |
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- San Francisco Chronicle Dec 26 2003 5:07PM ET... |
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- AP via ABCNEWS.com Dec 26 2003 5:32PM ET... |
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- Canadian Press via Canada.com Dec 26 2003 5:37PM ET... |
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