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- SHOHAM FIRING RANGE, Israel -- Veterans of Israeli anti-terror units demonstrated a new gun Monday that can fire at a target from around the corner, making it particularly effective in urban combat. Israel plans to start using the weapon next week, U.S. |
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- "God knows 'you don't go for the food' at this East Village Asian-Eclectic - rather you go to 'gawk' at the 'hilarious' 'cross-dressing' staff who 'tell dirty jokes,' perform 'impromptu floor shows' and offer 'lap dances for dessert,' " the review says. I've eaten there. The reviews are true. |
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Astrojax (Dec 26 2003 18:40 GMT) - "While games like diabolo or yo-yo have been around for hundreds of years, Astrojax is an entirely new breed of toy, a revolutionary concept with possibilities we are only just starting to understand. "Every day Astrojax players around the world are discovering new tricks and exciting moves we didn't even think were possible. And word is spreading fast that Astrojax is what the real cracks are now playing - a game all about action, rhythm and your own personal style. |
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- Why do some people get all the luck while others never get the breaks they deserve? A psychologist says he has discovered the answer. |
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- Welcome to Greater Phoenix! Our area's natural beauty begins with rugged mountain ranges; Saguaro cacti that tower over hiking trails; and sunsets more spectacular than you could imagine. |
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- Previous top words include 2000's "chad" (from the hanging squares of paper on Florida presidential ballots), 2001's "Ground Zero" (the site where the World Trade Center collapsed) and 2002's "misunderestimate" (a presidential slip of the tongue that became frequent comedy fodder). I vote "otter" |
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- "Happy New Year!" That greeting will be said and heard for at least the first couple of weeks as a new year gets under way. But the day celebrated as New Year's Day in modern America was not always January 1. |
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- The best strategy, of course, is to drink in moderation. Studies show — yes, scientists actually have researched this in a lab — that a 130-pound person will get a hangover if he or she binges on more than three to five drinks. For someone weighing 180 pounds, the threshold is five to six drinks. |
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- This TOUGH TARGET guide was created to support the efforts of the growing legion of 'street smart' people who are taking responsibility for their own safety. This guide contains the advice of DETECTIVE JJ BITTENBINDER, America's leading expert on crime and personal security. |
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- To science we owe dramatic changes in our smug self-image. Astronomy taught us that our earth isn’t the center of the universe but merely one of billions of heavenly bodies. From biology we learned that we weren’t specially created by God but evolved along with millions of other species. Now archaeology is demolishing another sacred belief: that human history over the past million years has been a long tale of progress. |
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- These are from the fourth Awardsmaster's Challenge in April 2001. The challenge was to anagram the first stanza of Jabberwocky into a "translation" of Carroll's nonsense original, keeping to the original metre and rhyme as much as possible. |
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- The Seaman's Friend: Containing a Treatise on Practical Seamanship |
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- Fresh controversy about Donald Rumsfeld's personal dealings with Saddam Hussein was provoked yesterday by new documents that reveal he went to Iraq to show America's support for the regime despite its use of chemical weapons. The formerly secret documents reveal the Defence Secretary travelled to Baghdad 20 years ago to assure Iraq that America's condemnation of its use of chemical weapons was made "strictly" in principle. |
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- The following engravings were taken from the Edoardo Perino Italian edition of the Quijote (Rome, 1888). These engravings are in the public domain; no permission is needed to use them; however, here we must thank Claudio Paganelli, who contributed them for this page. Titles have been created to help in selecting images. |
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- Move seen as precautionary, even though transmission of mad cow disease is considered unlikely; Bush to continue eating beef, spokesman says |
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- One of 3 assailants against Musharraf is a foreigner, raising international terrorism concerns |
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- Europeans hope U.S. orbiter picks up a communication from Beagle 2 after more than 36 hours of silence |
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- The American Research Group explains the "Ten Rules for More Effective Advertising." If you have ever wondered why a campaign can spend $1,000,000 or more on television advertising and still be in the single-digits in the polls, you need to read this. "Use the following 10 simple rules to evaluate... |
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- Des glaciologues australiens travaillant pour leur Etat viennent de rendre leur verdict dans la revue Science : la mer de glace autour de l Antarctique (dans l hémisphère sud) a vu son étendue diminuer de 20% depuis 1950. De 1841 à 1950, il y a eu peu de changements. Pour autant, il n est pas encore possible de dire si cette évolution est naturelle ou non (1) . Par contre, le réchauffement global du climat est bien le coupable pointé du doigt par un récent rapport du ministère canadien de l Environnement. |
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- Pascal Acot est philosophe et historien des sciences. Depuis 1971, il s'attache à l'histoire de l'écologie scientifique et des sciences de l'environnement. Son dernier ouvrage chez Perrin, Histoire du Climat, nous rappelle combien l'histoire climatique est consubstantielle à celle de la planète et de ses habitants. |
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- Lu sur CQFD : "Parmi les « contradicteurs » de Nicolas Sarkozy, dégradés en faire-valoir le temps d'une émission de promo ministérielle (« 100 minutes pour convaincre » , France 2, 19/11), Christophe Aguiton était visiblement le plus satisfait de son rôle. Arborant le sourire autobronzant d'un moniteur de surf, le « représentant de la mouvance altermondialiste » a su prouver au moins une chose : il était content d'être là. Un exploit d'autant plus remarquable que le casting convoqué autour du ministre de l'Intérieur avait de quoi donner la jaunisse à quiconque rêvait d'un « autre monde » : |
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- Mon frère rigole. Ma s ur lit un bouquin, le dos allongé sur le lit. Mon frère pousse mon coude pour déconner. Je fais comme si je m écroulais par terre. Etrange rêve dans une atmosphère bleue, très claire, je suis comme dans des bras réconfortants. |
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leoferre : (Dec 26 2003 18:38 GMT) - En cette fin d'année, que retenez-vous des événements qui ont ponctué les 10 ans de la disparition de Léo ? |
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- En voulant me débarrasser de plusieurs fichiers qui prenaient de la place sur mon ordi, je suis tombée sur le fameux proverbe japonais que j'aime bien. Si vous ne le connaissez pas, admirez : |
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- Lu sur CQFD : "C'est un vieux, un très vieux fantasme patronal que le gouvernement s'apprête à exaucer : réduire le code du travail au format kleenex, se moucher dedans et balancer le machin au nez des « partenaires sociaux » qui, avec un peu de chance, l'avaleront sans plus d'histoires. Fin novembre, le ministre des Affaires « sociales » , François Fillon, a en effet nommé une commission de neuf membres chargés de « toiletter » (sic) le code du travail. Leurs conclusions devront servir de base à un projet de loi attendu pour janvier. |
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- enfin... pas tout à fait, pis qu'est-ce qui est fini? ben noel, apres l'envie que j'avais d'y etre et l'apprehension, je me suis sentie finalement un peu mélancolique et un peu honteuse. pourquoi je ne sais pas trop, peut etre de revoir des gens que j'ai pas vu depuis un an et de voir sur eux le temps qui passe, et me dire que ça doit se voir sur moi aussi... peut etre toute cette nourriture , ces cadeaux d'un coup... |
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- Lu sur No Pasaran : "La plupart des candidats Front national pour les élections régionales de mars 2004 se sont présentés, au mois d octobre, à la suite de leur chef Jean-Marie Le Pen qui avait inauguré la campagne en septembre, à leurs militants et sympathisants à l occasion de "fêtes tricolores" régionales : le numéro deux Bruno Gollnisch en Rhône-Alpes, le numéro trois Carl Lang dans le Nord-Pas-de-Calais, et Marine Le Pen en région parisienne. C est très certainement cette dernière candidature qui a été le plus médiatisée : avec comme slogan "une femme à vos côtés", la fille Le Pen tente par tous les moyens de rénover l image du FN, en le présentant comme moderne et ouvert. |
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- Washington - U.S. government officials said Thursday that they believe some of the passengers boarding one of the three Air France flights from Paris to Los Angeles that were canceled because of security concerns this week might have intended to hijack it and crash-land in Las Vegas. |
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- New line of incredibly small USB 2.0 Flash memory drives from Adtec that are a mere 2.8mm thick. Apparently the trick to slimming down the... |
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- New line of incredibly small USB 2.0 Flash memory drives from Adtec that are a mere 2.8mm thick. Apparently the trick to slimming down the... |
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Vortices (Dec 26 2003 18:37 GMT) - Will you wear that BookPeople T-shirt? I asked Ben. It was one of the presents we gave him yesterday. Of course! Ben answered immediately, his arms extended above his head and a smile beaming from his face. |
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- since no error message appeared (in red text, above the textentry field, after you submit the page and it reloads at http://127. 0. 0. 1: |
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- Jewelry in the news: Keeping jewelry clean.... |
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- Lo sé, lo sé, el Jameslog ha estado un tanto inactivo en los últimos dÃas. En nuestra defensa, podemos decir que el pavo estuvo bárbaro y que la navidad hace que la gente saque sus mejores alcoholes. ¿Cómo resistirse? Postearemos intermitentemente pero no desesperen: Enero promete ser un buen mes. |
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- HickoryFarms.com - 30% Off Everything. Hickory Farms is clearing out the warehouse with their 30% off Everything |
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- Diamonds in the news: Swallowed diamond ring shows up as evidence in U.S..... |
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- AP: Report: Garner to Stay on 'Rules' Cast Touchstone TV, the producers of the ABC sitcom, have closed a deal with the veteran actor to continue on the comedy as a regular, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Garner started on... |
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Dean (Dec 26 2003 18:34 GMT) - This is an interesting article about Dean, and how it’s not so much his policies and person that is making him such a strong candidate but the internet. You’re not a leader, you’re a place. |
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- Diamonds in the news: Diamond Bank wind-up opposed.... |
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Bush Sucks! (Dec 26 2003 18:34 GMT) - According to some of my family members, Bush sucks and all that because of the way he speaks. and because he only repeats the stuff of his political advisors. So they have been lectured by me not to judge a man by his appearance, that Bush is a President with some of the more memorable speeches and that people should make up whether they hate the Bush person or American policies. Not going to do much good, though. For some reason people are convinced America is about the rich trying to get richer while making the poor more poor. |
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