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- Think you watched the news closely this year? Take this quiz and find out. |
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- Attorney General John Ashcroft disqualified himself on Tuesday from any involvement in the investigation into whether Bush administration officials illegally disclosed the identity of an undercover C.I.A. officer. At the same time, the Justice Department brought in a special counsel to lead the politically charged case. |
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- This game is WAY too much. I'm hysterical. And you'll love most of the rest of ZooAss. |
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- The Library of Congress' website seems to have a never-ending well of great material; I just discovered Taking the Long View: Panoramic Photographs, 1851-1991, a collection of more than 4,000 images |
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- The idea for this project came from Playboy Magazine - I was asked by submit a list, in late 1999, of the ten greatest songs of the Millenium. Hah! I thought, hypocrites - they don't mean millennium, they mean twenty years - I'll call their bluff and do a real thousand-year selection. My list was similar to the choices here on this CD, starting in about 1068, and winding slowly up to 2001. That they failed to print my list among others submitted by rock's luminaries, is but a slight wound - it gave me the idea for this show, which has been performed occasionally, and will hopefully receive a few more airings. |
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- yourDictionary.com the Web's most complete language resource, today released its Top 10 Words of 2003, featuring words that have made the news this year. The complete list includes the top phrases, the top names, the best and worst product names, top Enron inspired words, top YouthSpeak words, and others. |
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- This tool creates a virtual CDROM drive on your computer, and lets you assign a CD image to that drive. Your computer can then access each drive as though it were a real CD. This is great for letting you access the contents of CD images without having to write the image to an actual CD. |
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- The Free State Project is a plan in which 20,000 or more liberty-oriented people will move to New Hampshire, where they may work within the political system to reduce the size and scope of government. The success of the Free State Project would likely entail reductions in burdensome taxation and regulation, reforms in state and local law, an end to federal mandates, and a restoration of constitutional federalism, demonstrating the benefits of liberty to the rest of the nation and the world. |
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- Early next year,(2004), Ireland will become the first European country to ban smoking in virtually all workplaces -- including pubs |
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- "A virulent form of tuberculosis was created in the laboratory by experts trying to alter its genetic structure. The mutant form of the bug multiplied more quickly, and was more lethal than its natural counterpart. Researchers from the University of California at Berkeley, US, had actually been trying to disable genes and make the bacterium less deadly. 'This is one of the very few hyper-virulent organisms ever created,' said scientist Dr Lisa Morici... They disabled [certain] genes, and expected to find a weakened form of TB as a result. |
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- A look at the resolutions some of the globe's most notorious figures should be making in 2004 ( cos we know we'll never keep ours): ....Queen Elizabeth - Never to invite anyone for a state visit again because the US secret service trampled the rhododendrons and mashed the palace lawns. |
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- Four more people have been pulled alive from the rubble of Iran's devastating earthquake. |
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- The boy who made original allegations of abuse against Michael Jackson in 1993 refused to testify in court only because he was not entered into a witness protection programme, it was reported today. |
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- Neujahrsspringen-Qualifikation Hannawald setzt aus |
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- Season's greetings! Here are two family photos from our Thanksgiving weekend trip to Bryce, Zion and Las Vegas: photo 1 photo 2. Also, here's a photo of Kamille taking a snapshot of her dad and vice versa. |
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- According to the FBI, The Old Farmer's Almanac could be used to plan terrorist attacks against the United States, and... |
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- (2003-12-31) -- Although he said Americans should enjoy their New Year's Eve festivities, Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge has released a list of "reasonable precautions" recommended for those participating in large celebrations like the annual party in Times Square, New... |
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- L'atemptat i robatori patit pel Casal Jaume I de Russafa ha demostrat la impunitat de la que gaudeixen els grups d'ultradreta, que durant els darrers mesos han atacat diverses entitats i no s'ha detingut cap responsable. ACPV porta més de 20 denúncies sense que s'haja iniciat cap investigació. |
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- !QUOTE (Gellatine! @ Dec 30 2003, 02:05 PM) check out Disgorge (US), if you can find anything as heavy as that, then your eardrums will most likely implode mwah ha ha!p.s. |
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- Euro päätti vuoden 2003 valuuttamarkkinoilla ennätyksellisen korkeassa kurssissa Yhdysvaltain dollaria vastaan. Yhteisvaluutan voimakas nousu jatkui vuoden viimeisenä |
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- An Israeli archaeologist has found what he says are the oldest remains of a leprosy victim to be uncovered in the Middle East, buried in a biblical valley whose name became a synonym for Hell. |
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- Ralph Peters sounds a particularly cheery note in a New York Post editorial which begins with the rather bold statement, EVEN if terrorists attack our... |
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- Dec. 31 - A Hillsborough restaurant goes up in flames early New Year's Eve morning -- a devastating loss on what was expected to be a big business night. |
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- Dec. 20 - Cumberland County authorities arrested two single mothers Tuesday and charged them with seriously abusing their children. |
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- Dec. 30 - The state health department has urged parents to get flu shots for their children, but a Edgecombe County boy who died recently was too young to get the shot. |
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- Dec. 30 - Two lottery jackpots are sending people across N.C.'s borders to buy tickets in S.C. |
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- Dec. 29 - An elderly Wilson woman is found dead in her burning car just hours after celebrating Christmas with her family. |
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- Dec. 29 - The hunt for a bank bandit is in full swing after he used an unusual ploy to steal some cash. The man said he had a bomb. |
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- Dec. 29 - Restaurants and bars are hoping for a big pay-off on New Year's eve as thousands pack downtown Raleigh for the annual acorn drop. |
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- Ah, New Year's Eve. Time for ruminating and resolutions. Also time for drinking, throwing up and making an idiot of yourself, but we'll get to that later. I'll join the ranks of millions and make some predictions. But I'll stick... |
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- Web pages for GOP hopefuls for NC governor. All pretty rudimentary at this point. No blogs, social software, etc. But still ahead of incumbent Democrat Mike Easley, who has no active campaign site up -- although I know at least one prominent Greensboro supporter has sent him the Baseline case study. |
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- press statement on karbala bombing by security council president |
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- major-general herbert joaquin figoli almandos of uruguay appointed force commander of cyprus peacekeeping force |
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- secretary-general saddened by death of jaime de pinies, veteran spanish diplomat, former un general assembly president |
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- security council committee adds one individual and amends entries of two entities in al-qaida section of its consolidated list |
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- general assembly greenlights programme for the international year of microcredit 2005 |
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- united nations team responds to iran earthquake |
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- secretary-general saddened by news of benin air crash, which killed 130, including 15 un peacekeepers |
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- secretary-general shocked by brutal murder of apostolic nuncio in burundi |
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- united nations assesses quake damage in iran |
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- Dec. 31 - Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly Tuesday outlined the City's plans to host the annual New Year's Eve celebration. |
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- If you are hosting the New Year's Eve party, you have to have dips and chips. But should you buy the ready-made dips or the kind you have to mix yourself? |
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