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- (National:Health)Canadian inspectors say contaminated feed in Edmonton may be behind the mad cow disease case discovered in the United States, according to a report. Affect Your Beef Consumption? Countries Banning U.S. |
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- Security will be extra tight at this year's New Year's celebrations around the country, with military helicopters patrolling over the Rose Parade, Times Square and the Las Vegas Strip. |
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- The medical examiner planned to do an autopsy Wednesday on the body of a man found in the wheel well of a plane that landed at John F. Kennedy International Airport from London's Heathrow Airport. |
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- FedEx Corp. agreed to buy copy-shop chain Kinko's for $2.4 billion as the shipping giant attempts to extend its reach into retail markets and gain ground on rival UPS. |
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- So I am listening to a live version of "A Rainy Night in Soho" (a beautiful song, by the way)... |
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- Poison ivy. Poison oak. Mosquito bites. Does the mere mention of these ailments make your skin itch? Well, don't head to your local drugstore for relief - go to your garden. |
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- Wired have given us 101 ways to save the internet. Most of them would actually work. |
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- Dear Jukebox Fillers, and Karaoke Song Selectors, When you're next looking through some Elvis tracks for inclusion on a jukebox, or for a karaoke system, pretty pretty please will you add Guitar Man? It was good enough to make the... |
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- In The Problem With Presentations, Doc Searls gives a good introduction to audience centred presentations, and how to not get caught up in making your slides look pretty in PowerPoint. If you like what he says, then you should check... |
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- Just some favorites from this passing year, Favorite blogs: plasticbag.org, Tom Coates takes first Antipixel, Jeremy Hedley’s in the second place Onlineblog, Guardian Online team the second runner up. Movies: 28 Days Later, with Matrix Reloaded as runner up, and Kill Bill coming third. |
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- I was going mad without internet access. Nine days is too long, not least because you guys generated over 400 posts to catch up on. And after this, I'll be off again until monday. Sigh.1. |
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- Let's face it: no-one is really interested in what I have to say on any matter, let alone what I consider to be the finest cultural artifacts of this year or any other. However, I have my own weblog, which means that I'm duty bound to inflict my opinions on anyone who has the misfortune to stumble across this shoddy excuse for a website. So here they are, the best and worst CDs, books and any other business of 2003. Enjoy. |
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- Says Richard Sennett about neoconservatism/liberal capitalism as the spirit of our age, in this excellent edition of "Thinking Allowed" on... |
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Sir TBL (Dec 31 2003 17:00 GMT) - According to this morning’s news, Tim Berners-Lee is to be knighted for his pioneering work developing the web. I’m not usually too interested in the Queen’s Honours List – |
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- According to iTunes, nearly all of my music collection is Alternative & Punk. I have no idea why, as the range of music I listen to tends to be fairly wide. All I can think is that the Alternative & Punk genre has become some sort of catch-all for anything that doesn’ |
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- So. without thinking, I just popped a new CD into the CD drive of my iMac and started ripping it with iTunes. I had a quick look at the case, and realised that it was meant to be copy controlled and unplayable in a computer without the special software included.Looks like my iMac disagrees. Adge Cutler & The Wurzels - Drink Up Thy Zider (Play On) - Cutler Of The West |
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- The US has imposed flight restrictions over a number of cities as a precaution against possible New Year's Eve terror attacks. |
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- The New York State Insurance Department has published its annual compilation of the state's 50 largest automobile insurance companies or groups of companies based |
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- Florida-based Docubase Systems, Inc., a provider of Electronic Document Management Systems (EDMS) and DORIS Insurance Systems LLC, an independent agency management system provider, announced |
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- The Independent Insurance Agents of Austin and the Texas Surplus Lines Association announced that members of both organizations joined together to make donations to |
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- Gilsbar Inc., headquartered in Covington, La., announced its selection as health plan administrator for The Offshore Group, in Houma, La. Gilsbar will provide |
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- Dallas-based wholesale insurance brokerage and underwriting management company, Maclean, Oddy & Associates, has relocated its headquarters to Renaissance Tower, 1201 Elm Street, Suite 4900, |
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- Massachusetts' officials have approved the merger of West Newbury Mutual Fire Insurance Co., a Massachusetts domiciled company, into Dorchester Mutual Insurance Co., also a |
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- The Massachusetts Division of Insurance and the Automobile Insurers Bureau are in a legal fight with the Massachusetts Motorcycle Association, which has filed suit |
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- Aid workers from more than 40 countries, including a team of 80 from the U.S., are trying to cope with the devastation wrought by |
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- Healthcare Underwriters Group of Kentucky (HUGKY), a medical professional liability insurance company owned by Kentucky doctors, has received authorization from the Kentucky Department of |
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- MFXchange Holdings, Inc. (MFX) announced the launch of its end-to-end application service provider (ASP) commercial lines solution. The comprehensive processing system is Web-based |
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- Itasca, Ill.-based brokerage giant Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. announced the acquisition of London-based Connor Hale Kerslake Ltd. Terms of the transaction were |
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- Atlanta-based Cotton States Insurance Group and Country Insurance & Financial Services of Bloomington, Ill., have entered into definitive agreements implementing their prior |
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- A California Court of Appeals ruled that policyholders of mutual companies cannot compel directors to declare dividends unless they can provide evidence that the |
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- LIG Marine Managers' Sr. VP, Ginger Hayes, was recently elected state director for Florida Council of NAIW – National Association of Insurance Women. The National |
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- Happy New Year! I've set a lofty resolution for this year: I'm going to try to lose one pound per week. I currently weigh about 270 pounds. I'd like to get down below 225. |
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- Java Software Solutions: Foundations of Program Design. By John Lewis; Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company. |
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- Happy New Year! I've set a lofty resolution for this year: I'm going to try to lose one pound per week. I currently weigh about 270 pounds. I'd like to get down below 225. |
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- Here's wishing everyone a Happy New Year! And if any of you happen to wake up feeling a little queasy tomorrow, just remember the words of Dean Martin: "I feel sorry for people who don't drink. When they wake up in the morning, that's as good as they are going to feel all day long." That's some good hangover optimism for you. |
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