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- Iranian Journalist Credits Blogs for Playing Key Role in His Release From Prison (Online Journalism Review, 01-09-2004): |
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- Top reporter resigns over translation lie: A Pulitzer-nominated reporter from USA Today has resigned after admitting he misled superiors in verifying the accuracy of a translation. Kelley told the Post that during USA Today's probe, he had allowed a translator who was not present during a 1999 interview in Belgrade to call the paper's in-house investigator and impersonate another translator who had been there. |
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- The New York Times, 1-12-04: The National Football League will roll out a Chinese-language version of its Web site this month in yet another move by American entertainment and media organizations to capitalize on overseas Internet audiences. The new N.F.L. |
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- Did we need any more evidence of how wildly out of touch the media is? Yesterday, four Iowa papers announced their endorsements for the Democratic nomination. (The crucial Iowa caucus is now seven days away. And by the way, you can still join me in Iowa this weekend.) The most important paper by far, The Des Moines Register, picked John Edwards. |
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- Given Kerry's track record on attacks, this will probably help Clark: The beleaguered Kerry campaign, facing the specter of a humiliating third-place finish for the Massachusetts senator behind Dean and Clark in New Hampshire, has scheduled a press confe |
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- Did we need any more evidence of how wildly out of touch the media is? Yesterday, four Iowa papers announced their endorsements for the Democratic nomination. (The crucial Iowa caucus is now seven days away. And by the way, you can still join me in Iowa this weekend.) The most important paper by far, The Des Moines Register, picked John Edwards. |
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- Also from the sports desk. I was told last night that Dr.Donald Linder's Pyramids Village (and here) plans for the old Carolina Circle Mall are kaput. |
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- The reasoning is clear and simple: if you drive a car, you must have too much money for your own good. It is time that HMG relieved you of some of this burden: Motorists convicted of speeding may have to pay compensation for victims, the government has proposed. The plan, published on Monday, is one of several changes to the funding of victim support services. |
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- The New York Times reported the following altercation between Howard Dean and an Iowa voter: Later, Dr. Dean flashed his much-talked-about temper at a town-hall-style forum here in a sharp exchange with a 67-year-old retiree, Dale Ungerer. Mr. Ungerer, who... |
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- As difficult as it may be, to assess the success of some policies you have to look at the biggest... |
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- I'm still recovering from CES. I need to post my photos and pass along my comments on what I saw, but I won't get to this until the end of the day. I've been jumping between answering emails and posting here all morning and I need to get some real work done :-) But first... The Tablet PC Get Together at CES was a great opportunity for members of the Tablet PC community to get to know each other and share their interest in the Tablet PC. |
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- Leinster have cited Sale Sharks' hooker Andy Titterrell for a blatant stamp on the head of Eric Miller and, as expected, Sale have returned this approach by citing Ben Gissing for stamping on prop Andrew Sheridan. |
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- Actress Patricia Heaton poses in Los Angeles, Dec. 12, 2003. Heaton stars as Paula McFadden in TNT's new version of 'The Goodbye Girl,' which premieres 8 p.m. EST Friday, Jan. |
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- Kelsey Grammer, left, greets David Hyde Pierce, who is master of ceremonies of the annual Fulfillment Fund Stars 2003 benefit gala, Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2003, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Grammer and Pierce are co-stars from the sitcom 'Frasier.' (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian) (Click for Large Photo) [yahoo: 2, +kelsey -david +benefit +beverly] |
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- The picture of Canto-pop diva and actress Anita Mui is held by Hong Kong singer Nicolas Tse, right, and Mui's cousin at her funeral on Monday. (AP/Vincent Yu ) (Click for Large Photo) [yent: 2, ++actress +singer +her --funeral] |
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- ...but climb it and it seems even larger still. Phew -whee! As you climb, its spiralling terraced design and construction become more apparent and from the top its bulk is quite overwhelming and makes the ugly school buildings seem tiny. Lurking in a dip at the top of the mound is a huge ugly water tank and a kilny/chimney thing. I wondered if it was a rudimentary crematorium for disposing the bodies of schoolboys who'd been thrashed to death by an over-zealous master. |
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- I always wonder what the deal is with people bringing their bikes on the 'El' trains. I always think to myself - “Hey fuck face! YOU HAVE A BIKE! RIDE THE MOTHERFUCKER!” Isn't that the whole purpose of a bike as a conveyance? |
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- A couple of years ago when I purchased my first real digital camera (Fuji FinePix 2600 zoom) I had a couple months worth of pictures saved on my hard drive. Not taking much notice, my directory grew larger and larger... |
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- A couple of years ago when I purchased my first real digital camera (Fuji FinePix 2600 zoom) I had a couple months worth of pictures saved on my hard drive. Not taking much notice, my directory grew larger and larger... |
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- der spiegel lstert ber prinz charles der ozzy osbourne peinlicherweise eine flasche whisky geschenkt habe, obwohl er doch wissen msse, das ozzy keinen alk mehr trinkt... wenn thomas gottschlag gottschalk ihm bei wetten dass glhwein in den rachen kippt, dann ist das grosse samstagabendunterhaltung oder aufwrmen. manchmal nerven die spiegel-klugscheisser. |
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- das hat ne frau noch nie zu mir gesagt. bis gestern: kann ich mal zu dir mit hochkommen? ich muss mal kacken... ich habe - natrlich - nein gesagt. |
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- dieser hermann ist so gut wie dieser lomp. |
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- This is it. For a year you've worked hard-- tabling, passing out flyers, going to Meetup, contributing your money-- and your action has built the greatest grassroots campaign in history. You've shown that when people are called to action they... |
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- This site has never claimed that MoveOn=Hitler. If you should happen to do so in the comments that wouldn't imply anything about my own position of course.More about MoveOn here. |
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- The shutting down of two-dimensional animation at Disney continues. The Walt Disney Co. is expected to close a feature-animation studio in Orlando, Florida, on Monday, jeopardizing the jobs of nearly 260 animators, the Orlando Sentinel said.Some artists will be transferred... [Hot Buttered Death] |
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- http://www.babehunt.org/ |
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- War College Study Calls Iraq a 'Detour'. Bounding the Global War on TerrorismOf particular concern, has been the conflation of al-Qaeda and Saddam Hussein's Iraq as a single, undifferentiated threat. This was a strategic error of the first order because it ignored critical differences between the two in character, threat level and susceptibility to U.S. deterrence and military action. |
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- It is aledged that an American has dropped a bomb on Yorkshire by accident. OK it was a dummy. I suspect that a lot of jokes will come of it. Frankly, I could be pretty p.....d off about such incompetence over my county, the source of Kings of England in Edward 1V. |
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- It is aledged that an American has dropped a bomb on Yorkshire by accident. OK it was a dummy. I suspect that a lot of jokes will come of it. Frankly, I could be pretty p.....d off about such incompetence over my county, the source of Kings of England in Edward 1V. |
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- Napsterization is filling out nicely. And the site points us to a Forbes article (free registration required): The Big Squeeze: The Napsterization of Hollywood.... [JD's New Media Musings] |
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- Search Engine Report Jan 12 2004 11:01AM ET... |
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- About Web Search Jan 12 2004 11:18AM ET... |
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- Broadview Networks and other CLECs have competed with larger carriers by offering similar services at lower prices. But VoIP could let them get the jump this time. |
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- Sun releases service pack to fix denial-of-service vulnerability. |
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- Sun releases service pack to fix denial-of-service vulnerability. |
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- Broadview Networks and other CLECs have competed with larger carriers by offering similar services at lower prices. But VoIP could let them get the jump this time. |
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- The New York Times today reported that bankruptcy trustees for the dufunct magazine Lingua Franca are sending letters to freelancers who received payment in the magazine's last days, demanding that the money be returned. ... |
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