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Marble (Jan 12 2004 18:35 GMT) |
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- (US) According to the lawsuit, Dolkart was charged with possession of a weapon, harassment and possession of drug paraphernalia in a university dormitory. [$drug_related(100%), $drugs(90%), $paraphernalia(100%), $various_drugs(90%)] |
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- (US) Of Waverly was taken into custody Sunday for possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and possession with intent to deliver marijuana. [$drug_related(100%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $stimulant(100%), $amphetamines(100%), $cannabis(100%), $paraphernalia(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- (US) The Florida ACLU filed court papers Monday supporting Limbaugh's argument that investigators violated his constitutional right to privacy when they seized his medical records in November to investigate whether he violated drug laws when he purchased prescription painkillers. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme2(60%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $drug_law(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- In case any of you were waiting with bated breath... The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate Dicamillo, just won this year's Newbery Medal. And you may remember me enthusing about it two months ago.The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, by Mordicai Gerstein, garnered the Caldecott. I haven't read it yet (still in processing). |
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- In case any of you were waiting with bated breath... The Tale of Despereaux, by Kate Dicamillo, just won this year's Newbery Medal. And you may remember me enthusing about it two months ago.The Man Who Walked Between the Towers, by Mordicai Gerstein, garnered the Caldecott. I haven't read it yet (still in processing). |
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- My one gripe is that, as it’s the first novel in a trilogy, it ends mid-action. Argh! Must … purchase … |
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- I am a huge sucker for space marines, plasma cannons, and aliens, so March Upcountry hits the spot. David Weber and John Ringo team up to provide a fast-paced and well-plotted space opera with lots of action and interesting characters. |
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- Mother of Demons by Eric Flint: Good concept where a human colony ship is shipwrecked on a planet inhabited by interesting and—well, alien—aliens. Features a good, tight plot, fast-paced writing and interesting ideas. |
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- Mutineer’s Moon by David Weber: Really digging the concept in this one. I’m not going to spoil it, but it’ |
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- The War God’s Own by David Weber: The follow-up to Oath of Swords follows the same characters as they delve deeper into the history of their world. Weber feels a bit more comfortable in the universe he’s created in this one, but of course, it won’ |
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- Oath of Swords by David Weber: Weber detours into fantasy and does a credible job of it. Not great but solid. It’s always good to see an author do something interesting with the trolls, dwarves, and elves concept. |
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- The Apocalypse Troll by David Weber: Didn’t make it through this one. Something about time travel completely turns me off, and when the characters start talking quantum mumble mumble to make it seem “scientific,” |
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- I haven't been able to muster much enthusiam for All the Pretty Horses since I realized that John Grady/Matt Damon was going to, of all things, fall in love with Alejandra/Penelope Cruz. In a Cormac McCarthy novel?! I suspect McCarthy started taking Prozac before writing this thing. Gone are the dark malignant characters, the bad conscience, the vermiculate prose: all those things you pay the $13. |
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- Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice by Armin HoffmanTypographie: Ein Gestaltungslehrbuch = Typography : a manual of design by Emil Ruder |
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- Grid Systems in Graphic Design/Raster Systeme Fur Die Visuele Gestaltung by Josef Muller-BrockmannJoseph Muller-Brockmann: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design by Lars MullerSoak Wash Rinse Spin by Tolleson Design |
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- Grid Systems in Graphic Design/Raster Systeme Fur Die Visuele Gestaltung by Josef Muller-BrockmannJoseph Muller-Brockmann: Pioneer of Swiss Graphic Design by Lars MullerSoak Wash Rinse Spin by Tolleson Design |
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- Graphic Design Manual: Principles and Practice by Armin HoffmanTypographie: Ein Gestaltungslehrbuch = Typography : a manual of design by Emil Ruder |
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- In Mojo Rising: Confessions of a 21st Century Conjureman, I propose an African American Way. A Highroad and an Enlightened Way. For Ultimately the Battle for the Survival and Enhancement of our Culture and our Generations shall be one of Grace. Which is the Better Way. |
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Dead Right (Jan 12 2004 18:34 GMT) - As David Frum points out in Dead Right, our country faced similar problems during the first two decades of this century. Frum reminds us that our grandparents grew up in cities that, like our own, were violent and unruly. A tide of legal and illegal immigration was bringing to our shores a horde that did not speak our language, did not share our customs, and felt little loyalty to our country. This resulted in an urban proletariat that was not only of unprecedented size, but also poor, violent, ... |
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- An experience over the last few days has rekindled my interest in Alvin Toffler's book Future Shock. Making some adjustments to the day-to-day business of life again brought home to me just how complex our civilization has become. For example, we don't just have a telephone anymore. Now we have the landline, the cell phone, the fax, the DSL, and probably several others that I'm not thinking of. Another example: |
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- This is the first of a two-part Salon piece on working at a dead-end customer service job in North Carolina. This genre of memoir is really compelling to me, maybe because I'm so thankful to not have a job like that, but also because it's the 21st Century equivalent of Orwell's labor-condition memoirs like Down and Out in Paris and London and The Road to Wigan Pier. |
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- Bang! Getting Your Message Heard in A Noisy World, is a book by the CEO and vie president of the New York advertising firm KTG, Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Koval, plus a third author, Delia Marshal, who was not identified so I assume she was a ghost writer of sorts. The book is billed as a manual of sorts for advertising agencies to be affective at creating memorable ads that actually increase business. |
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- What a cool little book this is! Although its only 53 pages, the information is so densely packed and insightful that its worth more that a lot of 300+ page books. |
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- Many sources (such as Flash Enabled: Flash Design & Development for Devices) suggest that searching for PPC in the user agent string is a safe way to detect a Pocket PC. This might have been true at the time the book was published in 2002 (I'm not sure), but it's no longer accurate. An iBook with Safari will generate the following user agent string: |
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- Aside from being slightly cramped, I found that overall the exhibit was very good. Considering that for 9$ you also get access to the other exhibits (including the wonderful After Notman rephotography project), I highly recommend it. |
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Magritte (Jan 12 2004 18:34 GMT) - I'm running on about three hours of sleep today, and dealing with a ton at work. And, as always, unable to access Strife until Jintek changes webhosts. And my other game, Kings of Chaos (join my army here, join other armies here, spay and neuter your pets, etc) isn't exactly as time-consuming. So I'm just at my computer, processing tons of work, with no good distractions (and no time for serious ones, anyway).But I can do some web browsing. |
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- Liedman nmner vidare matematikern Godfrey Harold Hardy som en som uttryckt ider om matematikens sknhet p ett stt som pminner om Schnberg. Liedman citerar Hardy ur hans A Mathematician’s Apology dr han sger (detta r frn den p Amazon skbara engelska utgvan): |
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- 2. The whole idea of a "black collective" has to this point at least, not quite translated into policy benefits that are distributed across all income levels. While I consider myself an old school Crusean nationalist with a strong democratic Boggsian streak, everytime I hear the words "black collective" come out of a politico's mouth I want to "earl." |
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- 2. The whole idea of a "black collective" has to this point at least, not quite translated into policy benefits that are distributed across all income levels. While I consider myself an old school Crusean nationalist with a strong democratic Boggsian streak, everytime I hear the words "black collective" come out of a politico's mouth I want to "earl." |
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- One other quick thought. In the trenches of this argument, Totten, who I like well enough, and Armed Liberal, who I don’t really know, resort to intimating that us boring old peacenik liberals have a shallow understanding of the world. It’s this self-righteous and pedantic attitude that bugs me. |
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- Baby Boomer Comics TP--Collecting Craig "Mr. Silver Age" Shutt's columns for the Comics Buyer's Guide. Very interesting and one of the few reasons I regret letting my subscription lapse. |
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- Battle Royale GN 5--Reality TV from the day after tomorrow continues. The premise is an alternate-reality Japan where a school class is abducted, collars with detenators attached, and placed on an island with an objective: kill your classmates to survive. |
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- I've read Phillips' Wealth and Democracy, and I recommend that one. This book sounds equally interesting. |
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- Fischer's fiction is a decidedly mixed bag - his debut Under the Frog was a promising, if conventional, first novel based on the heady days of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution; after that came my favorite of his books, The Thought Gang, a wooly, hilarious shaggy dog romp that he's never quite surpassed; then some duds, The Colllector Collector and his collection of short stories. I've just started reading Voyage to the End of the Room, so I'm reserving judgement. But I do admire his tireless prom ... |
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- Literary Saloon actually focuses on Fischer today, noting the American release of Voyage to the End of the Room (which Amazon has coyly packaged with Yellow Dog). |
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