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- ~~~~~~~GOSHINKA MATSURISaturday night took the gondola upmountain through the downgliding mists to see the Goshinka Matsuri, held each year at this time atop Horai-san (Mountain of Heavenly Beauty is one translation), so named after the apocryphal peak whence Buddha ascended into the great hereafter. I'd seen the fireworks every year from the house, but had never gone up to see the event itself. The Shinto festival (the Japanese mix religions with spiritual aplomb), held at one end of the ski area, involved a fire ceremony calling upon the gods to preserve nature, watch over the mountains and protect mountain lovers like the thousands of folks who were up there in the clouds taking part on skis or on foot (me), every one of them dressed for the occasion far better than yours truly, who wore merely mid-mountain clothes, as per my level of residence, and had worked up a good sweat by walking part of the way up, so arrived, in a manner of speaking, on the arctic scene in my bathing suit fresh from the beach. I therefore spent a lot of time going from heat source to heat source in between watching thousands of skiers suddenly stop still to watch the goings-on here and there; then came the fireworks that filled the raggedly rolling mists with washes of all colors like a Whistler dream in the sky (BTW, Whistler always wanted to visit Japan; |
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- On the eve of Kalpana Chawla's first death anniversary, a 30 feet bronze statue costing over Rs 8 lakhs was showcased in Chennai. Statue of Kalpana Chawla showcased in Chennai (Video Clip)... |
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- I don't belive in reincarnation, but if it is I want to be a human again, bishop sounds good |
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- While watching the half-time show, I just saw Justin Timberlake expose Janet Jackson's breast. At least, I think I saw it. It was really fast....... |
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- United States: School officials in Georgia are trying to find new and interesting ways to educate children without pissing off the loony fundies from the creationist camp. But changing the term evolution to biological changes over time needs a bit more work as the plan has enraged everyone. New middle and high school science standards proposed by state Schools Superintendent Kathy Cox strike references to evolution and replace them with the term biological changes over time, a revision critics say will further weaken learning in a critical subject. Outraged teachers already have told the state it is undercutting the science education of young Georgians. |
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- Kay is making a good note: The former top U.S. weapons hunter in Iraq, David Kay, said on Sunday flaws in U.S. |
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- Project description: Sushi is a suite of GNOME application that allow people to play a pen-and-paper game across the Internet. |
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- Project description: SushiWiki is a WikiWikiWeb like Web application running on .NET platforms. It is written in C#, uses ASP.NET features and stores data in SQL databases or flat XML files. |
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- How to Get Spyware-free RealPlayer through the BBC "Martin sez, 'The BBC made a unique deal with Real Networks which disposes of their spyware tactics. Basically, if a user clicks on a link to download Real Player from a BBC website, the referrer script sends them to a page where they can download an expiry-free, spyware-free and nuicance-free version of the player. It's because the BBC have such a stringent public service remit, that it was offensive to charge people a license fee for BBC content, then make them pay all over again for the facility to view/listen to it.' Link (Thanks, Martin!)" [Boing Boing Blog] An excellent choice for libraries that want to install Real without all of the bloat. |
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- This morning, my buddy Dorothy and I did the Alaska Ski for Women. We had a great time. And the weather was not bad at all: sunny, 15 degrees, and no wind. Through the years, I've done that race in some very nasty conditions. |
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- I didn't really start to grow up to be a computer-intensive geek. Left to myself, I would have happily become computer-literate, able to navigate text-based file structures and type in command-line commands with a cheat sheet, but would never have gotten into programming or anything beyond cut and paste, click and drag. I was quickly becoming a science fiction fan, for the stories; I wasn't in tune with the fan culture (mostly because I was shy and avoided people and had never met a Real Grown-up Fan). When I was 15, in 1995, I met pyrogenic. |
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- Project description: Dawn of the Titans is a project to provide basic softcode/hardcode snippets, advice, and documentation for BattleTechMUX players and staffers alike. This is of particular interest to BTMux coders and admins. |
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- so schmeckt der sommer Die ersten Bands für das HURRICANE Festival 2004 sind bestätigt! Angeführt wird das Programm zunächst einmal von DAVID BOWIE, PLACEBO sowie der großen Reunion der PIXIES, die nur das HURRICANE und das SOUTHSIDE Festival spielen. Weitere Bestätigungen sind eingegangen von THE HIVES, LIFE OF AGONY, BEGINNER, SPORTFREUNDE STILLER, THE (INTERNATIONAL) NOISE CONSPIRACY, DIE HAPPY, BEATSTEAKS, FÜNF STERNE DELUXE und DANKO JONES.(Hurricane Festival) |
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- Iran has had free elections where reformers were elected? I don't think so. The Islamofascist oligarchy won't allow anyone on the ballot who would act for reform. Khatami is no reformer. While he does sometimes call for free speech, he at all times shows loyalty to the Islamofascist regime. |
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- Declaraciones del comandante de la Guardia Civil Juan Salom, responsable del Grupo de Delitos Telemáticos de la Guardia Civil: "El... |
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- Thanks to Mark Simonson's Pangrammer Helper, I was able to construct this 31-letter pangram: (more..) |
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- dang it...this laptop to desktop interface seems simple enough but i ended up frying a good laptop hard disk with the interface i wired :S |
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- Ok...that was too Janet Jackson's b00b during the halftime show! Wow...the game finally got interesting! However, now I want to... |
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- Wesley Clark "may be more conflicted about his political career than he lets on," Washington Whispers reports. "The Democratic presidential hopeful once said that retired military officers shouldn't get involved in politics. It came during a May 2001 book party for the retired four-star Army general, who had just penned... |
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- My birthday is coming up, I share it with the likes of Mel Ott, Dr. Suess, Mikhail Gorbachev, Thomas, John Irving, Sam Houston and Jerome R. Sprogue. We are all born on March 2nd. It was a good day. |
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- "Everybody know the dice is loaded, everyone rolls with their fingers crossed." Leonard Cohen. |
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Apologies (Feb 02 2004 01:55 GMT) - This is another Amazon test- Fierce Invalids. Black Love. Tunecast. |
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- For those who are still in doubt that religion is a sometimes fatal poison to the mind, witness the 244 dead Muslims killed in a stampede during hajj, the annual stoning of Satan. You would think they might learn from... |
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2.0 (Feb 02 2004 01:54 GMT) - Engineering geek names son version 2.0 "I wanted to find something different to name him besides Jon Blake" It really... |
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- The feed parser gets a major upgrade. (466 words) |
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