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- Dr. Manhattan is back and blogging about the Yankees.... |
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- Yesterday afternoon, my girlfriend was followed into our building by a scummy little guy who thought it might be productive to try and grab her... |
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- I am distraught by all the manupulation happening around Haiti’s crisis. Aristide’s claim that he was “kidnapped” |
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- U.S. Soldiers Arrest Suspected Iraqi Extremist Leader BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - U.S. soldiers and Iraqi police arrested 14 Iraqis, including a militant suspected of leading a terrorist cell made up of followers of the extremist Wahhabi sect of Sunni Islam, the military said Thursday. |
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- Have you seen those commercials for Enzyte? Well apparently they are working because the company that produces the product has seen incredible growth. This is... |
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- Another contribution to the debate from those people at the BBC health news team - here. I have to say I think this is spot on: today's "stress epidemic" cannot possibly be explained by life becoming harder - because it hasn't ... "How can a few phones going off be more stressful than seeing the plague carts go past?" Frank |
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- Another contribution to the debate from those people at the BBC health news team - here. I have to say I think this is spot on: today's "stress epidemic" cannot possibly be explained by life becoming harder - because it hasn't ... "How can a few phones going off be more stressful than seeing the plague carts go past?" Frank |
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- heidi writes "A tv show called "Switched Up" wherein people change careers for 4 days with someone else with (no doubt) hilarious results. The commercial I saw made me do a double take. "I want to be a librarian," a rather bemused woman stated. "Because my life is so noisy...and I just want some quiet. |
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- Don Saklad sent in a link to Building with Books, a class @MIT. "We will be designing and constructing furniture from disused books. If you are interested in finding new uses for discarded materials, or if you need a new piece of cool furniture, please join us. Projects may include chairs, shelves, tables, hammocks, walls, sculpture, and more. We will be working in a wood shop to find new ways to use books as structural or sculptural materials. |
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- 'Falsification of reports' |
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- Britain's Foreign Secretary Holds Talks on Nonproliferation, War on Terror in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Britain's foreign secretary said Thursday he discussed nuclear proliferation issues with Pakistan and was satisfied with progress in an investigation of a top Pakistani scientist who admitted spreading weapons technology to Iran, Libya and North Korea. |
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- An obvious barrow feature, with three boulders at the centre. It is about five metres in diametre and doen't have the yellowy grass of the surrounding area. A great view across to Round Loaf. 3rd March 2004 |
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- QUOTE (Vampiria @ Mar 4 2004, 03:25 AM) well lord, you are in the 3.000 posts club (but me soon, too) ONE DAY, ANNA.....ONE DAY |
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- Hi, Does anyone here perform competitor analysis? or can recommend a company? If so please e-mail me at david.sayce@hagemeyer.co. |
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- Hi, Does anyone here perform competitor analysis? or can recommend a company? If so please e-mail me at david.sayce@hagemeyer.co. |
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- Chinese Democracy Activist Released on Medical Parole, Heads for United States BEIJING (AP) - A longtime Chinese activist who helped organize the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests and later co-founded a democracy party was released from prison on Thursday and left for the United States, a human rights activist said. |
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- Relevant News and Commentary Churning, Not Burning - Larry Kudlow, NRO An Oscar in Economics - Brian Wesbury, GKST.com (pdf file) Economists and Their Inquisitors - Arnold Kling, TechCentralStation Economy Revs Up for Takeoff - John Snow, USAToday The Third... |
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- Import the BBC OPML list to your RSS reader and spend rest of the day looking at the popping updates.... The OPML has some 2000 feeds listed in it (huge!). I deleted it allready from my reader, but apparently it keeps showing updates in 7 boxes on the desktop. This has been going on now for 10 or so minutes, let's see how long it takes to finish. |
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- The Army division that spearheaded the assault on Baghdad has been ordered to get ready to return to Iraq as early as November. The announcement Thursday comes just six months after most members of the 3rd Infantry Division returned to Fort Stewart from the war. The new deployment is expected between November and February 2005. |
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- В "Сибнефти" получили акт налоговой проверки ОАО "Сибнефть-Ноябрьскнефтегаз", основного добывающего предприятия компании, в котором предъявлены претензии на сумму около 420 млн. долларов без учета штрафов и пеней, сообщает РБК. Налоговая проверка была проведена в 2003 г. по итогам деятельности компании в 2000 г. Ранее сообщалось, что недоимки "Сибнефти" составляют 1 млрд. |
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- Here it is... the new Volvo YCC, as unveiled this past Tuesday at the 2004 Geneva Auto Show. The $3.5 million project, designed by an all-female team, certainly looks like no Volvo you've seen to date. Wonder if it will... |
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- Net piracy has had a "devastating" impact on the music business, says a leading record industry figure. |
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- This year's Smalltalk Solutions promises to be a great show with some great presentations - like Avi's keynote on Seaside: Winning the Application Server Arms Race: Using Smalltalk to Redefine Web Development keynote Avi Bryant: http://www. |
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- SHIT...THERE IS NO FIGHT......ALTHOUGH I COULD BENEFIT FROM A BETTER PC SPEED......LORD ASSWEASAL WILL NOT CATCH ME. HIS IS NOT IN MY LEAGUE...... |
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- European Central Bank Leaves Rates Alone at Governing Council Meeting FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - The European Central Bank ignored politicians' pleas for an interest rate cut Thursday, leaving its key refinancing rate unchanged as it waits for an expected recovery to take hold. Bank of England to Hold Key Interest Rate at 4 Percent LONDON (AP) - The Bank of England said Thursday it would hold Britain's benchmark interest rate at 4 percent for the next month. |
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- Military circle mall has the automaticly flushes when you get up. it's using an infrared jibby to detect movement. When... |
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- On the concept of Whole People and those that are no longer... I took a little trip over to Widownet this morning, I hadn't been there for a while. It was very interesting to visit the New Arrivals section and realize how hard it was back then, and how far we've come, and how far we still have to go. |
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- ok.. i get wat u mean.. i'll try and consider.. thanks :) |
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- Somewhere between 80 and 100 plus tax. |
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- Sen. John Kerry "finds himself in stronger political condition at this stage of the campaign than any Democratic challenger in the past two decades," the Wall Street Journal reports. It's clear that Kerry "begins running the general-election marathon with less baggage than" Walter Mondale "set out with in 1984. The... |
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- Lileks has a column up at Newhouse you should definetly read: Let's just be blunt: The North Koreans would love to see John Kerry win the election. The mullahs of Iran would love it. The Syrian Ba'athists would sigh with... |
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- Customers who download its commercial software using BitTorrent get 50 percent discount |
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- Volgens een recent verschenen artikel op www.commondreams.org hadden de oliemaatschappijen in de weken voor de 20 maart 2003 hun import van Irakese olie verdubbeld. De import verdriedubbelde zelfs tussen november 2002 en maart 2003. |
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- (From Ted's Biggest Fan) He's Mahmoud Kahil without the artistic skill, hint of acerbic wit, or (sadly) lethal brain cancer. Is Ted Rall ready to scribble up a ticket for Charon's ferryboat? From Editor and Publisher Magazine: NYTimes.com said it... |
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- I don't particularly enjoy listening to Howard Stern. I just don't think he's funny. Mr. Fish is an avid listener and even owns Stern's book. He spends quite a bit of time in his car in the mornings, so he usually catches Stern's entire show. |
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- French Government Criticized for Keeping Bomb Threats Secret PARIS (AP) - A commuters' advocacy group criticized the French government Thursday for keeping secret a multimillion-dollar extortion plot by an unknown group threatening to blow up railway tracks. |
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- FRIED BUTTHAIR.(THAT'S NOT EVEN FUNNY, ACTUALLY...THIS ONE TIME I LIT A FART.......) |
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- Computers4SURE.com offers the Altec Lansing InMotion Portable Speaker Dock, for use with Apple's iPod, for $112.95. With free shipping, that's the...(more) |
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- U.S. Soldier Investigated for Death of Iraqi Man During Patrol TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - The U.S. Army is investigating a soldier in connection with the killing of an Iraqi man who was shot when he resisted arrest, an Army spokeswoman said Thursday. |
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- Henrik Larsson har ryktats pе vдg till Barcelona. Nu fеr han chansen att mцta dem. Celtic lottades i еttondelsfinal att mцta den katalanska storklubben. |
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- Nio spelare i Premier League-laget Leicester City greps av polisen i spanska La Manga, misstдnkta fцr sexuellt ofredande. Resten av laget har rest hem. Kvar дr Kalmar FF utan motstеndare. |
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- Celtic have been handed a tough clash with Spanish giants Barcelona in the fourth round of the UEFA Cup. |
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- Oldham are hoping to announce a permanent replacement for departed boss Iain Dowie next week. |
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- German Court Overturns World's Only Sept. 11 Conviction, Orders Retrial KARLSRUHE, Germany (AP) - A German court Thursday overturned the world's only conviction for the Sept. 11 attacks and ordered a retrial for a Moroccan found guilty last year of aiding the Hamburg cell of suicide hijackers. |
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