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- Fannie Lou Hamer was the civil rights worker who famously said "I am sick and tired of being sick and tired." The daughter of sharecroppers, her eloquence and courage made her a leading voice for racial equality in the 1960s. We were reading an account of her life in Robert Ellsberg's All Saints last night, and came across this quote: "Christianity is being concerned about your fellow man, not building a million-dollar church while people are starving around the corner. Christ was a revolutionary person, out there where it was happening. |
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- Nokia Corp. took another step forward in its effort to acquire Psion PLC's stake in operating system developer Symbian Ltd. after Psion shareholders on Friday approved the deal. |
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- The Mayor's approval has improved to 40% according to a poll conducted by the Daily News (disapproval is at 41%). The pollster who conducted the poll said, "He's really made a pretty nice comeback. It's fascinating. He doesn't have a group that's solidly behind him, and he doesn't have a group that's solidly opposed to him. Every group is split. |
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- can someone tellme others please? at least tellme an GOOD ONE, and not an list of lot of scripts. |
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- The Shifted Librarian points to RSS feeds from Archive.org. Probably best known as the home of the Wayback Machine, which lets you see web sites as they were during selected points in time in the past, the Archive also houses lots of amazing content, including digital versions of the Prelinger archive, old software, and lots and lots of music. The RSS feed of their master collection is fascinating. Live performances by Soul Coughing, Gary Jules, Howie Day, From Good Homes, and others are listed right now, and I’ |
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Coming up (Mar 15 2004 15:59 GMT) - I’ve been a bit under the weather for the last four or five days; a weird kind of cold that started in the throat, with totally clear sinuses, but which has in the last day migrated up into my face. At least I’m on familiar territory. |
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- Because Topix has a news search engine that sorts by zip code. I found stories from my current back yard and a former one. Of course Topix is hoping to target ads to go with these searches, just like Google, Yahoo and all the others. This is what they mean by disruptive technology. Here's a Merc story on Topix. |
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- Murphy was staggering home with a pint of booze in his back pocket when he slipped and fell heavily. Struggling to his feet, he felt something wet running down his leg. "Please Lord," he implored, "let it be blood!!"... |
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- This is not a new one, but ... Need the definition of a word? Do a quick Google search in the form "define word". |
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- In his treatise on the changes in our language over the last half of the last century, author and linguistics professor John McWhorter marks the year of his birth as a turning point towards a more relaxed and less elegant use of language. His book, "Doing Our Own Thing: The Degradation of Language and Music and Why We Should, Like, Care" (Gotham Books, 279 pages, $26) claims that the introduction of color TV and a lack of trust in government (Vietnam) began to "elevate the visual over the written in American culture" article here from the Chicago Tribune . |
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- The Record-Journal takes a look at the world of school libraries. "School librarians are librarians, are curriculum resource people, are teachers, are facility managers and professional development teachers," said Julie Hulten, Sheehan High School's library media specialist. The physical card catalog is obsolete in its original card form, and libraries now keep book information on a computer database, accessible from just about any computer anywhere. Technology has transformed the library from a room full of books into a multi-media information source. |
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- Salon.com has published an article relating to recent claims about research being conducted into data mining technology that have invoked privacy concerns. According to the article writer, Michael J. Sniffen, the Bush government’s ‘fight against terrorism’ has contributed to the closure of two privacy-protection projects and continuing research into somewhat dubious software technology. This relates to an earlier story posted about the activities of DARPA. |
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- nbruce writes ""According to the research in Pamp;AB's September 2003 issue, 36 percent of the American public, some 75 million adults, call themselves "Privacy Fundamentalists." These are people who are passionate about threats to their privacy by businesses and favor government regulation of corporate information practices.That's a huge leap from 2000, when only 25 percent of respondents to a similar survey fit this category. Moreover, in 2003, Pamp; |
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- nbruce writes ""In one sense, with Google, everything is knowable now," said Esther Dyson, who publishes Release 1.0, a technology-industry newsletter. "We were much more passive about information in the past. We would go to the library or the phone book, and if it wasn't there, we didn't worry about it. Now, people can't as easily drift from your life. |
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- so, sometime near the end of last week, thanks to Ginger, I found celebrity mugshots online, and one of the gems there was this picture of Johnny Cash:Notice on the frontal shot to the left how the line of his arm and side parallel almost exactly the line of his back and the chair in the profile shot. That is an amazing image. So I downloaded it and played around with it in Photoshop and got this as a result:Anyway, I was inspired to paint it, so on Saturday, Kristin and I drove up to this art store in White Plains, and I bought some oil paints and a 2' x 3' canvas to paint on. |
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- Almighty Blues: London & Beyond Wishbone Ash (Classic Rock Legends) This limited edition 2 DVD set captures Wishbone Ash in... |
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- A historic exhibition hall off Moscow's Red Square, gutted in a blaze that killed two firefighters, will be restored to its former condition, the city's main architect promised Monday. |
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- That'd be right. I score a job interview the week after I get dreadlocks. |
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- Spinsanity has a 'debate' up between Al Franken and Rich Lowry (NRO editor).... |
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- I've placed what some might believe are unreasonable expectations on this life, this love I seek and perhaps they have a point. That isn't to say that I will in any way alter those dreams, those beliefs I hold so... |
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- Picture a content column full of lovely content. Mmmmm. |
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- I posted some shots I got at the show a while back with Victim, Tarpit and 86 Mentality. Take a look if you want. Victim Photos Tarpit Photos 86 Mentality Photos... |
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- Todos los medios, nacionales e internacionales, relacionan la derrota del PP con la gestin que hizo de la crisis producida por los atentados del 11M en Madrid. Este weblog ha seguido minuto a minuto todo lo ocurrido durante estos das,... |
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- Tretia najvacsia americka letecka spolocnost Delta Air Lines dnes zvysila svoju prognozu straty v 1. stvrtroku tohto roka na 400 milionov USD (13,2 miliardy Sk) |
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- Prieskumne konanie vo veci majetku veritelov stavebneho podniku Hydrostav, a.s. v konkurze, bolo stanovene na 21. aprila 2004. Oznamil to Krajsky sud (KS) v Bratislave, ktory v juli 2002 vyhlasil na Hydrostav konkurz a za spravcu konkurznej podstaty ustanovil Jozefa Boljesika |
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- Akciovy index Burzy cennych papierov v Bratislave (BCPB) SAX si dnes predovsetkym pod vplyvom zvysenia kurzu akcii VUB polepsil o 0,38 % na 184,34 bodu |
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- Ratingova agentura Fitch znizila rating nezabezpeceneho dlhu nemeckej automobilky Volkswagen (VW) z hodnoty A+ na A |
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- V zaujme zvysenia urovne poskytovanych sluzieb navstevnikom sa dnes zacali stavebne prace na termalnom kupalisku v Patinciach v Komarnanskom okrese |
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- Rast vychodoeuropskeho trhu mobilnych telefonov je vyrazne vyssi ako priemer Europskej unie, tvrdi telekomunikacny expert poradenskej firmy Arthur D |
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- V uvode februara TREND upozornil na rodiacu sa korekciu na akciovych parketoch. Kratko nato hlavny americky index Dow Jones otestoval tohtorocne maxima pri hladine 10 750 bodov. |
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- A Fife man who discovered a rare Neolithic axe head while out walking near his home is facing prosecution for refusing to hand it over. Under Scots Law such finds are Crown property but until |
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- General Cybernetics renewed its stock of the PowerMac G5/1.8GHz Dual 512/160/SuperDrive with the Apple 20-inch Cinema Display for $3,698. It's the...(more) |
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- Sometimes people need to choose between God and His representatives. For example, the disciples had the following conflict with the religious rulers of the day in Acts 4:18-20:18Then they called them in again and commanded them not to speak or... |
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- For those of you who watch what you eat, here's the final word on those conflicting medical studies: 1. The Japanese eat very little fat and suffer fewer heart attacks than the Americans, British or Canadians. 2. The Mexicans eat... |
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- Film Reviews: A multi-generational cast of well-known Italian comics performs one skit after another in "The Jokes," a mildly amusing but largely forgettable entry from prolific helmer Carlo Vanzina. Punch-lines are invariably weaker than the lead-ups, and the sketches, like many an "SNL" one, outlast their welcome. |
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- Film Reviews: A dime-store romance overloaded with enough sappy music to make even Mantovani cringe, "Vanilla and Chocolate" is strictly for Harlequin readers who enjoy watching beautiful people in beautiful locales and don't mind a low-cal content. Italo pic reps flamenco star Joaquin Cortes' feature debut, but the jury's still out on whether he can parlay his dancing stardom to similar big-screen heights. |
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- 大哥我換Domain Name了舊的DN是以前學校 evanlin. com/blog/若有加入我，煩 ... ‹full story› |
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- 大哥我換Domain Name了舊的DN是以前學校 evanlin. com/blog/若有加入我，煩 ... ‹full story› |
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- Students get an education in the beauty of the First Amendment, and they completely miss the point. Clearly, civics classes... |
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- Roland Piquepaille writes "Researchers from the Johns Hopkins University have built electronic circuits which exhibit a rubbery behavior. The flexible ... |
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- Teaching Heritage is Thirteen/WNET's initiative to help teachers build powerful world and Jewish history learning environments using the award-winning HERITAGE: CIVILIZATION AND THE JEWS DVD-ROM. It shows educators how best to use the DVD-ROM's resources through an extensive workshop, a tour of the DVD ROM, and unique lesson plans and tips. |
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- The Pakistani president accuses a Libyan al-Qaeda member of two failed attempts on his life last December. |
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