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- A federal judge -- for now -- has blocked tonight's scheduled execution of Texas death row inmate Dominique Green. |
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- Herald.com | 10/26/2004 | Gov. Bush defends state voting system after criticism He can't do a very good job, what with the screwups of 2000 and 2002. So instead he, in the fine tradition of Southern governors, even carpetbaggers like... |
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- Herald.com | 10/26/2004 | Gov. Bush defends state voting system after criticism He can't do a very good job, what with the screwups of 2000 and 2002. So instead he, in the fine tradition of Southern governors, even carpetbaggers like... |
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- Pizarro beendet Höhenflug der "Wölfe" |
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- retur til xbobby ; bør ikke betale dobbelt for 1 spm. ;o) http://www. |
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- An Anonymous Patron writes "Indianapolis Bookstore flies in face of chains: Big Hat Books opened to readers last weekend in Broad Ripple. The general-interest store is the latest addition to the list of Indianapolis' tiny pool of independent bookstores. Booksense.com, the e-commerce marketing arm of American Booksellers Association, lists only five such bookstores in the area. |
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- This week's Alertbox column claims that User Education Is Not the Answer to Security Problems: Internet scams cannot be thwarted by placing the burden on users to defend themselves at all times. Beleaguered users need protection, and the technology must change to provide this. Some interesting parallels to library user education in the age of quot;Don't make me think. |
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- An Anonymous Patron writes "It has no editors, no fact checkers and anyone can contribute an entry - or delete one. It should have been a recipe for disaster, but instead Wikipedia became one of the internet's most inspiring success stories. Simon Waldman explains how" |
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- From the Guardian Observer UK arts columnist Deyan Sudjic critiques the new Seattle Library. He likes it alot . Sudjic says, "Inside is a series of genuinely beautiful spaces that despite (Dutch architect Rem)Koolhaas's reputation for cynical iconoclasm rely on surprisingly traditional devices. Tall, sunlit reading rooms are exhilarating because they make the simple act of finding a book and sitting at a desk feel good. Koolhaas allows you to look out of the window at the spectacular views of the city. |
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- Blake writes "Trust the trained eye: Librarian solves mystery [reg: mail@example.com, lisnews1] looks at Connie Barnes, the adult services librarian at the Watauga Public Library. The author gives Connie Barnes a lot of credit. |
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- While high-speed wireless data networks are evolving rapidly, it is PDA users, not laptop PC users, who will make these systems profitable and productive, according to mobile computing pioneer Andrew Seybold. |
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- Retail distribution platform for Bluetooth-enabled mobile devices to download rich applications in consumer stores. |
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- Well here it is tuesday and the problem is i still don't feel like working. It's the energy that is a problem or lack there of i should say. It always hits me at around one in the afternoon. It's like all ambition is drained from me. |
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- Worries about job prospects drove consumer confidence lower in October for the third consecutive month, a New York-based private research group said today. The decline was steeper than expected and raised questions about how consumers will spend during the critical holiday shopping season. |
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- Senator John Kerry released the following statement today on President Bush's silence regarding the missing explosives in Iraq: |
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- I'm looking for some very old material and maybe someone out there can help. In particular, I'm looking for reference manuals for an E&S LDS-1 or LDS-2. Also, I'm trying to locate some information on an old Tektronix model 4010. Any tips would be appreciated. Thanks much. |
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- Hans Henrik of public(MIND) is writing a master thesis on blogging, and in trying to picture what blogging is all about he is asking what all of us is asking: What do the blogs deliver in relation to corporate strategies (especially R&D, HR etc)? Let Hans Henrik know if you have any detailed results to share - and copy the e-mail to me while you are at it :-) My personal experiences of corporate blogs are focused on marketing and PR results. But there they do deliver. |
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- [JURIST] India's Supreme Court has approved a compensation plan for the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster that killed more than 14,000 people. In July, the Supreme Court had ordered the central bank to pay the victims but no payments had been made. The plan call |
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- Yahoo! once again continues to show the world why it's light years ahead of other folks when it comes to RSS. The Yahoo! Search Team today not only announced that all news searches now generate RSS feeds. They also offer... |
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- he Apple & U2 iPod I'll be honest...the box set kinda appeals to me. Even though I've got every u2 album but "how to..." already on my iPod.... |
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- Hi all. My BIOS detects my zipdrive as a zip100 device. Does this mean I can only use 100meg zip disk with it. BTW: this PC was from a garage sale sold as is. |
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Megson Out (Oct 26 2004 19:57 GMT) - West Brom fire Gary Megson His moaning, whining and whingeing were Premiership quality, but his managerial skills weren't. Thanks and goodbye Gary. You saved us from relegation and in four short years you supplied us with two of the most boring promotion seasons it is possible to see. The football was dour and so were you. So as you can see, you leave us feeling somewhat mixed emotions. |
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- A violent shooting and crash on the streets of Gardena leaves one person in critical condition. |
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- Ooooooh, I like. Not sure how it will work in the office though. I went out and added XM-Online to my account so I can jam out at my desk. |
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- A number of groups are working on stem cell based regenerative therapies for eyes. As noted by the BBC, human adult retinal stem cells have been shown to form the right tissue when implanted into mice: "When their eyes fully developed, the human cells survived, migrated into the sensory part of the eye and formed the correct cells. ... This will help them find out whether retinal stem cells can be used to treat degenerative diseases of the retina such as retinitis pigmentosa and macular degeneration, which are among the most common forms of blindness in developed countries. |
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- Apple today introduced the iPod U2 Special Edition as part of a partnership between Apple, U2 and Universal Music Group (UMG) to create innovative new products together for the new digital music era. The new U2 iPod holds up to 5,000 songs and features a gorgeous black enclosure with a red Click Wheel and custom engraving of U2 band member signatures. "U2 and Apple have a special relationship where they can start to redefine the music business," said Jimmy Iovine, Chairman of... |
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- Last post by Jonathan Capps on 20:56 26/Oct/04 - It's angered me already. Cowell and WWTBAM. |
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- Der rückengetragene Husqvarna 356BTX zählt zu den weltweit leisesten benzinbetriebenen Laubbläsern. Trotz des niedrigen Geräuschniveaus verfügt der Husqvarna 356BTX über eine der höchsten Luftgeschwindigkeiten in dieser Klasse. "Das Hauptaugenmerk von allen Maschinen, die auf öffentlichen Plätzen verwendet werden, ist, dass sie so leise wie möglich arbeiten müssen. Wir haben dies mit dem neuen Laubbläser erreicht. Der Husqvarna 356BTX zählt dabei zu den leisesten benzinbetriebenen Laubbläsern der Welt", erklärt Heiko Pfister, Produktmanager bei Husqvarna Deutschland... |
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Book meme (Oct 26 2004 19:56 GMT) - Passing along the book quiz I saw at The Republic of T. Hardback or Paperback? Back in the Days of Impoverishment, it was paperbacks all day, every day. Now it doesn't matter much. Paperbacks are easier to read while in... |
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- WLAN switch maker Airespace today extended its enterprise-oriented product line downmarket with a new wireless network controller pitched at small to medium-sized businesses. |
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- Here I stand in all my gloryMy body is strongMy mind is strongerMy wings are large and greatAngelic, they are, but also fierce and powerfulHere I stand in all my gloryMy arms and feet are chainedMy wings held downFriends I have and they try to lift me upBut weaken me is all they doAlways I have been the voice of reasonThe angle with the golden wingsBut now I throw away my reasonNow I have lost my wingsRipped them off with my own handsThe blood stains me and I smileMy blood Â….and for once it was bled for meWith my wings gone the weight has fallenAnd now I am freeNo longer bound by friendship or loyaltyHere I stand in all my glory |
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- Buy.com offers the Netgear 802.11g 108Mbps Wireless Media Router, model no. WGT634UNA, for $99.99. |
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- Final report on the most important economic numbers for the election: Consumer Confidence down for the second month in a row. (Reacting to skyrocketing oil prices, among other things.) A public worried about the economy is a very bad thing for the incumbent. |
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- US insurance broker Marsh & McLennan is set to avoid criminal charges after it announces a wide-ranging reform of the way it does business. |
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- Most young people think vocational training is more important than going to university, a survey says. |
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- A website detailing the inner workings of leading tobacco firm British American Tobacco has been set up. |
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- A man with a loan for £5,750 who now owes £384,000, told a court that the money was for home improvements. |
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- Industry doesn't share rampant optimism. Broadband over Power lines (BPL): FCC commissioner Mike Powell thinks it's a competition cure-all, and the number crunchers at utilities see it as a new profit source. But as CED Magazine notes, the utilities who will actually be deploying these sy.. |
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- Rural communities could be in trouble.... John Borland suggests that the FCC's deregulation of the bells and DirecTV's backing away from satellite broadband could be a double whammy for users in the sticks. Satellite is often a rural user's only option, since telco and cable operators don't.. |
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- Would John Kerry leash controversial law?. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a broadly worded slab of legislation whose malleable structure has been applied in a number of questionable ways. While a court today rules that Lexmark can't monopolize printer cartridges via the law, .. |
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- NASA scientists and their colleagues at the European Space Agency await the first reports from their spacecraft and probe, which will pass closer to Saturn's icy moon than ever before. |
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- Music player's color screen also displays photos, while the rock band edition comes in basic black. Photos: iPod in living color |
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- Wireless networking equipment makers are starting to roll out IPv6-ready gear to meet demand for the new protocol in Asia. |
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- Wireless networking equipment makers are starting to roll out IPv6-ready gear to meet demand for the new protocol in Asia. |
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Litigation (Oct 26 2004 19:54 GMT) - "Amazing Things Your Automobile Can't Do" makes the obvious point that manufacturers arn't bringing all their features to the US for fear of litigation (just like some US doctors are refusing to treat lawyers). The other hint I got from it was "Litigious US = percieved unsafe, high crime rate. Non-litigious Japan = perceived safe, low crime rate". Whilst there's more to it than that, there's something in it. Litigation abuses the law, which once done reduces one's respect for it. |
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