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Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Insight into ocular mod (Dec 24 2004 14:49 GMT) - David Pescovitz:... Following up on my earlier post today about JewelEye, Shannon Larratt of the excellent Body Modification Ezine points to his wife Rachel's personal account of JewelEye implantation. Shannon says Rachel was the first American to have the procedure done. And I was very wrong in my original post: self-installation is clearly not an option. |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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Nice ice (Dec 24 2004 14:49 GMT) - Lab-made diamonds are as dazzling as those mined by third-world labor. This bling may be easier on your conscience -- and your wallet. |
Meerkat: An Open Wire Service
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http://archive. scripting. com/2004/12/24#When:6: (Dec 24 2004 14:49 GMT) - Scott Rosenberg of Salon traces an incredible statement crediting Slate with inventing the hyperlink and weblogs. To add a little fuel to the speculation, while Mickey Kaus is a thoughtful and nice person, to be sure, (and Slate's premier blogger) he did ask me if there were blogs before his, because people in his sphere of influence credit him with being the first. |
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*MAS (Dec 24 2004 14:48 GMT) - And suddenly, *MAS is here. As we have done for the past couple of years, we took the kids to the dollar store so they could afford to buy presents for everybody. |
North Country Public Radio Newsroom
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National Guardsmen Return From Iraq Delayed (Dec 24 2004 14:48 GMT) - National guard officials say north country reservists won't make it home in time for a New Year's Eve ceremony at Fort Drum. A demobilization ceremony scheduled for next week is now slated for January 3rd. Families were informed this week that the 2nd of the 108th battalion ha been delayed inside Iraq. It remains unclear when the seven hundred New York soldiers will leave the war zone. Two soldiers from the Glens Falls area were killed over the last year by Iraqi insurgents. |
North Country Public Radio Newsroom
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Big Tupper Developer Was Indicted 11 Years Ago For S&L Fraud (Dec 24 2004 14:48 GMT) - Pennsylvania developer and attorney Michael Foxman has unveiled a massive plan to redevelop the Bigger Tupper ski area in Tupper Lake. The proposal includes more than 800 vacation homes and a new Adirondack-style ski lodge. According to legal documents acquired by North Country Public Radio, Foxman was indicted eleven years ago as part of a savings and loan scandal. The collapse of a Florida S&L co-founded by Foxman cost taxpayers 680 million dollars. His case never went to trial, but two of Foxman's law partners in Philadelphia were convicted of fraud. |
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Serious Request: 312 duizend euro (Dec 24 2004 14:47 GMT) - De actie Serious Request Week van radiostation 3FM heeft tot nu toe 312 duizend euro opgebracht. Cabaretier Freek de Jonge zal vrijdagmiddag op de laatste dag van de actie als veilingmeester optreden als de spullen van het tijdelijk onderkomen van de deejays Giel Beelen, Claudia de Breij en Wouter van der Goes onder de hamer gaan. Dat meldt radio 3FM vrijdagochtend. Het geld is tot nu toe bij elkaar gebracht door de luisteraars van 3FM die sinds maandag op plaatjes kunnenbieden.... |
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