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- ] Experts have valued the deal at between $85m (Ј43.6m) and] $100m, making it one of EA's largest acquisitions. . . . |
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- ] In fact, the three busiest days for support lines are the day] after Christmas, the Monday after Christmas and the Monday ] after New Year's, said Jim Kahler, North American consumer ] support manager for Hewlett-Packard.One has to wonder about what would happen if Thanksgiving, Christmas and the New Year were more evenly spaced apart. It seems like December is carefully crafted as the most stressful time of the year, where it perhaps does have to be. Massive consumer shopping and shipping means lots of spending and lots of seasonal jobs. Celebrations of Christmas and New Years means at least two days off, generally more -- the days between are generally seen as bonus holidays. |
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- The leading provider of pet gene banking and pet cloning services.] Genetic Savings & Clone enriches the lives of pet lovers] through superior cloning technologies. Cat cloning] available today; dog cloning available in 2005.Great company name! |
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- I see lots of you out there sending Christmas greetings by e-mail ... NEVER put more than a few adresses in the 'TO' or 'CC' fields !!!!!!!!!!! Why ? I'll give you a little scrap out of my ebook : It often happens that you have to send an e-mail message to multiple recipients. |
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- It's a tradition, Jan Hoffman explained from her tailgating spot outside the Metrodome today. When the Vikings host the Packers, Hoffman and her family always take their pastor to the game. |
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jMosaic (Dec 24 2004 18:17 GMT) - Project registration... |
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- Yes, Virginia and Virgilio, you can spend every waking minute of December decking the halls and still end up jolly at the end of it. The tree vendor Andy Scala, of Brian & Andy's Trees, for |
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- Some home builders in Tucson are barring investors from buying their new houses, and Brian Josefowski thinks it's a great idea. Too many investor-owned homes means too many "for rent" signs in |
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- Those annoying gray hairs that increasingly leer back from the bathroom mirror may have some value after all. Cancer researchers have developed a new explanation for graying hair that they hope will |
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- When Martin Tomasko, a UA astronomer, started designing the instrument that will serve as the eyes of the Huygens probe, he first fashioned a weighted block of metal to be used in a practice flight. |
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- The shoebox-sized instrument on the Huygens probe designed by the UA's Martin Tomasko is called the Descent Imager/Spectral Radiometer. It contains four cameras, which will capture the brightness of |
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Weather (Dec 24 2004 18:17 GMT) - Today's forecast Partly cloudy. High 51 / Low 29 Thursday: High 54 / Low 32 For complete weather information, see the back page of Sports. http://www. |
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- Президент Всероссийского союза страховщиков А.Коваль направил письмо председателю правительства РФ М.Фрадкову, в котором выразил обеспокоенность ситуацией, сложившейся на страховом рынке республики Беларусь, сообщает "Монитор". Согласно документу, политика белорусского правительства направлена на монополизацию и полное огосударствление национальной страховой системы. Это вызывает тревогу и недовольство иностранных инвесторов, в первую очередь российских, которые отныне не могут получить в Белоруссии страховую защиту в порядке и на условиях, аналогичных российским. |
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- US News, NEW YORK - Retired government worker Robert Biggs uses his computer mainly to get recipes and check e-mail. Public relations consultant Phil Gomes uses his to maintain an elaborate personal Web site. The two have little in common -- except that their computers both run on the Linux operating system. |
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- This morning, Jori and I arrived at 6:21 for our 7am flight from JFK to LAX. We were rushing, since there wasn't much time left to get there, but we weren't expecting to be locked out. "I'm sorry, the flight is closed." "What?!? |
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- (US) The U.S. government is offering a $5 million award for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of a fugitive Mexican drug trafficker. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(100%), $propaganda_theme1(100%), $propaganda_theme2(70%), $propaganda_theme3(60%), $use_is_abuse(60%), $propaganda_theme4(60%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $prohibition_agency(100%), $stimulant(100%), $cocaine(100%), $cannabis(100%), $narcotic(100%), $opiate(100%), $heroin(100%), $various_drugs(95%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- (US) Recent years have seen increased funding for the agency, founded for search in rescue missions, but now involved in everything from coastal security, to the drug war, to breaking ice in frozen harbors, he said. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(90%), $propaganda_theme2(70%), $propaganda_theme3(50%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $propaganda_theme6(90%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- NORAD Tracks Santa WebsiteEvery year, Santa's travels are watched by the men and women of NORAD. This year will be no exception. Starting early in the morning of December 24, 2004, we'll be tracking him. Based on careful record keeping... |
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- Some 3D images I've put together from Apollo 17 and other missions: http://www. marsunearthed. com/Specials/Space_X3D/AS12_1_ JPG http: |
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- This is an alarming picture of a hand counted ballot. The blue arrow points to a mark that a recount worker made denoting that the person who cast this ballot voted for Christine Gregoire. The problem is that the red arrows point to the chads and none are missing or even dented, which means this person did not cast a vote for Governor. To be fair, there are only two possibilities that could account for this error. Either a recount worker counted the vote by mistake, or did it intentionally. |
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- Snow is forecast to fall across parts of the UK tomorrow, as bookmakers brace themselves to pay out up to Ј1m (E1.41m) to punters who backed a White Christmas. |
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- Tariq Aziz, the international face of Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime, will not testify against the former dictator, his lawyer said today. |
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- Benefactors in Switzerland are giving E3.1m to keep Saint Bernard rescue dogs on the mountain pass that gave them their name, it was announced today. |
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- Interim Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas arrived in Bethlehem under heavy security this evening for Christmas celebrations. |
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- Managers stood in for post office workers in the UK today as thousands of staff staged a Christmas Eve strike in a row over opening hours. |
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- palmOne has announced that the Tungsten E handheld has sold 1.5 million units worldwide in just 14 months. The TE has proven enormously popular with budget-conscious professionals and consumers alike, helping it achieve a remarkable 21 percent of all U.S. handheld sales in its first year on the market, according to The NPD Group. |
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- PalmSourcehas announced results for its second quarter ended November 26, 2004. The Company reported revenues for the second quarter of 2005 of $19.2 million versus $16.8 million reported in the second quarter of 2004. GAAP earnings per share (EPS) were $0. |
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