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An Online Christmas Carol: Part I (Dec 01 2005 20:46 GMT) - Jason Lee Miller Staff Writer Published: 2005-11-28 There is so much to tell you, it's hard to find where to start. Start at the beginning? No, I think we'll start with today. Today is Cyber Monday, the latest buzz-phrase hitting commerce news and the online answer to the frantic, good-will-towards-men elbowing and man-handling that occurs on Black Friday, all in the name of a guy who told us |
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Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women (Dec 01 2005 20:46 GMT) - Popgadget: Personal Tech for Women The i-Duck is one of those products that gets you wondering a) if it’s a real product or just a hoax b) after you have sadly confirmed that it is indeed a real purchasable item - who the hell is going to buy it. Anyway, the i-Duck is indeed a real [...] |
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PC vs PC (Dec 01 2005 20:46 GMT) - At Pomona College, tradition dictates that intramural inner tube water polo must play by certain rules. The sport is co-ed, and each team must always have two women in the water at all times. Women's goals, being more rare than men's, also count for more: When a male player scores, he earns one point for his team, but when a woman player scores, she earns two. One student was concerned about where transgendered students fit in this system |
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Dental insurance industry - Dental Plans, Insurance Coverage, Individual, Group, Family, Free (Dec 01 2005 20:46 GMT) - Dental Plans, Insurance Coverage, Individual, Group, Family, Free Offers individual and business dental insurance including an e-marketplace to compare national coverage plans. Discount Dental Plans, Individual and Family Coverage and Insurance Individual and Family Discount Dental Plans and Insurance, Affordable Dental Coverage Starting at $79.95 a Year! |
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Right On Drones (Dec 01 2005 20:45 GMT) - Yesterday (Associated Press): Bush's tour along the gritty Texas-Mexico border came at the end of a two-day tour focused on his immigration plan, which he said will be among his top agenda items next year. He's already increased the number of border patrol agents since becoming president but says he wants funding for more agents along with high-tech drones and other technology. April 7, 2005 (Citizen Journal): Why has President Bush not ordered the deployment of even one unmanned aircraft over the Mexican border? |
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Bartending_minnesota_school (Dec 01 2005 20:45 GMT) - Martinique bartending st bartending haiti bartending martin bartending guadelope To pour drinks so quickly, remember all those recipes, did you wonder how they learned the skills necessary and keep their cool all at the same time Are experienced bartenders and educators the maryland bartending academys teachers |
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Elephant Polo (Dec 01 2005 20:45 GMT) - Photo: Judith Ritter Elephant polo was invented by British aristocrats in India around the turn of the 20th century. Some 80 years later, the World Elephant Polo Association formed to preserve and promote the sport. Today, Thailand?s elephant polo matches are very popular. |
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Cigarette Cards and Cartophily (Dec 01 2005 20:45 GMT) - Image of Greta Garbo: NYPL Digital Gallery In the 1880?s, cigarette boxes required strengthening, so cardboard inserts were placed inside them. A few years later, ads appeared on the inserts, and a few years after that, pictures began appearing on the inserts, as well. These became known as cigarette cards and are, in some measure, the precursor to the modern baseball trading card. |
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A New Cultural Dark Ages For Iran? (Dec 01 2005 20:45 GMT) - Ali Reza Sami-Azar, who recently resigned as head of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, said the artistic and cultural freedom his museum and country had enjoyed under former reformist President Khatami’s administration is ending. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad?s new administration, which has vowed to crush ?corrupting Western culture” |
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NPR Looks Hard at MMO Economics (Dec 01 2005 20:45 GMT) - An NPR piece takes a look at how MMO economies are threatened by power leveling, gold buying and account purchasing. The writer infuses a little of his own situation when he asks if the time it's going to take him to make 90g for his level 40 mount is worth more or less than the amount of real life money he could spend to purchase the gold for the mount. However, the headline is a little misleading as you can't really "win" MMOs, you can clear what they have to offer, but there is always something to do, some obstacle implemented - and if not, one is probably coming a future patch. Thanks Tim! Paying Real Money to Win Online Games [NPR] |
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Gmail Attachments Antivirus Scanning (Dec 01 2005 20:45 GMT) - The Gmail Whats New page reveals that each time you send and receive attachments, Gmail automatically scans them for viruses. How does antivirus scanning of email attachments work? "If a virus is found in an attachment you've received, our system will attempt to remove it, or clean the file, so you can still access the information it contains. If the virus can't be removed from the file, you |
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World AIDS Day 2005 : December 1 (Dec 01 2005 20:45 GMT) - Every year the World AIDS Day is commemorated worldwide on 1 December 2005. The theme of this year's World AIDS Day is "Stop AIDS. Keep the Promise". In the WHO HIV/AIDS Programme, "WHO and its HIV/AIDS department work within the family of UNAIDS Cosponsors to facilitate multisectoral efforts to respond to the HIV/AIDS epidemic. WHO specifically serves as the convening agency within the United |
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