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freshmeat.net announcements (Global)
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Pinot 0.35 (Default branch) (Dec 21 2005 18:52 GMT) - Pinot is a metasearch tool built around the GTKmm toolkit, the Xapian information retrieval library, and the language guessing functionality of libtextcat. It enables one to query search engines, and display as well as analyze and locally index the returned results. It can also be used as a lightweight desktop search tool (local documents and mbox mail accounts can be imported and indexed). The type of documents is currently limited to plain text, HTML, PDF, and MS Word. |
Boing Boing
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Unusual stuffed horse on eBay (Dec 21 2005 18:52 GMT) - Mark Frauenfelder: Here's an eBay auction for an odd-looking stuffed horse. Why did the taxidermist position it like this? This is a full-sized, authentic stuffed horse. Real animal hair, hooves, mane, tail. |
IRC News - Sports News
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Pens expected to announce arena financing plan (Dec 21 2005 18:52 GMT) - Pens expected to announce arena financing plan by Associated Press PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Penguins have called a 2 p.m. ET news conference at which the team is expected to announce plans to finance a new arena. Tom McMillan, the team's vice... |
IRC News - Sports News
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Burnside: Making the grade for Canada (Dec 21 2005 18:52 GMT) - Who will Canada take to Turin? by Scott Burnside It is a given that the options available to the big brains at Hockey Canada when it comes to naming their Olympic team Wednesday are vast. They will struggle with finding the right balance of youth and... |
IRC News - Sports News
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Hornets owner says he's selling shares in team (Dec 21 2005 18:52 GMT) - Hornets owner says he's selling shares in team by Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY -- New Orleans Hornets owner George Shinn acknowledged Tuesday he is looking to bring aboard investors for a minority stake in the NBA franchise. Shinn said he has been... |
IRC News - Sports News
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Rams make it official, place Bulger on IR (Dec 21 2005 18:52 GMT) - Rams make it official, place Bulger on IR by Len Pasquarelli Conceding that Marc Bulger's right shoulder would not be sufficiently rehabilitated for the final two games of the season, and that little could be gained by pressing him back into action,... |
Longevity Meme News and Commentary
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Metabolic Rate Or Metabolic Stability? (Dec 21 2005 18:52 GMT) - From PubMed, an interesting paper on aging and metabolism: "The modern version of [the 'rate of living'] theory is that duration of life is influenced by the relative speed of a species' resting metabolism. However, empirical evidence does not consistently support this hypothesis. ... For example, if the metabolic rate/oxidative stress theory is correct, efforts to intervene in the aging process should be directed at finding ways to reduce metabolic rate, lessen the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS), improve antioxidant defenses, or increase the quantity of antioxidants. |
News
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SmallCap Sentinel: Bulls on Drugs, a Sector Celebrates (Dec 21 2005 18:52 GMT) - IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 21, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- "Recent news announcing a U.S. court ruling that upheld Pfizer's patents and blocked an effort by an Indian pharmaceutical company to launch a generic form of popular cholesterol drug Lipitor are being celebrated in biotech and pharma circles," stated SmallCap Sentinel analyst D. |
sports-news-daily.net
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West Ham United won t sell Repka (fansfc.com) (Dec 21 2005 18:51 GMT) - West Ham United won t sell Repka (fansfc.com)Ludek Miklosko has rubbished reports claiming Tomas Repka could be about to leave West Ham United Football Club for Sparta Prague. Sparta chief Stanislav Griga commented on the possibility of signing the big defender, yet Hammers assistant boss Miklosko has denied such a move is on [...] |
Techdirt
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If You Commit A Crime, Chances Are The Police Will Read Your Blog (Dec 21 2005 18:51 GMT) - It's true that, when you're blogging, it's easy to believe that no one is actually reading what you write. That's why people end up getting fired, not for blogging, but for saying something they shouldn't on a blog, and assuming no one would ever notice. Taking that to a much further extreme, a kid has now pleaded guilty to a DUI manslaughter charge after he confessed on his blog to pulling the steering wheel of a car his friend was driving -- while denying responsibility to the police. |
PoliWatch News
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Spy Court Judge Quits In Protest (Dec 21 2005 18:51 GMT) - Washington Post: Today's Highlights: "A federal judge has resigned from the court that oversees government surveillance in intelligence cases in protest of President Bush's secret authorization of a domestic spying program, according to two sources." |
The Parenting Weblog
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Peanut Allergies could be fatal (Dec 21 2005 18:50 GMT) - [photo source: The Zous] Little did Christina Disgorges's boyfriend know that their last kiss good-night really was their last kiss good-night. The 15-year-old's boyfriend kissed her after eating a snack containing peanut butter. Christina was rushed to the hospital... Continue. |
Free Florists
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WFFSA - Wholesale Florist & Florist Supplier Association (Dec 21 2005 18:50 GMT) - WFFSA - Wholesale Florist & Florist Supplier Association Trade association of wholesaler-distributors of both fresh cut products and floral supplies. Includes events, member listings, and membership information. All India Florist - Flowers Gifts Send Flowers to India Florist Leading online florists send flowers to India. Online floral gift shop gifts cakes and [... |
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