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WASHINGTON IN BRIEF (Dec 24 2005 10:59 GMT) - WASHINGTON IN BRIEF Post Foreign Talent, Security's SacrificeThanks to a surge in federal spending on defense and homeland security, these are the best of times for Washington's government contractors. Rising house prices, falling vacancy rates, intense competition for workers and Saturday night dinner reservations — all these reflect the economic upside of our national anxiety over terrorism. |
Gunn's Deals
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SanDisk Sansa m230 512MB MP3 Player $64.99 Shipped! (Dec 24 2005 10:59 GMT) - The Sansa m200 Series MP3 players add to SanDisk’s growing line of products for the audio market. Created by the leaders in flash memory, this flash-based model provides high-quality digital music playback at an affordable price. As a replacement to our original Digital Audio Player line, this improved look also includes Sansa’s excellent navigation: |
About Walking
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Christmas Carnival of the Walkers (Dec 24 2005 10:59 GMT) - How to Deal with Gift Treats: So, your neighbor or coworker drops by a plate of cookies or a box of homemade fudge. What to do? Laura Moncur of Starling Fitness has How to Handle Neighbor Treats. I agree with... |
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More domestic spying (Dec 24 2005 10:58 GMT) - I am tempted to create a new category and name it "The Destruction of American Values'.I could fill that category with post after post. Bush, apparently, has been up to still more covert domestic spying. US authorities have been secretly monitoring radiation levels at Muslim sites amid fears that terrorists might obtain nuclear weapons, it has emerged. BBC [... |
A Metaphor Gone Metastatic
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Fragmentation (the current crew, and problems therewith) & love (Dec 24 2005 10:57 GMT) - ataniell93 observed that there'd been a good bit of personality issues with me lately. And, well, yeah. Recap: We were born one soul to the customer, and all was well until school hit. Being called by one name at home and another at school, an environment I was not prepared to handle as myself, served to create a distinct but subtle personality difference. |
Affiliates Success
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How To Become A Super Affiliate In Niche Markets (Dec 24 2005 10:57 GMT) - Over the past years, web hosting has grown bigger than it used to be. With more companies getting into this business and finding the many benefits it can give them, the demand for web hosting has never been higher. These seem to be the trend of today. 38 million people have put up their very first websites online this year 2005 alone. It is estimated that by 2008, the internet sales industry will top then dollar bank. |
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Pious Dutch businessman builds Noah's Ark (Dec 24 2005 10:56 GMT) - A deeply pious Dutch businessman is well on his way to completing a faithful reconstruction of Noah-s Ark in scaled down form on the basis of biblical texts, the Volkskrant newspaper reported on Thursday. Johan Huibers (47) plans to take his 70m vessel on a tour of the Dutch waterways once it is complete, hoping to set out in spring next year. Huibers, from Schagen in the province of North Holla |
Secular Blasphemy
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A female eye for a shabby straight guy (Dec 24 2005 10:56 GMT) - Janice Turner has written Why real men don't need kiwi fruit, a slam of the cosmetics industry's attempt to convince men they need a smoother skin through "skin care, moisturisers and facial wash." It also doubles as a feel-good article for men who worry as another year has passed. |
DUI
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Dui articles - Underage Drinkers Face Loss Of License (Dec 24 2005 10:56 GMT) - Underage Drinkers Face Loss Of LicenseMorning News - ZAC LEHR THE MORNING NEWS A sign by the checkout at Fiesta! Liquors in Springdale on Thursday informs customers to present their identification if they are under the age of 40 and want to purchase alcoholic beverages. The Arkansas Legislature Early morning wreck kills oneCharlotte Sun-Herald [...] |
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haakeyAdblock (Dec 24 2005 10:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - help wanted, haakeyAdblock for linux... |
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A Macabre Theater of Greed (Dec 24 2005 10:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - A number of funeral homes around New York City are under investigation for carving up corpses -- including that of longtime Masterpiece Theatre host Alistair Cooke -- and selling off body parts for a profit. |
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Embattled Korean Researcher Quits (Dec 24 2005 10:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Condemned by an investigative panel for fabricating the results of his much-ballyhooed stem-cell research, Hwang Woo-suk resigns his post at Seoul National University. The South Korean government withdraws Hwang's "top scientist" honorific and says it will probably cut his funding, too. |
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Dick Cheney's IPod Monomania (Dec 24 2005 10:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Is the Veep's supposed gadget obsession for real? Plus: Download the best holiday song ever. From Leander Kahney's Cult of Mac blog. |
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USB Holiday Madness (Dec 24 2005 10:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Plug a Christmas tree snow globe or other wacky stuff into your PC. Plus: NuMetrex sports bra monitors its wearer's heart rate. From the Wired News blog Gear Factor. |
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DIY Laser Engraved Toast (Dec 24 2005 10:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Best use of lasers and toast so far...Jmengel writes "In the spirit of laser etched laptops, new uses for laser etching systems are found daily. After a bit of experimenting, I found that a laser etcher will in fact etch foodstuffs. |
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Laser chess... (Dec 24 2005 10:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Hans writes "Laser Chess was created by Mike Duppong back in the late 80s, and you can find lots of software versions of the it on the web. However, a Brazilian student named Alexandre Van de Sande actually made a actual working laser version of the game!" |
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Commodore 64 emulator for the PSP (Dec 24 2005 10:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Excellent reason to roll back any PSP, a Commodore 64 emulator! - "64psp began life as an experiment to learn how to program the PSP. No PSP C64 emulators existed at the time and the Frodo source code appeared to have a gentler learning curve. |
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Breakout dock - iPod hello world (Dec 24 2005 10:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Steve writes in with his progress on making an iPod breakout box with some new BASIC stamp action - "Work on the iPod breakout dock continues, and I have achieved reletively painless interaction with a BS2 microcontroller. This simple starter circuit has a single push button, an LED to let me know I am actually pushing the button...This small step, along with the iPod code generator I released previously, opens the doors to more complex interaction. |
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Make-your-own Special Last-minute Wrapping Paper (Dec 24 2005 10:55 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - Make your own gift wrap - Jack writes "This year as I was putting together Christmas gifts, I realized that I'd forgotten to pick up a roll of wrapping paper. At this point, I recalled the Make-a-Flake site I came across a while ago, and it hit me that I could prevent another trip to the store and at the same time, make custom wrapping paper for each of my giftees. Win-win! |
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