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Costume History at The Costumer?s Manifesto (Jan 24 2006 17:20 GMT) - Costume History at The Costumer’s ManifestoComprehensive history of costume and “how to” instructions for creating ancient costumes from Rome, Greece, and many other regions around the Mediterranean …Source: |
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PanaHome out of business (Jan 24 2006 17:20 GMT) - Although the sign on the website says a Rotorua wood products business -- PanaHome NZ -- is up for sale, it has actually closed down, costing over a hundred jobs, |
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Fonterra profits up -- but hurt by the dollar (Jan 24 2006 17:20 GMT) - Fonterra today reported a gain of $300 million for the six months to 30 November 2005 -- from $5.7 billion to $6 billion -- over the same period's operating revenues in 2004, but said the strong dollar had held returns down. |
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SFist in the Kitchen: Citrus Techniques (Jan 24 2006 17:20 GMT) - You've probably figured out that we like citrus almost as much as we like duck (how convenient that they complement each other). We've covered blood oranges and mandarins, and we're keeping an eye out for kumquats. The vibrant fruits bring a burst of color to winter's palette of dark greens and browns, and their tart juice enlivens any number of dishes. But instead of once again extolling the virtues of winter's fruits we decided to offer some basic citrus techniques that will impress everyone who comes to your table. Photos by Melissa Schneider They'll ooh and aah about your candied orange peels. |
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Eight bucks a pack (Jan 24 2006 17:20 GMT) - New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, apparently upset that there are still New Yorkers who smoke, is proposing to raise the city's tobacco tax another 50 cents per pack, bringing the... |
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No, it's your store (Jan 24 2006 17:20 GMT) - This could get complicated. Albertsons, which had been looking for a buyer for its grocery chain, got three: rival SuperValu will buy most of the grocery stores, CVS will acquire... |
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Private RSS feeds for banking or billing (Jan 24 2006 17:20 GMT) - RSS has spoiled me. I can track of hundreds of sites, knowing exactly when each site has updated. The convenience factor is very high. I find I spend a lot less time surfing aimlessly for new things to read. So why can't RSS be used for other tasks like banking? |
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Motorola Pebl (Jan 24 2006 17:20 GMT) - The Pebl is all about looks, not features. Motorola has made some sacrifices to get the Pebl's appearance just right -- the outer screen is monochrome, there's no ugly (but useful) jack for connecting wired headphones, and the side buttons have no icons denoting their functions. You'd go for the Pebl because of its style, not its substance |
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IBM ripening Notes features for Apple Macintosh (Jan 24 2006 17:20 GMT) - [Meerkat: An Open Wire Service] - IBM plans to update its Lotus Notes collaboration software for Macintosh this year, offering Apple fans many of the features already available to Microsoft Windows users. ... |
The Stories You Cannot Tell
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That last post jogged my memory (Jan 24 2006 17:19 GMT) - The last story that was posted made me remember something that I've ever told anyone. I tried to kill myself at least 4 different times. Once by taking every single pill in the medicine cabinet. It obviously wasn't enough. I then tried to slit my wrist, but I didn't have enough conviction to follow through. |
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Ruling due in lawsuit: Lisa Frank vs. spouse (Jan 24 2006 17:19 GMT) - A Pima County Superior Court judge said Monday that she will rule soon on whether the ousted president of Tucson-based Lisa Frank Inc. must sell shares of stock that earned him more than $50 million in dividends during the past 10 years. |
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Albertsons: new owner, same name (Jan 24 2006 17:19 GMT) - MINNEAPOLIS ? Supervalu Inc. will more than double in size and become the nation's second-largest traditional grocery store chain after claiming the lion's share of Albertsons Inc. as part of a $9.7 billion buyout. |
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The Chinese dragon (Jan 24 2006 17:19 GMT) - MEXICO CITY ? Even in the darkest days for Mexico's toy industry, when three out of four factories closed their doors in the face of a flood of imported dolls, stuffed animals and games from China, manufacturer Miguel Angel Martin refused to give up. |
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Nike CEO quits after about a year as chief (Jan 24 2006 17:19 GMT) - PORTLAND, Ore. ? When William Perez left consumer products firm S.C. Johnson to replace Phil Knight as Nike CEO a little over a year ago, industry watchers wondered whether an outsider would be able to fit into the culture of the world's largest athletic shoe maker. |
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Market Summary (Jan 24 2006 17:19 GMT) - Wall Street drifted to a modestly higher finish Monday as investors sought bargains after last week's sell-off and disappointing earnings in the financial sector raised fresh concerns about corporate profits. Surprisingly strong results from Ford Motor Co. followed by an extensive restructuring announcement kept buyers in the market despite another sub-par earnings report from a major bank ? Bank of America Corp. There was a sense of increasing sobriety on Wall Street after Friday's 213-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average, and trading was light and erratic. |
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Report spurs natural gas fee dispute (Jan 24 2006 17:19 GMT) - WASHINGTON ? Natural gas producers reportedly took advantage of inconsistent federal rules to avoid paying the U.S. government about $700 million in royalties in 2005, but the head of the Interior Department on Monday defended those rules and said taxpayers were not being shortchanged. |
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Vacation Is Cancelled (Jan 24 2006 17:18 GMT) - Well, my wife and I were planning our annual trip to the Alabama Coast in September......I was planing to take the Cummins, and really get some road time on it....We were kind of worried that we wouldnt get to go, cause several women that my wife works with at the credit union are pregnant....We didnt think she would be able to get her vacation time.....Plus the hurricanes... |
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