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White House: 2007 budget includes R&D increases (Feb 06 2006 20:59 GMT) - (InfoWorld) - U.S. President George Bush has asked for an increase in funding for two agencies conducting science and technology-related research and development, administration officials said Monday. The R&D budgets would rise at the Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Science and the National Science Foundation (NSF), if Congress approves Bush's fiscal year 2007 budget request, said John Marburger, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Most other U. |
NOTBBC - The Playpen
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Fat Pie (Feb 06 2006 20:58 GMT) - Last post by Jonathan Capps on 20:58 06/Feb/06 - I think this bloke is probbaly a comedy genius |
Protein Feed
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Ultra-Violet (Feb 06 2006 20:56 GMT) - Snazzy (tack) timepiece by Infinity Optics/Tokyoflash which combines the infinite mirror effect and some flourescent lighting. Tokyoflash also some chromographic wrist action going down. |
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Gaming Google gets BMW a Page Rank of Zero (Feb 06 2006 20:56 GMT) - Seems BMW was gaming the Google search engine and in turn Google gamed them back by giving them a page rank of zero which is a death blow. This blogs page rank hovers between six and seven everyone wants a high page rank but you only can achieve it by having great content. I get e-mail every day people asking to do a link exchange when I send them a rate card that shows it will cost them $50,000 per year to do a link exchange the quit bothering me. Many of these sites are nothing but link farms which are trying to get a higher page rank to achieve higher adsense revenue. [BBC] It should be noted that everyone I link to on this site gets linked to for free except the advertisers of course. |
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Remo returns to rock Bollywood (Feb 06 2006 20:56 GMT) - The last time we spoke to Remo Fernandez, arguably India?s first pop star, he expressed his dissatisfaction over the musical style of Bollywood. But Remo is back in Bollywood, singing a number called Sacchi baat hai in Rajat Kapoor?s forthcoming Mixed Doubles , a film that talks about modern marriage. Hindustan Times |
Martini Republic
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Shorter Alberto Gonzales (Feb 06 2006 20:55 GMT) - “What did the Founding Fathers who framed the Bill of Rights know about catching al Qaeda? That whole warrant thing is so pre-9/11.” You also have to love the way the unsworn Gonzales insists that “ |
Needle Crafts
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?crochet shrug pattern? - #1 Embroidery Digitizing Company - Ashish Softech (Feb 06 2006 20:54 GMT) - #1 embroidery Digitizing Company - Ashish Softechembroidery digitizing company with locations in India and Canada. embroidery designs and thread for home and commercial embroidery by Artistic embroidery Digitizing 2) White Tail Deer Composite (Smaller) (CC0037) by Country Designs 3) “Princess” (HDTW48) by Anita Goodesign Incorporated 4) Surfing Car Palm Scene (HDBR2C) by Anita [...] |
In the Bullpen
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?We Are Sorry Norway and Denmark? (Feb 06 2006 20:50 GMT) - “A group of Arab and Muslim youth” have set up a website to apologize to Norway and Denmark for the reaction to the Danish cartoons depicting Mohammed. Included in the letter is the following: We will note that we find the cartoons to be incendiary, insulting and very abrasive. |
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Äänet lasketaan uudelleen Costa Ricassa (Feb 06 2006 20:50 GMT) - Costa Rican presidentinvaalien äänet lasketaan uudelleen käsin, ilmoittivat vaaliviranomaiset illalla. Uudelleenlasku saattaa viivästyttää tulosten saamista jopa kahdella viikolla, viranomaiset varoittivat. |
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John Banville's homage to Philip Larkin (Feb 06 2006 20:49 GMT) - He complained to [Kingsley] Amis in 1943...that "all women are stupid beings" and remarked in 1983 that he'd recently accompanied Monica [Jones] to a hospital "staffed ENTIRELY by wogs, cheerful and incompetent. |
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