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- Over one thousand children are living as slaves on the banks of Ghana's Volta Lake, being used as free labour by local fishermen. The victims, mostly boys aged between 5 and 14, are forced to work from dawn to dusk casting and drawing nets. They live separately in cramped thatched roofed huts, are poorly fed, suffer physical abuse and never get paid. |
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- Gasp! It's Valentine's Day, and you still haven't found the perfect valentine for your special little friend. Not to fret! Here are some dear little valentines, all ready for delivery. Use a safety scissors to cut them out, then affix them to cardboard with school glue or sticky tape. |
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- Andy Murray made an impressive start at the SAP Open in San Jose as he crushed Mardy Fish of the USA on Monday. The 18-year-old Scot swept past Fish 6-2 6-2 and goes on to face another American, James Blake, or Taipei's Yeu-Tzuoo Wang. |
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- The Conservative leader, David Cameron, became a father for the third time today, as his wife Samantha gave birth to a baby boy - two days early. |
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- If you think that slogging for hours will help you learn something, then think again, for a new study has found that sitting around twiddling our thumbs could in fact be vital for learning. |
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- For a Valentines Day feature, SiteAdvisor documents how True.com (a dating site) is sending racially-targeted spam advertisements to e-mails gathered from porn sites. |
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- The US government is developing a massive computer system that can collect huge amounts of data and, by linking far-flung information from blogs and e-mail to government records and intelligence reports, search for patterns of terrorist activity. The system - parts of which are operational, parts of which are still under development - is already credited with helping to foil some plots. It is the federal government's latest attempt to use broad data-collection and powerful analysis in the fight against terrorism. |
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- Text commentary about various malls that are "dead," or "dying." There are some pictures of some of the malls, but it takes a bit of digging. |
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- Obviously fake since Chuck Norris has never cried, but I bid just in case. |
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- From giants weighing 90 grams to small ones these extreme insects resembling grasshoppers are surely amazing. The alpine weta can actually freeze without doing damage to its cell structure and thaw itself out and still be fine, other animals can do this with a special antifreeze proteins in their blood, this one has none of that though. |
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- Due in 2008, is a new type of hydraulic hybrid from Ford. |
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- NASA is fleshing out details of launch vehicles, robotic and human exploration systems that can enable a sustained back to the Moon effort, including possible establishment of an Antarctic-like lunar outpost. "The first step to Mars and beyond is getting back to the Moon," said Scott Horowitz, NASA Associate Administrator for the Exploration Systems Mission Directorate at the Space Technology & Applications International Forum (STAIF) held here this week. |
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- Stickam is a Web-based tool that lets bloggers, eBay sellers, and others transmit their own interactive media features over the Internet for free. Downloading and coding are not required for AVC's Stickam, an all-in-one live video conferencing, instant messaging, music and video launcher, and player. |
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Nudibranch (Feb 15 2006 00:59 GMT) - These sea slug type animals vary all over the worlds oceans, Some eat algea but don't digest it which then transfers it to the Nudibranchs skin and its photosynthesis gives the Nudibranch energy. As well as that, Nudibranchs also eat many other thing containing toxins, It will send this to its outer skin and use it as defense. The taxonomy of the Nudibranch is still changing as we find out more and more amazing things about this beatiful snail without a shell. |
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- Out in the streets, youngsters call guns/straps "thangs" and use them to get money, but mostly to protect themselves. Now in 2006, there’s already been like 11 murders in Oakland that were caused by guns. If you don’t have a gun then you better be cool out in the streets. I know people who sell and hold guns and they don’t play about it when it comes to getting down with a gun. |
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- BlueTit has added a photo to the pool: One of asbestos' Asbestos' dolls, seen on Drury Street. |
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- Marseille coach Jean Fernandez believes European rookies Bolton deserve to be respected despite their lack of pedigree compared to their French visitors. Sporting Life |
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- In a political bombshell in Morris County, veteran Republican Freeholder Frank Druetzler yesterday announced he would not seek re-election this year to a sixth term on the county governing board. Morris Ledger |
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- BURBANK, Calif. This season's Gilmore Girls story line in which the normally tight mother-and-daughter team of Lorelai and Rory feuded and gave each other the silent treatment caused some sharp arguments among the show's rabid fans. Winston-Salem Journal |
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- WASHINGTON - Government at all levels took an indifferent stance toward disaster preparations after the 2001 terror attacks, leaving the Gulf Coast vulnerable to Hurricane Katrina and contributing to the death and suffering the storm inflicted, a House inquiry concludes. Columbus Telegram |
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nutrisystem (Feb 15 2006 00:58 GMT) - anyone try it? is the food any good? lemme know cause i wanna see if its worth the $$$ |
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- 1. Heat a griddle or 10- or 12-inch nonstick skillet over medium heat. 2. Lightly brush or spray one side of a soft 8-inch flour or corn tortilla with oil and place oil side down in skillet. Spread 1/4 cup grated cheese on tortilla, leaving a 1/2 -inch border along the edges. |
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- PONTIAC ? The prosecution and defense attorneys have rested in the trial involving a fatal shooting in Clawson that took place almost two years ago. Proceedings began Jan. 23 in Oakland County Circuit Court. Royal Oak Daily Tribune |
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- Portsmouth chief Milan Mandaric has admitted he has been bombarded by text messages telling him to sack manager Harry Redknapp. Since new backer Alexandre Gaydamak's £20million-plus investment in the club Portsmouth have failed to win a match. Sporting Life |
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- I am 2 weeks into my first cycle. I am doing 500/mg of test and 400/mg of deca. I started out weighing 185 and have gained 3 lbs so far. my problem is it appears my abdominal fat has increased since i started my cycle. my normal day diet is: |
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- CategorySearch CategoryDescription: Searching content in TWiki (last changed by PeterThoeny) |
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- Google ????????????????????? |
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- Nokia ha anunciado durante el congreso 3GSM un terminal que combina WiFi con protocolos móviles (visto en WifiNetNews, también lo cuentan Xataka y El Mundo). Nokia se ve que le da importancia a este evento, hasta tiene su propio minisite. Al parecer, puede cambiar de una red a otra sin que el usuario lo note (seamlessly), lo que veo complicado, a no ser que ya haya protocolos de handshake entre compañías móviles y otras de VoIP. Lo curioso es que sólo funcione con GSM, y no vaya con GPRS, UMTS y los otros protocolos. Con esos protocolos, incluso, sería más fácil iniciar la llamada desde el principio usando VoIP y cambiar sólo la portadora... |
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- Me acabo de comprar un sintonizador TDT externo Pinnacle PCTV 60e, y no hay manera de que pille la tele. Pilla los canales de radio digital, pero no hay forma de que pille nada de la tele. ¿Alguna pista? ¿Puede ser que aquí no llegue? ¿Hay alguna forma de sintonizarlo manualmente? |
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- Dos o tres mil coches más matriculados y se llega al DVF. |
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- El gráfico de arriba representa en abscisas el puesto y en ordenadas el número de enlaces entrantes para los 100 de Atalaya de 2004 (rojo), de 2005 (azul) y de 2006 (verde). Los dos ejes son logarítmicos; los puntos son los datos (número de enlaces), y la línea es el ajuste experimental a una ley de potencia, usando R. Aparte de que está claro que el número de enlaces va para arriba, como no podía ser de otra forma, parece que, además, el enlace del más enlazado se multiplica por 10 de año en año; sin embargo, el del menos enlazado no crece de la misma forma, de forma que la ley de potencias cada vez tiene una pendiente mayor (que correspondería al exponente de a*xb). |
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- ¿Dónde va Vicente? Donde va la gente, dice el refrán. |
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- Hoy me he encontrado algo así como 20 mensajes de spam, casi todos de la misma fuente, en mi cuenta de GMail. ¿Os ha pasado a alguien más? ¿Se han despistado los filtros de GMail? ¿No trabajan durante el fin de semana? |
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- Las células Stone aparecen en la novela Viernes, de Robert Heinlein: son células que permiten almacenar energía de forma barata, y que además se pueden transportar fácilmente. El problema energético mundial, en realidad, es un problema de transporte de la energía: basta con encontrar una forma barata de transportar energía desde donde se produce (sitios con mucha insolación, por ejemplo) a donde se consume (cualquier otro sitio) para que el problema de la energía quede resuelto. Me suena que hay varias novelas de ciencia ficción donde describen algo similar. |
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Mandarina (Feb 15 2006 00:53 GMT) - Hoy me he tomado de postre una mandarina. Estaba buena. Full disclosure: declaro que no soy nativo en Valencia ni, según mi conocimiento, tengo ningún pariente allí. Tengo algún amiguete, pero me ha dicho que ya puedo hablar de mandarinas todo lo que quiera, que le da igual, porque él es músico y se acuesta a las ocho. |
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- Un plan para incentivar grupos de investigación. Ese plan tiene un sistema automático de envío de propuestas. El plazo termina el miércoles que viene. Y el sistema tiene un error. Interno, por si fuera poco. |
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- El míércoles que viene, en el marco de la II conferencia mundial sobre software libre, tendrá lugar el encuentro de Universidad y Software Libre, que consistirá en un par de mesas redondas, la primera sobre el impulso del software libre y la segunda sobre su papel en la docencia, la investigación y la cooperación. En esa segunda mesa redonda estaremos, junto con Israel Herráiz, entre otros. Así que si estáis por allí, pasaros y echamos unas risas. |
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