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Medical Team Drops Injured Player (Dec 05 2006 06:57 GMT) - `A soccer player gets hurt during a game and the medical team is forced to carry the player off the field. They decide to speed things up by trying to jog him off but one of the dudes can’t keep up and ends up dropping the player.’ |
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FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool (Dec 05 2006 06:55 GMT) - `The FBI appears to have begun using a novel form of electronic surveillance in criminal investigations: remotely activating a mobile phone’s microphone and using it to eavesdrop on nearby conversations. The technique is called a “roving bug,” |
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Honey, I decked the halls! (Dec 05 2006 06:48 GMT) - It isn't the Christmas music on the radio, nor the catalogs jamming our mailbox nor even the chaos at work that makes this season feel like Christmas. No, it's our Christmas tree that makes things official to me. As of Saturday, our Christmas season is officially under way. Saturday morning, we ... |
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Facing the fear (and the music) (Dec 05 2006 06:48 GMT) - It's no secret that for many people, improv involves facing certain fears and insecurities. I created my "just do it" rule to force me to act before insecurity has a chance to take hold. It's been very effective for me. But there is one aspect of improv that still brings ... |
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The commute from hell (Dec 05 2006 06:48 GMT) - If you're in the Seattle area, you already know what I'm talking about. Last night's commute will live in infamy. It was the worst I've ever seen, and I sincerely hope it's the worst I will ever see. The truth is, I had it easy. Monday Night Football was in town ... |
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Yuck-o!!! (Dec 05 2006 06:48 GMT) - This is not what I wanted to see when I looked out my window this morning. Yeah, I know it's not a lot, but it's way too much for my tastes. I hate snow. HATE! I got all the snow I need for the rest of my life when I lived ... |
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Shopping without dropping (Dec 05 2006 06:48 GMT) - I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Now the meal is in your stomach and the leftovers are in the fridge. After a little rest and maybe some pie, it'll be time to get on with what this season is really about: shopping! If you celebrate Christmas or any ... |
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Back into the deluge (Dec 05 2006 06:48 GMT) - We made it back from Florida, and we're mostly happy to be home. We had a great time, but we were pretty exhausted by the end of the trip. However, the one thing we weren't ready to be back to is the weather. Seattle is just how we left it ... |
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Hello from the Sunshine State! (Dec 05 2006 06:48 GMT) - I made it. I survived three extremely long days at Walt Disney World ? we were in the parks from open until close Saturday, Sunday and today. Phew! It was an absolute blast, but my feet are screaming for relief. |
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Freebies from James (Dec 05 2006 06:48 GMT) - A couple of weeks ago, I won James Gunn's huge blog giveaway. Woohoo! That was the first time I ever managed to win one of those things. Not only that, but I was the first person to post. Amazing! |
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Beginning Improv, Part Four: Shows and Playground (Dec 05 2006 06:48 GMT) - Addictions have a funny way of gradually escalating. You might start with an innocent puff from a friend?s cigarette behind the school, and before you know it you?re smoking a pack a day. One cup of coffee in the morning turns into a continuous supply of double lattes. |
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Travelers quietly scored as security risks (Dec 05 2006 06:45 GMT) - `Without their knowledge, millions of Americans and foreigners crossing U.S. borders in the past four years have been assigned scores generated by government computers rating the risk that the travelers are terrorists or criminals. The travelers are not allowed to see or directly challenge these risk assessments, which the government intends to keep on file for [...] |
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New Issue: LukeW on Packaging Your App, Williams on RoR, Collison on Collison (Dec 05 2006 06:42 GMT) - We're celebrating the holidays with a big splashy 3-article issue this week. First up, Luke Wroblewski, who writes insightful design and IA articles at his site Functioning Form, looks at what web app designers can learn from the masters of packaging design in Packaging Design for Web-based Products. Next, we asked Justin Williams to explain Ruby on Rails to those of us who aren't code warriors, which he does very nicely in Ruby on Rails for the Rest of Us. Justin also has a book coming out in January, called Rails Solutions: Ruby on Rails Made Easy, from our friends at friends of Ed. |
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Benny Hinn Needs $6mil To Buy A Plane (Dec 05 2006 06:29 GMT) - `We are entering a season of increasingly powerful evangelism and a time of the most widespread, massive global harvest in the history of Christianity. As a result, we as a ministry made a decision recently to purchase an airplane?a significant, needed ministry tool to fulfill the vision God has given us to go to the [...] |
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Alle Jahre wieder - Polo gewinnt gegen Porsche (Dec 05 2006 06:29 GMT) - Seit vier Jahren treffen sich die Schulmannschaften der Schlossschule Salem ('Porsche') und das Theodor - Heuss - Gymnasium Heilbronn ('Polo') zu ihrem schon traditionellen Nikolausspiel. Dazwischen trifft man sich mal wieder auf Schulturnieren, die beiderseitigen Fanclubs pflegen gute Beziehungen, man kennt sich und schätzt sich - vorausgesetzt, ein neutraler Schiedsrichter ist dabei. Diesmal reisten die Unterländer an den Bodensee und siegten im besten Spiel beider Mannschaften seit Bestehen der Tradition |
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RK Heusenstamm gegen SC Neuenheim 8:24 (Dec 05 2006 06:29 GMT) - In der ersten Runde des DRV Pokals empfing der Rugby-Klub Heusenstamm den SC Neuenheim. Beide Teams traten mehr oder weniger ersatzgeschwächt an, dennoch sahen die Zuschauer eine ansprechende Partie.Die Heidelberger gingen per Strafkick schnell in Führung durch Lars Eckert mit 0: |
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