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1:22 pm EDT, Apr 9, 2003 |
] Tourism officials in Sars-hit Hong Kong are regretting
] running an ad campaign with the slogan: "Hong Kong will
] take your breath away." Hong Kong tourism officials regret ad campaign |
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Salon.com Technology | Send in the iKlowns |
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3:43 am EDT, Apr 9, 2003 |
] At Macworld, out-of-work dot-commers pose as marauding
] clowns. The authorities are not amused. Salon.com Technology | Send in the iKlowns |
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11:15 pm EDT, Apr 7, 2003 |
What if Fox News reported various famous moments in history. Mildy entertaining, and bi-partisan! Fark vs. Fox News |
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11:08 pm EDT, Apr 7, 2003 |
Good antiwar site. The people behind this site, unusually, are right-wingers. Antiwar.com |
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11:00 pm EDT, Apr 7, 2003 |
This is really well done: "Before and after images of various San Francisco locations used in Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece." Vertigo...Then and Now |
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Your very own Star Trek Apartment? Only 2 Million dollars!!! |
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10:50 pm EDT, Apr 7, 2003 |
] This is an apartment for the ULTIMATE Star Trek Fan.
] Originally a Studio Apartment but after just over 3 years
] it has been transformed into the interior of the starship
] Enterprise. Designed and built by Interior Designer Tony
] Alleyne the Star Trek Apartment has made world news and
] been featured on TV shows, magazines, radio shows, and
] newspapers all around the world. There are also many
] sites featuring the Star Trek Apartment on the internet.
] There will be more television coverage of the Star Trek
] Apartment and the man who designed it on British TV this
] summer 2003. The show is 'Other People's Houses' on
] Channel 4. For someone looking for traditional living and
] design this is NOT for you. But for someone looking to
] own something just a little bit different.....WELL! There
] are more interior shots at this site:
] http://community.webshots.com/user/aja24 Your very own Star Trek Apartment? Only 2 Million dollars!!! |
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What you look like if you get blasted with a rubber bullet |
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8:27 pm EDT, Apr 7, 2003 |
] A protestor, who refused to give her name, bears the
] wounds after she says was hit by Oakland police weapon
] during a anti-war protest in Oakland, Calif., Monday,
] Aug. 7, 2003 outside the port area. (AP Photo/Paul
] Sakuma) What you look like if you get blasted with a rubber bullet |
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The Hays Files: Shades of recession |
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7:51 pm EDT, Apr 7, 2003 |
As expected, the second big economic shoe dropped this week and hit with a resounding thud: another big job loss in March and an even bigger one in February than was previously announced. Add that to news this week of a downturn in manufacturing and what do you get? Two important recession signals flashing the same message: Danger Will Robinson!
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Here's what matters in trying to figure out where the economy is heading, the four main indicators of recession: 1. Employment - the number of jobs created each month
2. Industrial output -- mainly manufacturing
3. Personal income -- think monthly paycheck
4. Business sales -- wholesale and retail The Hays Files: Shades of recession |
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Fiction: Little Gods, by Tim Pratt, illustration by Mark Precious |
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7:50 pm EDT, Apr 7, 2003 |
I thought this was a really touching story. The person who wrote this was nominated for a Nebula award, which is apaprently like the Oscars for the science-fiction world. Fiction: Little Gods, by Tim Pratt, illustration by Mark Precious |
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