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Blackwater Gunboats and Private Navy will now Protect Ships from Pirates
Blackwater gunboats will protect ships - Africa, World - The Independent — FYI
The American security company Blackwater is planning to cash in on the rising threat of piracy on the high seas by launching a flotilla of gunboats for hire by the shipping companies.
The firm, which gained international notoriety when its staff killed civilians in [...]John C Dvorak
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Dead teen's Web activities a focus in hoax trial (AP)
AP - The mother of a Missouri girl who committed suicide after being targeted by an Internet hoax testified Thursday that she was unaware that her daughter had posed as an 18-year-old while allegedly trying to chat online with boys.(author unknown)
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Military has date for first execution since 1961 (AP)
AP - A former Army cook convicted of multiple rapes and murders is set to die next month in what would be the U.S. military's first execution in nearly 50 years.(author unknown)
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Lufthansa opens Auburn hangar
AUBURN -- Lufthansa has formally opened a hangar built in Auburn specifically for the overhaul of a rare Super Constellation...(author unknown)
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Shipped: Pinky and the Brain: Vol. 3: Disc 1
Shipped on 11/18/08.
This disc includes the following episodes: "Leggo My Ego," "Big in Japan," "But, That's Not All Folks," "Operation Sea Lion," "You Said a Mouseful," "The Tailor & the Mice," "Bah, Wilderness," "Pinky at the Bat" and "Schpiel-borg 2000."Categories: Consumed by Michael Johnson
Shipped: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Shipped on 11/11/08.
Hollywood icon Harrison Ford returns to the role of the adventurous archaeologist Indiana Jones nearly 20 years after he last donned the famous fedora and bullwhip to save the world from imminent peril. Joining Ford for this latest installment of the Steven Spielberg-George Lucas collaboration are Academy Award winner Cate Blanchett, Ray Winstone, Jim Broadbent, Karen Allen, John Hurt and Shia LaBeouf as Jones's headstrong young sidekick.Categories: Consumed by Michael Johnson
Shipped: Another Cinderella Story
Shipped on 11/05/08.
Mary Santiago (Selena Gomez) sneaks away to a masked ball, where she meets and dances with the cute Joey Parker (Drew Seeley). While rushing home, she drops her iPod, which Joey uses to track down the mystery girl. When Joey turns out to be a pop star, Mary ignores the taunts of her evil stepmother (Jane Lynch) and stepsisters (Katharine Isabelle and Nicole LaPlaca) and enters a high-stakes competition to appear in Joey's new music video.Categories: Consumed by Michael Johnson
Received: Iron Man
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EtherPad: Realtime Collaborative Text Editing
The perfect way to collaborate on a text document and keep everyone literally on the same page.
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Yet Another Study Shows That Social Networks Are Good For Kids
This has been covered before, of course, but it's always good to see more research on the subject. The MacArthur Foundation has just released Mizuko Ito's latest study about online socializing, and found that it's an important and healthy part of youth communications these days, and politicians and parents who freak out over the amount of time kids spend chatting with each other online are overreacting. Hopefully, with more studies like this, we can get politicians to stop trying to ban social networks in school, and recognize that it can be a healthy part of the way kids communicate.
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vocito - Google Code
Vocito is a desktop UI for GrandCentral for the Mac. It allows you to easily dial anybody from your desktop. Using GrandCentral it will dial the remote phone and your local phone simultaneously, and connect you together.
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“The Last Trail” by Zane Grey
I’m currently listening to “The Last Trail” by Zane Grey in audio format from Librivox.org.
I’ve always meant to read some of Zane Grey’s many works but have never seemed to get around to it. I’m about one-third of the way into “The Last Trail”, one of Mr. Grey’s earliest novels. So far it’s a great tale of the old west and the narrator, Mike Vendetti, has a beautiful deep voice that sounds as I would imagine a frontiersman’s voice to be.
May have to add some more Zane Grey to my listening list. Now if only Librivox had a feature by which I could search by narrator. I’d grab some more of Mike Vendetti’s work as well.
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Mammoth task: Scientists map DNA of ancient beast (AP)
AP - Bringing "Jurassic Park" one step closer to reality, scientists have deciphered much of the genetic code of the woolly mammoth, a feat they say could allow them to recreate the shaggy, prehistoric beast in as little as a decade or two.
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Shipyard Pumpkinhead a Star in Europe
Shipyard Brewing Company's Pumpkinhead Ale took home a silver award at the 2008 European Beer Star competition in Nuremberg, Germany.65 international beer judges tasted a total of 688 beers from 32 countries. View the full list of awards HERE.
Shipyard Brewing Company was one of only 16 U.S. breweries to be honored with an award.
The majority of the beers in this competition come from Germany (57%). In addition to breweries from Europe, Australia and North America, there were also beers from Peru, Brazil, El Salvador, Namibia, Thailand, Laos, Chile and Colombia.noreply@blogger.com (The Crew)
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Serve lobster, not turkey, Mainer urges
AUGUSTA -- A Maine woman says forget about turkey this Thanksgiving and give lobster a try for your holiday feast....(author unknown)
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