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Gates pledges $99m to develop anti-HIV cream - smh.com.au |
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10:20 am EST, Apr 1, 2003 |
] The Gates foundation has pledged $US60 million ($99.4
] million) to spur the development of a cream that women
] could use to protect themselves from HIV.
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] The foundation says that more than condoms and a vaccine
] are needed to prevent AIDS. Yes! I've been looking all day for an April Fool's Day news article! Gates pledges $99m to develop anti-HIV cream - smh.com.au |
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2:39 pm EST, Mar 31, 2003 |
] Various statistics from the war. forget about CNN... this is all you need. IRAQ-O-METER |
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1:02 pm EST, Mar 31, 2003 |
] Bryan Piper loves vegetables, but a little surprise in a
] can of peas may have changed his diet forever. Piper was
] eating a bowl of canned Kroger garden-variety sweet peas
] when he found something else from the garden. Half way
] through the bowl, he noticed an object that didn't look
] right. A frog, not much bigger than a pea, was looking
] back at him. You can find the pictures at: http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl-frog-peas2.htm
It's true. And it's gross. Canning Mistake |
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E-mail bullying on the rise |
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11:19 am EST, Mar 31, 2003 |
] HOW TO AVOID BEING A BULLY
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] Do not write e-mails in capital letters
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] Put some pleasantries in your e-mail
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] Communicate face to face with people sitting near you
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] Use copy fields sparingly and appropriately
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] Sarcasm does not work in e-mails
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] Never write anything you would not like to see stored by
] your company
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] Reflect on what you have written before sending E-mail bullying on the rise |
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Drained of sailors, life goes on in Navy town |
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8:42 am EST, Mar 26, 2003 |
] There used to be more sailors. That was before they left
] for the war on Iraq. It's so true... this town's more dead and deserted than usual. Less traffic, shorter waits at the restaurants, LESS TRAFFIC... less of a wait to get on the base... Drained of sailors, life goes on in Navy town |
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Gore Joining Board of Apple Computer |
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3:34 pm EST, Mar 21, 2003 |
] Former Vice President Al Gore was elected Wednesday to
] the board of Apple Computer Inc.
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] Gore, who popularized the ``information superhighway'' as
] vice president and helped secure money to build the
] Internet as a congressman, praised chief executive Steve
] Jobs and other Apple executives for making the computer
] company ``once again the very best in the world.'' Gore Joining Board of Apple Computer |
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I know I've been linking to internalmemos.com a lot lately.. BUT.... |
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3:32 pm EST, Mar 21, 2003 |
] Furthermore, videos with words such as "bomb", "missile",
] "war" or other sensitive words in the artist or song
] title should not be shown at the moment.
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] Examples include:
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] Outkast "B.O.B (Bombs over Baghdad)" - song title may
] offend.
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] Radiohead "Invasion" - song title may offend.
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] Megadeth "Holy Wars" - song title may offend.
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] Gavin Friday "You, Me and World War Three" - song title
] may offend.
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] B-52s videos. I know I've been linking to internalmemos.com a lot lately.. BUT.... |
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Defendant moons Texas judge |
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1:15 pm EST, Mar 20, 2003 |
] A man who pleaded guilty to aggravated assault had an
] additional six months tacked onto his eight-year sentence
] after he mooned the judge. It's Texas.. I'm surprised the judge didn't get pissed off enough to give him the death penalty. Defendant moons Texas judge |
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