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Church tourism plan put to Synod
05.07.2008 22:03
bbc.co.uk
A proposal to open parish churches to tourists is to be put to the Church of England's governing body.
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Tourism
Virgin Mobile releases TNT! (their exclamation point, not ours)
05.07.2008 21:12
engadgetmobile.com
Filed under: Handsets, Virgin Mobile, Kyocera, MVNOs, CDMA If the Arc's a little too rich for your blood, Virgin Mobile's gone ahead and released another handset this week that should fit the bill nicely. The TNT! is a Kyocera-sourced flip with a color primary display, banner-style monochrome secondary display, speakerphone, basic web access, and not much else -- but if you're just looking for a way to blow through some of those prepaid minutes you've got lying around, that's pretty much all you need. It's available now for $19.99.[Thanks, Mike]Read | Permalink | Email this | Comments
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Mobile Phones
Roadkill Is Put To Work Along Md. Highways
05.07.2008 21:10
washingtonpost.com
Washington area motorists kill more than 3,000 deer annually. What, then, to do with all that roadkill?
USA
Machine-Building Industry
Yankees 2, Red Sox 1: With Mussina, Yanks’ 2 Runs Feel Like More
05.07.2008 21:08
nytimes.com
Mike Mussina stifled the Boston Red Sox for six shutout innings Saturday, giving the Yankees their first win in three games this series.
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Baseball
Ancient Peruvian tomb unearthed
05.07.2008 21:02
bbc.co.uk
Archaeologists unearth an ancient tomb in northern Peru that could throw light on the pre-Columbian Moche Indian culture.
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Culture & Arts
High oil prices spur demand for low energy electronics
05.07.2008 21:01
reuters.com
SEOUL (Reuters) - These days when customers walk into electronics stores, the first question they ask is how much electricity the fridge, washing machine or laptop computer they are contemplating buying consumes.
World
Technologies
Key star Filppula will stay a Red Wing
05.07.2008 20:20
freep.com
Restricted free agent Valtteri Filppula is heading to arbitration, and that's a good thing for fans of the Red Wings.
USA
Sports
Photo gallery: Friday's Tigers action
05.07.2008 20:20
freep.com
See the big hits, key pitches and shots of Pudge Rodriguez's ejection in Seattle.
USA
Sports
Laptop theft at Clarion West sf workshop -- donations needed
05.07.2008 20:18
boingboing.net
Clarion West, the famed Seattle science fiction workshop, has suffered a terrible theft: four student laptops were stolen yesterday. Clarion West (like Clarion in San Diego) is a grueling, six-week intensive boot-camp for science fiction writers. Students often quit their jobs and save for years to attend and it goes without saying that they can hardly absorb the cost of a new laptop in the middle of the workshop. I'm flying to Seattle tomorrow to teach the third week of the workshop and I'm keenly aware of the chaos this will have wrought on the students. The workshop's organizers are soliciting donations -- either hardware or cash -- to get the students up and running. The workshop is incorporated as a 501(c)3 charity, so any deductions are tax deductible. I am donating all of my teaching fee to the fund. I hope that some of you will be moved to chip in whatever you can afford, to help fund the instruction of the next generation of great science fiction writers. Here's the note that organizer Leslie Howle has sent around: Four laptops were stolen July 4 from student rooms at the CW residence, and people in the SF community are responding swiftly and generously to help replace the stolen student computers. If you'd like to donate to help the students replace the stolen laptops, please visit our Donate page and use the PayPal button, noting in the "Purpose" field that the donation is for "Computers." This is the first time in our more than 25 years of workshops that something like this has happened, and we're doing all we can to get computers for students so they won't lose any writing time. The theft occurred while students were in class, and was discovered immediately afterwards. I called the Seattle Police Department to file a report, and we've taken steps to increase residence security. News of the students' loss has spread quickly, and I deeply appreciate that friends, alumni, and writers in the community at large are offering donations to help students replace their computers. We'd especially like to thank Jay Lake for his generosity and for alerting others who might donate money or laptops. This community is amazing and wonderful. Thanks for helping this year's CW writers, and for all your support. It means a lot to me, Neile, and all the rest of the CW volunteers and students. You guys are the best. Link...
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Culture & Arts
The Phoenix TV series
05.07.2008 20:18
boingboing.net
The Phoenix was a short-lived 1982 TV series starring Judson Scott as an ancient astronaut named Bennu of the Golden Light. Extraterrestrials had left Bennu behind as a "gift to mankind" but he was woken too early and didn't know his mission on Earth. The show was kind of a cross between The Incredible Hulk and Erich Von Daniken's Chariots of the Gods Around 1982, I was really into both of those, so it's no surprise I thought The Phoenix was a real gas. Here's the opening sequence. The Phoenix (YouTube)...
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Culture & Arts
KDE vs. GNOME: A Screed from a Supposed Corporate Flack
05.07.2008 20:16
linuxtoday.com
<b>SUSE Linux Enterprise in the Americas:</b> "Ok, so you know that currently SLED (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop) 10 defaults to GNOME as the desktop, a move that garnered comments from a few cranky folks in the KDE [KC]amp..."
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Open Source Software
European Open: Ross Fisher pulls three shots clear of Graeme McDowell at the London Club
05.07.2008 20:14
telegraph.co.uk
Ross Fisher birdied the final hole at the London Golf Club to move into a three-shot lead over Graeme McDowell going into the final day of the European Open, says Mark Reason.
Great Britain
Golf
Hashim Amla may lead South Africa one day
05.07.2008 20:14
telegraph.co.uk
Some say Hashim Amla, a builder of handsome hundreds, could eventually captain his country, says Jasper Gerrad.
Great Britain
Cricket
Kevin Pietersen set for South Africa pace trial
05.07.2008 20:14
telegraph.co.uk
Kevin Pietersen's duel with South Africa's fast bowlers will form a vital strand of the series, says Steve James.
Great Britain
Cricket
Self-interested ICC behind Zimbabwe decision
05.07.2008 20:14
telegraph.co.uk
The issue of Zimbabwe should have been an open and shut case, but not in the self-interested corridors of the ICC, where agreement is required from seven of the 10 full members, says Steve James.
Great Britain
Cricket
English