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This past year or two I've been revisiting what you might call my cultural roots. Because I was distracted almost daily by treatment for a wounded foot and unable to work much, I began re-reading the PG Wodehouse, Edgar Rice...
This year, my personal goal was to read 24 books. I’m happy to report that I have already exceeded this goal, and it’s only November. I’m indeed a little proud of myself. I have already read 27 books so far, probably 28 by this...
In an extinction scenario that might have been concocted by Douglas Adams or a taxonomically-minded Kafka, a classification error has allowed fishermen to drive a species of skate to near-oblivion. If it vanishes, the flapper...
Strong-armed into compassion It's hard to criticise someone who just wants us to be nice, but there's something about Karen Armstrong's charter that grates "We acknowledge that we have failed to live compassionately and that...
Anything invented before your fifteenth birthday is the order of nature. That's how it should be. Anything invented between your 15th and 35th birthday is new and exciting, and you might get a career there. Anything invented...
Laura Davis: Lose your sense of perspective and keep your head Nov 18 2009 by Laura Davis, Liverpool Daily Post GIVEN that we can now chat face-to-face with someone on the other side of the world, perhaps it is no surprise that...
SARAROGHA, Pakistan (AP) -- A school the army says churned out suicide bombers now lies in ruins. Soldiers patrol towns once ruled by militants who gave refuge to al-Qaida. Left behind are bundles of terror manuals, extremist...
Militants leave behind terror manuals in three language, suicide vests and bomb making materials Chris Brummitt Sararogha, Pakistan — The Associated Press Published on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 9:39PM EST A school the army says...
BRUNSWICK - A Miami man who admitted robbing a McIntosh County bank with his stepson and a friend in July wants to take back his words to an FBI agent. U.S. Magistrate James Graham will decide whether to throw out Michael David...
Hi guys, I am trying to insall DragonProfessional 10.0 on a Toshiba Portege running Vista business 32-bit I get the following error message on installation "Dragon Naturally Speaking Visual C++ Runtime must be installed before...
