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I like this one.

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Independent, ooh…

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My emphasis, below. BBC News Catholic experts are expected to advise Pope Benedict XVI that teachings on the state of limbo – somewhere between heaven and hell – should be amended. For centuries many Roman Catholics have believed that the souls of babies who die before baptism remain in limbo. But the concept has never

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Canon IXUS 900ti The 700 got toasted in the crash. Screen died. 🙁

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I have one friend who raves about her favourite chocolate shop, and I have another who raves about his. Really must do a comparison sometime. In the meantime, the latter (Tom) has pointed me at Kinetica in Spitalfields, which looks interesting.

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More silliness via Gene: http://www.cowabduction.com/

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Indepenent The gourmets of the San Francisco region always fancied they owed a thing or two to the French – from the country-style dining in the Napa Valley to the ambitious, foie gras-laden menus at the city’s top eating spots – but the French don’t seem too keen to return the compliment. Michelin has just

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El Reg Russian customs officers have unearthed a mile-long pipeline through which ingenious smugglers were pumping home-made vodka to Latvia, Ananova reports. The tube was discovered six feet underground in Buholovo by workmen digging holes to plant trees. Local border cop Yakov Kabanov said: “We had our suspicions that there was someone running hooch across

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I was sent this link by a fellow geek: DIFRWear Our RFID Blocking Wallets ensure that cards with RFID tags within the wallet can NOT be read while the wallet is closed. This gives you the ability to control when, how and by whom your cards are accessed. To allow the RFID tag in the

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Ananova Police in Poland have launched a nationwide hunt for a man who farted loudly when asked what he thought of the president. Hubert Hoffman, 45, was charged with “contempt for the office of the head of state” for his actions after he was stopped by police in a routine check at a Warsaw railway

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Time for a general purpose update: First me: the repair continues, the ribs are the big nuisance because i keep recracking them, like the three or four that went last night when I tried to lie down on the carpet in front of the fireplace. There was a nasty cracking sensation from my left side,

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So how long would your PC work, if you started pulling components off the Mobo at random? And would it work better? … Pete Jenkins When I arrived at my folks house I noticed a DVD player yanked out of their TV stand sat on the floor. “It’s Alice’s and its broken” I was told

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