arianrhod

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I love music, coffee, my iPod, my mac, software, my kids, movies, and video games. Possibly in that order.
Northern England
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The Ultimate List of Custom Ubiquity Verbs - ReadWriteWeb view story
7 votes- Submitted by arianrhod
- about 10 hours ago
- (http://www.readwriteweb.com/archi...)
With all the news about Chrome, it's been pretty easy to forget about one of Firefox's recent releases: Ubiquity. We gave Ubiquity a rave review for giving Firefox ...
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Landslides leave 27 dead or missing in Philippines - Los Angeles Times view story
5 votes- Submitted by arianrhod
- about 10 hours ago
- (http://www.latimes.com/news/la-fg...)
MANILA, Philippines -- Two landslides triggered by heavy rains buried more than 20 houses in a remote gold-mining village in the southern Philippines, leaving at least 11 people dead and 16 others missing, officials said Sunday.
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Canada's Prime Minister Announces Early Election In Bid to Boost Power - WSJ.com view story
20 votes- Submitted by arianrhod
- about 10 hours ago
- (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1...)
TORONTO -- Canada's prime minister has dissolved Parliament and called an early election.
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6 Reported Dead in U.S. Afghan Strike view story
8 votes- Submitted by arianrhod
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06...)
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A missile strike from a pilotless United States reconnaissance aircraft killed between 6 and 12 people in a group of houses in southern Afghanistan, very close to the border with Pakistan, Pakistani residents of the area said Frida
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Words They Used - 2008 Political Conventions - Interactive Graphic - NYTimes.com view story
13 votes- Submitted by arianrhod
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/interactiv...)
A look at the words speakers at the 2008 Republican and Democratic conventions used.
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At least 3 killed in Coast Guard helicopter crash - Los Angeles Times view story
5 votes- Submitted by arianrhod
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.latimes.com/news/la-na...)
An official says at least three U.S. Coast Guard crew members were killed when their helicopter crashed in waters about five miles south of Honolulu, and another crew member is missing.
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Angolans Go to the Polls view story
19 votes- Submitted by arianrhod
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/06...)
JOHANNESBURG — More than eight million people — nearly half of the population — have registered to vote in war-ravaged Angola, a country with an abundance of oil, diamonds and grinding poverty that held its first election in 16 years on Friday.
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$400m gift makes center on genomics permanent - The Boston Globe view story
5 votes- Submitted by arianrhod
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.boston.com/news/local/...)
A $400 million gift announced yesterday will provide financial permanence for the Broad Institute, a Cambridge genomics research center that in just four years has become a worldwide leader in the effort to unravel the genetic basis of diseases.
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Aid Can’t Reach Starving Haitian City view story
8 votes- Submitted by arianrhod
- 2 days ago
- (http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/w...)
GONAIVES, Haiti (AP) -- The convoy rumbled out of the U.N. base toward a flooded, starving and seething city Thursday, carrying some of the first food aid since Tropical Storm Hanna killed 137 Haitians and drowned Gonaives in muddy water three days ago.
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Video Podcast #1: Biodomes, Vegetarian Piranhas and Green Roofs | view story
5 votes- Submitted by arianrhod
- 2 days ago
- (http://blog.wired.com/wiredscienc...)
Wired Science's new first video podcast will lead you on a behind-the-scenes tour of the rebuilt California Academy of Sciences. The lead-off piece focuses on the actual construction of this

