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10
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That to me is probably the biggest issue of all. You’re dealing with parents who’ve never seen a smallpox epidemic, a polio epidemic.
Mike Franklin
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The worms, found in a gray whale skeleton off the coast of California, prompted scientists to designate them as representatives of an entirely new genus, dubbed Osedax. They belonged to a taxonomic family of marine worms that lack mouths and anuses, and rely entirely on bacteria to absorb and excrete nutrients. But Osedax was unique: Adult males were extremely small, and lived in colonies inside the females. Even more strikingly, they occupied an evolutionary niche comprised entirely of fallen whales.
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In many parts of Afghanistan, as part of preparations for winter, people dig graves before the ground freezes. Every year, diseases such as tuberculosis, pneumonia and seasonal influenza take a toll. But H1N1 can be especially virulent.
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In the meantime, observers point out that its “there’s a map for that” ads really only serve to advertise the iPhone App Store, a subject Verizon should probably just ignore.
fees, fees and more fees.
BA ftw.
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When you’re traveling this holiday season, you can enjoy free WiFi at 47 participating airports and on every Virgin America flight. Just bring a WiFi-enabled laptop or mobile device and stay connected to family and friends for free while you travel now through January 15, 2010.
Mon
Nov
9
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She suffers from a fear known as lachanophobia, which leaves her sweating and stricken with panic attacks at the merest sight of a sprout or a pea.
Sun
Nov
8
- Matt: you have no idea how excruciating a flight is with no tv, before the invention of ipods or anything else
- Matt: staring at your path across the atlantic...
- Mike: um
- Matt: inching across for 9 hours...
- Matt: oh wait
- Matt: you're older than me
- Mike: I've been flying transatlantic since 1988 :P
- Matt: nevermind then
Sat
Nov
7
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How does this AFC differ from the fast food joints of your ‘hood? For a start - a guard with a submachine gun loitering outside, fast food being an obvious target for being ‘foreign’.
The car comes with a great cocktail-party boast: if your Veyron, at rest, were passed by a $500,000 Mercedes McLaren SLR doing 100 m.p.h., you could floor the accelerator and still reach 200 m.p.h. before the Mercedes could match its speed. (via Behind the Wheel - Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Grand Sport - Pinnacle of the Past, Just $2.1 Million - Review - NYTimes.com)
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This removable-roof version of the Veyron coupe costs 1.4 million euros, or roughly $2.1 million. I say roughly, because the Bugatti’s price can fluctuate about $14,000 a day simply from one-cent adjustments in exchange rates.
Fri
Nov
6
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In his old married apartment in the financial district, he said, two walls were devoted to shelves showcasing his vast sneaker collection. In his new single-again apartment, shared with a pug puppy called Brooks Junior, he needs a penlight to help him excavate footwear from the mountain of clothing jammed into his small closet — though he says it’s only one-eighth of what he owned in more prosperous times.
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One standard reference, from 1905, lists more than 6,500 distinct varieties. There are apples for keeping, cooking, eating and the making of ciders, with names as colorful as they are various: Scollop Gillyflower, Red Winter Pearmain, Kansas Keeper…
And even in formerly great apple-growing states, including New York, the number of different apples has greatly diminished. According to one estimate, only 11 varieties make up 90 percent of all the apples sold in this country, and Red Delicious alone counts for nearly half of that.
For 27 months, Ian Fisher, his parents and friends, and the U.S. Army allowed Denver Post reporters and a photographer to watch and chronicle his recruitment, induction, training, deployment, and, finally, his return from combat. A selection of photos from Ian’s journey are posted below. (via Captured Photo Collection » Ian Fisher : American Soldier Photos)
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“Then along came a cyclist. And I thought, ‘Good, he’s a big bloke,’ and shouted, ‘Can you help me please?’
“He stopped and turned around and I thought, ‘Oh, my God, it’s Boris Johnson.’
