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    Newest Indiana Jones movie set to break box office records

    Indiana Jones film to smash box office records By Emma Thelwell Last Updated: 2:40pm BST 20/05/2008 The feverish anticipation surrounding the fourth Indiana Jones film looks set to prompt the biggest movie opening of all time for blockbuster veterans George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. The...
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    Haven't we read this before....a few times!

    Monday, May 19, 2008 Mexico hunts for the killer of Canadian tourist, but no leads so far THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Mexican police say they are protecting the girlfriend of a Canadian tourist who was killed in Mexico's Cabo San Lucas beach...
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    World Wide Telelescope

    This thing has been touted as some kind of tool to get kids interested in astronomy. I think it will likely turn kids off. What we have here is a kind of "google universe" that doesn't require any searching. Just call up what you want to look at and it will apppear. What will appear is the...
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    Anybody watching the world hockey championship?

    Canada has won the first game 4 - 1 and the second game 7 - 0 over Slovania and Latvia respectively. Their next game is against the U.S. on Tuesday. The team looks pretty good.
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    A fly, a fish a hunter.....etc..

    This is a story about a Fly, a Fish, a Bear, a Hunter, a Mouse and a Cat.There is a moral to this story...... (Maybe not the one...
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    Make up?

    Never underestimate the power of makeup...
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    What a joy!

    I just hooked up my new 22" monitor. This monitor replaces an older 17" that I had had for a few years, The older monitors were almost square where this new one is close to twice as wide as it is high. I would say this was the best improvement I've made on my computers since I replaced dos...
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    Is Spring finally here?

    The temperature is supposed to climb to 18 degrees today and from the looks of the forecast, there is some more reasonable weather on the way. Since the first day of Summer is only a couple months away, let's hope this trend continues........;-):lol:
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    The hundred best films

    The 100 best films You may not agree with this list but have a look....Give us your favorites. http://tinyurl.com/4uy5pf
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    The Ultimate Nanaimo Bar Recipe

    This is the one. There are hundreds of others but this is the real recipe for these tasty treats. http://www.nanaimo.ca/EN/main/visitors/NanaimoBars.html
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    Canada wins 8 - 0 in Under Eighteen final

    Canada dispatches Russia 8-0 to capture world under-18 hockey title full image Team Canada captain Cody Hodgson holds the winners trophy after Canada overpowered Russia 8-0. THE CANADIAN...
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    When plants go bad

    I got a chuckle out of these: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=RwIAj29V9JA
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    Light Snow????

    Yesterday the forecast was a forty percent chance of light snow or flurries. When I looked out this morning we had a foot and a half, and it's still coming down. I haven't seen this much snow for forty years and never, in Nanaimo. I know that in lots of places in Canada, this kind of...
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    The Hunter, his Dog , and a Fugitive

    The hunter, his dog and a fugitive Local tracker apprehends father of three slain B.C. children, who had been on the run for more than a week...
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    Samsung SyncMaster 2253BW 22" LCD Monitor

    I got some money back from our government and decided I needed as bigger monitor. I had been getting by with my old 17' CRT monitor for a few years. I love getting new computer stuff. 22" will mean a bigger picture to be sure, but another thing it does is give me more desk space because the...
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    Flames come back

    The Calgary Flames were down by three goals in about the first three minutes of the game tonight. I just about gave up on them. I switched to something else and I was checking back to see what was happening every few minutes. Anyway, the Flames came back with four unanswered goals to win the...
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    Code anyone?

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    Stella Awards

    Subject: Stella Awards Subject: The Stella Awards It could only happen in America, -------couldn't it? The Stellas are named after 81 year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonald's (in NM). That case inspired the Stella...
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    British pub food

    Bubble and Squeak is traditional British pub food but there are probably a few dozen different recipes for it. This one is my favourite. Bubble and squeak Ingredients: Two cups leftover mashed potatoes One and one half cups cabbage very-coarsely shredded. One medium onion finely chopped...
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    Has anyone used the latest Safari Browser?

    I got a bit of spam on the weekend that offered a free download of this Apple browser for Windows. Out of curiosity, I downloaded it, and I've been fiddling with it for a couple days. My initial take is that it is very similar to Firefox in operation but maybe a bit faster. Here is a link...