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WebPro News (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Which is probably a point that the record labels and their lawyers are making right now," Tom Phillips at The Ridiculant . "That's unless, of course, Bopaboo have some special software that reaches onto your computer and deletes your files for you, in which case we can't see many people flocking to use it."Call me skeptical, but I don't see this one panning out too well for the owners of...
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The Guardian Books Blog (Free subscription) | 12/03/2008
Site of the Week: The International Literary QuarterlyJust four issues old, this online periodical has class beyond its yearDetail from Quantum Poetics by Tom Phillips (work in progress, 2007) has turned one, so it seemed only right to make it our site of the week this week. Set up by poet and translator Peter Robertson - who was also editor of the (worth checking out too) – it's an eclectic...
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International News (I.N. Daily) (Free subscription) | 11/28/2008
Meanwhile, British ambassador Tom Phillips was summoned by the Israeli foreign ministry to discuss fears by former Israel army officers that they will be arrested in the U.K. and stand trial for war crimes. Former IDF generals including the former Israeli army Chief of Staff have chosen not to travel to the U.K. out of fear they will be arrested.
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African Agriculture (Free subscription) | 11/25/2008
by Tom Phillips With an area of farmland more than 16 times the size of the UK, Brazil has become one of the most attractive options for countries seeking agricultural acreage overseas. On its 388m hectares of agricultural land, the country produces more sugar, coffee, beef and poultry than anywhere else. It is also the world's leading soy exporter. To date most of the investment in Brazilian...
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STLtoday.com (Free subscription) | 11/26/2008
... coming amid a hiring freeze would trigger outrage among faculty. But MU's Faculty Council Chairman Tom Phillips had a more measured response on Tuesday. He said he doesn't link the financial strains on the university's academic side to an athletic budget that is largely self supporting.Chad Moller, the athletic department's spokesman, said the $48 million athletics budget — which is the...
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Good Read (Free subscription) | 11/24/2008
Tom Phillips Radar to be used to locate groups of isolated Indians Rio de Janeiro: The Brazilian government has said it would employ heat-seeking radar in a last-ditch attempt to save the country’s remaining groups of isolated Indians. The body-heat sensors will be mounted on a Brazilian air force jet normally used to monitor rainforest destruction and will be used to locate an estimated 39...
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threedonia.com (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
The USS Iowa firing its batteries in 1984. Go here, here and here for a ton of cool military photos from Tom Phillips’ Flickr streams. Me likey things that go boom. h/t: Floyd’s brother in law
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Capitol Annex (Free subscription) | 11/09/2008
After Democrats swept nearly ever judicial seat in Harris County last Tuesday, talk of non-partisan, non-electoral judicial selection has again reared its ugly head. The Houston Chronicle notes : However, Tom Phillips, the former chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, has long supported an abandonment of partisan judicial races. Elected as a Republican, he even made headway in the Legislature...
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Raw Story (Free subscription) | 11/14/2008
... push forward a regional peace effort together with the White House. Meanwhile, British ambassador Tom Phillips was summoned by the foreign ministry on Thursday to discuss fears by former Israel Defense Forces officers that they will be arrested in the U.K. and stand trial for war crimes. Israeli officials told Phillips that they were disappointed that the British government has not...
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Houston's Clear Thinkers (Free subscription) | 11/11/2008
... of the Texas Supreme Court is showing leadership on the issue, just as the late John Hill and Tom Phillips did before him during their stints as Chief Justice. But the potential for corruption in the Texas judicial election system perhaps best summed up by the following joke: Taking his seat in his chambers, the judge faced the opposing lawyers. "So," said the judge. "Each of you has presented...
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Off the Kuff (Free subscription) | 11/10/2008
... "Get over it, losers". I don't see why anyone should expect a different response this time around. Tom Phillips, the former chief justice of the Texas Supreme Court, has long supported an abandonment of partisan judicial races. Elected as a Republican, he even made headway in the Legislature in 2003, as he lobbied for a new selection process in which an independent commission would recommend...
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Daily Express (Free subscription) | 10/29/2008
... who have lost their lives in conflict since the Second World War".The plaque, designed by artist Tom Phillips, is made of welded steel and covered with earth gathered from battlefields across the world.It reads: "Remember the men and women of the Armed and Auxiliary Forces who lost their lives in times and places of conflict since the Second World War."A total of 16,000 men and women have...
