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The new study by Statistics Canada found the suicide rate among newcomers was roughly half that found in people born here, shedding light on an often-taboo subject: http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/040329/d040329a.htm

A song by Yvonne Cote,
Cambridge, ON, CanadaSomething about the power of wings ( Read more... )

Tax tips by Dave Barry ( Read more... )

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Google Local is up and running. It helps you focus your search on a specific geographic location in the US.

NASA has developed a computer program that comes close to reading thoughts not yet spoken.

LJ is 5 years old.
The first post dated March 18, 1999:
http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?itemid=1

"Shakespeare in the bush" by Laura Bohannan

Kiss me, I'm Irish!


and a few facts about St. Patrick:

-He wasn't Irish, he was Roman.

-There never were any snakes in Ireland.

-"Driving the snakes out of Ireland" is a euphemism for leading the slaughter of the indigenous Celtic pagans.

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