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I think I may be changing jobs in the next couple of weeks since the second interview went well. My current boss and I talked about it yesterday and he thinks it's a done deal, so... more to come.

Will the Olympics, which organizers promised would enhance the city’s ‘‘cultural heritage,’’ instead help finish off what remains of old Beijing?

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From this morning's New York Times:
Seeing Mountains in Starry Clouds of Creation
By DENNIS OVERBYE
In 1995, astronomers using the Hubble Space Telescope produced "The Pillars of Creation," an image of stars emerging from biblical-looking clouds of dust that has become an icon of the space age.
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