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Dave Walker over at freeform goodness catches me with my XML pants, figuratively speaking, down. I wrote a piece about leaving the W3C TAG entitled (cleverly I thought) </TAG>. ... That is to say, you always do escaping on the data at the pointy end of the input arrows, or you never do it.
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"... cakes and pies are what nutritional experts call baked goods, and when stuff is baked, the calories shrink from the heat and draw in to the center. ... So, when you serve yourself a nice fat wedge of chocolate pie, just remember to cut off the pointy end, because that's where the calories are."; King, Stephen.
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There’s a running joke around NASA that the most important thing about rocket travel is that “the pointy end goes up.” That seems simple enough—and that’s what we expect Ares I-X to do today. But have you ever wondered what is ON the pointy end of the rocket?
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Normally, rocketeers put the pointy end up when preparing to launch a rocket. But what if both ends are pointy? NASA, the U.S. Air Force, and industry engineers recently launched two unique aerospike rockets, each using a pointed spike at the back end that is designed to improve rocket engine performance.
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Posted By Uncle Jimbo ... US Special Forces have struck yet again inside Somalia. The latest airstrike in central Somalia killed senior Shabab and al Qaeda leader Aden Hashi Ayro and seven others. ... Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Dead Tango Time- The pointy end of COIN:
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Spins and how to keep the pointy end of the airplane going forward; 8/14/07; Evan Reed, cfievan@yahoo.com; Ed Williams; ... Characteristics of the spin; •The spin is a sustained stall where angles of attack range up to 90 degrees. (Rectangular wings usually stall around 18 degrees.); •Asymmetric lift,
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Filipino kali is used in Jeet Kune Do not only to teach the use of a weapon for self-defnse, e.g. a stick or knife as well as a rolled newspaper, The complex motor skills need to whip a stick or sword around are difficult skills to master and the thought process may have been, ... Jab; Using the high-low-high stick jab drill,
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One might conclude that Americans and America's political leaders have now decided that our warriors should handle both the pointy end of the spear and the dirty end of the stick. Is this what being the world's lone superpower is all about?
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MARK MCSHERRY, NEW YORK May 30, 2008 ... THE number of international airline passengers travelling first class and business class in March declined the most since 2003, ... The International Air Transport Association said the decline reflected a sharp slowdown in financial-sector activity and a weakening US economy.
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With the exception of Nehima and Mr Pointy, these swords are all wielded by men. ... Most feisty and excellent of heroines, Wynter Moorehawke sure knows how to use a sharp and pointy object, but we don't think she names her dagger. (Right, Celine?) And Susan Pevensie is a mean archer - but it's only Peter's sword that has...
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