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Don’t even ascii me

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On July 24th, 2008 at 18:07

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Check out Courier New Tube for the strangest collection of movies you’ve ever seen. They even have Weird Al!

Our Budding Opera Star

Posted by Virgil Sealy
On April 23rd, 2008 at 10:04

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Alana presented her Junior vocal recital on Monday, April 21 beginning at 7:30pm in Harkness Chapel on the campus of Case Western Reserve University. She did a wonderful job - we are very proud of her.
Alana on stage
Accompanied by Jennifer Heemstra, Alana presented about 45 minutes of vocal music including Italian and French arts songs, German lieder, an operatic aria, and some Broadway show tunes.
Alana and Jennifer
Below is the full list of numbers.

Và godendo (Serse)
	- George Frederic Handel
Lascia ch’io pianga (Rinaldo)
	- George Frederic Handel
Lusinghe Piu Care (Alessandro)
	- George Frederic Handel

Extase
	- Henri Duparc
Soupir
	- Henri Duparc
Mandoline
	- Gabriel Fauré

Quando m’en vo (La Bohéme)
	- Giacomo Puccini

Das Mädchen spricht, Op. 107, No. 3
	- Johannes Brahms
Minnelied, Op. 71, No. 5
	- Johannes Brahms
Sonntag, Op. 47, No. 3
	- Johannes Brahms
Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84, No. 4
	- Johannes Brahms

The Simple Joys of Maidenhood (Camelot)
	- Lerner & Loewe
My White Night (The Music Man)
	- Meredith Wilson
Vanilla Ice Cream (She Loves Me)
	- Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock

PREocupied with CODE

Posted by Virgil Sealy
On April 1st, 2008 at 17:04

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Let’s say somebody wants to post code to WordPress.

I would use the <pre> tag like below:

Line with no blanks at the beginning
  Line with 2 blanks at the beginning
    Line with 4 blanks at the beginning

    Line with 4 blanks at the beginning and 1 blank line before

Small world department

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On March 31st, 2008 at 12:03

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Until about noon today, there was a manhunt going on right near our property in Virginia. All the schools in Floyd County VA were canceled for today, roadblocks were set up all around the area, people told to keep their homes and cars locked, etc.

Future Past Imperfect

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On March 28th, 2008 at 07:03

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James R. Berry wrote this article about life on Tuesday, November 18, 2008. Given that he wrote it in November 1968 issue of Mechanix Illustrated, you might expect there to be a few things wrong. He did get one thing right:

“The single most important item in 2008 households is the computer.”