Broadcast live from San Francisco, California, the show premiered on May 11, 1998 with Leo Laporte as host. He functioned as a technical advisor to viewers experiencing difficulties with their personal computers (or "personal confusers," as Laporte jocularly referred to them). Such individuals were encouraged to contact the show via e-mail, telephone or webcam, with telephone/webcam users serving as on-air participants. Laporte also welcomed in-studio guests (including Roger Chang, Brett Larson, Hahn Choi and others), who expertly h ...

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Call for Help TV series, Call for Help TV series - United States origin May 1998 – May 2004, Call for Help TV series - Canada origin August 2004 – present, Call for Help TV series - United States return August 2005 – December 2005

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1998 - January. January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths. January 1 - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants. January 2 - Russia begins to circulate new rubles to stem inflation and promote confidence. January 2 - Gunman shoots Antario Teodoro Filho, Brazilian politician and radio presenter, during a broadcast.< ...

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1998 (MCMXCVIII) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year of the Ocean. 1998 - Events. January 1998 - A massive ice storm, caused by El Niño, strikes New England, southern Ontario and Quebec, resulting in widespread power failures, severe damage to forests, and a number of deaths. January 1 - Smoking is banned in all California bars and restaurants. January 2 - Russia begins to circulate new rubl ...

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The following are the baseball events of the year 1998 throughout the world.   2000s 2009 • 2008 • 2007 • 2006 • 2005 2004 • 2003 • 2002 • 2001 • 2000 1990s 1999 • 1998 • 1997 • 1996 • 1995 1994 • 1993 • 1992
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  * The asterisk denotes the club that won the Wild card for its respective league. ...

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1998 in baseball - January-March. January 5 - Don Sutton, a 324-game winner, is elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame on his fifth try. Sutton, who missed election by nine votes in 1990, is named on 81.6% of the ballots. February 2 - New York Yankees general manager Bob Watson announces his resignation. He is replaced by 30–year–old Brian Cashman. March 3 - Larry Doby, Lee MacPhail, George Davis and Bullet Joe Rogan are elected to the Hall of Fame by the Veterans C ...

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Abandon may refer to: Abandon (album), a 1998 album by Deep Purple Abandon (film), a 2002 film Abandon (band), a doom metal band Abandonment Other related archivesAbandon (album), Abandonment

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Young Hercules was a spin-off from Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, and aired on FOX from September 12, 1998 to May 12, 1999. It only lasted one season, and starred Ryan Gosling as the title character. It was known to be only superficially faithful to Greek mythology. Other related archives1998, 1999, FOX, Greek, Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, May 12, Ryan Gosling, September 12, mythology

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Albert Arnold Gore Jr. (born March 31, 1948) is an American politician and businessman, who served as the 45th Vice President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He ran for President in 2000 following Bill Clinton's two four-year terms, and won the popular vote. However he was narrowly defeated in the Electoral College vote by the Republican candidate George W. Bush in a bitterly contested election which included multiple recounts and a 5- ...

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The Green Man is a symbol of uncertain origin and meaning, commonly employed as a decorative architectural device in the British Isles and many parts of continental Europe. It is frequently found in carvings in churches and other ecclesiastical and secular buildings. "The Green Man" is also a popular name for British public houses. Green Man - An Introduction. The Green Man is a motif of sorts. The Green Man is known to have many different faces and many different variations. The Green Man "symbol" is often ...

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The Belfast Agreement (also known as the Good Friday Agreement and, more rarely, as the Stormont Agreement) was arguably a major step in the Northern Ireland peace process. It was signed in Belfast on April 10, 1998 (Good Friday) by the British and Irish governments and endorsed by most Northern Ireland political parties. It was endorsed by the voters of Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland in separate referenda on May 23, 1998. Belfast Agreement - Main provisions. The principle ...

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Barking Dog Studios was a video game company founded in May 1998 by several former employees of Radical Entertainment. Barking Dog, with publishing assistance by Sierra Studios, moved on to produce a sequel to the 1999 PC Magazine Game of the Year Homeworld entitled Homeworld: Cataclysm. Homeworld had been developed by Relic Entertainment but Sierra chose instead to use Barking D ...

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For the 1998 Clive Owen film, see Croupier (film). A croupier is the person who takes and pays out bets at a gambling table, often in a casino. The croupier is standing in for the house but usually has no personal stake in the game. Games that commonly use croupiers are blackjack, roulette, baccarat and craps. The word may also be used to refer to the person who sits as assistant chairman a ...

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WWE Judgment Day is a WWE Pay-Per-View event. The first edition of Judgment Day was in October of 1998 as an In Your House event. This Pay-Per-View (usually held in May) was originally known as "Over The Edge" in 1998 and 1999 but the name was replaced after the fatal tragedy at the 1999 event with the death of Owen Hart. In 2000, Judgment Day became the annual May event which follows the WWE Backlash Pay-Per-View in April. Recently, "J Day" is now exclusive to the SmackDown! "brand," and will mostly be used ...

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What Dreams May Come is a 1998 drama film, starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Annabella Sciorra. Max von Sydow also appears. The movie is based on the 1978 novel of the same name by Richard Matheson, and was directed by Vincent Ward. The title comes from a famous line in Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 3, scene 1(To be, or not to be). The film was released by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment. What Dreams May Come - Characters. Williams plays Chris, a pediatrician. Sciorra plays his wife Ann ...

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1998 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over San Diego Padres (4-0) American League Championship Series: New York Yankees over Cleveland Indians (4-2) American League Division Series: New York Yankees (East) over Texas Rangers (West) (3-0); Cleveland Indians (Central) over Boston Red Sox (Wild Card) (3-1) National League Championship Series: San Diego Padres over Atlanta Braves (4-2) National League Division Series: San Diego Padres (West) over Houston Astros (Central) (3-1); Atlanta Braves (East) over Chicago Cubs (W ...

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In 1997 and 1998 there were riots in various parts of Indonesia. Sometimes these riots were aimed against the Chinese-Indonesians. Some riots looked spontaneous and some looked as if they had been planned. One theory was that pro-Suharto generals were trying to weaken the forces of democracy by increasing the divisions between the orthodox and the non-orthodox Muslims, between the Muslims and the Christians and between the Chinese and the non-Chinese. Another theory was that ...

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Coming to power in 1966 on the heels of an alleged coup by the Indonesian Communist Party, the government of the former general Suharto adopted policies that severely restricted civil liberties and instituted a system of rule that effectively split power within his own Golkar Party and the military. In 1970, corruption prompted student protests and an investigation by a government commission. Suharto responded by banning student protest, forcing the activists underground. Only token prosecution of cases recommended by the commission was pursued. The pattern of co-opting a few of his more powerfu ...

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In 1996 the Indonesian Democratic Party (PDI), a legal party that had traditionally propped up the regime changed direction, and began to assert its independence under the daughter of the popular father of the nation Sukarno, Megawati Sukarnoputri. In response, Suharto attempted to foster a split over the leadership of PDI, backing a co-opted faction loyal to deputy speaker of Parliament Suryadi against supporters of "Mega." After the Suryadi faction announced a party congress to sack Megawati would be held in Medan June 20 - 22, Mega ...

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