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- 13 Days of Halloween. Films discussed so far include NOTLD, The Wicker Man, Beautiful Creatures and... The Birds. Eve Tushnet and this guy are currently trading observations about these and other movies. Fun, informed, illuminating reading -- if you ignore Sean's occasional bouts of sophomoric, adjectival diarrhea. |
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- Surprised inquiry lawyers describe the move as abrupt and unusual |
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- 'The East African Power Master Plan is in tandem with the economic andpolitical co-operation being pursued in the region' - Mr MWANGI KIUNJURI |
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- THE government is spending around K3.2 billion per month on electricitybills alone, finance and national planning deputy minister Felix Mutati hasdisclosed. |
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- Trade between Angola and China might surpass two billion US Dollars bythe end of this year, the ambassador of that Asian country to Angola, ZhangBeisan, said to Angop Wednesday in Luanda. |
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- Mozambican President Joaquim Chissano said in Maputo on Wednesday that,in the context of its reforms to improve the political, economic, and socialenvironment, the government has established a permanent dialogue with thebusiness community. |
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- The Mozambican Ministry of Mineral Resources and Energy on Wednesdayannounced rises in the price of kerosene, diesel, jet fuel and fuel oil,taking effect immediately. |
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- THE Gautrain project team is hard at work evaluating tender documentsfrom two consortia that submitted their proposals to construct and operate aregional rapid rail link between Johannesburg and Pretoria. |
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- SA is planning to sign a host of scientific co-operation agreements withIndia covering biotechnology, IT and safeguarding indigenous knowledge,following last week's visit to the subcontinent by the science andtechnology department officials. |
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- A Swedish man was jailed in Australia for trying to smuggle eight dangerous snakes, including four deadly king cobras, through Sydney Airport strapped to his legs. ¬> afp |
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- "Votes 'Not There' for Pickering; Allies Predict Backlash": This article (subscription required) appears in today's issue of Roll Call. The article begins, "With one eye on his confirmation prospects and another on Southern electoral strategy, allies of |
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- You probably know De Niro has prostate cancer, but did you realise Harrison Ford has undergone, um, rotor cuff surgery? Pop quiz: who's the older of those two. |
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Gnomoradio (Oct 22 2003 17:44 GMT) - This strikes me as a totally worthwhile endeavor, and I encourage your interest and participation: Hello Over the past several... |
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- Grinding salt into Initiative Media's wounds, opened up when client AOL announced it will conduct a media review, the Internet service provider will double its media spending next year to $300 million. Then again, between alleged there-and-back sham transactions, odd accounting and an extremely heavy dose of intramural barter, $300 million can wind up feeling pretty light when spent by AOL and Time Warner. AdWeek reports. Tig Tillinghast comments. [summary] |
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- Okay, theoretically I should be offline doing homework today, before I teach in the afternoon, but by day's end I reckon I'll finally get to uploading the rest of those Foo clips and last night's Daily Show with....(drumroll please) Henry Kissinger! I was just telling a friend of mine last night how it was the Daily Show's clip of Henry Kissinger fronting the 911 investigation that started it all. (Meaning what made me want to start my Daily Show archive. I think it's absolutely in-credible that Kissenger was on the Daily Show last night. |
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- Okay, theoretically I should be offline doing homework today, before I teach in the afternoon, but by day's end I reckon I'll finally get up uploading the rest of those Foo clips and last night's Daily Show with....(drumroll please) Henry Kissinger! I was just telling a friend of mine last night how it was the Daily Show's clip of Henry Kissinger fronting the 911 investigation that started it all. (Meaning what made me want to start my Daily Show archive. I think it's absolutely in-credible that Kissenger was on the Daily Show last night. |
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- The Future of Blogs according to David Weinberger... |
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- Musician Elliot Smith was found dead in his apartment in Los Angles yesterday. The cause of death according to the Los Angeles Corner's Office was a self-inflicted stab wound. Although not a jazz musician Elliot Smith deserves mention on Gothamjazz because he was a great guitarist and songwriter who blazed an influential creative path during the '90's. Smith wrote and produced five critically acclaimed albums, "Roman Candle" (1994), "Elliott Smith" (1995), "Either/Or" (1997), "XO" (1998) and "Figure 8" (2000). He worked on the sound track for Gus Van Zant's film 'Good Will Hunting" (1997), which brought further mainstream exposure and appreciation. |
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- Starting today until Sunday challenging trumpet player Dave Douglas begins his week long visit to the Village Vanguard. Douglas puts legendary singer Andy Bey in the forefront of his ensemble. This collection of musicians will bring a potent mix of new and old sounds to your ears. Heres the lineup: Dave Douglas- turmpet, Andy Bey -vocals, Myron Walden- alto sax, Roswell Rudd-trombone, James Genus-bass, Clarence Penn-drums Click here for Village Vanguard Set and Club Info |
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- Holistic Junction--- a unique web-based community of people and businesses from all around the globe who aspire to and believe in positive spirituality, higher consciousness , healthy living and environmental awareness, have chosen Nikhil Parekh, as the FIRST PLACE WINNER, in their “ Weekly Poetry Contests”, for his poem entitled “ Life is a Lovebird ” . URL TO PRIZE WINNING ENTRY: http://www. holisticjunction. |
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- Clive Cussler, Ed McBain, Janet Evanovich, Tess Gerritsen, Sandra Brown, Carol Higgins Clark, David Baldacci, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, Stuart Kaminsky, Stephen Coonts… the list goes on and on of best-selling, hard-hitting, mystery/thriller/suspense and horror writers who come to the online table for an interactive interview with the team of ReadersRoom.com. ReadersRoom.com was created by managing partners and published writers Natalie R. Collins, Rob Holden, and best-selling romance writer Katherine Sutcliffe to provide both readers and writers of mystery, thriller horror, and suspense fiction a stable, professionally administered, permanent and interactive home on the Internet that brings the essential component of readers and writers together. |
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- As a collective of young, trendsetting adults who are tired of being bombarded with the same redundant sounds, this group seeks to organize and promote events specifically geared to open-minded and pioneering music-lovers. [PRWEB Oct 22, 2003] |
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- Partners Alvin J. Garrett and Ruben Studdard of The Music Caterers, LLC produce a mini-concert and party combo in Birmingham, AL for the 2003 Magic City Classic weekend. [PRWEB Oct 22, 2003] |
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- Popular Radio and Television Broadcaster shifting gears and is looking to create an exclusive resort in the Bahamas [PRWEB Oct 22, 2003] |
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- CLEW-Less Enterprises Inc. has launched a comprehensive online entertainment source for urban trendsetters called City-Alert.com. The company offers a full suite of promotional capabilities including email campaigns, wireless alerts and online contests. The strength of City-Alert. |
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MILFS (Oct 22 2003 17:42 GMT) - Apparently I am the top search result for MILFs in certain search sites. It has rolled off Sitemeter, but, I... |
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- A radar detector on the windshield of a car led to the discovery of more than $200,000 worth of marijuana on Monday. During the ensuing search, police found more than 15 kilograms of marijuana, with a street value of about $211,000, hidden in two suitcases in the car's trunk. ¬> canada. |
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- THE following is another feature for uni, and contains some familiar names to those blogospherically inclined. Enjoy. A STROLL through Curtin’s University’s Guild precinct on a Friday afternoon around 3:00pm is an interesting exercise. The ten or so groups of tables and chairs set out in the spring sunshine are occupied by a few punters, but it certainly isn’t standing room only. |
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- How do you walk? I think I walk like a happy, relaxed, moderately light woman. [please click the link for context on that last sentence] Link via Andres Aguiar. |
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- [QUOTE][url="http://www. diamondtalk. com/forums/showthread. php? |
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- INCLUDE{"DocsUserNote"} Regular Expressions TOC Introduction Regular expressions (REs), unlike simple queries, allow you to search for text which matches a particular ... |
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- (US) Lyrically, they addressed dark subject matter such as drug addiction, troubled relationships and loneliness _ though Smith tried to distance himself from the label of confessional songwriter. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(85%), $propaganda_theme1(85%), $propaganda_theme2(70%), $propaganda_theme5(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(90%), $alcohol(100%), $various_drugs(90%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- (US) Two Charged With Assault And Drug Charges While Officers Serve Warrant - Breaking News - Chattanoogan.com Two Charged With Assault And Drug Charges While Officers Serve Warrant Three men are arrested for Felony Possession of Schedule II Drugs for Resale and Felony Possession of Drug Parapher... [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(60%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $use_is_abuse(60%), $propaganda_theme4(60%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $drug_law(60%), $cannabis(100%), $paraphernalia(100%), $various_drugs(95%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%), $police_related_news(100%)] |
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- (US) Of Belton was served a criminal summons Friday after he was named in an indictment alleging first-degree promoting contraband and gun-enhanced possession of marijuana. [$drug_related(100%), $drugwar_propaganda(80%), $propaganda_theme2(50%), $propaganda_theme5(80%), $illegal_drugs(100%), $drugs(95%), $cannabis(100%), $paraphernalia(100%), $various_drugs(95%), $various_illegal_drugs(100%)] |
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- Lately, I've been exceptionally lucky: I keep winning these sweepstakes. Today's winnings are for "$1.5m 000,000 dorlars (sic)." Apparently, I won Tropical Sweepstakes, but due to some mixup, I have to write to some guy... |
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