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- Up to 140,000 people will today rise from their beds and travel to jobs that owe their existence to alcohol. Many will toil in the 14,500 licensed premises, others in breweries, distilleries and hospitality-related firms that rely on alcohol for survival. |
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- A former Hastings winemaker, whose sexual abuse against children spanned nearly 20 years, has been jailed for 4-1/2 years. Warwick Roworth Orchiston, 62, a once-respected winemaker, molested seven girls and one boy between 1972 and 1991. He was found guilty by a Napier District Court jury last month of six charges of inducing an indecent act and eight of indecent assault. |
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- From across the vineyard, Susan Hubbard appears to be vacuuming between rows of vines at Robert Mondavi Winery in Oakville, Calif. But she's not interested in what's on the ground. She wants to know what's in it. |
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- The gloves are off in the usually polite West Australian wine society. You get the feeling that things down the Caves Road from the surfing town of Yallingup ñ which takes you into one of Australia's premier wine growing regions ñ just won't be the same anymore. |
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- With 11 days until Christmas, shoppers crowded the nation's malls and stores over the weekend, their spirits buoyed by news of Saddam Hussein's capture. But it was unclear whether stores met their sales goals. |
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- On Saturday 31st January and Sunday 1st February, 2004 the island's finest wines will be showcased in a spectacular event combining fine wine, gourmet food and live entertainment. |
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- Local wine enthusiasts eager to celebrate the day when they can order wine directly from out-of-state wineries might want to leave the champagne corked - for now. |
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- In a custom-designed building resembling a high-security prison, Jeff Poole guards millions of dollars of wine belonging to some of Auckland's wealthiest drinkers. |
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- Tax scheme investors and naive lifestyle chasers had only themselves to blame if they could not sell their wine, leading WA wine industry people said yesterday. |
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- Karin Taylor Karin Taylor is from Kingston, Jamaica. She was so shy that her father had to pay one of his employees to take her to the prom. Currently, she owns a shop in Haverford, PA. Click here for more... |
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- Called Darkside this morning, and cursed all things AOL with him as amused witness. "I couldn't get the stupid thing to work to get me the stupid tickets!" I finally ranted. "Did you think of going down to the stupid theatre in stupid person?" he wanted to know. |
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- THIS WEEKEND, I SAW The Last Samurai. I don't regret seeing it, but if you've seen Dances with Wolves, you don't need to see it again. Also, read about the Al Qaeda connection. Cruise's movie about a disillusioned American joining ranks with pre-industrial anti-modernists sounds an awful lot like the story of Johnny Walker Lindh, aka the American Taliban. Exactly what Cruise's Samurai are fighting for is never made clear. |
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- Dec. 15 - A former nurse has been charged with murder after claiming to kill 30 to 40 patients over a 16-year period at several hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. |
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- Dec. 15 – There are dozens of happy homecomings going on in Delaware as soldiers stationed in Iraq return home for the holidays. Byron Scott reports. |
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- To Serve and Protect We'll Kick Your Ass.... |
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- The Pepys Project is about to roll over 3,000.... |
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- Gasp! Shylo's banned some songs from pole-dancing routines!... |
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- Gasp! Phineas is posting again!... |
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- A comparison of the hero's journey in Campbell's Hero with a Thousand Faces and Star Wars and Empire Strikes Back.... |
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- You know those Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans they came out with awhile ago? Don't eat the booger flavor.... |
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- That is an incredible Venn diagram. [via macdaraconroy.com]... |
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- Variety magazine has a blog about the swag they receive.... |
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- The Double Door goes above and beyond to help bands promote themselves.... |
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- WaPo and Knight Ridder eye social networks hungrily.... |
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- Gong Dating: another brilliant idea from Sour Bob.... |
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- Today 12-15 is called Bill of Rights Day in the United States of America in honor of the Bill of Rights (see its original here). |
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- Hellhammer or Nick Barker... |
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- Time for another OTB Caption ContestTM. Write your caption in the comments below.Yahoo! News - AFP Top Photos... |
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- LabourStart headline - Source: Norsk Grafia |
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- Sorry, I can't help but I had to post and say, |
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- is this setting for your new diamond or your princess? |
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- i saw it on Ebay before!!!! i thin i posted |
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- Jonathan Rentzsch presents “10 Things I Love about ObjC and 15 Things I Hate about ObjC.” Also see Improving Cocoa/ObjC Enumeration. (Here’ |
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En broder (Dec 15 2003 22:57 GMT) - Sørme om ikke Thomas Martinsen har fået en ny dansk .NET weblog i luften !!! I finder denne blog på http://weblogs. kodecentralen. |
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En broder (Dec 15 2003 22:57 GMT) - Sørme om ikke Thomas Martinsen har fået en ny dansk .NET weblog i luften !!! I finder denne blog på http://weblogs. kodecentralen. |
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- Morgan, après m'avoir fait la peur de la semaine (j'ai cru un instant que Maïa s'arrêtait), m'a amené à penser à tous ces blogueurs en mal d'amour : Certains cherchent, dans l'écriture, dans leur weblog, dans leurs lecteurs un peu plus d'estime de soi. D'autres essaient d'y bâtir quelque chose de neuf, pour se remettre d'une rupture, d'une déception, d'une frustration. Jonathan Delacour relève que notre liste de liens est influencée par les six éléments de la persuasion, et plus particulièrement par le fait que nous tendons à nous conformer à ce que font les autres, notamment ceux qui nous sont chers. Delphine souhaite qu'on lui (re)dise les raisons de l'apprécier. |
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- It would be cool to be able to export a Twiki table to a CSV file. Main.NateDrake 15 Dec 2003 |
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- Man guys, those are some sick lyrics. FLESH ZOMIBE, that could be a classic. |
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- Last post by tim_e on 20:06 15/Dec/03 - Which club exactly des this cunt support? |
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- Last post by Softie on 19:33 15/Dec/03 - You know, where people fly into football stadia on chairs and things. There's some kind of sub-Iggy singing on it, going what sounds like " |
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- Last post by tim_e on 19:05 15/Dec/03 - That is his new name. |
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Eddie Gray (Dec 15 2003 22:56 GMT) - Last post by Softie on 11:55 15/Dec/03 - He is Colonel McQueen from "Space: |
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- This is a table about Holiday Seasons Gives Oats Little Jingle |
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- My second dog at Top Dog didn't quite cut it. I got the linguisa, and while it was exceptionally lean, it lacked the flavor that I expect from a linguisa. Perhaps my days on the festa circuit have me expecting too much. But three hours later, I am not having linguisa burps. While I think this is a plus, still Top Dog's linguisa is a little lacking. |
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- Business News: Mogul tallies damages of bank's comment Following his legal victory against Deutsche Bank, former German media mogul Leo Kirch is seeking at least E6 billion ($7.4 billion) in damages resulting from the bank's role in the insolvency of his film and TV empire. |
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- Hi- I recently got a cognac diamond to have set, and I |
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