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African-Indian Was First Black President in North America?
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Japan Approves Bill on Afghan War
on fireWho the heck is a man called Borlaug and what is the moral instinct?
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Remember that one when you get to be on Jeopardy, huh?
suave"Why is it ok for me to do it and not say....Ms .Spears?"
Apart from the fact the chief difference is a purely celluoid generated fantasy versus nosy camera people is not lost on me, even in the
age of so-called reality television
but perhaps closer to the truth is that Ms.Tramell, pardon me, Sharon Stone has considerable sex appeal and her character realizes its power over men all too knowingly. Wordlywise and experienced, its the intelligence and maturity that gets men to fan themselves silly.
With Spears only a half wit would think its some type of comeon.
If precociousness was her selling feature, and projected innocence the mainstay of her popular appeal, someone should have had the foresight to mention someday the ride would be one day over.
The castle was not for keeps.
But I suspect with Ms Spears she got tired of the press no longer her tool and was looking for a way "out".
I also suspect the intriguing darling Tramell would say: "No one said it was... 'okay'. Did they?"(grins)
"No.I meant smoking!-,..:)
Blech Britney Blech and right near your kid?
WHat a joke.
caffeinatedHappy Black Majority Day to every Bahamian!
As the article explains, anyone under 45 may not appreciate the importance of what transpired 41 years ago on January 10, 1967...
click here to read why today is a very significant date in the Bahamas.
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Now showing on You Tube ...have you see the new (old>?) TV spots for travel to Australia. Cheeky!
Escapes.ca says travel is up. Up, up, UP! Seems like this is not a phenomena limited to our little corner of the commonwealth. Find out how low fare flights boosting the tourism industry
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By the way, AUSTRALIA'S tourism sector is running hot,
so much it would seem even the West Australian government is touting for school cleaners, gardeners and tourism workers amid chronic
worker shortages in the booming state.
Agencies report that green and eco tourism accounts for 20 percent take of the travel industry and no end to the growth in sight.
And the standard for "green" holidays would seem to have been set by a far north Queensland resort, which has just been named Australia's first carbon neutral tourism operator. ...
And in other news, the tourist town of Silverton is best known for its iconic Outback pub, featured in the Mel Gibson film Mad Max II and in lots of television ...but what does this have to do with German plans to build a giant wind farm?
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And at that, so long Sir Edmund Hillary , a fellow who reached the apex of his climbing career many years ago, and also seemed to have already surrendered to eternity, having been bound by the heavens, stopped at the pearly gates themselves, to seek no further, any vain glorious achievement a pall second to his crowning a place in the annal of climbing history, we hope you are welcomed and are greeting old friends above those white snow capped peaks that we look to above that never cease from enticing, captivating and for some always calling. Places that free us, if only in imagination, from the prisons of our mind and to escape from the human walls only lowly earthly man has built. And from such places, admiration and respect to those pioneers who have cut trough. Adieu to your final journey and a toast from the base camp on the edges of the electronic frontier known as the internet.
A trip to Nepal for two weeks can come up as cheap as a thousand bucks. (not inc.air fare)
"So kid,
whad'ya wanna' be when you finally grow up? Huh?"
coolSomeone help me finish this sentence or give me an analogy.
"Watching Britney Spears mom be a talking head in a live tv interview is like__________________________________"
I was thinking something along the lines of a post-Katrina Bush at ground zero but thats too well used.
But I begin to think even some men and women of the distinguished press are onto the game here.
Heres todays 'Britney Moment'(Dont you deserve one today?®) brought to you by Machs Café.
Police Impound Britney Spears' Car
I sense a bad pun coming on...like something to do with 'spares' and 'spears'.
I think we should all like to leave our cars by the freeway once they break down or we get a flat. But the last word and the last line of the news snippet definitely shows how far we may be from ever removing that small little bit of reserved chagrin for the Britster. And thats a good thing don't forget.
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I got five hits in Google news with search terms: 'bc salmon endangered' and none of them are from 2008.
If you love seafood but worry about overfishing and contaminants, 'Fish Forever' is an indispensable resource.
Fish Forever: The Definitive Guide to Understanding, Selecting, and Preparing Healthy, Delicious, and Environmentally Sustainable Seafood , located here at Amazon.
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"From the destruction of the Grand Banks fishery to the decline of the Chilean sea bass, from mercury in tuna to PCBs in striped bass, choosing seafood that's both sustainable and healthful seems tougher than ever." -inside flap of 'Fish Forver'
Multimedia link:-> The "Fish Forever" Conference in Vancouver in April 2007 featured environmentalist, author and broadcaster David Suzuki
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A program developed by the Vancouver Aquarium to protect Ocean Life by encouraging restaurants, food purveyors and diners to make food choices which promote ...
http://www.oceanwisecanada.com
I guess its clearly just not enought to simply not order shark fin soup form the menu.
Obviously its much more mucho cool to be wearing a 'Save the Sharks' t-shirt than a Save the Whales tee.
A victory for marine life and tourism was scored in Los Angeles last week in a landmark ruling concerning the use of sonar in navy training missions
Marine mammals protected under landmark ruling
Hostelbookers.com - 7 Jan 2008
The new controls are the result of an NRDC lawsuit that demanded the Navy rein in its deadly sonar before beginning two years of maneuvers near the Channel
Whales Win Big-California Federal Court Imposed the Strongest-Ever
The sonar is suspected of causing disruption to whale and dolphin navigation systems. increases the navy's "shut down" zone for sonar use near marine ...
Dolphins: Iran's weapon against the US?
Asia Times Online, Hong Kong - 7 Jan 2008
What? You're not even going to bite?
hug meAnd the band played on
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In this day, age, era...epoch, you're more likely to associate such a saying with the constant carousing and cavorting of the mainstream media with the US/co-alitions' incursion into Iraq.
And not a book by San Francisco Chronicle journalist Randy Shilts written and published over two decades ago.
I watched the filmed version of the non-fiction book late last night for the second time in my life. It was probably a little more than 12 years ago that I had seen it for the first time.
Its funny how it occured to me, that what "AIDS" was back then, is what 'global warming' is today. The arguments were there, the hyperbole, the protracted debates, the rationalizations,the exxagerations,the finger pointing, the conspiracies,the slow responses from government.
You;d think such a film would either ooze sentimentality or be a stinging rebuttal to our response to AIDS? Its done with such care. Youd think deliberate care?
All the action is actually a lot of talk between men of science (and a few women), and shows for a second or two the oft unstated unseen clashes of scientific ego that occured between the French scientists and American.
I think it may be one of the first times that actor Matt Modine was front and center in a film, and it certainly left a strong impression on me. More than a plumb cherry picked "thinking mans hero", his portrayal of this not dispassionate character brings about a blended inpiration we should feel from his actions and a catharsis of sorts we should have for the people we see, and have seen, bled into the headlines of that day.
I do remember feeling moved; inspired...actually yes in awe of the nobleness of his actions.
It's one of those films that without prejudice from any film critic gets a constant ***** FIVE STAR rating. The camera like a witness; we the viewer, pricking our sensibilities without trying to induce some form of guilt.
Between intersplices of strung together jump cut edits of news tid bits, like how a haz-mat squad showed up at a car accident when they learned an AIDS victim was involved, nurses quitting rather than work with AIDS patients, all the hype and inflated hysteria contrasting so jarringly with
the portrayals of the petty rivalries of men of science threatening to maddingly delay research for years and also the otherwise innocent men and women who would were infected with AIDS through blood transfusions
in the end; at the close of the film, is the most perfectly rendered final touch, a montage of news items of famous AIDs victims and strangers, played to Elton Johns song "The Last Song"
In that way, the whole film feels like we have invested some of our time and energy for a worthy cause, like we have participated in an ode to love. And havent been tricked or fooled along the way.
Its six minutes but its worth it to plug the YouTube video in case someone out there wants to urther reward themselves by seeing the film. One can't say with surety "It will change the way you think"...the film shows too many people who have suffered that cause.
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In the news: 20 years later, the band still plays on
This is the President of Frances future NEW wife, Carli Bruni.
I thought I would dramatize the effect of her hand silohoeutted through her hat like as an attempt to make a further bold simplistic metastatement, possibly about society and prudishness...to contrast with the pure unadornedness of her chest.
The covering of up of her "nipples" can be seen as a reflection of an effort to cling to societys demands of so-called decency, but also to give the viewer pause for thought on our precepts for the sexualization of the female form by removing or hiding them from having a reference point within the field of view.
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Nicolas Sarkozy 'to marry' Carla Bruni Telegraph.co.uk
Recently divorced French president in whirlwind romance Los Angeles Times
accident prone
Captain Kidd's Ship Found Untouched
Researchers inspect the wreckage if Kidd's ship underwater, off ...
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Friends of a missing Vancouver man hope YouTube posting will ...
