Personal Reads

Arabesque lends gentler image to London's much-maligned East End

2008-02-29T15:07:00.005-08:00

Arabesque lends gentler image to London's much-maligned East End
Daily Star - Lebanon - Beirut,Lebanon
As is often the case, it takes someone on the outside to showcase a certainaspect of a culture. The prince's school was the inspirationbehind the creation ...

Friday Five: Jason Carroll

2008-02-29T15:07:00.003-08:00

Friday Five: Jason Carroll
CitizenLink - Colorado Springs,CO,USA
We do see very high use and viewing patterns that may, at least fora subset of these young people, become patterns they carry forward....

Inquirer Visayas Closely guarding Apo's marine riches

2008-02-29T15:07:00.001-08:00

Inquirer Visayas Closely guarding Apo's marine riches
Inquirer.net - Philippines
In 1993, 1.5 hectares of the island was established as a sanctuary,enabling it to restore and preserve its ecosystem. At that time, its reefswere showing ...

• Exercise anti-abuse voice, group told

2008-02-25T23:59:00.001-08:00

• Exercise anti-abuse voice, group told
Waterloo Record - Waterloo,Ontario,Canada
She acknowledged that it takes courage to stand up “butcourage is not the absence of fear. It is the recognition that somethings are more important than ...

Lomega's Wilczek displays courage following injuries [43 mins ago]

2008-02-25T23:58:00.003-08:00

Lomega's Wilczek displays courage following injuries [43 mins ago]
NewsOK.com (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK,USA
AP Video By Justin Harper OMEGA - It was not at all hard to believeRachel Wilczek was named MVP of the Class B state tournament last season....

Simply Themselves

2008-02-25T23:58:00.001-08:00

Simply Themselves
By Daniel Green
About the only kind of literary criticism about works of the past that is allowed in general-interest publications comes in discussions of biographies. Thus critics who might otherwise write actual literary criticism either review the ...
The Reading Experience - http://noggs.typepad.com/the_reading_experience/

Turning A Living Room Into An Antique's Showplace

2008-02-25T19:47:00.001-08:00

Turning A Living Room Into An Antique's Showplace
By admin
How about patterns? Study antique books and magazines. Find items you like in these and look for them in the real world. Use the pictures to pattern your room and guide your purchases. Collecting antiques is a fun and rewarding hobby. ...
Sun Stone Interactive Blog - http://www.sunstoneinteractive.com

Nigel Smith, Princeton University::Milton and the Revolution

2008-02-25T19:46:00.003-08:00

Nigel Smith, Princeton University::Milton and the Revolution
By teddy@aas.duke.edu(teddy@aas.duke.edu)
... in English Radical Religion, 1640-1660 (Oxford UP, 1989). A biography of Marvell, a study of Milton's poetry and prose, and (with Nicholas McDowell) an extensive anthology of 17th-century radical literature, are forthcoming.
A&S MCal Events www.aas.duke.edu - http://www.aas.duke.edu

12 or 20 questions: with Glen Sorestad

2008-02-25T19:46:00.001-08:00

12 or 20 questions: with Glen Sorestad
By rob mclennan(rob mclennan)
He is the author of over a dozen books of poetry, many short stories, and he is the co-editor of many well known anthologies. He has given well over three hundred public readings of his poetry in every province of Canada, in many parts ...
12 or 20 questions - http://12or20questions.blogspot.com/

Behind the Mace - Senate unites in praise of Fidel

2008-02-24T23:58:00.001-08:00

Behind the Mace - Senate unites in praise of Fidel
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
Discipline, he said, was another important lesson that could be learnedfrom the Cuban experience. "If development is going to be theeagle of the Jamaican ...

Exclusive: Barack Obama hopes strong Texas showing will solidify ...

2008-02-24T23:57:00.003-08:00

Exclusive: Barack Obama hopes strong Texas showing will solidify ...
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
If Mr. Obama wins the nomination, critics say, his lack of foreignpolicy experience could hurt Democrats in November, since that'sconsidered to be Mr. ...

‘The Race Card'

2008-02-24T23:57:00.001-08:00

‘The Race Card'
By morganwrites
This isn't to say there are no more old-school bigots - but I do think that most of the racial problems in our society are now caused not be virulent racists, but by old habits, entrenched patterns of behavior and the legacy of past ...
MorganWrites - http://morganwrites.wordpress.com

Are you watching?

2008-02-24T12:15:00.001-08:00

Are you watching?
By David
(One of the favorite war stories passed around WATCH is that of the judge who was assigned three productions of A Streetcar Named Desire in one year. We've tweaked the scheduling algorithm since then.) Here's what I've seen in the past ...
A Honey of an Anklet - http://www.ahoneyofananklet.com

Newborns Who Suffer are “Better off Dead' - “World's Most ...

2008-02-23T13:51:00.005-08:00

Newborns Who Suffer are “Better off Dead' - “World's Most ...
By John
In the process, the pair defies initial expectations by boldly and unapologetically pointing out that the protocol is in truth much more extreme than most of its critics believe it to be; the authors, however, argue that its extremity ...
True Discernment - http://truediscernment.wordpress.com

"The Sacred and the Human"

2008-02-23T13:51:00.003-08:00

"The Sacred and the Human"
By bls(bls)
... to the anthropology of religion from literary criticism.) And like Nietzsche, Girard sees the primeval condition of society as one of conflict. It is in the effort to resolve this conflict that the experience of the sacred is born. ...
The Topmost Apple - http://topmostapple.blogspot.com/

Barack Obama: Platitudes and more, like the rest

2008-02-23T13:51:00.001-08:00

Barack Obama: Platitudes and more, like the rest
By Mark Silva
Clinton has found that talking directly about what she sees as Obama's lack of experience hasn't "gotten a lot of traction," said Zarefsky. "So this is a different twist to try to put on that same idea." In other words, the criticism ...
The Swamp - http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/

The “Special' Diner

2008-02-23T11:41:00.001-08:00

The “Special' Diner
New West - Missoula,MT,USA
The primary goal is to simply take care of myself and reflect on thepatterns in my life and how I interact with people, food and theenvironment. ...

Vatican cardinal unveils statue of Pope John Paul II marking 10th ...

2008-02-23T11:40:00.003-08:00

Vatican cardinal unveils statue of Pope John Paul II marking 10th ...
International Herald Tribune - France
Outside the Virgin of Charity's sanctuary in the town of ElCobre, most of the hordes of vendors who typically sell wooden renderingsof the saint and other ...

Old hymns are new again at Highland Park church

2008-02-23T11:40:00.001-08:00

Old hymns are new again at Highland Park church
Dallas Morning News - Dallas,TX,USA
A 40-year-old, fourth-generation Methodist pastor, Mr. Rasmussen thoughtthat a church with a gothic-style sanctuary and an $11 millionbudget set in one of ...

Nigeria: Exam Ethics Project Sues Education Ministry for N1.5bn

2008-02-20T08:33:00.005-08:00

Nigeria: Exam Ethics Project Sues Education Ministry for N1.5bn
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
It also requires courage. Exam Ethics Project will never beintimidated. This is the time to remain steadfast and demonstratecourage: courage to challenge ...

911 call an act of courage that saved lives

2008-02-20T08:33:00.003-08:00

911 call an act of courage that saved lives
Southtown Star - Chicago,IL,USA
Dawn launched into a tirade about the newspaper's front page before Icould order my chocolate doughnuts. "You've got to stop blamingthat poor woman for ...

Theater Review: Circus Courage

2008-02-20T08:33:00.001-08:00

Theater Review: Circus Courage
Jerusalem Post - Israel
By HELEN KAYE Circus Courage is a brave attempt to emphasize themonstrosities of war through the light-hearted brightness of circusperformance. ...

A Modest Proposal: Ten Steps to a Democratic Economy

2008-02-20T03:58:00.005-08:00

A Modest Proposal: Ten Steps to a Democratic Economy
By jjfitzgerald
Doubling the money we spend on education and job training. • Raising the minimum wage. Sweeney is making proposals within the context of a corporate-capitalist-labor union system. I think we need to move beyond this approach and for ...
Econ-Atrocity / Econ-Utopia - http://www.fguide.org

Choosing to be inspired, a candidate's wife and a grassroots campaign

2008-02-20T03:58:00.003-08:00

Choosing to be inspired, a candidate's wife and a grassroots campaign
By Ellinorianne
He said he'd think about it and I got him to talk to my contact in the Orange County Democratic Party Friday morning. The next thing I know, he's putting on a suit jacket and filing paperwork at the County's registrar office! ...
MyDD - http://www.mydd.com/section/Diary

rolly, UR JarheadRSCCArt-Series Miss Wrong 9, VFD, 9 of 9 JH RSCC ...

2008-02-20T03:58:00.001-08:00

rolly, UR JarheadRSCCArt-Series Miss Wrong 9, VFD, 9 of 9 JH RSCC ...
By babbitt@xxx.xxx (babbitt)
... VFD, 9 of 9 JH RSCC Art-Series 026 Better-Than-The-Real-Thing Front-Cover.jpg (1/2) 739820. Date:, 2/20/2008 6:35:36 AM. Size:, 1013.79 KB. Files:, 1. Parts:, 2/2. Poster:, babbitt@xxx.xxx (babbitt). NFO:, No NFO provided.
alt.binaries.amp (25) - http://www.bintube.com/default.aspx?g=alt.binaries.amp

Trade is the issue that sets Clinton, Obama apart

2008-02-19T02:03:00.005-08:00

Trade is the issue that sets Clinton, Obama apart
Globe and Mail - Canada
With a convincing win in Ohio's March 4 Democratic presidentialprimary, Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama could virtually lock up theparty's presidential ...

The Dodgers prepare for the final season at their Florida spring ...

2008-02-19T02:03:00.003-08:00

The Dodgers prepare for the final season at their Florida spring ...
Pittsburgh Post Gazette - Pittsburgh,PA,USA
The kids here now are part of a grand tradition." Gettingthere, you realize the dilemma facing Dodgers fans. It took me eight hoursof flying and two hours ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald Country

2008-02-19T02:03:00.001-08:00

F. Scott Fitzgerald Country
Newsday - Long Island,NY,USA
These scenes of newly won opulence and excess later found their way ontothe pages of ``Gatsby,'' a story of the American Dream goneawry. At the same time, ...

Peabody Chamber Opera: The Yellow Wallpaper

2008-02-18T21:30:00.005-08:00

Peabody Chamber Opera: The Yellow Wallpaper
By Charles T. Downey(Charles T. Downey)
The libretto by Judith Lane adapts a short story of the same title by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, about a Victorian woman's struggles with the rest cure prescribed for her nervous disorder following childbirth. The story has been embraced ...
Ionarts - http://ionarts.blogspot.com/

Vigne in Asheville

2008-02-18T21:30:00.003-08:00

Vigne in Asheville
Cooked exactly right, meat tender and flavorful. Served with mashed potatoes and asparagus spears. The asparagus spears were very large, but fork tender. This is the perfect comfort food on a cold night. ~ Beef tenderloin (I think that ...
Chowhound's Latest » South - http://www.chowhound.com/boards/11

The art of late night dinning part 3

2008-02-18T21:30:00.001-08:00

The art of late night dinning part 3
By stable
The say:- A delicious combination od tender chicken pieces,l fresh vegetables and aborio rice infused in blah blah blah etc etc etc. ( I'm sure you can read it on the image above) And ready in 6 minutes which is how long Halo 3 takes to ...
LONG LIVE THE NEW FRESH!! - http://blog.niceproduce.com

Independence in the Brave New World Order NATO's Kosovo Colony

2008-02-18T19:28:00.001-08:00

Independence in the Brave New World Order NATO's Kosovo Colony
Trinicenter.com - La Seiva Maraval,Trinidad and Tobago
But in the Brave New World Order, it does not exist. Peopledon't know. "Most ignorance is vincible ignorance. We don'tknow because we don't want to know."

The Monday Evening Wire. Just a Step Behind. Episode 57, "Took"

2008-02-18T19:27:00.003-08:00

The Monday Evening Wire. Just a Step Behind. Episode 57, "Took"
By Ryland Walker Knight(Ryland Walker Knight)
But it'sa really good, almost delightful episode, too - especially as the tender “Goodnight Moon' closing shot, of Kima and Elijah saying good night to all of Baltimore, pulls back into the sepia summer night, all those bricks ...
Vinyl Is Heavy - http://vinylisheavy.blogspot.com/

Open Question: The Faint Song "Total Job"?

2008-02-18T19:27:00.001-08:00

Open Question: The Faint Song "Total Job"?
By tapblog5(tapblog5)
Alone in my prison cell, I continued to be tormented by the fact that I was forty-eight years old, in the prime of my life, that I had worked for eight years as a bishop and gained so much pastoral experience and there I was isolated, ...
vietnamese-language - http://vietnamese-language.blogspot.com/

Former President Bush Endorses McCain's Candidacy (Update1)

2008-02-18T16:09:00.005-08:00

Former President Bush Endorses McCain's Candidacy (Update1)
Bloomberg - USA
The former president, who had his own critics among the party'sconservative ranks, also touted McCain's credentials. ``His characterwas forged in the ...

Everyone's A Critic: An interview with Katherine Dacey

2008-02-18T16:09:00.003-08:00

Everyone's A Critic: An interview with Katherine Dacey
By Chris Mautner
So I've had a lot of experience writing academic papers and writing book reviews in that context. Plus, I'm an old movie buff and read a lot anyway. That was initially my frame of reference because I just hadn't read a lot of manga. ...
Blog@Newsarama - http://blog.newsarama.com

The Most Irritating Education Expert in America

2008-02-18T16:09:00.001-08:00

The Most Irritating Education Expert in America
Washington Post - United States
... Patrick Moynihan, who served as a Democratic senator fromNew York from 1977 to 2001; William J. Bennett, a Reagan administrationeducation secretary; ...

Where the heads no longer roll

2008-02-17T06:43:00.001-08:00

Where the heads no longer roll
Taipei Times - Taiwan
While rogue trader Kerviel faces prosecution, his boss Bouton has kept hisjob, a sign, critics say, that French capitalism is in crisis....

Pinoy ‘queen' film wins in Berlinale

2008-02-17T06:42:00.003-08:00

Pinoy ‘queen' film wins in Berlinale
Inquirer.net - Philippines
“Willem Dafoe is involved, as is William Hurt,' said the actor whoimpressed critics as the plagiarist Stephen Glass in the true story,“Shattered Glass,' ...

Critics attack Government's polyclinic plans for simplistic one ...

2008-02-17T06:42:00.001-08:00

Critics attack Government's polyclinic plans for simplistic one ...
Daily Mail - UK
Experience in Soviet Russia, where the polyclinic model wasdeveloped, and the United States, where it has been adopted, has been thatit drives costs up ...

Education Gap Among Democratic Voters Between Clinton and Obama?

2008-02-16T14:18:00.005-08:00

Education Gap Among Democratic Voters Between Clinton and Obama?
By Team Member(Team Member)
In the entry for Friday, February 15, 2008, there is an analysis of the voting patterns of the Democratic contests based on level of education. The following quote summarizes the analysis of the data: In Post-ABC national polling, ...
MCDAC Blog - http://mcdac.blogspot.com/

Child of Promise

2008-02-16T14:18:00.003-08:00

Child of Promise
By LaboringInTheLord
Andrew accepted his grief, but Elizabeth cried to the Lord day and night for another child. The Lord answered, and little James was taught the Holy Scriptures from infancy. Growing up, his conscience was tender; his mind, sharp. ...
Laboring In The Lord - http://laboringinthelord.com

Sanctuary in Britain for 1500 Iraqi who helped our troops

2008-02-16T14:18:00.001-08:00

Sanctuary in Britain for 1500 Iraqi who helped our troops
By ROGUE GUNNER(ROGUE GUNNER)
Up to 1500 Iraqis are to be airlifted to Britain after ministers agreed to grant sanctuary to the interpreters who worked for our forces. In a multi-million pound operation starting in April, the translators and their families will be ...
"ROGUE GUNNER" - http://rogue-gunner.blogspot.com/

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ARCHIVE Section IV: Africa Missions Part ...

2008-02-16T05:59:00.005-08:00

CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ARCHIVE Section IV: Africa Missions Part ...
Catalogue of the papers of the Overseas Division, 1935-1949 pp36-38, 41 .... Report on the college and issues ofthe college “Bulletin' ...

Ameer delighted over response for "Paruthiveeran" in Berlin

2008-02-16T05:59:00.003-08:00

Ameer delighted over response for "Paruthiveeran" in Berlin
Hindu - Chennai,India
Critics here praised the film as a realistic portrayal of the roughrural life and caste conflict in Tamil Nadu. "With exploding coloursand fast music, ...

"I had never seen sets Jodhaa Akbar" - Aishwarya Bachchan

2008-02-16T05:59:00.001-08:00

"I had never seen sets Jodhaa Akbar" - Aishwarya Bachchan
entertainment.oneindia.in - Tamilnadu,India
Provoked was a very vital story to be told and I'm glad that my fansand critics have appreciated the film and my performance. The samegoes with Madame ...

Sprinkler systems a hot topic

2008-02-16T02:40:00.005-08:00

Sprinkler systems a hot topic
Toronto Star - Ontario, Canada
Sam Di Pasquale, construction director for YYZed Project Management, saysthe sprinkler system in this five-storey Port Perry condo buildinghas boosted ...

Hearing is Tuesday on Cleveland Port move to East 55th site

2008-02-16T02:40:00.003-08:00

Hearing is Tuesday on Cleveland Port move to East 55th site
The Plain Dealer - cleveland.com - Cleveland,OH,USA
Cleveland's port leaders yearn to build a huge new homeon the lakefront. But first, they need to know what the neighbors think....

migraine fractals

2008-02-16T02:40:00.001-08:00

migraine fractals
By Ulysses(Ulysses)
Sometimes there were more elaborate patterns, like Turkish carpets or complex mosaics; sometimes I saw scrolls and spirals, swirls and eddies; sometimes three-dimensional shapes like tiny pine cones or sea urchins. ...
Every day astonished-- simply to exist - http://ulyart.livejournal.com/

Primer for Protestants - JAMES HASTINGS NICHOLS

2008-02-15T23:18:00.001-08:00

Primer for Protestants - JAMES HASTINGS NICHOLS
Search our books Book dealer info, JAMES HASTINGS NICHOLS Primerfor Protestants New York: A Haddam House Book, 1947. FirstEdition. Hardcover. ...

BookCrossing - 0142000663 - ISBN Search

2008-02-15T17:57:00.005-08:00

BookCrossing - 0142000663 - ISBN Search
Click to view this book... Steinbeck's the Grapes of Wrath(Cliffs Notes) · Click to view this book... Of Mice and Men(Steinbeck Centennial Edition) ...

The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck ...

2008-02-15T17:57:00.003-08:00

The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck ...
The Grapes of Wrath (Centennial Edition) by John Steinbeck.

Negative Legislators: Ethics of the Post-Avant

2008-02-15T17:57:00.001-08:00

Negative Legislators: Ethics of the Post-Avant
By Archambeau(Archambeau)
You get a similar sense from many critical accounts of what happened to poetry around the time of Robert Lowell's Life Studies: poets, it seemed, had suddenly broken through stuffy mid-century formalism and into a new, advanced form of ...
Samizdat Blog - http://samizdatblog.blogspot.com/

Africa: The Zimbabwe Enigma - Wake Up Africa

2008-02-15T15:43:00.005-08:00

Africa: The Zimbabwe Enigma - Wake Up Africa
AllAfrica.com - Washington,USA
Zimbabwe has Priests, Bishops, Professors, Chiefs, Kings, Teachersand all those capable enough to call a round-table discussion tosort things out. ...

POP QUIZ: MACEO PARKER

2008-02-15T15:43:00.003-08:00

POP QUIZ: MACEO PARKER
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Q: Do you believe that in 1970, when you quit his band and formed Maceo andAll the King's Men, he actually paid DJs not to play yourrecords on the radio? ...

Member profile: Dennis Cohoon

2008-02-15T15:43:00.001-08:00

Member profile: Dennis Cohoon
By deanfiihr
Dennis is a member of the Burlington Education Association, the Geode Education Association, and the Iowa State Education Association. He is a member of the Des Moines County Democratic Central Committee. He attends the First Christian ...
Iowa House of Representatives - http://iowahouse.org

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at Harvard ...

2008-02-14T22:10:00.003-08:00

Remarks by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff at Harvard ...
US Department of Homeland Security (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
And even if you presume that these powers that run counter toinalienable rights were reasonable or acceptable, I want to ask youabout the false positives, ...

Statement of Charles E. Allen, Under Secretary for Intelligence ...

2008-02-14T22:10:00.001-08:00

Statement of Charles E. Allen, Under Secretary for Intelligence ...
US Department of Homeland Security (press release) - Washington,DC,USA
Over the last calendar year, we have increased our Homeland IntelligenceReport (HIR) production from 2000 to nearly 3100 HIRs. Theseunique, unevaluated ...

Love in its Heyday, and Other Sexy Suggestions

2008-02-14T22:09:00.001-08:00

Love in its Heyday, and Other Sexy Suggestions
Newspaper Tree - El Paso,TX,USA
But some of his most sensual poetry is in his book "100 LoveSonnets" or "Cien Sonetos de Amor" ($15.95). His “woodensonnets' were written for his wife ...

Lynch Urges Support for Education Amendment

2008-02-14T00:21:00.001-08:00

Lynch Urges Support for Education Amendment
John Lynch has urged the Senate Judiciary Committee to support a constitutional amendment that affirms the state's responsibility for education and allows the legislature to effectively direct education aid to the communities that need ...
Democratic Governors Association... - http://democraticgovernors.org/

A Visit to an Ojai Pig Sanctuary

2008-02-14T00:20:00.003-08:00

A Visit to an Ojai Pig Sanctuary
By Suza Francina
Story and more photos to follow! See photo below while I figure out how to resize images. View image. More images after the jump! My young nephew from Holland, while visiting Ojai, meets a friendly pot-bellied pig. ...
ojai news at The Ojai Post ::... - http://www.ojaipost.com/

Quote On Christianity and "Empire," Plus Reflections

2008-02-14T00:20:00.001-08:00

Quote On Christianity and "Empire," Plus Reflections
By Sandalstraps(Sandalstraps)
Sorry I've been mostly AWOL of late, breaking my blogging vast only on occasion, merely to post Obama video clips. I've been reworking some of my theological and academic projects, and such work can't be broken down in a nice and neat ...
Sandalstraps' Sanctuary - http://sandalstraps.blogspot.com/

A Couple of Things From Wave Hill

2008-02-13T13:12:00.003-08:00

A Couple of Things From Wave Hill
By Bill Cary
Public funding provided by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs underwrites some 15% of operations. Ms. French also has served for many years on the Steering Committee of the Cultural Institutions Group, an association of 34 ...
In the Garden - http://gardening.lohudblogs.com

Your Money, Your Dollar, Your Government - Or Is It?

2008-02-13T13:12:00.001-08:00

Your Money, Your Dollar, Your Government - Or Is It?
By madeprof
Could these Acts be the reason our rights have been turned into privileges? Yes! It'sa DE-FACTO government of tyrants operating under the color of constitutionality. It is in total violation of the separation of powers doctrine and ...
The Secrets of Forex Trading - http://madeprofitable.com/ForexTrading

Quaker Woman Saves Washington's Army

2008-02-13T13:11:00.001-08:00

Quaker Woman Saves Washington's Army
By Marlene(Denise Eagan)
Sternly, the unnamed adjutant general confronted the 48-year old woman who was known in the community as a skillful and tender nurse and midwife. But she had another reputation. Mrs. Darragh was under a cloud in the Society of Friends ...

Slip Into Something Victorian... - http://somethingvictorianblog.blogspot.com/

The Moonlit Pond

2008-02-13T12:19:00.005-08:00

The Moonlit Pond
By Caroline(Joe)
This major anthology is the first of its kind in english. Two hundred poems spanning a thousand years of Korean poets writing in classic Chinese style. I could comment more, but i believe the examples here of this poetry speak better ...
LemuriaBooks - http://lemuriabooks.blogspot.com/

Nothing soft comes out of Bahia - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil

2008-02-13T12:19:00.003-08:00

Nothing soft comes out of Bahia - Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
Salvador Bahia, is Newtown or Kings Cross, Or Camden etc the cool touristic/arty place of any city, really it just has Brazilian souvenirs instead of other kinds of souvenirs. It has the tourist prices, tourist police, ...
TravelPod.com Recent Updates - http://www.travelpod.com

There is NO political, or diplomatic solution possible

2008-02-13T12:19:00.001-08:00

There is NO political, or diplomatic solution possible
By Epaminondas(Pastorius)
Neither a single Arab country nor all Arab countries, neither any king or president, nor all the kings and presidents, neither any organization nor all of them, be they Palestinian or Arab, possess the right to do that. ...
Infidel Bloggers Alliance - http://ibloga.blogspot.com/

The Greatest Success Strategy has a Movie!

2008-02-13T08:10:00.005-08:00

The Greatest Success Strategy has a Movie!
By The Courage Crafters(The Courage Crafters)
... kind of executive producers, writing most of the copy, suggesting graphics, and selecting the voice over talent. We loved the process and even more we love our movie!www.impactmovie.com/goforno. Go for No from The Courage Crafters.
Fail Your Way to Success! - http://goforno.blogspot.com/

Mobile WiMAX from Motorola is fast and easy to squeeze

2008-02-13T08:10:00.003-08:00

Mobile WiMAX from Motorola is fast and easy to squeeze
WiMAX Day - London,England,UK
Unlike the sheepishly modern J. Alfred Prufrock, who “measured out[his] life with coffee spoons,' we revel in any opportunity to squeeze asmany megabits ...

CNY 2008

2008-02-13T08:10:00.001-08:00

CNY 2008
It's one of those days again where siginas look forward to collect angpow and compare who got the most amount n brag abt it, when they know nuts about hard-earned money. Yup it is CNY again. But because it falls on a Thur n Fri every ...
The Devilman's Sanctuary - http://devilman-joe.spaces.live.com/

where fuzzy edges and hues of color can lead one to wander...

2008-02-13T01:59:00.001-08:00

where fuzzy edges and hues of color can lead one to wander...
By gossamer(the art of memory)
the surface of the moon, 2001 inspired by a list of craters, mountains, and other objects from a turn of the century map of the moon in an astronomy book called celestial objects for common telescopes. * - moonfield, 2002 and moonfield, ...
the art of memory - http://theartofmemory.blogspot.com/

A Streetcar Named Desire

2008-02-13T01:58:00.003-08:00

A Streetcar Named Desire
By mintyfresh69
My theory is this: all human emotion is based on desire (there is one emotion that may prove to be an exception which I will discuss in detail later). Now some of you may treat that as preposterous and others that may even accept it. ...
MintyFresh's Ideas for Tomorrow - http://mintyfresh69.wordpress.com

Your 10 Favorite Movies?

2008-02-13T01:58:00.001-08:00

Your 10 Favorite Movies?
By KiraTroi87
Here are mine: The Silence of the Lambs Pulp Fiction Gone with the Wind The Lion King Taxi Driver 2001: A Space Odyssey The Godfather Forrest Gump A Streetcar Named Desire Monty Python and the Holy Grail Not in order.
The Official Star Trek Movie Forum - http://www.paramount.com/startrek/forums

Goodbye to the cube: A new working enviroment

2008-02-13T01:08:00.003-08:00

Goodbye to the cube: A new working enviroment
By Tomas Mcinerney
People are not physically around as much: Technology at home has meant you can be as connected in the office as out of it. Wireless technology coupled with video and voice can mean employees can meet each other when cross over times ...
Open Port : All Content - All... - http://communities.intel.com/openport/index.jspa

It's Tuesday: Do You Know Where Your Yarn Is?

2008-02-13T01:08:00.001-08:00

It's Tuesday: Do You Know Where Your Yarn Is?
By velmalikevelvet(velmalikevelvet)
This one is called "I Want Candy", and I can't get the song outta my head! The pink, periwinkle, and gray work nicely together, don't you think? I haven't seen one of her colorways I *don't* like yet. Still need to get my hands on some ...
Velma's World - http://velmasworld.blogspot.com/

I'm 30+ and I hate hip hop (good read)...

2008-02-13T01:07:00.001-08:00

I'm 30+ and I hate hip hop (good read)...
By HarlemGang
Despite all his joy, on this day, he finds one topic symbolically provides a brooding, grey cloud over the otherwise beautiful affair. Now, clocking in at 35 years old, John Williams and several of his friends cook a cornucopia of ...
Nobodysmiling.com Hip-Hop Community... - http://www.nobodysmiling.com/forum

The brave new world of finance-6: Greed and bubbles

2008-02-12T08:29:00.003-08:00

The brave new world of finance-6: Greed and bubbles
By Mano Singham(Mano Singham)
Comedian Ricky Gervais, who created the original The Office, has a new comedy series called Extras, where he works as an extra and tries desperately to ingratiate himself with the stars in order to get a break or at least a speaking ...
- http://blog.case.edu/singham/

#4-8 Greek tragedies!

2008-02-12T08:29:00.001-08:00

#4-8 Greek tragedies!
By whollyafool(50bookchallenge)
Antigone, one of Oedipus' daughters, makes up her mind that she will bury her brother. #8 Jean Anouilh - Antigone Not actually a Greek tragedy, but Jean Anouilh's French adaptation of the drama by Sophocles. ...
50 Book Challenge - http://community.livejournal.com/50bookchallenge/

A long, hard road

2008-02-12T08:28:00.001-08:00

A long, hard road
Bend Bulletin (subscription) - Bend,OR,USA
In the darkness weary basketball players, some leaning their headson makeshift pillows of sweatshirts or jackets against frosty windows,nestled in to ...

Levitan: On the Volga

2008-02-12T03:48:00.005-08:00

Levitan: On the Volga
By Dostoy(Dostoy)
Isaac Levitan, "On the Volga," 1887.
Theo's Sanctuary - http://theossanctuary.blogspot.com/

Punch Bowl, Seal Sanctuary and tons more

2008-02-12T03:48:00.003-08:00

Punch Bowl, Seal Sanctuary and tons more
By admin
... chance to check out some really amazing spots. Passing through Arthur's Path we climbed up the mountain to a huge waterfall called the Devils Punch Bowl. Seal Sanctuary a lake in Kumara and a ton of swimming holes straight off the road!
Tatiana Howard's Offical Blog - http://www.tatianahoward.com/blog

Wild birds find sanctuary inside power plant

2008-02-12T03:48:00.001-08:00

Wild birds find sanctuary inside power plant
Migratory and other endangered birds are flocking to Isla Grande, home to a coal-fired power plant criticized by environmentalists as highly pollutive.
Digg / upcoming - http://digg.com/

EuroBlog2008: The programme + Booking

2008-02-12T01:35:00.001-08:00

EuroBlog2008: The programme + Booking
By Philip Young
Guido Keel, Winterthur (University of Zurich): Web 2.0 in Swiss organizations - Usage, Patterns and Corporate Culture; Annette Nielsen (The Aarhus School of Business, University of Aarhus, Denmark): Co-constructing knowledge - the ...
EuroBlog2008 - http://publicsphere.typepad.com/euroblog2008/

Hermeneutics: In Search of Pattern or Reality (Part III)

2008-02-12T01:17:00.005-08:00

Hermeneutics: In Search of Pattern or Reality (Part III)
By Bryan
Jesus corrected the Sadducees for interpreting the Law of Moses in a way which denied the power of the living God to impart to His covenant people life that survives and overcomes death (Matthew 22:23-33). Think about the leaven of ...
Thought to Thought - http://bryanbuttram.wordpress.com

I Caved…

2008-02-12T01:17:00.003-08:00

I Caved…
By LivE
I would tag every single person who has crossed the path of my life, because I truly believe there are no accidental meetings, that everyone you meet even for a split second changes your life and adds to it in ways you cannot even dare ...
LivE simply - http://livestories.wordpress.com

Route: Tooth Extraction (5.10)

2008-02-12T01:17:00.001-08:00

Route: Tooth Extraction (5.10)
Continue up this corner past another small roof to a belay with 2 1/4" bolts and a fixed pin. Note that this belay is actually above the second roof, so a little higher than where shown in both guides. Quality (5.10) Pitch 5. ...
Mountain Project - All Locations... - http://www.mountainproject.com

Profiles in Courage

2008-02-12T00:18:00.005-08:00

Profiles in Courage
By Michael J. Mathias(Michael J. Mathias)
Now that John McCain has all but wrapped up the GOP nomination, and just as party activists have begun digging a hole for Mike Huckabee, a group of Republican legislators have decided the time is right to issue their endorsement of the ...
Pundit Nation - http://punditnation.blogspot.com/

Courage in Patience: Everyone's Story

2008-02-12T00:18:00.003-08:00

Courage in Patience: Everyone's Story
By Beth Fehlbaum, Author(Beth Fehlbaum, Author)
Courage in Patience: everyone's story Hi, I'm Beth Fehlbaum, author of Courage in Patience, which will be published by Kunati in September, 2008. Courage in Patience is a story that is close to my heart. I've been an English teacher for ...
Courage in Patience by Author... - http://courageinpatience.blogspot.com/

Mya Set to Join `Chicago' This Spring

2008-02-12T00:18:00.001-08:00

Mya Set to Join `Chicago' This Spring
San Francisco Chronicle - CA, USA
Eugene O'Neill. Telecharge. _"Sunday in the Park WithGeorge." A Roundabout Theatre Company revival of the StephenSondheim-James Lapine musical about ...

Piping through PEI

2008-02-11T21:27:00.005-08:00

Piping through PEI
Canada.com - Hamilton,Ontario,Canada
Gentle rolling green hills are carpeted with brilliant yellowdandelions swaying in the morning breeze. A chestnut mare swats flies withan unkempt tail. ...

[HvEXAS] ASAC @ UAG, 02.16: The GREAT SNOWBALL Tour.

2008-02-11T21:27:00.003-08:00

[HvEXAS] ASAC @ UAG, 02.16: The GREAT SNOWBALL Tour.
By Thomas G Henry(Thomas G Henry)
He received a BA in Composition and Theory from Tufts University in 2003, and is presently finishing an MFA in the Electronic Arts at Rensselaer in Troy, NY. An avid performer of music with improvisation at its core, Alex has played in ...
Hudson Valley Events Vlog - http://valleyvlog.blogspot.com/

If a Tree Falls in Second Life, Does it Make a Sound?

2008-02-11T21:27:00.001-08:00

If a Tree Falls in Second Life, Does it Make a Sound?
By joeskywalker
Second Life was most definitely not the first attempt to bring users together in a 3-D interactive environment.. In fact, I met with companies from North Carolina, Israel, and Japan between 1999 and 2002 that, quite frankly, ...
Corner the Market - http://cornerthemarket.net

Saving Ourselves, Saving Others

2008-02-11T20:47:00.005-08:00

Saving Ourselves, Saving Others
By admin
Following this passage is a collection of poems that reflect this message. I have chosen two of them to share with you this morning. The first captures the nature of our work in the world, and second expresses the shift in our notion of ...
Second Unitarian Church Chicago - http://www.secondunitarian.org/

starlite_saves @ 2008-02-11T20:13:00

2008-02-11T20:47:00.003-08:00

starlite_saves @ 2008-02-11T20:13:00
By Sarala(Sarala)
have you ever wanted to change for a person, but in the back of your head you knew you just couldn't do it?
The sanctuary. - http://starlite-saves.livejournal.com/

CS Lewis's Great Experiment

2008-02-11T20:47:00.001-08:00

CS Lewis's Great Experiment
By admin
By contrast, modern critics have succeeded not only in discouraging “primary experience' in readers, inadvertently they have inspired a new brand of poetry that “involves the unmaking of your mind, the abandonment of all the logical and ...
Further Up & Further In - http://www.pseudobook.com/cslewis/blog

Art Is 2008

2008-02-11T19:33:00.003-08:00

Art Is 2008
By Susan Tuttle(Susan Tuttle)
I wanted to invite you to visit the Art Is 2008 site - a wonderful mixed media art retreat that will take place in Cromwell, CT in October 2008. I am honored to be teaching at this event, along with some fabulous artists that I think ...
Ilka's Attic--Mixed Media Artist... - http://ilkasattic.blogspot.com/

Saturday Night's Main Event #13 (11.87)

2008-02-11T19:33:00.001-08:00

Saturday Night's Main Event #13 (11.87)
By wcwrules4lyf
He puts Savage up in the tree of woe and kicks him REAL good in the ribs. Once Savage gets loose, Bret gives Savage a Piledriver for 1, 2, NO! Bret whips Savage into the corner and charges, but Savage moves out of the way. ...
The Powerdriver Review - http://wcwrules4lyf.wordpress.com

Christ's Two Kingdoms Administered

2008-02-11T19:32:00.001-08:00

Christ's Two Kingdoms Administered
By W.H. Chellis
1:22).' Christ, as mediator between God and man, reigns over all things in heaven and earth. He is King of Kings and Lord of Lords. Nature obeys His royal command. Providence unfolds providence only by His sovereign leave. ...
De Regno Christi - http://deregnochristi.org

Blake Fleetwood: Exclusive: Abortion Issue is a "No Brainer ...

2008-02-11T17:46:00.005-08:00

Blake Fleetwood: Exclusive: Abortion Issue is a "No Brainer ...
By Blake Fleetwood(webmaster@huffingtonpost.com)
The moral issues of the war in Iraq and the economy are becoming more important. "Right now... the Reagan Democrat, they're going Democrat. Health care, education, human rights - these issues are so compelling in this election," said Mr ...
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com - http://www.huffingtonpost.com/raw_feed_index.rdf