Archive for August 4th, 2007
Posted on August 4th, 2007
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A status check of Indian economic growth as free market prevails Kotak Securities, voted to be the best broker of India in couple of subsequent years, sent me a notice few weeks back that our trading account is being closed due to lack of documentary evidence. It further went on to state that there exists […]
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Posted on August 4th, 2007
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SOS Neneh Macdowl Gaye Secretly sneaks into Jammeh’s Hotel room during Overseas trips-says FJC FJC secret relationship with Justice Paul Exposed!! FJC and Justice Paul’s Conspiracy to jail late Deyda Hydara unveiled!! Speaker Fatou Jahumpa Ceesay has been smearing the image of Information Minister Neneh Macdowl Gaye for sometime now. Thanks to FJC, I was […]
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(Courtesy of Flickr) Only the photographer knows who is behind the mask. No one’s identity is safe these days. It’s just been reported that a lot of celebrity types, including Paris Hilton have had their identities jacked (stolen). Tampa Bay’s 10.com reports: Investigators busted a massive identity theft ring allegedly operating out of a row […]
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Many of those recovered from the Titanic were laid to rest without names. One of the more poignant stories is that of an unknown baby who was found and laid to rest in Halifax Canada. The child was one of some 150 Titanic victims buried in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. For decades, the boy was […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard, which celebrated it’s 217th birthday last Saturday, has saved 1,109,310 lives since 1790, according to a recent review of official records. Originally founded by Alexander Hamilton as ten boats to stop smuggling, it has expanded it’s task to include search and rescue on all waterways. However, like the story of other […]
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The Double Door was packed Thursday night with an audience eagerly anticipating a good show. The iconic live music venue, immortalized by Jack Black in High Fidelity, was abuzz with hipsters, frat-types, and good old music snobs alike, all waiting for the same band. And wait they did. With the doors opening at nine, and […]
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  Playing your sport is the way men and women add physical grace and power to intellectual pursuits, business and their family in rounding out a life. Many people define themselves by their recreation rather than their family or work. Others sacrifice economic health to pursue their sport. We urge our youth to play […]
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This week the Democrats turned their radio address over to Paula Hall who is a child care provider in Spokane, Washington. Mrs. Hall talked about her and her family’s experiences with the nation’s health insurance system, and the Democratic led Congress’s accomplishments.
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Posted on August 4th, 2007
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Janice and Mark Perkins seem like the nice people you only read about. Their new children’s book, Ladybug Baby Bug, is dedicated to their grandsons, their inspiration for writing a kid’s book in the first place. And a large portion of the book’s profits have been earmarked for charity: The Mid-Ohio Foodbank, to be specific, “as a […]
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Posted on August 4th, 2007
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In the rough and tumble world of Ian Rankin’s bestselling Inspector Rebus crime thrillers, the hardworking detective has witnessed a lot, and not only lived to tell the tales, but lived to solve the crimes. Who better to portray the iconic detective than native Scotsman (actually born in Edinburgh like John Rebus himself) Ken Stott? With Stott’s long […]
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Posted on August 4th, 2007
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In his book Revitalizing America, Donald L. Cleveland sets out to tackle an ambitious project. He not only points out many things that are wrong with the United States political system, but he also proposes how to fix it.
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By Shimon Z. Klein Nearly sixty years have passed since the establishment of Israel. Surely enough time has passed whereby one can review the history of Israel’s establishment and examine new sources of information in an objective and honest way. This is very important in order to gain a better understanding of the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict […]
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The American people have once again graciously conceded to allow their hard-working public servants in Congress a well-deserved summer break, this year extending from August 6 to September 3 (Sept 6 for the Senate.) What, after eight months of nose-to-the-grindstone legislating and rigorous protection of the Constitution, the Fighting 110th deserves a good four-five weeks […]
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(Courtesy of Flickr) A new report issued by the Treasury Department’s inspector general reveals that too many IRS employees compromised their user ID and password to an unknown person, who was actually a government auditor posing as a help desk employee. Sixty percent of the IRS employees fell for the social engineering trick, sometimes referred […]
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From The Gathering Storm Blog So you think destroying books is just an old Nazi tactic. Well, guess again. It’s happening today in England. Cambridge University Press has agreed to destroy all unsold copies of a 2006 book by two American authors, “Alms for Jihad,” following a libel action brought against it in England, the […]
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Posted on August 4th, 2007
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Ran into a pretty sad story, where it was reported that two Baltimore correctional officers were caught stealing credit cards from inmates they were processing into jail. John-John Williams IV of the Baltimore Sun reports: Two corrections officers from the Central Booking and Intake Center were arrested yesterday and charged with stealing credit cards of […]
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Slate is no tool of the “vast right wing conspiracy,” for sure (and neither is its parent company the Washington Post), so it is pretty amazing to see a Slate contributor take his fellow liberal journalists to task in so stark a manner. But, for once, Slate is dead right on this one, folks. The […]
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On Thursday, Jim Bob, 42, and Michelle Duggar, 40, gave birth to their 17th child. Jennifer Danielle was born at 10:01 a.m. at Saint Mary’s Hospital in Rogers, Arkansas by VBAC, or vaginal birth after Caesarean. Michelle Duggar began feeling contractions Wednesday night and went to the hospital at 5 a.m. on Thursday. Within 30 […]
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In every disaster there are always an endless number of stories to tell. Those who survived the collapse of the Interstate 35 W bridge in Minneapolis on Wednesday are now contributors to the hundreds of stories that will be related to the media, the public, and to loved ones for years to come. Some of […]
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Chauncey Bailey, the new editor of the Oakland Post, was shot dead on Thursday near a downtown courthouse. The shooting took place before 7:30 a.m. on 14th street on Bailey’s way to work. According to witnesses, a lone, masked gunman dressed in dark clothing approached the editor, shot him in the back and head, and […]
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OK, I’ll translate all of that using my not very good English grammar school German, the band’s name translates to Collapsing Buildings, and their album is Palace of the Republic. Prog rock is alive and well in Europe, and this band is living proof. What I like about Einstuerzende Neubauten is that they are gutsy […]
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Posted on August 4th, 2007
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Sometime in the early 1960s, as I recall, U.S. Steel and lesser American steel production companies hit a brick wall when they could no longer produce steel at prices competitive with the recovered European companies that had modernized their plants as they had rebuilt them after WW2. Why had our U.S. producers — starting with […]
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Posted on August 4th, 2007
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Talk about deterrents. Showing zero tolerance for some of the more colorful inhabitants who insist upon haunting the deep and dark recesses of Berlin’s massive subway system (loonies, bag ladies, undercover ticket control personnel etc.), the BVG has announced that it will begin pumping in unhealthy amounts of classical music and Italian operettas underground in […]
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