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War In Afghanistan Daily News - December 4, 2008

Coalition, Afghan Forces Kill 10, Detain SevenAmerican Forces Press Service WASHINGTON, Dec. 3, 2008 – Afghan and coalition troops today detained three militants in Afghanistan’s westernmost province, a day after troops killed 10 and detained four others in separate battles with insurgents, military officials reported. In today’s operation, three men were detained in the Shindand district of Herat province near the Iranian border. Afghan army commandos, assisted by coalition troops

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The wife can be such a pain in the neck…

You know that neck pain you wake up with every so often? If you are shaking your head no you’re either a liar or you’re Chuck Norris. I’m fairly certain it happens to all of us from time to time but yesterday morning was different. About 3 am Helmey woke up because he had been stabbed in the neck. I quickly realized that I hadn’t actually been impaled but it sure felt as though Plaxico had shot me by mistake. Any head movement whatsoever sent shockwaves of debilitating pain throughout Helmey. B

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Edythe Maa aka Jade Vixen, David Krieg And Lawyer Anthony Ottaviano

Whoa! A New York lawyer from a powerful firm, a former Penn grad student "Mistress" and an overly-tattooed body buildercomplete with multiple pics I discovered on MySpace. Tragic, as it ended in a murder suicide, but the Madame lives to play another day. An attorney at one of the city's most prestigious law firms - who had a secret passion for S&M - was shot to death by a rival for the affections of a brilliant Ivy League stunner who moonlights as a dominatrix, police sources said yeste

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Sundance Watch: Line-Up Announced

Todd McCarthy talks to Sundance Film fest director Geoff Gilmore about the Sundance 2009 competition feature, documentary and world cinema line-ups. One can only hope that given the current economic climate, last year reps the attendance peak of a fest that desperately needs to scale back anyway; if a lot of companies and folks can't make it this year, I'm going to be greedy and selfish and say, "all the more for us!" Even during the frantic party swag-hog years, it was always possible to tun

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Sundace Line-up Announced

The “old” year isn’t closed yet but we’re about to jump into a new cycle of film viewing and Sundance has announced their 2009 line-up of films, a handful of which we’ll get to see in the new year with a peppering of a few more that will likely end up on some shelf somewhere. My first thought checking out the list is that there’s nothing all that outstanding in the dramatic competitions though there are some great sounding documentaries. A few that did catch my attention: John Hindman’s Arl

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2009 Sundance Film Festival Line-up Revealed

I am heading out the door and have no time to really dig into this, but here is the line-up for next year’s 2009 Sundance Film Festival as reported by Variety. DRAMATIC COMPETITION Adam, directed and written by Max Mayer (”Better Living”), about a slightly dysfunctional man’s attempt at a relationship with an alluring new neighbor. Stars Hugh Dancy, Rose Byrne, Peter Gallagher, Amy Irving, Frankie Faison. Amreeka, directed and written by Cherien Dabis, a drama examining the challenges faced

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Sundance Unleashes 2009 Lineup

Posted on 4:13 PM No Comments Labels: sundance 2009 SUNDANCE 2009And. Here. We. Go.No point in opening with an intro... here's the list of 64 feature films and documentaries that were lucky enough to be accepted into the 2009 Sundance Film Festival.Although, I should mention 3 films that immediately caught my attention after initially browsing the entire list: 1. Lee Daniels' adaptation of the novel titled Push by Sapphire. A friend gave me the novel to read months ago, but I couldn't get t

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At the grand age of 127 (that's 27 in human years), is Mischief the world's oldest cat?

Maybe he's not very curious. Or perhaps he had more than nine lives. Whatever the reason, at the age of 27, Mischief is one old cat. A whisker away from officially entering the record books as the UK's longest living domestic feline.

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Some Layouts

I have had sooo many great kits to work with lately, from Carjazi Scraps, Designs by Mel, Sweet Digi Scraps, and others. I want to share with you a few of my recent favorites! If you want to see more, you can go to my scrapbook set at flickr, or click on the link above (or to the right) that says “My Layouts” for a slideshow! Credits: Nine Lives by Designs by Mel Credits: Snow Bunny by Sweet Digi Scraps Credits: Fresh Snow by Sweet Digi Scraps and Randi Oh (and inspiration from a template b

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Kawther Salam - Correction to the Speech in Favor of Israel by Ban Ki-moon

During the event commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians, which I attended at the UN in Vienna, a message of UNSG Ban Ki-moon was read by Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, DG of the UN in Vienna. I listened to the message read by Mr. de Costa, and I found that the language used in the speech of SG Ban Ki-moon was not fit for the occasion to the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians. The speech was based on contradicting standards which ignore the UN resol

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Kawther Salam - Correction to the Speech in Favor of Israel by Ban Ki-moon

During the event commemorating the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians, which I attended at the UN in Vienna, a message of UNSG Ban Ki-moon was read by Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, DG of the UN in Vienna. I listened to the message read by Mr. de Costa, and I found that the language used in the speech of SG Ban Ki-moon was not fit for the occasion to the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinians. The speech was based on contradicting standards which ignore the UN res

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Aging in Place: Home Monitoring Technology

I admit that I am a bit of a nerd; I find survey data very interesting. It’s especially intriguing when it exposes trends that are both counterintuitive and actionable. So it is with two studies that I tackle the questions of senior and caregiver readiness to use home monitoring technology that can help seniors age in place and stay in their homes longer. The first study is the 2008 AARP Healthy@Home survey of 907 seniors age 65+ and 1,023 family caregivers. The core questions that were add

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Wilson backs Green and Wenger to shine

Arsenal legend Bob Wilson was in Canary Wharf last week to promote his new book The Beautiful Game. The Wharf caught up with the former goalkeeper to discuss Ashley Cole's last day at Arsenal, England's goalkeeping woes, and the legacy he created out of tragedy. West Ham???s Rob Green was backed by a fellow member of the goalkeeping union who visited Canary Wharf last week. Bob Wilson, who kept goal in Arsenal???s double-winning season in 1971, believes Green has had the rough end of the st

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Take Them At Their Word Before It’s Too Late.

They hate us and plan to kill us–not only because their terrorist leaders by proxy have brainwashed them but because the Qu’ran commands them to do so. Muslim fanatics are therefore planning and leading attacks on civilians, including other Muslims, on every continent. When challenged, both their Islamist and politically correct Western supporters counter with: America and Israel have invaded Muslim holy lands, killed women and babies, and now, the “militants, gunmen, attackers, freedom fight

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Squatters and Foreclosure: Who Lives Here?

Possession, they say, is nine-tenths of the law. Unfortunately, when the remaining tenth is a mortgage, both homeowners and renters can find themselves evicted as part of the foreclosure process. Results of an email survey of community and state homeless coalitions conducted by the National Coalition for the Homeless indicate that nearly 61 percent of respondents were already seeing an increase in homelessness before April 2008 when the report was published. More than 37 percent of those respo

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Absolutely Fabulous Homemade Bread (Organic Recipe)

From Jeff Cox This recipe is a consolidation of several recipes, but I owe the greatest debt to Edward Behr, who writes, illustrates, and publishes what’s possibly the finest newsletter on food in the country, “The Art of Eating.” It’s a quarterly that costs $48 a year and is well worth it. (You can subscribe by writing to Box 242, Peacham, Vermont 05862.) Ed’s Winter, 1994, issue entitled, “A Well-Crafted White Loaf” got me going in all the right directions. I experimented with the recipe

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Wilson backs Green and Wenger to shine

Arsenal legend Bob Wilson was in Canary Wharf last week to promote his new book The Beautiful Game. The Wharf caught up with the former goalkeeper to discuss Ashley Cole's last day at Arsenal, England's goalkeeping woes, and the legacy he created out of tragedy. West Ham’s Rob Green was backed by a fellow member of the goalkeeping union who visited Canary Wharf last week. Bob Wilson, who kept goal in Arsenal’s double-winning season in 1971, believes Green has had the rough end of the stick

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U.K. Gets Tough on Welfare Including Labor Punishment’s

Single parents and those on sickness benefits will also have part of their weekly payments stopped for not keeping to a promise that they will make themselves ready for work. The tough sanctions have been put forward by a UK Government adviser and could be adopted by ministers as part of a new regime to end Britain’s culture of benefits dependency. Currently 2.6 million people claim Incapacity Benefit, with a further 900,000 on Jobseeker’s Allowance and 750,000 lone parents receiving Income S

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STAND Fast

It’s hard to believe that the day has arrived but indeed, it has. STAND Fast. A day when people all over the world will be giving up luxury items and donating the money they saved. For HP fans, please give it here. Three dollars will protect one Darfuri woman from being raped for a month. Five dollars will protect a whole family in Eastern Burma. What better way to celebrate Beedle the Bard coming out tomorrow than by participating an event as part of a Dumbledore’s Army for the real world?! Fo

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NFL Power Rankings - Week 14

1. New York Giants (11-1) Previous Rank: 1 The biggest problem facing New York in the coming weeks looks to be distractions. With off-the-field issues drawing what can be considered a media circus around the Giants’ organization, this team will need to remain focused if they plan to repeat as champions. A win against Philly this weekend could put everything at ease however, allowing New York the final two or three weeks to get everything sorted out. Next Game: vs. PHI (No. 17) 2. Tennessee

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