Nov 20, 2009 -
There are three new photo contests on Lenzr.com for the months of October and December 2009 !
Photographers look sharp - there's something for everyone to focus on here.
Medicinal Plants in Nature celebrates botanical photography and hopes to collect images of natural medicine growing wild in the great outdoors.
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Nov 12, 2009 -
Last weekend I decided to go to the movies alone. Just me, a small bag of popcorn, and a movie I've been dying to see. A movie that was then interrupted by a ringing cell phone.
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Nov 09, 2009 -
I thought this would be an interesting tie in from Tulipe's earlier post.
On the night of Nov. 9, 1989, the Berlin Wall — the stark, menacing symbol of the Cold War — came crashing down, suddenly and dramatically.
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Nov 09, 2009 -
Health reformers prepare for Senate hurdle
By Edward Luce in Washington
Published: November 8 2009 20:19 | Last updated: November 8 2009 20:19
The first thing Barack Obama did late on Saturday night following the passage of the healthcare bill in the House of Representatives was to phone the heads of three industry lobby groups to thank them for their support. Not included on the list was the largest insurance lobby group, American Health Insurance Plans, which doggedly continues to oppose Democratic reform efforts.
Amid all the late night celebrations after the razor-thin 220-215 vote for the bill, Karen Ignagni, head of AHIP, warned that it would be a much tougher battle to push reform through the Senate in the weeks ahead.
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Nov 07, 2009 -
On a balmy autumn day in Vancouver, a young man is longing for a walk outside in the sunshine, and deciding against it. Far easier for him to stay in his hotel room, cocooned in five-star luxury with a mobile phone that has run out of charge, safe at least from the girls chanting his name outside. Robert Pattinson, 23 and from Barnes in southwest London, ought still to be one of Hollywood’s beautiful dreamers, moving up the ranks of movie acting, enjoying his American adventure, his guitar, his good looks.
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Oct 27, 2009 -
LONDON — What do Amy Winehouse's flaming beehive and Guy Ritchie's self-inflicted black eye have in common?
Both stories appeared in the pages of Britain's tabloid press. Neither is true.
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Feb 20, 2007 -
My first celebrity crush and Oscar nominee Leo DiCaprio will be rocking the trendy Samsung Black Carbon Phone this Sunday at the awards ceremony, reports People. The Black Carbon cell is part of Samsung’s Ultra Edition line and said to be one of the "thinnest, slimmest sliders in the world."
The Blood Diamond star stopped by Kitson Men on Jan.
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Oct 13, 2009 -
OSLO – Members of the Norwegian committee that gave Barack Obama the Nobel Peace Prize are strongly defending their choice against a storm of criticism that the award was premature and a potential liability for the U.S. president.
Asked to comment on the uproar following Friday's announcement, four members of the five-seat panel told The Associated Press that they had expected the decision to generate both surprise and criticism.
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Jul 03, 2009 -
Actually it wasn't "my" phone call, but kaleb's (from Twilightguy.com) phone call. Lucky guy! Ahh, so jealous!
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Oct 09, 2009 -
I really want two of these wee piggies. I will name one bacon and the other sausage. ;)
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/6267381/Micro-pigs-with-a-hefty-price-tag.html
The pets, which grow to be just 14in tall, have become so popular that they are now almost impossible to get hold of in Britain.
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