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Posted in 10 December 2008
F. J. Haydn : The Seven Last Words - The Lindsays - 1993.Eac / ape (img + cue) / wav.Recovery : 3%.Total rar size : CD / Covers / Full Booklet : 274 MB / 3 parts.Total playing-time : 70',32 .Included : Full Covers, Full Booklet, CDs all in 300 dpi.Reviews : Reviewed: Gramophone 6/1993 I have avoided this music ever since I heard a poor performance, complete with several sermons, as a small boy. From that time, Haydn's Seven Last Words has always been associated in my mind with the long [...]
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Posted in 21 November 2008
So no bull about it being cold out and you can't get up for your walk."BORN INTO poverty on a north Florida tobaccofarm in 1961, Carl Joseph didn't stand much of achance in life, even if he'd had a left leg. But throughstrength in God and unyielding perseverance, he led not only a normal ife, but an extraordinary one. The fourth of 10 kids in a single-mom household, he became a star high school varsity athlete, beloved by his small rural hometown of Madison When he removed his bulky pr [...]
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Posted in 06 November 2008
I can’t do it - but I would love to say I hate this guy. From Democratic VP runner to turncoat! I would like to say that I do hate him with a passion, but I just don’t believe in hate. He disgusted me and many, many more who are Democrats. What he did, said is [...]
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Posted in 04 November 2008
Congo has been hit by severe crisis with the rebellious infighting. The Un Secy Gen Mr Ban will hold talks with both Congolese President Joseph Kabila and Rwandan President Paul Kagame.Fighting between government and rebel forces has forced 250,000 people from their homes.Last week's rebel offensive displaced 100,000 civilians.a first UN convoy carrying medical supplies was given safe passage into rebel-held territory, where aid agencies have described the humanitarian situation as dire.
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Posted in 26 October 2008
The following guest post is by Joy Connolly, Associate Professor of Classics at New York University. She is the author of The State of Speech: Rhetoric and Political Thought in Ancient Rome.The advent of Sarah Palin in the electoral landscape presents an interesting case for scholars of classical rhetoric. Palin’s appeal, as the candidate herself has described it in speeches and interviews, lies largely in her persona. At her acceptance of the VP nomination at the GOP convention, she [...]
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Posted in 04 October 2008
Over the last few days, there's been a lot of focus on who "won" the debates. We've had spirited discussion on our posts and in the comments threads. We've covered pundits' perceptions and post-debate polls.Now that we're halfway through the debates, particularly after Biden/Palin, I've been thinking about the process of choosing a "winner." When I coached and participated in debate, this was a relatively easily task: the judge decided, and that was the final say.When I judged debate, [...]
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Posted in 03 October 2008
The New York Times: “It was not a tipping point for the embattled Republican presidential ticket, the bad night that many Republicans had feared. But neither did it constitute the turning point the McCain campaign was looking for.” The Wall Street Journal: "A confident, folksy Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin attacked the Democratic presidential ticket Thursday over tax hikes and partisanship, holding her own against her vice-presidential rival, Delaware Sen. Joe Biden."USA Today: “The guess h [...]
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Posted in 02 October 2008
The following is a guest post by Professor Joel Goldstein of the Saint Louis University School of Law.Senator John McCain will not, of course, be on stage at the vice-presidential debate but in a very real sense the debate is as much about him as about anyone or anything else. The event constitutes a reckoning of sorts for him. Voters will be observing and judging the performance of Governor Sarah Palin but the conclusions they reach will and should shape their assessment of Senat [...]
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Posted in 02 October 2008
* Biden Press Secretary David Wade continues trying to raise expectations for Palin, declaring: “This Cicero of the Snow delivers these jabs with a smile. She comes from broadcast journalism and she shouldn't be underestimated." That’s the first Cicero reference since Matthew Dowd’s expectation game go-around in 2004.* Missouri Sen. Claire McCaskill takes the lead in trying to lower expectations for Biden, telling the Washington Post: “"My friend Joe Biden has a tendency to talk forev [...]
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Posted in 30 September 2008
As Biden and Palin prepare for the upcoming debate, here’s a quick roundup of advice being offered for the upcoming debate: For Biden: * The Presidential Debate Blog: "Memo to Biden: Attack McCain” * Five Thirty Eight: “Memo to Joe Biden: Let Palin Talk.” * Dahlia Lithwick: “Pretend she’s a man.” For Palin: * Stuart Stevens: “[P]lay back Biden's own critical, dismissive words about Obama from the primary season." * Tom Delay: “Be yourself. Speak from the heart.” * Bill Kristol [...]
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Posted in 29 September 2008
The L.A. Times Blog has an interesting piece up about how the Democrats have lowered Palin's expectations so low that they may propel her to victory: "The upcoming downside for the Obama-Biden campaign is that its supporters became so flustered over Palin's surprisingly explosive popularity coming out of the GOP convention. They have so successfully mocked, derided and lowered expectations for Palin in Thursday night's VP debate that if she doesn't drool or speak in tongues, many milli [...]
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