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Photographs of an elaborate home movie theater designed in the style of Pirates of the Caribbean.
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Imagine this as the entrance to your home movie theater!<br />
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</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-65074910191668457542011-07-05T04:48:00.000-07:002011-07-05T04:48:42.738-07:00Lady Gaga in Taiwan<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">The people are very</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">mad about</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">it.....</span></span><br />
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</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-23013569479967364412011-06-24T03:55:00.000-07:002011-06-24T03:57:57.088-07:00The best places to bag a bargain holiday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Fancy a bargain-basement holiday? You asked for it!</h2>
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Using hard stats and thousands of travellers’ reports, we reveal some of the cheapest popular destinations in the world,</div>
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In this age of austerity, pinching the pennies has become an essential
part of planning our next travel jaunt for most of us. With that in mind
the Post Office has released a survey listing some of the cheapest
popular holiday destinations. But with the help of the good people at
Mercer and Expatistan, we've found a few that are even cheaper.<br />
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Mercer, a consultancy, and Expatistan, an expats' website, rank cities
by the prices of dozens of everyday items - from a cup of coffee, pub
meal, theatre tickets and new business shoes to the cost on the ground
of cheese, milk, chicken breast and a Big Mac Meal. The result? A pretty
reliable indicator of the impact each city will have on your travel
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Here's our selection, backed by a wealth of travellers'
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Bucharest, Romania</h3>
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Mexico City, Mexico</h3>
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New Delhi, India</h3>
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Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina</h3>
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Buenos Aires, Argentina</h3>
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Lviv, Ukraine</h3>
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Windhoek, Namibia</h3>
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan</h3>
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Kharkiv, Ukraine</h3>
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Managua, Nicaragua</h3>
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<i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">These</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">street</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">monkeys</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">chained</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">wearing masks</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">on</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">their heads</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">their</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">purpose</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">to entertain</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">tourists</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in Indonesia</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"> But pity</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">they</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">did</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">not cause</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">I do not know</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">whether</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">such a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">sight</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">to call</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">someone</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a smile</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span></i></div>
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<i>The history begins in the tanks during the First World War and has since developed rapidly as the design and the tactics they use, views on who repeatedly changed. Since the end of World War I tanks gradually became widespread in virtually all countries. And sometimes these steel monsters are truly awful.
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<i><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="short_text" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"><a name='more'></a>Concreted</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">T-</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">34</span></span></b></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">In fact</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">this</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">point of the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">gun</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">is only</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">enhancing</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">armor</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">variant</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of the Soviet</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">T-34 tank</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">, which was</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">one</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">main</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">armed with</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the Soviet Union</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">during World War II</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">but</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">it looks</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">like</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">never</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">menacing</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">SAM</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">S-125M «NEWA-S</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">This</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">monstrous</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">armored vehicle</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">an example of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a successful</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">combination of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">anti-aircraft</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">missile system</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">S-</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">125</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">System</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the base</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">T55</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">tank</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">to create a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">powerful</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">mobile</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">SAM system</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">American</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">tank</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">Chrysler TV-</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">8</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">TV-</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">8</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">one of the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">most</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">unusual</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">projects</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the global</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">tank industry</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Designed</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">by</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Chrysler</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">brought</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the customer</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the face</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">TASOM</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in May</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">1955</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">as an option</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">to replace the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">M48</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">tank</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">All</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">units and components</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of the tank</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">including</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">logistics</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">housed</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">huge</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">tower</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">on</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a rocking</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">lightweight</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">crawler</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">there</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">were</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">jobs</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">for all</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">four</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">crew</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">members</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Armament</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">90</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">mm</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">gun</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">tight</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">T208</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Recoilless</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">installation</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">two</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">7,62</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">mm</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">machine gun</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span><br /> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Was</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">built</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">only</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">full-size</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">model of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the machine.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">The project</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">was</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">rejected</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">due to</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the high</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">technical</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">risk</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and a lack of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">decisive</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">advantages over</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">classical</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">tanks</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">...</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Indian</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Tank</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">LVTH6</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">LVTH6</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">belongs to</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a class</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">landing craft</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">but</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">armed with a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">105mm</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">howitzer</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">fire</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Accepted</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">into service</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">210</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">vehicles</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">In 1957,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">many</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">LVTH6</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">were modified</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">LVTH6A1,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">changes are mainly</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">touched on</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the engine</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">exhaust system</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">LVTH6</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">has a very</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">large</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">crew</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">which</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">amounted to</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">7 members:</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">commander,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">gunner</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">loader</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">tower</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">a driver and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">crew commander</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">driving compartment</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and 2</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">feed</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the shells</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">were located</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in the fighting compartment</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">behind</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the tower</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Secret</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">German</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">armored</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">motorcycle</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Type R</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Designed to detect and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">sweeping</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">mines laid</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">on</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">roads</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">covered with asphalt.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Consists of a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">chassis</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of the T</span><span class="atn" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">54</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">mounted with a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">turbojet</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">engine</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">VC</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">-1</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Weight of this</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">monster</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of about</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">37</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">tons.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Gruson 5.3cm L/24 Fahrpanzer</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Mobile</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">artillery</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">point</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Gruson</span><br /> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">The scheme</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">artelleriyskoy</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">point</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Gruson</span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Mobile</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">gun</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">point</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">from Germany</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Serial</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">production</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">was started</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">1890</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">The main</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">task</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">-</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">placing</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">on the border</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in addition</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">to</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">ukrep.tochkam</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Before</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the First World</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">has sold</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">several</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">units</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in Greece</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Mobility</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">(</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">ie</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">supply</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">to a point</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">)</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">due to</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">horse</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">traction</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, or</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">on rails</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">The firing</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">point</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">is equipped with</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">53mm</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">cannon</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">shooting</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">1,75 kg</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">shells</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">has a</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">weight</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of 3 tons</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Italian</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">self-propelled</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">gun</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of the First World</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">The tank</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">was</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">made</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">by</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">"Fisher Company",</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">its</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">design</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">basis</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">M4A2.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">«Mine Eploder»</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">T10</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">was tested</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in June</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">1944</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Aberdeen</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">, the State of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Maryland</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">This</span> <span class="hps atn" title="Click for alternate translations">"</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">roller</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">War</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">was originally</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">made</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">for the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">removal of minefields,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">belongs to the category</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of so-called</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">medium tanks</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span><br /><br /> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Tracked</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">vehicle</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Besta</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">,</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Model</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">1975</span></b></span></span></i></div>
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<i><span class="" id="result_box" lang="en"><span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">This</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">unique</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">military</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">machine</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">was</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">built</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">1917</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">by some</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">American</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">citizen</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">by the name of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Best</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">U.S.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Army</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Command</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">commented very positively</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">about</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">the tank</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">weighs only</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">15 tons</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">in the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">process of</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">testing</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">and</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">this</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">machine</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">was adopted by the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">U.S.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">Army</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">that same</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">year</span><span class="" title="Click for alternate translations">.</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">In the</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">month</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">was about</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">50</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">of these</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">armored vehicles</span> <span class="hps" title="Click for alternate translations">for the army</span><span title="Click for alternate translations">.</span></span></i></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-10323380164609995022011-06-02T02:37:00.000-07:002011-06-02T02:37:43.664-07:00Music's worst cover versions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>From Miley Cyrus covering Nirvana to Matthew Morrison covering Sisqo, we look at original songs that never should have been remade...
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<i> You know those untouchable classic songs, like Nirvana's "Smells Like
Teen Spirit" and Madonna's "Papa Don't Preach?" Well, they've been
touched... besmirched actually by a growing number of pop stars who
think they have the vocal and emotional maturity to handle such weighty
material. Excuse us if we're getting a little high falootin', but we
can't believe someone gave the green light to Avril Lavigne's cover of a
Bob Dylan song! Find out who else we can't believe butchered classic
material in our rundown of music's worst cover verisions.</i><br />
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<i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Miley Cyrus "Smells Like Teen Spirit"</span></i></h1>
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<i>Little Miss Cyrus is a classic case of a child star trying to shake off
her sickly-sweet image and slip into something a little more
uncomfortable. Her pretty floral dresses have been replaced with
Rihanna-inspired leather chaps, her dancing has become noticeably more
risqué and, instead of singing teeny-bop tunes, she's covering iconic
rock songs. Miley Cyrus covered Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on
her recent tour -- smells more like a bad cover to us...</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Matthew Morrison "Thong Song"</i></span></h1>
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<i>We're the first to admit that we're closet Gleeks -- catch us driving
home from a hard day's work and you're likely to hear "Glee"'s cover of
"Don't Stop Believin'" booming proudly from our speakers. But, despite
their talent for belting out creative covers, the "Glee" crew doesn't
always get it right. Seeing Matthew Morrison perform Sisqó's "Thong
Song" on the show was one of the most cringeworthy, yet hilarious music
moments ever.</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Britney Spears "I Love Rock 'n' Roll"</i></span></h1>
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<i>Back in the day, we thought Britney Spears loved anything pink, sparkly
and girly, so she surprised everyone when she decided to tell the world
that, despite her pop back-catalogue, she actually loved rock 'n'
roll... Britney covered "I Love Rock 'n' Roll," which was made famous by
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts in 1982 and, despite her best attempts
to writhe around in leather on top of a motorbike in her music video,
Britney was about as much of a rocker as Marilyn Manson is a Sunday
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Jessica Simpson "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'"</i></span></h1>
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<i>It seems that Jessica Simpson wanted an excuse to strut around in
ridiculously short denim hot pants and cowboy boots so, naturally, she
decided to cover Nancy Sinatra's "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'." Not
only did the cover stink like well-walked-in cowboy boots, but the
music video managed to undo all of the hard work that feminists have
done for women throughout the last hundred years in just three
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Kelly Osbourne "Papa Don't Preach"</i></span></h1>
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<i>Before she was dipped in super-shiny L.A. paint, Kelly Osbourne fancied
herself as a bit of a rock star. Donning a grungy style and an
angst-filled attitude to match, she covered Madonna's "Papa Don't
Preach." The verdict? Kelly Don't Sing...</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Ozzy and Kelly Osbourne "Changes"</i></span></h1>
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<i>What unites a lot of the artists responsible for cover version crimes is
a lack of self-awareness. Once you've opened up your dysfunctional
family life to the reality TV cameras it's probably hard to judge when
you've gone too far. For example, you might not realize that destroying
Black Sabbath's 1972 masterpiece "Changes," by rewriting it and
re-recording it as a soppy duet with your daughter, might be a bad idea.
If you've not heard it, imagine two stray dogs howling at a karaoke
machine.</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Celine Dion "You Shook Me All Night Long"</i></span></h1>
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<i>We're sure many great cover versions have emerged simply because the
artist in question was crazy enough to take a risk. However, such
questionable sanity has also been responsible for some of music's most
heinous crimes. No one, we repeat, absolutely no one ever wondered what
Canadian "Titanic" warbler Celine Dion would sound like singing AC/DC.
Except, it seems, Celine herself.</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Avril Lavigne "Knockin' On Heaven's Door"</i></span></h1>
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<i>Bob Dylan's "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" was written for the soundtrack
of the brutal 1973 western "Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid." The words
reflect the dying thoughts of a once ruthless deputy sheriff. Who better
to interpret such an iconic and unambiguous classic than
pre-packaged-punk popster Avril Lavigne? The Canadian purveyor of smudge
eyeliner and artificial angst performed the song regularly on her Try
To Shut Me Up Tour. We tried. We really tried.</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Boyz II Men "Back For Good"</i></span></h1>
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<i>Another important rule when tackling a much-loved song is making sure
that you, erm, actually know the song you're singing. We're pretty sure
U.S. soul giants Boyz II Men can't have actually heard Take That's 1995
classic "Back For Good." If they had, this horrendous cover from last
year's "Love" album might have in some way resembled the original tune.
We've heard the demo version featuring Girls Aloud's Nadine Coyle and it
sounds like an attempt to break the world record for singing as many
unpleasant notes as possible.</i><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i>Limp Bizkit "Faith"</i></span></h1>
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<i>Limp Bizkit covered George Michael's "Faith," on their 1997 album "Three
Dollar Bill, Yall$." Ah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Hee hee hee hee hee hee! Oh dear. No, but seriously, Fred Durst and his
band of bearded, backwards cap wearing, overgrown skate punks... no,
sorry, it's no good. Ah ha ha ha ha ha. Limp Bizkit covering George
Michael! Snrk, pssst, guffaw, hrnk... Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.</i></div>
</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-10494690498187993202011-06-01T13:31:00.000-07:002011-06-01T13:31:22.505-07:00Jonas Bevacqua Lrg<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>The 34-year-old
co-founder and creative director of LRG, a clothing company based in
Orange County, was found dead in his home, according to the OC
Register. Jonas Bevacqua's death appears to not be suspicious, however
the cause of death has yet to be determined.<a href="" name="more"></a></i> <a name='more'></a>
<i>Bevacqua founded Lifted Research Group (LRG), in 1999 with Robert
Wright. The urban clothing company rose to prominence in the mid-2000s,
with their clothing being worn by high-profile celebs. LRG was named to
the #5 spot in Entrepreneur's 2008 "Hot 500" list of fast-growing
companies.</i><br />
<i>A statement issued by LRG hails Bevacqua as a "visionary" and "a star
who burned brightly in the sky and who is gone too soon."</i><br />
<i>Bevacqua grew up in Long beach, but moved to Laguna Beach with his
parents in high school. His family is described by the Register as "a
veritable melting pot," because Bevacqua is an American-born Vietnamese
who was adopted into a family of six other adoptees and one biological
sibling, all of various races. "One message LRG revisits from time to
time holds particular personal meaning to Bevacqua. Adopt Children, Not
Style."</i></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-24731274705533419972011-06-01T13:30:00.000-07:002011-06-01T13:30:25.343-07:00Obama & Medal of Honor<div class="cover">
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<i> President Barack
Obama will award the Medal of Honor to an Army sergeant who lost his
hand in Afghanistan when he tried to toss an enemy grenade away from
himself and two colleagues.<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/post-create.do" name="more"></a></i><br />
<i>Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry will be the second living,
active-duty service member to receive the nation's highest military
decoration for actions in the Iraq or Afghanistan wars. Last year,
Obama awarded a Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta, also for
actions in Afghanistan.</i><br />
<a name='more'></a><i>Petry was being recognized for courageous actions during combat
operations against an armed enemy in the eastern Afghan province of
Paktia in May 2008, the White House statement said. The 31-year-old
native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, will receive the medal in a ceremony
July 12, a White House statement said Tuesday.</i><br />
<i>"It's very humbling to know that the guys thought that much of me
and my actions that day, to nominate me for that," Petry told the Army
News Service.</i><br />
<i>Officials at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the base south of Seattle in
Washington state where Petry works with injured Rangers returning from
deployment, referred calls to Army headquarters. A spokesman at
headquarters did not immediately return calls seeking comment Tuesday.</i><br />
<i>According to the Army News Service, Petry was serving with the 75th
Ranger Regiment when he was wounded during a rare daylight raid to
capture a high-value target. Petry was clearing the courtyard of a
targeted compound with Pvt. 1st Class Lucas Robinson when they came
under fire.</i><br />
<i>A bullet pierced both of Petry's legs, and he and Robinson took
cover by a chicken coop. As Sgt. Daniel Higgins arrived, a grenade was
thrown from the other side of the coop, landed about 30 feet (nine
meters) away and exploded, wounding Higgins and Robinson.</i><br />
<i>A second grenade landed even closer to the three wounded Rangers —
just a few feet away. Petry grabbed it and tried to toss it away, but
it exploded in his hand.</i><br />
<i>"If not for Staff Sgt. Petry's actions, we would have been seriously
wounded or killed," Higgins later wrote in a report cited by the Army
News Service.</i><br />
<i>Petry placed a tourniquet on his own right arm before reporting that
he had been wounded again and that the firefight was ongoing. Two
other soldiers, Staff Sgt. James Roberts and Spc. Christopher
Gathercole, came to their aid. Gathercole was shot and killed by an
enemy firing from another part of the courtyard; Higgins and Robinson
returned fire and killed him.</i><br />
<i>Petry enlisted in the Army in September 1999, the White House
statement said. He completed multiple combat tours totalling 28 months
of deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. Previous decorations include
two Bronze Stars, a Purple Heart and three Army Commendation Medals.</i></div>
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</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-87194906501172207462011-06-01T13:27:00.001-07:002011-06-01T13:27:59.712-07:00Kevin bacon scheme<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<em>Kevin Bacon admits that ‘Greed is a Curse’. As he did not
understand that why people want a lot of money. <span id="more-3370"></span>The
52 years old actor Kevin Bacon and X-Men star has lost a big part of
his and her 45 years old wife Kyra Sedgwick savings to Bernard
Madoff’s fraud investments before he was jailed for 150 years in 2009
for his fraudulent schemes.<a name='more'></a></em><br />
<em>X-Men star Kevin Bacon would like to play himself in a film about
Bernard Madoff’s fraudulent investment scheme.</em><br />
<em>Robert De Niro is set to play Madoff in a movie adaptation of
the Ponzi scheme but Bacon is keen on playing himself.</em><br />
<em>He said to UK newspaper The Sun: “How great would it be if I
could play myself and make an appearance and get a chance to work with
Bob again?”</em><br />
<em>Speaking about what happened to him and his wife, Bacon added:
“When this happened to us and it was all gone overnight, we said: ‘We
are in this together, we are healthy, our children are healthy and we
can work.’ So don’t feel too sorry for the Bacons.”</em>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-17171550321626791792011-05-29T13:21:00.000-07:002011-05-29T13:22:34.335-07:00May 2011 viral videos<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>This
month's crop of intensely watched Internet videos runs the gamut from
the death announcement of America's public enemy No. 1 to one of the
all-time funniest talking-dog spoofs. Savor and enjoy.</i></div>
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<i><b>Angry nicotine kitten</b></i></div>
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<i><b>Beyoncé surprises students</b></i></div>
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<i>Pop
diva Beyoncé joins a New York City school's students in an exercise
routine to help promote Michelle Obama's fitness campaign aimed at
fighting childhood obesity.</i></div>
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<i><b>Condoleezza Rice guests on '30 Rock'</b></i></div>
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<i>Throughout
the first season of "30 Rock" Jack Donaghy claimed to have dated former
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. She finally appeared on the show
this month and challenged Baldwin to a musical duel.</i></div>
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<i>This dog can't understand why an inanimate object won't throw its stick. But you've got to admire the animal's determination. </i></div>
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<i>Ellen
DeGeneres is famous for pranking people on her comedy talk show. For
Cinco de Mayo, she employed a hidden mariachi band to startle unaware
tourists.</i></div>
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<i><b>High-five for first kiss</b></i></div>
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<i>First kisses don't get any cuter than this! Elliot, 5, and Bowie, 6, become the darlings of millions of YouTube</i> viewers with this very special feel-good moment.</div>
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<i>Comedienne
heavyweights Tina Fey and Amy Poehler spoof a popular reality series
and get their "GTL" on with this late-night host.</i></div>
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<i>Michelle
Obama shakes, shimmies and wobbles as she moves to the groove to
promote her physical fitness campaign. The rapper who sang a song about
the dance style was recently murdered.</i></div>
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<i>Barack
Obama added some animation to what some called his stand-up routine at
the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner when he
spoofed his own birth certificate debate by showing the opening scene
from a Disney classic.</i></div>
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<i>Though
it was all in jest, America's alpha male skewered "The Donald" as the
White House Correspondents' Association dinner audience erupts in
withering laughter.</i></div>
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<i><b>Baseball fans react to bin Laden death</b></i></div>
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<i>In
the City of Brotherly Love, at a game between the Phillies and the New
York Mets, fans reacted strongly to the news that Osama bin Laden had
been killed.</i></div>
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<i>President
Barack Obama proudly informs the nation that after a decade-long
manhunt, al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, who was responsible for the
9/11 attacks, has been found and killed.</i></div>
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<i>Actor
Steve Carell's performance in his final episode of the popular TV
series, "The Office"had people talking. The all-star season finale
included this funny man, the show's creator and an eccentric actor.</i></div>
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<i><b>Ultimate dog tease</b></i></div>
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<i>What's
funnier than a pretentious or nonsensical LOLcat? A sad, hungry and
talking dog, apparently. Some animals don't need humans to do the
talking for them.</i></div>
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<i><b>Cartwheels after royal wedding</b></i></div>
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<i>Gymnastics
are not usually part of the ceremonies at London's Westminster Abbey,
but this priest needed to vent his joy after the recent royal wedding.</i> </div>
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<i>America’s
Must-See Civil War Sites: Washington, D.C.</i></h2>
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<i>One hundred fifty years
ago, the United States was plunging inexorably into the Civil War, in
which more than 600,000 Americans died — almost as many as all other
U.S. wars combined. The war’s sesquicentennial is drawing travelers to
numerous sites around the country that commemorate the conflict; what
follows are a baker’s dozen of the best. There is no more meaningful
place to start — or finish — measuring the weight of America’s worst
war than the beautiful monument to Abraham Lincoln that anchors one
end of the National Mall in Washington, D.C. And to consider Lincoln’s
charge at Gettysburg, which still rings today: “…To be dedicated to
the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus nobly
advanced.”<a href="http://draft.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4558067108428784331&postID=3146627997936412464" name="more"></a></i><br />
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<i>America’s Must-See Civil War Sites: Gettysburg</i></h2>
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<i>This
battlefield in south-central Pennsylvania was the turning point of the
war — specifically, most historians say, when Pickett’s Charge was
turned away at Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863. You can stand at the
very spot today and consider alternative histories had the charge
succeeded; stroll the grounds where Lincoln declaimed his famous
10-sentence speech five months later. (Read the text of the Gettysburg
address.) The battlefield itself and surrounding countryside are
surpassingly lovely and serene, and it’s almost impossible to conceive
the conflagration that took place here.<br />
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<i>America’s Must-See Civil War
Sites: Andersonville, Ga.</i></h2>
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<i>The
Confederacy’s most notorious prison camp housed as many as 45,000
Union troops in southern Georgia; almost one-third died of disease,
malnutrition and exposure in the confine known as Camp Sumter. When
Congress designated it as the Andersonville National Historic Site in
1970, it expanded the scope of the park to honor all American
prisoners of war, in all wars, and to examine POW camps throughout
history. Today as beautiful and peaceful as any pastoral countryside,
it’s a sobering place to reflect on the genesis and meaning of the
Geneva Conventions meant to protect the victims of war.</i></div>
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<i>America’s
Must-See Civil War Sites: Glorieta Pass, N.M.</i></h2>
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<i>The
westernmost battle of the war took place here, 20 miles east of Santa
Fe, in the foothills of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in late March
1862. When Union forces under Col. John Chivington overwhelmed several
Texas regiments, Confederate visions of Western advance ended. The
pine and grassland scene today is a breeze-swept transition between
the High Plains and Southern Rockies. And, yes, the northern commander
was the same John Chivington who led the slaughter of 150 defenseless
Cheyenne Indians at Sand Creek, Colo., in 1864.</i></div>
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<i>America’s
Must-See Civil War Sites: Vicksburg, Miss.</i></h2>
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<i>Vicksburg, with
high bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River, was the key city on the
southern portion of the river. Union forces under Gen. Ulysses Grant
attacked and then besieged the city in May and June 1863. When
Confederate defenders surrendered on July 4, control of the Mississippi
and its vital shipping lanes passed to the North for the remainder of
the war. Standing on those bluffs today, it’s instructive to
recognize the significance of the river, then and now, in American
affairs. The nearby Natchez Trace Parkway is one of America’s most
beautiful drives, a peaceful journey through rolling Mississippi
fields and forests.</i></div>
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<i>America’s
Must-See Civil War Sites: Chattanooga, Tenn.</i></h2>
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<i>The
Tennessee city that lies beneath Lookout Mountain was the focus of some
of the war’s fiercest and most important battles in the fall of 1863.
First came a Confederate victory at Chickamauga in northern Georgia,
then a battle and siege in and around Chattanooga that was eventually
won by Grant that November. The national military park that
encompasses both battlefields is an immense complex, mostly preserved
in its historic configuration, as it was the first U.S. military park
in 1890. Chattanooga is one of the South’s most cosmopolitan urban
centers, with a symphony, theater, a thriving art district, numerous
visitor attractions and a lengthy riverfront trail system.</i></div>
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<i>America’s
Must-See Civil War Sites: New Haven, Conn.</i></h2>
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<i>For more than
three centuries, cargo ships sailed the Atlantic with slaves brought
west from Africa in chains — up to 20 million, some historians
estimate. The U.S. slave trade ended in 1808, despite the continuation
of slavery, but slavers continued to sail. The Amistad America, whose
home port is New Haven, is a reconstruction of a famous slaver
(pictured here docked in nearby Mystic) that was seized by its
captives in a rebellion and captured off Long Island, leading to an
1840 U.S. Supreme Court decision acknowledging their right to be free.
Slavery is alive today in many parts of the world; Hillary Clinton has
made abolishing human trafficking a key tenet of her work as
Secretary of State.</i></div>
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<i>America’s
Must-See Civil War Sites: Manassas, Va.</i></h2>
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<i>The war
began in earnest near Manassas, Virginia, on July 21, 1861, in a
battle whose two names still betray divisions between North and South:
After all this time, it’s called Bull Run in the North, First
Manassas in the South. The Union forces lost, but a far more
meaningful event took place here a half-century later, on July 21,
1911, when veterans of the battle met to shake hands in the Peace
Jubilee. That’s what community leaders in Manassas’ Prince William
County have chosen to re-enact this summer: On July 21, Manassas will
re-create the 1911 Jubilee, and celebrate peace and reconciliation.</i></div>
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<i>America’s
Must-See Civil War Sites: Pea Ridge, Ark.</i></h2>
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<i>Although
most Civil War fighting took place east of the Mississippi River — and
most of that was in Virginia — the battle along a set of hills in
northwestern Arkansas in early March 1862 proved a pivotal moment.
Here, far from the main theater of war, a smaller Union army defeated a
larger Confederate force, thereby assuring that Missouri was a Union
state, and basically ending Southern hopes for success west of the
Mississippi. Set in the foothills of the Ozarks, Pea Ridge
National Military Park is a lovely place to visit in autumn, when the
area’s oak and maple forests are in fall color, and one can hardly
believe a different crimson once covered the ground.</i></div>
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<i>America’s
Must-See Civil War Sites: Harper’s Ferry, W.V.</i></h2>
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<i>Few events
in American history are as bizarre as abolitionist John Brown’s
October 1859 raid on a federal weapons arsenal in this then-Virginia
town on the Potomac River. Brown hoped he would spark a slave revolt
in the South; instead, he was captured — ironically, by Robert E. Lee —
tried and hanged for treason. At his execution he declared: “I John
Brown am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will
never be purged away but by blood.” Visitors today can see the armory
“fort” in which Brown and his raiders tried to hold off federal
troops.</i></div>
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<i>America’s Must-See Civil War
Sites: Huntsville, Texas</i></h2>
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<i>A few
Confederate leaders, including Lee, fought not for slavery but for
their own notions of regional loyalty. What’s far less known is that
some Southern leaders spurned the Confederacy, period. Sam Houston,
former governor of Tennessee, legendary “father” of Texas independence
and two-term Texas president was, in 1861, governor of the Lone Star
State. He opposed secession and refused to swear a Confederate oath of
loyalty. The Texas legislature booted him from office and he died in
figurative exile in 1863. This little-known story of courage is told at
the Sam Houston Memorial Museum in Huntsville, his last hometown, a
pretty, oak-shaded university town halfway between Dallas and the huge
city that now bears his name.</i></div>
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<i>America’s
Must-See Civil War Sites: Cincinnati</i></h2>
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<i>Hundreds
of thousands of black slaves attempted to reach freedom in the North
or, better, Canada, before Lincoln’s 1863 Emancipation Proclamation.
The Underground Railroad was an escape network that operated before
the Civil War, consisting of freedom supporters who helped slaves
reach free states, British territory where slavery had been abolished
or Mexico. The safe houses, tunnels and other secret routes are
explained at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in
Cincinnati, which was one of the network’s key transfer points.</i></div>
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<i>America’s
Must-See Civil War Sites: Chancellorsville, Va.</i></h2>
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<i>Just two
months before the battle at Gettysburg, Confederate forces led by Gen.
Robert E. Lee won a major victory at Chancellorsville, defeating
Union Gen. Joseph Hooker despite superior Northern forces. The peak
day of the battle, May 3, 1863, is often reckoned the second-deadliest
day in the war, and the name Chancellorsville still evokes the awful
horror of battle. Confederate Gen. Stonewall Jackson died here; Hooker
was relieved of command just before Gettysburg; and the Confederate
cause that had seemed riding high after Chancellorsville turned
hopeless just a few months later. Stephen Crane’s famous book, “The
Red Badge of Courage,” is set at Chancellorsville.</i></div>
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<i>America’s
Must-See Civil War Sites: Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia</i></h2>
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<i>Four
years of dreadful conflict finally came to an end in this peaceful
hamlet — little more than a dozen buildings and two streets — in the
Virginia countryside on Palm Sunday, April 9, 1865. At the Appomattox
Courthouse, Gens. Grant and Lee met and negotiated a simple and
compassionate surrender that allowed soldiers on both sides to set
their guns aside and return home. The village rests beneath ancient
oaks and locust trees atop a small hill far from any disturbance,
modern or historic. Visitors today can receive the best souvenir of
Civil War heritage travel, evocative copies of the safe-conduct pass
that Grant’s officers gave Confederate soldiers: “… Permission to go
home, and there remain undisturbed.”</i></div>
</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-67884777586252871302011-05-29T03:10:00.000-07:002011-05-29T03:10:19.406-07:00America's Most Incredible National Parks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>America's
Most Incredible National Parks: Grand Canyon</i></h2>
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<i> The sheer size of
Arizona’s Grand Canyon can overwhelm the senses: It’s 277 river miles
long, up to 18 miles wide and a mile deep. Upon visiting the area in
1903, President Theodore Roosevelt, an avid outdoorsman, advocated for
its protection, saying, “The ages have been at work on it, and man can
only mar it. What you can do is to keep it for your children, your
children's children, and for all who come after you, as one of the
great sights which every American should see.” Grand Canyon National
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks:
Yellowstone</i></h2>
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<i>Yellowstone National
Park became the first national park in the U.S. when it was
established in 1872. Many Americans consider it the quintessential
American national park; its highlights include Old Faithful geyser, hot
springs, the Grand Canyon of Yellowstone, and wildlife such as
grizzlies, wolves, elk and bison. The park, spanning across parts of
Wyoming, Montana and Idaho, boasts about 10,000 hydrothermal features
— half of the ones that exist in the world — among them 300 geysers.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Bryce
Canyon</i></h2>
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<i> Bryce Canyon
National Park in Utah is small by national park standards (56.2 square
miles), but its unique geology is sure to leave an unforgettable
impression. A series of horseshoe-shaped amphitheaters, this area is
proof of the eroding forces of frost and rainwater. The limestone, in
numerous and subtle hues, has been shaped into many spectacular
formations, most famously into spires called hoodoos.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Great
Smoky Mountains</i></h2>
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<i> Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, straddling the state line between Tennessee
and North Carolina, is the most-visited national park in the U.S.,
drawing between 8 million and 10 million visitors each year. In the
seemingly endless wave of forested ridges, travelers find incredible
diversity in plants and animals as well as sublime beauty in views of
waterfalls, wildflowers and wildlife.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Acadia</i></h2>
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<i> Acadia National Park
in Maine became the first national park east of the Mississippi River
when it was established in 1919 under the name Lafayette National Park.
It encompasses seacoast, islands and mountains. Visitors can drive to
the summit of Cadillac Mountain, the highest peak on the U.S. Atlantic
coast at 1,530 feet, or around the 20-mile Park Loop Road, offering
ocean and mountain vistas and sights such as Thunder Hole and Otter
Cliffs. Or, those interested in more active pursuits can check out the
historic carriage road system, built by John D. Rockefeller, which
includes 17 stone bridges that carry cyclists and hikers over streams
and waterfalls, past cliffs and around lakes.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Badlands</i></h2>
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<i> South Dakota’s
Badlands National Park contains the world’s richest fossil beds dating
from the Oligocene epoch (28 million to 37 million years ago), telling
the evolutionary story of mammals such as the horse. The park’s 244,000
acres comprise one of the largest protected mixed-grass prairies in
the U.S., but Badlands is perhaps best-known for the colorful buttes,
pinnacles and spires that have been shaped by erosion.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Big Bend</i></h2>
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<i> Big Bend National
Park in Texas is considered to be three parks in one, with Chisos
Mountains, Rio Grande and Chihuahuan Desert environments providing
immense biological and geologic diversity. Big Bend is part of one of
the largest transboundary protected areas in North America, with more
than 2 million acres of Chihuahuan Desert resources and more than 200
miles of river under the protection of the U.S. and Mexico.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Crater
Lake</i></h2>
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<i> Crater Lake’s quiet
beauty was born in the violence of a volcano that caused Mount Mazama
to collapse nearly 8,000 years ago. The lake, located in southern
Oregon on the crest of the Cascades, is the deepest in the U.S. (1,943
feet), with crystal blue waters reflecting the surrounding sheer
cliffs. Its only water supply is snow, averaging 533 inches a year.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Death
Valley</i></h2>
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<i> Death Valley
National Park stakes a claim as one of the hottest (temperatures
reached 134 degrees Fahrenheit in 1913), driest (no rain was recorded
in 1929) and lowest (Badwater Basin is 282 feet below sea level) places
on Earth. Those who dare can see sand dunes bowing to the wind,
snow-topped mountains and canyons curved by water. The park’s name
belies the fact that more than 1,000 species of plants call it home.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Mount
Rainier</i></h2>
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<i> At 14,410 feet,
Washington’s Mount Rainier is the highest peak in the Cascades, giving
national park visitors access to glaciers, rain forest and mountain
meadows bursting with wildflowers. It’s no wonder an early visitor
exclaimed, “This must be what paradise looks like,” giving name to the
Paradise area of the park and the recently remodeled Paradise Inn.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks:
Everglades</i></h2>
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<i> The River of Grass,
Everglades National Park, Florida, is the largest subtropical
wilderness in the U.S. Only a quarter of the historic Everglades
remains, but within its protection are American crocodiles, Florida
panthers and West Indian manatees, which prowl and wander the mangrove
tunnels, sawgrass prairies and coastlines. Though many people believe
the Everglades to be a swamp, it is technically a river, flowing at the
rate of about a quarter-mile a day.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Glacier
National Park</i></h2>
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<i> Glacier National
Park’s rugged mountains are reflected in its stunning lakes, drawing
visitors to Montana for adventurous hiking or peaceful solitude.
Travelers can choose to drive the Going-to-the-Sun Road, backpack deep
in the wilderness, visit lodges and chalets, learn Native American
stories or simply take in the grandeur of the scenery.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Redwood</i></h2>
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<i> Redwood National Park
in California protects the tallest trees in the world, which draw
visitors’ eyes inexorably upward. Many of the trees tower above 300
feet; one deep in the backcountry was measured at 379 feet in 2006.
Redwood forests teeter on a narrow strip along 450 miles of coastline
from the California/Oregon state line to Monterey Bay. The tree is
considered sacred to the Yurok Tribe, says elder and master canoe
carver Glenn Moore Sr., who adds, in the park’s official visitor’s
guide, “They say a redwood tree has a heart.”</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Rocky
Mountain</i></h2>
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<i> Rocky Mountain
National Park showcases the Colorado mountains for which it’s named.
The park tops out at Longs Peak at 14,259 feet, an elevation that, like
the views, could be considered breathtaking. Within its
416-square-mile wilderness, at least 60 mountains exceed 12,000 feet.
Not only do they muscle into the forefront of any vista, but they also
shoulder delicate alpine flowers and thick forests and provide a home
to a variety of wildlife, including bighorn sheep.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Volcanoes</i></h2>
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<i> With two of the
Earth’s most active volcanoes, Mauna Loa and Kilauea, Volcanoes
National Park <strong xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> </strong>in
Hawaii has an ever-changing landscape. The park begins at sea level and
peaks at the summit of Mauna Loa in rugged, high-altitude wilderness.
Kilauea is more accessible to tourists and can be explored on the
11-mile Crater Rim Drive that circles the summit caldera, passes
through desert and rain forest and crosses the caldera floor. Chain of
Craters Road takes drivers on a steep 3,700-foot descent over 20 miles,
with black-sand beaches to reward them at the bottom.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Yosemite</i></h2>
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<i> Yosemite National
Park in California is best known for its waterfalls, and the Merced and
Tuolumne, federally designated as wild and scenic rivers, begin within
its boundaries. But the 1,200-square-mile park, one of the first
wilderness parks in the U.S., also offers stunning granite cliffs, deep
valleys, peaceful meadows, giant sequoias and a vast wilderness.
Though the park has more than 3.5 million visitors each year, it’s
still easy to find a quiet corner — most tourists concentrate in the
seven-square-mile vicinity of scenic Yosemite Valley.</i><br />
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<i>America's Most Incredible National Parks: Zion</i></h2>
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<i>Etched by rain and
river and colored in part by iron oxide, the narrow canyons and deep
chasms of Utah’s Zion National Park range in hue from red to natural
white. The park’s valley floor is at 4,000 feet elevation, while its
highest points reach nearly 9,000 feet. Pinnacles, domes, arches and
spires strike awe in visitors who take in the view, which is especially
remarkable from the lower elevations.</i></div>
</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-18924114615257452972011-05-29T03:07:00.000-07:002011-05-29T03:07:28.935-07:00Summer 2011 reading picks<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Summer
reading picks</b></span></i></div>
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<i> You could
squander your summer plowing through a pile of trashy paperbacks. You
could spill iced tea or margaritas on their pages and never mind the
damage. But if summer brings you more than your usual quotient of time
to relax, why not delve into books with a little more meat on their
bones? <b> </b></i><br />
<i><b><a href="" name="more"></a></b></i><a name='more'></a>
<i><b>Here are some of summer fiction's best bets</b>.<br />
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<i> <b>‘The Family
Man’</b><br />
Author: Elinor Lipman <br />
<br />
Plot: Lipman's characters are intelligent and urbane, and they do not
behave with incivility, even if their ex-wives have dumped them for
crass, wealthy businessmen. </i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-073lv_1mZgQ/TeICoK_beBI/AAAAAAAAJMk/XZWTk9Vt9uA/s1600/03.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-073lv_1mZgQ/TeICoK_beBI/AAAAAAAAJMk/XZWTk9Vt9uA/s400/03.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div>
<i> <b>‘The Secret
Speech’</b><br />
Author:Tom Rob Smith <br />
<br />
Plot: The sequel to last summer’s “Child 44” follows a security officer
as he struggles to forge a new life with a new job at the Moscow
homicide bureau. </i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IvjJs-G8Bog/TeICoiWjgMI/AAAAAAAAJMo/OKvT85WlEoM/s1600/04.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IvjJs-G8Bog/TeICoiWjgMI/AAAAAAAAJMo/OKvT85WlEoM/s400/04.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div>
<i> <b>‘The Selected
Works of T.S. Spivet’</b><br />
Author: Reif Larsen <br />
<br />
Plot: Raised just north of the appropriately named Divide, Mont., by his
rancher father and scientist mother, the precocious 12-year-old T.S.
is a talented cartographer who dreams of mapping the natural world. </i>
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<i><b> ‘The Way Home’</b><br />
Author: George Pelecanos He wrote for a gritty HBO drama.<br />
<br />
Plot: A generational battle between working-class Thomas Flynn, owner of
a carpet business in Washington, D.C., and his son, Chris, who is more
concerned with the rules of the urban streets than with his future.</i>
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<i> <b>‘Lime Tree
Can't Bear Orange’</b><br />
Author: Amanda Smyth <br />
<br />
Plot: In her debut novel, Smyth paints a vivid portrait of a naive young
girl who learns some hard truths about herself and her family.
Arresting and powerful, it is a shining testament to human resilience.</i>
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<i> <b>‘The Little
Stranger’</b><br />
Author:Sarah Waters <br />
Plot: A satisfyingly retro ghost story with an extraordinarily sharp
dose of psychological terror.</i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T8__G9K27m4/TeICrO3enbI/AAAAAAAAJM4/eK2UGbF0P2Y/s1600/08.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-T8__G9K27m4/TeICrO3enbI/AAAAAAAAJM4/eK2UGbF0P2Y/s400/08.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div>
<i> <b>‘The Signal’</b><br />
Author:Ron Carlson <br />
<br />
Plot: A bittersweet love story and a rousing adventure set in the remote
stretches of the Wind River range of Wyoming, where a couple has
planned their 10th annual backpacking trip.</i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ppouQ76uUMw/TeICrhHz86I/AAAAAAAAJM8/N0fDJ5tBJQo/s1600/09.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ppouQ76uUMw/TeICrhHz86I/AAAAAAAAJM8/N0fDJ5tBJQo/s400/09.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div>
<i> <b>‘Good Things I
Wish You’</b><br />
Author: A. Manette Ansay <br />
<br />
Plot: Freshly divorced Jeanette Hochmann is juggling her teaching job at
a Miami university, raising her 4-year-old daughter and writing a book
on the relationship between 19th century German pianist Clara Schumann
and Johannes Brahms, the protégé of Clara’s husband, Robert.</i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Om3K0IEspEg/TeICsaXTTuI/AAAAAAAAJNA/09lefhk20D8/s1600/10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-Om3K0IEspEg/TeICsaXTTuI/AAAAAAAAJNA/09lefhk20D8/s400/10.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div>
<i> <b>‘Where the
Money Went: Stories’</b><br />
Author: Kevin Canty <br />
<br />
Plot: The college boy still reeling from having almost killed his
brother; the married drinker who realizes that his new sobriety demands a
big change in his life; the father who realizes he can't protect his
4-year-old son.</i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vvkqZGh02oU/TeICs43ThOI/AAAAAAAAJNE/wVQJ9PtyfU4/s1600/11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vvkqZGh02oU/TeICs43ThOI/AAAAAAAAJNE/wVQJ9PtyfU4/s400/11.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div>
<i> <b>‘The Angel's
Game’</b><br />
Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon <br />
<br />
Plot: In this gothic novel, a young writer receives an offer he can't
refuse from an editor. </i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uldzASk-KG8/TeICtfyaQoI/AAAAAAAAJNI/ie1-ErAjG38/s1600/12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-uldzASk-KG8/TeICtfyaQoI/AAAAAAAAJNI/ie1-ErAjG38/s400/12.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div>
<i> <b>‘Do Not Deny
Me: Stories’</b><br />
Author:Jean Thompson <br />
<br />
Plot: More contemporary short stories from one of David Sedaris'
favorite writers.</i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0DRj7OkDpkM/TeICt7l7HbI/AAAAAAAAJNM/SCSUWAfhr7o/s1600/13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0DRj7OkDpkM/TeICt7l7HbI/AAAAAAAAJNM/SCSUWAfhr7o/s400/13.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div>
<i> <b>‘The Strain’</b><br />
Author:Chuck Hogan and Guillermo del Toro <br />
<br />
Plot: Vampires threaten humankind in the first of a planned trilogy.</i>
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<i><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-elukdjKX0/TeICutEHq0I/AAAAAAAAJNQ/8Crwdb0FYME/s1600/14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0-elukdjKX0/TeICutEHq0I/AAAAAAAAJNQ/8Crwdb0FYME/s400/14.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div>
<i> <b>‘The Crowning
Glory of Calla Lily Ponder’</b><br />
Author:Rebecca Wells <br />
<br />
Plot: A girl grows up in Louisiana and presumably learns divine secrets
about the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.</i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-flAC_MxoIKw/TeICvHThVUI/AAAAAAAAJNU/iXphl4hEmF4/s1600/15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="368" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-flAC_MxoIKw/TeICvHThVUI/AAAAAAAAJNU/iXphl4hEmF4/s400/15.jpg" width="400" /></a></i></div>
<i><b> ‘Rain Gods’</b><br />
Author:James Lee Burke <br />
<br />
Plot:Texas sheriff Hackberry Holland attempts to uncover a grisly mass
murder case in a town near the Mexico border. </i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i> <b>‘Sweet Mary’</b><br />
Author:Liz Balmaseda <br />
<br />
Plot: A woman wrongly charged in a drug case seeks the real culprit in
the first novel from the former Miami Herald columnist.</i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i> <b>‘Imperial’</b><br />
Author: William Vollman <br />
<br />
Plot: A National Book Award winner tackles the moral aspects of life on
the U.S./Mexican border.<br />
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<i><b> ‘Inherent
Vice’</b><br />
Author:Thomas Pynchon <br />
Plot: Another National Book Award winner blends noir and the psychedelic
'60s.</i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b> ‘South of
Broad’</b><br />
Author: Pat Conroy <br />
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Plot:Charleston teens form a bond for life.</i> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i><b>‘That Old Cape
Magic’</b><br />
Author:Richard Russo <br />
<br />
Plot: Middle-aged people experience joy and angst in Cape Cod.</i> </div>
</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-77910938627165641652011-05-26T23:18:00.000-07:002011-05-26T23:18:32.613-07:00Beyonce copy cat<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Beyoncé's performance of "Run the World (Girls)"
at last Sunday's Billboard Music Awards earned her a standing ovation and had
fans buzzing, but some are criticizing the singer for copying another
performer's routine. Italian pop star Lorella Cuccarini gave a similar
performance last year.<br />
<br />
<a name='more'></a>Both singers performed in front of a screen which featured synchronized
graphics and dancers. Beyoncé admits she was aware of Cuccarini's
routine, and called it an inspiration. She tells AOL Music, "My makeup artist showed me the performance of
Lorella Cuccarini a year ago, and it inspired me so much. I then met with the
talented people who worked on it. The technology and concept were so genius.
Thank God for YouTube or I would have never been exposed to something so
inspiring. I never worked so hard on anything in my life as that performance for
the Billboard Awards."<br />
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<i> In the wake of news that Ryan Reynolds
and his wife of two years, Scarlett Johansson had split, Reynolds filed
for divorce in Los Angeles Superior court on Thursday, according to People.com.The couple announced their separation on Dec. 14, saying in a joint
statement that, "after long and careful consideration on both our parts,
we've decided to end our marriage. We entered our relationship with
love and it's with love and kindness we leave it.Less than a week later, rumors surfaced claiming that Johansson, 26, had
mistreated Reynolds, 34. "It never seemed like she made him a
priority," a source told the UsWeekly.com, adding that Reynolds had been open about his marital problems months ago while working on the set of "Green Lantern."</i></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-14367442455439338622011-05-26T23:10:00.000-07:002011-05-26T23:10:50.882-07:00pippa middleton oprah<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>As Catherine enjoys her honeymoon with new husband Prince William
after a flawless royal wedding, back home her little sister Pippa has
sparked a media storm all of her own.</i></div>
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<i>The two sisters had long been seen together at parties, the pair
strangely interchangeable with their glossy brown hair and
figure-hugging dresses.<a name='more'></a></i></div>
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<i>But at the royal wedding on April 29, it was Pippa who emerged the
star for many of the two billion viewers worldwide, looking gorgeous as
maid of honour in a figure-hugging white Alexander McQueen dress.</i></div>
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<i>Twitter exploded into a frenzy of admiration, and more than 200,000
Facebook users have now joined the "Pippa Middleton Ass Appreciation
Society".</i></div>
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<i>A mock-up video using footage from the wedding showing close-ups of
Pippa's behind has been viewed 550,000 times on YouTube, and a US porn
mogul meanwhile has offered her $5 million to star in "one explicit
scene".</i></div>
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</div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>The 27-year-old fuelled the interest at the wedding by flirting with
the best man, William's younger brother Prince Harry, sparking huge
online debate about whether a second Middleton sister would soon become a
royal bride.</i></div>
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<i>Pippa had been a well-known figure on Britain's social circuit for
years, and in 2008 she was named the most eligible singleton in society
magazine Tatler. But it was not until a fortnight ago that the world
caught up.</i></div>
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<i>Read more: <a href="http://ca.news.yahoo.com/pippa-middleton-surprise-star-royal-wedding-023254312.html">Yahoo news </a></i></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-27172328211141213472011-05-26T23:03:00.000-07:002011-05-26T23:03:40.470-07:00olivia wilde bradley cooper<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<i> Bradley Cooper and Olivia Wilde were flirty and inseparable at Monday's Cinema Society afterparty for </i><i>The Hangover II, held at NYC's Standard Hotel Sunday night.<a name='more'></a></i></div>
<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>Cooper (who split from Renee Zellweger after two years in March) and Wilde (who filed for divorce from Tao Ruspoli in
March after eight years together) arrived together at the the VIP bash.
After Cooper, 35, briefly schmoozed the crowd, he joined Wilde, 27, at a
VIP table with another couple. The actor and </i><i>House: MD beauty had an "intimate conversation," according to eyewitnesses.</i></div>
<div>
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<div style="text-align: center;">
<i>A smiling Cooper was "really enjoying the conversation," one witness
reveals, as Wilde kept her hand on the back of his seat. The duo
chit-chatted with a few other guests -- she with actor Patrick Wilson, he with a flirty model and </i><i>Hangover 2 costar Zach Galifiankis -- but the duo never left one another's side throughout the night.</i></div>
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<i>Just before 1 a.m., Cooper, Wilde and a small group boarded a black Escalade -- headed for an unknown destination.</i></div>
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<i>"The mark of a good marriage is partnership and continuing to feel inspired by your spouse. I had that with Tao," Wilde told </i><i>Glamour of her union with Italian Prince Ruspoli. "But the end is not necessarily the tragedy. </i><i>Staying in a relationship that is no longer working is the tragedy. Living unhappily -- that's the tragedy."</i></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-91649122325508240012011-05-26T23:00:00.000-07:002011-05-26T23:00:40.893-07:00Lady gaga 1 million week<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<i> Lady Gaga
has raised $1 million week for relief efforts for the victims of Japan's
earthquake and tsunami disasters, and she vows to continue.</i></div>
<i>She might be a rich girl, but Gwen Stefani is also a generous humanitarian.<a name='more'></a></i><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_13064755814171812" style="text-align: left;">
<i>On Wednesday, the No
Doubt singer, 41, donated $1 million to Save the Children's Japan
Earthquake-Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund to help with recovery
efforts in the devastated nation.</i></div>
<i>"I've been inspired by Japan for many years and have a true love, appreciation and respect for the
Japanese people and their culture," Stefani told UsMagazine.com in a
statement. "The disaster in Japan is beyond heartbreaking, and I want to
do anything I can to help. I would never be able to make a gesture like
this without the love and support of all the fans over all these
years."</i><div id="yui_3_3_0_1_13064755814173360" style="text-align: left;">
<i>In
addition to her donation, Stefani, who is mom to Kingston, 4, and Zuma,
2, is also encouraging her fans to contribute. Next week the L.A.M.B.
designer will unveil a limited-edition Harajuku Lovers T-shirt through
nodoubt.com, and all proceeds from sales will go to help in relief
efforts.</i></div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-35446945505786029392011-05-26T13:04:00.000-07:002011-05-26T13:04:09.408-07:00Fugitive Ratko Mladic captured<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>After 16 years as one of Europe's most wanted war criminal Ratko Mladic was captured in Serbia. The ruthless former general is accused of killing thousands of Muslim men and boys in U.N. protected the city of Srebrenica.</i></div>
</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-60427556145059433062011-05-26T13:02:00.000-07:002011-05-26T13:02:14.839-07:00French first lady expecting a boy?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>Sources have told a British newspaper that French First lady Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, 43, is expecting a boy. President Nicolas Sarkozy, 56,
was reportedly furious when his father recently told reporters that he
was "mad with joy" about the pregnancy, which has been the focus of rampant rumors.</i></div>
</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-77655091204962353322011-05-26T13:00:00.000-07:002011-05-26T13:00:12.042-07:00Gigi Goyette claims affair with Schwarzenegger<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong><strong>Gigi Goyette claims affair with Schwarzenegger</strong></strong></div>
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<i>Gigi Goyette, who says she first had a fling with Arnold Schwarzenegger during the 1970s, claims the two had an affair while he was married to Maria Shriver. The news comes a week after the former California governor confirmed he had fathered a love child during his marriage.</i></div>
</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-36042327426749487782011-05-26T12:57:00.001-07:002011-05-26T12:57:37.947-07:00Duchess Kate's dress leads to site crash<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong><strong>Duchess Kate's dress leads to website crash</strong></strong></div>
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<i>The dress Duchess Catherine wore in a high-profile meeting led to the designer's website crashing. The camel-colored dress sold out online.</i></div>
</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-39126621891507802122011-05-26T12:56:00.000-07:002011-05-26T12:56:18.605-07:00Kim Kardashian is engaged<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><strong>Kim Kardashian is engaged</strong></i></h3>
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<i>Reality TV star Kim Kardashian, 30, is engaged to her basketball-playing boyfriend after six months of dating. Her boyfriend proposed with rose petals and a giant diamond ring. This will be Kardashian's second marriage.</i></div>
</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-39926665697055640752011-05-26T12:53:00.000-07:002011-05-26T12:53:48.969-07:00'Jerry Maguire' star gets restraining order<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<strong><strong>'Jerry Maguire' star gets restraining order</strong></strong></div>
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<i>Actor Jonathan Lipnicki, 20, who played Renée Zellweger's son in the film "Jerry Maguire"was granted a temporary restraining order against an ex-girlfriend. Lipnicki claims the woman came into his bedroom, pulled off all his sheets and threatened him. </i></div>
</div>Dannyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05999770881901405037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4558067108428784331.post-52374690592351209642011-05-26T12:52:00.000-07:002011-05-26T12:52:16.713-07:00Former Pussycat Doll replacing 'X Factor' judge<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i>British singer Cheryl Cole, 27, will no longer be a judge on Simon Cowell's new show, "The X Factor"</i> <i>.Instead she will be replaced by former Pussycat Dolls member Nicole Scherzinger, 32, No word on why Cole is out. Scherzinger will join Cowell, a former "American Idol" judge and a big music producer at the judges' table. </i></div>
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