| Jose Rizal — an extraordinary Filipino | | 2008-06-19 03:45:08 | | Today is the birth anniversary of the national hero of the Philippines, Dr. Jose Rizal, who was born in 19 June 1861 in Calamba, Laguna. He was the 7th child in a brood of 11 children, and showed signs of being a child prodigy from the age of 3.
What I admire in him the [...]... | | By: Ang Dabawenyo | | |
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| Know More About The Extraordinary Period Of Court Gothic | | 2008-06-18 00:00:00 | | The extraordinary period of invention in the history of art and architecture ended as the increasingly hot, dry climate burnt the fields and desiccated the northern French vineyards which had funded much of this work. As the population continued to increase in spite of worsening conditions, ordinary people became poorer and wealth was increasingly concentrated [...]... | | By: Resources Zone | | |
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| Fez Sacred Music Festival - Extraordinary Concert | | 2008-06-08 05:17:00 | | The crowd were on their feet.Qawwali and Gospel music together? It is not an intuitive choice that any programme director would make and yet the combination of Craig Adams and the Voices of New Orleans with Faiz Ali Faiz and his Qawwali Ensemble from Pakistan was so good as to almost defy description.Craig Adams (above) Faiz Ali Faiz (below)The Qawwali/Gospel concert should have opened the FestivalAfter the disappointment of the lacklustre opening night at Bab El Makina, the second evening's concert was a triumph. Those who experienced it were in no doubt that this should have been the opening night concert.The collaboration sprung from the previous highly successful fusion between qawwali and flamenco at last year's festival. This project bringing together gospel music and qawwali is a superb demonstration of the talents of both Craig Adams and his group and the Faiz Ali Faiz Ensemble and one in which the result is greater than the sum of the parts. Adams is a great showman whose a... | | By: THE VIEW FROM FEZ | | |
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| Links that appreciate an extraordinary life! | | 2008-04-19 22:04:50 | | ASIA’s “Extraordinary Life” from “Phoenix” which is released tomorrow! http://www.originalasia.com/
Olivia Williams looks….robotic. Ayyyy!
Candy’s new boyfriend is…….too damn sexy!! Candy Kirby
Fergalicious! Celebrity Puke
Jordin Sparks looking cute! Celebrity Smack
RebeccaRomijn photo gallery. Celebslam
George Clooney to return to ER? In Case You Didn’t Know
Rihanna and her dog! lovebscott
Kristen Bell and MilaKunis glam it up. NewsToob
Cate Blanchette has a third [...]... | | By: Welcome to the Stocking site | | |
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| Extraordinary Images from Rosetta - Cities at Night | | 2007-11-16 07:04:16 | | Rosetta has taken spectacular images of Earth. It was close to Earth in Tuesday while travelling towards comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Rosetta captured these beautiful images while passing the Earth. In those pictures you can see the tremendous amounts of light of big cities. See Hong Kong, for example. Compare it to Singapore and you see the [...]... | | By: Homeboy's Astro Blog | | |
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| Extraordinary New Singer You Must Watch | | 2007-09-28 01:34:00 | | This video is not humorous, but the singer is so absolutely incredible and remarkable that you simply must watch and must listen. The singer is from the show "Britain‘s Got Talent," and they have truly found a diamond in the rough here.
This young Englishman sings so well that his performance will bring tears to your eyes. The man is so absolutely amazing that you will feel good just knowing... | | By: McCafferty's Pub | | |
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| Extraordinary Article on Alan Greenspan | | 2007-07-21 09:07:38 | | Must read on the history of Alan Greenspan. I must say, I have been a critic of his, but I am shocked at how ridiculous his whole story is. Amazing.
Click here for the read.
This is the guy who ran United States monetary policy for 20 years?
What would the Founders have thought of our central banking institution?... | | By: Ponder This | | |
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| Extraordinary Renditions | | 2007-06-10 17:12:22 | | “We learn that there were two main prisons, in Poland and in Romania; that at least 70 people were kept in detention where they were interrogated, i.e. tortured, without any recourse to lawyers or the Red Cross; and that among the detained was a child of seven years old. CIA agents reported directly to the national executives’ office - Nato countries offered blanket exemptions to usual legal process under anti-terror laws.” — Blog of Funk: Extraordinary Renditions: Prisons Identified... | | By: Hell's Handmaiden | | |
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