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Fr Nov 17 -
OTHER POV's -
# Siddhartha reviews the
new Al Jazeera in English.
# Tenzin Tsundue is a
Tibetan exile and writer.
:::: Ask me where I'm from...
# Amira Al Hussaini translates an excerpt from Shalash Al Iraqi. Despite his popularity with the Iraqis, I've had a tough time reading him in translation so far. But Amira seems to have rendered him more accessible. Here is a brief passage:
Forty cars stop suddenly and armed men get out of them in a sensitive area in the middle of Baghdad and kidnap 100 people and leave. Later on, the Interior Ministry personnel arrive and free most of those kidnapped. All this is happening at a time when the Prime Minister is calling for finding the culprits and the Interior Ministry is looking for them. What is this Pakistani movie? Even the plot of an Indian movie is more coherent than this!
The rest of her Nov 16th Entry
is interesting as well.
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Friday, November 17
:
Fr Nov 17 -
READING MATTERS -
# J.Kingston Pierce has put together some mystery and crime books which have caught his eye. If you're looking for something to read, you might want to peruse his candidates. RAP
# On SMITH magazine today:
::About:: The BOBs
::About:: Iraqi stories
# Improbably, lots of Buzz around
the Net today about: gay penguins.
# Do you have a thing for
-- Miss Moneypenny?
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Fr Nov 17 -
READING MATTERS -
# J.Kingston Pierce has put together some mystery and crime books which have caught his eye. If you're looking for something to read, you might want to peruse his candidates. RAP
# On SMITH magazine today:
::About:: The BOBs
::About:: Iraqi stories
# Improbably, lots of Buzz around
the Net today about: gay penguins.
# Do you have a thing for
-- Miss Moneypenny?
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Thursday, November 16
:
Th Nov 16 -
SoFlo: CAPERS -
# Thieves used a brick to smash the glass door of a pet shop overnight, then dashed in to snatch two Yorkshire Terrier puppies, priced at $2,500 each. They left a register full of cash untouched.
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# Police are looking for a couple who have been selling vacant lots as future homesites with fraudulent deeds. Police say the couple has victimized more than 100 people, taking in more than 20 million dollars.
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# James Giordano, 52, was arrested early Wednesday by FBI agents who had to scale the walls of his fortess-like Florida compound as part of an illegal gambling operation bust.
In June, Giordano left his laptop in a hotel room for a few hours, during which time period, the NYPD entered and made a digital copy of his hard drive.
*The defendants laundered and stashed away "untold millions of dollars" using shell corporations and bank accounts in Central America, the Caribbean, Switzerland, Hong Kong and elsewhere, said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.*
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Th Nov 16 -
SoFlo: CAPERS -
# Thieves used a brick to smash the glass door of a pet shop overnight, then dashed in to snatch two Yorkshire Terrier puppies, priced at $2,500 each. They left a register full of cash untouched.
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# Police are looking for a couple who have been selling vacant lots as future homesites with fraudulent deeds. Police say the couple has victimized more than 100 people, taking in more than 20 million dollars.
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# James Giordano, 52, was arrested early Wednesday by FBI agents who had to scale the walls of his fortess-like Florida compound as part of an illegal gambling operation bust.
In June, Giordano left his laptop in a hotel room for a few hours, during which time period, the NYPD entered and made a digital copy of his hard drive.
*The defendants laundered and stashed away "untold millions of dollars" using shell corporations and bank accounts in Central America, the Caribbean, Switzerland, Hong Kong and elsewhere, said Queens District Attorney Richard Brown.*
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:
Th Nov 16 -
LISTENING UP -
Clear Channel Communications, which owns Premiere Radio Networks, has agreed to be purchased by private equity firms Bains Capital and Thomas H Lee Partners. The company is reputed to own more than 1,500 radio stations in the U.S.
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"This is the day media decided to explode locally and nationally, what with Clear Channel's decision to sell off 448 radio stations, the Tampa Tribune admitting its star Al-Arian reporter has left the story after starting a romantic relationship with the one of the prosecutor..."
--Eric Deggan Blog, Tampabay.com
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- Motley Fool via MSNBC
- Will US radio landscape change?
--by Sue Zeidler at Reuters
- Some informal background
- A U.S. Berlusconi?
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Th Nov 16 -
LISTENING UP -
Clear Channel Communications, which owns Premiere Radio Networks, has agreed to be purchased by private equity firms Bains Capital and Thomas H Lee Partners. The company is reputed to own more than 1,500 radio stations in the U.S.
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"This is the day media decided to explode locally and nationally, what with Clear Channel's decision to sell off 448 radio stations, the Tampa Tribune admitting its star Al-Arian reporter has left the story after starting a romantic relationship with the one of the prosecutor..."
--Eric Deggan Blog, Tampabay.com
========================
- Motley Fool via MSNBC
- Will US radio landscape change?
--by Sue Zeidler at Reuters
- Some informal background
- A U.S. Berlusconi?
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:
Th Nov 16 -
BLOGGING NOTES -
I don't know what's going on about switching versions, but I've tried to switch with no luck. I have a suspicion that they're going to dump or divest a lot of Blogs in the process of their "conversion," because I tried starting an experimental blog with similar template and found it very unresponsive to my wishes-- I couldn't even get the background color I wanted. The excuse, it seems, is that although the "invitation" appears on my dashboard, Blogs which have more than 2 thousand entries are taking them longer to convert. I'm not very geeky, so I'm not at all comfortable with all this. It took me quite a while before I got my Blog to a point where I've felt comfortable handling it. If the technical aspects becomes too intrusive, it becomes very distracting.
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Th Nov 16 -
BLOGGING NOTES -
I don't know what's going on about switching versions, but I've tried to switch with no luck. I have a suspicion that they're going to dump or divest a lot of Blogs in the process of their "conversion," because I tried starting an experimental blog with similar template and found it very unresponsive to my wishes-- I couldn't even get the background color I wanted. The excuse, it seems, is that although the "invitation" appears on my dashboard, Blogs which have more than 2 thousand entries are taking them longer to convert. I'm not very geeky, so I'm not at all comfortable with all this. It took me quite a while before I got my Blog to a point where I've felt comfortable handling it. If the technical aspects becomes too intrusive, it becomes very distracting.
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Wednesday, November 15
:
We Nov 15 -
GRAPHIC NOVELS -
Sales of graphic novels have
more than tripled from
$75 million in 2001. But
libraries are having problems
dealing with them. AP/IHT
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We Nov 15 -
GRAPHIC NOVELS -
Sales of graphic novels have
more than tripled from
$75 million in 2001. But
libraries are having problems
dealing with them. AP/IHT
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:
We Nov 15 -
UK EXTREMIST
INFILTRATION -
Abid Javaid, who is a member of Hizb-ut Tahrir, which believes in a worldwide Islamic state (Caliphate) under Shariah law, is working as a senior official in the British Home Office, it has emerged.
# The BBC investigates
Hizb ut-Tahrir by Peter Barron.
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We Nov 15 -
UK EXTREMIST
INFILTRATION -
Abid Javaid, who is a member of Hizb-ut Tahrir, which believes in a worldwide Islamic state (Caliphate) under Shariah law, is working as a senior official in the British Home Office, it has emerged.
# The BBC investigates
Hizb ut-Tahrir by Peter Barron.
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:
We Nov 15 -
IQ: ED MIN FALLOUT -
*Abd Dhiab al-Ujaili, Iraq's higher education minister, has said he will step down until 80 abducted workers are released.*
Mo at ITM sees the hand of Iran behind proxies carrying out the Ed Ministry kidnappings. Also today, he tells us about:
*the assassination of the colonel who's in charge of internal investigation in the department of national police, also known as the police commandos.*
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We Nov 15 -
IQ: ED MIN FALLOUT -
*Abd Dhiab al-Ujaili, Iraq's higher education minister, has said he will step down until 80 abducted workers are released.*
Mo at ITM sees the hand of Iran behind proxies carrying out the Ed Ministry kidnappings. Also today, he tells us about:
*the assassination of the colonel who's in charge of internal investigation in the department of national police, also known as the police commandos.*
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Tuesday, November 14
:
Tu Nov 14 -
BAGHDAD UPDATE -
# Latest from the ::BBC::
*All of the hostages seized in a raid by gunmen on a Baghdad higher education facility have been released, Iraqi officials say.*
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# Discussion of the mass kidnapping at the Higher Education Ministry building is at Treasure of Baghdad: The Iraqi Killing Fields and on that comment thread.
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# Although it hasn't received much attention here in the U.S. yet, it was reported by Azzaman over the weekwend that armed men, in police garb, kidnapped the head of the Iraqi Red Crescent in Baghdad, Dr. Ans al-Azzawi.
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# Nibras Kazmi believes that much of the violence that's been going on in the Adhamiyah neighborhood is being perpetrated by Abu Dera's gang. But Kazimi says he believes that that Dera himself is currently in Iran. If that is so, then who has been directing the intense hostilities against the neighborhood while Dera's been gone?
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# Fatima tells a squatting story from Amiriya. The family whose home was captured by the squatters is mixed (Sunni/Shiite), which adds complexities to the story.
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# Shaggy is still in Baghdad.
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Tu Nov 14 -
BAGHDAD UPDATE -
# Latest from the ::BBC::
*All of the hostages seized in a raid by gunmen on a Baghdad higher education facility have been released, Iraqi officials say.*
========================
# Discussion of the mass kidnapping at the Higher Education Ministry building is at Treasure of Baghdad: The Iraqi Killing Fields and on that comment thread.
========================
# Although it hasn't received much attention here in the U.S. yet, it was reported by Azzaman over the weekwend that armed men, in police garb, kidnapped the head of the Iraqi Red Crescent in Baghdad, Dr. Ans al-Azzawi.
========================
# Nibras Kazmi believes that much of the violence that's been going on in the Adhamiyah neighborhood is being perpetrated by Abu Dera's gang. But Kazimi says he believes that that Dera himself is currently in Iran. If that is so, then who has been directing the intense hostilities against the neighborhood while Dera's been gone?
========================
# Fatima tells a squatting story from Amiriya. The family whose home was captured by the squatters is mixed (Sunni/Shiite), which adds complexities to the story.
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# Shaggy is still in Baghdad.
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:
Tu Nov 14 -
ALTERNATE HISTORIES -
From a Buzz on the Net -
Maybe they held a
Caption Contest at TIME
because this was the result.
# The Artifact: A photo which supposedly shows a burning Israeli jet plane which had been shot down by Hezbollah missiles and was published in TIME magazine.
# Brian C Ledbetter explains the real story behind the photo by Bruno Stevens of an incident at Kfar Chima, Lebanon. Ledbetter crossposts it at Newsbusters.
# The photog's story.
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Tu Nov 14 -
ALTERNATE HISTORIES -
From a Buzz on the Net -
Maybe they held a
Caption Contest at TIME
because this was the result.
# The Artifact: A photo which supposedly shows a burning Israeli jet plane which had been shot down by Hezbollah missiles and was published in TIME magazine.
# Brian C Ledbetter explains the real story behind the photo by Bruno Stevens of an incident at Kfar Chima, Lebanon. Ledbetter crossposts it at Newsbusters.
# The photog's story.
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Monday, November 13
:
Mon Nov 13 -
NAKED SOLICITATION -
Shabnam Mughal, the lawyer who refused to remove her face mask when asked to do so by a British judge, has been replaced on that case by her law firm "in the best interests of the client."
Taking over representation will be Abdul Khan. Fortunately for the client, Mr Khan's religious beliefs allow him to wear at least a gourd covering his private parts.
:: BBC: Staffordshire ::
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Mon Nov 13 -
NAKED SOLICITATION -
Shabnam Mughal, the lawyer who refused to remove her face mask when asked to do so by a British judge, has been replaced on that case by her law firm "in the best interests of the client."
Taking over representation will be Abdul Khan. Fortunately for the client, Mr Khan's religious beliefs allow him to wear at least a gourd covering his private parts.
:: BBC: Staffordshire ::
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:
Mon Nov 13 -
SoFlo Local:
WATER STATIC -
*South Florida area residents and agricultural sector are being asked to voluntarily lower their water consumption as the region deals with rainfall shortages.
The request applies to Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties and is a precautionary measure, the South Florida Water Management District said. If the shortage persists, mandatory restrictions could be ordered, the district said.*
Who are they kidding?
Development of high-rise multi-dwelling complexes is still going ahead full-throttle, fulfilling plans to increase population density with hundreds of thousands of new residents.
:: Local 10 News ::
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Mon Nov 13 -
SoFlo Local:
WATER STATIC -
*South Florida area residents and agricultural sector are being asked to voluntarily lower their water consumption as the region deals with rainfall shortages.
The request applies to Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe and Palm Beach counties and is a precautionary measure, the South Florida Water Management District said. If the shortage persists, mandatory restrictions could be ordered, the district said.*
Who are they kidding?
Development of high-rise multi-dwelling complexes is still going ahead full-throttle, fulfilling plans to increase population density with hundreds of thousands of new residents.
:: Local 10 News ::
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:
Mon Nov 13 -
PAPERING IT OVER -
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past couple of months, American readers who follow the Media news know that the Tribune syndicate is up for grabs or going down the dumper. But syndicates can morph; possibly, elements will get sold off separately. Or a prospective buyer can make an offer for the entire group.
# From Romenesko: Gannett emerges as a possible bidder for Tribune papers. Gannett execs were in Chicago last week to hear presentations on Tribune's financial condition...
# Earl Maucker, Editor of the Sun-Sentinel, who never misses a chance to vent his hatred of Blogs, mounted his bully pulpit once again this past weekend to spin an idealized picture of how wonderful the current situation is and what they're doing about it.
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Mon Nov 13 -
PAPERING IT OVER -
Unless you've been living under a rock for the past couple of months, American readers who follow the Media news know that the Tribune syndicate is up for grabs or going down the dumper. But syndicates can morph; possibly, elements will get sold off separately. Or a prospective buyer can make an offer for the entire group.
# From Romenesko: Gannett emerges as a possible bidder for Tribune papers. Gannett execs were in Chicago last week to hear presentations on Tribune's financial condition...
# Earl Maucker, Editor of the Sun-Sentinel, who never misses a chance to vent his hatred of Blogs, mounted his bully pulpit once again this past weekend to spin an idealized picture of how wonderful the current situation is and what they're doing about it.
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:
Mon Nov 13 -
LAUNCHING -
*After long delays and a rumoured
editorial split with its Arabic parent,
English-language news channel
al-Jazeera will go on air this week.*
+ And is that a definite maybe?
:: UK Guardian ::
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Mon Nov 13 -
LAUNCHING -
*After long delays and a rumoured
editorial split with its Arabic parent,
English-language news channel
al-Jazeera will go on air this week.*
+ And is that a definite maybe?
:: UK Guardian ::
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Sunday, November 12
:
Sun Nov 12 -
WEEKEND MEDIA NOTES -
# Heard Marc Lynch on this weekend's edition of On the Media, which you can listen to at your convenience. Topics included a jihadi betting pool Marc got sucked into rubbernecking on some offbeat message boards... As sometimes happens, his digression was even more interesting than the main discussion, which was about the reaction of the Arabic Press to the midterm elections, I believe.
# On another topic, Donald Rumsfeld's "media presence" was being described as somehow similar to his counterpart during the Vietnam conflict. Sorry, I don't see that at all.
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# Unexpectedly, over the weekend, UK UFO Chief Nick Pope [see blog entry below] called in to Art Bell's radio show and sounded surprisingly credible. He agreed to come back again some time soon as a guest and even said he'd take questions from callers. Yeah, just when you thought it was safe to go out...
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# Saturday Night Live: The opening skit, which was a sendup of Nancy Pelosi, was extremely funny. If it's floating around, try to catch it. I give it an A+. SNL
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# Last, but not least, the police are asking the public for help in solving a criminal mystery: an elusive Wedding Dress Attacker. His case will be featured on the November 18, 2006, episode of AMW. Until then, you can read up on the case.
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Sun Nov 12 -
WEEKEND MEDIA NOTES -
# Heard Marc Lynch on this weekend's edition of On the Media, which you can listen to at your convenience. Topics included a jihadi betting pool Marc got sucked into rubbernecking on some offbeat message boards... As sometimes happens, his digression was even more interesting than the main discussion, which was about the reaction of the Arabic Press to the midterm elections, I believe.
# On another topic, Donald Rumsfeld's "media presence" was being described as somehow similar to his counterpart during the Vietnam conflict. Sorry, I don't see that at all.
========================
# Unexpectedly, over the weekend, UK UFO Chief Nick Pope [see blog entry below] called in to Art Bell's radio show and sounded surprisingly credible. He agreed to come back again some time soon as a guest and even said he'd take questions from callers. Yeah, just when you thought it was safe to go out...
========================
# Saturday Night Live: The opening skit, which was a sendup of Nancy Pelosi, was extremely funny. If it's floating around, try to catch it. I give it an A+. SNL
========================
# Last, but not least, the police are asking the public for help in solving a criminal mystery: an elusive Wedding Dress Attacker. His case will be featured on the November 18, 2006, episode of AMW. Until then, you can read up on the case.
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