| To preserve the past, present, and future of Indian Muslims. | | Posted Monday, November 27, 2006 12:48:09 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dubai, NOV 26 (NNN-WAM) The Dubai Shopping festival office announced today its of activities for its upcoming 45-day-long combined 11th and 12th editions of DSF. Themed as the "World of Festivals" and slated to be the biggest and the best DSF ever, the DSF 2006-2007 has lots in store for everyone, offering the best of shopping, entertainment and winning at this scintillating combo edition. While keeping in tune with its core theme One World, One Family, One Festival the DSF this time round revolves around A World of Festivals encompassing an eclectic mix of over a dozen festivals. These include World Cultures Festival, Family Entertainment Festival, The Arts and Cultural Festivals, Musical Festival, Dubai Fashion Festival, The Sports Festival, Food Festival, Records Breaking Festival, The Heritage Festival, Shopping Malls Festival and the most anticipated Raffles and Winnings Festival.... | |
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| | | Dolphins Out To Prove Win In Chicago Was No Fluke | | Posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:47:16 AM by Blog57 Team | | Was the Miami Dolphins' stunning upset victory over the Chicago Bears last Sunday an aberration, or was it a springboard? That question will be answered this Sunday, when Nick Saban and company try to put together their first two-game winning streak of 2006 against the visiting Kansas City Chiefs. Miami went into Chicago and handed the previously-unbeaten Bears a humbling 31-13 defeat, forcing quarterback Rex Grossman into six turnovers, cashing the miscues in for a season-high 31 points, and ending a four-game losing streak in the process. The victory was also the first as a Miami starter for quarterback Joey Harrington, who will this week be making his fifth consecutive start in place of the injured Daunte Culpepper. Despite the win, the Dolphins remain in last place in the AFC East, a game back of 3-5 Buffalo for the third spot in the division.... | |
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| | | Results in early eastern races may foretell shift | | Posted Saturday, November 11, 2006 10:48:57 AM by Blog57 Team | | Washington -- No matter who triumphs in today's voting, supporters of both political parties will have something to be happy about: They probably will not have to stay up too late to know which way the midterm elections are heading. "The key races in Congress are concentrated in the eastern and central time zones, so we ought to have a good sense of the trend relatively early in the evening," said Amy Walter of the nonpartisan Cook Political Report. In the Senate, Democrats would have to gain six seats to win a majority, and all but one of the most competitive races are in the East or Midwest: Virginia, Tennessee, Missouri, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Ohio and Maryland. The single nail-biter farther west is Montana. Most tossup House races also are clustered in states east of the Mississippi River.... | |
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| | | Circle of hope: Are you a hero yet? | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 6:48:21 AM by Blog57 Team | | Meet the heroes: Vijaya, 7 years old. Returns from school looking thrilled. "Good evening Aunty, today dance practice was very tiring, but Miss has chosen me for the Annual Day Show." Susheela, 23 years, Bachelor of Social Work, Aunty to Vijaya and 25 other children. "I knew you’d be selected! Now, run and freshen up for snacks." Joel Prabhu, 42 years, Engineer, Hollywood fan. "Hello Susheela, may I come over to your home with my family this Sunday? Anita wants to play with Vijaya. " .... | |
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| | | HomeRoom: Every school. Every day. | | Posted Friday, November 03, 2006 2:49:45 AM by Blog57 Team | | The Prep Kids Care Club and the High School Service Club sponsored a Halloween Costume Collection. They collected new and used costumes and Halloween accessories for children who may not have access to costumes. Kids Care Club joined the High School Service Club Oct. 21 at the Thensted Center in Grand Coteau to distribute costumes. Acadian Middle The Scholastic Book Fair will be today until Friday in the library. Acadiana High .... | |
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| | | College Press Conference '07 set | | Posted Sunday, October 29, 2006 10:47:48 PM by Blog57 Team | | THE 2007 Regional College Press Conference (Copre) and Awards spearheaded by the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) is set on November 29, 2006 her in this city. The Copre is an annual gathering of college paper writers who have been participants to the series of Basic Journalism seminar-Workshops conducted by the PIA, where they participate in writing contests in various categories. .... | |
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| | | L'Anguille River Festival set for this weekend | | Posted Friday, October 27, 2006 12:48:13 PM by Blog57 Team | | The annual LAnguille River Festival in Palestine will offer fun and excitement on both Friday night, Oct. 27, and all day on Saturday, Oct. 28. Many of the events the festival have become famous for are returning as well as some new ones. LaVeta Ross, one of the festivals organizers, said, This year we will start on Friday night at 9 p.m. with the Cypress Creek Band. They will play until midnight. We are excited this year for several reasons, including our first motorcycle poker run. On Friday, we invite everyone, but especially our bikers, to join us. We will also be setting up for the barbecue contest on Saturday. Saturday will offer many events throughout the day, according to Ross. All of our booths open at 8 a.m., and that is when the barbecue cookoff begins, said Ross.... | |
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| | | Botswana: Hunt for Miss Botswana Enters New Phase | | Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:47:26 PM by Blog57 Team | | The hunt for Botswana's fairest lass is on. And last weekend, it intensified at the Newscafe where The Miss Botswana semi-finals were held to select the best fifteen out of thirty. The glittering event was sponsored by CB Holdings, Topline, Mmegi and Monitor newspapers, Newscafe and Redds companies. Among the fifteen contestants who made it were Sebaga Sono, Ame Moremi, Ellonah Thato and Malebogo Marumoagae. The pageant, which was prejudged a week before, proved a disappointment to some enthusiasts, who had come to witness the event. A member of the audience, who identified herself as Kgalemo, told the Monitor that the pageant could "have been better." "The problem is that the girls already knew that they had lost, while others knew they had won," she complained. "It was not fair on us.... | |
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| | | Meet the brown Lucy Liu | | Posted Saturday, October 21, 2006 6:47:15 PM by Blog57 Team | | BINIBINING Pilipinas-International Denille Lou Valmonte grew up thinking she was less than pretty. I had a lot of crushes when I was in grade school but they didnt like me, said the 24-year-old lass. So I said to myself, someday you will look up to me. Last March, when Denille won the Miss International crown, a lot of people indeed looked up to her, notably those from the Polytechnic University of the Philippines (PUP) where she got her degree in hotel and restaurant management. I didnt know I was the first national beauty titlist from PUP, said Denille. I only learned about it when I saw it written on the congratulatory banners posted in the campus. It took a deal of persistence from her loved ones before she was convinced she had what it takes to be a beauty queen.... | |
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| | | What's ugly, slimy and slowly vanishing from Ohio? | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:47:18 PM by Blog57 Team | | One of Ohios most interesting animals is one of our states most bizarre. The eastern hellbender, Cryptobranchus alleganiensis, looks like a linear blob of shapeless protoplasm that sprouted legs and came to life. Predictably, such a strange critter has spawned colorful nicknames, including "devil-dog" and "snot-otter." The latter name is because of its slimy skin. Hellbenders are aquatic salamanders, the largest Ohio representatives in this family. One whopper measured nearly 2 1/2 feet. They live in the shallows of clear, rapidly flowing streams and spend much time under large rocks, hence its flat body that makes it easy to maneuver in tight quarters. Like an over-tanned beach bum, hellbenders blackish-olive skin is full of wrinkles. They have tiny, beady eyes and a too-wide mouth. Their tail is laterally compressed like a muskrats.... | |
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