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Norton, Morissette, Masekela and More Race to NYC Marathon Finish Line

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:32:52 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Edward Norton took home the gold medal at the New York City Marathon today—in the actors, musicians and performers category, that is.

Norton finished the 26-mile race in an astonishing 3 hours, 48 minutes and 1 second. The 40-year-old Fight Clubber referred to his first experience as "phenomenal," participating on behalf of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, a Kenya-based charitable organization.
The Strokes bass player Nikolai Fraiture and The Biggest Loser record-breaker Tara Costa both pounded the New York pavement as well, finishing just 26 seconds apart at the 4-hour, 23-minute mark.

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Edward Norton took home the gold medal at the New York City Marathon today—in the actors, musicians and performers category, that is.

Norton finished the 26-mile race in an astonishing 3 hours, 48 minutes and 1 second. The 40-year-old Fight Clubber referred to his first experience as "phenomenal," participating on behalf of the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, a Kenya-based charitable organization.

The Strokes bass player Nikolai Fraiture and The Biggest Loser record-breaker Tara Costa both pounded the New York pavement as well, finishing just 26 seconds apart at the 4-hour, 23-minute mark.

Rumored participants Teri Hatcher and daredevil David Blaine were absent from the festivities; earlier this week, Hatcher's rep confirmed she was sick with laryngitis.

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biltmore whos who | biltmore who's who | biltmore whos who scam

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:26:10 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Biltmore Whos Who is not a scam. Biltmore Who's Who specializes in providing members with biographical information of Executives and Professionals. We encourage all members to use the publication to contact and network with other members to enhance public relations or possibly develop mutual and beneficial business relationships.

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A member of the USA Olympic gold medal-winning team in 1984 and 1992, he holds the record for most points in an NBA play-off game (63), against Boston in 1986, and scored over 50 points in a game on 34 occasions. He earned his nickname for his remarkable athleticism.

To apply for a listing in Biltmore’s annual Who’s Who Publication, submit your candidate request at our website. The membership committee will evaluate your request and contact you by email within 3 weeks with their decision. If you qualify, you will be interviewed by phone. If approved, there is no charge to be listed in their annual online Registry Publication.

Michael Jordon Basketball player, born in New York City, USA. He played with the Chicago Bulls from 1984, and was named as the National Basketball Association's Most Valuable Player in 1988, 1991, 1992, 1996, and 1997.

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Um, Kenya? You guys OK?

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:16:32 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Finishing fourth in the men's category was another American, Ryan Hall. Hall, 27, is a rising star on the world running circuit and made headlines last year by running the London marathon in a stunning 2:06:17.

Americans once dominated long-distance running, bringing home consecutive gold medals from 1970-82. Marathon legend Bill Rodgers won the New York City four years in a row from 1976 to 1979, and Alberto Salazar took walked away with successive victories from 1980-82.

The marathon, which began in 1970 with a mere 127 runners, now hosts 38,000 athletes from around the globe, according to the marathon's Web site. Known for its diverse, punishing terrain, the annual event spans all five of New York's City's boroughs, finishing in the heart of Central Park.

Keflezighi and Tulu will each receive $130,000 in prize money.

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First U.S. man since 1982 wins NYC race

New York (CNN) -- For the first time since 1982, an American man won the New York City Marathon on Sunday.

Meb Keflezighi, 34, broke the tape in the 26.2-mile course with a personal best time of 2:09:15.

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Keflezighi emigrated in 1987 to San Diego, California. One of 11 children, Keflezighi fled with his family from war-ridden Eritrea during its bloody conflict with Ethiopia. He became a U.S. citizen in 1998.

He won a silver medal at the 2004 Olympics and was the runner-up in the New York marathon that year.

The female champion, 37-year-old Derartu Tulu of Ethiopia, was neck and neck with Ludmila Petrova of Russia until the last leg of the race, when she sprinted ahead to victory with a time of 2:28:52.

Tulu, a two-time Olympic gold medalist in the 10,000-meter race in 1992 and 2000, won the London marathon in 2001.

The defending female champion, Britain's Paula Radcliffe, took fourth place among women.

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Congressional Medal For Former Mass. Sen. Brooke

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:27:45 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Awesome honor for the first popularly elected African American Senator in 1966...audio story from All Things Considered at the source.

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Former Massachusetts Republican Sen. Edward W. Brooke III receives the Congressional Gold Medal on Wednesday. President Obama will be on hand as Brooke, the first African-American elected to the Senate by popular vote, is honored.

XXVIII Olympic Games in Athens

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:14:04 GMT

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clipper's remarks: 5 other bronze medals were netted by tracksters Simeon Toribio and Miguel White; and boxers Jose "Cely" Villanueva, Lepoldo Serantes and Roel Velasco.

3 other Filipino athletes have also won medals, but only in demonstration/exhibition sports. Arianne Cerdena won the gold medal in ladies' bowling during the 1988 Seoul Olympics, while Stephen Fernandez and Bea Lucero each got a bronze in taekwondo during the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

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XXVIII Olympic Games in Athens

Greece was the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, and the first modern Olympics was also held in Greece in 1896. So it is very appropriate that the Olympics return to Greece once more.

Over 10,000 athletes and over 5,000 team officials from 201 National Olympic Committees will participate in the 28 different sports events between August 13 and 29. There will be 301 medal ceremonies.

in Philippines has participated in 17 Olympic Games since 1924, but no Filipino athlete has yet returned home with a gold medal. In 80 years, the bounty includes only 2 silver and 7 bronze medals.

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XXVIII Olympic Games in Athens, Greece

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Olympic Games in Athens, Greece on August 13, 2004

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 01:03:50 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Trivia about the olympics held in Athens, Greece on August 13, 2004. focusing on the Philippine athletes who represented the country during the different sport disciplines.

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Olympic Games in Athens, Greece on August 13, 2004

Greece was the birthplace of the ancient Olympic Games, and the first modern Olympics was also held in Greece in 1896. So it is very appropriate that the Olympics return to Greece once more.

The Philippines has participated in 17 Olympic Games since 1924, but no Filipino athlete has yet returned home with a gold medal. In 80 years, the bounty includes only 2 silver and 7 bronze medals.

This year, the Philippine contingent is composed of 16 athletes: 5 in swimming, 4 in boxing, 3 in taekwondo, and 1 each in shooting, archery, track and field, and marathon. These events are the ones depicted on the 4 stamps, a souvenir sheet and 2 first day covers.

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XXVIII Olympic Games in Athens, Greece(boxing)

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Hungarian French Artist Victor Vasarely Museum Under Threat of Closure

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:47:07 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Unique architecture suffering from neglect
A petition has been set up to ask the French government to step in and save the landmark building from total decline

Vasarely was born in Hungary in 1906 and died in Paris in 1997. During his lifetime, his works were honoured with a number of awards including the Guggenheim prize, the French Legion of Honor, the art critics prize at Brussels and the gold medal at the Milan triennale

Vasarely’s identity in the art world was based on his experimentations with optical illusion and the use of line, colour toning and size variation

Permanent exhibition faces closure

Vasarely began a degree in medicine in Budapest before abandoning his studies to pursue his passion for art. He went on to design the official spiral-shaped logo of the Munich Olympic games

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Grosses Kristall seriograph on paper

Familial intrigue and encroaching damp may mean the Vasarely Foundation Museum in Aix-en-Provence will have to close. A look at the unique building and some of the artist’s work on display in Galerie am Dom in Frankfurt until 5 November

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The organisation founded in 1976 to promote and protect Victor Vasarely‘s work has been left penniless

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Louisiana IV

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Idom 3

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Paintings at the museum

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Vasarely began a degree in medicine in Budapest before abandoning his studies to pursue his passion for art.

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Since the artist’s death in Paris in 1997, his estate has been mired in successive controversies

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Grosses kristall 1970

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Visitors to the museum have long been noticing the damp and collapsing ceilings that threaten the spectacular building with closure. The petition can be signed here

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Meanwhile, an exhibition of Vasarely’s work is being shown from 26 September to 5 November 2009 at the Galerie am Dom in Frankfurt, Germany. For more information visit this link

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obama

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:37:57 GMT

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clipper's remarks: did adolf hitler get this award yrs ago??

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Nobel Panel Hopes Peace Prize Boosts Obama Self-Esteem

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(2009-10-09) — An unnamed member of the Nobel committee this morning explained the shocking decision to give the Nobel Peace Prize to U.S. President Barack Obama, who had served only 11 days as president when nominated, by noting that the gold medal would go a long way toward boosting Mr. Obama’s self-esteem.

“It’s like putting a gold star on a student’s paper, or giving him the ‘most improved’ trophy when he makes a good effort,” the source said. “We don’t want the president to get discouraged, or to give up just because the overwhelming evidence of history and of human nature flies in the face of everything he has proposed.”

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Obama Meeting with The Daliai Lama Is Delayed

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:47:58 GMT

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For the first time since 1991, the Tibetan spiritual leader will visit Washington this week and not meet with the president. Since 1991, he has been here 10 times. Most times the meetings have been "drop-in" visits at the White House. The last time he was here, in 2007, however, George W. Bush became the first sitting president to meet with him publicly, at a ceremony at the Capitol in which he awarded the Dalai Lama the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress's highest civilian award.

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In an attempt to gain favor with China, the United States pressured Tibetan representatives to postpone a meeting between the Dalai Lama and President Obama until after Obama's summit with his Chinese counterpart, Hu Jintao, scheduled for next month, according to diplomats, government officials and other sources familiar with the talks.

Before a visit to China in February, for example, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said advocacy for human rights could not "interfere with the global economic crisis, the global climate-change crisis and the security crisis" -- a statement that won her much goodwill in Beijing. U.S. Treasury officials have also stopped accusing China of artificially deflating the value of its currency to make its exports more attractive.

Elias Howe

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:35:15 GMT

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Elias Howe (July 9, 1819 – October 3, 1867) was an American inventor and sewing machine pioneer. He was born in Spencer, Massachusetts.

Contrary to popular belief that he was the first to conceive of the idea of a sewing machine, many other people, including Walter Hunt, had worked on the idea of such a machine before him. However, Howe refined these ideas into a functional machine and on September 10, 1846, he was awarded the first United States patent (#4750) for a sewing machine using a lockstitch design.

In 1865, he established the Howe Machine Company of Bridgeport, Connecticut. His sewing machine won the gold medal at the Paris Exhibition of 1867.^[1]

Howe died at age 48, in 1867. He was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York although some say he was buried in London, England. Both Singer and Howe ended their days as multi-millionaires.^[3] Howe was inducted in 2004 into the United States National Inventors Hall of Fame.^[1]

ITS OFFICIAL; African Runner is a "Hermaphrodite"

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 08:25:48 GMT

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Runner is a 'hermaphrodite'

THE controversy over gender row champion runner Caster Semenya deepened today — after reports claimed sex swap tests have shown she is a HERMAPHRODITE.

South African gold-medallist Semenya, 18, has both male and female organs, it was claimed.

And sources close to the International Association of Athletics Federations — who ordered extensive tests on the teen after her amazing 800m win at the World Athletics Championships last month — say the results mean she could still be stripped of her medal.

Semenya is claimed to have NO womb or ovaries — and has internal testes, the male sexual organs which produce testosterone.

The row over Semenya's biology has caused huge divisions — with South African politicians calling slurs she is a man "racist and sexist." Her birth certificate has the teen listed as female and urine tests showed that, despite her having higher than average male hormone levels, they are within the official limits for a woman.

Dining Room Table

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:10:59 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Fine dining room tables made from solid wood only are a specialty of TheOleCraftsman. He has built custom dining room tables for a discerning clientele including Presidents of Corporations, Lawyers, Judges, interior designers, gold medal winning Olympic athletes and the list goes on. Feel free to contact TheOleCraftsman for beautiful dining room tables.

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Really Great Organic Wine - Really!

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:31:18 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Washington wine, China Bend - Lake Roosevelt Lake above Colville and above Spokane - very close to organic heaven - grin.

I can personally say, their wine and organic goodies are really good and worth the wait for UPS to bring it to your door.

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China Bend Vineyards

China Bend Vineyards 2005 Leon Millot Reserve
This delicious rare red variety originated in the Alsace along the French/Swiss/German border. The cool mountain air at China Bend brings out the deep rich character of the Millot finessed with 2 years on oak. Winner of Gold and Double Gold Medal awards. $25.00

China Bend Vineyards 2005 Lake Roosevelt Red
A distinctive barrel-aged blend of our Estate-grown reds. Deep color, full body, fruity, and smooth. This is our best value Premium red. $20.00

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Ab Flyer

Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:22:13 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Ab Flyer is one of the hottest products currently on the market to give you the hottest abs that you need right now!

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South African Crossdresser Runs 800 Meters

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:39:38 GMT

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clipper's remarks: "The gender verification test is an extremely complex procedure," said a spokesman, "The investigations will take some days or weeks, and I'm not a doctor to give a conclusive answer as to his or her gender."

The track and field sensation had a good laugh at that one. "Just cop a feel!" he said. "You'll have all the verification you need."

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South African Crossdresser Runs 800 Meters with Penis Tucked!

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - South African officials have rallied behind a controversial new cross-dressing cross-trainer, who won the women's world 800 meters title shortly after he tucked his penis and genitals safely away from view.

He runs faster than girls because he's got ball bearings and a stick shift.

The runner streaked away to victory with a time of one minute 55.45 seconds - more than twelve seconds faster than any other penis-tucker in recorded history

His masculine build fueled controversy, but he said he is not bothered by questions about his gender.

"Honey, I don't care what anybody says - I'm 100% woman!!" he said.

He received his gold medal on Thursday, sheepishly shifting at the podium as "his business" threatened to interrupt the warm ovation at the Berlin Olympic Stadium.

Marshals have asked him to undergo a battery of complex gender tests, though the results are not expected to be known for some time.

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