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Archive for August, 2009

Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez Is Miss Universe 2009

Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez is on top of the world after winning the coveted crown Miss Universe crown. In the process Stefania Fernandez became the sixth Venezuelan to win the title. What’s more interesting is Stefania was crowned fellow Venezuelan Dayana Mendoza who won the competition in 2008. It is only the second instance in [...]

The Wire, Season 2, Episode 11: "Bad Dreams" (Newbies edition)

Frank Sobotka (Chris Bauer) takes a long walk towards a dangerous place on "The Wire."
Almost to the finish line on "The Wire" season two, folks. As always, we’re going to look back in two slightly different versions: one for the people who are watching the show at roughly the same pace I’m writing about it [...]

"Scrubs" The Complete Eighth Season DVD Review

In the spring of 2007, NBC began counting down the "final episodes" of "Scrubs" in promos. Renewal was still up in the air, but the medical comedy eventually earned it, returning for a seventh season. Season 7 was established as the acclaimed, imaginative show’s swan song. But then the Writers’ Strike occurred. Since NBC was [...]

Seeking arrangements: lies and the $10,000 truth

AP Photo/ Alice Keeney
From politicians  to couch potatoes, everyone hiding a love secret squirms when allegations of infidelity surface.  In the Mark, Maria, and Jenny triangle the story became clear when the Governor fessed up and told the truth — he wasn’t hiking but rather jet-setting to Argentina.
With John, Elizabeth, [...]

Virtual Counselor

INDIAN RIVER COUNTY — Set the alarm clocks and sharpen those new pencils.
A new school year starts Monday for Indian River County public school students and it’ll be opening day for the county’s fourth middle school and first green school.
Storm Grove Middle School opens its $37.6 million campus in Vero Beach. The school is considered [...]

Ramadan time for prayers and jihad

More than one billion Muslims mark the start of Ramadan today — their holiest month of the year, devoted to prayer, fasting and charity.
But for a small minority, it is also regarded as an auspicious time to escalate violence in the name of jihad.
As a result, experts expect a surge in terrorism attacks during Ramadan, [...]

Pakistan’s war-displaced lament Ramadan in camps

 
 
ICHRIAN, Pakistan (Reuters) – As the Muslim month of Ramadan begins, tens of thousands of Pakistanis forced to flee their homes by war against the Taliban will have no choice but to languish in camps or host families over the religious period.
About 2.3 million people were forced from their homes by fighting in the northwest, [...]

JBS hopes to avoid problems encountered during 2008 Ramadan

Grand Island’s JBS Swift meatpacking plant officials are hoping a year makes a world of difference — but only time will tell. JBS and the United Food and Commercial Workers Union Local No. 22 have come to an agreement to hopefully prevent the walkouts, disruptions and employee firings that occurred last year during [...]

Common Mistakes Made During Ramadan

Most Muslims who fast Ramadan focus on the benefits and rewards of it. But in doing so, we often make mistakes that instead of adding to our experience actually detract from it. Mistakes that can make us commercialize Ramadan as so many other religions have commercialized their sacred days. Insha Allah the following serves as [...]

Megan Wants a Millionaire Ryan

The dead body of Jasmine Fiore was found in Buena Park, California on 15th of August 2009, Saturday. She was a swimsuit model. Jasmine Fiore was 28-year-old modeled for playboy, whose dead body was found distended in a bag contained by a garbage bin. The report of missing of Jasmine Fiore was [...]