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- Flinders Quartet Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 12:19PMThis interpretation underlined the essential Flinders qualities of full-blooded enthusiasm, a fine ear for lyrical content and an unfailing unanimity of intent.
- Nelly Regains Cool with Taylor Swift's Help Monday, September 6, 2010 @ 11:05AMHe's a Grammy Award-winning, multiplatinum hip-hop star who's scored a host of top 10 hits, but for rapper Nelly's teenage daughter, the biggest validation that her father is still "cool" came only last week—from Taylor Swift.
- Goings on About Town: Classical Music Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 11:08PMPageBreak -- CONCERTS IN TOWN THE MOVADO HOUR Two potent violinists—Geoff Nuttall, of the St. Lawrence Quartet, and his wife, Livia Sohn—headline the next one-hour concert in the Baryshnikov Arts Center’s stylish series. They are joined by the violist Hsin-Yun Huang, the . . .
- Keep the 'under' in undergarments Sunday, September 5, 2010 @ 4:01AMDear Miss Manners: It seems I am in a constant scandalized state when I am out in public. Women of all ages and sizes seem to proudly display their bra straps or go braless. On top of all that, there seems to be no shame in displaying fat rolls and g-strings. Why aren't they wearing body-appropriate clothing and keeping the undergarments under something? Am I in the wrong or are these "ladies ...
- Record market gains in Turkey signal Erdogan referendum win Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 9:34PMInvestors are betting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan (pictured) will strengthen his hold on power at a nationwide referendum next week as stocks soar to a record high.
- Concert review: Sydney Symphony Orchestra Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 6:13PMSYDNEY SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA **** USHER HALL, EDINBURGH
- Forbidden Planet (Blu-ray) Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 3:14PMHighly Recommended Forbidden Planet was released at a time when science [click on the thumbnail to enlarge] fiction films were all too often associated with boxy, black and white compositions, pie-pans on strings, and standard issue formulas with nuclear fal... Read the entire review
- Argentina vs. Spain: A Special Occasion for Both Sides Saturday, September 4, 2010 @ 1:03PMFootball has long been labeled the "world's game," but in reality, it is Europe's game. Most of the best players are concentrated on the old continent, and the club sides and national sides rarely stray away from their home grounds, bar a friendly or two in the United States. In this new era in which football has become such a cash cow, South America has largely been left behind, but now ...
- Live music, food and entertainment kicks off with Downtown Bryan's First Friday Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 5:39PMFirst Friday events in Downtown Bryan kicked off at 5 p.m. and will continue through the evening. Here's a listing of what's unfolding: • The Frame Gallery, 216 N. Bryan Ave, 5 -10 p.m. Original art by many local artists, Live jazz & blues, 6:3 ...
- England 4 Bulgaria 0: match report Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 4:16PMA Jermain Defoe hat-trick and an Adam Johnson goal give England perfect start to their Euro 2012 qualifying campaign.
- Turkey’s Record Stocks Signal Erdogan Referendum Win Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 6:42AMInvestors are betting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will strengthen his hold on power at a nationwide referendum next week as stocks soar to a record high.
- Film Reveals Italy Prime Minister as Malevolent Despot Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 4:12AMIn "Videocracy," Silvio Berlusconi is Italy’s longest-serving Prime Minister. The key to the media mogul-turned-politician’s success lies in the fact that he not only owns all of the country’s private television networks but also controls all the state-run stations while in office.
- What to do in Steamboat for Sept. 3 to 9 Friday, September 3, 2010 @ 1:39AMMegan Burtt with Tim Blane Band will be playing at 10 p.m. at The Boathouse Pub on Saturday. The Denver-based vocalist plays folk pop rock with an edge. The event is free. Check out what else is happening this weekend in Steamboat Springs.
- Steven G. Brant: Did BP Just Blow Up The Obama Presidency? Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:46PMBP is attempting to leverage its promised $20 billion Gulf Restoration Fund to get the US government to let it keep drilling in the Gulf. This $20 billion is a penalty. BP does not deserve to be compensated for paying its debt to society.
- Floods: discrimination against minorities Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 9:53PMTHE fact that inequitable treatment is meted out to minorities, especially at such trying times, is most lamentable, as pointed out in your editorial ‘Discrimination in aid’ (Sept 1).
- New law impacts strip clubs Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:42PMMost strip club and adult shop owners wouldn't comment on camera, but Passions of Columbia owner Nellie Symm Gruender had plenty to say about Missouri's new laws against sexually oriented businesses.
- Critics Root for Espada’s Exit, but He’s Dug In Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:58PMPedro Espada Jr., the Senate majority leader, faces a tough battle in the Sept. 14 primary, but political observers say he remains a formidable candidate to defeat.
- Hockey hits back in billion-dollar bust-up Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:41PMOpposition Treasury spokesman Joe Hockey has suggested the Coalition was double-crossed by Tasmanian independent Andrew Wilkie over a controversial $1 billion offer to rebuild the Royal Hobart Hospital.
- Record Turkish Stock Prices Show Investors Bet `Yes' on Erdogan Referendum Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 5:29PMInvestors are betting Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will strengthen his hold on power at a nationwide referendum next week as stocks soar to a record high.
- Brandon Spikes Sex Tape Fallout Begins Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:42PMThat alleged Brandon Spikes ’sex tape’ floating around the web? It’s Spikes. His agents have confirmed it, and here’s the worst part – Reebok seems to have (bad pun alert) pulled out of a potential with Spikes. Reebok’s trying not to look like the bad guy here, but according to this site, that deal could [...]
- G.W. Schulz: Coast Guard Resources for Protecting the Environment Fell in Recent Years Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 2:16PMMarine environmental protection has been at the bottom of the Coast Guard's several missions for at least four years.
- Big briefs are back! Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:15AMIPSWICH women are abandoning the once popular G-string in favour of larger knickers.
- Not sold on RentAFriend Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:57AMThe website lets you rent a friend, but is that really what the world needs? If you're among those who think Facebook's definition of friends is hollow, you may not want to read any further. I just stumbled across RentAFriend.com. It offers profiles of more than 167,000 people who are available for a range of platonic social services — workout buddy, museum visits and wingman/wingwoman, to name ...
- Music review: Bramwell Tovey not done yet at the Hollywood Bowl Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:52AMOn Tuesday, the nimble Brit began his final two-week stint as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's principal guest conductor at the Hollywood Bowl. On Tuesday, the nimble Brit began his final two-week stint as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's principal guest conductor at the Hollywood Bowl.
- Music review: Bramwell Tovey not done yet at the Hollywood Bowl Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:24AMBramwell Tovey is back. On Tuesday night, the nimble British conductor returned to his summer haunt of three years and began his final two-week stint as the Los Angeles Philharmonic's principal guest conductor at the Hollywood Bowl. The upcoming programming...
- The Things They Say Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 8:22AM"My son's knowledge of female prisons comes from LADY GAGA and CHICAGO, all G-strings and heels. His ambition is to work in a 'lady jail'." British model/actress ELIZABETH HURLEY's young son DAMIAN is eyeing a career in a female prison.
- It’s time to lay out baseball’s September possibilities Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:29AMBearing down on the Labor Day marker signaling the turn into the stretch run of another baseball season, the urgency of the hour is overwhelming. It has been a wacky season. So, with a month to go in what passes for pennant races nowadays we have the following phenomena, ranging from the improbable to the downright silly. read more
- Most popular Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 7:25AMAccording to statistics, every third passenger has a fear of flying. This is not surprising. After all, fear is a manifestation of self-preservation instinct. Fear of air travel is as natural as fear of the dark or walks in the deserted streets at night.
- The double-dip overhype – for some, at least Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 4:12AMDownturn in the economy doesn’t always mean tough times. These four companies increased earnings every year for the past decade
- Hugh Grant and Liz Hurley show their friendship is still going strong Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 3:04AMThe pair, who dated for more than 13 years, reaffirmed their friendship last night at a party to mark the opening of a fashionable new London bakery.
- Bars, concerts, comedy and misc. listings Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 10:05PMBARSSARASOTABACALAO SPORTS GRILL BAR: Karaoke, 6:30 p.m. Thurs. / Hip-hop, 10 p.m. Thurs. /
- He's got his eye on Hugh! Grant and Liz Hurley show their friendship is still going strong Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 6:35PMThe pair, who dated for more than 13 years, reaffirmed their friendship last night at a party to mark the opening of a fashionable new London bakery.
- Elizabeth Hurley’s son wants to work in prison Wednesday, September 1, 2010 @ 9:15AMElizabeth Hurley’s eight-year-old son wants to work in a female prison when he gets older because he is convinced they are like Lady Gaga music videos.
- Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra closes Baroque Celebration with musical fireworks Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 8:24PMThe performance on Sunday put an exclamation point at the end of this outstanding three-concert series, the ninth of the orchestra's late-summer Great Performance Festivals.
- Fall Arts: Classical music and operas to see this fall Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 7:13PMWednesday, Sept. 22; Thursday, Sept. 23; Saturday, Sept. 25 The San Francisco Symphony inaugurates its fall season with Michael Tilson Thomas doing one of the things he does best — conducting Aaron Copland. The American composer's Quiet City and Organ Symp...
- Andre Agassi: I have the body of an old man Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 5:40PMIn his memoir, “Open,” the tennis star reveals that he used crystal meth and avoided punishment for failing a drug test. In this excerpt, he writes about the physical and emotional pain he feels. Andre Agassi - Tennis - Open: An Autobiography - Methamphetamine - Sport
- The art of grant getting Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 11:04AMEven senior scientists are struggling. Here are key tips for getting funding in today's particularly tough environment
- No strings attached aid-offer from South to North Korea Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 4:30AMSouth Korea has offered North Korea unconditional aid for flood damage which has affected the country and its people.
- I know you are, but what am I? Tuesday, August 31, 2010 @ 3:36AMAs Glenn Beck stated at his self-described historic rally, "It is time to start the heart of this healing nation by restoring America to faith and God and I'm the guy but it's not about me, God and also honor, blah blah blah." Or something like that.
- White T.V. ad hits Perry on lobbyists Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:21PMDemocratic gubernatorial candidate Bill White, speaking directly to voters in a new television commercial, is critical of Gov. Rick Perry and his plans to attend a fundraiser hosted by registered lobbyists. SCRIPT White: You want to know who pulls the...
- Clearwire Rover: Pay As You Go WiMax By the Day, Week, or Month [WiMax] Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:09PM# wimax Clearwire just launched Rover, a no-contract service that offers unlimited WiMax goodness for $5 a day, $20 a week, or $50 a month, along with two new WiMax modems. Yep, get ready to start topping up your 4G. More »
- Clearwire out Rover pre-pay WiMAX with Rover Puck mobile hotspot Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:51AMClearwire has officially launched Rover , their pay-as-you-go 4G mobile broadband service, which offers unlimited WiMAX data for either $5 a day, $20 a week or $50 per month. Two modems will be available for the Rover packages, a USB model called the Rover Stick and priced at $99.99, and a 4G mobile hotspot called the Rover Puck , which can share a single WiMAX connection with up to eight WiFi ...
- Ben Huh of I Can Haz Cheezburger Offers to Buy Reddit Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 10:12AMReddit is a linkdump popular with the young and geeky. Think of it as the surly teen of parent company Conde Nast, the stuffy upper crust of the magazine world. Father and son haven't been g...
- Aces of Trades: Piano technician works to the tune of accuracy Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 6:13AMNEWARK -- In front of an invisible audience in an empty Newark High School auditorium, John Thomas stood in front of a 6.5-foot Schimmel grand piano on the stage and looked fixedly at a group of strings under the open lid.
- Fall movie preview: Hollywood to offer adult-oriented fare Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 3:01AMTime to grow up. Every year, the movie business hands itself over to the kids for the summer, and the multiplex resonates with cartoon heroes, funny bodily noises and things that go boom.
- Handling illegal immigrants proves profitable for Tulsa County Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 2:39AMMany might want them gone, but illegal immigrants in Oklahoma can be good business.
- Youths have orchestrated a symphonious concert Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:56AMMonday, August 30th, 2010 13:26:00 Fresh from its pioneering collaboration with jazz heavyweights last June, the Malaysian Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (MPYO) is set to demonstrate its excellent musicianship in its tenth concert at Dewan Filharmonik PETRONAS (DFP) on Saturday, Sept 18 at 3.30pm under the baton of its principal conductor, Kevin Field.
- Youths have orchestrated a symphonious concert Monday, August 30, 2010 @ 12:54AM(DFP) on Saturday, Sept 18 at 3.30pm under the baton of its principal conduc tor, Kevin Field.
- Handout with strings Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 11:32PMNew York officials fell all over themselves last week, seeking credit for the $700 million New York "won" in federal Race to the Top school funding. Better they had turned the money down. Let's be honest: Handing Albany such a huge sum in exchange for promises and baby-step "reforms...
- Volleyball Sunday, August 29, 2010 @ 10:02PMSand Leagues