Women Of The Vine! Have You Got What It Takes?

Thu Jan 14, 2010 10:14 AM EST

By dkaz (Clipped by MinnieApolis)

Good morning ladies. Now that I have your undivided attention I want to tell you what I've been up to.

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entertainment, women, odd, humor, men, sexy, holidays, valentines-day, vine-friendship

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Is 'Minnesota Nice' Dead?

Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:46 PM EST

Minnesota news items from the past year give one pause when one considers that the natives have long prided themselves on being 'Minnesota Nice'. Minnesota is supposed to be a place where the whole state is just like the fictional Lake Woebegone of National Public Radio fame.

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trial, crime, question, prostitution, scandals, stem-cell-research, faked, backhoe, ponzi, criminology

The December Multi-Cultural Calendar is Full

Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:53 PM EST

Dec. 6 is St. Nicholas Day (Christian) Dec. 8 is Bodhi Day (Buddhist) Dec. 8 is also the observance of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic) Dec. 12: Feast Day of our Lady of Guadalupe beginning of the Advent fast (Orthodox) Feast of St.

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christmas, holidays, boxing-day, december, traditions, home-garden, explained, saturnalia, st-lucia

It's just like that movie, Night of the Living Dead...

Mon Nov 9, 2009 3:13 PM EST

The way people have been treating Obama these past several months is come to think of it, a lot like that old movie, Night of the Living Dead.

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politics, racism, obama, zombies, character, parallels, metaphor, night-of-the-living-dead, black-man

Collins' New Egypt Book Gives New Meaning to Adage 'As above, so below' as He Reveals Caves Beneath Giza Plain

Wed Oct 21, 2009 9:26 PM EDT

Although the title and advance news of this latest book by Andrew Collins promotes the discovery of a vast cave network beneath the Giza plain, in fact that part of the book is just one section of the volume.

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history, books, egypt, ancient, astronomy, milky-way, underworld, spirituality, creation, caves

'Half the Sky' a Horrendous, Yet Uplifting Account of Women's Struggles and Triumphs

Mon Oct 12, 2009 9:29 PM EDT

The fight for equality in the Third World is nothing like the fight for equality in America. Here it is about equal pay or access to birth control or sexual harassment. In the Third World, it is about nothing less than the fight for your right to live.

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entertainment, books, china, women, asia, prostitution, liberation, oppression, book-review, kristof

International Renewable Energy Agency is in -- Abu Dhabi?

Sun Sep 27, 2009 11:39 PM EDT

It's true. The new headquarters for the International Renewable Energy Agency will be in Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi, which is better known for its non-renewable energy, in the form of old-fashioned petroleum.

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energy, oil, natural-gas, odd-news, alternative-energy, energy-independence, abu-dhabi, arabian-peninsula, carbon-neutral, oil-drilling

Newsviner Gets Satisfaction After Underwear Letdown

Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:59 PM EDT

As far as consumer issues go, underwear is not a hot topic of debate. We just put them on in the morning and go. But when this Newsviner bought a pack of Fruit of the Loom, and they promptly started falling apart, she took action.

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underwear, fashion, consumer, letter, replacement, fruit-of-the-loom, womens, defective-product, good-companies

Oil Found in Ghana, While Exports from Nigeria Dip

Fri Sep 25, 2009 5:49 PM EDT

Bonds invested in Ghana's nascent oil industry rose sharply in value over the past year. They nearly doubled between November 2008 and July 2009. Ghana is working to broaden its exports beyond cocoa and gold.

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oil, nigeria, production, amnesty, africa, drilling, rebels, world-news, opec, ghana

There's Only One Man to Beat (poem to KC Chiefs)

Mon Sep 21, 2009 9:06 PM EDT

There's only one man to beat, Can the QB take the heat? What goes through your mind, Gilbie, When a Raider's clear to catch the ball And no one's stopping Cassel as the Chiefs' back is to the wall. You the man, Gilbie, you the man. There's a time to step up, you the man. What go …

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entertainment, nfl, raiders, game, writers, poetry, poem, sacks, chiefs-lost

It Would Take You 14 YEARS to Read Your Own DNA

Fri Sep 18, 2009 1:15 AM EDT

Each cell in your body contains roughly three gigabytes of data. Three gigabytes, for newbies to the cyber world, is three billion bytes.

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human-genome, science, reading, dna, project, information, gigabytes, hopeless-waste-of-time

Minneapolis Arrests in Stolen Capitol One Data Scheme

Fri Sep 11, 2009 12:09 AM EDT

The U.S. Secret Service made arrests last Wednesday, Sept. 2, in a case that combined elements of international fraud, credit card data, luxury auto exports, and counterfeit credit cards.

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business, identity-theft, credit-cards

A Love Letter to 'Casablanca'

Wed Sep 2, 2009 11:00 PM EDT

It came as very much a surprise that the much-loved film Casablanca wound up on a list of most over-rated films recently.

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entertainment, film, classic, warner, movies, wwii, casting, ingrid-bergman, casablanca, beloved

'Dear Zachary' documentary tracks tragedy of murder of Dr. Bagby and son

Sat Aug 22, 2009 12:57 PM EDT

When a woman scorned killed a young doctor and later her toddler son, she not only left a small Pennsylvania town bereft of a beloved family doctor, she turned a set of California grandparents into activists for changes in Canadian bail bond law.

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entertainment, canada, review, extradition, crime, documentary, release, criminology, custody-fight, dear-zachary

Job Seekers Need Online Portfolio, Stored Free at eFolio World

Mon Aug 17, 2009 1:54 AM EDT

Never has it been more important to show prospective employers that you are computer and internet savvy. One of the best ways is to create an online portfolio that contains your resume, references, samples of your work, and other artifacts in a handy showcase.

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business, security, online, documents, portfolio, transcript, resume, career, resource, job-hunting

Those Bad Old Red Scare Days are Fodder for Hollywood Murder Mystery [bk. review]

Sat Aug 15, 2009 3:44 AM EDT

Ben Collier takes the train to go to his brother's side at the hospital after a suspicious fall off a hotel balcony. It is Hollywood just after WWII, and Paulette Goddard and some other starlets are on the train along with a studio head.

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entertainment, books, mysteries, espionage, hollywood, novel, hearings, book-review, movie-studios, murder-mystery

Kentucky Derby Museum Hit by Flash Floods After Record Rains [with update]

Mon Aug 10, 2009 11:08 PM EDT

UPDATE: The Kentucky Derby Museum, after initially announcing that nothing was believed to have been destroyed in the August flood, has now realized that thousands of Museum possessions will have to be written off. Every exhibit was affected to some extent by the Aug.

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weather, flooding, louisville, kentucky, cancellation, national-guard, basement, us-news, events, downtown

"The 13th Hour" Achieves Excellence as Thriller and More

Mon Aug 3, 2009 11:53 PM EDT

Richard Doetsch' latest novel, The 13th Hour, is the book I wish I had written. It is billed as a thriller, but it is so much more. It has elements of the whodunit, the murder mystery, the love story, the heist, the disaster movie, science fiction, and a journey of the spirit.

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entertainment, books, review, thriller, book-review, whodunit, simon-and-schuster, murder-mystery, minnie-review, the-13th-hour

Is Your Bank Using the Float on Your Checks, and then Charging YOU for NSF Fees?

Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:03 PM EDT

In 2003 the Congress bowed to a massive industry lobbying effort, passed the Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act*, commonly known as 'Check 21'. It was supposed to mandate the speeding up of check processing so that it took only a day or two for checks to clear.

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business, finance, float, banking, scam, nsf, checking, personal-finances, check-21, big-banks

Blockbuster to challenge Redbox with kiosk outlets

Sun Jul 26, 2009 1:40 AM EDT

(from industry sources)

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business, dvd, blockbuster, strategy, marketing, movies, downloads, business-plan, rental, kiosk

MN Gov Race Wide Open With Pawlenty's Announcement; Field May Include Coleman, Bachmann

Wed Jul 22, 2009 4:30 PM EDT

Now that incumbent governor Tim Pawlenty has officially announced he will not run for re-election after winning two terms, the field is wide open not only for the next governor's race but for speculation on Pawlenty's future plans.

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governor, campaign, election, politics, minnesota, candidates, contenders, norm-coleman, mark-dayton, pretenders

You Betcha There's Wineries in Minnesota

Wed Jul 22, 2009 1:54 AM EDT

It might seem incongruous to learn that vineyards are here in Minnesota, but if you look at a globe, the state is on roughly the same latitude as France. Local farmers have planted the more durable varieties of French grapes, and their wines have won recognition.

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travel, vineyard, minnesota, tourism, minneapolis, winery, gourmet, food-and-wine, morgan-creek, foodies

A Few Good Jokes

Sun Jul 12, 2009 1:15 PM EDT

Some oldie but goody jokes that have been around awhile. #1: A man walked into the ladies department of a Macy's, and walked up to the woman behind the counter and said, "I'd like to buy a bra for my wife" What type of bra?" asked the clerk.

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entertainment, humor, jokes, oldies, laugh

H1N1 Flu Linked to Massive Pig Farms in Mexico

Tue Jul 7, 2009 8:17 PM EDT

While catching swine flu has not been linked to merely eating pork and pork products, it may be linked to the raising of hogs on massive industrial scale farms in Mexico.

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pollution, world-news, pig-farm, runoff, public-health, epidemic, pig-manure, swine-flu, pig-factory, smithfield-farms