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LATIN AMERICA News, Sep 17, 2011


Suriname, South America's Hidden Treasure
New York Times
The meal we assembled cost all of 3 Suriname dollars apiece, less than oneAmerican dollar. Other vendors sold pirated Bollywood movies, and Rastafarians offered reggae CDs and tapestries of the Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie. ...
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Netflix Arrives in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean
VAdvert Press Center (press release)
About Netflix: With over 25 million members in the United States, Canada and Latin America, Netflix, Inc. [Nasdaq: NFLX] is the world's leading Internet subscription service for enjoying moviesand TV shows. For $8 a month, Netflix members instantly ...
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Would a Perry v. Obama Contest Be a Confederacy v. Union Rematch?
AlterNet
For conservatives, Perry victorious would mean nothing less than the South as a phoenix in the form of an eagle, rising from the ashes of a short-lived and fallen nation. Sign up to stay up to date on thelatest News & Politics headlines via email. ...
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Video Board Delay Inexcusable
FITSNews
We get to do that in America. I can't imagine your thrill over the prospect of having another negative but meaningless story to run against USC. You probably slapped another woman out of excitement. But really, trying to make this into a typical South...
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MOVIES: 'Straw Dogs,' 'The Guard' and 'Apollo 18'
Westport-News
Because Friday night football reigns supreme in the Deep South, affluent Harvard grad David condescendingly refers to them as Straw Dogs, comparing them with the grass offerings that were revered in ancient Chinese ceremonies, then tossed aside when no ...
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Black Film Festival broadens our views
Montreal Gazette
In between those two features is a slew of other movies, all screening at either the NFB Cinema or Cinéma du Parc. Subjects run the gamut: a presidential election in Ghana, turmoil in Brazil's favelas, killer ants in Haiti, lesbian mothers in South ...
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Weekly Ketchup: Top Gun Taking 3D Flight in 2012
Rotten Tomatoes
Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the masterminds behind South Park and Team America: World Police, have just announced such a project. Parker and Stone have confirmed that they do indeed plan to someday adapt their recent Broadway hit musical (and multiple ...
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New movies: Ryan Gosling will be all over the Capital Region this weekend
Albany Times Union (blog)
(It's easy to forget how many good-to-great movies Brooks has been a part of: “Out of Sight,” “Taxi Driver,” “Broadcast News,” “Finding Nemo,” “Defending Your Life,” “Lost inAmerica”) Add in veterans like Ron Perlman and Russ Tamblyn (“West Side ...
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Albany Times Union (blog)
Spurrier sparkles on college stage
Annapolis Capital
AP VIDEO more>> Spurrier has succeeded at three different schools - Duke, Florida and now SouthCarolina. The Tennessee native owns a gaudy 188-73-2 career record in 22 years at the Division I level and has earned a reputation as a true innovator along ...
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Jennifer Lopez - Papi (Music Video!)
Music and Lyrics (blog)
So disappointed with this music video...my support for the single is still there though! As promised Jennifer Lopez appeared on today's episode of "Good Morning America" (September 16th) to world premiere the music video for her new single, ...
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Music and Lyrics (blog)
Saint-Gobain Solar Expert Explains Industry Growth, Impact on Energy Producers ...
AltEnergyMag (press release)
According to Janaki Weiden, Global Market Manager, SOLGLIDE®, the recent – and in some cases, rapid – growth of the solar industry in the US, Asia, parts of South and Central America, and the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region is increasing ...
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Celebrating the Nicholas Brothers
Smithsonian (blog)
... Down Argentine Way, where they could skirt around racial issues by pretending to be “Latin American,” and Stormy Weather, whose all-black cast also included Bill Robinson and Lena Horne. When Fayard was drafted, Harold performed solo in twomovies. ...
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Smithsonian (blog)
Fla. man gets 50 years for Medicare fraud; owned major US community mental ...
Washington Post
ATC also paid the owners of assisted living facilities and halfway houses to round up patients for their seven mental health centers in south and central Florida for therapy sessions that were never held. In some cases, elderly and infirm patients were ...
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4 more years for high school achievers
KOLD-TV
AP Entertainment News Video Students at Urban Prep High School in Chicago's notoriously roughsouth side are expected to succeed. The school has a 100 percent record of sending students to college. (Source: CNN) Jermaine Taylor, a senior at Urban Prep ...
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In Belgium, Potato Fans Fret Over Fate of Frites
Wall Street Journal
Watch excerpts of a video about bintjes by Belgapom, the professional organization of the Belgian potato industry. That's why farmers, fryers and foodies are battling over the future of the potato which made Belgium great: the bintje. ...
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The 100 best comedies of all time? Time Out London has an interesting ...
Entertainment Weekly
I can understand putting Trey Parker's and Matt Stone's South Park movie high on the list, but do Team America: World Police and BASEketball really deserve their places? Which brings up another problem — which, depending on your perspective, ...
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Performing Arts Exhibits Calendar with Dance Classes and More from South ...
McKinney Courier Gazette
South Dallas Cultural Center Announces Dance, Arts & Music Classes and 2011 Calendar of AfricanAmerican Performing Arts Events and Exhibits in Dallas TX: Attention Dallas area residents who want to know how to write plays, to dance or become a dancer, ...
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The K7RA Solar Update
ARRL
On October 9 at 2110 on September 9, F2 propagation was noticed on NTSC analog channel 2 coming from due south from South America. The first thing I noticed was what appeared to be a out-of-phase sporadic-E taking place, but the video would not sync ...
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Lights, Camera, Cocktails
Daily Beast
There was a period in the '90s when Sarah Jessica Parker was almost in two movies per year (six in 1996 alone!), and the breadth of her work covered everything from comedy to action and drama to fantasy. In the decade after Footloose, Girls Just Want ...
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Judas Priest Frontman Rob Halford Tumbles Off Motorcycle During Brazil Show
Ultimate Classic Rock
If Halford was injured, or if the bike needs repairs, he'll have a couple of days off to mend. Judas Priest doesn't continue the South American leg of their Epitaph tour until Sept. 18 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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'America's Got Talent' star comes home for a show
Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman
The move south was definitely a part of his plan to focus on his magic. He'd been working on tricks since he was 7 years old. And, he said, he's more or less self-taught. “There's definitely not a whole lot of magic up in Alaska, so since I was a kid I ...
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What's Doing? - Sept. 18
Brainerd Daily Dispatch
North-South: Sandy Chase and Jim Huble, 43.5; Lois Volkmuth and Phyllis DeRosier, 36.5. East-West: Patrick Spradlin and Bruce Eastman, 39.5; Sue Caquelin and Kathy Calhoun, 36.5. The Brainerd VFW will offer a barbecue dinner at 6 pm Saturday. ...
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How many continents are there?
Gadling
by McLean Robbins (RSS feed) on Sep 16th 2011 at 9:30AM We are commonly taught that seven continents exist - North America, South America, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. But is this answer really true? As YouTube sensation CGP Grey ...
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When Spain Led the World
New York Times
Spain effectively began the trans-Atlantic slave trade, created the first worldwide currency (the “pieces of eight” clinking in Johnny Depp pirate movies) and rooted Christianity in Latin America and parts of Asia. Its creators were a matchless ...
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New York Times
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art
E-Flux
They include K'ora from South Africa, recorded in 1938 by its last speaker; Manx from the Isle of Man, captured in 1948 and now extinct; and Blackfoot from North America, recorded in the 1990s and today seriously endangered. A simple text supplements ...
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What to do this weekend
Boston Globe
Along America's Cup Avenue, Newport, RI. 401-846-1115, www.newportboatshow.com Open for business: Once upon a time there was a South End without gentrification, lofts, and renovated warehouses. The neighborhood had artists, for sure, and this weekend ...
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