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marika January 4th 08 03:32 AM

elvis biography
 



"Elvira Allen" wrote in message
...
I know it sounds like a lot. But, I guess it was
printed in small quantities and is rare nowdays.
I'd like to have one; but the price was a bit
out of my budget.



maybe the second statistic is about volume, not acreage?

Cory Doctorow's "I, Rowboat" future world AIs cutely used wikis in order
to
understand their meaning and sentience in their universe.

I bet you could write a wiki about Elvis in this manner.







----- Original Message -----
From: "marika"
Newsgroups: alt.fan.elvis-costello,alt.usenet.legends.lester-mosley
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 11:13 AM
Subject: big come


Have you read Cory Doctorow's "Overclocked"

It contains 2 short stories, "I Robot" and "I, Rowboat" the second of
which
is the evolution of some AI and the life and career of a rowboat, whose
physical appearance or attraction quotient is unknown

It would certainly be interesting to have that boat painted by J Turner
self
immolating which is sort of what it did at the end when it went to heaven
or
hell or the great afterlife

mk5000




----- Original Message -----
From: "marika"
Newsgroups:
soc.culture.europe,soc.culture.usa,soc.culture.jap an,soc.culture.australian,alt.usenet.legends.leste r-mosley
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 11:02 AM
Subject: INTERNATIONAL STUFF - Iowa Primaries | Leadership | Darfur |
Cirque De Demain | Lyrics



"Frank Kalder" wrote in message
...
M. K. ~ e-glob, Washington, DC


Frank Kalder ~ GLOBAL HAPLIFNET
~ http://haplifnet.blogspot.com [US+EU Community]
- transatlantic daily -


. Iowa Primaries

Battle in the Corn Fields
By Klaus Brinkbäumer in Iowa

The United States is a country that likes to explain democracy to
other nations. It is also a country that starts wars to bring
democracy to the world. It allows the candidates for its highest
office, the presidency, to spend a year and a half campaigning,
leaving no stone unturned as it delves into their past. Its political
mood is gauged on a daily basis by anywhere from 10 to 20 opinion
polls... Dec 24,
http://www.spiegel.de/international/...525230,00.html



I don't know it sounds pretty fabulous to me


. Leadership

In the meantime, the experiment with the word leader is interesting.

Another thing that the word Fuhrer connotes to a lot of Americans the
concept of genetic experimentation. Whenever you hear USians talk
about
genetic improvement in that era, it's always with a sense of disgust.

Every once in a while though you hear about USians donating eggs and
sperm
of either people with high IQs or perceived as attractive, such as
fashion
models. But the thought that goes behind that type of genetic
improvement
is often glossed over. Very ironic.

Altogether the subjects are touchy.

. Darfur

Watched a very interesting documentary about Darfur and this shows that
USians are still turning their heads away from slaughter while
ironically
trying to fix countries where there is more oil or otherwise that are
strategically important.

Humans are so confusing.

Indeed. Same is true for EUsians and the ROW.

I'm off to the art museum today.

__
"Clouds so swift
Rain won't lift
Gate won't close
Railings froze
Get your mind off wintertime"
--dylan, you ain't goin nowhere


. BAMBI 2007

Here's a slide show (41 photos):
www.bunte.de/szene/bambi-2007_did_1183.html
[...]


I seem to recognize the names Sabine, Pooth

I LOVE Armin Mueller Stahl

. The Long Run (2000)

Nice Movie: http://imdb.com/title/tt0218411
(amongst others I have seen that he has made, but first time for this
one)

Ah, thanks for this hint (~must-watch list). It's apparently an
African-European issue.

Btw, I just received today an e-mail from my relatives in Cape Town. I
replied immediately (while my yesterday's seasons greetings didn't get
though, apparently cos of an e-address change).

__
"This sweater is Ralph Lauren, and I have no pants."
-- Barry B. Benson: Bee Movie



. Transatlantic Daily

Update:
http://haplifnet.blogspot.com/2007/1...update_24.html

. Cirque De Demain

http://www.cirquededemain.com I watched this yesterday. Winner (gold)
was a French-Canadian couple with an extremely sexy acrobatic dance
show. Mongol girls (China) got silver; and another Chinese show
(little boys and adults) bronze. There were several silver and bronze
medals for other contestants, in addition.

There was also a very unique (young) Ukrainian artist with a special
discipline (using a pole) which, they said, the Ukraine is world-
famous for. Forgot the term. Couldn't find it in the net, though,
unfortunately.


Curiously, the website says it's closed for the holidays.
I assume this is the same event that we sometimes see at the olympics,
perhaps not.
This sounds nice but I will have to try it again tomorrow

. Xmas - Baltimore & Berlin

I've discovered a German (...Matt) in MD.
http://bb.focus.de/focus/viewtopic.p...light=#1237236

The comment underneath (by Cane...) describes a German Xmas eve in
Berlin.
Apparently she's got two kiddies (~fashion showing), a husband, dogs,
and a cat.

. Lyrics

The ex-moderator Phi (of Felix Austria) is a hobby poet. Many lyrics
are available from him, e.g., Weihnachtswahnsinn (Xmas weirdness).
http://bb.focus.de/focus/viewtopic.p...light=#1235916

I made a small rhyme (4 lines)* for him, yesterday:
http://bb.focus.de/focus/viewtopic.p...light=#1237196
It includes a link to a benchmark thread (with poll) which I had
initiated recently.
__
* Phonetics: the "i" (ich) sounds like an "e" such as in
"imagination". The _'n_ means "ein" or, in this case, "einen". It's
pronounced like the English "an" (like in "another"). If I wrote in
Austrian slang "an" it would then mean "to" (for regular German
readers).

I don't get it. Did you write the part about dear readers we want to
ask
you a few questions?
Bcause that's all the link shows. When I click on the button, it just
brings me back to that same screen?


I ended up going to the National Gallery which is full of classics.
Lots
of
Dutch painters.

Not much I can say that the pictures won't say for themselves.
We visited 2 in particular

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/turnerinfo.shtm

http://www.nga.gov/exhibitions/hopperinfo.shtm

Hopper's work is seen from time to time in ads. It's pretty
recognizable.

mk5000

"Liz Lemon: Why are you wearing a tux?
Jack: It's after 6 o'clock Lemons. What am I, a farmer? "--50 Rock






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