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la anaconda de chocolatee Jan 8 2008, 02:51 PM Post #281
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the esperanza I speak of is from british guyana
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Julesy Jan 8 2008, 02:52 PM Post #282
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well its a spanish name which translates to HOPE
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la anaconda de chocolatee Jan 8 2008, 02:54 PM Post #283
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I know it is a spanish name
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Julesy Jan 8 2008, 02:54 PM Post #284
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lol no clue where british guyana is..... :huh
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la anaconda de chocolatee Jan 8 2008, 02:54 PM Post #285
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oh yeah, I never thought that it would mean hope but I guess that makes sense since the verb esperar means to hope or wish
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Denovissimus Jan 8 2008, 03:03 PM Post #286
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Guyana is where the Jonestown Massacre took place! Its in northern South America.
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Julesy Jan 8 2008, 03:10 PM Post #287
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When is Britney going to Die?
We’ll all have a date with our maker someday, but like Amy Winehouse, Britney Spears just can’t seem to wait. A couple of years ago she looks stunning and was a wet dream for every man. But for some reason Britney also landed in a self-destruction derby. Guess her final breath and be crowned Mr. Or Mrs. Death. Winner will be rewarded with a PS3.



http://www.whenisbritneygoingtodie.com/

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Denovissimus Jan 8 2008, 03:12 PM Post #288
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:ha I'm signing up when I get home!
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Julesy Jan 8 2008, 03:14 PM Post #289
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:ha

the pic of her crazy bald head. :faint
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la anaconda de chocolatee Jan 8 2008, 10:41 PM Post #290
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oh I am so putting in my guess!
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la anaconda de chocolatee Jan 8 2008, 10:44 PM Post #291
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I did it! Here are other people's guesses


Be Mr. Or Mrs. Death

Use the form to guess Britney's final breath and be crowned Mr. Or Mrs. Death.
Winner will be rewarded with a PS3.
Name: michele guerrero
Prediction Friday 08th February 2008 @ 19:35
Pre-condolences may your sons finally have some peace
Name: Rodrigo
Prediction Sunday 23rd November 2008 @ 10:13
Pre-condolences Die, bitch!
Name: candice
Prediction Wednesday 15th October 2008 @ 22:27
Pre-condolences how sad! wasted life
Name: Paula Luiza Fraga Ferreira
Prediction Saturday 19th September 2026 @ 23:41
Pre-condolences I'M SORRY.
Name: Kate
Prediction Tuesday 08th April 2008 @ 02:39
Pre-condolences um, sorlee?
Name: Christina Oliveira
Prediction Sunday 20th April 2008 @ 16:39
Pre-condolences You're finally gone. Thank god!
Name: Dan Walsh
Prediction Saturday 02nd February 2008 @ 04:35
Pre-condolences Bam!
Name: Mauro
Prediction Sunday 13th April 2008 @ 13:43
Pre-condolences Biertje?
Name: noelia
Prediction Tuesday 05th August 2008 @ 22:40
Pre-condolences for a fun life
Name: Keano
Prediction Wednesday 04th March 2009 @ 00:00
Pre-condolences I really hope she does not die of AIDS. I am going to rape her with my small cock. before she dies then kill her. There willl be no evidence she will not bleed coz my cock is too small.
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I did it!

May 1st at 3 am, in the midst of Walpurgis! :rocks
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what is walpurgis?

I had britney die on the same day as Anna Nicole
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Now this is fucking stupid
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ST. CHARLES, Mo. - What the ...? A St. Louis-area town is considering a bill that would ban swearing in bars, along with table-dancing, drinking contests and profane music.

City officials contend the bill is needed to keep rowdy crowds under control because the historic downtown area gets a little too lively on some nights.

City Councilman Richard Veit said he was prompted to propose the bill after complaints about bad bar behavior. He says it will give police some rules to enforce when things get too rowdy.
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But some bar owners worry the bill is too vague and restrictive, saying it may be a violation of their civil rights.

Marc Rousseau, who owns the bar R.T. Weilers, said he thinks the bill needs revision.

"We're dealing with adults here once again and I don't think it's the city's job or the government's job to determine what we can and cannot play in our restaurant," Rousseau said.

The proposal would ban indecent, profane or obscene language, songs, entertainment and literature at bars.

A meeting to discuss the proposal is set for Jan. 14.

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I repeat, FUCKING stupid
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Julesy Jan 9 2008, 04:17 AM Post #295
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Monica Belluccii is hot fucking shit

nitghtt

dream of brotney
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la anaconda de chocolatee Jan 10 2008, 12:27 PM Post #296
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Katrina's victims ask for huge checks

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN, Associated Press Writer Wed Jan 9, 10:09 AM ET

NEW ORLEANS - Hurricane Katrina's victims have put a price tag on their suffering and it is staggering — including one plaintiff seeking the unlikely sum of $3 quadrillion.
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A whopping $3,014,170,389,176,410 is the dollar figure so far sought from some of the largest claims filed against the federal government over damage from the failure of levees and flood walls following the Aug. 29, 2005, hurricane.

Of roughly 489,000 total claims, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers said it has received 247 for at least $1 billion apiece, including the one for $3 quadrillion.

"That's the mother of all high numbers," said Loren Scott, a Baton Rouge-based economist.

For the sake of perspective: A mere $1 quadrillion would dwarf the U.S. gross domestic product, which Scott said was $13.2 trillion in 2007. A stack of one quadrillion pennies would reach Saturn.

Some residents may have grossly exaggerated their claims to send a message to the corps, which has accepted blame for poorly designing the failed levees.

"I understand the anger," Scott said. "I also understand it's a negotiating tactic: Aim high and negotiate down."

Daniel Becnel, Jr., a lawyer who said his clients have filed more than 60,000 claims, said measuring Katrina's devastation in dollars and cents is a nearly impossible task.

"There's no way on earth you can figure it out," he said. "The trauma these people have undergone is unlike anything that has occurred in the history of our country."

The corps released zip codes, but no names, for the 247 claims of at least $1 billion. The list includes a $77 billion claim by the city of New Orleans. Fourteen involve a wrongful death claim. Fifteen were filed by businesses, including several insurance companies.

Little is known about the person who claimed $3 quadrillion. It was filed in Baker, 93 miles northwest of New Orleans. Baker is far from the epicenter of Katrina's destruction, but the city has a trailer park where hundreds of evacuees have lived since the storm.

Katrina, which is blamed for more than 1,600 deaths in Louisiana and Mississippi, is considered the most destructive storm to ever hit the U.S. It caused at least $60 billion in insured losses and could cost Gulf Coast states up to $125 billion, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Most of the claims were filed before a deadline that coincided with Katrina's second anniversary, but the Corps is still receiving them — about 100 claims have arrived over the past three weeks — and is feeding them into a computer database.

The Corps said it isn't passing judgment on the merits of each claim. Federal courts are in charge of deciding if a claim is valid and how much compensation is warranted.

"It's important to the person who filed it, so we're taking every single claim seriously," Corps spokeswoman Amanda Jones said.
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Romance novelist accused of lifting work

By HILLEL ITALIE, AP National Writer Wed Jan 9, 10:04 PM ET

NEW YORK - A popular romance novelist alleged to have lifted work from other texts acknowledged that she sometimes "takes" her material "from reference books," but added that she didn't know she was supposed to credit her sources.
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"When you write historical romances, you're not asked to do that," Cassie Edwards told The Associated Press, speaking earlier this week from her home in Mattoon, Ill.

Edwards then asked her husband to get on the phone. He told the AP that his wife simply gets "ideas" from reference books.

"She doesn't lift passages," Charles Edwards said, adding that "you would have to draw your own conclusions" on how closely his wife's work resembles other sources.

A romance novel Web site, http://www.smartbitchestrashybooks.com, has posted numerous excerpts from Edwards' novels and placed them alongside passages from books and magazines that were found by using the Google search program.

One example compares a description of black-footed ferrets in "Shadow Bear," which came out last year, with text from a 2005 article in Defenders Magazine, a quarterly published by Defenders of Wildlife, a conservation organization.

From "Shadow Bear":

"While alone in my father's study one day, after seeing a family of ferrets from afar in the nearby woods, I took one of my father's books from his library and read up on them. They were an interesting study. I discovered they are related to minks and otters. It is said that their closest relations are European ferrets and Siberian polecats. Researchers theorize that polecats crossed the land bridge that once linked Siberia and Alaska, to establish the New World population."

From Defenders Magazine:

"Related to mink and otters, they are North America's only native ferret (and a different species than the ferrets kept as pets). Their closest relatives are European ferrets and Siberian polecats. Researchers theorize polecats crossed the land bridge that once linked Siberia and Alaska to establish the New World population."

A prolific author, Edwards has written more than 100 novels in the last 25 years and has won several awards, including the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement prize. She usually writes about Native Americans, but has also written about pirates and the Civil War.

Edwards' publisher, Signet, issued a statement Wednesday saying that it "takes plagiarism seriously, and would act swiftly were there justification for such allegations against one of its authors. But in this case Ms. Edwards has done nothing wrong."

"The copyright fair-use doctrine permits reasonable borrowing and paraphrasing of another author's words, especially for the purpose of creating something new and original," the statement reads. "Ms. Edwards' researched historical novels are precisely the kinds of original, creative works that this copyright policy promotes."

Signet is an imprint of Penguin Group (USA).

John M. Barrie, a plagiarism specialist who helped design detection software used widely on college campuses, told the AP that the author had indeed lifted material. The president of the Romance Writers of America, Sherry Lewis, believes the excerpts "raise some questions," but declined to say Edwards had acted improperly.

"It's not clear-cut to me," she said. "You can see similarities in the passages, but I'm not qualified to make that assertion."
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India's Tata Motors unveils $2,500 car

By GAVIN RABINOWITZ, Associated Press Writer 24 minutes ago

NEW DELHI - India's Tata Motors on Thursday unveiled its much anticipated $2,500 car, an ultra-cheap price tag that brings car ownership into the reach of tens of millions of people. But critics worry the car could overwhelm the country's roads and create an environmental nightmare.
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Company Chairman Ratan Tata, introducing the Nano during India's main auto show, drove onto a stage in a white version of the tiny four-door subcompact, his head nearly touching the roof.

With a snub nose and a sloping roof, the world's cheapest car can fit five people — if they squeeze. And the basic version is spare: there's no radio, no passenger-side mirror and only one windshield wiper. If you want air conditioning to cope with India's brutal summers, you need to get the deluxe version.

While the price has created a buzz, critics say the Nano could lead to possibly millions more automobiles hitting already clogged Indian roads, adding to mounting air and noise pollution problems. Others have said Tata will have to sacrifice quality and safety standards to meet the target price.

The chairman, though, insists the car will meet safety standards and pollute even less than motorcycles, passing domestic and European emission standards and averaging about 50 miles per gallon (20 kilometers per liter).

Chief U.N. climate scientist Rajendra Pachauri, who shared last year's Nobel Peace Prize, said last month that "I am having nightmares" about the prospect of the low-cost car.

"Dr. Pachauri need not have nightmares," Ratan Tata said at the unveiling. "For us it's a milestone and I hope we can make a contribution to the country."

The basic model will sell for for 100,000 rupees — $2,500 — but analysts estimate that customers could pay 20-30 percent more than that to cover taxes, delivery and other charges.

Tata has long promised that he'd create a 100,000-rupee car, a vow that was much-derided in the global industry but created a frenzy of attention in India. On Thursday, nearly every news station covered the unveiling live.

"A promise is a promise," Tata told the crowd.

The company has said they expect the car to revolutionize the auto industry, and analysts believe the Nano may force other manufacturers to lower their own pricing. French automaker Renault SA and its Japanese partner, Nissan Motor Co., are trying to determine if they can sell a compact car for less than $3,000.

For now, the car will be sold only in India, but Tata has said it eventually hopes to export it. The Nano could become the basis for other similar super-cheap models in developing markets around the world.

As rising middle class incomes drive demand for cars in India, automakers expect the ranks of car owners in the country to expand dramatically in coming years.

But for some, a huge influx of cars is a terrifying prospect of traffic jams at midnight, hours-long commutes and increasing pollution.

"If you're talking about urban environment, it will cause serious problems," said Jamie Leather, a transport specialist with the Asian Development Bank. "It's a major concern."

In 2005, Indian vehicles released 219 million tons of carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas blamed for global warming.

By 2035, that number is projected to increase to 1,467 million tons, due largely to the expanding middle-class and the expected rise of low-cost cars, according to the Asian Development Bank.

"The cheaper and cheaper vehicles become, the quicker those pollution levels will increase," Leather said.
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Julesy Jan 10 2008, 02:28 PM Post #299
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i saw that! its ugly Michele
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Taman Jan 10 2008, 02:31 PM Post #300
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I saw that too. I rather people bought small new cars that consume less than big old ones though. They just assume that poor people won't buy cars.
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