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I depart today for a 6 day trip to Tokyo-Seattle-Tokyo-Detroit. I have plans with a friend on the layover in Seattle for dinner, drinks and catch up. Should be fun (I hope). A little P.S. to my "Trip from Hell" post, something else happened on that trip that I have never seen nor had the other flight attendants or gate agents. Upon boarding on the first leg the agent brought down 3 unaccompanied m

A macaron is a traditional French pastry from Nancy, a commune of the Meurthe et Moselle département, in northeastern France. Dating back to the 18th century, the macaron is made of egg whites, almond powder, icing sugar and sugar. This sweet pastry came out of the French courts' baker's oven as round meringue-like domes with a flat base. In the early 1930 the tearoom and pastry-shop

Will Alan Duncan square up to Peter Oborne after the Daily Mail columnist wrote about his business links...A fascinating spat is developing between Daily Mail columnist Peter Oborne and the Shadow Business Secretary Alan Duncan. Writing in the Mail on Saturday, Oborne warned that the Tories' capacity for sleaze was not over. He suggested, for example, that Duncan's links to the oil trading company

Potrebbe essere la fesseria del secolo come l`acquisto piu` sensazionale del Vecchio Continente. Il sito internet `eurobasket.com` ha pubblicato un`indiscrezione alquanto interessante. Il Panathinaikos infatti avrebbe comunicato l`intenzione di mettere sotto contratto una stella della NBA che ha 32 anni e che ha viaggiato, in questa ultima stagione, in doppia doppia di punti e rimbalzi. La dirigen

We’re on a roll with studios it seems. Today’s duo are Duncan Barrett and Sarah Lippett, whose studio, Crayonlegs, begins with a bizarre banana-to-octopus shape shifting animation. Go see it for yourself…

Lukas Podolski recently asserted that ‘football is like chess, except without the dice’. The Yogi Berra comparisons inevitably came in hard and fast, but I rather think that Lukas and I are on the same wavelength: the element of chance that is generated artificially by the use of dice in Monopoly or Ludo or Dungeons and Dragons I believe to be dominant in our beloved game, too. If we conceive

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The Sun reports Blue singers Antony Costa, Lee Ryan, and Simon Webbe have been trying to persuade Duncan James to regroup for a comeback, but Duncan is waiting to see how he fairs in the Channel 4 sitcom 'Plus One', where he plays himself. "The lads

Peter Abraham is reporting that the Yankees have optioned Shelley Duncan back to AAA Scranton and he's been replaced by infielder Alberto Gonzalez.Duncan wasn't getting any playing time and he'll be better off getting some ABs with Scranton. I really would have liked to see Brett Gardner get called up instead of Gonzalez, but the Yankees apparently don't want to call him up unless he's going to pl

When I was a little kid I would have pledged to eat nothing but green veggies for the rest of my life in exchange for the opportunity to be coached by a former Big Leaguer. Unfortunately for me it never happened, and consequentially I am an unhealthy adult with an aversion to green veggies who has a hitch in his swing. This doesn’t [...]

                      It is hard to put a finger on, but it seemed like in this playoff series, San Antonio - no matter how hard they tried - could not find a solution to Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant (then again, who can?).  Thursday night’s game between the Lakers and Spurs wouldn’t be any different.  [...]

Kobe Bryant, 2007-08 MVP, 3 times NBA champion with the LA LakersLeBron James, the Choosen One, best scorer of the 2007-08 seasonTim Duncan, forward of the Spurs, 2 times MVP and 4 times NBA championand Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns, 2 times MVP.

So now the question is did the San Antonio Spurs just extend their series against the New Orleans Hornets by one more game Thursday night? Or was this the breakthrough game that the defending NBA Champions have been waiting for all series? We will all find out the answer to those question on Monday as [...]

Listen to Cross My Heart from Julia Duncan’s The Love Lounge Album. This is her rendition of Everything But The Girl classic Cross My Heart. Listen online to all songs from Julia Duncan’s The Love Lounge Album which includes “chill” versions of Sailing, Breakout, Sunlight, Happy Ever After, and more!

My SX project guitar now equipped with Seymour Duncan JB Jr. bridge pickup & Dunlop Dual Design Straplok System.My next modification will be the tuning pegs. I've been thinking to upgrade to Sperzel locking tuners."Sperzel's unique design and precise manufacturing tolerances eliminate shaft wobble, backlash, and end-play, greatly reducing your guitar's tuning problems. The housing extends further up the shaft, with the bushing threads on the outside, keeping the shaft solid as a rock."More info about this tuner at SpecialtyGuitars.comDon't miss out Afiqme's latest news & articles, subscribe to this blog today.

There is something nice when the boss is not completely pissed off that you are walking out the door to go compete with them. With the ever present “non-competes” that we sign here in just about every technical job, the extraordinarily nice note that Duncan Riley is leaving techcrunch for his own blog at Inquisitr [...]

                              The San Antonio Spurs seem to have the Phoenix Suns’ number - especially during the playoffs.  Tuesday’s game between San Antonio and Phoenix was most definitely a must-win game for the Suns; unfortunately for Phoenix, San Antonio’s two top players, Tim Duncan and Tony Parker were a 2-man wrecking crew as they combined for 60 [...]

Via Peter Abraham:The man, the myth, the legend that is David Shelley Duncan is back with the Yankees and hitting sixth today against the Indians. Duncan was 17 for 55 with 6 homeruns, 6 doubles, 11 walks and was batting a pretty healthy .309 for the SWB Yankees this season.

It definitely wasn't a good night for Amare. You lose by 16 on your home court in what is pretty much a must-win game against a team that beat you last year...and you get dunked on in the process. Mark "you're better than that" Jackson would call that a "grown man move"

Let's forget the bad experience at Anfield, Check out spurs forward Tim Duncan sends Game 1 of the first-round match-up with the Phoenix Suns into a second overtime by knocking down his first three-point field goal of the season.

Ok so this was just an absolutely sick play.  The Spurs were down 3 with less than a minute to go and they set up a game tying 3 pointer for Tim Duncan?!?! Wow and he knocked it down. addthis_url = 'http%3A%2F%2Fsportfiends.com%2F2008%2F04%2F20%2Ftim-duncan-for-3%2F'; addthis_title = 'Tim+Duncan+for+3%3F%3F%3F'; addthis_pub [...]

Want some wonderful, blissful, and relaxing moment? With your cup of tea and favorite book ready on your lap, all you need is to lighten up with Julia Duncan’s The Love Lounge. Make this album your official summer soundtrack. Like a breath of fresh air in the stale world, this CD creates the warmth [...]

Want some wonderful, blissful, and relaxing moment? With your cup of tea and favorite book ready on your lap, all you need is to lighten up with Julia Duncan’s The Love Lounge. Make this album your official summer soundtrack. Like a breath of fresh air in the stale world, this CD creates the warmth [...]

Duncan - 8 weeks... I love how he looks you in the eyes Layin around Duncan - 8 weeks... There he is looking me in the eyes again. Aww, makes my heart melt! Duncan McMuncan... If there was ever any doubt, the world now has official proof that my son is crazy! Some dogs play with a ball, Duncan plays with a splashblock from the gutter. Duckie Dog... Duncan with his favorite toy,

Yankees first baseman, Shelley Duncan, was very honest about how he felt he played in yesterday's game.From Erik Boland:...Shelley Duncan boiled down his first start of the season to another word."Poop," Duncan said as he fiddled with the tab of a soda can in front of his clubhouse stall after yesterday's 6-3 loss to the Rays....He finished 1-for-4, grounded out with two runners on base to end the eighth and committed a throwing error that led to two unearned runs."I feel like I have some work to do," Duncan said. "I felt like poop a little bit. Hopefully, I can put the work in the cage and next time around I can be sharp."As for his choice of words, Duncan said, "It just means you feel you can do a lot better, you feel you can feel a lot better. You don't feel like your swing at everythin

From the New York Post:April 5, 2008 -- It was an offerMelky Cabrera Melky Cabrera and Shelley Duncan couldn't refuse. Given an opportunity yesterday to reduce their suspensions stemming from last month's incident with the Rays, both players accepted, and won't have to plead their cases to the commissioner's office. Each player had a game removed from his original suspension of three games. Cabrera's term began last night and will last through today's game against Tampa Bay, and Duncan will serve his suspension tomorrow and Monday. "The Players' Association and Commissioner's office got together and found common ground, so it's time to serve and move on," GM Brian Cashman said. "Ultimately we were going to have to do it at some point. We just have to get this thing over with

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From the New York Post:"Shelley told me that he tried to break up the play," Girardi said. "I saw a similar slide that he made in Toronto, a very hard slide that he went after the ball in the player's glove. I believe my player. And the way he reacted when he slid leads me to believe that that's what he was trying to do. 'Cause if there was malicious intent, I think he would have popped right up. I believe my guy." Girardi said he didn't have a problem with the slide. "Did his spikes go up a little high? Yes they did," he said. "Part of that could have been because he hit the base funny and then he hit him. When you hit the base funny your legs kind of go up and then if you make contact, it's going to go up. It's going to push up. You don't want to try to hurt anyone, but I believe Shelley

When GM Brian Cashman was asked about Shelley Duncan he said, “I’ll take 25 Shelley Duncans. How about that?”Derek Jeter was also asked and had this to say, “If I were Shelley I wouldn’t change the way I play the game. There’s no reason to change the way he plays the game.”Jeter also doesn't think this bad-blood between the two teams will continue. "Why should we anticipate something?" he said. "So it happens for the next 19 games we play them? No. Why would it linger on? Why would you continue to do it? If something happens, it would be stupid. It gets to a point where it's got to end."MLB has also changed the umpire crew for tomorrow's spring training game between the two teams because of brewing trouble.Determined to stop the Yankees and Rays from turning Saturday's split-

This is the official press release from MLB.com:Discipline has been issued to six members of the New York Yankees and Tampa Bay Rays as a result of the bench-clearing incident that occurred during the top of the second inning of their Wednesday, March 12th Spring Training game at Progress Energy Park, Home of Al Lang Field, in St. Petersburg, Florida. Bob Watson, Vice President of On-Field Operations for Major League Baseball, made the announcement. Shelley Duncan of the Yankees has been suspended for three games and fined an undisclosed amount for his violent and reckless actions, which incited the bench-clearing incident. Unless appealed, Duncan's suspension is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 31st, when the Yankees host the Toronto Blue Jays in their first game of the 2008 Championsh

-- Peter Abraham is reporting that Major League Baseball will announce that Shelley Duncan and Jonny Gomes will be suspended for two to three game due to their altercation the other day during the Yankees-Rays game. He also says that Girardi and Maddon will only be fined.-- Tyler Kepner wrote a nice profile piece on Shelley Duncan, describing Duncan's life as the son a of a major leaguer, his upbringing in the Oakland A's locker room, his old-school baseball education, and his current pride in being a Yankee. -- Duncan is also a big fans of Mark McGwire, who is also his idol.-- Some Yankees veterans have spoken to Duncan about his hard-nosed play."A lot of veteran guys have talked to him," Johnny Damon told The Post yesterday. "We are telling him to keep playing hard, but keep the spikes d

I've not done this in a while, but welcome to the list Shelley Duncan. I'm wondering if you're high, or are trying to look cool for your teammates - either way, it's not working. Shelley Duncan gives his thoughts on what happened yesterday - was he involved in the game we were watching?ESPN: Shelley Duncan watched video of his hard slide in the Yankees' game Wednesday against Tampa Bay and still doesn't think it was a dirty play.The New York first baseman's slide into second base with his spikes raised sparked a bench-clearing scrum that resulted in two players and two coaches being ejected during the second inning of Wednesday's contest with the Rays."I saw it a couple times," Duncan said Thursday. "I still don't understand why they were as upset as they were."Duncan, who had hinted at th

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Maximo Park guitarist Duncan Lloyd spoke with Australia's Beat magazine about the group's efforts to make sure their third album will be distinguished from their previous effort 'Our Earthly Pleasures' and their debut 'A Certain Trigger'. "We are awa

Alan Duncan is not a gay MP. Oh no. He's an "MP who happens to be gay" (n.b. when it was convenient for him). He's also a gay man with no respect for those who enabled him and a gay man who'll swipe at other gay men to make clear he's not like them.Here he is announcing his 'partnership' (marriage is for heterosexuals he truly believes) to the Torygraph:"This is not a 'wedding'," he says. "You really just go into the register office and sign. There will be no Elton John-style stuff: no white suits, no John Inman, no flouncing about."Rather hysterically displaying a complete lack of self-awareness for such a big queen (Derek Faye anyone?) he says:"The most annoying reaction I received from friends [when I came out] was: 'We always knew that'. I said: 'I don't flounce about. I don't parade.

After hearing a rumor the other day that Duncan Hines cakes were made without dairy, I decided to find out for myself. Apparently this is true but not for all of Duncan Hines cakes. I got the following letter from Pinnacle Foods.Feb 14, 2008Dear Ms Long:Thank you for taking the time to contact us about the kosher status of our Duncan Hines products. In response to the many consumers who contacted us over the past year requesting that we go back to the prior formula, we have changed the production location where we make some, to allow us to offer several cakes that are dairy free. The dairy free cakes have pareve status and are identified by a U in a circle or Pareve on the label. Production on these items started in September 2007 and began hitting the store shelves around Novemeber 2007.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 29, 2007 CONTACT: Gary Becks (619) 334-1655, dlhunter08@yahoo. comSan Diego, CA - - - GOP Presidential candidate Congressman Duncan Hunter (R-CA) today sent the following response to Senator Hillary Clinton who planted a member of her campaign staff in the audience to ask a question at the Republican debate last evening in Florida. The retired military general, who announced during his question that he was gay, asked the candidates about their position on the Pentagon's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy regarding homosexuals serving in the military. November 29, 2007 Dear Senator Clinton, Regarding the "plant", retired Brig. Gen. Keith H. Kerr, that you sent to ask me the question at the CNN-YouTube debate last night in Florida! Send more!!! Merry Christmas, Duncan Hunterref:http://www.gohunter08.com/showpress.asp?artid=175,http://www.gohunter08.com/images/bust.duncan.jpg

Interactive Investor says:SAN FRANCISCO Thomson Financial NYSE Euronext Inc plans to name President and co Chief Operating Officer Duncan Niederauer as as its new chief executive the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday citing a person familiar with the matter read more ->Reuters via Yahoo! News says: Merrill Lynch Co Inc is expected to announce that NYSE Euronext Chief Executive John Thain as its next chief executive The New York Post reported on its Web site on Wednesday read more ->AP via Yahoo! News says: Merrill Lynch Co has tapped New York Stock Exchange head John Thain to lead the world s largest brokerage through the unfolding credit market turmoil that threatens Wall Street s biggest investment houses according to published reports Wednesday read more ->Market Watch says:SAN FRANCISCO MarketWatch Merrill Lynch Co has appointed NYSE Euronext Chief Executive John Thain as its new CEO leaving Citigroup Inc still looking for its next leader acco

Presidential candidate and current Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, Congressman Duncan Hunter, made the following statement regarding Veterans Day."Veterans Day provides our nation the opportunity to reflect thankfully on the sacrifices of those who have served the cause of freedom."In the last century more than 619,000 Americans in uniform were killed on battlefields around the world protecting our nation and our way of life."We cannot thank them all sufficiently. It is beyond human capability to grasp the enormity of what they gave so the rest of us might enjoy life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. We can, however, reflect on the unique quality of America 's veterans and their service."From Bunker Hill to New Orleans, Gettysburg to San Juan Hill, Belleau Wood to Normandy, Chosin Reservoir to Khe San, Desert Storm to Kabul, Baghdad to Fallujah, American veterans have represented the finest of human qualities. "Greater love hath no man than he who lays down

Trying to choose a favorite in the Republican race for the presidential nomination brass ring has been an interesting experience. While the Democrat campaign has become so morbidly boring that you actually have to remind yourself to pay attention (or, more likely, force yourself to pay attention), the Party of Reagan has seen some interesting quirks thus far.The problem is that each new twist causes me to rethink who I will be cheering for to win it all. First was Rudy Giuliani. In fact it’s been Giuliani since September 12, 2001. Remember after the Towers came down, how even some lifelong Dems said they’d vote Republican if Rudy ran? Funny how memory fades and times change. At one time it was Rudy, hands-down. Now, I’m not so sure.Then it was the anticipation of having Ronald Reagan II, a.k.a. Sen. Fred Thompson, come out of the closet and finally announce his candidacy. The media-induced snowball effect of that story is now a thing of legend. Day after week after month saw ever

Oklahoma legislator Rex Duncan did the right thing by shunning a copy of the Koran given to him that was intended to promote "diversity", aka multiculturalism (Hat tip: Debbie Schlussel): OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - A gift intended to promote diversity in Oklahoma is generating controversy instead. Several state lawmakers are returning copies of the Quran to a state panel on diversity after one

Unfortunately, I think it might be too late for Duncan Hunter in 2008. He's just too far behind in terms of fund-raising and public awareness. I myself don't know all that much about his stances on many issues, but the ones I've heard (for the most part), I like. Would he be VP material?Regardless, after a Republican wins in '08 and re-election in '12, I can see him being a more major player to win it in 2016.A few things I like about Hunter:Hunter sponsored a resolution for a School Prayer Amendment:H.J.RES.52 (2001), H.J.RES.66 (1999), S.J.RES. 1, H.J.RES.12, H. J. RES. 108, & H. J. RES. 55: Nothing in this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit individual or group prayer in public schools or other public institutions. No person shall be required by the United States or by any State to participate in prayer . Neither the United States nor any State shall compose the words of any prayer to be said in public schools.On Energy/Environment:"Global warming & the need to

USA Today article link  HOUSE STAFFER SPED UP HUMVEE STEEL  When steel industry representatives met with federal officials in February 2004 to talk about how to speed the production of armor plate for Humvees, the person representing the government wasn't from the Pentagon. He was a congressional staffer.Robert Simmons was the deputy staff director for the House Armed Services Committee. And his boss, Rep. Duncan Hunter, R-Calif., was frustrated. He thought the Army was moving too slowly to fill urgent requests for Iraq for almost 7,000 armor kits to protect Humvees against IEDs. At the time, most of the Humvees being used by soldiers and Marines still had canvas doors and unarmored sides."They were saying it would take about a year to get these kits made, and that just wasn't fast enough," Hunter says today. "We started asking why. We were looking for a way to accelerate the process."So Hunter says he called then-Army Secretary Les Brownlee and asked whether Si

Duncan Taylor Cask Strength collection of single malt scotch whiskies.This single cask scotch whisky Collection, represents single malt scotch whiskies of outstanding quality from Scotland's prime whisky producing regions - Speyside, Islay, Highland, Island, Lowland and Campbeltown.Individually selected from only the finest casks, these rare whiskies are bottled at cask strength and remain in their natural form with no chill filtering or colourings of any kind.Each full size bottle in the Collection is individually identified with information detailing the distillery and region of origin, date distilled, cask number, cask strength, date bottled and individual bottle number.Duncan Taylor

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Modeling isn't always glamorous, but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. This is one story by "Theresa Duncan."http://fashionfitnesandskincaretipsformodels.blogspot.com/Gina Angelina's Fashion, Fitness and Skin Care Tips for Models http://fashionfitnesandskincaretipsformodels.blogspot.com/

For those of you who can't afford or refuse to part with the big bucks for Pocket Wizards Wireless Flash Triggers, there is always the less expensive, Chinese made 'Ghetto Triggers'. Notoriously cheap, poorly made and somewhat unreliable, they are nevertheless very popular items on E-bay that have made their way into most retail photography shops and a lot of Pro Shooter's camera bags. Some Remote Trigger Units being more dependable than others, you have to ask around on the photographers net forums to find a batch from a manufacturer / seller that has proven itself in daily use. The remotes currently offered on E-bay are hands down, more powerful and reliable than the units being produced just a few years ago. I own one myself and use it frequently with very few problems. Best 70 bucks I ever spent!A few quick tips:Test the unit in different locations / situations that best reflect the type of photography work that you do on a daily basis. Small rooms, large studios, factory fl

I didn't read many comics in the 1990s, at least not during the middle 1990s, when gems like Vemon: The Hunted came out. I missed the symbiote invasion entirely. So what possessed me to read this one? Access, a desire to see Rouleau's artwork and a sleeping girlfriend.Venom goes skateboarding in this comic book. Well, Eddie Brock anyway. I guess there's never any Venom on a skateboard scene. But Venom on a skateboard kind of sums up this series, which--obviously--utterly sucks. It's probably the first Larry Hama comic book I've read in... ten years plus.Hama sucks, but his dialogue's a standard bad, it's utterly unexceptional. Rouleau's art shows promise (occasionally), but The Hunted has me wary of my preordered issue of his upcoming Metal Men.It reminded me a lot of an episode of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles," the cartoon, or at least what I think that cartoon was like.FTags: Marvel Comics, Venom, Larry Hama, Duncan Rouleau, Review, Comic Book

Don't say I didn't warn you! The New York Yankees who many gave up for dead and buried in June, are partying like it's 1978. The team that was a game below .500 and ten games behind the Boston Red Sox at the All-Star break is now sitting at 51-46 and 7.5 behind Boston and going into Sunday night six games behind Cleveland for the Wild Card slot. Sunday afternoon's hero was the new kid on the block Shelley Duncan who had two home runs as the Yankees simply shellacked the Tampa Bay Devil Rays 21-4. Duncan the son of former MLB catcher and current ST Louis Cardinals pitching coach Dave Duncan, is a recent call up from the the Yankees Triple A team in Scranton-Wilkes Barre. New York starter Andy Petite got the win evening his season record at 6-6. New York got 25 hits the second game in a row they had at least 20, as they walloped the Devil Rays in the second game of Saturday's twin-bill 17-5. The Yankees took 3-4 from Tampa Bay and have gone 9-3 since coming back from the break.© Co

What Happened: Close, but not close enough. On Thursday evening, the Cleveland Cavaliers came close, but couldn’t prevent the San Antonio Spurs from winning game four of the NBA Finals and taking their fourth championship in nine seasons.The Spurs, who became just the fourth franchise to win four NBA Titles, are now being called a dynasty.Once again, they were led by The Big Three: Tony Parker, Manu Ginobili, and Tim Duncan.Parker scored 24 points, connecting on 10-of-14 shots from the floor. He was the Spurs’ best player and became the first European to be named MVP of the Finals.When the final buzzer sounded, Parker flashed his famous smile before getting a hug from fiancé Eva Longoria.Ginobili paced the Spurs with 27 points. But numbers don’t tell the real story. He had a spectacular fourth quarter, scoring 13 points-including a pair of tough drives and an impressive three-pointer.At the post-game press conference, Ginobili sat at the podium table with a champagne-stained T-s

Gregg Popovich, the coach of the San Antonio Spurs, expects his team to be perfect. For three quarters of Sunday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, they were.The Spurs led 89-62 heading into the fourth quarter. Then LeBron James huddled with his Cavalier teammates.Something clicked.Cleveland went on a fourth quarter tear, cutting the lead to eight before Manu Ginobili converted a rare four-point play to preserve the win for San Antonio.The Spurs held on for a 103-92 victory over the Cavaliers, taking game two of the NBA Finals on Sunday at the AT&T Center.With the win, San Antonio leads the best of seven series 2-0.Once again, Tony Parker was brilliant. The lightning-quick guard hit several tough lay-ups early on.But he made his biggest shots down the stretch, sinking two tough jumpers in the fourth quarter, which prevented Cleveland from completing an improbable comeback.Parker finished with 30 points. Tim Duncan had a near triple-double, registering 23 points, nine rebounds, a

Today Duncan Hunter appeared on Howie Carr’s radio show. Howie Carr is a Boston conservative radio host. He deals with  issues local to Boston as well as national issues. He has issued invitations to all candidates running for president to appear on the show when they are in New Hampshire. To date most of the Republican candidates have been on several times. All Democrats have declined the invitation so far. Here is a link to the audio of the conversation that they had on May 18th.

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This is a fantastic video of Duncan Hunter at the recent Republican debate. He put the blame for our wide open southern border squarely where it belongs, on the Bush administration. The video is from YouTube but is also displayed on the front page of Duncan Hunters official campaign website Go Hunter '08. He so has the needed attitude about securing our borders. He just flat says it's ridiculous to try to stop terrorism here at home with our southern border hanging wide open. Imagine Bush and Cheney at the Mexican border both in Wal Mart greeters vests meeting the illegals and giving them maps to the nearest DMV and welfare office. They might as well be. ~RJH  

Just before the suspensions on Amare Stoudemire, Boris Diaw, and Robert Horry were delivered, I watched Jalen Rose of the Phoenix Suns in ESPN saying the Tim Duncan and Bruce Bowen were guilty of leaving-the-bench offense in Game 4’s first half when San Antonio’s Francisco Elson fell on the Suns’ James Jones after a dunk. Stu Jackson favored the Spurs again saying that there was “no cause for suspension rule” to be applied because the Elson-Jones (more…)

Paul Duncan's new album Above the Trees was released by Hometapes on May 1 and since that date I have been listening to it again and again and again. Obsessively. Rich with texture and a trailing narrative, it's the kind of music that you won't get sick of, or rather can't get sick of because it laps over you, envelopes you and lets you live inside of it. And the living is good.This is Paul's 3rd release, following 2003's To An Ambient Hollywood and 2005's Be Careful What You Call Home, and his first outside of a homemade studio. Written in a three month period and recorded in just one week with engineer Tim Iseler in Chicago's Soma EMS studio, Above the Trees features a soaring symphony of guitars, violin, cello, drums, clarinet, pedal steel, piano, trumpets and ghostly synthetic noises creating depth and layers throughout each track.Often compared to Smog and Bonnie Prince Billie (Will Oldham), Paul's voice levitates powerfully above each orchestral composition, the

GRAND FORKS, N.D. (AP) — At the school where a nickname controversy has been lingering for years, University of North Dakota sophomore Ryan Duncan watched his nickname change overnight. He went from “Dunc” to “Hobey” after winning college hockey’s version of the Heisman Trophy. The Hobey Baker Award winner wants his old nickname back. “I would rather just be one of the guys,” Duncan said this week while sitting in the stands of the Ralph Engelstad Arena, home to the more…

We knew it was coming, so it came as no surprise that Duncan Fletcher today resigned as England coach. As Andrew Miller notes in his piece, all coaching careers (like politicians’) have to end in failure. Fletcher, for all his faults in the past 18 months, has been the single most important figure in the [...]

It has been awhile since I’ve written about talented singer songwriter Paul Duncan. The Texas native that is now based in Brooklyn is preparing to release a new album titled “Above The Trees” and it is nothing short of brilliant. This may not come as a shock to many of you who read ENS or who know that I am also a big fan of Will Oldham and his music. Because “Above The Trees” is the album I wish Oldham would make. Ever since the 1999 gem that is “I See A Darkness” I have hoped Oldham (Bonnie Prince Billy) would return to that sound. Well, it appears that Duncan has done it for him, and even upped the stakes considerably. This is the third album from Duncan who is still aligned with the good folks at Home-Tapes Records, a personal favorite label of mine. For his first two efforts Paul recorded in a home studio but this one sees him taking his sound to a proper studio in Chicago, Soma EMS. And not only did he enlist the help of a new eng

I've been following Duncan Hunter for a long time. He's a rock solid Congressman right here in California. He is for building a solid tall fence along all 850 miles of our border with Mexico. He is for limiting Mexican truckers access to that horrible NAFTA super highway in Texas and he's pushing hard to get ex Border Patrol agents Ignacio Ramos and Jose Compean the hell out of prison. He's asking for our help and I for one would be glad to do what I can for him. From what I have seen hes a real old time Conservative with a capitol "C" and no "neo" crap in front of it. I have another vid of him and Glenn Beck. Hat tip to Uncle Seth at Political Vindication for linking to the vid. Duncan Hunters Congressional site is here and his presidential campaign site is here. ~RJH

Hopefully more and more candidates do this throughout the campaign season. This is a good way to get their message out to more people. The only bad thing is that mostly they will be preaching to the chopir about most...

rep. duncan hunter (R and presidential candidate) tried his best not to sound more bigoted than pace did the other day when he got up and defended pace yesterday:Rep. Duncan Hunter said that homosexual conduct "is not moral conduct" and that the right of Pace to express his views "is what Marines go to war and fight for...to have morals."The presidential aspirant and top House Republican on military matters said that "Marines are allowed to have principals" and that in his view, Pace's views "will receive a resounding 'yes' from Marines defending our rights" to have morals and principles.Hunter referred to the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, passed by Congress after a firestorm of debate in which advocates argued that allowing homosexuals to serve openly would hurt troop morale and recruitment and undermine the cohesion of combat units.FACT: Seventy-three percent of service members in a recent poll said they felt comfortable around gays, lesbians and bisexuals, and 78 percent rep

10.29.06Duncan Hunter announced he was running for president. He was then the House Armed Services Committee Chair. Now he is the Ranking Minority member. It doesn't matter. After serving 14 terms in congress, nobody has ever heard of him. Expect him to have an impact of exactly zero on the primary: assuming he doesn't do the smart thing and just pull the plug.

If you had heard of Duncan Hunter before his surprise announcement that he was planning to run for President, then you're the kind of political nerd who probably needs a bit more sunlight. Yet, despite the fact that no one knows who he is, and that he is merely a member of the House of Representatives, Rick Amato, writing in the Washington Times, thinks we should be taking a closer look at Hunter. "He is a social conservative in what is expected to shape up as a socially moderate Republican field," says Amato, apparently including in Romney, Gingrich, Huckabee, Frist, and Brownback in that description. Of those others, only Romney is mentioned by Amato - and described as to the left of Hunter. As the co-author of the 700-mile border fence bill (it's the fence that's 700 miles long, not the bill), Hunter also has solid conservative credentials on immigration. Hunter also has national security experience, from being chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, and has some det

My former-client (I helped her design her site) and new blog-friend, Kristin Noelle, loved David James Duncan's book "God Laughs and Plays." She wrote a beautiful review of the book that I recommend to you. You should also check out reviews of the book done by Makeesha and Dave.

You'll note the resumed lull in updates - bit bogged down with various other bits and pieces, including plenty of background research for the Midterm Election coverage I'll be presenting on Tuesday on LBC News 1152 in London. I seem to more or less get away with not really knowing much about anything on this blog, but on the radio people expect higher standards, so I might as well be minimally prepared. Today I discovered that the Republican gubernatorial candidate in Idaho is called Butch Otter, which I guess may not be amusing in Idaho, but here in England it would raise a smile. I am trying still to keep on top of basic housekeeping, such as the Shop (still Obama and then the rest) and the Rankings. There are two significant changes to note in the Rankings this week - one for each party. On the Republican side, we have good news for New York Governor George Pataki. He may not have moved up in my estimation, but the announcement on Monday from California Rep. Duncan Hunter that h

Just when it looked as if we might be starting to whittle down the field of presidential candidates to those who had some vague chance of picking up a handful of votes, some late arrivals pop up to pad out the line-up once again.Shortly before Christmas, former Oklahoma Republican Governor Frank Keating announced that he would decide early in the New Year whether or not he felt the Oval Office calling to him. Keating said "that he's interested in education improvement, national energy independence, immigration reform and border security." He also pointed out that, in a field of candidates all aspiring to be Ronald Reagan, "I'm the only guy that worked for him". I guess if it worked for Jim Webb...Also seeking to defy the conventional wisdom that Americans will elect as their next president someone they have heard of is former Virginia Republican Governor Jim Gilmore. Gilmore - Democrat Mark Warner's predecessor in the mansion in Richmond - thinks he might be able to go where War

Whatever one may think of California Rep Duncan Hunter's chances of winning the Republican presidential nomination (I believe one of my own comments on the subject included the word 'unicorn'), I hear the Congressman appear on the Sunday talk shows and sound respectable and knowledgeable, and he certainly isn't lacking in the optimism department."There's been a lot of support expressed and things are going really well," insisted Hunter campaign chief Bruce Young. Either an exploratory committee or a full campaign committee would be established "in the next few weeks," Young said at the end of November.Hunter is clearly not without his supporters. Textile magnate Roger Milliken is one of them - he likes Hunter's protectionist stance on trade. Hunter has also been touting his national security credentials as the outgoing chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. He visited Iowa, where he talked about national defence and border security as well as going on a pheasant hunt

10.29.06Duncan Hunter announced he was running for president. He was then the House Armed Services Committee Chair. Now he is the Ranking Minority member. It doesn't matter. After serving 14 terms in congress, nobody has ever heard of him. Expect him to have an impact of exactly zero on the primary: assuming he doesn't do the smart thing and just pull the plug.

California Republican Rep Duncan Hunter may have about as much chance of becoming the next President as John Kerry, but if he believes it, he's not showing it. Having set up his exploratory committee just a couple of weeks ago, Hunter moved quickly to put his campaign on a more formal footing, with an announcement in South Carolina last week."The decision to make the formal announcement in South Carolina and not in Hunter's hometown area of San Diego is largely centered on his effort to increase his name familiarity and fundraising efforts in an early primary state," Hunter communications director Roy Tyler told San Diego's North County Times. He also claimed that the Hunter campaign is "$999,999 short" of the $100 million considered necessary to run a national campaign, which means that either the Hunter campaign already has $99 million plus change, or someone in San Diego needs to work on their arithmetic.In fact, Hunter did manage to raise some $300,000 shortly before making hi

"There may be some global warming and some of it may be bad. In some places it may be good. However, we need to make sure we solve the problems that exist without destroying our economy, or harming humanity in the process. The worst polluters in the world have been the Socialist and Communist countries."--Jan. 30, 2007.

Kids today, they might vaguely recall the Space Race, and the Arms Race, but how many of'em remember the Pollution Race? I mean, red-blooded Americans everywhere were doin' their level best to flatten the earth and we still couldn't match those Rooskies! You take your ozone-bustin' Yugos. Millions of'em! And you can't give those things away! I tried! I took it to Pep Boys, said, "I'd like to recycle this Yugo." They said, "What's a Yugo?" Little snot-nosed counter help--couldn' a been more than thirteen. I said. "It's a really big oil filter." He didn't buy it. Now I've got it on eBay. Comes with a copy of Field and Stream that stuck to the dash and won't come off. My point is--we won the darn race, now the Dems want us to give the medal back! For cryin' out loud. It's February! We could use an extra couple degrees! And check out the Yugo. The wife wants it out of the closet. A hundred fifty...it's yours!