Lisa L. Spangenberg | December 29, 2004
Washington, DC, Dec. 10 (UPI) — The inaugural committee for U.S. President George Bush is looking to raise more than $40 million — a record price tag for the event. Washington Times And then here’s what we’re spending on immediate quake and tsunami relief. WASHINGTON : Two days after being criticised for not doing enough [...]
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Lisa L. Spangenberg | December 29, 2004
As best I can determine, any money you donate will go entirely to quake/tsunami relief. If you’d rather, you can donate to the Red Cross/Red Crescent via Amazon with a single click. The British Red Cross page, with a direct donation link is here. Oxfam UK is here. CNN has a list of sites from [...]
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Lisa L. Spangenberg | December 25, 2004
Angelus cantat «Gloria in excelsis»; postea dicat: A n g e l u s 920Ryse, hyrd-men heynd, For now is he borne That shall take fro the feynd That Adam had lorne; That warloo to sheynd, 925This nyght is he borne. God is made youre freynd Now at this morne, He behestys. At Bedlem go [...]
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Lisa L. Spangenberg | December 24, 2004
1. Eornustlice ðá se Haélend ácenned wæs on Iudeiscre Bethleem, on ðæs cyninges dagum Herodes, ðá comon ða tungol-wítegen fram east-dæle to Hierusalem, 2. And cwaédon, Hwær ys se, Iudea cyning ðe ácenned ys? sóþlíce we gesáwon hys steorran on east-daéle, and we comon us him to ge-eadmédenne. 3. Ðá Herodes ðæt gehýrde ðá wearþ [...]
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Lisa L. Spangenberg | December 15, 2004
Ursula Le Guin speaks out regarding the wretched Earthsea miniseries: To this they replied that the TV audience is much larger, and entirely different, and changes to a book’s story and characters were of no importance to them. Via Bill Higgins, in a Making Light comment thread, who also pointed me here.
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