| Antigua worth knowing
ENGLISH HARBOUR, ANTIGUA: The island with 365 powdery-sand beaches, one for each day of the year, is one of the least-known Caribbean islands to most Americans. But two Brits, Adm. Horatio Nelson and guitarist Eric Clapton, were and are very familiar with Antigua, a former British colony that is popular with yachters and the the nautical crowd. Nelson commanded the British naval base and shipyard at English Harbour on the island's southern coast in the 1780s. His dockyard no longer caters to naval ships. Instead, it serves sailing ships and yachts. Clapton has built his $8 million house along the rocky southern shore not far from English Harbour, as well as a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center. Antigua has been a second home to Clapton. English Harbour is one of the top tourist hubs on Antigua, along with Dickenson Bay on the north coast.
A Neolib New Deal?:
Omigod, not the Web site! Will Saletan argues the fuss over Lieberman's downed Web site shows the Internet has "arrived" as a force in politics: ... [I]n the election's final hours, the Lieberman campaign treated the crash of its Web site as fatal sabotage, and the media and law enforcement took the charge seriously. Losing your Web site on Election Day is now regarded as the equivalent of having your phones jammed or your TV ads rejected by stations. Even for campaigns that don't use it well, the Web has become not just an asset, but a necessity. Hmmm. Here's an alternative theory: Lieberman "treated the crash of its Web site as fatal sabotage" because that was a great anti-Lamont story for him to have in the headlines during the last 24 hours of the campaign! I doubt the Web site was particularly vital to the incumbent senator's old-fashioned campaign.
A Look Back: The 2007 Reality TV Year In Review
Barba survives Idol's first sixth-season semifinals round, makes the Top 20. Former The Surreal Life housemate Jordan Knight welcomes a second son. More racy photos of Barba surface, Fox remains mum about them. Jennifer Hudson wins the best supporting actress Oscar. Reports that NBC is giving Victoria "Posh Spice" Beckham her own reality show emerge. Barba's best friend claims the more explicit photos aren't of her. American Idol's producers announce Barba won't be disqualified over the photos. Ryan Seacrest, Simon Cowell and Randy Jackson all voice support for Barba. Former Dancing star Sara Evans claims her husband is stalling their divorce. Paris Hilton learns her traffic stop could result in jail time. Vincent "Big Pussy" Pastore lives up to his The Sopranos character's nickname and quits Dancing with the Stars 4 before the competition even begins.
New Clinical Trial Results Show How Personalized Medicine Will Alter ...
ScienceDaily (Jan. 2, 2008) One of the nation's pre-eminent genetic researchers, Eric Hoffman, PhD, of Children's Research Institute at Children's National Medical Center, predicts that in relatively short order, medicine's next innovation--individualized molecular therapies--will have the unprecedented ability to treat muscular dystrophies, and other disorders. .
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