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Happy birthday AB - we miss you man!!!

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Painting of Jolie draws notice By MARTHA WAGGONER, Associated Press Writer Sun Jan 7, 6:43 AM ET RALEIGH, N.C. - A North Carolina artist intrigued by the public obsession with celebrity has found herself feeding that obsession with a painting of actress Angelina Jolie as the Virgin Mary hovering over a Wal-Mart check-out line. Kate Kretz has painted for 20 years but none of her previous work has garnered the attention given "Blessed Art Thou," showing this weekend at Art Miami, an annual exposition of modern and contemporary art. The painting has gotten much attention from celebrity web sites and blogs. Since the buzz started, the number of daily unique visitors to Kretz's own blog has jumped from an average of 30 to 15,000 on Wednesday. "My intention was to ask a question and get people to think," Kretz said in a telephone interview Friday from Miami. "I had no idea so many people would be asking a question and thinking." The painting -- acrylic and oil on linen -- depicts an angelic Jolie in the clouds, holding her newborn daughter, Shiloh, with children Maddox and Zahara at her legs. Below them is a Wal-Mart checkout line. The painting is for sale for $50,000 through Chelsea Galleria in Miami, which represents Kretz. On her blog, Kretz, 43, said the painting addresses "the celebrity worship cycle." She said she chose Jolie for the subject "because of her unavoidable presence in the media, the worldwide anticipation of her child, her 'unattainable' beauty and the good that she is doing in the world through her example, which adds another layer to the already complicated questions surrounding her status." Washington Post art critic Blake Gopnik, asked to comment about "Blessed Art Thou" on a Post blog, was unimpressed. "Once you've deciphered it, there's not much chance of giving it a second look," Gopnik wrote. ___ On the Net: http://www.katekretz.com

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her name is karen briggs and just try to buy her out of print cd! http://product.half.ebay.com/Amazing-Grace...258356QQtgZinfo

"a part" unless you really don't want to be in his group. i actually dig the violinist in the red dress!!

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3 detained trying to enter Port of Miami By KELLI KENNEDY, Associated Press Writer 10 minutes ago MIAMI - Three men were caught trying to slip past a checkpoint in a cargo truck Sunday at the Port of Miami, said authorities, who increased security at the busy trade hub. A port security officer became suspicious when the truck driver could not produce proper paperwork to enter the port about 8 a.m., Miami-Dade Police Detective Richard Williams said. The driver also indicated he was alone in the truck. Officers searched the truck and found two men in the cab trying to hide, Williams said. The three men — two Iraqis and one Lebanese national who are legal permanent U.S. residents — were taken into custody for questioning. They had not been arrested or charged by Sunday afternoon. The men do not appear on any terrorist watch list, said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman Barbara Gonzalez. A preliminary check of the truck showed its contents did not match the manifest, Gonzalez said. She declined to say what was in the truck, citing the investigation. The Miami-Dade bomb squad moved the truck away from public areas of the port and X-rayed it. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security were also on scene. The port's cargo area was shut down all day Sunday. "Of course we're on a heightened sense of security out here," Williams said. Passengers in the normally busy cruise ship area of the port were unaware of the official bustle in the cargo area. When told of the situation, some said they thought it probably made boarding lines longer. But officials said Sunday's long lines were normal. "I feel freaked out," said Connecticut resident Allie Tetreault, 23, who was waiting to board a Caribbean cruise when she heard about the security alert. "That's not good to hear right before you are going on vacation." ___ Associated Press writer Phil Davis in Tampa, Fla., contributed to this report.

Great book. The Penguin edition includes a map for a walking tour of Barcelona which takes you to various places mentioned in the book. Unfortunately I read the book shortly after returning from Barcelona this past Spring. I wish I'd read it before we went-- ot=r better yet while we were there. I think it's a good reason to visit Bercelona again. shadow was an excellent read! i am half-way through anita o'day's biography "high times, hard times" - enjoyable and informative!

at age 14 anita o'day was a marathon dancer singing for coins. (still reading her bio - )

It's like a test, to see if you're strong enough to be apart of the organissimo forums! "a part"

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maybe somebody will post a list of the entire series! (i could use a checklist! -_- )

spun the brackeen, the barron and the mckenna. all how many are in the entire series?

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happy birthday!!!!

here's to good friends and good jazz! happy new year!

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so did you like the sign of 4?

omg!!!