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Can you spot the woman’s face?
It took me a while, but when I finally did, I’m surprised I couldn’t find it earlier.
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White House DJ Battle
On the eve of the Democratic and Republican conventions, Blender polled Barack Obama and John McCain for their top 10 songs. Then we enlisted trusted sages Randy Newman and Girl Talk to analyze their picks.
BARACK OBAMA
1. Ready or Not Fugees
2. What’s Going On Marvin Gaye
3. I’m On Fire Bruce Spingsteen
4. Gimme Shelter Rolling Stones
5. Sinnerman Nina Simone
6. Touch the Sky Kanye West
7. You’d Be So Easy to Love Frank Sinatra
8. Think Aretha Franklin
9. City of Blinding Lights U2
10. Yes We Can will.i.am
JOHN McCAIN
1. Dancing Queen ABBA
2. Blue Bayou Roy Orbison
3. Take a Chance On Me ABBA
4. If We MakeIt Through December Merle Haggard
5. As Time Goes By Dooley Wilson
6. Good Vibrations The Beach Boys
7. What A Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
8. I’ve Got You Under My Skin Frank Sinatra
9. Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
10. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes The Platters
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Focus on the Family prays for rain at Obama outdoor acceptance speech
Focus on the Family Action pulled a video from its Web site today that asked people to pray for “rain of biblical proportions” during Barack Obama’s Aug. 28 appearance at Invesco Field at Mile High to accept the Democratic nomination for president.
The video disappeared from You Tube also, but is now back on the site.
Stuart Shepard, director of digital media at Focus Action, the political arm of Focus on the Family, said the video he wrote and starred in was meant to be “mildly humorous.”
But complaints from about a dozen Focus members convinced the organization to pull the video, said Tom Minnery, Focus Action vice president of public policy.
“If people took it seriously, we regret it,” Minnery said Monday.
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“Portrait of the Candidate as a Pile of Words”
A blogger uses Wordle to pull out the most prominent words on each candidate’s blog.
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Council orders destruction of noisy neighbour’s CD collection
MUSIC lovers were today warned to turn down the volume after a Cher and U2 fan admitted breaching a noise abatement order.
Karl Wiosna used to play songs by Cher and U2 so loudly neighbours could make out the lyrics.
Rhondda Magistrates fined the 44-year-old, of Phillip Street, The Graig, Pontypridd, £200 with £50 costs and a £15 victim surcharge.
His stereo, CDs and tapes were seized and destroyed.
After the case, Rhondda Cynon Taf council’s Cabinet member for environmental health, Mike Forey, said: “We are committed to responding to the concerns of our community, especially when it comes to issues that affect their quality of life.
“In this case, the swift and effective actions of environmental health officers enabled the issue to be dealt with and I hope it serves as a reminder to others that we can take them to court and seize their belongings if they do not cease causing a nuisance to others.â€
But defiant Wiosna said: “I didn’t play the music that loud and it wasn’t just Cher, I used to play heavy metal as well.
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Get inside the Games with Google Maps
Can’t make it to Beijing? Now, you can follow the Summer Games no matter where you are. Explore stadiums in 3D, track medal counts, and view live sport results on Google Maps and Google Earth.
There’s a lot of cool stuff here, but I was surprised at how spread apart the events/stadiums are.
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Obama Leads Among Christians
All types of Christians, according to a poll by the Barna Group, a Christian research and consulting firm. Obama’s adviser for religious outreach, Josh DuBois, e-mailed supporters with the findings.
According to Barna, Obama leads among 18 self-identified faith groups including Protestants, Catholics, non-Christians, athiests and agnostics and born-again Christians. McCain leads among evangelicals. Note: these descriptions don’t come from those surveyed; the Barna group asks a series of screening questions to get at the definitions of these tough terms.
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