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USVI, BVI to have separate cricket teams in LICA tourney -- (Virgin Islands Daily News)

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 20:53:16 GMT

TORTOLA - The U.S. and British Virgin Islands will enter this month's Leeward Islands Cricket Association Tournament as separate entities - something that was first tried in 2003 in one day play.

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St. Kitts defends Leeward Islands Junior Track title -- (Virgin Islands Daily News)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 21:11:59 GMT

TORTOLA - As defending champion St. Kitts was racking up another Leeward Islands Junior Track and Field Championships title on Tortola on Sunday night, the sub region's upcoming athletes were scorching the red Mondo track surface with meet, All Comers and National Records.

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Encaustic Conference Survey Results Are In (Embracing Encaustic)

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 18:23:07 GMT

Joanne Mattera just posted a pretty funny summary of the results of the National Encaustic Conference survey. Make sure you read the last few paragraphs where I was practically crying I was laughing so hard at Joanne’s comments about organizing. I think that sums it all up and should make it clear to everyone how difficult [...]

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Obituary: Morlin Saarinen (Second Life Herald)

Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:01:39 GMT

Aretai Warrior and Shivar Prime Minister by montserrat snakeankle {RdS} Morlin Saarinen The SL Gorean community was saddened on June 3, 2008, to hear of the RL death of Aretai Warrior Morlin Saarinen. Master Saarinen, who was an active duty...

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Are Offshore Accounts Used as Money Laundering Vehicles? (ArticlePower.org)

Sat, 28 Jun 2008 06:52:58 GMT

An offshore bank account is an account at a bank located outside the United States or other country of residence of the banking client. These bank accounts are known for having low tax liabilities, thus making them also commonly known as tax havens. Offshore bank accounts also tend to provide financial and legal benefits. These benefits may include:

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Spanish couple - Savall, Figueras - named UNESCO's Artists for Peace (Afriquenligne)

Sat, 14 Jun 2008 05:10:06 GMT

Dakar, Senegal - Renowned Spanish viola da gambist, conductor and composer Jordi Savall and his wife Soprano Montserrat Figueras have been named UNESCO Artists for Peace, according to a UNESCO statement issued in Paris, France, and made available to PANA here Friday.

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SPANISH HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM BECOME UNESCO ARTISTS FOR PEACE (International)

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:01:00 GMT

SPANISH HUSBAND-AND-WIFE TEAM BECOME UNESCO ARTISTS FOR PEACE New York, Jun 13 2008 2:00PM Two renowned Spanish performers, the soprano Montserrat Figueras and the composer, conductor and viola de gambist Jordi Savall, are set to become the newest Artists for Peace with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Ms. Figueras and Mr. Savall – who are married to each...

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Poem on the Boardwalks Makes a New Kind of Beach Read (Red Orbit )

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:00:25 GMT

By Steve Landwehr, The Salem News, Beverly, Mass. Jun. 12--IPSWICH -- Sun worshippers climbing the boardwalks at Crane Beach this summer or grabbing a Greek salad wrap at the snack bar will come face to face with an unusual new beach feature -- poetry.

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Barcelona, last stop - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Canary Islands (TravelPod.com Recent Updates)

Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:04:26 GMT

Dancing about Architecture

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The Eagle Has Landed (Embracing Encaustic)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 13:11:36 GMT

Bill and Judy winging their way to Boston Here I am, FINALLY, in Beverly, MA for the National Encaustic Conference! I flew over with my husband Bill, Judy Wise and Sheary Clough Suiter. Judy and Sheary are staying in the Montserrat dorms, but we hosted Jhina Alvarado in our hotel room and we stayed up too [...]

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poeple & cultures (en) (Global Features)

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 00:09:14 GMT

The mossos without ordinary notification in order to halt any planned popular response. In 2005, Francesc Argemí was sentenced, without sufficient proof, to 2 years and 6 months in prison for damaging the spanish flag and assault of authority in 2002. Two weeks ago, the spanish supreme court denied an appeal by his lawyer Montserrat Salvadó. Franki was awaiting official notice of his entrance in prison...

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T&T beat Guyana 3-0 -- (Trinidad Express)

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 09:11:05 GMT

T&T beat Guyana 3-0Thursday, June 5th 2008Trinidad and Tobago beat Guyana 3-0 (half-time 1-0) in their friendly football international, at Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva, yesterday. Â Kevaughn Connell, Jason Scotland and Khaleem Hyland found the back of the net for the Soca Warriors in this closed door friendly between the teams. Both teams used the game as preparation for upcoming CONCACAF World Cup...

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BVI represented at Canada meetings for Caribbean Development Bank -- (Virgin Islands Daily News)

Tue, 27 May 2008 23:45:11 GMT

TORTOLA - Three public servants are part of a joint U.K. Overseas Territories delegation attending meetings of the Caribbean Development Bank in Canada this week.

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Beenie Man, Damian Marley Thrill Fans At BVI Music Fest (Riddimjamaica)

Mon, 26 May 2008 23:01:31 GMT

Jamaican reggae artists Damian Marley and Beenie Man wowed scores of fans attending the eighth annual BVI Music Festival during the weekend at Cane Garden Bay. Activities kicked off on Friday night with Haiti's Tabou Combo and its blend of zouk, followed by the energetic Arrow of Montserrat, who used every inch of the stage, enthralling the crowd with such hits as "Colombia Rock," "Long Time...

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Markham, Charles, & McKenzie @ Peepal Tree Books (Geoffrey Philp's Blog Spot)

noreply@blogger.com (geoffreyphilp101@gmail.com) — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:12:00 GMT

Against the Grain: A 1950s Memoir When E.A. (Archie) Markham came to London in 1956 from his native Montserrat, his ambitions were to make it as a writer or pop singer, and at the same time, fulfil family expectations to become a scholar and academic. Unfortunately the young Archie’s attempts to combine elements of Little Richard and the now forgotten Jim Dale never found the success he was...

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Jennette Arnold AM becomes London Assembly Chair (TMP)

Sat, 17 May 2008 10:03:17 GMT

Many congratulations to Jennette Arnold AM (left) who was last week elected as Chair of the London Assembly, becoming the first black woman elected to the post. The Greater London Authority has a total budget of £11 billion and it is the London Assembly which is the body responsible for holding the Mayor of London to [...]

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Centro Cultural de Caixa Girona opens Infant Exhibit from The Montserrat Museum (Art Knowledge News)

Fri, 16 May 2008 08:17:48 GMT

MADRID - The fact that the Montserrat Museum could present a monographic exhibition , of great artistic interest, titled “Infants”, indicate that it's holdings are important and that the theme of children had great resonance in Catalonian art during the 19th and 20th centuries. There are many commissioned portraits, in which the author is compromised to guess the enigma of the feeling that...

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Happy St Patrick’s Day by Claudia Sonea (Travel)

Wed, 14 May 2008 08:39:00 GMT

Every year on 17 March, Irish people celebrate St. Patrick’s Day, an annual feast day celebrating one of the patron saints of Ireland. Although Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, the United States and New Zealand celebrates it too, only in the Republic of Ireland, Montserrat, and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador it [...]

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Saharan dust might dissipate by weekend -- (Virgin Islands Daily News)

Fri, 09 May 2008 20:50:52 GMT

The hazy conditions in the territory, caused mostly by a Saharan dust cloud trailing in the wake of a tropical wave, will likely continue today.

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Danger - musicians having fun (On An Overgrown Path)

Fri, 09 May 2008 06:56:00 GMT

In their 1951-2 season the Hallé Orchestra perfomed all six of the symphonies Ralph Vaughan Williams had then written. Five of them were conducted by the inimitable John Barbirolli , while No. 1, the Sea Symphony with its Walt Whitman text, was conducted by Vaughan Williams himself. When the symphony was performed in Sheffield with the composer conducting, the orchestra was a 'cello short, and at Vaughan...

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