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A glance at a map of the UAE shows a hotchpotch of emirate frontiers that may bemuse an outsider. But few know more about their ins and outs than Julian Walker, the British boundaries expert who mapped many of them. The task of delineating the borders took on a new urgency in the run-up to [...]

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The Mixed Martial Arts phenomenon is rising more and more everyday. for some, MMA is really old and has been here for a long time in a way of ancient wrestling, Chinese martial arts fights among old wu-shu schools, or even gladiator unarmed fights in ancient Rome. But for others the MMA as a sport [...]

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UFC president Dana White has always said he has big dreams for the UFC and today he revealed on of them. During the UFC On FOX 1 media conference call today, White explained his plan to hold The Ultimate Fighter in different countries, eventually pitting the winners against one another in something he likens to [...]

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After months of bickering over how new council district boundaries might affect the voting power of retirement communities, the Surprise City Council has approved a redistricting map. See the map Council members voted 5-2 Tuesday night to adopt a map recommended by a citizens committee. Map a places Sun City Grand, a large retirement community, [...]

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A disputed map for Polk County supervisor districts has been referred back to the county’s redistricting commission amid frustration over how long the process is taking. County supervisors voted 5-0 on Thursday to send the map back to the redistricting commission so its members can make minor changes requested by Iowa Secretary of State Matt [...]

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n Ry Cooder — Pull up some Dust and Sit down Rating: 9 (out of 10) Ry Cooder has put out many fine records over his long career and Pull up some Dust and Sit down ranks right up there with the best of them. His first five solo albums on Reprise from 1970 to [...]

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It was a mind boggling jog through gay blogs today where in which not a person seemed to connect any dots in the big gay debate the nation is having. So I present to you the romp and how it fits together. First there’s this report at queerty.com/lamesauce-everyone-who-helped-pass-tns-anti-gay-bill-is-also-against-it-20110526/comment-page-1/#comment-450298 This week, HRC pres Joe Solmonese [this [...]

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Long before the Spanish Armada or Columbus discovering the New World the Chinese under the leadership of Admiral Zheng had ships as big as 400-500 feet long, which sailed all over the world. many wish to credit Columbus for discovering the Free World and in the United States we even have a legal holiday signifying [...]

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See, I loathed school. With a passion. One major reason school wasn’t for me was the fact that I was regularly beat up at school by mean bullies. I don’t particularly know why I was a target for such bullying. perhaps it was because the other kids were jealous of my sartorial elegance. Each morning, [...]

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Where are we in setting up the health reform law? We are, as you can see below, literally all over the map: (Center for Budget and Policy Priorities) Even though the Affordable Care Act establishes that every state must have a health exchange — an insurance marketplace, which will launch in 2014 — most states [...]

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