Online versions of Bibles:

• Bibleserver: Various versions in several different languages; can be viewed side-by-side. Old and New Testament. Also has additional resources


• BibleGateway: Various versions in differnt languages


• Biblos: Online Parallel Bible Project. Many versions, many languages


• Bibelkommentare: in German
  

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Art: 12/29/07: Metropolitan Museum, NYC: 1.) Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche, November 20, 2007–January 6, 2008, Medieval Sculpture Hall 2.) The Age of Rembrandt: Dutch Paintings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 18, 2007–January 6, 2008, Special Exhibition Galleries, 2nd floor.
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Bar: Ice Bar at Chambers, Minneapolis, MN: Outdoors. Counter made of ice, an artsy fire place to warm up. Chambers is the Luxury Art Hotel in Minneapolis.
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Food: Murray's, Minneapolis, MN. Old-fashioned steak house. Famous to be the "Home of the Silver Butter Knife Steak". Food fine, but too pricey. Interior has probably not been renovated since the place opend in 1946. An expericence, no doubt!
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Art: 1/4/08: MoMA: 1.) Lucian Freud: The Painter's Etchings, Dec 16, 2007 - March 10, 2008. Like the paintings better 2.) Martin Puryear Nov 4, 2007–Jan 14, 2008: Sculptures. Not impressed.
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Travel: FlightStats. Info on flights and airports.
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Music: Song Meanings. People commenting on the meaning of songs.
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DVD: Hamlet (1948): Director:Laurence Olivier. Movie version of the play by William Shakespeare. w/ Laurence Olivier (Hamlet, Prince of Denmark), Basil Sydney (Claudius, The King), Eileen Herlie (Gertrude, The Queen), Norman Wooland (Horatio, Hamlet's friend), Felix Aylmer (Polonius, Lord Chamberlain), Terence Morgan (Laertes, son of Polonius), Jean Simmons (Ophelia, daughter of Polonius). Hamlet goes mad over the murder of his father by his uncle, Ophelia goes mad over her love for Hamlet. All dead in the end. Great acting. Great play. Somewhat 'dusty', but full of vice and virtue. Overall rating: 7 out of 10.
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Life: Masdar: Plan for an entirely self-sufficient city near Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates. Supposed to have no carbon dioxide emissions by using solar and wind energy. To be completed around 2016.
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Architecture: 570 Lexington Ave, NYC. Art Deco. Originally buildt by RCA Victor in 1931, soon became the General Electric Building.
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Music: 55 Bar 2/17/08, 6 PM: Iris Ornig (bass, compositions); played in a quartet. Mainstream jazz. Could be more progressive.
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DVD: Journey to the Center of the Earth (1959). After the novel by Jules Verne. Screen play: Walter Reisch and Charles Brackett. w/ Pat Boone (Alexander 'Alec' McKuen), James Mason (Sir Oliver S. Lindenbrook), Arlene Dahl (Carla Goteborg), Diane Baker (Jenny Lindenbrook). Geogology professor and crew descent into the ground to explore the center of the earth. Some good special effects for its time. Some funny moments in dialogue. Cheesy at times. Overall rating 6 out of 10.
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People: Nina Totenberg. b. 1944. Legal affairs correspondent for National Public Radio (NPR). Daughter of violinist Roman Totenberg. Fired from the National Observer for plagiarism in 1972. In response, Totenberg told the Columbia Journalism Review in 1995: "I have a strong feeling that a young reporter is entitled to one mistake and to have the holy bejeezus scared out of her to never do it again". List of other NPR people.
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Literature: Halldor Laxness, Iceland's Bell (1943): "... answer me candidly one question: who has suffered more for the other in this world, God for men or men for God?" (p.253)
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