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  eMusic Dozens: Episode Two - A World of Sound
Independent film is what freedom of expression looks like.
The two worlds come crashing together with The eMusic Dozens, a new television show from eMusic and the Independent Film Channel.
Discover artists about to break, albums slept on and essential indie through this 12-step guide to the best in music.
www.emusic.com /features/video/ifc1.html   (232 words)

  
  The Mavens' Word of the Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The dozens is a game, especially common among urban fls, of exchanging insults usually about the mother of the opponent.
The game is often in a stylized, rhythmic form, and the dozens are considered one of the precursors of rap music.
The term dozens is usually used in such phrases as "to play the dozens" or "to do the dozens"; the form dirty dozens is also common.
www.randomhouse.com /wotd/index.pperl?date=19960903   (321 words)

  
 Urban Dictionary: dozens
But in its purest form, the dozens is part of an African-American custom of verbal sparring, of "woofin'" (see wolf ticket) and "signifyin'," intended to defuse conflict amicably, descended from an oral tradition rooted in traditional West African cultures.
The term "the dozens" refers to the devaluing on the auctionblock of slaves who were past their prime, who were aged or who, after years of back-breaking toil, no longer were capable of hard labor.
Two different origins for the name "dozens" are hypothesized: (1) that the term comes from the losing throw of 12 in craps, or (2) that it comes from the practice of selling retarded or damaged slaves "by the dozen" at slave auctions.
www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=dozens   (415 words)

  
 Dozens killed in bombing wave in Iraq - Boston.com
Bombs killed dozens of people in Iraq on Monday, adding to pressure on rival factions in the country's new coalition government to agree on interior and defense ministers who can tackle the relentless violence.
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs killed dozens of people in Iraq on Monday, adding to pressure on rival factions in the country's new coalition government to agree on interior and defense ministers who can tackle the relentless violence.
Murtha, a decorated retired Marine, told ABC News there was "no question" the U.S. military tried to cover up the killing of as many as two dozen Iraqi civilians last year in the northwestern town of Haditha.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2006/05/29/bombs_kill_dozens_in_iraq_leaders_wrangle   (884 words)

  
 Rocky Mountain News: Dining & food
Located close to all the downtown attractions and facilities, Dozens is settled in a renovated residence broken up into comfortable dining nooks.
Dozens does the greatest hits of upscale eggery with genuine style.
Dozens does a good job of it, starting with top-drawer ingredients like good-tasting sausage, ham and vegetables.
www.rockymountainnews.com /drmn/dining/article/0,1299,DRMN_24_927391,00.html   (899 words)

  
 Dozens of chemicals found in O'ahu streams - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
A three-year federal study of O'ahu's water supplies has found that groundwater and streams throughout the island are laced with chemicals as a result of decades of agricultural, industrial and residential pest-control activities.
In most drinking-water resources, the dozens of detected chemicals are at levels well below those that raise federal or state caution flags.
Most of the island's drinking water comes from wells tapped into underground aquifers, and although dozens of chemicals were detected, the concentrations were low, typically less than one part per billion, Anthony said.
the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Jun/22/ln/ln15a.html   (718 words)

  
 The Staggered Dozens System
It really doesn’t matter whether you choose to bet on the columns or the dozens, the odds/results are the same, but for ease, I will refer to the dozens.
If neither dozens wins, you increase both of them by 1 chip each, and re-bet again.
If the first dozen wins, on your first bet, place 2 chips on the 3rd dozen, and increase the second dozen bet by 1 chip to 3 chips.
www.rouletteuncovered.com /roulette-systems/staggered-dozens   (509 words)

  
 Calculating Dozens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Students intuitively understand a dozen is equal to the number 12, and that the weight (mass) of a dozen will depend on what you have a dozen of.
A dozen is a number that has been given a name.
The only difference is that the number defined as one mole is quite large.
www.lynchburg.net /hhs/chemistry/dozens   (421 words)

  
 "The Dozens"
THE DOZENS takes a woman set apart -- a woman in trouble with the law -- and focuses on the common needs and struggles of young working-class women coming of age in urban America.
Based on a year's research, this is the fictional story of Sally Connors, 21, who struggles to create an independent life for herself and her 4-year-old daughter after having served time for economic crimes.
What emerges in THE DOZENS is not only a well researched profile of the contemporary woman ex-offender, but also a reasoned picture of the operations of our criminal justice system.
www.calliope.org /dozens/dozens2.html   (1004 words)

  
 Dozens end Guantanamo fast - The Boston Globe
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Dozens of Guantanamo Bay detainees have abandoned a hunger strike, lowering the number of captives refusing food to 18, a US military spokesman said yesterday in a telephone interview from Cuba.
The strike had jumped from three participants in May to 89 on Thursday.
It was the biggest of the year at the US prison in Cuba, where about 460 men are being held on suspicion of links to Al Qaeda or the Taliban.
www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2006/06/05/dozens_end_guantanamo_fast   (134 words)

  
 The Motley Fool: The Foolish Workshop, Thursday, February 26, 1998
The original two models were the Dow Dozen and the Keystone Dozen, and these are the two models I'm changing slightly to make all five work the same way.
The change to the Keystone Dozen is simply that I won't be starting out with a full $12,000 and parking the bulk in a Spyder, even though so far the Spyder's doing better than either of the holdings in the portfolio.
I'll keep you posted on the progress of the five "Dozens." We'll be adding the third stock to each portfolio at the close of trading tomorrow, using the newest rankings in tomorrow's weekly updates.
www.fool.com /workshop/1998/workshop980226.htm   (687 words)

  
 Quilts: By the Dozens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The electronic quilt exhibition, By the Dozens, features at least 24 quilts.
The exhibition is designed as a complement to our article "Quilted Symmetry " which appears in Bridges 2001: Mathematical Connections in Art, Music, and Science.
One of the rules certainly is to work with friends who love the work and give themselves fully to it in order to please, to instruct, and to bear witness.
members.tripod.com /vismath4/dd/index.html   (605 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Dozens die as Russian city raided
Authorities say that 61 rebels have been killed, but 12 police and 12 civilians also died in the assault on Nalchik in Kabardino-Balkaria province.
Nalchik is about 100 km (60 miles) north-west of Beslan, where Chechen rebels took hundreds of hostages at a school in 2004, in an attack claimed by warlord Shamil Basayev.
Dozens of men armed with rocket launchers are said to have been involved in the fighting which broke out early on Thursday.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/4337100.stm   (568 words)

  
 Dozens of Raids Follow Death of Zarqawi in Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Dozens of Raids Follow Death of Zarqawi in Iraq
The U.S. military says it has conducted dozens of raids in Iraq following the death of terrorist leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
A military spokesman says the leader of al-Qaida in Iraq initially survived an air strike, but died from his wounds shortly after coalition troops arrived on the scene.
www.voanews.com /english/2006-06-09-voa47.cfm   (486 words)

  
 CNN.com - U.S.: Raids net dozens of Iraqi insurgents - Dec. 10, 2003
More than 50 U.S.-led raids across Iraq have resulted in the capture of dozens of Saddam Fedayeen and other Iraqi insurgents, including those believed responsible for an ambush last month that killed seven Spanish intelligence officers, the coalition said Wednesday.
One of the most extensive raids came in the town of Lutafiyah, south of Baghdad, where paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division and Iraqi police carried out Operation Panther Squeeze, going to 18 separate locations searching for those behind the attack on the Spanish forces.
The 101st Airborne Division carried out dozens of raids around Mosul in northern Iraq, capturing numerous Saddam loyalists, including a former Fedayeen brigadier general.
edition.cnn.com /2003/WORLD/meast/12/10/sprj.irq.main/index.html   (991 words)

  
 US Air Strike Kills Dozens of Taleban Insurgents, Possibly Civilians
An Afghan man wounded by the Coalition air strike in Panjwai district of Kandahar province, is being carried for treatment at a hospital in Kandahar, Afghanistan, on Monday, May 22, 2006
Local residents claim the attack also killed or wounded dozens of civilians.
Local residents claim the air strikes also killed several dozen civilians, including a number of women and children.
www.voanews.com /english/2006-05-22-voa3.cfm   (426 words)

  
 The Dirty Dozens Bunker Forum - Powered by vBulletin
Welcome to the site where the owners and members have had it with playing "nice" and being "inclusive" and "tolerant" of points of view that are destroying the fabric of what made this country great.
If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the FAQ by clicking the link above.
A place to discuss religion, personal problems, or to request advise from someone who will listen and provide moral support.
www.dirtydozensbunker.com   (303 words)

  
 :: CUZINS DOZENS ::   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Welcome to the first official website for the Cuzins by the Dozens family reunion.
The Cuzins by the Dozens reunion celebrates the lineage of three principle families: Hynes, Willette, and Ackerman.
Continuing this glorious tradition, Cuzins by the Dozens will be held at the ruggedly beautiful Woods Lake, located in the charming Southern Minnesota (sominn).
www.cuzinsdozens.net   (245 words)

  
 Ideas For Dozens: Roundup: The Music For Dozens Blog
While the long gaps between posts here may make it seem that I'm only an occasional blogger, a 'Sunday poster' as it were, they also hide all of the blogging I do elsewhere around the web.
What follows are highlights from recent posts on the Music For Dozens blog.
The song they uploaded, Weight in Gold, combines a distorted didgy beat that's often punctuated with shrill beeps and shreiks with harmonized vocals that range from sweetly pretty to gritty and throaty.
urbanhonking.com /ideasfordozens/archives/2006/01/roundup_the_mus.html   (797 words)

  
 Online NewsHour: Update | NATO Troops Kill, Surround Dozens of Militants | September 5, 2006 | PBS
NATO Troops Kill, Surround Dozens of Militants in Afghanistan
Taliban leaders have rejected the NATO reports and questioned the legitimacy of the body count figures.
They claim their casualties are closer to a dozen and that NATO forces killed many civilians.
www.pbs.org /newshour/updates/military/july-dec06/afghan_09-05.html   (406 words)

  
 ABC News: Dozens of Insurgents Captured in Iraq   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
American and Iraqi troops swept the oil-rich region of Kirkuk for suspected insurgents and captured dozens.
BAGHDAD, Iraq Mar 24, 2006 (AP)— American and Iraqi troops swept the oil-rich region of Kirkuk for suspected insurgents and captured dozens, while drive-by shootings, roadside bombings and sectarian violence killed at least 29 people in Iraq on Friday.
A bombing outside a Sunni Muslim mosque after Friday prayers killed five worshippers and wounded 15 people in the city of Khalis, northeast of Baghdad, the army said.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1763971   (462 words)

  
 The Dozens for Mobile News - Mobile The Dozens News
The Dozens for Mobile News - Mobile The Dozens News
The Wayans brothers give you everything you need to know about playing The Dozens on your mobile phone.
A compelling game with infinite replayability, Wordking should supplant traditional poker on the national circuit.
www.gamespot.com /mobile/puzzle/thedozens/news.html   (133 words)

  
 P. Patrick's bibliography on Dozens   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Abrahams, Roger D. "Playing the dozens." Jrl of American Folklore 75: 209-218.
She discusses at least SOUNDIN'/SIGNIFYIN', READIN', and INSTIGATIN', as well as the DOZENS, in terms of directness and intentionality.
Introduction to The Art of the Snap [sorry, I don't have a reference for this book -- just an excerpt from it -- but would very much like to!].
ccat.sas.upenn.edu /~haroldfs/bibliogs/dozens.html   (217 words)

  
 U.S.: Hundreds of Civilian Deaths in Iraq Were Preventable (Human Rights Watch, 12-12-2003)
U.S. and British forces did not secure large caches of weapons and ammunition abandoned by Iraqi forces, and the ready availability of these explosives also led to dozens of civilian casualties.
The researchers inspected dozens of bombsites, as well as fields and neighborhoods littered with unexploded cluster submunitions.
The total number of civilians killed in the war is much higher, since it would include people who died as a result of collateral damage from small-arms fire and other factors.
www.hrw.org /press/2003/12/us-iraq-press.htm   (1058 words)

  
 Dozens of Bodies, Survivors in Red Sea   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
An Egyptian ferry carrying about 1,300 people sank in the Red Sea early Friday during bad weather, and rescue ships and helicopters pulled dozens of survivors and bodies from the water.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.
A spokesman for the Egyptian Embassy in London, Ayman al-Kaffas, told The Associated Press that "dozens of bodies" had been pulled out of the water.
sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/03/international/i085332S19.DTL   (1086 words)

  
 Michael W. Simpson, Ph.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
By the time he was 21 he'd lived in half a dozen states.
He has also lived and worked in half a dozen countries, including the Marshall Islands, Japan, Korea, Germany, Italy, France and Iceland, and has been around the world.
He also made four studio albums, plays a half dozen musical instruments and is preparing to record his final guitar album.
www.bluedolphinpublishing.com /Simpson.htm   (642 words)

  
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For the low price of $1.99 per month you can play The Dozens all you want.
www.bonusmobile.com /estore/index.php?prodid=999   (225 words)

  
 ABC News: Dozens Killed in Attacks Across Iraq
ABC News: Dozens Killed in Attacks Across Iraq
Dozens Killed in Attacks Across Iraq, Including 2 British Soldiers; Nearly 70 People Wounded
Iraqi children inspect wreckages of vehicles burnt following a car bomb attack Baghdad, Sunday, May 14, 2006.
abcnews.go.com /International/wireStory?id=1960108   (437 words)

  
 How to keep up with dozens of weblogs - Lifehacker
How to keep up with dozens of weblogs
Blogger Preetam Rai has written up a detailed tutorial on using Bloglines, an RSS reader, to keep up with dozens of weblogs in one place.
The only thing I'd add is Bloglines' nifty email feature, which is perfect for subscribing to newsletters and announcements without using your personal email address.
www.lifehacker.com /software/productivity/how-to-keep-up-with-dozens-of-weblogs-101115.php   (125 words)

  
 High Dollar Domain Sales Pile Up As Dozens of Live Auction Purchases Are Completed
High Dollar Domain Sales Pile Up As Dozens of Live Auction Purchases Are Completed
During the brief (and completely expected) sales slowdown we saw after Labor Day last month, I mentioned things would soon be heating back up as sales from live auctions at the Domain Roundtable and T.R.A.F.F.I.C. East conferences were completed.
Euro to Dollar Conversion (€ to $) is Based on Rates in Effect Oct. 30
dnjournal.com /domainsales.htm   (1186 words)

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