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MAGIDA DIOURI - ALMODOVAR'S FILM "VOLVER"
01/13/07From A Woman's Point of View Listen to this entire show:
MAGIDA DIOURI, Artistic Director, Sarasota Film Society.**/ /Magida will review Pedro Almodovar’s film, /Volver. / Almodóvar's love letter to women of all ages, as well as to his native rural town and its superstitions, integrates his penchant for the implausible with a newly found, gorgeously rendered gravity. Within the mix of various Spanish provincial immigrants are three generations of women who survive everything that is thrown their way thanks... SARAH WEDDINGTON, attorney who argued /Roe v. Wade/ before the Supreme Court./ /Weddington successfully argued the /Roe v. Wade/ case at the tender age of 26. She went on to be the first woman elected to the Texas House of Representatives from Austin and served three terms. She served as an assistant to President Jimmy Carter and was designated by President Carter to direct the administration’s work on women’s issues and leadership outreach. Author of the... Words by Martin Luther King and music and words by Nina Simone and Aretha Franklin. After fighting City Hall for the last two weeks, today was judgement day for the fifty residents of St. Petersburgs Tent City. Mayor Rick Baker said he wanted the camp closed by noon today. But the deadline came and went with no action from the city. WMNF reporter Sally Watt has the stor... Tampa businessman and activist Joe Redner has been unsuccessful in 6 previous runs for local office. But his last run, for Hillsborough County Commission against Jim Norman, was his best effort yet. <font face="Tim... Water, it’s availability and at what price were topics of discussion at this morning’s Tampa City Council meeting. <font face="Times Ne... Demonstrations against President Bush’ plan to escalate the Iraq war by adding over 21,000 troops to the conflict began early this morning in Tampa. This weekend activists from around the country will gather for the third annual media reform conference. The event begins Thursday night ...More than 2,500 people from across the country will flock to Memphis for the National Conference for Media Reform. The conference will showcase the movement to a more accountable, democratic and diverse media. Among the speakers: Bill Moyers, Amy Goodman, and Jesse Jackson. One of the people who wil... Our guests were Lore Ergle and Ray Williamson who spoke about upcoming workshops on NVC. They provided the following information: About NVC Insurance Insurance rates would be frozen for Citizens Property customers for 1 year and private insurance companies could buy state-subsidized back up insurance as long as they passed on all of their savings to consumers and dropped rates at leas... Kathy Castor on Iraq Count Tampa area Congresswoman Kathy Castor as not being in support of President Bush’s escalation of troops. Echoing a letter sent out by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majorit... Activists across the country are poised to protest tomorrow against the President’s expected announcement tonight of an increase in troop levels in Iraq. The first demonstration will take place early tomorrow morning &ndash... In Tallahassee, advocates representing a coalition of consumer groups testified in front of the Senate Banking and Insurance Hearing today, pressing their concerns to lawmakers as to what they hope will come out of the Special Legislative Session that will take place next week.&n... The Hillsborough County Planning Commission wants to get the word out to the business community that a light rail system is the way for Tampa to go. The Planning Commission’s assistant executive director, Ramond Chiaramonte spoke at the Ybor City Chamber of Commerce luncheon today. His message – without trains and without plans for trains, Tampa lags behind the times. ACT: ... Our guest today, Robert Hunter, says: "Profits and a solid insurance industry are a good thing but unjustified profits and excessive capitalization harm consumers," said J. Robert Hunter, the Director of Insurance for the Consumer Federation of America (CFA) and author of the study. Hunter is an actuary, former state insurance commissioner and former federal insurance administrator.</...
A QUESTION OF CHOICE - SARAH WEDDINGTON AT CHOICE AFFAIR
01/13/07
From A Woman's Point of View
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TRIBUTE TO MARTIN LUTHER KING
01/13/07
From A Woman's Point of View
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Tent City Not down yet by Sally Watt
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Tampa Activist and adult club owner runs for office (again) By Mitch E. Perry
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Tampa City Council on Water
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NON VIOLENT COMMUNICATION
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Lawyers group announces their proposals for insurance reform
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Congresswoman Kathy Castor not in support of a 'surge' in troops in Iraq
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Local groups to rally against Surge
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Bill Newton on Insurance Situation
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YBOR BUSINESS COMMUNITY TOLD TIME FOR RAIL IS NOW by Roxanne Escobales
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CONSUMER GROUP SAYS PROPERTY INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE MAKING RECORD PROFITS
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