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...Ostravak Ostravski, this man who tells us he is in his 40s and lives in a socialist-era concrete apartment block in the unemployment-stricken Czech city of Ostrava, once a center of mining mocked by other Czechs as a monument to communism. He confesses to a serious drinking habit, and the urge to share embarrassing details from his more-than-ordinary life via a weblog that has become a national sensation. A coffee mug nearby, he types his entries late at night in a hilariously funny Ostrava dialect that in Czech entertainment culture would typically signal provincialism...
...That's a big part of why jump roping has become more popular than ever. While most kids do it just for fun - nearly five million participated in the American Heart Association's Jump Rope for Heart fundraiser in 2006 - others are making a habit of it, and have helped it to become an intense international sport with its own world cup held every other year. Nearly 40 teams participated in the world competition held last July in Toronto, with a Belgian team placing first, USA taking the silver, and Australia nabbing the bronze. At the national level, some...
...characters you play have a habit of dying. Unfortunately. [Laughs...
...Japan feels uniquely endangered by a nuclear-armed North Korea. While some of that fear has to do with Pyongyang's habit of testing missiles near Japan, or threatening to turn its former colonial occupier into a "nuclear sea of fire," the decisive change came in September 2002, when Kim Jong-il admitted to visiting Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi that Pyongyang had indeed been guilty of abducting Japanese citizens. Kim paid a heavy price for his uncharacteristic outburst of honesty...
...Dreamin’,” Jeezy gets personal, trying to reconcile his job as a dealer with his mom’s habit: “She addicted to the high, I’m addicted to the cash / Almost put my hands on her when I caught her in my stash.” It’s the most harrowingly autobiographical rap track since Jay-Z’s “December...