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- Check Out These Page-Turners (Washington Post)
Book festivals: They are fall's antidote to the summer's not-exactly-mentally- stimulating county fairs and fireworks shows, outdoor screenings and beach trips.
- Sunny side up - The Age
Sunny side upThe Age, Australia - 50 minutes agoThere were bears in boas and works that seemed more interior decor than visual poetry. And just when you thought the Myer porcelain department was where you ...
- African-American Umoja Fest is set to kick off on Friday - Seattle Post Intelligencer
High school basketball players will shoot hoops in the Central Area this weekend to promote peace. Northwest African-American families will hold reunions at Judkins Park, as dancers, musicians and drill teams perform. African-Americans from ...
- Critic's choice - Can’t Read, Can’t Write (Channel 4) - Daily Telegraph
Last week’s opening programme proved hugely affecting as campaigning teacher Phil Beadle took on a class of illiterate adults and in the space of a few short sessions reversed the effects of decades of educational neglect and rock-bottom self ...
- Your comments on my ‘animals’ column - New York Times Blogs
My Thursday column is more personal than most and is inspired partly by a visit back to the farm where I grew up in Oregon. The column looks at the vexing question of animal rights, tied partly to Proposition 2 on the California ballot, which would ...
- Kenya: The Political Economy of Ethnic Identities in Country; The Paradox of Tribalism in Country (AllAfrica.com)
During the 2007 election campaign period and beyond some of the most virulent hate messages of an ethnic kind were to be found spilling over in Kenyan online communities, largely populated by young to middle aged Kenyans living in places like the United States, Sweden, Germany, Britain, Ireland, Norway, Denmark, Canada, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Japan, South Africa, India and other places ...
- "Art Beat" with Stephanie Kaye - Thursday, August 21, 2008 - WAMU
"Art Beat" with Stephanie Kaye - Thursday, August 21, 2008WAMU, Washington DC - 6 hours ago(Aug 23) DC POETRY FESTIVAL A community benefit for the historic Howard Theater brings a poetry and music party to the Carter Barron Amphitheatre Saturday ...
- The 10 Worst High Schools in Movie History (filmcritic.com)
Didn't you just hate high school? Even if you didn't despise it as much as, say, Carrie White in Carrie or Jason "J.D." Dean in Heathers , you probably have some traumatic memories of atomic wedgies dispensed by bullies in the locker room or withering judgments hissed at you by the mean girls in the cafeteria.
- Saddam now seen as the "Father of Martyrs" by visitors to his grave (McClatchy Newspapers via Yahoo! News)
AWJA, Iraq — In the hometown of Saddam Hussein, they still call the late dictator The President. Inside a hall that once held an office Saddam used once or twice a year lies his tomb. A sheet embroidered with gold covers the burial site: "There is no God but God and Mohammed is his messenger."
- Showcase Events Calendar (Foster's Daily Democrat)
Portsmouth's Art 'Round Town galleries, openings on the first Friday of month, ellO Gallery, Nahcotta, Kennedy Studios, N.H. Art Association, Piscataqua Fine Art, and Three Graces Gallery.
- Remark about ancient scrolls leads to novel (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
"The Night Villa" continues author Carol Goodman's penchant for combining her classical background with plots that include an aspect of mystery.
- Have the last word at poetry slam - Central Western Daily
CENTRAL West Libraries is calling all poets, hip-hop artists and other outspoken wordsmiths to polish their rhymes and lyrics for the Australian Poetry Slam 08, an annual slam contest offering more than $10,000 in cash and prizes. At 6.30pm on ...
- Dead author's estate snatches child's domain (The Register)
Nar-nar-nar-nar-nar(nia) A British couple has lost the battle to keep the narnia.mobi domain name which they claimed was only registered so that their son could have a Narnia-related email address. The address will transfer to a company representing CS Lewis's estate.…
- DAILY EXPRESS NEWS (Sabah Daily Express)
Papar : The National Service Training Department (JLKN) assured Monday that the facilities and equipment in National Service (NS) camps nationwide are thoroughly inspected regularly to ensure safety.
- Official opening of Devoran School - Falmouth Penryn Packet
Official opening of Devoran SchoolFalmouth Penryn Packet, UK - 19 hours agoThis will be followed by dance, poetry and musical performances by pupils and a BBQ and music in the school’s playground. The celebrations will end at 8 pm ...
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