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Worth the Drive: Steely Dan, "2001: A Space Odyssey," JVC Jazz ......

The JVC Jazz Festival New York kicks off Sunday with a Father's Day performance by the Kenny Barron Trio at 3 p.m.

Since 1984, this jazz fest has been taking over the hippest clubs in NYC, and past performers include Ella Fitzgerald, Dave Brubeck, Diana Krall, Dianne Reeves, Sting and tons more. This year's lineup includes Medeski, Martin & Wood, the Bill Frisell Trio, Bucky Pizzarelli,...

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Staying Smart in Dumbed-Down Times...

In 1963, when I was graduating from college, a book was published entitled Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, by the noted historian Richard Hofstadter.

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FEATURED EMPLOYERS ‘On Course’: New Guide to First Semester of Teaching , May 14 Joined at the Hip: Teaching and Testing , May 8 Valid...

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Last weekend to buy literary treasures...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government plans to offer the HPV vaccine free to girls starting...

[ more ]   The federal government looks to take a hard line on illegal file sharing Crown says love triangle slaying was no accident Chronic drunk driver who killed four gets longest sentence in Alberta history  

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Safe Kids Program Hits Major Milestone as One Million Child Safety ......

LOS ANGELES, 2008-06-12 — Safe Kids Buckle Up, the child passenger safety program of Safe Kids USA sponsored by General Motors and Chevrolet, has reached a milestone no other program can claim: one million child safety seats checked for proper installation.

One-millionth Child Safety Seat Checked: Los Angeles Coordinator for Safe Kids USA Marisela De La Torre (right) checks the car seat...

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TAC hails ruling on Rath...

In a ruling handed down on Friday morning, judge Dumasini Zondi barred Rath from claiming his product VitaCell was a treatment for Aids, and declared that the clinical trials he has been conducting in black townships were unlawful.

Zondi also said Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and her department had a duty to investigate Rath's activities.

"This judgement this morning is...

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PAE: Completes Ten Licensing Agreements in 8 International Territories...

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Ridgeland, MS, JUN 13, 2008 (EventX/Knobias.com via COMTEX) -- PAE PowerRating -- By Jay Everitt, jeveritt@knobias.com

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NXNE: Black Diamond Bay...

Daily Disc, concert reviews, Soundcheck video, festival coverage and many other things pleasing to the ear. Bob Thompson and Chris Knight, plus Reel Time and complete film festival coverageAnd for the latest from the red carpet and gossip from Hollywood, visit our Shinan/Scandal Sheet blog . Trek Tracker and other adventures in travel and thrill-seeking. Mixed Media and other news from the gall...

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Obama expresses appreciation to Fil-Ams on RP Independence Day...

United States Senator and Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama extended his "warm wishes" to the Filipino nation as the country celebrated its 110th Independence Day, and expressed his appreciation of the Filipino-American community's contribution to American society.

In a statement posted in his official campaign blog Friday (Thursday in the US), the presumptive US Democratic...

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Book Review: From Deep Within The Earth - The Eternal Vigilance ......

» Interview with Scott Bakker, Author Of The Prince Of Nothing Trilogy and Neuropath

» Interview with Alex Moore, Book Review Editor of ForeWord Magazine

» Book Review: Head First Javascript by Michael Morrison

For a guy who first made a name for himself defending Christianity against the infidel hoards of the Ottoman Empire, Vlad the Impaler's reputation ha...

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Parting words from Adam Wood...

That impartiality was true after the elections. What we wanted was stability and calm to return to Kenya. We recognised the flaws in the presidential elections and how whoever won the elections the vote was too close.

The presidential vote was fairly and evenly split. We supported Kofi Annan's judgement that with a close result a grand coalition would be the best way to restore calm and ...

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Besieged Hamas says time on its side...

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News World News World General Besieged Hamas says time on its side JASON KOUTSOUKISIN GAZA CITY 14/06/2008 12:00:01 AM

ON WEDNESDAY afternoon, a family of dishevelled but happy Palestinians clambered down a flight of steps to the Gaza City beach.

Before the parents could settle under on...

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Something good to drum about...

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Ranchers narrow focus to deepen their market...

Beef, lamb, wool operation takes advantage of local assets and outlets

Sometimes the market goes places you can no longer follow.

Finding themselves left behind by buyers who offered them unacceptable prices or just flat went elsewhere, Dan and Jeanne Carver looked again at their map. They started thinking "regional."

Instead of selling their calves, lambs and wool as commodit...

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China's Uyghurs Face Discrimination, Cultural Genocide...

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TORONTO—Reporters crowded into a room at a downtown Toronto hotel to learn of the plight of China's Uyghur Muslim minority at an Amnesty International press conference Friday.

One of the speakers was Rebiya Kadeer, a Uyg...

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AP Targets Blog Excerpts With DMCA Notices...

from the dept. Ian Lamont points us to The Industry Standard, which reports that the Associated Press has filed DMCA takedown notices against news site 'The Drudge Retort' for excerpting portions of AP news releases. The site's creator, Rogers Cadenhead, has posted his analysis of the letters sent to him by the AP . Employees of the AP have defended the notices in posts on various blogs , sa...

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ALJ Poverty Action Lab Created in Europe...

JEDDAH, 14 June 2008 — The Paris School of Economics announced the creation of the “Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab-Europe” (J-PAL Europe) at a conference entitled “Randomized Evaluations of Social Programs” organized by the DARES (the research department of the French Ministry of Labor). J-PAL Europe runs evaluations of public policy using an experimental approach based on that used in s...

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