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Dec 25, 2011

LIFESTYLE News, Dec 25, 2011


Best of lifestyle tips in 2011
Times of India
"Eat foods rich in omega-3 fats. A raw onion a day can help lower your blood cholesterol levels," says Dr Shankar. Include fish and dry fruits in your everydaydiet too. "If you do eat red meat occasionally, ask for cuts that are low in fat," suggests ...
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Less meal may save brain from aging
International News Network
Rome: Eating less may keep the mind young, according to Italian scientists who say they have discovered the molecular process by which a strict diet may save the brain from the ravages of age. The research, published in the US journal the Proceedings ...
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International News Network
Add outdoors, exercise, good eats, social interaction to blah-fighting arsenal
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Foods rich in Omega-3 include walnuts, ground flaxseeds and fish, such as salmon and sardines. To get folate, try eating broccoli, oatmeal, oranges and lentils. Vitamin B-12 can be found in shellfish, lean beef, dairy and eggs and some cereals. ...
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Health and the Holidays
Huffington Post (blog)
In the 21st century, science is revealing that rather than individual nutrients being the key, the health effects of food result from the interactions of nutrients and other substances within and among the foods we consume. Maintaining healthy eating...
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I have 4500 food books and I love reading them: Chef Nigella Lawson
Daily News & Analysis
I feel that there's certain amount of hysteria and I often feel that the people who are the most worried about whether something is healthy or not probably eatanunhealthy diet because they don't eat real food. There's a French saying, which is, ...
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Esther's bent on sculpting bodies
Trinidad Guardian
The result would be obesity and lifestyle diseases. Primus said: “I did not realise there were so many overweight people. There is more advice on eating healthy than ever before, but people just don't care. The consumption of fats and fried foodsis ...
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Eat, drink and be healthy
Malaysia Star
It is also important to watch what you eat, says Kam. “I've tried manydiet fads but I have found something that works for me it is like the Atkins diet, which is mostly meat, but I've included some carb and fruits.” She admits that some weight has ...
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Malaysia Star
Online contests making losing weight easier Some turn to wagering to shed pounds
Staunton News Leader
AP NEW YORK — Neil Ylanan eats for a living and travels constantly as a foodexpert for a company that supplies in-flight meals to airlines. Toss in those sleepless, sluggish early years of fatherhood — he's got three young kids — and he was dealing ...
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'Try baked parantha to lose weight'
Daily Pioneer
But with today's lifestyle, dinner is the only meal that many professionals get toeat properly, the scenario has changed. Many of us would almost starve during the work hours of the day, and then have a very heavy meal at night. ...
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Glued to Gluten
Fayetteville Flyer
and gluten-frees abound, and conversations – especially in a restaurant setting – often start with, “Are you a (insert name of restrictive dietary lifestyle here)?” Coming from the eat-everything-in-sight South – and being a foodie – it was both a ...
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Fayetteville Flyer
Have Stress-Free, Healthy Celebrations
Manila Bulletin
Prepare healthy food such as vegetables and fruits. Make sure that fruits are unspoiled and fresh to avoid food poisoning. Attend festivities but eat moderately. Avoid fatty and salty foods. Enjoy the holidays but drink moderately. ...
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Beyond propaganda, North Koreans quietly starving
AFP
"Eating three meals a day is now unheard of. People try their best just to eat one meal a day. Half of my friends back there are either dead because of starvation or nearly invalids, with all their teeth gone. I'm only 49." UN agencies have said six ...
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AFP
It was a struggle, but the pounds came off in 2011
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Will Allen, president of Growing Power, who has made it his life's mission to get people to eat healthy, said one cannot overlook the additives in food, which make it difficult for a lot of people to lose weight. Allen's advice: Avoid processed foods,...
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Former Vegans Explain Why They Eat Meat: Are You Convinced?
Care2.com (blog)
“Eating animal-derived foods” is not, in and of itself, a health risk, they say; it is over-consumption that is. Health, the environment and ethics are often cited as arguments for not eating meat. Niman rather calls for a “new ethics of eatinganimals ...
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A look at fitness trends for 2012
Richmond Register
Even more healthy food service providers will cater to dieters and exercisers who have little time and lots of discretionary income. Chef's Diet and Meal Movement are two new services for busy people who want to eat healthy but don't have the time to ...
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Diary of a first-time marathoner: Eat, sleep & run the right way...
Daily News & Analysis
Getting the right nutrition — a combination of protein, complex carbohydrate and slow energy-releasing foods. One is also concerned about minor ligament tear that can hinder the training process. Getting necessary amount of liquids, in form of coconut ...
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From smiling to seaweed, tips for staying healthy
South Asia Mail
“Seaweed-eating nations often have higher-than-average life expectancies. In Iceland, dried seaweed known as sol is credited with helping nationals to live, on average, to 83, thanks to its fat-absorbing qualities.” “Many differences divide traditional ...
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Boot camp motivates to make big fitness changes
Bloomington Pantagraph
"Embrace the changes you have to make, the healthy lifestyle," said Blaudow, 30, a personal trainer whose boot camp is headquartered at Gymnastics Etc., 402 Olympia Drive, Bloomington. "So many times we think we are going on a diet, lose weight and go ...
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14:57 Moms' pesticide exposure tied to infection in kids
www.worldbulletin.net
"One way of reducing exposure is by reducing the consumption of fatty foods and increasing the consumption of vegetables and fruits," she said. "This does not mean we should stop eating meat, yogurts or certain types of fish, but just that we should ...
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Wellness: Dealing with achy joints
Richmond Times Dispatch
To achieve these benefits, exercise and eat right, focusing on healthy foods in proper portions. Feed your bones. Be sure you are getting enough of the nutrients that keep your body strong, including folate and vitamins D and B12, with a dietrich in ...
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Lots of miles behind the smiles
Minneapolis Star Tribune
I started eating a special diet -- I haven't had sugar or grains since then. I hired a trainer and got into kung fu and meditation. Still, you don't know what you're in for if never done it before." BENCHING FOR BACKPACKING: "I'm preparing for ...
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Viewpoint: Northeast holds front line in climate change war
MassLive.com
And while the growing season is certainly the climax of the localeating experience, the storage crops (root veggies and apples), fresh greens, and value-added products like honey, pickles, maple syrup, yogurt, artisan cheeses, and preserves available ...
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MassLive.com
Feasting on toxic spruce needles, Alaska porcupines survive winter
Alaska Dispatch
Despite eating low-protein foods in winter, porcupines did not lose lean tissue. They instead lost 30 percent of their fat reserves. * More than 20 percent of their meager dietary intake was lost in their urine, most likely a result of ridding their ...
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Alaska Dispatch
Get Glowing Skin with Supplements
Hive Health Media (blog)
When you take care of your body by eating healthy foods, exercising, and reducing your stress, your skin will glow with health and vitality. In addition to a healthy lifestyle supplements can help improve the appearance of your skin by nourishing it ...
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Hive Health Media (blog)
Don't Turn Food Choices for Your Family Into a Mommy War
The Stir
Sometimes it's hard not to say to the mom grabbing the $1, three-ounce jar of broccoli baby food, "Hey, have you ever considered just buying REAL broccoli and letting your baby eat that instead? Saves money and is way healthier!" but I don't. ...
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The Stir
Generosity of a stranger: Man gets kidney from living donor, a fellow Louisvillian
Louisville Courier-Journal
As for Baines, Eng said he will need to stay home from work for three months, take anti-rejection drugs for the rest of his life and keep eating a heart-healthy diet. Otherwise, she said, he can live a normal life. Baines said it's difficult to ...
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Starving economy
Hindu Business Line
The overwhelming majority is duped, doomed to serve as food for the cannibals or become cannibals themselves.” Rather than extol the notion of survival of the fittest, we must ask, who is eating whom, urges the author. He rues that in our system, ...
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Hindu Business Line
I don't pray to God to live - Apostle Bimpe
Nigerian Tribune
Yes. I got the direction in spirit to reject conventional treatment which was not even programmed to cure me but elongate my life for few months. Rather than live and die young in a pitiable state, I followed my mind to change my diet. ...
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Nigerian Tribune
Shift Work May Increase Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women
Hive Health Media (blog)
Adoption of healthy lifestyle modifications such as daily exercises, balanced diet, good sound sleep and reduction of stress are some of the good approaches to prevent risk of type 2 diabetes among shift workers.
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Hive Health Media (blog)
There is no mystery to cooking fish ... - Your Life - USA Today
The average American eats a paltry 3½ ounces of fish a week, less than half the 8... out on one of the most convenient, quickest, healthiest foods available. ...
yourlife.usatoday.com/fitness-food/diet-nutrition/.../1
Start Your New Year With A Raw Food Diet « the raw food solution
Today I am announcing a special offer for my readers with the opportunity to buy... many different approaches to eating but the raw food diet has enhanced mylife to a ... By adding in the healthy foods that you like to eat, you will improve your ...
rawfoodsolution.com/start-your-new-year-with-a-raw-food-di...
Foods you should eat on Christmas - Yahoo! Lifestyle India
Read 'Foods you should eat on Christmas' on Yahoo! Lifestyle India. About Christmas foods you should eat. Includes apple cider, roast turkey, Christmas ...
in.lifestyle.yahoo.com/foods-eat-christmas-093525144.html
Diet is a Four-Letter Word! - Topanga Messenger
Whether we eat or don't eat, food has become the enemy to many of us due to our ... You are here: Home / Lifestyle / Diet is a Four-Letter Word! ... checkout proclaiming today's miracle diet that will help us lose ten pounds in ten days. The truth ...
www.topangamessenger.com/story_detail.php?ArticleID=4902
Changing traditions. - Engine 2
We would eat for hours, each course more elaborate than the last. ... For a long time I thought that the holidays were about food. ... I changed my diet, changed my life and today I am medicine free, no more infections, no more neuropathy, ...
engine2diet.com/the-daily-beet/changing-traditions/
How to beat compulsive eating
1:09PM Saturday Dec 24, 2011; 2019 online now; See today's paper ... Like other experts he has little time for the idea of simply banning the foods ... calories and nutrition, an important point goes missing: eating is one of life's great pleasures....
www.smh.com.au/.../how-to-beat-compulsive-eating-2011122...
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LATIN AMERICA News, Dec 25, 2011


The Internet and Latin America: The Rise Of The Virtual World And Emerging ...
Eurasia Review
This statistic is followed by 68 percent in Middle East-Africa-Pakistan (MEAP), 46 percent in Latin America, 37 percent in Europe, and 34 percent in North America.[3] Moreover, a recent study by Vision Mobile, reported by the Colombian daily El Tiempo, ...
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A New Yorker's Opinion: NORAD Tracks Santa, Naughty or Nice? Find the Latest ...
International Business Times
... like a string of Christmas lights along the northern border of the US After sleigh-liftoff, at the International Date line in the Pacific, Santa heads west, over Japan, Asia, Africa, Europe, Canada the US down to Mexico, Central and South America. ...
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International Business Times
DEVILDRIVER: New Video Interview With DEZ FAFARA - Dec. 25, 2011
Blabbermouth.net
DEVILDRIVER guitarist Mike Spreitzer was forced to sit out the band's August 2011 South American tour after suffering a seizure. DEVILDRIVER bassist Aaron "Bubble" Patrick (ex-BURY YOUR DEAD) suffered a back injury in July but was able to recover in ...
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Emirates set to launch new Rio service
Breaking Travel News
... passengers can enjoy the latest version of Emirates' multi award-winning ice entertainment system, which offers over 1200 channels ofmovies, TV shows and music, including Portuguese language versions and Brazilian and Latin American music. ...
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Breaking Travel News
Local critic reflects on favorite films of the year
Leader-Telegram
I always struggle to compile my list of top movies of the year when I start working on it in mid-December. After all, so many of the best movies wind up opening in the final three weeks of the year. In recent years, some of my favorite movies, ...
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Why the PFA Chief Gordon Taylor Is Wrong to Thrash Liverpool and Luis Suarez
Bleacher Report
(Professional Footballers Association head Gordon Taylor has finally hinted, of course in an indirect manner, that the word used by Suarez in the incident involving Patrice Evra is at least NOT ENGLISH, but a term commonly used in South America. ...
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Bleacher Report
Cubans celebrate Christmas ahead of pope's visit
Seattle Post Intelligencer
Photo: Franklin Reyes / AP Anthony Rivero, right, takes a picture of his cousin Adianez Moras using his video game that has a camera as their families prepare Christmas Eve dinner in Havana, Cuba, Saturday Dec. 24, 2011. ...
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Time to clean up US regime-change programs in Cuba
MiamiHerald.com
For three years, I was the Senate Foreign Relations Committee's lead investigator into the political operations of the State Department and USAID in Cuba and elsewhere in Latin America. The Cuba programs — designed to identify, organize,...
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Santa Claus spotted in Canada, US
CBC.ca
By about 8 pm ET he had touched down in South America, Europe, Russia, the Far East, a number of small islands in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, New Zealand and Australia, the Middle East, South Asia and Africa. "He's making good progress around the ...
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Watch 49ers vs. Seahawks Live Stream Online HDTV'D
Coastal Courier (blog)
... reside television funnel, Sibel places within UNITED STATES, Sibel Sports activities within UNITED KINGDOM, Aussie Television funnel, ESPN South america sports activities television, survive internet television, survive web by yourself COMPUTER. ...
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Gas taking a big bite out of family budgets
Whittier Daily News
Demand for crude oil is rising globally, especially in the developing nations of Asia and Latin America. But it puts the squeeze on the US, where unemployment is high and many people who have jobs aren't getting raises. As most Southland motorists know ...
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Turbocharged in top gear even in the slow lane
Business Standard
It will be a demanding job, as Munjal will have to fight a bruising price war with the ubiquitious Chinese brands as well as India's own Bajaj, and of course, Honda, in markets such as Africa, Latin America, South East Asia, etc. ...
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Latitude Software Suite Deployed by Cogeco
mediacaster
The company has offices throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific. Interactive Intelligence can be reached at +1 317.872.3000 or info@inin.com; on the Net: www.inin.com.
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McClatchy blogs
Sacramento Bee
Inside South America, posted by Jim Wyss on Dec. 20 Since joining Twitter less than two years ago, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has attracted more than 2.3 million followers. That's more Twitter groupies than any other sitting president except for ...
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Hot topic headlines
Corpus Christi Caller Times
Whether the film is now or will ever be in production, the group of Californians who followed Rathbun around South Texas managed to produce a lot of controversy. When a young Coastal Bend woman first decided to post a video to YouTube that showed an ...
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Rasika Reddy, Summit artist, finds beauty in cultural clashes
The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Video: Artist Rasika Reddy depicts today's mixing of culture as layers of colors and media New Jersey based artist Rasika Reddy portrays culture as different layers of imagery and iconography on a single canvas. This coming together of various customs ...
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The Star-Ledger - NJ.com (blog)
Fairfield County students donate time, money, goods
Lancaster Eagle Gazette
Latin Club: Did Latin caroling at Crestview Nursing Home and participated in the Support Our Troops Donation Drive. » Study hall: Collected 565 cans for a food drive for Maywood Mission and 300 for Community Action. » Foreign Language: The Latin, ...
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Gingrich Off Virginia GOP Primary Ballot: Is His Campaign Already Over?
International Business Times
According to Voice of America, both the Gingrich and Perry campaigns claimed they collected well over 11000 signatures in the days leading up to the deadline. But officials at the Republican Party of Virginia say that when it came time to tally the ...
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Father, son serve sword and plow in Afghanistan
Annapolis Capital
AP VIDEO more>> Recently, two members of the Myers family of Gambrills, father and son, served there - but in very different capacities. Dave Myers is the University of Maryland Extension Agent for Anne Arundel County who spent a few weeks in ...
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Annapolis Capital
Ars Technica: Apple outlines international iTunes in the Cloud compatibility
NewsFactor Network
A number of countries—mostly ones in Latin America and Europe, with a couple others sprinkled in—can re-download everything but TV shows, and most of the remaining countries only have access to apps and books. Apple's support...
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QR codes catching on in Abilene
ReporterNews.com
It may include the contact information typically found on a business card, or a Web link that allows customers to quickly check out a company's website or videopresentation. "It's really increased traffic to our website," Malm said. ...
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Steve Paul | Most memorable cultural events exposed meaning, motivation
Kansas City Star
For three acts over four hours one Saturday afternoon in November, Glass' music and the visually arresting tale of Mahatma Gandhi's early experience in speaking truth to power in South Africa were as transporting and convincing as any piece of art can ...
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Kansas City Star
North Korea is a tough target for US intelligence agencies
Los Angeles Times
They now are scrambling for the skinny on his youngest son and appointed successor, Kim Jong Un, a chubby 27-year-old known to enjoy playing video games. More important, despite the near-constant gaze of spy satellites, US intelligence agencies were ...
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Los Angeles Times
Joys remembered
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
The American Auto Store on South Main Street, where Marquis Art is now located, carried Lionel three-car steam freight trains for $14.99. A four-car train was available for $26.99. Attorney F. Charles Petrillo retraced his steps from younger days in ...
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Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
Orlando isn't just for Disney World anymore
SunHerald.com
By TIM ISBELL - ttisbell@sunherald.com Universal Orlando Resort, which features two theme parks, offers plenty of adventure and escape that previously was the monopoly of Disney in south Florida. Starting first with its 1990 opening of Universal ...
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SunHerald.com
INDIA-PAKISTAN: Stumbling Around In The Dark
Strategy Page
December 23, 2011: In the Pakistani tribal territories (South Waziristan), a large group of Taliban attacked a military compound, killing one soldier and kidnapping 15 others. The Pakistani military chief denied the generals were planning a coup, ...
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For Romantic Comedies, the Holidays Are an Excuse for Unlikely Pairings
The Atlantic
Amanda proceeds to sleep with and fall in love with Iris's brother Graham (Jude Law), and Iris develops a relationship with anAmerican man named Miles (Jack Black). As in most Nancy Meyers movies, there are a few genuinely touching moments, ...
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The Atlantic
Marines, sailors of 'America's Battalion' celebrate Christmas in Afghanistan
DVIDS
Long before the sun rose, Cpl. Angel Cabrera awoke to video call his girlfriend and family, grateful for the chance to connect with them for the holiday. “I'm thankful to be here with my Marines and still have the chance to talk to my girlfriend and ...
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Making a Head Start on Wish List for Next Year
Southern Pines Pilot
This week we had balmy temps more appropriate for a South Beach pool party than North Carolina in late December. Would a white Christmas next year really be too much to ask? If not that, at least how about an Arab spring that brings even more ...
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Police: 9 Shot At Tenn. Nightclub Christmas Party
Salon
They are also gentle reminders that Washington expects Pyongyang to follow through on denuclearization pledges and improve ties with its neighbors, particularly South Korea. The kid gloves treatment accorded to the North's youthful new leader, ...
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Pettis: Bookwoman's favorite reads of the year
Broomfield Enterprise
A research scientist ventures into the South American jungle trying to find out why her colleagues haven't returned from their assignments. Patchett's descriptions of the rainforest are so mystical that the reader is left mesmerized. ...
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EDITORIAL: Making career of folly
Rome News Tribune
For starters, perhaps most 13-14-year-olds already know what they want to be: professional football/baseball/basketball players, American Idol contestants,video-game programmers, mommies (with, alas, some already practicing) and such. ...
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Paraguay, stuck in siesta mode, awaits Lugo's exit
KSWO
Long legislative breaks are common in South America, where most governments shut down for the summer. But Paraguay sets the standard for collective stupor. Most businesses and public offices close at midday, even during relatively cooler months. ...
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David Milch will tackle William Faulkner's works for HBO - 22 WSBT
San Francisco Luxury News
But Faulkner's settings — almost all in small-town Mississippi — were deeply specific and grounded in the South's racial guilt. Hobson regards Faulkner highly but doesn't see the work speaking to our times, especially to his students, the way it once ...
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