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Today In the Kitchen: Road to Maine full of lessons, surprises - Green Valley News and Sun

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:01:00 GMT

Greetings from the Midwest. We?ve been on the road for several days and figure we?re about halfway to Maine. There are so many tidbits to share, I?m just going to try stream of consciousness. Hope you enjoy... The first stretch of the journey ...

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'Brooklyn' from Colm Toibin makes apt, absorbing July 4th reading - Cleveland Plain Dealer

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:15:00 GMT

Scribner, 262 pp., $25. Colm Toibin's " Brooklyn" is a quiet story about enormous upheavals, and the novel's restraint is its mastery. It will be easy to lose yourself in its pages over the long weekend. Toibin takes us through beautifully rendered ...

Hula Party at Moe's - East Bay Express

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:14:00 GMT

To celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of Moe's Books, all staff members will wear grass skirts to a Hawaiian-style open-to-the-public hula party in the store from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. on July 11. DJ "The Duke of Windsor" wields tunes; other festivities ...

Daniel Pinchbeck's Path to the Internet - Mediabistro.com

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:26:00 GMT

People often take different paths before starting online-media companies, but one would be hard-pressed to find a path as unique as that taken by Daniel Pinchbeck , who founded Evolver two years ago. Evolver is the parent of Web magazine Reality ...

Western professor appointed to Order of Canada - Western News

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:47:00 GMT

Faculty of Education professor Peter Jaffe, who holds cross appointments in the departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada. Jaffe, Academic Director of Western?s Centre for Research and Education on ...

Towards a New and Improved Green Revolution - Inter Press Service

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:55:00 GMT

Rice ready for harvest. JOHANNESBURG, Apr 6 (IPS) - As food prices soar and hundreds of millions go hungry, experts from around the world will this week present a new approach for ensuring food security, at the intergovernmental plenary for the ...

What would Darwin make of Bernard Madoff? - Newsday

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:28:00 GMT

John Mizzoni is an associate professor of philosophy at Neumann University in Aston, Pa. He is author of "Ethics: The Basics." Back in March, when I spoke at a Hofstra University conference marking the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth ...

Terry Marotta: Explaining Redcoats to a child - MetroWest Daily News

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:07:00 GMT

The 5-year-old and I sat on the wide stone step in front of his house as he worked to transform an old wooden wagon into a 25th-century spacecraft. It was early afternoon, and we had nothing to do but monitor the peaceful crib sounds of his baby ...

Prison Dreams - New Book Introduces Revolutionary Inmate Rehabilitation Tool

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:24:20 GMT

Sun City Center, FL, July 02, 2009 -- -- Carol Oschmann began dream study to rid herself of stress and to control the nightmares that haunted her.

Photo for: the Look: The art of the craft

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:50:28 GMT

The common notion of the craft fair conjures comically old-fashioned, twee images of dried-apple dolls, homemade wreaths, and other assorted bric-a-brac - an outlet for the creative emissions of diehard hippies, blue-hairs, and the type of people who enjoy pillows embroidered with timeless aphorisms and Biblical quotations.

Western professor appointed to Order of Canada

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:05:19 GMT

Faculty of Education professor Peter Jaffe, who holds cross appointments in the departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Calvinism Continued, or Newton, Robots, & Glory

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:12:05 GMT

The primary evil of Calvinism, in the eyes of those who do not adhere to its beliefs, is its denial of the free will to choose Heaven over Hell, God over the Devil.

The elephant changes direction

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:23:52 GMT

Hindutva is taking a new path after the BJP's defeat, says Usama Khalidi * India has had two main national narratives in its political culture for most of its modern history.

Top shelf: Recommended reading

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Recommendations of recent books from the staffs of a rotating list of Bay Area independent bookstores.

A great road trip calls for a great roadcast

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Ishmael had a knack for knowing when it was time to go back to sea. For the protagonist of "Moby-Dick," the clue was an overwhelming desire to knock peoples' hats off as he walked down the street.

Load the Guns

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:30:09 GMT

This is more than just another new offbeat generation "reinvigorating contemporary poetry" book from Joe Ridgwell.

Artist profile: Anna Pantchev

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 20:28:30 GMT

Describe your process of creating a piece. What materials do you normally work in? I start working on wood panels always with layered up washes of house paint.

Sit-Lie Dies

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 00:06:29 GMT

ONE OF THE MOST glaring black spots on Portland's pristine liberal consciousness was excised late last week when Police Chief Rosie Sizer ordered her officers to stop enforcing the controversial sit-lie law.

Pagan pride - Examiner.com

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 01:07:24 GMT

Pagan pride
Examiner.com
On page 659 of ?The New Webster Encyclopedic Dictionary Of The English Language?, published by Processing & Books, Inc., you'll find the definition of Pride ...

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Open Secret has been welcoming alternative thinkers for 20 years - Marin Independent-Journal

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:36:53 GMT

Open Secret has been welcoming alternative thinkers for 20 years
Marin Independent-Journal
Consequently, he stocked his store with 80000 books encompassing all forms of religious and spiritual thought, books that you can't get at many other ...

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Daughter's reading a textbook case of too much information? - Mooresville Tribune

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:10:50 GMT

Daughter's reading a textbook case of too much information?
Mooresville Tribune
What did surprise us was her obvious self-consciousness in reading the "naughty parts." Shortly after the races started, I looked over and noticed that she ...

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Unhip Commentary - Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:00:58 GMT

Unhip Commentary
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Eco-consciousness isn't cool -- it's a moral necessity, and if it's presented as cool it's only as a marketing gimmick. Most folks I know get the difference ...

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Moe's Books Celebrates 50 Years - Berkeley Daily Planet

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:44:45 GMT

Moe's Books Celebrates 50 Years
Berkeley Daily Planet
But Moe's presence pervades the store, on all its four levels, with photos, placards, memorabilia?and the green consciousness of ?Moe Money,? the tradeslips ...
Hula Party at Moe'sEast Bay Express

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Hebrew Fiction / Dueling narratives - Ha'aretz

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:11:30 GMT

Hebrew Fiction / Dueling narratives
Ha'aretz
... Author's creative consciousness. It is a book about the creation of competing narratives; namely, it is metafiction - a book about the writing of books. ...

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Artist profile: Anna Pantchev - NOW Toronto

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:00:15 GMT

NOW Toronto

Artist profile: Anna Pantchev
NOW Toronto
I collect a lot of books and it is like heaven being in there. What are you currently obsessed with? Any blogs, pod casts, films, artists? ...

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Inside the Crystal, outside the box - Globe and Mail

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:28:22 GMT

Inside the Crystal, outside the box
Globe and Mail
Architecture as non-existent reality is a symbol, which in the process of consciousness leaves a trail of hieroglyphs in space and time that touch ...

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Mohawk historian opens the window on his people's story - Indian Country Today

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:05:07 GMT

Mohawk historian opens the window on his people's story
Indian Country Today
Around the same time, Bonaparte witnessed a renaissance of Iroquois consciousness and culture with people conducting ceremonies, revitalizing songs, ...

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Spider-Man does exist, says comic-book guru - Thaindian.com

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:43:20 GMT

Spider-Man does exist, says comic-book guru
Thaindian.com
?I was struck by how good some of the writing was for these so-called ?kiddie? books, and that somehow these archetypical characters like Spider-Man were ...

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Ex-Nevada Prep owner comes out of coma - Nevada Appeal

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 10:36:00 GMT

Former NevadaPrep.com owner Chuck Hildebrand has regained consciousness in a Milwaukee hospital, according to a source in that city. Hildebrand's childhood friend, Paul Balbis, told the Lahontan Valley News that Hildebrand came out of the coma on ...