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South Windsor Haiti School
South Windsor High SchoolHaiti is one of the poorest countries in the world. In 2010, about 88% of their rural population was at poverty level after a 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck. Hundreds of thousands were killed and, as a result of the tragedy, people from all over the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Haiti, South Windsor, Haiti Earthquake (2010), Natural Disasters
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Cannes Film Review: 'Venus in Fur'
VarietyAs with his earlier "Carnage" and "Death and the Maiden," "Venus in Fur" finds Roman Polanski transferring a New York stage hit to the screen with maximum fidelity and facility, and a minimum of fuss. Primarily a vehicle for Mrs. Polanski, Emmanuelle...Tags: Entertainment, Carnage (movie), Venus in Fur (play), Mathieu Amalric, Movies
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The Biblioracle: In memory of Warwick Deeping
Between 1920 and 1930, there were three writers with at least five books in the list of 10 best-selling books, according to Publishers Weekly. Two of them are Zane Grey and Sinclair Lewis. The other is Warwick Deeping. Warwick Deeping? --------------...
Tags: Julie & Julia (movie), John Updike, Robin Williams, David Foster Wallace, Jane Austen
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A roundup of graphic novels worth reading
The intersection of visual art and language in a graphic novel tilts the reading experience. The reader has no choice but to slide into the author's more specifically defined — and designed — world. The hallmarks of great literature are the...
Tags: Arts and Culture, John Updike, Authors, Libraries, The Holocaust (1934-1945)
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John Carpenter: The Hero Complex interview [video]
Hero Complex - movies, comics, pop culture - Los Angeles TimesJohn Carpenter, the legendary director of films including “Halloween,” “Escape From New York,” “The Thing,” “Starman,” “Big Trouble in Little […]... -
F1 is a superego trip for Austrian racer Alex Wurz's wife
ReutersBy Alan Baldwin MONACO, May 25 (Reuters) - Truth can be stranger than fiction in Formula One so perhaps it was inevitable that even some regulars were fooled when the launch of a new grand prix team was announced on April 1. Despite a polished website...Tags: Arts and Culture, Open-Wheel Racing, Monaco, Auto Racing, Authors
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Jessica Anya Blau's third novel updates 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'
Talk about tumbling down the rabbit hole. Jessica Anya Blau is the Baltimore author who memorably mined her experience growing up in a freewheeling bohemian family in her first two novels, "The Year of Naked Swim Parties" and "Drinking Closer to Home."...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Breads, Colleges and Universities, Authors, Cheshire
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F1 is a superego trip for Wurz's wife
ReutersMONACO (Reuters) - Truth can be stranger than fiction in Formula One so perhaps it was inevitable that even some regulars were fooled when the launch of a new grand prix team was announced on April 1. Despite a polished website (www.dupontf1.com) and...Tags: Arts and Culture, Open-Wheel Racing, Monaco, Auto Racing, Authors
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"Promiscuous minds" gather for Britain's Hay Festival
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - Some of the biggest names in literature, science and politics will pitch up to a small British town over the next week for a clan gathering of the world's most "promiscuous minds". The 26th Hay Festival of literature, which begins on...Tags: Bob Woodward, Politics, Bill Clinton, Executive Branch, Entertainment
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New book asks: Could Germany have a Jewish chancellor?
ReutersBy Erik Kirschbaum BERLIN, May 24 (Reuters) - A new novel about a neo-Nazi plot to assassinate Germany's first Jewish candidate for Chancellor has shed a timely light on the right-wing extremist violence that has plagued the country since 1990 and was...Tags: Murder, Arts and Culture, Politics, Judaism, Immigration
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Graphic sex in applauded lesbian love story gets Cannes buzzing
Reuters* Critics laud Kechiche's film of raw emotion, lesbian sex * Father-son road trip is Payne's second try for top prize By Alexandria Sage CANNES, May 23 (Reuters) - An intimate love story between two young women received rave reviews from critics at the...Tags: Arts and Culture, Entertainment, Gays and Lesbians, Same-Sex Marriage, Bruce Dern
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Russia's leading social network banned by "mistake"
ReutersMOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's leading online social network was briefly banned on Friday, in a move dismissed as a "mistake" but which follows intensifying official pressure on the company as President Vladimir Putin consolidates his power. VKontakte (www....Tags: Boston Marathon Bombing (2013), Social Media, Culture, Arts and Culture, Media Industry
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