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New Poetry Society director lays out plans to grab public's attention (Guardian Unlimited) Judith Palmer explains why knitting and the Olympics can raise poetry's profile us.rd.yahoo.com
Researcher to Spend 365 Hours Immersed in Second Life (Dr. Dobb's Journal) Exploring the intersections of biotechnology, art, and virtual-reality us.rd.yahoo.com
High noon at Bennelong Point (The Star) Joern Utzon had it all: global fame, a huge cult following, an eponymous foundation and one of the world's most glorious buildings indelibly attached to his name. us.rd.yahoo.com
Review: "The Exiles," a 1961 Film About Indians in Los Angeles (Washington Post) "The Exiles," a 1961 film about a group of young Native Americans living in downtown Los Angeles, opens with a montage of portraits by the photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis. It's an apt setup for the film that follows. Like Curtis, director Kent Mackenzie proves to be a canny alchemist of fact a... us.rd.yahoo.com
Two Roads Diverged (Real Change News) Author David Guterson on The Other, his new novel about a Northwest friendship. us.rd.yahoo.com
The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus Megaset (DVD Talk) Graham Chapman, Michael Palin, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam and John Cleese - collectively known as Monty Python's Flying Circus - started a very big thing indeed when their self titled television show appeared on British television in October of 1969. The six comedians had no way of knowing then how influential and popular their brand of irreverent and absurdist humor would become or ... us.rd.yahoo.com
UCSD Researcher Explores Gender, Humanity and (Virtual) Reality (PhysOrg) (PhysOrg.com) -- In an age when biotechnology has made it possible to alter the fundamentals of our food supply, our energy sources and even our genetic makeup, one graduate student at the University of California, San Diego, is pushing the limits of what it means to be human by exploring the intersections of biotechnology, art and virtual-reality in an immersive, durational performance titled ... us.rd.yahoo.com
UC San Diego researcher explores gender, humanity and (virtual) reality (UC Newsroom) Will spend 365 consecutive hourse immersed in Second Life. us.rd.yahoo.com
Why do I live in the United States? (Online Journal) In 2001, Oriana Fallaci wrote her famous article, “The Rage and the Pride,” in which she not only made an indiscriminate attack on Third World immigrants in Europe and the United States but on all cultures other than “Western culture.” us.rd.yahoo.com
Fabregas a wise choice (BBC News) Phil McNulty blogs on Arsene Wenger's new Arsenal captain us.rd.yahoo.com
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