A Buzz-Free Toronto Film Festival (Arts Journal)
Aren't film festivals all about the buzz? "So was there any single film at TIFF 2007 that earned universal praise and set the colony vibrating?" Maybe not......more...When A Bird Speaks (Scientists Listen) (Arts Journal)
"The world lost its most famous bird brain this month: Alex, an African gray parrot who lived in a Brandeis laboratory and possessed a vocabulary of nearly 150 words. Yet as remarkable as Alex was - he could identify colors and shapes - he was not alone....more... Living Proof Of The Power Of Poetry (Arts Journal)
"Tess Gallagher is nothing if not proof that poetry can transform a life. Her alcoholic father beat her; her brother died in a car accident at the age of 15; her second husband was an alcoholic; and her third, Carver, died young of lung cancer....more... Aussie Versus Aussie (Arts Journal)
"No two cities in the same country have the degree of cultural rivalry that prevails between Sydney and Melbourne, Australia." Bloomberg 09/16/07 Living Proof Of The Power Of Poetry "Tess Gallagher is nothing if not proof that poetry can transform a life....more... Local favourite (Sydney Morning Herald)
For globetrotting Scarlett Johansson, shooting a movie in her home town and playing a girl she could relate to were impossible to resist, Melena Ryzik writes....more... Spanish bilingual schools no longer just for remedial education (San Francisco Chronicle)
In a sunny classroom at the Escuela Bilingüe Internacional on the Oakland-Berkeley border, a group of kindergartners clustered around a table, busily pasting scraps of colored paper onto collages, as their teacher offered guidance and glue. A boy named Ian... ...more... Tamdeen implements state-of-the-Art structured cabling solutions from R&M (Mena Report)
Reichle & De-Massari (R&M, www.rdm.com ), the Swiss structured cabling specialist, has announced the completion of a large scale cabling infrastructure project valued at US$1 million at a number of Tamdeen Real Estate projects, today....more... Google misleads on sponsored links, Australian court told (The Manila Times)
Chinese woman who registered 10,000 .eu domain names faces a lawsuit from the domain organisers Eurid and has retaliated by bringing her own legal complaint, Eurid's legal adviser said Monday....more... DHS Announces West Coast Maritime Radiation Detection Project (Department of Homeland Security)
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security?s Domestic Nuclear Detection Office (DNDO) announced today the West Coast Maritime pilot program that will provide maritime radiation detection capabilities for State and local authorities in Washington?s Puget Sound and California?s San Diego areas....more... |