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- When paganism gave way to Christianity (Redlands Daily Facts)
"Thou has conquered, O pale Galilean, and the world has grown old with the breath of thy mouth." These irreverent words about Christ were inaccurately attributed to Julian Caesar Augustus, the last pagan emperor of Rome, who died probably at the hands of his own men in battle in A.
- 5th Annual Negro Spirituals Heritage Day - PR-CANADA.net (press release)
5th Annual Negro Spirituals Heritage DayPR-CANADA.net (press release), Montenegro - Jun 18, 2008Although the creators of folk Spirituals are unknown, scholars suspect they were folk poets, Black preachers, and slave communities. ...
- Pictured: Astonishing crowds turn out for Obama rally as Democratic hopeful attacks McCain for lobbyist links (Daily Mail)
Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama was surrounded by a sea of supporters as he stepped up his bid to become America's first black president. Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama was surrounded by a sea of supporters as he stepped up his bid to become America's first black president
- Long chair transforms into lounge - Las Vegas Review - Journal
Long chair transforms into loungeLas Vegas Review - Journal, NV - 10 hours ago... returning the chaises to be made firmer and less comfortable because instead of writing poetry when they reclined, they actually fell asleep instead! ...
- No-Maddz 'seh' most at Weekenz - Jamaica Gleaner
Jamaica GleanerNo-Maddz 'seh' most at WeekenzJamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - 4 hours agoThe No-Maddz poetry group, Oneil Peart and Sheldon Shepherd performing with Everaldo Creary who was on acting duties that night, took the house down ...
- Out & About (Nanaimo Daily News)
The Kiltlifters perform live at the Queen's Hotel on May 15 at 10 p.m. with special guests the Sub City Dwellers.
- Goose was one bad mother - but she helps kids read (Montreal Gazette)
In the age of This Little Piggy Went to Prada, it's easy to get misty-eyed over the diminishing appeal of traditional nursery rhymes. But when Mother Goose is fêted nationally today for her contributions to literacy and storytelling, let's remember that despite the sentimental memories her name evokes, the icon of childhood poetry was one bad mother.
- Opinions: Jabbarwocky: A haiku: adieu. (Stanford Daily)
shall we now haiku?
- The dangers of banality - Financial Times
R eporting on the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961, the political theorist Hannah Arendt coined the phrase “the banality of evilâ€. Eichmann, responsible for the slaughter of millions of Jews, had the appearance and even the mentality ...
- Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of Place - Georgia Straight
Polis Is This: Charles Olson and the Persistence of PlaceGeorgia Straight, Canada - 1 hour agoNevertheless, despite this seeming discrepancy in rhetorical skills, all their recollections are equally eloquent, as if poetry were a kind of virus that ...
- 'Peace, Love and Psychedelic Sixties' opens June 6 at Sheldon - Media Newswire (press release)
'Peace, Love and Psychedelic Sixties' opens June 6 at SheldonMedia Newswire (press release), NY - 9 hours agoThe exhibition also includes a Vietnam portfolio with poetry and art created in 1967 to protest the war. Many artists dissented through print media: from Ad ...
- Jean C. Soule, 89, children's author, educator - Philadelphia Daily News
Jean Conder Soule, 89, formerly of Springfield, Delaware County, a children's book author, poet, and educator, died of heart failure Sunday at Riddle Village, a retirement community in Media. While raising a family in Springfield, Mrs. Soule wrote ...
- Encampment hosts Cowboy Gathering July 18-20 - Casper Star-Tribune Online
Encampment hosts Cowboy Gathering July 18-20Casper Star-Tribune Online, WY - Jul 13, 2008Activities range from a stick horse rodeo and melodrama to cowboy music and poetry. An evening concert at 7 pm, on Saturday, July 19, features Blakely, ...
- New indie bookstore opens in Sault Ste. Marie - Quill & Quire
New indie bookstore opens in Sault Ste. MarieQuill & Quire, Canada - 1 hour ago“We’re going to do a lot of small press, poetry, history, and moving into children’s books… [We want] people to get excited about books. ...
- (#pharyngula on irc.synirc.net) - ScienceBlogs
(#pharyngula on irc.synirc.net)ScienceBlogs - 2 hours agoStay abreast of your favorite bloggers' latest and greatest via e-mail, via a daily digest. The introductory schtick to my talk at the Seattle Skeptics ...
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