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Qantas to fly the literary skies
Australia's Qantas Airlines is promoting the announcement of its extended flight routes by commissioning a series of books that last exactly as long as each flight. For passengers, that could mean less worrying about when it's safe to use electronic...
Tags: Australia, Stephen King
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Why Maker Faire may be Silicon Valley's most important export [video]
This weekend I attended the eighth annual Maker Faire with my son in San Mateo, Calif. The Maker Faire and the Maker Movement have gotten so large, it's easy to take them for granted. In fact, after going four straight years, I almost skipped this year...Tags: Arts and Culture, Sociology, Computer Hardware, Culture, Computing and Information Technology Industry
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Rain clouds, trees and a metaphor
A new study published by The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and reported in The New York Times [May 14, 2013], informs us that (1) "For years, scientists and engineers have noticed an increase in river flows when the trees along the...Tags: Science, The New York Times, West Bank, Judaism, Government
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Ray Manzarek remembered the Doors in his books
When Doors keyboardist Ray Manzarek died Monday, he left behind a musical legacy that included 15 singles that made Billboard's hot 100 list, including the songs "Light My Fire," "Waiting for the Sun," "Touch Me," "Riders on the Storm," and "People Are...
Tags: Music Industry, Fiction, Google+, The Doors (music group), Music
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Author Michelle Alexander To Be Honored At Stowe's Big Tent Jubilee
The Hartford CourantRegistration is open for the Harriet Beecher Stowe Center's big event, the Stowe Prize Big Tent Jubilee, which will take place on May 30 from 5:30 to 9 p.m. on the Stowe Center grounds, 77 Forest St., Hartford. The event will honor the 2013 Stowe...Tags: Simsbury, East Haddam, Farmington (Hartford, Connecticut), Fiction, Unexplained Phenomena
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Deals of the day -- mergers and acquisitions
Reuters(Adds Sprint Nextel, Dish Network, DBS Group, France Telecom, Natixis, Alere Inc, EDF and others) May 21 (Reuters) - The following bids, mergers, acquisitions and disposals were reported by 2000 GMT on Tuesday: ** Sprint Nextel Corp said its Japanese...Tags: Australia, Chevron Corportion, Italy, Medical Procedures and Tests, Electricite de France S.A.
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To do Tuesday: Gulfstream gas cards, free acting classes and author Emma Brockes
Books Emma Brockes: The New York-based, British journalist's critically acclaimed memoir "She Left Me the Gun" begins with the devotional love of her late mother before descending into a tempest of increasingly darker narratives. Or as one New York...
Tags: Hallandale Beach, Coral Gables, Gulfstream Park, The New York Times, Boynton Beach
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Belle & Sebastian's Stuart David to write a book about the band
Stuart David, a founding member of Belle & Sebastian and its original bass player, will write a memoir about his time in the seminal indie pop band. The book, "In the All-Night Cafe," will be published by Little, Brown's Abacus imprint in the U.K. in...
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Phil Jackson's new book focuses a lot on (who else?) Kobe Bryant
Phil Jackson was just messing with us, once again. The wily former coach of the Lakers and Chicago Bulls wrote a book in 2004 that was called "The Last Season." It seemed true at the time, but the legendary leader came back for a six-year run with the...
Tags: Fiction, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant
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In the Pipeline: Tired of AQMD's non-responsive behavior
People keep asking me whether I think the South Coast Air Quality Management District (AQMD) will vote June 7 to ban beach bonfires in much of Southern California. I've been invited to speak before several groups in the last few weeks, and the...Tags: Local Government, Authors, Vietnam War (1955-1975)
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A Carlos Fuentes boom on the anniversary of his death
The Mexican writer Carlos Fuentes is the subject of a small, literary boom on the anniversary of his death. Fuentes died one year ago, May 15, 2012, at the age of 83. This week his North American publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux, released more...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Literature, Mexico, Mexico City, Authors
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Court fight has happy ending
After settling a lawsuit against Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister Co., Robb Havassy ended up with 365 surfboards. Ever since then, he's set out to diminish that number. On Thursday, he'll be raffling off 150 of the boards in Huntington Beach. Sixteen...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Christian Dior, Artists, Arts, Museums
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