11/22/2008
The charm of Jatukarm (The Star)
The obsession with Jatukarm, the Buddhist deity of wealth, appears to have peaked, but devotees in Thailand continue to throng the deity’s temple at Wat Phra Mahathap.
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11/22/2008
After Columbine, Eric Holder Advocated Internet "Restrictions" (Slashdot)
ErikTheRed writes "In an audio clip discovered by NewsBusters, then-Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder advocated federal censorship of the Internet. This was in the aftermath of the Columbine High School shootings. From the clip: 'The court has really struck down every government effort to try to regulate it. We tried with regard to pornography. It is gonna be a difficult thing, but it seems to ...
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11/19/2008
Visual art: A Shower of Jewels (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
Tues., Nov. 25... By Cinque Hicks The news coming from the crystal balls of financial fortune tellers these days is uniformly grim. So take it as a bit of divine intervention that Oglethorpe University Museum of Art is presenting A SHOWER OF JEWELS: WEALTH DEITIES FROM THE RUBIN MUSEUM OF ART. Continuing Tues., NOV. 25, the museum hosts a collection of works depicting five gods of tantric ...
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11/21/2008
Gateway, volunteers forced to clean litter left on shores after rituals (Queens Chronicle)
At the southern end of Howard Beach’s Addabbo Bridge sit two quiet parking lots fronting a beach, one on each side of the road. People from all over the borough visit the lots, which are part of Gateway National Park, to fish, birdwatch and enjoy the view of Jamaica Bay.
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11/21/2008
Night Stalker: Best of the late night (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The episode “The Bible's Buried Secrets” could do for the Old Testament what “The Da Vinci Code” did for the Gospels – but this is no work of fiction.
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11/21/2008
Jazz News: Michele Rosewoman's Tribute to Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios (All About Jazz)
Legendary Cuban percussionist and vocalist Orlando 'Puntilla' Rios passed away August 12, 2008. Along with several tribute concerts to him taking place in the coming months, Puntilla's former student and colleague, pianist Michele Rosewoman, paid tribute to him with the below article.
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11/20/2008
Barack Obama's Illinois inaugural ball (Chicago Tribune)
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11/20/2008
Don't expect A-list entertainment at Illinois inaugural ball (Chicago Tribune)
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11/20/2008
Local Siamese community and Thai nationals gather at Kepong lake for fest (The Star)
The Taman Tasik Metropolitan in Kepong was alit with lotus-shape floats in a myriad of colours and designs floating on the lake at the Thai Cultural Night and Loy Krathong Festival recently.
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11/20/2008
Oscar-winning film-maker brands manga-loving Japanese PM 'an embarrassment' (Times Online)
Japan’s most celebrated cartoon animator today condemned his country’s comic book-loving Prime Minister, Taro Aso, as an “embarrassment” who should keep his reading habits to himself.
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