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Man Gets Pregnant, Shames Village in Fable About Drowned Nubia
Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Things could hardly get more topsy- turvy: A man in a village along the Nile thinks he?s pregnant. And everyone in town agrees -- his wife, local officials, gossips, friends and children who taunt him and announce the not- so-blessed event all over the place.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 00:25:54 GMT - (Bloomberg)

Duke Performances Upcoming Schedule
Upcoming Shen Wei Dance Arts events -- free & open to the public unless otherwise indicated: Shen Wei Dance Arts In Residence January 12 - 24: Performances: Re- (Part 1) and In Progress: Re- (Parts 2 & 3), Friday, January 23, 8 pm, Reynolds TheaterRe- (Part 1) and In Progress: Re- (Parts 2?
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 10:46:09 GMT - (MyNC.com)

SYRACUSE CITY NEWS
Maria Lourdes Fallace, who teaches Spanish to medical students at Upstate Medical University, brings knowledge of medical terminology and experience as a medical translator to her lessons. But she also brings the perspective of a patient.
Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:18:33 GMT - (The Post-Standard)

?Audience? vs ?spectators?
WHAT is the difference between ?audience? and ?spectators?? Can we just use ?audience? for every purpose? 2) On Sept 19, in your answer to a question, you said both ?no smoking zone? and ?non-smoking zone? are correct.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:10:32 GMT - (The Star)

Born: January 18, 1940
Don (Donald Winston) Thompson. Pianist, bassist, vibraphonist, drummer, composer, arranger, recording engineer, b Powell River, north of Vancouver, 18 Jan 1940. After childhood piano lessons he took up the string bass and the vibraphone in his teens. He is essentially self-taught on all instruments.
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 13:54:01 GMT - (All About Jazz)

Morality Tale
'Trouble the Water' stuns with its story of people struggling to survive in Katrina-stricken New Orleans
Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:05:33 GMT - (Tucson Weekly)

Swinging 'round The Montmartre
When did it all begin? Arguably, Danish jazz reached its first phase of fruition from the beginning of the 60s until the middle of the 70s. Of course, the origin of Danish jazz goes further back.
Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:09:41 GMT - (All About Jazz)

Born: August 3, 1918 | Died: May 9, 1979
Although there were a couple obscure early examples (Bee Palmer in 1929 and Marion Harris in 1934, both performing ?Singing the Blues?), Eddie Jefferson is considered the founder, and premier performer of vocalese, the art of taking a recording and writing words to the solos, which Jefferson was practicing as early as 1949.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:08:55 GMT - (All About Jazz)

Jacob tinkles the next-generation ivories
Christian Jacob is one of the best-selling foreign jazz pianists in Japan. The New York Times labeled him ?phenomenal." Some people call this classically trained Frenchman a genius and regard him as a next-generation leader in the jazz world.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:39:01 GMT - (All About Jazz)

Editorial: Back to school
THE numbers matter.
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 03:42:02 GMT - (Sun Star)

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To the 9's: Part 2
A salute to historic performances from 1979, 89, and 99 on the eve of WGI'09 Almost as good as an OnDemand DVD -- but not quite -- here's the second set of nine performances, on the 9's, that this year's units and shows have to reference from their same year in the decade. Again, former reportage from Field&Floor is in quotation marks. 18
Posted on 2009-01-08 20:23:52 GMT

blog: David G. HillGutted, gobsmacked and bewildered
Last year a lady wrote to The Local Rag to deplore the '˜bad grammar' so prevalent among the Youth of Today. '˜My old English mistress' she said, '˜would have been horrified at such dreadful words as '˜gobsmacked and '˜gutted'. Whatever happened to '˜astonished' and '˜appalled?' I thought about replying, but decided against it
Posted on 2009-01-08 19:08:00 GMT

blog: lathophobic aphasiaAnother Psaltery Thought or Two
January 8, 2009 in Reading Matter In reading over St. Ephraim's psalter and its better known Old Testament inspiration, I began to wonder about the course through which the rendition of the psalms into English has wandered. For example, I have long preferred the Lancelot Andrewes 'œKing James Version' - and not just because it was part of my
Posted on 2009-01-08 17:54:59 GMT

blog: Veni Vidi CredidiShake Rag
Today would have been Elvis Presley's 74th birthday, and much as his mother Gladys clings to a young Elvis in the photo above, hundreds of adoring Elvis fans are in Tupelo clinging to his memory and marking the occasion.But that's not the only celebration going on today
Posted on 2009-01-08 16:04:00 GMT

blog: Mississippi, The Birthplace Of American MusicHancock 1/8
More detail going on in this sculpt. Included is a nice pic of Hancock wearing his hat that I'm trying to recreate ... idiom on the battlefield. Quite the colorful character...
Posted on 2009-01-08 15:09:00 GMT

blog: Historical Miniatures by Matt SpringerNew Car: 2010 Buick LaCrosse
At a GM press conference long enough ago that we don't remember when or where it was, ... conservative and contemporary interior design and has done so with precious little of the old-lady idiom
Posted on 2009-01-08 14:04:00 GMT

blog: Welcome
i vÄra smÄ vardagsuttryck, s.k. idiom som vill sÀtta lite extra fÀrg och stuns i vÄrt sprÄk. De Àr sÄ vedertagna och kÀnns sÄ rÀtt. Hur lÄter det om jag sÀger att han ligger flera ÀlglÀngder före
Posted on 2009-01-08 13:56:46 GMT

blog: AvsÀndare MargaretaFree Domain Offer + Hosting, the R programming language
Once winning a time, my gain in ruby code idiom was confined to the occasional 'eat up or you will get no pudding' hazard. We all know the fool. And I bet it has never worked any better for you than
Posted on 2009-01-08 06:53:00 GMT

blog: Internet Website Programming BlogFree Domain Offer + Hosting, the R programming language
Once winning a time, my gain in ruby code idiom was confined to the occasional 'eat up or you will get no pudding' hazard. We all know the fool. And I bet it has never worked any better for you than
Posted on 2009-01-08 06:53:00 GMT

blog: Internet Website ProgrammingPrayer for the children of Gaza
Jeffrey Goldberg points to Bradley Burston's prayer for the children of Gaza, published in today's Haaretz. It's in the Jewish spiritual idiom, poetic and clearly heartfelt, a direct response to the war prayers famously decried by Mark Twain. But it's also just a little odd:Almighty who makes exceptions
Posted on 2009-01-08 03:44:00 GMT

blog: Denim and Tweed