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Literary Sculpture
Without seeing a video, it is difficult to imagine how Brian Dettmer creates his sculptures. His medium is vintage nonfiction — hardbound dictionaries, encyclopedias, medical journals, atlases, and engineering texts that have, for the most part, become outdated and outmoded media. Using a deli...
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Scrabble scheduled at Vineland library
VINELAND – Visit Vineland Public Library from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Feb. 3 and 16 for a game of Scrabble. The library will provide game boards, dictionaries and scoring paper, but if you have a board, feel free to bring it. Test your knowledge, hone your skills and enjoy playing the game.
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Can yoga classes kill you? The startling question posed by a leading science writer
William Broad, the author of a controversial new book, The Science Of Yoga: The Risks And Rewards, asks whether yoga - when taught incorrectly - might actually have the potential to kill.
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Oxford University Press and Medical Council on Alcohol announce long-term partnership
( Oxford University Press ) Oxford University Press is pleased to announce that it has entered a new long-term collaboration with the Medical Council on Alcohol to jointly publish the journal Alcohol and Alcoholism.
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Nataly Kelly: Helping the World, One Translation at a Time
How did translation and interpreting companies give back and pay it forward over the past twelve months? Let us count the ways:
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The Expressionary Brings Happiness to Wounded Warriors and Their Families with Thoughtful Gift Donation
Personalized gift company donates 1,000 beautiful personalized dictionaries to wounded servicemen and women, deploying troops and their familiesAtlanta, GA (PRWEB) January 26, 2012 The Expressionary, an online personalized gift company, has begun its mission of donating 1,000 of its beautifully designed personalized dictionaries -- Expressionaries -- to seriously wounded servicemen and women ...
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Joe Schlesinger: The problem with growing old, as a society I mean
Medical science is helping us all live longer and better lives. But there may be a price to be paid by society as a whole and younger generations, Joe Schlesinger writes.
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U interns help launch language app
By: Jeff Hargarten Foreign aid workers in disaster-ravaged countries gained a valuable tool thanks to the efforts of a few University of Minnesota students. Sarah Theisen and Chris Lucia were among five student interns who helped Ultralingua, a Dinkytown-based startup, to launch its Apps for Aid program. Since December, the company has been donating translation software to foreign relief ...
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School Notes 1/30/2012
Abington HeightsBrooke Storms signed up to participate in the school district's Poetry Out Loud competition earlier this month because she thought it would be fun.She ended up winning top honors, and will compete in the regional competition next month.
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Obituaries: Milton Amsel, 93, founding member of Temple Beth Israel in Somerville
RESTON, Va. — Milton Amsel died on Dec. 29, 2011 following a brief illness. He was 93. He was a resident of North Branch for more than 25 years before relocating to Virginia in the late 1970s. A kind,...
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