National Trust Full Bloom Festival Kicks Off With Renga Poem On Saturday NowPublic reported the start of the National Trust Full Bloom Renga as part of its Full Bloom Festival of English orchards and blossom. The...
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Ancient Orchards Brought To Life With Full Bloom Spring Blossom FestivalThe National Trust this weekend launches a celebration of orchards with its first Full Bloom Festival. The festival is run in participation...
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The dog is thought to be the most varied mammal on earth. Even Darwin marveled at the diversity of dog shape, size and colour.There are over 300 recognized domestic dog breeds across the world and they are all of...
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Learning and Playing a Musical Instrument Improves Reading Children who learn to play a musical instrument may have an advantage when it comes to reading. Professor Nina Kraus of Northwestern University in...
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A survey of over 2,300 women has come to the conclusion that foreplay as an aid to orgasm has little or no significance. It also reveals that intercourse for Europeans is on average about 16.2 minutes whilst...
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Barack Obama is taking it to Nevada. A land of God and guns. The state has traditionally had Republican sympathies but a recent and large inward immigration could see the Democrats make real inroads if they work...
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"Convert or we will kill you" is the stark message to fleeing Christians in the Indian state of Orissa. Hindu lynch mobs threatened to burn Christians' houses and babies unless they became Hindu.Violence has been...
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With one in three of all the world's amphibians on the endangered species list a new report predicts that over half of European toads, frogs and newts could be extinct in 50 years time. Climate change is...
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Herm Island is small. One mile wide. A hotel with no televisions or telephones. Its 50 residents become worried when long term leaseholders Adrian and Penny Heyworth decide to sell up and move on. Fears rise...
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Monty Python's The Life of Brian is a classic British film and it comes as a bit of a shock to find that it's still banned by a number of local authorities across Britain - it doesn't feel 'British' this banning...
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Hit and Run Man Indicted"A man accused of seriously injuring two people with his sport-utility vehicle after he ran outon his restaurant bill was indicted yesterday on one count of aggravated robbery and four...
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"The Seattle Post-Intelligencer is refusing to run the photos of two men the FBI is seeking to question in connection with suspicious behavior aboard a Puget Sound ferry - behavior that could be a precursor to a...
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I started a new segment on my blog titled "Thursday Haiku." Every Thursday I'll attempt to wow you or be wowed by you and your rebuttal to the most creative, yet tasteful Haiku I can come up with. Should be incredibly articulate coming from Kentucky right? ...
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And Finally, our weekly wrapup of odd video stories, is holding a competition in which readers may submit a news story in the style of haiku poetry. The deadline is 5 p.m. Eastern tomorrow, so get clever and get it in ; you may win the cheap but sincere prize. Continue...