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The Proofreader When I was in high school, I was fortunate to have picked up a part time job as a proofreader at a printing company. (I know that may sound hard to believe because I make many typos.) But, then I... DRUM! Magazine/Writer Publicist Sticks "Hip" To Leo Nocentelli
The following news does report on my drumming. I just wanted to be honest. But, I feel that the content is newsworthy considering that Leo Nocentelli, is one of the most well-respected New Orelans artists in the... YankeeJim signing off at 100,000 points
YankeeJim signing off at 100,000 points Since last October, I have had the pleasure of sharing stories and conversations with the NowPublic crowd. I enjoy the polite and feisty conversations. The structure of... Science Fiction Author James P. Hogan Has Died at Home.
While few details are yet available on cause of death, it has been reported that author James P. Hogan was found dead at his home in Irealand, having died July 12th, 2010. "Mr. Hogan died at his home in the Republic of Ireland on Monday, 12 July 2010 at the age of 69. No... Ingmar Bergman's Possessions Auctioned Off
Film icon Ingmar Bergman's personal belongings are fetching much higher prices than expected at a public auction in Sweden. Bergman's eight children of six different mothers inherited all his real estate,...
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Author William Golding tried to rape teenager, have you?
"The Nobel laureate Sir William Golding, whose novel Lord of the Flies turned notions of childhood innocence on their head, admitted in private papers that he had tried to rape a 15-year-old girl during his... Frank McCourt Passes: A Tribute
What a father can learn from Angela's AshesBy Ethan Snyder, 16 July, The Examiner –" Frank McCourt, best selling author of Angela’s Ashes, is reportedly very ill and unlikely to survive his current bout with meningitis. McCourt’s brother, Malachy who is also an author...
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Author Frank McCourt dies
Frank McCourt was an Irish-American raconteur and memoirist whose abilities gained a world-wide audience only after entering retirement. Prior to springing to international acclaim, Frank had been a public school teacher for 30 years and was fondly regarded as a jovial and... Uruguayan Writer Mario Benedetti Dies At 88
Famous Uruguayan writer Mario Benedetti passed away from liver failure at the age of 88 on Sunday. Benedetti was know as one of Latin America’s most influential writers, having had authored numerous novels, poems, short stories and plays, among them “The Truce”, “Left...
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez 'Won't Write Any More Books'
Acclaimed Colombian author Gabriel Garcia Marquez, whose internationally-celebrated works of Nobel Prize-winning magic realist fiction have made him "one of the most significant authors of the 20th century", will...
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Caught on film: India ‘not shining’
Arundhati Roy, India's celebrated writer of the novel 'The God of Small Things', that received a Booker Prize in 1997, is also India's very vocal social activist. Below is her piece on Slumdog Millionaire, which...
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Thailand frees Australian writer
Thai authority have released the Australian writer, who was facing charges for the defamatory writing about the monarchy. " Harry Nicolaides, an Australian writer jailed in Thailand for defaming its monarch, has... India's Newest Motivation Guru
Can you sell ice to Eskimos? If your answer is negative, you must meet Jaswin Jassi, rising India's newest motivation expert. But then he’d ask you: "Why sell ice to Eskimos when you can sell life jackets to... 793 views | 3 recommendations | 0 comments
MICHAEL JACKSON has become a Muslim, is now Mikaeel.
"After a producer and song writer takled to him about their beliefs, and how they have become better people after they converted into muslim, Michael also like the idea of changing. His new name Mikaeel is the name of Allah's angels. " No oxygen in the IMF ventilator
"By Mosharraf ZaidiThe News InternationalBeing of Pakistani origin qualifies an IMF employee to be as much of a Pakistani economy expert, as being of Pakistani origin qualifies a child that eats a lot of Krispy Kreme doughnuts to be an expert in Pakistani child nutrition....NowPublic on Facebook
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