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A key House Committee protects the Pentagon by slashing domestic spending, but staffers acknowledge this is just the beginning of the budget debate.
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As medical costs continue to rise, the annual health costs for a family of four now exceed the typical of cost of their groceries during the same time period, according to a new report from consulting firm Milliman, Inc. The firm estimates that a typical family of four with an employer-sponsored health plan will end [...]
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Really the only Diaspora film screening in competition at the Cannes Film Festival this year, here's your another look at footage from Chadian filmmaker Mahamat-Saleh Haroun's follow-up to his critically-acclaimed drama Un Homme Qui Crie (aka A Screaming Man), titled Grisgris. The film centers on Grisgris, a 25 year old young man with dreams of becoming a dancer despite the fact that he's paralyzed from the waist down. His dreams are shattered when his uncle falls seriously ill. To save him, he decides to go work for petrol traffickers. The film stars Soulémane Démé, Mariam Monory, Cyril Guei, Anaïs Monory and Marius...
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During the Tea Party's uprising of 2009, E.W. Jackson, the controversial Republican candidate for Virginia Lieutenant Governor, founded a socially conservative organization named Staying True To America's National Destiny (STAND). Though the website has since been heavily scrubbed, a cached version from October 9, 2009 shows that Jackson's group initially spelled out its "Top 7 [...]
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We're still early in the rollout of this summer's blockbusters, so it's a bit early to say this is a trend. But I was struck by a problem that Iron Man 3 and Star Trek Into Darkness, both movies with very long second acts, and short, action-heavy conclusions had in common, and that marred their [...]
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The 1696 Act for Settling Schools (in Scotland) implements Knox's vision of a school in every parish; by 1750 literacy in Scotland about 75% compared with England 53% (Herman p.23)
When Samuel Finley started West Nottingham Academy, Cecile County Maryland, he implemented the plan outlined by John Knox (in 1560) which reads like this:
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As Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld supported the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," recognizing that the time for open service in the military "had arrived." In an interview with Larry King, however, Rumsfeld explained that he doesn't support marriage equality, because he's concerned it will lead to polygamy. He also doesn't believe marriage is [...]
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Istanbul is a city that has been primed over hundreds of years to be a global selector of sound. The city once called 'alem penah,' keep reading »
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One day after a Senate hearing during which Apple executives explained how they avoid nearly all taxation on tens of billions in international sales, European leaders are reportedly reshuffling an agenda summit to zero in on corporate tax avoidance: The four-hour summit was originally called to discuss energy policy, but investigations in Britain, France and the United [...]
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