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April Ross qualifies for London Olympics
There will be two former Newport Harbor High volleyball standouts in the London Olympics. April Ross, who starred at Newport Harbor, and Jennifer Kessy have qualified for their first Olympics. They will join Misty May-Treanor, also of Newport Harbor, and...Tags: Czech Republic, Beach Volleyball, Beijing Games, Volleyball
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Classically Trained: Music for everyone coming to Costa Mesa
In the coming days, there is something for everyone in Costa Mesa's classical scene: a youth ensemble, an organist, a visiting orchestra and a classic film score. At 2 p.m. Sunday, the Pacific Symphony Youth Wind Ensemble, an educational group under...Tags: Entertainment, Morton Gould, Music Industry, Cornell University, Gone with the Wind (movie)
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Saturday's Calendar
SATURDAY Flea Market The Pelican Courtyard Open Air Flea Market for New and Vintage Finds is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the second Saturday of each month .The event is at 124 Tustin Ave, Mariners Mile section of Newport Beach. For more information,...Tags: Entertainment, Dash Berlin (music group), William Shakespeare, Claire Trevor, Religion and Belief
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Sunday's Calendar
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Free Composting Workshop
The Costa Mesa Sanitary District will give a free workshop on how to compost at 10 a.m. at Fairview Park, 2501 Placentia Ave., Costa Mesa.
Purim Carnival
Temple Bat Yahm, 1011 Camelback St., Newport Beach, invites...Tags: Entertainment, Dash Berlin (music group), William Shakespeare, College Sports, Claire Trevor
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Bookmark: Umberto Eco's books stir up life's dilemmas
On the fifth floor of the Chicago Tribune Tower is a square windowless room accessed by a single door. This room is called, with a regrettable lack of imagination, the Book Room. It will not surprise you to learn that it is filled with books. Day...Tags: Book, Entertainment, Harvard University, Umberto Eco, John Keats
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School in Prague to be named after Mayor Cermak
Eighty years ago, Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak was assassinated, an anniversary that some, like Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, say does not receive enough attention. But on Thursday, a school in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, will remember Cermak by...
Tags: Politics, Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Elections, Local Government, Czech Republic
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World watch
Czech Republic: A gas explosion rocked Prague's Old Town district Monday, injuring 35 people and damaging several buildings. The explosion occurred in an office building on busy Divadelni Street, close to the National Theater and Vltava River, where the...Tags: Punishment, Viral Diseases and Infections, Czech Republic, Emergency Incidents, U.S. Department of State
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Explosion shakes central Prague, some injured and trapped
An explosion in central Prague on Monday injured about a dozen people and others were trapped in a building damaged by the blast, a Reuters witness and emergency services officials said. The explosion, a few dozen metres (yards) from Prague's National...
Tags: Prosecution, Emergency Incidents, Air Transportation Industry, Explosions, Witnesses
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: The decay of freedom
During my recent trip to Prague, I reunited with Jeff Weller, a former student. Jeff was in my class 35 years ago. He’s an expatriate who owns a hotel near the Legion Bridge. His sons, Emil and Damek, study political philosophy at Charles...Tags: Ronald Reagan, Minority Groups, Politics, Colleges and Universities, Students
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Thoughts from Dr. Joe: When classrooms aren't classrooms
I’m still at loss for words trying to express the essence of the La Cañada High School choral artists’ Cantemus tour through Central Europe. If you remember, when I last wrote, the choir had just finished singing in Bratislava, Slovakia....Tags: Arts and Culture, Austria, Entertainment, Vienna (Austria), Artists
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Oklahoma earthquakes linked to injection wells
HOUSTON -- Oklahoma’s largest-recorded earthquake was triggered by injection wells used by the oil and gas industry, according to a report released this week. The Tuesday report in the geoscience journal Geology is the latest scientific evidence...
Tags: Politics, Lobbying, Petroleum Industry, Netherlands, Interior Policy
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A round-the-world trip -- all on airline points
KARLOVY VARY, Czech Republic — We had been collecting frequent-flier points for years. My husband, Keith, and I thought that, yes, of course, we would use them. We would fly around the world. Business class. Maybe next year. Queen Latifah shoved...
Tags: Turtle Bay, Singapore, Shintoism, Bangkok (Thailand), Museums
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