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RIP Tony Curtis: 1925-2010
Here’s the Shell Oil Junior scene from “Some like it Hot”, where Tony does Cary Grant, followed by the trailer for the hard and dirty “Sweet Smell Of Success“, with Burt Lancaster.
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Instant GMail search with Cloud Magic
Cloud Magic is a small plugin (extra programme) for the Chrome and Firefox browsers. It lets you search your GMail messages with instant results, even across multiple accounts.
We think it’s very cool but take a look at the video and decide for yourself:
Strange Random Search Quote:
A safe but sometimes chilly way of recalling the past is to force open a crammed drawer. If you are searching for anything in particular you don’t find it, but something falls out at the back that is often more interesting. – J. M. Barrie
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BBC News – Why are parents banning school books?
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Following on from Sesame Street and Katy Perry (see previous post), this article focusses on what some American parents object to in new as well as classic literature in schools, while others are fighting for their children’s right to read those same books. The list of the 10 Most Challenged Books makes for interesting reading, if you’ll pardon the pun 
The issue is being highlighted by the American Library Association during its Banned Books Week.
The ALA recorded 460 attempts in 2009 to have a book withdrawn from a library or classroom.
Part of the problem lies in the rise of young adult fiction. Nearly 60 years after the publication of The Catcher in the Rye, teenager readers are now a lucrative market around the world.
The Twilight series has brought author Stephanie Meyer millions, but she has also found her work in the top 10 most challenged, with parents objecting to sexual explicitness and unsuitability for younger readers.
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10 most challenged of 2009
* •ttyl, ttfn, l8r, g8r (series) by Lauren Myracle: Drugs, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* And Tango Makes Three by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson: Homosexuality
* The Perks of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky: Anti-family, drugs, homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited to age group
* To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee: Offensive language, racism, unsuited to age group
* Twilight (series)by Stephenie Meyer: Religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* Catcher in the Rye by JD Salinger: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult: Drugs, homosexuality, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexism, sexually explicit, suicide, unsuited to age group, violence
* The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things by Carolyn Mackler: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* The Color Purple by Alice Walker: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* The Chocolate War by Robert Cormier: Nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
* Source: ALA
via BBC News – Why are parents banning school books?
Strange Random Book Quote:
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read. – Groucho Marx
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10 Words That Can’t Be Translated To English – Top 10 Lists | Listverse
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This list looks at some special words that are not from English and, furthermore, are untranslatable to English. These are words which have, for the most part, not become loan words, but describe concepts we generally understand in English, but need many more words to convey.
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Featured words:
Esprit d’Escalier – Hygge – Kyoikumama – Uitwaaien – Qualunquismo – Bakku-shan and more …
Strange Random Word Quotation:
“Do not say a little in many words but a great deal in a few.” – Pythagoras (Greek philosopher and mathematician, BC 580-500)
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