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Broadway producers and stagehands talked through the night, but adjourned at 7 this morning with no agreement in place to end the 16-day strike. Spokesmen for both sides said the parties will take a 12-hour break and return to the bargaining table at 7 tonight. Neither side will have further comment, said Local 1 spokesman Bruce Cohen.As the strike entered its third week, representatives for the League of American Theatres and Producers, the nonprofit representing management, and Local 1 of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees negotiated for almost 24 straight hours, beginning Sunday morning. The two are trying to find common ground to end the strike, which began Nov. 10 and has shuttered 26 plays and musicals. Peggy McGlone/The Star-Ledger .
You have to read these
When we asked book clubs in the Charlotte area to send us their reading lists for the year ahead, more than 90 clubs responded. We heard from the Manly Man Book Club in south Charlotte, Women With Options in Lenoir and the Bookies in Wadesboro. The Happy Bookers sent in its list -- so did the Bossy Bookclub Babes, the Day Time Page Turners and the Chick-Lits. We found a range of themes: One group will read contemporary fiction this year (its pick for this month is "Never Let Me Go," by Kazuo Ishiguro); another will focus on Southern voices ("Where Trouble Sleeps," by Clyde Edgerton, is its November book). And we heard from a range of ages. The Kids Club is open to second- and third-graders; the Third Tuesday Readers consists of retired, or near-retired, members.
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Soon, outlandishly sized parachute bucktails or heavy umbrella rigs loaded with soft-bodied white or chartreuse Sassy Shad bodies were released over the squeaky-clean boat's transom, port and starboard sides.
Sadler let out several hundred feet of line from each outfit, double-checked the drag mechanisms on the reels, then stuck the rods into their holders. The trolling began, but Sadler didn't join the merry-go-round. He stayed away from the other boats, kept the radio chatter to a minimum, and right around the time we munched on the first sandwich of the day Sadler shouted, "Fish on!"
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United Kingdom: Queen's New Year Honours List 2008
ASHWORTH, Dr. John Michael. For public service. BELL, Professor John Irving, Regius Professor of Medicine, University of Oxford and President, Academy of Medical Sciences. For services to Medicine. GOOD, John James Griffen, C.B.E., Chair, Edrington Group. For services to Industry in Scotland. HAREN, Dr. Patrick Hugh, Deputy Chairman, Viridian Group Ltd. For services to the Electricity Industry in Northern Ireland. HARRIS, Michael Frank, lately President, Social Security and Child Support Appeals Tribunal and Circuit Judge. For public service. JOWELL, Professor Roger Mark, C.B.E., Co-Founder and Director, European Social Survey and Research Professor, City University. For services to Social Science. KENYON, Nicholas Roger, C.B.E., Managing Director, Barbican Centre and lately Director, BBC Proms.
Stop Chasing High-Tech Cheaters
Opening up The New York Times last week, I stumbled across an article that outraged me. "Colleges Chase as Cheats Shift to Higher Tech" detailed the struggle of some academics against new, high-tech forms of "cheating" that are based in Internet use, iPods, cellphones, and PocketPCs. The tone of the article was one of dismay at the collapse of morality in education. As I watched the article climb the "most e-mailed list" on the Times Web site through the day, my outrage increased. .
Schools abuzz with contests
Bee season is taking off at area schools, at least when it comes to competitions called bees. From December to January, most elementary and middle schools host spelling bees in preparation for the upcoming county bee. Also, some schools are now participating in geography bees sponsored by the National Geographic Society. At least three schools in Fayetteville - Holt Middle School, Ramay Junior High and Leverett Elementary - held spelling bees this week, their students' first week back from winter break. Schools that hosted spelling bees in December included Asbell Elementary. The winners of the school-level spelling competitions advance to the Washington County Spelling Bee, scheduled for Feb. 9 at the Fayetteville Public Library. The competition is generally open to students from third through eighth grades.
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