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    Aug 11, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. The Siren's Call: Yin and yang are on the case

    Can you name a famous pair of fictional detectives? Sure you can.
    Can you name a famous pair of fictional detectives? Sure you can. Holmes and Dr. Watson. Inspector Thomas Lynley and Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers. Frank and Joe Hardy. Salander and Blomkvist. Some storytellers give the chore of sleuthing to...

    Tags: London Theatre, Imperial and Royal Matters, Death and Dying Customs, Arts and Culture, Philosophy

    2. Aug 22, 2010 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Norman Douglas' 'Siren Land' offers a classic look at southern Italy

    It may be late August, but do you still wish there was time to visit Italy this summer? Of course you do, and don't worry: Forget plane and ship fare. Forget even buying a copy of a Fodor's guide. Turn instead to <b>"Siren Land: A Celebration of Life in Southern Italy"</b> (Tauris Parke: 198 pp., $16 paper), a book that offers what's best described as "deep travel" &#8212; that sense of place far richer than any fleeting tour can supply. Norman Douglas was 43 when he published this book, his first, in 1911, about his physical and mental travels around the island of Capri and the Bay of Naples. This is an early 20th century classic from the golden age of travel writing: an era when travel writing meant bringing distant places close and not, as it often is today, finding something outlandish or extreme that hasn't yet been on YouTube. Douglas muses on how Greek culture transformed a region planted with "vines and oranges and walnuts" and whose sea is "smooth as a sheet of sapphire" with phrasing that is lyrical and seems effortlessly written. His ideas easily meld the mythic with the modern. "It is rather puzzling when one comes to think of it," he writes, "to conceive how the old Sirens passed their time on days of wintry storm. Modern ones would call for cigarettes, Grand Marnier, and a pack of cards, and bid the gale howl itself out." Douglas makes you long for cards, cigarettes and Grand Marnier, even if you're the type of person who doesn't gamble, smoke or drink.
    Los Angeles Times
    It may be late August, but do you still wish there was time to visit Italy this summer? Of course you do, and don't worry: Forget plane and ship fare. Forget even buying a copy of a Fodor's guide. Turn instead to "Siren Land: A Celebration of Life in...

    Tags: Travel, Italy, Trips and Vacations, YouTube, Tobacco Addiction

    3. Mar 5, 2011 |Story| Daily American

  3. Buterbaugh-Arnold

    Cassie Lynn Buterbaugh, Meyersdale, and Norman Douglas Arnold II, Frostburg, Md. are announcing their engagement.
    Cassie Lynn Buterbaugh, Meyersdale, and Norman Douglas Arnold II, Frostburg, Md. are announcing their engagement. Miss Buterbaugh is the daughter of Gregory and Cindy Buterbaugh, Meyersdale. She graduated from Meyersdale Area High School in 2006 and from...

    Tags: Colleges and Universities, Science and Technology, Science, Cumberland (Allegany, Maryland), Education

    4. Mar 28, 2011 |Story| AM News

  4. Public Record for March 27

    <span style="font-size: medium;"><strong>BOYLE</strong></span>
    BOYLE DISTRICT COURT Cases handled recently in Boyle District Court, listed by name, charge, fine and jail sentence, where applicable, include the following. Court costs also were assessed in most cases. Ages and addresses are listed if available....

    Tags: Domestic Violence, Family, Drunk Driving, Marriage, Justice and Rights

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