Earlier start to the day means there is no more 'elevenses'

Source: Male Xtra

Paddington Bear may be aghast, but dramatic changes in modern working patterns and practices should spell end of elevenses and bring the Great British morning break forward by an hour according to a new study of working behaviour. Polling ...
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Guest column: Milne would pooh-pooh Facebook, social media

Source: The Delaware County Times

“Friendship,” said Christopher Robin, “is a very comforting thing to have.” It is indeed, though I wonder what might have happened to those beloved friendships in the Hundred Acre Wood if Facebook had infiltrated Christopher ...
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In the bear's den

Source: The Daily Mining Gazette

SILVER CITY - What would a bear den in the wild look like? "Create a picture and envision what you expect a bear den to look like," said Bob Wild, naturalist at the Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Would i ...
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In the Gulf, Boys Falling Behind in School

Source: The New York Times

DUBAI — For his final project at Dubai Men’s College , Suqrat bin Bisher chose a topic that made his family and friends a little uneasy. “My father is the only educated one from his brothers. The rest are dropout ...
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An animated effort to revive a Disney landmark

Source: KansasCity.com

Amid cracked sidewalks, a weedy lot and a “keep out” sign behind an old metal fence, a boarded-up brick building off Troost Avenue awaits its rebirth.For 15 years, a Kansas City group has raised money to revitalize Laugh-O-Gram, Walt Disney’s first profe ...
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A congenial trans-formation and Rihanna’s tipsy Tweets

Source: Arkansas Online

LITTLE ROCK Spin Cycle presents another installment of “All the News That’s Fit to Razz.” Jenna Talackova, 23, of Vancouver - who was born male and underwent a sex change operation four years ago - was the first-eve ...
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Popular 'Sound of Music' launches SCCT's 25th year

Source: GreenvilleOnline.com

If the grading of South Carolina's roads was a report card, the state would be held back another...- 11:29 pm In a sense, there has always been a Greenville bike culture. Just not the spandex kind.- 12:10 am Three Repub ...
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Colorful Hanna, a 'true Bulldog,' set to retire Thursday

Source: Duluth News Tribune

Minnesota Duluth football coach Bob Nielson (right) celebrates the Bulldogs' 2010 national title game win with equipment manager Scott Hanna. (Photo by Brett Groehler / UMD) A photo of Scott Hanna in his first few days on campu ...
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Drawn to her attention

Source: Irish Times

The Irish Times - Saturday, May 26, 2012 Anna Carey’s novel The Real Rebecca won last year’s Senior Children’s Book of the Year award. The sequel, Rebecca’s Rules, is due in September GRAPHIC NOVEL: Alison Bechdel’s explo ...
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