11 Mar 2010 at 6:28pm In Guanajuato, a popular question among fellow wandering Americans is, "How did you find this place?" A simple question that is simply answered: I heard about the city's language school from an old friend, and I bought a plane ticket. Four weeks ...
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11 Mar 2010 at 12:23pm AscenDance Project ? Beyond Gravity, performed by the Shotgun Players, 8-9:30 p.m. March 12, 13, 3-4:30 p.m. March 14, $10-$25, Ashby Theater, 1901 Ashby Ave., 510-841-6500, www.brownpapertickets.com/event/91087 , www.shotgunplayers.com . Black ...
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11 Mar 2010 at 2:58am Although the instructor of Ecoversity?s Topbar Beekeeping class, Talon Van Howten, got into bees because he wanted to get stung?he was trying out a treatment method called ?apitherapy? for chronic pain in his arms?most people who sign up ...
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11 Mar 2010 at 12:56am Last summer, Maine became the laughingstock of the oenosphere (that?s the wine world) when the state legislature enacted a law that required wine shops and specialty stores to hang curtains so that children wouldn?t be able to see wine tastings ...
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10 Mar 2010 at 11:52pm What's it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit. Wayne Bernhardson is the author of the just-published "Moon Chile " (Avalon ...
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10 Mar 2010 at 9:21pm SAN FRANCISCO--Despite video games allowing players to do things they would never be able to do in reality, next-generation artificial intelligence is still striving to be distinctly human. Even if that means being boring. Three next-gen AI demos at ...
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10 Mar 2010 at 4:21pm If you pass on cheeses based on their scent, you may miss some of the best. So-called washed-rind cheeses, with perfume described in wine as "barnyard," are off-putting to many eaters. Cheeses with the funkiest smell, however, may contain the ...
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