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• Main Stream Media's Motu Proprio Improprieties

  Published: July 10, 2007, 5:43 pm

  Tags: Latin, English, Tradition, Language, Liturgy, Christianity, Music, Media, Catholic, Benedict Xvi, Motu Proprio, Summorum Pontificum

  I've been rather hesitant to say anything whatsoever about the recently released motu proprio, Summorum Pontificum, which allows for more liberal use of the Tridentine mass (in its 1962 form). I figured I had little to say that wouldn't be said by others with greater eloquence. However, in the last few days I've read a number of

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• Autism Pesticide Link Study Available Online at Environmental Health Perspectives

  Published: August 1, 2007, 6:39 am

  Tags: Gayle C Windham, Pesticides, Judith K Grether, Autism Disorder, Lucia Somberg, Eric M Roberts, Paul B English, Craig Wolff

  Eric M. Roberts, Paul B. English, Judith K. Grether, Gayle C. Windham, Lucia Somberg, and Craig Wolff doi:10.1289/ehp.10168 (available at http://dx.doi.org/) Online 30 July 2007 which suggests a potential autism pesticide link is available online on an open access basis at:http://www.ehponline.org/members/2007/10168/10168.pdfThe abstract of

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• Beginning in the middle

  Published: July 5, 2007, 8:28 am

  Tags: Writing, Books Reading, English Editing, Commentary

  If you’re a reader, you know that most stories don’t begin when the main character is born, following him/her through childhood and teenage years, etc. unless that’s the purpose of the story. Stories begin in the middle of people’s lives, they assume a background (which the writer may hint at or develop during the story),

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• The multitude of description, part two

  Published: June 28, 2007, 9:23 am

  Tags: Writing, English Editing, Commentary

  Putting description into motion Writing a technical description of something is not easy, but things are rarely static and are rarely stand-alone. In Tolstoy’s and Dickens’s times, there were no telephones, no TVs, no Internet, no movie theaters. Traveling fifty miles was a long trip, even by train, and expensive. People knew their

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• The multitude of description, part one

  Published: June 25, 2007, 10:06 am

  Tags: Writing, Books Reading, Publishing, English Editing, Commentary

  Another difficult part of writing is using description. I’m not a fan of long descriptions, la Tolkien or Tolstoy, taking pages and pages to painstakingly build the setting into which the protagonists with play, work, fight, love and die. I’m not a fan either of the minute description style used in romance novels, for example, to

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• The reality and fiction of dialogue

  Published: June 21, 2007, 1:40 pm

  Tags: Writing, Books Reading, Publishing, English Editing, Commentary

  I haven’t been writing “real” stuff for a while, being submerged into book tour and book launch and marketing and general chest-thumping. When I have a writing lull, I usually start again by doing exercises to retrain my brain. I’ve decided to share these exercises with you, and to challenge you to do the same –and

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• Australian swims across English Channel

  Published: August 1, 2007, 5:19 pm

  Tags: Des Redford, England, English Channel, France, Michael Redford, Swim, Tottie

  Australian swimmer Michael Redford, son of the late Des Redford swam across the English Channel on this day, on what would have been father's 80th birthday. Des swam across the Channel on 19 occasions, and this was the first time that Michael had emulated his father's extra ordinary feat.

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• Wilkinson calls for England push

  Published: August 1, 2007, 3:12 pm

  Tags: English

  Jonny Wilkinson says Saturday's match against Wales is the time for England to kick-start their World Cup preparations.

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• Shaw thing for England?

  Published: August 2, 2007, 8:59 am

  Tags: English

  Will lock Simon Shaw finally get to play in a Rugby World Cup?

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• Vickery reveals England anxiety

  Published: August 2, 2007, 11:14 am

  Tags: English

  Captain Phil Vickery says the pressure is really starting to build on England's players as they target a place in Brian Ashton's World Cup squad.

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• Dogs of Ving Rhames Kill Employee

  Published: August 3, 2007, 3:06 pm

  Tags: Celebrities, Actor, Animal Control, Death, Dogs, English Bulldog, Mastiff, Mission Impossible, Ving Rhames

  Dogs belonging to actor Ving Rhames mauled and killed their caretaker, who was employed by Rhames. It is possible the caretaker had a heart attack although his body had bites all over it. Cops tell TMZ the victim worked as a caretaker for Rhames, watching over the dogs and his home. The four dogs, Mastiffs and [...]

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• England pair's World Cup dream

  Published: August 6, 2007, 2:45 am

  Tags: English

  Shaun Perry and Nick Easter's long road to rugby's top order

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• English High Tea Preserved Ginger Drizzle Cake Recipe

  Published: August 6, 2007, 5:00 am

  Tags: Recipes, Cake, Drizzle, English, Ginger, High, Preserved, Tea

  INGREDIENTS 200gbutter, at room temperature, plus a little extra for greasing 175glight brown sugar 2tablespoonsgolden syrup 1tablespoonblack treacleor molasses 150mlmilk 2largeeggs, beaten at room temperature 4piecespreserved ginger in syrup, chopped 300gself-raising flour, sifted 1tablespoonground ginger 1teaspoon gratedfresh

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• Spill and Grace

  Published: August 9, 2007, 6:59 am

  Tags: Cukor, Debra Messing, Debramessing, Diane English, Dianeenglish, The Women, Thewomen

  Filed under: Paparazzi PhotoTMZ.com: Sitcom queen and former Junior Miss Rhode Island, Debra Messing, who will be 39 next week, slapped on a romper, a belt and some Gilgamesh era sandals for a shopping romp around Prince Street in Soho yesterday. Debra's bits and pieces were snapped... Read more

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• Two Horses Walked Into A Bar. One Was Selling Perfume, the Other Pretends To Be English.

  Published: August 9, 2007, 7:50 pm

  Tags: Al Capone, Covet, English, Fishsticks, Gwyneth Paltrow, Horses, Manhattan, Perfume, Police Horses, Sarah Jessica Parker, Transvestite

  Clippety-clop, down the laneExhibit # 1: We all know Sarah Jessica Parker, the equine member of the Sex and the City cast. Did you know all the police horses in Manhattan leave a special present on her doorstep every day? The neighbors are less than pleased, but her garden sure is thriving. SJP is running a special to promote her newest fragrance,

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