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Burma’s Generals Hope White Elephants Provide Jumbo Support


 Burma’s Generals Hope White Elephants Provide Jumbo Support Trying to restore some of the good vibes that come with rare pale pachyderms RANGOON, Burma Most new national capitals feature monumental architecture, statues to independence heroes, broad boulevards, cultural centers and shopping malls. Burma’s new, deliberately-isolated and rarely-visited capital, Naypyidaw (which means “royal capital” in Burmese), some 320 kilometers north of Rangoon, apparently has few of these standard features. But Naypyidaw may soon have something even...

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Exploring Your Personal Odyssey


A creative writing workshop that helps people tell their personal stories ___ Monday October 11, 2010.  08.30-17.00 Sponsored by Neilson Hays Library  Read More »

An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles


An Inordinate Fondness for Beetles Lecture on Alfred Russel Wallace __ Friday July 16, 2010  18.00-19.00 National University Singapore Sponsored by National Parks Board-Singapore http://habitatnews.nus.edu.sg/index.php?entry=/talks/20100716-wallacetalk.txt ___ Charles...

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Almost Famous


Almost Famous A master class in creative non-fiction ________ Sponsored by Neilson Hays Library, Bangkok, Thailand Thursday June 7, 2010.  08.30-17.00 neilson.library@gmail.com  Tel: +66...

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