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...Allam has himself become a Roman Catholic, converting in a baptism rite inside St. Peter's Basilica, a ceremony conducted by no less than Pope Benedict XVI. Allam has held a unique public role as the most prominent Muslim commentator - and critic of Islam - right in the Vatican's backyard. Church officials may be pleased that Allam has so publicly joined the Catholic flock, but he is unlikely to become any kind of mediator in the Vatican's attempts to start a dialogue with Islam...
...that we have a house with a backyard, Cassandra has decided we need a compost heap. Apparently she has very warm memories of her childhood compost. What these are I find hard to imagine. Sledding down the compost pile? Building compost castles? Making compost angels? Playing Batman, Robin and the Case of the Maggot-Ridden Tofu...
...different sport. Straying from the traditional interests of his parents and the area at large, it was a fraternal influence that sparked an interest in lacrosse.“My older brother Mike played [lacrosse] as a freshman, and we were always just messing around with sticks in the backyard,” Jason says. “I was always a baseball player, but I just fell in love with lacrosse.” Although it was his brother who introduced him to the sport, it was Jason’s football coach who encouraged a deeper involvement...
...outraged,” said Santoro, the building services manager for William James Hall. “I have been waiting for them to come to Boston, and here they were in my own backyard, and I couldn?...
...hula hoop, a backyard mainstay since the 1950s, has been drafted for gym duty--only now it's larger and heavier and requires more dexterity to maneuver. In classes set to music, exercisers learn a series of moves that, when combined, work a variety of muscles. "You get the whole body involved," says Rayna McInturf, founder of Los Angeles-based Hoopnotica, the largest adult-size-hoop retailer...