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...Canoes has its world premiere as part of the Adelaide Festival of Arts this Sunday, it will be the first feature to play out almost entirely in an indigenous Australian language (Gulpilil's intermittent narration is in English, as are the subtitles). But in a film set before Western contact - where young warrior Dayindi (Gulpilil's son Jamie) hunts for goose eggs while being told Dreamtime stories - Ganalbingu, the language of the "magpie goose people," rules. Dayindi has been coveting his older brother's young wife, and the cautionary tale Minygululu (Peter Minygululu) offers his brother while stripping trees...
...Saudi governments worried about that too, and last year they agreed that one of the best ways to dispel the apprehensions on both sides would be to foster more person-to-person contact. So over the next four years, Saudi Arabia will pay for al-Dehaim and as many as 20,000 other young Saudis to come to the U.S. to study. The U.S. has pledged to speed visa processing for the students--while still running full background checks and in-person interviews at the consulate in Jidda...
...event, most commercial chicken houses (where the birds spend their entire lives indoors) have no contact with migratory birds. Even free-range chickens are generally not clucking all over hither and yon and so can easily be brought indoors if need be. That still leaves the exotic-pet market (legal and illegal) and the illegal importation of poultry products. Connecticut recently confiscated a load of imported chicken feed labeled JELLYFISH...
...than on record: Albert Hammond Jr. laid down the rhythmic chords while effortlessly cool, waif-thin Nick Valensi fashioned melodic arpeggios on top.Throughout the concert, the band led the emotions of the audience up and down. Casablancas, known for his bizarre drunken stage mumbles and tendency to avoid eye contact with his audience, was reticent at times. As red lights shot up and down the stage, he gave an introverted but moving vocal performance in “12:51.” But soon enough, buoyed by the crowd, Casablancas abandoned his reserve and sang his heart and lungs...
...Congress noted for its ever-increasing partisanship, this issue seems to be creating an unusual level of consensus. In the next few days, the Senate is likely to pass a bill that stops lobbyists from offering gifts, including meals, to members, requires more disclosure of members' contact with lobbyists, makes ex-congressmen wait longer before they cash in on their congressional service and become high-powered lobbyists and allows a majority of senators to strike pork-barrel spending from spending bills...