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...Seoul has doggedly persisted with initiatives promoting reconciliation despite the simmering controversy over North Korean nuclear weapons. In recent months, the two sides have agreed on a slew of economic projects, including the reopening of rail links by year's end. Sports and cultural exchanges are multiplying as well-in August, a top South Korean pop star performed in Pyongyang and a group of women pro-golfers from the South played a tournament on a North Korean course where official legend holds that the Dear Leader once shot five hole-in-ones in a single round. Every day, hundreds...
...fledgling Woman Poker Player magazine and founder of the Women's Poker Club, a women-only site. Morrison estimates that about 35% of online players are now female, in part because of the rapid rise of all-female sites. Testifying to that hot new market are a slew of guidebooks by women for women. Among them: Annie Duke's How I Raised, Folded, Bluffed, Flirted, Cursed, and Won Millions; Cat Hulbert's Outplaying the Boys; and Toby Leah Bochan's The Badass Girl's Guide to Poker--all published this year...
...first and most obvious feature is the quick search, which uses a simple Google-like system to search Harvard’s HOLLIS catalog and a slew of other resources for books and articles. The website says that it is designed for “an initial search for articles and books in broad topic areas,” which makes it perfect for quickly finding sources to get an initial foothold for further research...
Meyer’s departure is not an isolated event—HMC has been hemorrhaging talent as of late. Meyer took 30 of HMC’s roughly 175 employees with him, and his departure is just the latest in a slew of departures by top managers. The exodus has been spurred by both the high level of scrutiny that HMC faces and the fact that the private sector pays better. Both of these factors have been aggravated in recent years by alumni pressure led by seven members of the Class of 1969 who were outraged that some years...
...With a slew of spring shows and new spaces, modern art's resurgence is happening on both sides of the Tasman. On the western slopes of Albert Park next to the Auckland Art Gallery, the ancient pohutukawa trees are readying their Christmas blooms. As well they might, since the trees helped inspire a four-year, $63 million redevelopment of the country's oldest gallery, announced in July. "We want to open the building up to the park," says director Chris Saines, "and that's going to give a whole new burst of engagement with the city." In Brisbane, Australia, Saines...