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...worldwide; in Bolivia, 30,000 children die each year from such illnesses. Swine flu, as H1N1 is still referred to there, has hit Bolivia hard as well, with more than 2,000 infections and 55 deaths in a country of 9 million, most having occurred during the southern hemisphere's winter (June through August). (Read "Child-Care Centers and Parents Brace for Flu Season...
...Well, a lot, and you know, I always listen to music when I’m writing. I listen to a lot of soul, Southern soul, and R&B, and I have all those early Verve records—all these old soul singers and blues singers, and I bought a bunch of these old CDs in Southern Mississippi that I listen to a lot. Jimmy Reed, just great old timeless stuff. Anything with real energy and real feeling, I mean, it’s like caffeine...
...anti-Columbus Day editorial bemoans “Euro-centrism,” they have conveniently forgotten that sad time in recent American history when Catholic ethnic immigrants—especially Italian Americans—were subject to violence and discrimination. It was a time when the expulsion of Southern European “inferiors” from this land was the objective of mainstream nativists in American politics, many of whom found moral support from the Puritan bigots of this university...
This year's lineup includes punk act Blood Red Shoes and highbrow indie combo Los Campesinos, both from the U.K., as well as U.S. electronica duo YACHT, DJ Alexis Taylor and local favorites Chochukmo, perhaps the most charismatic band to have emerged in southern China in recent years. For details see clockenflap.com...
...focuses on the effects of cultural origins on human development. She says there are very clear differences in the approaches to child-rearing from one country to the next. "In Germany, children are educated from early on to [execute] a task on their own from beginning to end. In southern [European] countries, children are dependent on what people tell them to do. Southern societies have preserved an independent way of raising children, resisting the modern educational practices that encourage independence at an early age." (See pictures of kids' books come to life...