Celebrate Poetry Day

World Poetry Day is on 21 March, and was declared by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) in 1999. The purpose of the day is to promote the reading, writing, publishing and teaching of poetry throughout the world and, as the UNESCO session declaring the day says, to "give fresh recognition and impetus to national, regional and international poetry movements."

It was generally celebrated in October, sometimes on the 5th, but in the latter part of the 20th Century the world community celebrated it on 15 October, the birthday of Virgil, the Roman epic poet and poet laureate under Augustus. The tradition to keep an October date for national or international poetry day celebrations still holds in many countries. Alternately, a different October or even November date is celebrated.

Doubling as International Year of Biodiversity and of the Rapprochement of Cultures, 2010 celebrates two essential facets of diversity: the heritage which is key to human life on Earth.Through poetry and science, humanity has been able to capture a full range of the world’s diversity.   From their distinctive perspectives, poetry and science embody humanity’s noblest quest: that which UNESCO’s Constitution identifies as “the unrestricted pursuit of truth”.   It is in this spirit that World Poetry Day (21 March) is observed at UNESCO through an afternoon devoted to the poetic vision of nature. PROGRAMME: 2:30 - Hommage to Rabindanath Tagore, Pablo Neruda, Aimé Césaire. Readings by Christian Deudon, Catherine Jarrette, Sharmilla Roy 3:15 - The Poetic Perspective and Scientifique Knowledge. Poetry Readings by José Muchnik and Christian Deudon (photos Alejandra Borcel) 3:30 - Great Voices. Basho, Yves Bonnefoy, Seamus Heany, Garcia Lorca, Tchicaya U Tam'si, Marina Tsvetaieva. Poetry Readings by Nicole Barrière, Jean François Blavin, Catherine Jarrette, Leanne O'Sullivan 4:00 - Haïti Trembles. Poetry Readings by Jean Metellus, Jean Herold Paul, Jean-Yves Bertogal , Ferdy Ajax 4:30 - Nature in Poetry. Invited Poets : Nicole Barrière, Jean François Blavin, Daouda Ndiaye, Yadollah Royai, Leanne O'Sullivan            

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Cook Put Body Hair in Police Sandwich

Police said a cook put a body hair in the bagel sandwich of a police officer who had given him tickets in the past.

The cook was arrested Feb. 21 in the kitchen of Good Foods to Go in Evesham. The police officer ticketed the cook in March 2009 when he failed to pull over for a traffic violation.

The cook spent four hours in jail before his wife bailed him out, and was fired from his job.

The Courier-Post of Cherry Hill reports police asked them not to report the incident for fear of copycat crimes. The paper published the story anyway.

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45 Years Overdue Book Returned in UK

 It's common to return a library book late — but not by half a century.

Staff at a British library say they were surprised and puzzled when they received a book that was 45 years overdue through their mailbox.

Alison Lawrie, the principal assistant at Dinnington Library, near northern England's Sheffield, says the Penguin first edition copy of "Quartermass and the Pit" by Nigel Kneale was due back on Oct. 15, 1965.

She says the borrower remains a mystery because the library records don't go back that far, and the sender didn't attach a letter or note with the book.

Lawrie said Friday the sender need not worry about a hefty fine.

She says: "If the person who returned the book wants to come forward, we'd love to know the story behind it."
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Brillante's Lola Grandslam Triumph

“Lola” won three awards in the Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival held in Spain Saturday (Madrid time).
It won the Lady Harmiguada de Oro or Grand Prize, Best Cinematography for Odyssey Flores and Best Actress for lead stars Anita Linda and Rustica Carpio.
In 2006, Auraeus Solito’s “Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros” won the top prize in the Gran Canaria fest.
In 2008, Mendoza won the Signis Award in the Gran Canaria fest for “Foster Child.”
“Lola” earlier won the top prizes in the Dubai and Miami film fests.
“Lola” is also competing in the Fribourg fest in Switzerland and the Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong this weekend.

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Biazon Protest of Banning in Villar's Mall

The orange camp apparently sees red in the color yellow.
Sen. Rodolfo Biazon found out Saturday that the color yellow of his presidential candidate, Liberal Party standard-bearer Sen. Benigno "Noynoy’’ Aquino was not welcome in a mall owned by Nacionalista Party standard-bearer Sen. Manuel Villar Jr. in his hometown of Muntinlupa City.
An irked Biazon said that personnel of Metropolis, a mall owned by Villar, had not only taken down a yellow streamer of Aquino which his camp had put up there but also kicked out altogether his party from the premises.
But more galling for Biazon was that mall personnel also took down yellow ribbons and flowers adorning the space of his next-door neighbor there and then replaced them with decorations in the color orange—Villar’s campaign color.
"They came... like the Gestapo,’’ said Biazon, a former armed forces chief of staff, in reference to the term feared secret service of Adolf Hitler, the German behind the Second World War.
In a phone interview, Biazon said his staff had rented space on the fourth floor of the mall and since last week had already held three voter education and training sessions for his poll watchers.
But on Saturday, the training program did not push through after mall personnel "kicked us out’’ from the premises, according to the senator.
He said the decision of mall personnel to cancel their rental of the space came after they took down the yellow streamer bearing the immages of Aquino and his running mate Sen. Mar Roxas, which his staff had put up.
"We paid for the place. They have no business to do that,’’ said Biazon, adding that he planned to "take action’’ but would first consult his son, senatorial candidate Rep. Ruffy Biazon.
But, apparently, Biazon’s space was not only the object of the mall’s attention.
The senator said that earlier on Saturday, he was a guest speaker at the graduation rites for children of five Muntinlupa day care centers that was held just next door to the space occupied by his office in the same mall.
Before he arrived to deliver a speech, Biazon said day care center officials were aghast when mall personnel came in and suddenly took down all yellow ribbons and flowers adorning the stage.
"And to think there were other decorations there in green and blue,’’ he said.
Mall personnel later replaced the decorations with those in orange color, according to Biazon.
He said he pitied the teachers who were just trying to make the place special for the kids.
"They’re acting as if the owner is the President of the republic,’’ scoffed Biazon, saying that even if Villar was president, his men "have no right to do that.’’
The Inquirer was still trying to get a comment from the Villar camp Saturday evening.


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