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RIP:Nora Ephron : The New Yorker

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CULTURE DESK
Notes on arts and entertainment from the staff of The New Yorker.
« The Mollification of ManhattanMain
JUNE 26, 2012
NORA EPHRON, 1941-2012
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We will post remembrances of Nora Ephron soon. Please read some of the many wonderful pieces she wrote for the magazine:
“My Life As an Heiress”
Ephron’s Personal History about her uncle and her inheritance.
October 11, 2010
“The Girl Who Fixed the Umlaut”
A spoof of Stieg Larsson’s “The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.”
July 5, 2010
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To Read::Awesome Books to Replace Your Favorite Cancelled TV Shows

FireflyThis ambitious genre mashup combined Wild West outlaws with spaceships, and spawned a huge fanbase. But despite getting a movie sequel, Joss Whedons beloved show is probably never coming back in any form other than comics and the occasional unofficial novel.The book substitute: Consider Phlebas by Iain M. Banks. We recommend this book, the first novel in the Culture series, a lot — but it really fits here. Like Firefly, Consider Phlebas is about someone whos on the losing side of a huge space war, in this case the war between the super-advanced Culture and the Idiran Empire. Our hero, Horza, opposes the Culture because he has philosophical disagreements with their utopian aims. And he winds up joining forces with a band of pirates and mercenaries on the good ship Clean Air Turbulence. This is the best methedone for Firefly withdrawal.
via Awesome Books to Replace Your Favorite Cancelled TV Shows.

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rePost:: Reading Club 2000 ::Ex Libris By: Ruel S. De Vera Philippine Daily Inquirer

For Guanlao, this is all he can ask for. The lessons learned from the 12 years spent watching over the Reading Club are extras. Foremost of this is trust. “It’s so hard to develop trust, but this has helped develop my trust and confidence in strangers.”
Another learning he has shared with people is how, despite the rise in the cost of living, some of the best things in life remains free. Guanlao recalls how people are shocked when they ask about the price of the books and he tells them they’re free. “They can’t believe it especially in a city like Makati.  Then they take their pick and walk away happily into the sunset.”
In the spirit of the Reading Club, Guanlao himself owns no books of his own-all of them are available for other people to read and take. “If I keep it, it’s useless,” he says. “You read it and just tell me the story. That’s my attitude.”
This is Guanlao’s chosen devotion, to make sure that here, in this unexpected nook of the city, you can find a good book, leaf through it amid the smell of freshly-cooked fishballs and the machine-gun clatter of tricycles, and fall in love with books again. •
The Reading Club 2000 is located at 1454 Balagtas St., Barangay La Paz, Makati City. For inquiries, call 0915-7291526 or e-mail readingclub2000@yahoo.com

Ex Libris By: Ruel S. De Vera Philippine Daily Inquirer
 
I’d like to emulate his example.

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Reporting tips: Anthony Shadid |

More tips on the blog post. RIP Anthony Shadid.

Shadid was deeply convicted of the importance of his work.
On nytimes.com, Hicks writes:
“The risks in Syria were very high, but we took them with great planning and caution, believing it was worth it to tell the story of this massacre. He was full of vigor and inspiration in our week of reporting, saying endlessly that he could not wait to start writing.
The end came suddenly, on our way out of Syria toward Turkey. He did not suffer. He died peacefully, doing what he believed in.”
There are as many reasons to leave journalism as there are news organizations. And not everyone should be a journalist. But if you choose this profession, make sure you’re passionate about it. That passion will carry you through and propel you toward exhilarating stories that, ultimately, will help make our world a better place.
via Reporting tips: Anthony Shadid |.