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I think it was during this year's Jazz Fest that I really began to draw parallels not only between music and the human condition but between music and the human body. I mean, I dig the the 1-4-5 and a thundering 4/4 beat, but exploratory, fluctuating rhythms seem more anatomically correct somehow. But in keeping
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In his bid to gain some traction, Tom Suozzi has had a lot to say about Eliot Spitzer. That's only natural. Negative campaigning is the territory of the underdog, and in the Democratic gubernatorial primary Suozzi is certainly that. Most recent polls give Spitzer a lead of about 60 percentage points over Suozzi or John
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Set sail for "Pirate Adventures" Kids getting on your nerves yet? The feeling's probably mutual. In another week, you could be looking at a mutiny. Why risk it? Head to the RochesterMuseum and ScienceCenter on July 7 for "Pirate Adventures," the first in a series of Family Fridays in July and August. Coinciding with the release of
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LOVIN FOREIGN FLICKS [image-1] The Little Theatre's inaugural Foreign Film Festival wrapped up last week, and acting executive director Jennifer Caleshu says it was "an enormous success" --- so much so that early on, the showings were moved from one of the Little's smaller venues to the main theater, which holds 300 people. Attendance was double
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Dog's training As a boy I was deathly afraid of dogs. On the way home from school each day, I would turn onto our street, pause for a deep breath, then run as fast as I could past the dogs chained in their yards. They barked ferociously as I dashed past. I was terrified.
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ABORTION PROTESTER:'WHY WE'RE THERE' Cynthia Boaz's letter, "To the pro-lifers on University Avenue" ("Which Role Models?" The Mail, June 7) deserves a response. As one who has been involved for 10 years in the effort to reduce the number of abortions at Planned Parenthood on University Avenue, I hope I can clear up
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Pegging the peglegs The International Maritime Organization publishes a monthly list of current piracy events around the globe. Within its few pages of small print, descriptions float to the surface: "Robbers armed with long knives in two boats came alongside the ship, while at anchor. Crew raised alarm and mustered. After two hours of aborted
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We won't vote for state legislators for four months, but one incumbent Democrat is already the focus of attack ads, and charter schools are the issue. Rochester's Susan John, who faced stiff competition in her last two elections, is one of several Assembly Democrats targeted recently in a roughly $1 million television and direct-mail campaign.
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Plugging into YouTube Judging from the success of Survivor, American Idol, and the many, many spin-offs that have come into existence, reality television has completely dominated American pop culture. If you're still waiting for your 15 minutes of reality fame, wait no more. There's a faster way to attain the lowest level of celebrity status
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The totals: 2527 US soldiers, 226 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 38,761 to 431,89 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to June 23. 3560 Iraqi police and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports. American soldiers killed between June 22
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It was at a Little League game that I had a consciousness-raising experience. One of the dads, a developer, told me his adult son was moving back to Rochester to work with him. Instead of being delighted, he was troubled. The economy here is bad and getting worse, he said. Jobs and people are
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A Lovely South Wedge Foursquare The South Wedge is one of Rochesterís oldest neighborhoods. Fueled by industrial expansion and commerce along the Erie Canal, building in the South Wedge flourished in the late 1800s. Many of the neighborhoodís homes were constructed before 1875, and several of these are homes of historical
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At Sienna, a Jill among the Jacks A while back, a sister-in-law disagreed with my preference for a particular fine restaurant. "There's just no atmosphere there," she said. The comment shows how important atmosphere can be to diners at the high end: 2 Vine with its bustle; the wooden elegance of Rooney's; or the
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Maria Friske moves frenetically about the colorful chaos of her Roosevelt Street studio. With sketches scattered across the floor amidst paper-plate pallets full of swirls, and larger renderings lining the walls, you don't know where to look first. Yet walking through her studio you simply can't stop looking everywhere. The intense colors, the characters,
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It's a plunder-ful life That jumble of dreadlocks. Those kohl-smudged eyelids.That swishy sway. For three long years I've had my big blues fixed on the horizon, anxiously awaiting the return of Captain Jack Sparrow. Alternately hedonistic and heroic, both intoxicating and intoxicated, Captain Jack emerged from 2003's Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
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For "King" and country Yul Brynner, his dome shining as he attempts to dominate the feisty Deborah Kerr, is who most envision when they think of The King and I. Brynner so embodied the King that it's difficult to separate the role from the man. Kerr and Brynner's movie turns as Anna Leonowens and
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Confusing the cape and the cross The newest and so far the most highly publicized blockbuster of the summer follows the pattern of the other seasonal biggies like Mission: Impossible 3, Poseidon, and The Omen in pretty much repeating the hackneyed formulas of its predecessors. Despite (or perhaps even because of) the new
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AGING RIGHTWARD Regarding your comments on gay marriage: ("It's Not Just 'Politics,'" Urban Journal, June 14): I am one of the few conservatives who have no problem with gay marriage (although baby steps may be needed, such as civil unions, before outright marriage is enacted into law). But you write that young people are especially
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Recently global warming has become a big problem, and the government hasn't been doing anything about it. Neither is it informing the public. But Al Gore's documentary An Inconvenient Truth answered many of my questions and taught me many scary possibilities. For example, I learned that as the polar ice caps melt, many great places
