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-- OPINION --
Aussies get ready to pick PM
By Rebecca Baylis in PERTH, Australia
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Once
again it is election time in Australia and there is an
electric buzz in the air, even more than usual because
this race hasn’t exactly been a smooth-sailing
run-of-the-mill campaign so far.
It
started on June 24 when Julia Gillard replaced then-Prime
Minister Kevin Rudd to become the first female PM of Australia,
a move no one saw coming, including Rudd.
Less than
two weeks ago, Gillard announced an election would be held
August 21, a move that everyone who has an ounce of intelligence
saw coming.
Already
the election campaign has been packed with pledges, promises and
political punches from competitors on opposing sides of the
political ring.
So let‘s
get familiar with the candidates, shall we?
Since she
pulled one massive hood over K-Rudd’s eyes last month, Gillard
has been accused of savagely sticking a hell of a knife into his
back.
Read more
Fun and Games
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-- NEWS --
Pickens' patriotic push for natural gas
T. Boone Pickens
youthjournalism.org
By Claire Hern in East Hartford, Conn., U.S.A.
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The recent catastrophic oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
“provided a clear reminder of the fact that our nation needs to
develop safe methods for drilling and more importantly, start
diversifying our nation’s energy sources,” one of the country’s
most powerful congressmen said.
U.S. Rep. John Larson, a Connecticut Democrat, said the United
States should heed the advice of Texas billionaire T. Boone
Pickens to fuel the nation’s transportation system with natural
gas instead of foreign oil.
“We can no longer stand idle as we continue to export American
dollars for foreign oil,” Larson told Youth Journalism
International recently.
Pickens said politicians have been promising solutions for
years, saying they will start to use alternative energy sources,
but the country keeps buying foreign oil.
“Natural gas is cleaner, it’s cheaper and it’s ours,” Pickens
said. “Why aren’t we using it?”
Read whole story
T. Boone Pickens and Youth
Journalism International reporter Clare Hern
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-- REVIEWS--
Great music makes 'Sheila's Day' a delight
By Celeste Kurz and Mary Claire Whelan in WEST HARTFORD, Conn., U.S.A.
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Throughout
the 1900s, the day off for women laborers in South Africa was typically called
‘Sheila’s Day.’ Every Thursday, black women of the community would gather
together to discuss issues dear to their hearts, sing, and celebrate their
individuality. White bosses would often refer to their women workers as
“Sheila,” instead of learning their given African names.
The Hartford Stage production, “Sheila’s Day” was named after
this important day because it symbolizes both the attitude of
the white people in the community that all blacks are the same,
and not having the individuality of separate names, as well as
the attitude of the blacks who are making the best of their
oppression and then rising up to challenge it.
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-- OPINION --
Striking down discrimination takes courage
By Kiernan Majerus-Collins in WEST HARTFORD, Conn.,
U.S.A.
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Hartford Stage show “Sheila’s Day” touches on several
issues that typically strike a nerve with people.
The biggest issue in the play, which focuses on two
domestic workers, is racism.
One is a black woman living in the American South in the
1960s. The other is a black woman living in South Africa
at the same time. They are treated badly by the people
they work for and the oppressive upper class that
strives to keep them down.
The most important issue in the show, and the one that
is the most relevant to life today, is class
discrimination.
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-- REVIEWS--
Brain-bending 'Inception' blows minds
By Talon Bronson in PORTLAND, Oregon, U.S.A.
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In a summer
that looked like it just might be the bane of all that is good in film,
Inception proves that you can be both original and a blockbuster at the same
time.
It should come as no surprise, given that Inception comes
from the mind of the one and only Christopher Nolan, the man
behind the best comic book adaptation of our time, The Dark
Knight. Nolan is also responsible for the equally
captivating films Prestige and Memento.
So I knew Inception would be worth the $10 it would take
to see it.
Granted, I didn’t spend a dime to watch it ($10 for a film? My
wallet feels violated!) since I have a close friend who works at
the theater, but if there were to be one movie that I would pay
to see this summer, Inception would be top of the list
with a bullet.
For anyone who has no idea of what the film is about, or maybe
does, but has had a little hard of a time grasping the concept,
just know this; Inception is so well written that even if
you miss a few points, you should be able to understand the
movie when it finishes, and if you don’t, well . . . . be
prepared for a fun ride, anyway.
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