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Princeton Club - 9/11+5 Analysis - Oct 5

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The Hidden Assumptions of 9/11 Discourse - Five Years On

A Public Symposium – The Princeton Club of Northern California

Sponsored by the Princeton Club of Northern California

6 p.m. / Thursday, October 5, 2006

Gordon & Rees, LLP
Embarcadero Center West
275 Battery Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA

Contact information:
Call: 415 – 995 – 4988
Email: drdave2000@gmail.com

Red Doors Starts Today

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RED DOORS, an award-winning film written, directed, and produced by
Harvard alums Georgia Lee, Jane Chen and Mia Riverton, continues its
successful NYC run at the Village East Cinemas and will also be opening
in LOS ANGELES and SAN FRANCISCO on Friday. As an independent film, we
do not have a marketing budget to buy expensive TV commercials or
billboards...so please post and forward this info far and wide! Our
cast and filmmaking team will be at most of the LA and SF screenings for
post-film Q&A sessions.

There will be two RED DOORS west coast premiere parties, one in San
Francisco on Friday, September 22 at Thai Stick, and one in Los Angeles
on Saturday, September 23 at Garden of Eden following the 7:20 screening
at the Laemmle Music Hall (9063 Wilshire Blvd).

For tickets and information, please visit: www.reddoorsthemovie.com

SYNOPSIS: A Chinese-American retiree’s sudden disappearance inspires
life-changing perspectives in each of his three daughters. RED DOORS has
captivated audiences, festival jurors, and film critics en route to
winning awards at the Tribeca Film Festival, Cinevegas, and Outfest.
Funny and moving, absurd and painfully real, RED DOORS provides a view
of the modern American family.

~ San Francisco ~
The Clay Theatre - 2261 Fillmore Street

~ Los Angeles ~
The Music Hall - 9036 Wilshire Blvd, Beverly Hills
The Pasadena Playhouse - 673 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena
The Encino Town Center - 17200 Ventura Blvd, Encino

~ New York ~
The Village East Cinemas - 181 Second Ave (at 12th St)

Cast and filmmakers present for post-film Q&As on opening weekend (Sept.
22-24).

Connecting Authors and Illustrators with Schools, Libraries, and Youth Groups

The Northern California Children's Bookseller's Association (NCCBA), together with the Writers and Illustrators Network (WIN), present THE 5TH ANNUAL WIN GUIDE RECEPTION on Hosting Successful Author and Illustrator Visits, Saturday, September 30, 2006, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m., at Kennedy Elementary School, 35430 Blackburn Drive, Newark, CA.

Visits by authors or illustrators are a wonderful way to bring children and teens together with books. The 5th Annual Win Guide Reception is a wonderful way to bring authors and illustrators together with schools.

Designed for administrators, teachers, librarians, PTA members, youth group leaders, and anyone interested in hosting author and illustrator visits, the reception will feature exhibits and sample presentations by more than 30 local authors and illustrators. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet with and ask questions of the authors and also of local independent booksellers.

In addition, each attendee will enjoy delectable refreshments and will receive a copy of the 2006 Writers' & Illustrators' Network: Northern California's Definitive Guide to Hosting a Successful Author & Illustrator Visit, providing detailed advice on how to host an event in association with local independent children's booksellers, tips on financing, and listings for more than 85 authors and illustrators available for school visits, including descriptions of their work and presentations.

Admission: $10
Information and reservations: Kathy Shepler, Aurora School, Kbshepler@AOL.com, (510-530-2221)

(For a copy of the WIN Guide only, please send a check for $13.00, which includes shipping and handling, payable to NCCBA. Mail to: NCCBA, 3445 Rubin Dr., Oakland, CA 94602)

Harvard to stop early admissions

Harvard to stop early admissions

JUSTIN POPE

Associated Press

BOSTON - Harvard University will eliminate its early admissions program because it puts poor and minority students at a disadvantage, school officials planned to announce Tuesday.

Under the surprise move, the Ivy League school will discontinue its "early action" round of admissions, in which high school seniors can apply by Nov. 1 and receive a decision - accept, reject or defer - by Dec. 15.

The change will take effect for students applying to enter Harvard in the fall of 2008. All applications for that class will be due Jan. 1.

"The college admissions process has become too pressured, too complex, and too vulnerable to public cynicism," said Harvard interim President Derek Bok in a statement issued by the university. "We hope that doing away with early admission will improve the process and make it simpler and fairer."

Under early action, applicants must agree not to apply to other schools early but can apply elsewhere in the spring. More commonly, colleges allow students to apply early decision, which requires them to commit to attending if accepted.

Both programs have been criticized as favoring wealthier, well-connected applicants who don't need to worry about balancing competing offers of financial aid. Harvard, along with other elite schools, has faced criticism for a high concentration of wealthy students despite significant efforts to expand financial aid in recent years.

At most selective colleges, applicants are accepted from the early pool at a higher rate than from the general pool, though the colleges contend that is at least in part because the applicant pool is stronger.

"Early admission programs tend to advantage the advantaged," Bok said. "Students from more sophisticated backgrounds and affluent high schools often apply early to increase their chances of admission, while minority students and students from rural areas, other countries, and high schools with fewer resources miss out."

Also, he said, students "who apply early and gain admission to the college of their choice have less reason to work hard at their studies during their final year of high school."

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