Mar 28, 2012 | Catholic.net
Vietnam Backtracks on Visas for Vatican Officials
The delegation was to be led by Cardinal Peter Turkson, president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, and was due to visit Vietnam from March 23 to April 9. Father Peter Nguyen Huu Giai, pastor of the An Bang parish of Hue diocese, said he believed the refusal of entry visas was the result of sensitivity by government officials over ... (more)
Stanford University's John W. Gardner Center and The Center for American Progress have found a way to dip into education - they want to turn traditional schools into full service hubs, something they like to call "community schools." Since 2007, the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University has been collaborating ... (more)
A Syosset Valentine's Marathon
A We've all had one of those series of unfortunate events. Whether you were sick the day before, you've been busy at work, or every time you sat down to plan, you were interrupted by a barking dog, you may have been distracted.
CD/DOWNLOAD/ALBUM: Cinque, Featuring Joey Defrancesco and Steve Gadd - Catch a Corner
The trio of respected Canadian sidemen who complete the Cinque band, though nowhere near as famous as Joey DeFrancesco and Steve Gadd, end up providing the structure and verve for this celebration of good-time soul jazz.
Rome In A Day is the sixth recording by 5 After 4. Led by drummer/composer Vito Rezza, the Canadian jazz-fusion quartet has an appealingly varied approach.