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Paul the Apostle Catholic Church, 6401 Gages Lake Rd. The program also features as silent auction, raffles and food. Tickets cost $5, $8 at the door. Call 847-599-3175.
LAKE FOREST, DISTRICT 115
*The 2008 Talent Show will be held Thursday, Friday and Saturday in Lake Forest High School, 1285 N. McKinley Rd. For time and ticket information, call 847-234-3600.
LIBERTYVILLE, DISTRICT 70
*The Gently Used Children's Clothing and Toy Sale will be held from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Friday and from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday in Butterfield School, 1441 W. Lake St.
*The Copeland Manor Fun Fair will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in Copeland Manor School, 801 S. 7th St.
*Highland Middle School Family Association will hold a pancake breakfast from 8 to 11 a.m.
Poll puts Zapatero ahead (but don't tell the Spanish)
In private though, Socialist Party officials worry that the high rate of immigration in the past few years could cost it votes on Sunday. Spain’s once-dwindling population has jumped from 40 million to 45 million since 2000, boosting the economy but creating tensions in working-class, urban areas, where many immigrants have settled. The economy is another source of worry for strategists. Unemployment figures showed that 53,000 Spaniards lost their jobs in February, taking the unemployment rate to 8.6 per cent. The manufacturing sector is also at its weakest in more than six years. Mr Zapatero swept to power unexpectedly four years ago on a wave of public anger over the previous Government’s handling of the Madrid train bombings, which killed 191 people and injured more than 1,800.
Pakistan blocks YouTube for 'blasphemous' content: officials
An inter-ministerial committee has decided to block YouTube because it contained "blasphemous content, videos and documents," a government official told AFP. "The site will remain blocked till further orders," he said. Other officials said the site had been blocked because it contained controversial sketches of the Prophet Mohammed which were republished by Danish newspapers earlier this month. One major service provider, Micronet, said in an email to subscribers that the Pakistan Telecommunications Authority had directed all ISPs to block access to YouTube "for containing blasphemous web content/movies." "Meanwhile Internet users can write to YouTube.com to remove the objectionable web content/movies because this removal would enable the authorities to order un-blocking of this website," the email said.
Community Calendar (Now With Fish Fry Listings!)
The Life and Art of Charles M. Schulz In the ToonSeum Gallery at Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, March 8 April 27. Celebrate the creation of Peanuts, one of the most popular and influential comic strips of all time, and its creator Charles Schulz. Reproduction comic strips and preliminary sketches of the strip show you the development of iconic Peanuts characters such as Snoopy, Charlie Brown and Lucy. Quotes by Charles Schulz and comic strips by prominent cartoonists who influenced him as a young artist help you understand his creative process and artistic focus. Entertaining Peanuts collectibles from six decades add to the fun. www.pittsburghkids.orgSnoopy Dance Party at Children's Museum of Pittsburgh. Dance your heart out as we transform the Theater into a Peanuts dance club for the whole family! Make your own Snoopy ears to complete your outfit.
About 100 bodies found in mass grave
IRAQI security forces found about 100 badly decomposed bodies in a mass grave north of Baghdad, the US military said today, one of the largest such finds in the country for months. US and Iraqi security forces said it was not clear who was responsible for the grave near Khalis, 80km north of Baghdad, or when the victims had been killed. "Initial reports indicate it may contain the remains of approximately 100 people," US military spokesman Major Winfield Danielson said. Iraqi police said they suspected those in the grave were likely to have been killed some time after the 2003 US-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in sectarian fighting between majority Shiites and minority Sunni Arabs and in a mainly Sunni Arab insurgency since the invasion.
Contact Solutions Opens Third Hosting Center to Support Explosive ...
Contact Solutions Opens Third Hosting Center to Support Explosive Nationwide Growth of Shared IVR Services RESTON, Va. --(Business Wire)-- Contact Solutions (CSI), the leader in contact automation, announced that its third shared IVR (Interactive Voice Response) hosting center has opened. The new facility, located in Sunnyvale, CA, mirrors existing centers in Dallas, TX, and Ashburn, VA. The hosting centers are located in state-of-the-art facilities supplied with amenities required to ensure non-stop operation of CSI's clients contact automation operations. The third center significantly expands the company's capacity to support the growing base of companies and government agencies that have shifted to the shared IVR services model and away from the expense of unnecessary onsite customer premise equipment.
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