Are you "xenolexic"* ?

This word, and others, can be found in the list of "Unused but Useful: Oxford English Dictionary's Reject List."

Sandra Yeyati  shared an interesting article that includes this note:

Oxford University holds 50 large filing cabinets crammed with 1000s of 6 x 4 inch cards detailing every declined entry for the Dictionary.

Of course, now the words are kept on computers.
 
*xenolexic: someone who suffers intense confusion when faced with a new word

Read the article from AolNews.com - Unused but Useful: Oxford English Dictionary's Reject List

And today we learn: the Oxford English Dictionary will not be PRINTED again!!! On-line OK...

Read the article from Telegraph.co.uk - Oxford English Dictionary 'will not be printed again'

Click on the link below, put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world, and the newspaper headlines pop up... 

Double click on the city and the newspaper page gets larger...you can read the entire paper for some, if you click on the right place.  You can spend forever here.

Newseum: Today's front pages from around the world

Also, if you look at the European papers, the far left side of  Germany will pop up as The Stars & Stripes (European edition, of course). AND, this site changes every day with the publication of new editions of the paper.

Sabrina Piscitelli of Blue Martini has invited the Naples Press Club to enjoy its next Happy Hour there -- at the Mercato -- on Thursday, September 23, from 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm.

Complimentary hand-passed appetizers will be available. There is no admission, and you pay for your drinks.

Thanks to Cindy Dobyns for making these arrangements!

When: September 23, 2010, 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm

Where: Blue Martini at Mercato, 9114 Strada Place, #12105, Naples, (off US 41 just north of Vanderbilt Beach Rd.). 

Please RSVP to: rsvp@naplespressclub.org

NPC member Dorothy Mills has had an extended coming-out party, as recently recognized co-author of the Oxford University Press monumental 3-volume history of baseball attributed to her late husband, Harold Seymour. Today's New York Times article picks up the news.

Arts, Briefly: Author Credit for Widow of Baseball Historian - NYTimes.com

Anna Hsu, owner of AZN Asian Fusion restaurant, is pleased to host the Naples Press Club on Thursday, August 26 from 5:30 to 7 pm. 

AZN has a separate room for our group and will pass complimentary hors d’oeuvres and offer Happy Hour drink prices, such as $5 martinis, mixed drinks and wine and $3 for beer.

They also have a happy hour mini-menu for items at $2 and $3. 

When: August 26, 2010, 5:30 pm until 7:00 pm

Where: AZN Asion Fusion at Mercato, 9118 Strada Place, Naples, (off US 41 just north of Vanderbilt Beach Rd.). For more information call (239) 593-8818.

Please RSVP to: rsvp@naplespressclub.org

No admission charge; you pay for your drinks.

Time: 5:30-7:00pm

hors d’oeuvres provided

Third Street & 13th Avenue South in Old Naples

However, please let us know your are coming by writing to: rsvp@naplespressclub.org

Pull those party hats out of mothballs!
 
Time to network and chat with old friends, when the Naples Press Club sponsors a Happy Hour at M Waterfront Grille, Venetian Bay

Members will have a chance to catch up with each other, and meet new members at this informal evening event.  There will be complimentary hors d’oeuvres and happy hour pricing for drinks.

Save the date and prepare for a fun-filled evening.

When: Thursday, June 24th, 5:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Where: M Waterfront Grille, 4300 Gulf Shore Boulevard North, Naples, FL (in Venetian Village - north side)

RSVP: There is no cost, other than the beverages that you purchase, but to help NPC properly plan for how many will attend, please RSVP to: rsvp@naplespressclub.org.

Hear the back stories from three Naples Daily News journalists who covered events in Haiti under varying circumstances.
 
The Naples Daily News has been covering Haiti and the local Haitian community for years: from the American invasion to restore democracy in 1994, to tracking an alleged killer who fled to Haiti from Naples, to the recent earthquake in the island nation.

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Welcome to the fourteen new members who have joined the Naples Press Club. Hope to see you all at the upcoming events:

Gary Greenfield, Dee Hallowell, Catherine Hosmer, Chris McClure, Joy McIntyre, Barbara Miller, H. Michael Mogil, Frank Peel, Nancy Poffenberger, Fran Ruh, Jeff Schlesingr, Charles Togias, JoAnn Ward, and  Suzi Weinter.

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