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From documentaries and pitch side gossip to alternative talk shows, poetry and the obligatory turn by national treasure Max Boyce, there's loads of alternative Rugby World Cup 2007 action on the box next month. Hannah Jones looks at what's on offer as our boys prepare for their big kick-off against Canada He's still singing, hymns and arias... ANY international rugby build-up would not be complete without a bit of Max Boyce magic and BBC1 Wales is offering the nation the chance to laugh and sing-a-long with Max ahead of the kick-off of the World Cup next week in Max Boyce's World Cup Journey (Bont to Nantes). A spectacular rugby-flavoured entertainment extravaganza, the programme features Max in front of a specially-invited audience of rugby fans from rugby clubs across Wales with special appearances by mystery Welsh rugby stars.
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Cooking Demonstrations & Events Crescent City Farmers Market 700 Magazine St. Hours 8 a.m.-11 a.m. Call 861-5898, www.crescentcityfarmersmarket.org. . . . German Coast Farmers Market Ormond Plantation, 13786 River Road, Destrehan. Produce, specialty meats, seafood, pastries, wine, 8 a.m.-noon. "Back to School" fest with face painting, a library display, the Zoomobile, giveaways and music by Hazel & the Delta Ramblers. Call (985) 764-9762. . . . Gretna Farmers Market Gretna Market Place, between 3rd and 4th streets on Huey P. Long Avenue, Gretna. Produce, baked goods, plants, wine, seafood and music by Beau and Friends plus back-to-school goodies for the first 50 kids at the market. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-12:30. . . . Upper Ninth Ward Market Holy Angels Convent, 3500 St. Claude Ave. Hours are 1-4.
Quick fix: Chicken with prosciutto
The first time I encountered the savory pleasures of chicken breast, ham and cheese was at my high school's honor society dinner in 1972: chicken cordon bleu. It seemed so exotic at the time: chicken breast pounded thin, stuffed with baked ham and Swiss cheese, then breaded and deep-fried. .
State fares poorly in poverty, income
Tennessee has the eighth-highest poverty rate, and the state's residents are the ninth-lowest income earners in the nation. However, some area economists say the rankings aren't quite as bleak as they seem. That's because the state's cost of living is the fourth-lowest in the nation, according to Jeremy Atack, a professor of economics at Vanderbilt University. .
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Used-book sale � Friends of the Tulare City Library is having a used-book sale 10 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Tulare Public Library, 113 North F St. Features fiction, sports, cooking, crafts and hobbies, non-fiction, vintage, text and computer books. Cost: $3 per bag. To make a book donation and information: 685-2341. .
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