The Virginia Scribe, Reflections by Amy Tate (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
We had our first Roanoke SCBWI meeting today, and I am thrilled with the new group. Marcie Atkins recently returned from the fall conference in Arlington and she was gracious enough to print everyone a copy of her notes. She is working on her final project for her M.A. in Children's Literature at Hollins University - a YA novel in verse. I can't even imagine tackling a project like that. And did I...
Shoulda bought Yahoo! Amazon Radio Reg Basking in the afterglow of the recently released Windows 7, Microsoft has rallied the faithful to share the love at its annual Professional Developers' Conference in Los Angeles, California.…
Taverner - aftermath or afterglow How was it for you? For me, it was great - a highlight week. Critical acclaim resounding everywhere. Probably the most expensive concert we've ever put on. Yes, to Andrew Trinick's blog, and yes to fioritura's response suggesting that the thrills were likely to be limited to the actual event - both writing just before the performance. Right on! Now, tell me......how...
Can Einstein make you afraid of heights? The answer is yes. Maybe. Well actually it's ageing that may make you suddenly develop a fear of heights and with good reason. Marcus Chown explains it much better than I can in this video clip: So yeah, anyway, as I was saying; Einstein (channeled through Marcus) can explain fear of heights 'in women of a certain age' (me) . Don't tell me you didn't find that...
That's the view of L.Ian Macdonald. Even catsmeat doesn't see an election any time soon. This Parliament will last for a while The NDP already negotiating terms for propping up the Conservatives BY L. IAN MACDONALD, THE GAZETTENOVEMBER 21, 2009 There are several reasons why this minority Parliament is going to be in business for another year, until at least the fall of 2010, if not until the winter...
KABUL AFGHANISTAN Afghan President Hamid Karzai is, perhaps, basking in the warm Friday Kabul sunshine…and certainly the warm “afterglow” of his inauguration to a second term. He has reason to be pleasedForeign dignitaries present at Thursday’s ceremony seemed happy with an Inaugural address “made to order.” The speech certainly read like it had been written by...
I am not a frequent flier. When I do travel by air, I sit by a window, as much to transcend my physical confinement as to relish the world from above. The seats are narrow and the hours are long,...
Motown is throwing itself a birthday bash. A pair of public parties this weekend will culminate the hometown label's year-long 50th anniversary celebration and help support the nonprofit Motown Historical Museum. Here's a glance:
It is only five weeks since England’s players were basking in the warm afterglow of reaching the World Cup and conversation, in the build-up to their academic two final qualifying matches, turned to the thought that teams such as Argentina, Germany, Portugal and France might feasibly be missing from the draw in Cape Town on December 4.
The rise and fall of Everclear and The Cherry Poppin’ Daddies. by Michael Mannheimer and Casey Jarman This week, as if by some strange cosmic alignment, two large-looming ghosts from Oregon music history return to Portland for encore performances. And it turns out, Everclear and the Cherry Poppin’ Daddies have more in common than their disparate music [...] Related posts: Miss Murgatroid...
New Scientist reports that there is something big out there beyond the visible edge of our universe. That's the conclusion of the largest analysis to date of over 1000 galaxy clusters streaming in one direction at blistering speeds. Last year, Sasha Kashlinsky of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and colleagues identified an unusual pattern in the motion of around 800 galaxy...
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