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TechRadar (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
A new survey conducted by the charity Booktrust has revealed that many of those 60 and over see the internet as important in their lives, and are eager to publish their own writing online. Of the 1,162 people surveyed for the over 60s reading and writing project Bookbite , some 31 per cent of respondents are silver scribblers, publishing their own writing online, and are also joining books groups...
MSNBC.com: Lifestyle (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
When author J.D. Salinger died last month, "The Catcher in the Rye" was heralded as the ultimate depiction of modern teenage angst. But do 21st-century teenagers still relate to the book's moody narrator Holden Caulfield? Passions rage on both sides. Catcher in the Rye - Holden Caulfield - J D Salinger - JD Salinger - Adolescence
Way of a Pilgrim (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
Great add and great message by Tim Tebow and his family. Go to Focus on the Family to hear entire story O God, make speed to save us! O Lord, make haste to help us! Glory to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit: as it was in the beginning, is now, and will be for ever. Amen. O Jesus Christ, our God, who was nailed to the cross in the sixth hour, and killed sin by the tree, and by Your...
Travelblog (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well today is the day we are due to board the Passions of Paradise boat which will take us out into the reef for the day allowing us the chance to snorkel and possibly even scuba dive we have 10 minutes free to see if we like it then the opportunity to carry on.We take our time walking to the marina and grab some breakfast. Check in at 7.30am and given another heavy waiver to sign and our boar
Twitch (Free subscription) | 8 hours ago
I'll put money on it now. Fedor Bondarchuk's Stalingrad will re-write all Russian box office records upon release. How can I feel so confident about a film still in pre-production? Simple. First, Bondarchuk is a proven commodity, his films routinely topping the Russian box office chart. See hits like 9th Company and Inhabited Island for proof. Second, this is poised to be Russia's first ever 3D film....
Atomic Insights Blog (Free subscription) | 11 hours ago
It is always a pleasure to discover another blogger who is writing about nuclear energy from a perspective of knowledge and sound research. I have recently begun reading a new blog titled Go4Nuclear's Blog . It is being produced by a nuclear engineering student from the University of California at Berkeley. Here is an excerpt from her introductory post published on January 22, 2010: As a junior at...
Rachelle Gardner, Literary Agent (Free subscription) | 12 hours ago
One of the most common things I hear from writers lately is, "You've told us a lot about what makes you say no to a book. Now tell us what makes you say yes ." So yesterday I wrote that I love when I can sense the writing is authentic and true . Today I want to take it further and identify three basic things that are immediately apparent to agents and editors when we read and evaluate your...
Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter (Free subscription) | 13 hours ago
Paula's Genealogical Eclectica:- I am not sure what is going to happen to some of my TV passions. Yes, I have a TV in my office and just might have a TV in other rooms. I love to watch HGTV and the Food Network. Antiques Roadshow is an important part of each week. But history and genealogy seem to be winning out in the last year or two. PBS has called with History Detectives, African American Lives,...
what if? (Free subscription) | 17 hours ago
When it comes to guns, I share the sensibilities of many of my liberal friends. It does seem far easier to kill someone indiscriminately with a gun - to let passions suddenly lead to an inadvertent loss of life. Sometimes,...
BlogAsheville (Free subscription) | yesterday
photo of TEDxAsheville 2009 by Jason Sandford of the almighty Ashvegas blog A local nonprofit needs help! Cross-posted from the Media Arts Project website : TED fans: 2010 TEDx Teams Need PAID Videography Help and Volunteers Sponsored by the TED conference but independently organized by local people, TEDxAsheville returns in 2010 after rave reviews and a sold-out show last summer at the Orange Peel....
Vooks.Net RSS Feed (Free subscription) | yesterday
Miyamoto reveals that a mere rodent brought about the game of forever While Miyamoto was picking up his award at the 13th Annual Japan Media Arts Festival and letting us know about his new MotionPlus game in the works, he also took a minute to give a brief history of his game development, including that Super Mario Galaxy was inspired by a hamster. Mr Miyamoto said that he was looking after a hamster...
Anglo-Buddhist Combine (Free subscription) | yesterday
Originally posted at Matt Sellwood For Hackney Most people in our society still don't understand mental illness. Too often it is seen as a weakness - something that is 'put on' by those who somehow don't want to face reality and 'pull themselves together' - as opposed to a medical condition which can blight lives and which deserves understanding and compassion. I'm fortunate not to have visited the...
Styledash (Free subscription) | yesterday
Filed under: Fashion , News , Designers & Brands , Stylish Living Stylist Amanda Ross on the set of canceled series "Lipstick Jungle." Photo: Michael Lisnet W Hotels is staking a claim on the fashion world with its latest hire. The ultra-chic hotel chain announced the appointment of stylist Amanda Ross as its first-ever Global Fashion Director. Ross, who has consulted for Dennis Basso...
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
A new generation of Silver Scribblers as publishers turns to the over 60s www.bookbite.org.uk A survey of more than 1,100 people aged 60 and over in the UK, has revealed a generation of ‘silver scribblers’ keen to use their growing familiarity with the internet to publish their own creative writing, join book groups and research their family history and stories. Independent research was...
Figleaf's Real Adult Sex (Free subscription) | yesterday
Well here’s an interesting tidbit on maintenance of the two-sphere model of gender that I stumbled across on a coffee-shop “library.” The book is called Unruly Women: The Politics of Social and Sexual Control in the Old South . In a coffee-shop setting I’ve only been able to read the introduction but the rest of the book looks interesting as well. Here’s an eye-opening...
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bsalmons | 06/07/2009
“True Blood” is one of the most watched television series and it sure creates a bloody atmosphere. Drinking synthetic blood and dating the girl next door, the actors bewitch you with romance, intrigue, action, and steamy scenes. Actors with great bodies and unusual hobbies try hard to look good and act even better. It’s well known some of the hottest bodies in the hemisphere of sports belong to surfers
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bsalmons | 25/05/2009
What do you think of your body ? It’s yours no matter how it looks like. Body image is very important for some people, but they want so bad to become like someone else that they confront bulimia, anorexia or other diseases. Are you scared? It’s ok to be from time to time. Do you think Susan Boyle wasn’t scared at least once in her life? I bet she was, but she believed in herself and look where she
yareah | 07/03/2009
The beautiful old poem of Ozymandias is deeply study by the sculptor Mark Smalley in an unique personal point of wiew. Very interesting! OZYMANDIAS I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand, Half sunk, a shatter’d visage lies, whose frown And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command Tell that its sculptor well those
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