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gleans at 2:20 PM MT, 5/24

 

 

 

New Bond novel for Fleming centenary

Ian Fleming estate set to boost its fortune with a new James Bond novel written by Sebastian Faulks

 

Chasing pirates

Tackling modern day Blackbeards of the Malacca Straits

 

Web users 'getting more selfish' Web users are getting more impatient, selfish and ruthless when going online, research suggests.

 

Global Dreams for a Wireless Web

 

Non-fiction 

The Trillion Dollar Meltdown by Charles Morris and The New Paradigm for Financial Markets by George Soros:

The Sunday Times review by Edward Chancellor: complementary accounts of the recent global meltdown and what it means for the future

 

Quiet Please: Dispatches from a Public Librarian by Scott Douglas

The Times review by Caroline White <== odd

 

Charles Fort: The Man Who Invented the Supernatural by Jim Steinmeyer

The Times review by Mark Stafford

• UFO: an Undeniably Fading Obsession

The Complete Works of WH Auden edited by Edward Mendelson

The Sunday Times review by James Fenton: a superb edition of Auden's essays, reviews and insights

 

Exposed

By EMILY GOULD

What I gained — and lost — by writing about my intimate life online.

• Emily Gould is taking readers' questions and comments
• Blogrunner: Reactions From Around the Web

 

Digital-Lifestyles.Info

Wii Fit, Tipping The Scales on Exercise
Washington Post - By Mike Musgrove After all the good times we've had together, it's nice to know my Wii doesn't think I'm fat. Last week, Nintendo launched an unusual product designed for use with its fast-selling game console.

 

MTV.uk

`Indiana Jones' Earns $56 Million in First Two Days (Update1)
Bloomberg - By Dan Hart May 24 (Bloomberg) -- ``Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,'' the fourth film about the archaeologist- adventurer from Viacom Inc.'s Paramount, earned $56 million in ticket sales over two days and may be headed for a record.

 

gleans at 7:25 AM MT, 5/24

 

Bear Caught In Downtown Colorado Springs
KRDO - COLORADO SPRINGS - A bear makes itself felt in downtown Colorado Springs. Someone inadvertently herded into the Capco Tile and Stone warehouse on 30 West Costilla about 10:30 this morning.

 

 

 

Cracking open Anheuser-Busch
Reuters - It might not be apple pie, but for some loyal swillers, Budweiser beer is just as significant an American institution. The Weekend Wall Street Journal is reporting, though, that the red-and-white-aluminum emblem may be on the radar of Leuven, ...

 

 

 

20-Year Journey for 15-Minute Fall By MATT HIGGINS  Michel Fournier, 64, has spent two decades and nearly $20 million in a quest to fly to the upper atmosphere with a helium balloon, just so he can jump back to earth.

 

 

36 Hours in Cartagena, Colombia

 

 

 

Toad-venom 'love stone' kills man
Illegal aphrodisiac responsible for 4 men in New York City dying between 1993 and 1995
--New York Times

 

Crocodile, shark clash in battle Down Under
'We were about 15 meters away and it didn't bat an eyelid'
--London Telegraph

 

Telecommuter sends mobile robot to work
Office avatar lets engineer attend meetings, be part of team ... 800 miles away
--Christian Science Monitor

 

How Are Humans Unique?

By MICHAEL TOMASELLO

We may or may not be smarter than apes, but we are definitely more social.

 

 

'McMafia'

By MISHA GLENNY
Reviewed by PETER ROBB

A look at the global phenomenon of organized crime.

• First Chapter

'Sleeping It Off in Rapid City'

By AUGUST KLEINZAHLER
Reviewed by STEPHEN BURT

New poems and old, retrieved from dreams and peregrinations, here and on other continents.

• An Excerpt From 'Sleeping It Off in Rapid City'

'The Big Squeeze'

By STEVEN GREENHOUSE
Reviewed by ROBERT H. FRANK

The outlook for the American worker: increasingly hostile.

• First Chapter

'Panther Soup'

By JOHN GIMLETTE
Reviewed by CRAIG R. WHITNEY

A British lawyer and travel writer retraces a march upcountry with a former U.S. lieutenant.

• First Chapter

 

Boîte

Son of Speak-Easy

By RICHARD MORGAN

Anchoring a trinity of luxury waterfront condo towers near West 11th Street is a seemingly out-of-place dive bar, the Rusty Knot.

 

 

gleans at 2:50 PM MT, 5/23

 

US dealer says buy a car, get a gun for free

 

 

Gold fever

Soaring prices spark new gold rush in California

 

 

 

Drinks bar

Sheikh bans alcohol at luxury Cairo hotel

 

 

 

Nimrods 'should be grounded' The RAF's entire Nimrod fleet has "never been airworthy", a coroner says at an inquest into 14 servicemen's deaths. MoD Nimrod ruling 'devastating' Families react to Nimrod verdict 'Robbed of our brother'

 

 

 

LATEST BBC News & Sport results for stonehenge

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BBC Best Link: History - Stonehenge: The Healing Stones

Was Stonehenge a place of healing? Follow professors and Stonehenge experts Tim Darvill and Geoff Wainwright in their search for answers

 

 

 

2. Times Topics: Airlines and Airplanes

   News about airlines and airplanes, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.

4. 9 Airlines Face Threat of a Credit Downgrade

   ...Services on Thursday placed nine big airlines on CreditWatch with negative implications...from record fuel prices. In total, 10 airlines, including all the major carriers...it the single biggest expense for the airlines. If the price does not moderate, Mr...

   May 23, 2008 - By MICHELINE MAYNARD - Business

 

 

 

OP-ED COLUMNIST; The Alpha Geeks 

By DAVID BROOKS

May 23, 2008 - By DAVID BROOKS - Opinion

 

gleans at 6:00 AM MT, 5/23

 

Six 'uniquely' human traits now found in animals

Video roundup: Animals with 'human' abilities

 

Bacteria Thrive in Inner Elbow; No Harm Done

By NICHOLAS WADE

Even after you have washed the skin clean, there are still one million bacteria in every square centimeter of skin in the crook of your elbow. But they are not bad bacteria.

 

 

Everglades Park Counts the Good and the Bad After a Blaze

By DAMIEN CAVE

The largest fire to burn in the Everglades in 19 years threatened residential areas and destroyed growth, but also benefited the ecosystem.

 

 

 

Werhner von Braun: a 20th-century Faust, a man willing to work with an evil regime in return for the resources to carry out his cherished research... more»

 

 

 

The future looks different from the past, but on a grand cosmological scale, maybe it’s all the same. Somewhere, maybe time runs backwards... more»

 

 

 

Air France-KLM warns of 'awesome challenge' for industry
Malaise gripping U.S. airlines spreading around world
--Reuters

 

 

 

 

At the top of the tree in Kew

Gallery (9 pictures), New £3m treetop walkway to be unveiled at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew

 

 

 

 

'Nimrod fleet was never airworthy'

Inquest coroner criticises fleet introduced in 1969

 

 

 

 

Telectroscope: London's window on New York

An extraordinary new device is allowing people in London to see their counterparts in New York peering back at them through a 'telescope'.

 

 

gleans at 3:15 AM MT, 5/23

 

Telegraph.co.uk passes Guardian

Becomes the UK's number one newspaper website.

 

Superbugs killing record numbers

Record number of patients are dying in hospitals and nursing homes after contracting superbugs, new figures show.

 

Christian Science Monitor

Cricket's new wicket: American high schools Christian Science Monitor, MA - And now he plays in the nation's first high school cricket league. He's the vice captain of the Lions, the Newcomers High School squad from Jamaica, ...

 

Democracy in the era of web 2.0

A refreshing new book provides some antidote to claims that the web is degrading culture

 

Books

Volumes to Go Before You Die

By WILLIAM GRIMES

If the novels named in “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die” seem like a quirky list, that’s no accident: the book is keen to start an argument.

• Post a Comment

 

KATU Films that made us forget our melting Raisinets Chicago Tribune - This week's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" opening reminds us of summer movies from years past, some of which also starred Harrison Ford (aka Will Smith Version 1.0). 'Skull': Sit Back And Enjoy The Thrill Ride Washington Post Indiana Jones seen raiding the lost box office Reuters The Star-Ledger - NJ.com - Sioux City Journal - Long Beach Press-Telegram - Kansas City Star all 2,982 news articles »

gleans + 1xaddenda at 3:00 PM MT, 5/22

 

Crystal skulls 'are modern fakes' Two crystal skulls, once thought to be the work of ancient American civilisations, are modern fakes.

Exploding star caught in the act Astronomers capture and record the first moments when a massive star blows itself apart.

 

Priceless ceramic kept under bed A priceless 17th Century artwork is to go on display after spending 30 years under a farmer's bed.

 

'Indiana Jones' and the computer-generated jungle  <== recommended

SAN FRANCISCO - In these hallowed halls, Indiana Jones almost seems out of place.

 

 

 

Analysis: Party insider Clinton now on the outs
The Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) - After more than a decade as the ultimate Democratic Party insider, Hillary Rodham Clinton finds herself in a strange place: on the outside looking in, beseeching party leaders to help keep her White House bid alive.

 

 

 

Analysis: Party insider Clinton now on the outs
The Associated Press - WASHINGTON (AP) - After more than a decade as the ultimate Democratic Party insider, Hillary Rodham Clinton finds herself in a strange place: on the outside looking in, beseeching party leaders to help keep her White House bid alive.

 

 

 

'Jones' off to $2.2 mil start overseas
Variety - By PAMELA MCCLINTOCK, ARCHIE THOMAS Steven Spielberg's "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" got off to a fast start in France on Wednesday with $2.2 million, according to Paramount.
Is George Lucas Repeating Himself? TIME
At the movies, May 23 phillyBurbs.com
New York Daily News - Premiere Magazine - First Showing - eFluxMedia
all 3,028 news articles »

 

addenda <== thanks to Comrade (Lord) Bosham

 1 Wednesday, 21 May 2008
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/shitterton-the-village-that-da\
re-not-speak-its-name-831420.html

2 Wednesday, May 21, 2008
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/features/daily-features/article3723599.ece

 

gleans + 1xana at 9:25 AM MT, 5/22

 

 * Exam-boosting drug tests 'loom'
Schools may need to test students sitting exams for brain improving drugs in the
future, experts say.  Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/health/7412719.stm

 

Caffeine-fuelled cognition Geoffrey Alderman: Branding use of performance- enhancing drugs in academia 'cheating' is absurd

 

So this Aristotle guy hops a boat from Athens, goes into the library at Alexandria, grabs some books, returns home and puts his name on them... more»

 

Life & style

 

You can't beat a bit of Chateau Ginola Retired footballer David Ginola wins silver award at the world cup of wine-tasting events

 

Fancy a crocodile pie? Keep your finger on the food world pulse with our weekly helping of news, reviews, offers and openings

 

The beaches that time forgot  The unspoilt Albanian Riviera is a snapshot of the Mediterranean as it used to be

 

Judging a book by its cover Blog: We might not like to admit it, but most of us choose our books on the basis of a quick read of the back cover. So what makes a good blurb?

 

Opening chapter Podcast: Sarfraz Manzoor and Claire Armitstead preview this year's Guardian Hay festival. They chat to the organiser Peter Florence and local writer Jasper Fforde Special report: Hay 2008

Hay ho
All the fun of the fair: 2008 programme unveiled, including former president Jimmy Carter, Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis and Jools Holland, all competing for your attention
All about Hay 2008

 

Bollywood star denies 'sex with soldiers'  The Australian military is investigating claims that a Bollywood starlet had sex with elite SAS soldiers while on a morale-boosting tour of Afghanistan.

 

Well-off children 'born brighter'  Children from middle-class families are naturally brighter than those from poor homes, a leading academic has claimed.

 

 

Robert Redford to marry girlfriend after 12 years

Robert Redford, the Hollywood actor, has said he plans to marry his long-term lover, who is 19 years his junior.

• Harrison Ford has chest waxed for forests

• Ramsay criticised for killing rabbit on TV

• Madonna arrives at Cannes Festival

 

Man admits having sex with 1,000 cars

 

Naked women on Paris Metro: Photos start row

 

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A scientific first: A supernova explosion is observed in real time Hindu, India - Astronomers have surveyed thousands of these supernova explosions in the past, but their observations have always begun some time after the main event is ... Scientific pair make a rare find on supernova Boston Globe Scientists See Supernova in Action New York Times Astronomers capture footage of supernova explosion Xinhua Slashdot - Science Daily (press release) all 342 news articles »

Supernova Birth Observed for First Time FOXNews - By Andrea Thompson Galaxy NGC 2770 before supernova SN 2008D exploded. An X-ray image is on the left; the right is in visible light. ...

First for astronomers: Observed birth of supernova iTWire, Australia - They had just seen, for the first time by anyone on Earth, the birth of a supernova using x-ray emissions. The birth of the new supernova is called ...

 

gleans + 1xana at 7:35 PM MT, 5/21

 

Flash Gordon, king of Hollywood Flash Gordon, the cult sci-fi film, is to get a big budget Hollywood remake, it was announced today.

 

Hillary Threatens DNC of Dire Consequences
Houston Chronicle - When I wrote this morning about Hillary Clinton’s master plan to do everything she could to undermine the candidacy of Barack Obama, I had no idea how soon that might come to fruition.

 

The greatest victory yet for the fairer sex?

At long last, the Carlton Club will grant women full membership

 

The Lancaster

Inside the most important bomber of World War Two

 

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The Age

Brain boosters the drug of choice for the anxious intellectual The Age, Australia - May 3, 2008 Associate professor Suresh Sundram, the head of psychopharmacology at the Victorian Mental Health Research Institute, says that as these drugs are ...

Guardian Unlimited

Natural selection Guardian Unlimited, UK - May 8, 2008 "Enhancement" of physical and mental abilities is becoming more and more sophisticated, at least for those who can afford it. Golfer Tiger Woods improved ...

Dawn of the superhumans? Times Online, UK - May 2, 2008 He distinguishes between per-sonal enhancement, which might be as simple as someone using a walking stick, and human enhancement, which would push humans ...

gleans + 1xORA at 9:35 AM MT, 5/21

 

Using an odorless dye to color white wine red induces wine tasters to use red-wine descriptors for it. As for martinis... more»

 

“Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket,” said Eric Hoffer, via Pat Buchanan. Is this the conservative movement?... more»

 

Sleepy brain prone to sudden shutdowns study Reuters - CHICAGO (Reuters) - Being deprived of sleep even for one night makes the brain unstable and prone to sudden shutdowns akin to a power failure -- brief lapses that hover between sleep and wakefulness, researchers said on Tuesday.

 

Naked pilot, flight attendant arrested in woods HARRISBURG, Pa. - An airline pilot was found hiding behind a shed wearing only flip-flops and a wristwatch as a nighttime romp in the woods with a flight attendant ended with both under arrest, police said

 

Our view on gender and education: Yes, university women, there is a boy problem

 

Opposing view: Girls gain, and so do boys

 

BOOKS OF THE TIMES; More Glory: Talking Baseball, From the ’50s and ’60s  ...greatest baseball book ever written. Fay Vincent , a former commissioner of baseball...for the New York Giants. Mr. Vincent interviews the pitcher who, in 1951...this cross.”) If Mr. Vincent’s goal was to land big... <== see ORA below

 

Mondavi’s Legacy: Reinventing Napa Valley  LIKE many great Americans, Robert Mondavi reinvented himself — several times...and the American wine industry. Mr. Mondavi, who died on Friday at the age of 94...brother, Peter, at Charles Krug, the Mondavi family winery, but he wasn’...

 

Racing the Clock to Bring Back the Intrepid  ...the troubles that the aircraft carrier Intrepid has encountered in the past 18 months...said Bill White, president of the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. To...this purpose, there would be no more Intrepid — unless someone was willing...

 

Wall Street Journal Editor Named  ...Thomson as the top editor of The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, shifting one of...the editorial integrity of The Journal, and that would include from...protect the integrity of the Wall Street Journal.” Mr. Brauchli...

 

ON EDUCATION; Nearly Deaf Professor Teaches English Literacy, One Student at a Time  ...the inconspicuous brick headquarters of an adult English-literacy program here. The adult seated just inches from Mr. Kuhlman...or 20 years — would they sign up for lessons at the Literacy Council of Buncombe County. A few asked specifically for Mr...

 

NEWS ANALYSIS; In Quake, Apotheosis of Premier ‘Grandpa’  ...not earn his lofty post by playing nice. “It takes a considerable amount of political skill and cunning to become premier of China,” said Fred Teiwes, a professor of Chinese politics at the University of Sydney in Australia. Mr. Wen...

 

today's Ordinary Reading Assignment 2xitems

1.

We Would Have Played for Nothing: Baseball Stars of the 1950s and 1960s Talk About the Game They Loved (Baseball Oral History Poject) by Fay Vincent (Hardcover - April 1, 2008)

Buy new: $25.00 $16.50

29 Used & new from $15.22

Get it by Thursday, May 22 if you order in the next 7 hours and choose one-day shipping.

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The Only Game in Town: Baseball Stars of the 1930s and 1940s Talk About the Game They Loved (The Baseball Oral History Project) by Fay Vincent (Paperback - April 3, 2007)

Buy new: $14.00 $11.20

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Other Editions: Kindle Edition, Hardcover, Hardcover

 

gleans at 6:05 AM MT, 5/21

 

The Pour

Good Wine Reading With Mellow Aftertaste

By ERIC ASIMOV

For wine lovers, a raft of absorbing new books will help ease the economic blues.

Dining Briefs

Cabrito and the Redhead

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Cabrito, on Carmine Street, is a lively Mexican rewrite of Fatty Crab, while the Redhead, an East Village bar, may be the first to grow a restaurant inside it.

Times Topics: Risotto

Risotto is an easy, elegant and versatile dish.

 

Missing matter found in deep space - 16 hours agoAstronomers have found some matter that had been missing in deep space and say it is strung along web-like filaments that form the backbone of the universe.

 

Key masters
How maths could make encrypting data less of a chore

 

 

Lichen it A rare plant never found in Europe moves to the Highlands

Gardener's worlds Sky At Night inspires rooftop flower terrace for stargazers