Longlist for literature's richest prize announced
Michelle Pauli
Wednesday November 23, 2005
The Impac longlist has been announced and, once again, it's huge - in every
sense. The 132-strong list reads like an alphabetti of authors, from Chris
Abani to Carlos Ruiz Zafon, and a the full
Stiff competition for Bad Sex award
ok...this has GOT to be just for this play on words...!
Maurice
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Date: 12/01/05 08:14:03
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From the New York Times:
Goodbye to Pat Morita, Best Supporting Asian
By LAWRENCE DOWNES
Published: November 29, 2005
Pat Morita, the Japanese-American actor, died on Thanksgiving Day in
Las Vegas. He was 73. News reports over the weekend were not
specific about the cause of death or funeral
--- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson
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And *don't* get
me started on controlled fusion, trully powerful and portable
batteries,
ion-power, or warp drive!
I'd like to hear more about the batteries - I've heard a little bit
about water-powered fuel cells
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Cool spacey stuff.
December 1, 2005
Probes Reveal Methane Haze on a Dynamic Saturn Moon
By WARREN E. LEARY
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 - Robotic explorers probing neighboring planets have found
All Crackberry owners beware! :-)
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http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,123761,00.asp
BlackBerry Users Face Shutdown
Judge's ruling in patent case could end service pending appeal.
Stephen Lawson, IDG News Service
Thursday, December 01, 2005
A federal judge won't hold up
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Fascinating science stuff.
* How dinosaurs of the ocean evolved:
When an amateur fossil hunter found a bit of animal
backbone at a construction site 16 years ago, he
knew it was something unusual.
http://www.world-science.net/othernews/051117_mosasaurfrm.htm
* Revealed in
