Players other than Big 4 could break through at US Open, but maybe veterans, not youngsters
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Two 23-year-olds, Canada's Milos Raonic and Bulgaria's Grigor Dimitrov, broke through to their first major semifinals at Wimbledon. Perhaps this year's U.S. Open will be the tipping point for the rise of a new generation. But recent ...
Andromeda Sunrise
I JOHNNY Z I heard the automated words blasted over the loudspeakers: ATTENTION, CITIZEN 552-77-4201! THIS IS NOT A WARNING! SURRENDER NOW AND THE LEADER WILL BE MERCIFUL. I see four TR-700’s rolling through the streets—their armor blasted, they are partially black, partially gray, partially fragmen ...
Analogue Love
Sometimes I like to wander over to ebay and browse the many, many vintage cameras that people have to sell. In an ideal world I would trawl through charity shops and antique malls in person but I live in Hong Kong where these sorts of places are rare and very very tiny hole in the walls. With ebay y ...
Proof That Homeopathy Skeptics are Still Losing the Debate
A Google search for homeopathic skeptics will return information on Stephen Barrett, Edzard Ernst, Skeptics in the Pub, Simon Singh and the magician and illusionist James Randi, among others. A Google search for skeptics blogs returns a site URL (among others) for a skeptic who tells you how you can ...
Entek's external trade tour 10/28/2014~11/10/2014
We are pleased to inform you that Entek will be visiting Belarus, Israel, Romania, and Bulgaria from Oct. 28, 2014 till Nov. 10, 2014. If you would like to schedule an one-on-one meeting with us, please contact us at clairehuang@entekelec.c om. We are looking forward to seeing you soon! 10/30/2014 ~ ...
Creating the Idea of Europe Through Maps
The “Queen Europa” map (1570), derived from the aesthetic appetites of Renaissance, by Sebastian Munster depicts the continent of Europe as feminine—her head forming the Iberian peninsula, France and Germany her chest, Italy and Denmark her arms, and other countries filling the rest of her legless t ...
Harry/Draco fic: Wool
Title: Wool Author: chibitoaster Word Count: 11,600 Rating: R Warnings: none Summary: Harry never expected to find a house full of wool when he went to investigate magic leaking out of the chimney. He was even more surprised to find out exactly what was going on inside. Wool. Piles and piles of wool ...
Harry/Draco fic: Wool
Title: Wool Author: chibitoaster Word Count: 11,600 Rating: R Warnings: none Summary: Harry never expected to find a house full of wool when he went to investigate magic leaking out of the chimney. He was even more surprised to find out exactly what was going on inside. Molly was livid. Harry wasn’t ...
[NEWS] Some Sunday links
Al Jazeera notes India's concern about the possible domination of BRICS institutions by China, and looks at controversies surrounding gender in the French education system. BusinessWeek notes that some Chinese have taken to growing their own food in their apartments to avoid contaminated produce, an ...
Un exabrupto del inconsciente
Julio Rudman Desde hace un tiempo, corto, ciertas cosas que deberían producirme bronca, mal humor y acidez estomacal me causan gracia. Debe ser la edad, me dijo un amigo más viejo que yo. Si él lo dice. Veamos algunos ejemplos y ustedes piensen lo que quieran. Como siempre, como debe ser. Un grupo d ...
