The conversation occurred because I was trying to find the name of a long-gone drive-in movie theater in Culpeper County so I could put it on a historical map. Someone finally referred me to Joe Quaintance, who had built the theater.
As Quaintance and I talked, I realized that this man could be considered the 1950s [...]
The title of this DVD is a bit of a misnomer unless you, like the producers, believe the greatest Red Sox [team stats] memories occurred only in the World Series.
Owing to the lack of film from the team’s most dominant era - from 1903-1918 - the period is given an 18-minute summation via photos and [...]
Dr Albert Hofmann, who died last week, was the inventor of LSD. But he was not merely a chemist. He was a revolutionary.
Hofmann changed the way a whole generation looked at the world. This is the sort of statement that is customarily made about thinkers and scientists of the stature of, say, Marx or Einstein. [...]
We departed from New York City aboard Air China, flying non-stop for 13 hours over the North Pole and Siberia. Huge cracks could be seen in the polar ice cap, breaking up due to global warming.
The plane arrived in Beijing’s large new ultra modern airport, which opened just three days prior for the upcoming Olympics. [...]
Death by car could be a major contributor to the decline of many amphibian species, according to the first comprehensive survey of road kill, Purdue University researchers said this week.The biologists found animals from more than 65 species killed along 11 miles of road in suburban Tippecanoe County outside West Lafayette, Ind. Nearly 95% of [...]
“The Naked Brothers Band”: Nat and Alex Wolff, the Naked Brothers Band, head out on their first tour in their psychedelic-painted bus. The first stop is Cleveland, and the group sings “Body I Occupy,” a number off their latest album. Saturday, 7:30 p.m., NICK “George of the Jungle”: Twelve shows, or 24 cartoons, make up [...]
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Hero firefighter’s funeral
Mr Lovell and seven fellow firefighters were caught in a blast which ripped through a Hamilton coolstore on Saturday afternoon.
Mr Lovell died that night - about the time he was due to be presented with his gold star for 25 years of service.
Mr [...]
While many messages express sympathy for the families who lost loved ones, others question how such a tragedy could happen. Here is a selection of comments from the Fairfax NZ website Stuff, the New Zealand Herald and news.com.au:
Mike Laowry, Brisbane: I love white-water rafting and this will not deter me. However, it is another reminder [...]
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is staying on top of the job overseas despite jet lag and a heavy schedule, Deputy Prime Minister Julia Gillard says.
Mr Rudd has been showing signs of tiredness around the halfway mark of his 17-day world tour, and attracted criticism at home for giving US President George W Bush a mock [...]
%26bull; Readers’ comments
%26bull; Dramatic images of fire
Hero firefighter’s funeral
Mr Lovell and seven fellow firefighters were caught in a blast which ripped through a Hamilton coolstore on Saturday afternoon.
Mr Lovell died that night - about the time he was due to be presented with his gold star for 25 years of service.
Mr [...]
