Sophomore Summer To-Do List (Dartmouth Review)
The Upper Valley certainly has a lot to offer, especially in its finest season?hazy summer. From indoors to outdoors, there is never any time to be bored with a summer spent at Dartmouth....more...Making the skies more accessible (Beloit Daily News)
Reach for the sky! With AirFEST weekend quickly approaching, Wisconsin aviation fans will have a chance to watch the action from the ground, but a new program allows fans to feel the action in the sky by experiencing what it feels like to become a pilot....more... Ben Bova: The need for speed into space (Naples Daily News)
A recent column in Scientific American brought up once again the long-standing debate about man versus machine in space exploration. Jim Bell, an astronomer and planetary scientist at Cornell University, is the author of ?Postcards from Mars,? a magnificent book that features breathtaking images of the Martian surface taken by unmanned landers on the Red Planet....more... Going nuclear (CNN Money)
"We were at heightened security - we were at red," recalls Al Griffith, spokesman for the utility that owns the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant in New Hampshire....more... Tourist promotion through transit passengers viewed (Daily News)
PACKAGE : The transit passengers who pass Katunayake Airport intending to travel to other countries could be offered a concessionary package to visit a location that carries cultural, historical or environmental value and thereby the tourism industry could be developed to a greater extent, said Deputy Minister of Tourism Faizer Mustapha....more... E-Ticket: Save the Whalers (ESPN)
They went from the top of the world to the edge of existence. Then a stranger reached out to help the Barrow, Alaska, Whalers get their field....more... The Trolley that Traveled (Sports Illustrated)
Tom Coyne, author of Paper Tiger, is making his way across Ireland on foot this summer, playing every links golf course in the country. In Fall 2008, he'll publish a book about his adventures, A Course Called Ireland. In the meantime, he'll be writing a travel journal for GOLF.com. The complete journal is here. ...more... Tales from the moe.Republic - In the Lost Kingdom with John Derhak (jambands.com)
Good old-fashioned storytelling and rock ?n? roll can create strange bedfellows. Sometimes, the alchemy works out better than one expects and, after all, it is always about the grand tale anyway, right?...more... Online-Only Letters: A harry situation (Seattle Times)
I am a 17-year-old girl who, in the past two years, has really enjoyed reading your newspaper every day; I've always trusted your reporting....more... |