TRAVEL GUIDE: FermanaghSunday, March 14, 2010 @ 11:19AMI’m just about 600 yards short of being a son of Fermanagh. My father was born and raised in the Cavan village of Blacklion, only a five minute stroll away from the county border. Even so, Fermanagh was for years my county of choice for short breaks until my dad died. And then Cavan started to tug at my heartstrings, luring me back time and time again. Related Stories Keep pervert in prison ...
TAKE TWO: An alternative look at the day in sportsSunday, March 14, 2010 @ 8:10AMAmateur bracketologists have spent the last few weeks staring intently at their oracle, Joe Lunardi. They can look at a screen grab of Doug Gottlieb and tell you exactly how far from Selection Sunday it was taken based solely on the size of the bags under his eyes. They have used the phrase, “It’s a soft bubble this year.”
HOROSCOPE for Sunday, 03/14/2010Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 3:18AMARIES (March 20-April 18): Is nothing sacred, much less secret? Not with the sun and new moon power-tripping in your mystery house! Rams crammed so much into 2009 that key details got shoved under the rug. Come Monday, you know it's time for a spring...
Process is complex, but usually it's well organizedSunday, March 14, 2010 @ 12:05AMThe transplant process is an incredible paradox, said Dr. Kenton J. Zehr, chief of the division of cardiothoracic surgery at Scott & White. There's sadness on one end and joy at the other.
Barbie in a Mermaid TaleSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 8:28PMRecommended Sorry, girls - no romance. But there are overloads of shredding and fashion make-overs, dudettes. Universal has released another Mattel -produced Barbie straight-to-DVD movie, Barbie in A Mermaid Tale , that features surfing, talking sparkly dolphins, evil mermaids, hippie grandfathers, and of course, valley girl mermaids who do nothing but shop, all wrapped up in a pseudo-ecological ...
An Evening with David Sedaris, Leicester Square Theatre, LondonSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 6:21PMThere were no dancing girls during An Evening with David Sedaris. Nor was there any strobe lighting. Musical accompaniment did not feature, and back-projected images were entirely absent.
Is Kirstie Alley's New Weight Loss Program a Scientology Scam? [Scams]Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 3:45PM# scams Anti-Scientology campaign group Anonymous, and some blogs, are airing accusations that Scientologist Kirstie Alley 's new weight loss program, Organic Liaison , is based on quackery preached by L. Ron Hubbard, and that the company has links to the 'church'. More »
Lloyd SteffenSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 2:56AMPurity, religion and the movie 'Avatar' ''Religion,'' wrote American philosopher William James, ''consists of the belief that there is an unseen order, and that our supreme good lies in harmoniously adjusting ourselves thereto.''
Should Catholic priests be celibate?Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 2:01AMThe Pope has said celibacy among priests is a sign of "full devotion" to the Catholic Church. Do you agree?
In the areaq (March 13)Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 1:05AMAnimal shelter shot clinic, 9 a.m. to noon today, High Desert Humane Society.Friends of the Library Book Sale, 9 to 10:30 a.
White Feather Arthouse and Next Gen Films announce release datesFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 10:43PMSanjay Gupta known for his cutting edge cinema and the brain behind White feather Films now treads a new path and is launching his new brand White feather Arthouse Films. He is signaling off this journey with two films that are slated to chart new territories in the realm of `new age sensibility' movies. The two films are THE GREAT INDIAN BUTTERFLY and PANKH. The first film to be released is THE ...
'CSI: Miami's' Emily Procter on Calleigh's complicated love lifeFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 7:55PMAs fans of CBS' Monday hit "CSI: Miami" know, CSI Calleigh Duquesne (Emily Procter) and former CSI Eric Delko (Adam Rodriguez) have consummated their long-simmering relationship. With Rodriguez returning to the show full-time next season, there should be plenty more opportunities for romance.Procter isn't surprised the two came together."We both watch TV," she tells Zap2it. "There's wish ...
Obama's Visit to Conservative IndonesiaFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 7:15PMBack in his boyhood home of Indonesia, Obama will find a conservative state that has fought off radical Islam.
Return of the ultimate competitorFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 6:15PMIt may be true that nowhere is the world less inclined to stand still than in Formula One but then if anyone can put a brake on the assumption that both genius and unprecedented achievement can be timed out in a mere four years surely it is Michael Schumacher.
When women got out of the home and into a lifeFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:30AMIn 1963 — when sex was invented, according to Philip Larkin — one of the groundbreaking books of the century, Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique, was published.
Spreading the word moves listeners to tearsFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:29AMA North Yorkshire clergyman is spellbinding his congregation with such dramatic readings of the gospels that some members of his audiences have been weeping tears of emotion. (12/03/2010 10:16:55)
In the area (March 12)Friday, March 12, 2010 @ 4:18AMStaff for U.S. Rep. Harry Teague, D-NM, will host mobile office hours in Silver City from noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Grant County Administrative Building, 1400 Highway 180 East. Members of the public are encouraged to attend to share their thoughts and questions with Teague's district staff.
Why poetry and pop are not such strange bedfellowsFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 3:32AMWhat is it about Yeats that is so attractive to rock stars, and why does Auden have the crowd moshing at the Forum? Graeme Thomson meets the musicians turning poetry into pop One day in 2005, Mike Scott decamped to his music room armed only with a long-cherished dream and a copy of WB Yeats's greatest hits, a brick-like anthology of the late poet's collected works. For a fortnight, the leader of ...
Shakespearean ballet version the stuff of dreamsFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 2:18AMShakespeare’s “A Midsummer’s Night Dream” is a tale that ends well. Four lovers, escaping the restrictions and duties of family and society find themselves in a magical forest, mixing and consorting with fairy kings.
Fifth Annual Video Festival Held in East IcelandSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 7:15AMI’ve never really been a fan of diving. However, there is one dive sight that tempts me: the mystical Silfra Rift in Thingvellir, Iceland. more Click on the picture to watch this audio slideshow about Icelandic domestic animals.
NY Yankees hope Francisco Cervelli's surprising season was more than a flukeSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 7:04AMNever much of a hitter, Cervelli enjoyed more success at the plate in the majors than in minors, perhaps the product of good luck. Now, after using last season as a springboard to a job a Jorge Posada's backup, can Cervelli do it again?
Facelift in Tzfat, Courtesy of the MayorSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 4:49AMFollow Israel news on and . (IsraelNN.com) The mystical city of Tzfat is likely to be getting a facelift with an infusion of new funds raised in the United States by the city's energetic mayor, Ilan Shochat.
Sex scandals and stampedesSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 3:12AMWith two sex scandals and a fatal stampede, it's been a bad week for India's "godmen", the self-styled Hindu ascetics whose followers range from farmers and housewives to politicians and rock stars.
Rockin' time in SedonaSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 2:03AMYou needn't be a desert rat to fall instantly in love with the rugged, red-rock monoliths that define this city of artists in northern Arizona's Upper Sonoran Desert. Nor do you have to be a New Ager, although if you believe in the mystical power of vortexes you'll fit right in.
Sex scandals and stampedes: a bad week for India's 'godmen'Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:38AMMUMBAI, March 7, 2010 (AFP) - With two sex scandals and a fatal stampede, it's been a bad week for India's "godmen", the self-styled Hindu ascetics whose followers range from farmers and housewives to politicians and rock stars.
Half of twins’ dreams come true at URSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 11:14PMOnly a few feet separate the bench area from the playing floor in the Robins Center, the University of Richmond’s on-campus basketball arena. But to Samantha and Rachael Bilney, sophomores and fraternal twins on UR’s women’s basketball team, those few feet at times appear wider than the Grand Canyon. The Bilneys arrived at Richmond with the intent of transforming a shimmering childhood fantasy ...
Backstage: Bringing a knowledge of vodou to PeoriaSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 10:51PMAsk the average American about vodou, and what might come to mind are witch doctors and Pat Robertson's recent assertion that Haiti's leading religion is really nothing but devil worship. But according to Neysa Page-Lieberman, curator at Chicago's Columbia College, vodou is a rich, bona fide spiritual movement that has helped inspire splendid and sophisticated visual art that makes materially ...
'The Shaking Woman': The ambiguities of illness and diagnosesSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 9:14PMIn "The Shaking Woman: Or a History Of My Nerves," writer Siri Hustvedt shares her insights on the ambiguities of illness and diagnoses gleaned in her struggle with "conversion disorder," a condition in which the body responds to unarticulated distress by mimicking physical disorders.
I admit it: I'm lost on 'Lost'Saturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:34PMSix seasons of watching people trek back and forth across an island. Why can't I stop watching this?
Interior attractionSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:58PMFor many Sarawak artists, inspiration lies deep in their roots.
Slumdog Millionaire an engaging love storySaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 5:52PMThat any kind of cohesive narrative could emerge from Slumdog Millionaire 's burst of brilliant images is reason enough for applause.
SEE, no touchSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 4:09PMIN RECENT times Chinese football has gained an unwanted reputation for match-fixing, but no one can accuse its national team of not being the most accommodating of hosts.
Craig K. Comstock: Questions Coming Back to LifeFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 4:15PMIt's tempting to assume we know everything about the '60s and to leave safely submerged what cannot be re-floated. But two books remind us that unresolved questions raised then are surfacing again.
The Priest and the Canon of the MassFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:59PMROME, MARCH 5, 2010 ( Zenit.org ).- In this article, Father Mauro Gagliardi, a consultor of the Office for the Liturgical Celebrations of the Supreme Pontiff, explains the importance of the Eucharistic prayer of the Mass.
Upcoming iPhone Game: The Red Star Top Down Shooter GameFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:56PMXS Games today announced the early Spring 2010 release of The Red Star for iPhone and PSP go. A cult hit on the PS2, The Red Star is an ingenious mashup of top down shooter and beat 'em up ...
Ed Sharpe and Magnetic Zeroes at SOhOFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 2:25PMAlex “Ed Sharpe” Ebert and Jade Castrinos performed magic tricks—such as getting the audience to sit on the floor for the encore—at SOhO on Wednesday.
The NeverEnding Story (Blu-ray)Friday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:26PMHighly Recommended Reviewed by Glenn Erickson A superb fantasy that never receives the credit it is due, Wolfgang Petersen's The NeverEnding Story is that rare children's film that transcends its own fantasy to give its viewers an insight on the role of fantasy in our lives. A German production carefully designed to avoid a specific nationality or time period, the film begins as a "reading is ...