Add This Article To:Sunday, March 14, 2010 @ 4:19AMPlastic Logic has announced a significant delay in shipments for its 8.5 x 11-inch, Windows CE-based e-reader. Originally scheduled for release on Apr. 15, the Que ProReader will not be available until "this summer," according to a company email quoted today by Gizmodo.
Wharf at Conowingo Dam quite the attractionSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:22PMThe recently completed wharf at Conowingo's Fisherman's Park in Maryland quickly has developed appeal among birders, artists, photographers, kayakers, the occasional waterfowler and, of course, anglers.
Shanghai goes chic as China's showcaseSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9:09PMShanghai lacks the grand monuments and ancient palaces of Beijing, China's capital, but this bustling commercial center has plenty of unique...
IVF doctors to raffle human eggSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 5:31PMA FERTILITY clinic is raffling a human egg in London to promote its new “baby profiling” service, which circumvents British IVF (in vitro fertilisation) laws.
Fall MindfullnessSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 3:14PM6 tips to enjoy the changing weather
WaveridersSaturday, March 13, 2010 @ 11:20AMWaveriders, the acclaimed documentary directed by Dublin native Joel Conroy and coming out on DVD March 16, is based around an unusual premise: modern-day surfing’s Irish-American roots.
Master Gardener: When planting in urban landscape, think smallFriday, March 12, 2010 @ 11:26PMOur small courtyard garden is shaded by seven Japanese maple trees, which in early spring leaf out in delicate, feathery, pale green or rose leaves - a sight almost as lovely as their colorful autumn performance, when their leaves turn bronze, red and gold.
Artists with Alzheimer's exhibit work in RingwoodThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 5:45PMA collage of leaves by a group of artists with Alzheimer’s disease was on display at the 11th annual Photo, Art and Poetry Exhibition last weekend, from March 5 to March 7.
Grey Lynn ready for a low carbon community partyThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 5:24PMLocal residents are being asked to take a pledge to go low carbon by leaving the car at home during the inaugural Grey Lynn 2030 Week which starts on Sunday 21 March 2010.
Deadly desire from Elie SaabThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 7:35AMPARIS - THE Lebanese designer Elie Saab turned to the dark side for his autumn/winter show and going bad has never looked so good for the designer. His femme fatales in form-fitting daywear looked deadly desirable in all-black ensembles. Mr. Saab came up with a number of interesting techniques to show off his workers' craftsmanship. The first group of black lace dresses covered in micro pleats ...
Elle turns back the Body clockThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 5:34AMDOWN Under, we know her as "the Body", and Elle Macpherson proved she still is the queen of curves during her return to the catwalk.
Elle returns to catwalk in ParisThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:53AMSupermodel Elle Macpherson proved she is the queen of curves during her surprise return to the catwalk in Paris.
Elle returns to catwalk in ParisThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 2:52AMSupermodel Elle Macpherson has made a surprise return to the catwalk in Paris.
Elle returns to catwalk in ParisThursday, March 11, 2010 @ 1:57AMSUPERMODEL Elle Macpherson proved she is the queen of curves during her surprise return to the catwalk in Paris.
Back on the catwalk at 46Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:22PMSupermodel Elle Macpherson, 46, proved she is the queen of curves during her surprise return to the catwalk in Paris.
Supply is in great demand: Why logistics courses are becoming increasingly popularWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 6:21PMIf logistics summons up unhappy memories of an articulated lorry cutting you up on the M6, think again. For Haitians devastated by January's earthquake, it was a matter of life and death that the right supplies arrived at the right time and at the right place. With its sister, supply chain management, logistics has become more important as world trade has expanded, and countries such as India ...
Courts at breaking point because of backlog of cases, judge warnsWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 4:12PMThe bright scarlet of the judge’s robes is the only splash of colour in the near-windowless, sanitised modern room. A murder trial is under way at Britain’s newest court. It is a far cry from the noise and bustle of the wood-panelled, stone-stained Victorian courts where justice is often meted out.
A Forward FlowWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:51PMThe show's background images of streaming water reflected the forward flow of the Valentino designers Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli.
Deadly DesirableWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 12:37PMThe Lebanese designer Elie Saab turned to the dark side for his autumn/winter show and going bad has never looked so good.
Brown speech in fullWednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 2:50AMFull text of the prime minister's "protecting the recovery" speech on the economy.
A rough DiarmuidTuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 6:49AMSunday morning. I gingerly lift a pair of heavy-duty hiking boots which arrived a week ago from London with the instructions that I immediately put them on, get used to them. A sense of foreboding begins to dawn. Related Stories Oscars 2010 in Pictures: Avatar loses out as Kathryn Bigelow's Hurt Locker cleans up The Man who wants to kill Bono Oscars 2010 in Pictures: Kathryn Bigelow's Hurt ...
Suicide refugee, Serge Serykh, ‘was member of Russia secret service’Tuesday, March 9, 2010 @ 2:06AMThe mystery of three refugees who jumped to their deaths from a Glasgow tower block took a dramatic turn yesterday when it emerged that one of them had claimed to be a member of the Russian security services and went on to allege that he had uncovered a plot by the Canadian Government to assassinate the Queen.
Warning bells ring on private tutorsMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 10:40PM&$ &$As thousands of students sign up for lessons, parents are urged to study schools' credentials &$ &$ Xu Jia, 21, a junior at the University of International Business and Economics, bought herself a suit over winter vacation because she had to look more mature for her part-time job. Xu, a major in international trade, was employed by the Miyun county branch of a private tutoring center ...
Nine O'ClockMonday, March 8, 2010 @ 4:26PMThe Hurt Locker” director Kathryn Bigelow battled her way into Oscar history books on Sunday, topping her movie’s best film honor with her own Academy Award for directing to become the first woman ever to earn that distinction.
Seattle gets a leading role in Korean film 'Late Autumn'Sunday, March 7, 2010 @ 11:18PMA film called "Late Autumn" and starring Asian stars Tang Wei and Hyun Bin has been filming in Seattle and statewide since October. The movie is to be released later this year.
Cuts rhetoric won't boost Labour hopes | Madeleine BuntingSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 1:05PMA collective delusion seems to have taken grip. Turn a radio on and the politicians are indistinguishable. All the talk is cuts, cuts, cuts. Listen to people talking and it's already an assumption –...
Refreshing Their IdentitiesSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 12:46PMWhen designers do what they are known for - but take that vision to a higher level - it makes for a rewarding fashion season.
Outdoors: Remembering the gray phantom November buckSunday, March 7, 2010 @ 7:17AMThe Warren County deep woods morning broke cold and bright, an autumn snowfall illuminating forest all around. Swirling winds kicked up and brought discomfort to my hunting stand, but I hunkered down between a small boulder and a big white oak and hushed my shivering frame.
(TNA) WWE Diva & 'The Beautiful People' Together, AJ StylesSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:06PM-- Wrestlicious announced the following updated list of main events for the month of March on Wrestlicious: Takedown : March 8th (Bite TV) and March 10th (Mav TV) ~ Autumn Frost vs. Paige Webb *March 15th (Bite TV) and March 17th (Mav TV) ~ "Team Beautiful" Lacey Von Erich and Amber Lively vs "Ghouls Gone Wild" Draculetta and White Magic * March 22nd (Bite TV) and March 24th (Mav TV) ~ Sierra ...
WWE Diva & 'The Beautiful People' Together, AJ StylesSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 3:03PM-- Wrestlicious announced the following updated list of main events for the month of March on Wrestlicious: Takedown : March 8th (Bite TV) and March 10th (Mav TV) ~ Autumn Frost vs. Paige Webb *March 15th (Bite TV) and March 17th (Mav TV) ~ "Team Beautiful" Lacey Von Erich and Amber Lively vs "Ghouls Gone Wild" Draculetta and White Magic * March 22nd (Bite TV) and March 24th (Mav TV) ~ Sierra ...
Floating the Buffalo by landSaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 6:33AMOf course, it's axiomatic: the Ozarks' magnificent display of fall color makes for exhilarating days on the trail.
Learning in communitySaturday, March 6, 2010 @ 12:12AMMILWAUKEE -- When Leah Todd steps off the elevator in her dorm after a long night of studying at the library, she has only one thing on her mind: sleep.
A show of dexterityFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 3:25PMPainting No. 1 was easy. Sometime around her 84th birthday last March, Elsie Dresch sat down at her easel in the corner of her cluttered home studio near Chastain Park and turned out “Brookwood Gardens.”
Real EstateFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 1:31PMSee Workspace Management v YJL London under Keating Chambers Reported Cases on enforceability of adjudicator's finding of overpayment as a set-off against an arbitration award.
Michael Foot: Ninety six years in the life of a passionate English radicalFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 12:17PMAn incorrigible rebel, the former Labour leader failed politically but always followed his mighty heart Michael Foot, the most improbable literary romantic to lead a major British party since Benjamin Disraeli, has died at the age of 96 after a turbulent political career that left him a much-loved but also deeply controversial figure. Though physically frail he displayed his customary zest for ...
ENGLAND'S AFRICAN CONNECTIONFriday, March 5, 2010 @ 5:43AMMichael Vaughan has again questioned the policy of picking South Africa-born cricketers for England. Here, Press Association Sport's David Clough traces the roots of the current clutch of South Africans and their paths into international cricket.
Rebel artist restored to gloryThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 3:04PMThe Tokyo National Museum in Ueno isn't merely a convenient place for old folks to while away an afternoon, or a safe venue to take parties of schoolchildren to on excursions. It's also a very symbolic and ritualistic space, where the final seal is set on the nation's cultural and historical image of itself. So, for a Japanese artist to be exhibited there is a kind of induction into the national ...
On death row with one last hopeThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 10:09AMLinda Carty, a British citizen, has spent eight years on death row in Texas. Her supporters claim she is innocent — and that one final appeal is all that can save her from execution
Elections could 'strengthen extremes' in Central EuropeThursday, March 4, 2010 @ 1:28AMNationalist and extremist parties could do well in forthcoming national elections in Poland, Slovakia and Hungary, warned political scientists at a recent debate held in Paris. EurActiv France reports.
Wrong man, wrong timeWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 9:32PMThe transatlantic relationship is in need of repair and João Vale de Almeida is not the man for the job.
Widening participation will be the first victim of funding cutsWednesday, March 3, 2010 @ 1:26AMFunding cuts could wipe out half of all the college places that are linked with universities Nineteen-year-old Gulsum Cengiz knows she has done extraordinarily well in gaining conditional offers from two universities to study law. As a Kurdish migrant from Turkey, she could speak no English when she arrived with her family 10 years ago. "The struggle was hard," she says. "I come from a poor ...
Top 100 Memories: 2000-09 - No 6Tuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 8:38AMIn our countdown of memories from the past decade, we consider the coaches who have helped shape the sport of swimming.
Sir Gus O'DonnellTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 8:05AMMary Ann Sieghart profiles the UK's top civil servant
GDS 2010 To Feature Latest Street And Urban Wear In Four SegmentsTuesday, March 2, 2010 @ 7:37AMDüsseldorf, Germany - At GDS 2010, International Event for Shoes & Accessories, the diverse scene of street and urban wear will be structured into different segments in Hall 3 – jointly providing an ideal overview of best-selling brands and key design newcomers. Authentic cult brands with a great tradition will be showcased in the Urban Authentic segment, best-selling lifestyle brands will be ...