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Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:53:03 GMT
Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:50:00 EST
Dave Letterman's Worldwide Pants reps meet with the WGA today but failed to reach final deal which would allow Dave's writers to return to work.
Friday negotiations between Worldwide Pants and the WGA wrapped without an agreement -- and without much details. Both sides said Friday that the talks would resume sometime next week, though it isn't clear whether that would happen Christmas Eve or the day after Christmas. It isn't likely to happen during the weekend and the negotiations might not have had the entire WGA negotiating committee in place.

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"We had a substantive discussion today with the WGA and look forward to continuing these talks next week," Worldwide Pants president and CEO Rob Burnett said Friday. Burnett had flown to Los Angeles to personally meet with the WGA negotiating committee. It wasn't clear whether the sides would meet again before Christmas. "A lively exchange of information took place," the WGA said in a terse statement. "The WGAW and WGAE will not comment further."
We think that the WGA and Letterman need to cut a deal -- quickly. Hopefully, they can wrap things up next week.

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Thu, 20 Dec 2007 08:00:00 EST
Sir Arthur C. Clark turned 90 last weekend and has some very specific birthday wishes.
Science-fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke listed three wishes on his 90th birthday: for the world to embrace cleaner energy resources, for a lasting peace in his adopted home, Sri Lanka, and for evidence of extraterrestrial beings.

"I have always believed that we are not alone in this universe," Clarke said in a speech to a small gathering of scientists, astronauts and government officials Sunday in Colombo where he lives. Humans are waiting until extraterrestrial beings "call us or give us a sign," he said. "We have no way of guessing when this might happen. I hope sooner rather than later."

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"Sometimes I am asked how I would like to be remembered," Clarke said. "I have had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer and space promoter. Of all these I would like to be remembered as a writer."
Clarke had a very cool birthday celebration: he cut a cake that said "Happy Birthday Sir Arthur", while Sri Lanka President Mahinda Rajapakse, visiting astronauts and scientists sang "Happy Birthday" to him. Then Russian astronaut Alexei Leonov (who was the first human to walk in space) gave him a medal from the Federation of Cosmonauts of Russia.

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Wed, 19 Dec 2007 08:00:00 EST
The Vatican has blasted author Philip Pullman and The Golden Compass, the new film based on his book The Northern Lights.
The Vatican on Wednesday condemned the film "The Golden Compass," which some have called anti-Christian, saying it promotes a cold and hopeless world without God. In a long editorial, the Vatican newspaper l'Osservatore Romano, also slammed Philip Pullman, the bestselling author of the book on which the family fantasy movie is based.

It was the Vatican's most stinging broadside against an author and a film since it roundly condemned "The Da Vinci Code" in 2005 and 2006. "In Pullman's world, hope simply does not exist, because there is no salvation but only personal, individualistic capacity to control the situation and dominate events," the editorial said.

The film, which premiered earlier this month in the United States and stars Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig, is an adaptation of Pullman's acclaimed novel "Northern Lights." The Vatican newspaper said "honest" viewers would find it "devoid of any particular emotion apart from a great chill."
Unfortunately for New Line and Pullman, the stinging denouncement came too late to stir up more controversy and help with box office sales. The film made only $26 million in its first weekend and is widely considered a major box office flop.

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Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:53:04 GMT
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 18:00:00 EST
Chuck Norris is not amused by a new book about him: in fact he's so mad he's suing Penguin to stop the sale and recall the books.
Tough-guy actor and martial arts expert Chuck Norris sued publisher Penguin on Friday over a book he claims unfairly exploits his famous name, based on a satirical Internet list of "mythical facts" about him.

Penguin published "The Truth About Chuck Norris: 400 facts about the World's Greatest Human" in November. Author Ian Spector and two Web sites he runs to promote the book, including www.truthaboutchuck.com, are also named in the suit. The book capitalizes on "mythical facts" that have been circulating on the Internet since 2005 that poke fun at Norris' tough-guy image and super-human abilities, the suit said.

It includes such humorous "facts" as "Chuck Norris's tears cure cancer. Too bad he has never cried" and "Chuck Norris does not sleep. He waits," the suit said, as well as "Chuck Norris can charge a cell phone by rubbing it against his beard." "Some of the 'facts' in the book are racist, lewd or portray Mr. Norris as engaged in illegal activities," the lawsuit alleges.
Norris says that fans might think the "facts" real, which raises the question of the intelligence level of his fans. In any event, one other exciting fact we learned from the lawsuit is that Chuck's real name is Carlos Ray Norris.

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Fri, 21 Dec 2007 18:00:00 EST
Karl Rove has inked a deal to write his memoirs.
GOP strategist Karl Rove has agreed to write about his years as an adviser to President Bush in a deal worth over $1.5 million with former colleague Mary Matalin's conservative imprint at Simon & Schuster, officials said Friday. Rove, the architect of Bush's 2000 and 2004 presidential campaigns and one of the most influential political advisers of his time, signed the deal with Threshold Editions, the imprint's publisher and executive vice president Louise Burke said.

"All of us at Threshold are thrilled to publish the book from the man who had the president's ear for two terms," Burke said. Rove's agent, attorney Robert Barnett, said Threshold was chosen over eight other bidding publishers. Threshold didn't say how much Rove would be paid, but the bidding reached at least $1.5 million, two publishing officials familiar with the bidding told The Associated Press. The official spoke on condition of anonymity, a standard industry practice. Rove said in a statement that the memoir would offer "a candid, careful look" at Bush's presidency and his role in it.

"It will tackle and shed light on important events and big controversies, spell out their implications for America and set the record straight," he said. Publishers earlier this year had expressed reservations after Rove announced he would write about his White House years, wondering how much he would reveal.
Will he really dish the dirt? That's the question that other publishers had about the project. If he is, the title will sell because he's the ultimate insider to the Bush administration.

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Thu, 20 Dec 2007 20:15:00 EST
A source at Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has denied reports that the company was going to sell off HarperCollins to Bertlesmann, which had offered $1 billion for the publisher.
News Corp is not in discussions with Europe's biggest media company Bertelsmann AG BERT.UL or any other party on the sale of its book publisher HarperCollins, a News Corp source said, shooting down a published report. German business weekly publication manager magazin reported without quoting sources that Bertelsmann was interested in buying publisher HarperCollins for $1 billion, adding that Murdoch was demanding $2 billion.

Bertelsmann declined comment on Wednesday. News Corp said it does not comment on speculation. Speculation over the sale of the News Corp division that published Nobel prize winning novelist Doris Lessing has dogged the company for years. Bertelsmann's new chief executive, Hartmut Ostrowski, said last week that the company, Europe's biggest media firm, wants to spend up to 7 billion euros ($10.1 billion) to grow over the next five years.
It's very interesting that neither company will issue a formal statement denying the sale. Who is this "source" anyway? We're not convinced that Murdoch hasn't considered a sale.

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Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:12:56 GMT
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 16:01:13 GMT
In turning again to the writings of Abraham Joshua Heschel, which had such an impact in the 1950s and ?60s, I was startled by how much vitality they still possess.
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 03:52:15 GMT
Readers who long for instant clarity will be frustrated, but this smart, audacious work becomes as gripping as a good thriller.
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:22:44 GMT
Sheldon M. Novick?s James led a life as emotionally, sexually and financially complex as those of the characters in his fiction.
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:25:34 GMT
Will Self travels highways and byways ? on foot ? to reveal a different way of seeing.
Sat, 22 Dec 2007 19:26:39 GMT
Poems from four decades by an author who was uprooted in the struggle against apartheid.
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:07:00 GMT
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Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:07:00 GMT
Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster has accused referee Rodrguez Domnguez of robbing his team of part-timers of a certain victory by awarding the penalty that enabled Alicante to level the scores in their midweek Copa del Rey clash last Wednesday. Schuster
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:04:00 GMT
Despite fierce competition from machines with more than twice the memory and price points hundreds of dollars lower, Apples (AAPL) white 120 GB MacBook has captured the top spot on Amazons (AMZN) list of bestselling computers this Christmas eve. Helped
Sun, 23 Dec 2007 16:19:00 GMT
Real Madrid coach Bernd Schuster has accused referee Rodrguez Domnguez of robbing his team of part-timers of a certain victory by awarding the penalty that enabled Alicante to level the scores in their midweek Copa del Rey clash last Wednesday. Schuster
Sun, 23 Dec 2007 12:22:00 GMT
Partnership Launches With 'Create and Share' Writing Contest for Aspiring Authors International News / Press Release source: Copyright . All Rights Reserv
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 20:00:11 GMT
2007-12-19T18:42:00+00:00
Ben Rothke writes "Information security is a hot career area and is among the strongest fields within IT for growth and opportunity. With excellent long-term career prospects, increasing cybersecurity vulnerabilities and an increase in security & privacy regulations and legislation, the demand for security professionals is significant. Even with a bright future, that does not necessarily mean that a career in information security is right for everyone. What differentiates an excellent security professional from a mediocre one is their passion for the job. With that, IT Security Interviews Exposed is a mixed bag of a book. For those that are looking for an information security spot and have the requisite passion for the job, much of the information should already be known. For someone who lacks that passion and simply wants a security job, their lack of breadth will show and the information in the book likely won't be helpful, unless they have a photographic memory to remember all of the various data points." Read below for the rest of Ben's review.

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2007-12-12T19:30:00+00:00
Michael J. Ross writes "For Web developers who appreciate the value of separating Web content from its presentation, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) has proved a godsend, because it allows all of the styling of a Web site to be organized in CSS files separate from the site's semantic content, in HTML files (possibly dynamically generated). Yet to make this styling power possible, CSS must incorporate a long list of syntax elements, including hundreds of selectors, properties, and values. Thus it can be quite handy for the developer to have on hand a concise summary of CSS, such as the CSS Pocket Reference, authored by Eric A. Meyer." Read on for the rest of Michael's review.

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2007-12-10T19:32:00+00:00
Craig Maloney writes "Throughout the years, there have been many clones and re-implementations of the venerable vi editor. One variant of vi that emerged and stayed with us is VIM. Since its introduction, VIM has proven itself a worthy successor to the traditional vi editor. VIM has rightfully taken the place of standard vi implementations as the spiritual successor to vi, completely replacing the vi editor on many, if not all of the current Linux distributions. Many improvements have been made to VIM such as tabs, spell checking, folding, and many, many more. However many of these new enhancements may still remain hidden to anyone who isn't keeping up on the cutting edge of VIM development. Hacking VIM is a good resource for becoming more familiar with the new features of VIM and how to make them work best for you." Read below for the rest of Craig's review.

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A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini -- $14.27
The Pillars of the Earth (Deluxe Edition) (Oprah's Book Club), by Ken Follett -- $14.97
World Without End, by Ken Follett -- $19.25
Water for Elephants: A Novel, by Sara Gruen -- $8.37
The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini -- $8.99
Double Cross (Alex Cross), by James Patterson -- $16.79
Stone Cold (The Camel Club), by David Baldacci -- $16.19
For One More Day, by Mitch Albom -- $13.17
Love in the Time of Cholera (Oprah's Book Club), by Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- $8.97
Home to Holly Springs (Father Tim, Book 1), by Jan Karon -- $16.17
Mon, 24 Dec 2007 19:53:05 GMT
I Am America (And So Can You!), by Stephen Colbert -- $16.19
An Inconvenient Book: Real Solutions to the World's Biggest Problems, by Glenn Beck -- $15.60
Our Dumb World: The Onion's Atlas of the Planet Earth, 73rd Edition, by The Onion -- $16.79
The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court, by Jeffrey Toobin -- $16.77
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin -- $8.99
The Age of Turbulence: Adventures in a New World, by Alan Greenspan -- $20.99
The World Without Us, by Alan Weisman -- $14.97
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals, by Michael Pollan -- $9.60
Guinness World Records 2008 (Guinness World Records), by Guinness World Records -- $17.37
The Book of General Ignorance, by John Mitchinson and John Lloyd -- $11.97
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