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Hometown: Cary, NC Branch of Service: Army Air Corps Location of Service: Europe Hal Shook Interview Question: Tell me where you were living and how you got involved with the Army Air Corps? http://wwii.unctv.org/hal-shook

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Hal Shook Oral History Interview

http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/291479-1 Hal Shook talked about his experiences during World War II, including flying fighter sweeps during the June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Normandy. The National World War II Museum in New Orleans conducted oral ..

MAPLight.org Launch Political-Influence Tracker | Threat Level

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/influence-tracker/ Build your own Influence Tracker by selecting a senator or representative.
Many of our greatest authors have also inked memorable short stories.

10 Websites Where You Can Enjoy Reading Short Stories and Flash Fiction

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/10-websites-enjoy-reading-short-stories-flash-fiction/
A newer board, this is one of my favorite.

A 4chan Directory - The 48 Forums on 4chan That Aren't /b/

http://www.urlesque.com/2010/10/27/4chan-directory-48-forums/
Score! 13 of the World’s Coolest & Craziest Stadiums Article by Steph , filed under Public & Institutional in the Architecture category.

Score! 13 of the Worlds Coolest & Craziest Stadiums : WebUrbanist

http://weburbanist.com/2010/10/15/score-13-of-the-worlds-coolest-craziest-stadiums/
http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/09/ff_wiredu/ <img src="/magazine/wp-content/images/18-10/ff_wiredu_background0b.jpg" alt="Course Catalog"> It’s the 21st century. Knowing how to read a novel, craft an essay, and derive the slope of a tangent isn’t enough anymore.

7 Essential Skills You Didn&#39;t Learn in College | Magazine

http://www.theofantastique.com/2010/08/15/american-horror-film-james-kendrick-and-spiritual-horror-films/ As previously noted here in a discussion based upon an article in , there is a growing body of academic books exploring horror films. One of those books is , edited by Steffen Hantke (University Press of Mississippi, 2010).

A meeting place for myth, imagination, and mystery in pop culture.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graveyard_poets The "Graveyard Poets" ,also termed “Churchyard Poets” [ 1 ] or "the Boneyard Boys” [ 2 ] were a number of pre-Romantic English poets of the 18th century characterised by their gloomy meditations on mortality , 'skulls and coffins, epitaphs and worms' [ 3 ] in the context of the graveyard.

Graveyard poets

Amusing Ourselves to Death by Stuart McMillen - cartoon Recombinant Records

This webpage originally contained a comic adaptation of part of the foreword to Neil Postman 's book Amusing Ourselves to Death . http://www.recombinantrecords.net/docs/2009-05-Amusing-Ourselves-to-Death.html

OpenSky: Website lets authors sell directly to consumers - latimes.com

Reporting from New York — About a year ago Mary Ann Naples had a holy-cow moment.

The Best Magazine Articles Ever

The following are suggestions for the best magazine articles (in English) ever. Stars denote how many times a correspondent has suggested it. Submitter comments are in italics.

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The Ballad of the Long-Legged Bait by Dylan Thomas The bows glided down, and the coast Blackened with birds took a last look At his thrashing hair and whale-blue eye; The trodden town rang its cobbles for luck.
It's disappointing to haul a book home from the library or shell out hard-earned cash at the bookstore only to settle in at home and find you don't enjoy it one bit. Stock your reading list with these five great recommendation services. Photo by Zitona .

Five Best Book Recommendation Services

Caldecott Medal The Caldecott Medal , which honors the best children's picture book of the year, is awarded annually by the Association for Library Service to Children, a division of the American Library Association.

Caldecott Medal - LibrarySpot.com Awards