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Shut Up and Write leaves procrastinating authors with no excuses
James Michener’s advice to novice writers? “Be sure your novel is read by Rodgers and Hammerstein.”
Read more on The Colonial

WWII struggle chronicled in Neptunes Inferno’
Mark Lardas reviews Neptunes Inferno, by James D. Hornfischer.
Read more on Galveston County Daily News

Revelry around the world
NEW YORK (AP) – Revelers smooched and cheered the famous ball drop in New York’s Times Square as the largest New Year’s Eve celebration in the U.S. ushered in 2011. Most tried to set aside concerns about the worldwide economic downturn as partiers from New Zealand to Asia to Europe toasted to hopes of a more prosperous year to come.
Read more on North Platte Telegraph

Some cool south pacific images:

Image by Matter = Energy
Avon river meets South Pacific. Christchurch, New Zealand.
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South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide

Image by prc1333
South Pacific in 1970, 35 mm slide

This is not Israel’s year in the Oscar races
“The Human Resources Manager” struck out early in the best foreign-language film competition, while the documentary feature “Precious Life” was short-listed among the 15 semi-finalists but didn’t make the final five cut.
Read more on The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles

After weeks in a sparse studio, a production comes to life on stage
Andrew Samonsky, who plays Joshua and other roles in the La Jolla Playhouse’s “Little Miss Sunshine,” will recount his experiences for six weeks in Arts.
Read more on San Diego Union-Tribune

Strong earthquake strikes south of Fiji
SUVA, Fiji (AP) – A strong 6.4-magnitude earthquake has struck in waters south of Fiji. There are no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no tsunami warning has been issued.
Read more on The Star

B.C. scientist hopes to extract aviator Amelia Earhart’s DNA from her letters
VANCOUVER – More than seven decades after aviator Amelia Earhart disappeared while attempting her ill-fated flight around the world, a B.C. scientist hopes to extract DNA from letters she wrote to loved ones.
Read more on Brandon Sun

Fatalities rumoured in major New Zealand earthquake
A powerful earthquake hit the New Zealand city of Christchurch on Tuesday, collapsing buildings, burying vehicles under debris and sending rescuers scrambling to help trapped people amid reports of multiple deaths.
Read more on Hamilton Spectator

A few nice south pacific images I found:

Takapuna, North Shore City, Auckland, New Zealand

Image by Sandy Austin
Fossil forest lava flow

Megan Alatini interviewing cast

Image by throng

May 2007 162

Image by throng

Some cool south pacific images:

South Pacific Curtain Call in New York on Christmas Day

Image by ralph and jenny
Christmas Day 2008 performance of South Pacific. Very, very good. The orchestra conductor is at lower right.

255/365 Backstage

Image by kcolwell
A WWII era prop microphone for South Pacific sits backstage waiting to do its part.
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A few nice south pacific images I found:

Earth Full South Pacific

Image by FlyingSinger
Earth view from Orbiter (level 9 Blue Marble texures).

Paradise

Image by andrew_c_hilton
A view of the island of Moorea and her islands from the Sheraton Over Water Bungelows; view is towards Opunohu Bay

Flying over the South Pacific in Slow Motion

Image by Wanderself

Europe set for landmark launch with robot freighter
A robot freighter is poised to blast into the skies on Tuesday in the heftiest liftoff in Europe’s space programme that will also bring its tally of launches to a historic 200.
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Europe set for landmark launch with robot freighter
A robot freighter is poised to blast into the skies on Tuesday in the heftiest liftoff in Europe’s space programme that will also bring its tally of launches to a historic 200.
Read more on AFP via Yahoo! Singapore News

Europe set for landmark launch with robot freighter
A robot freighter is poised to blast into the skies on Tuesday in the heftiest liftoff in Europe’s space programme that will also bring its tally of launches to a historic 200.
Read more on AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News

A few nice south pacific images I found:

one world

Image by Genista
The biggest mosaic to date made from the Long Line group tiles. Look at the large or original sizes to see the individual tiles.

Large size (1024×717) | Original size (6000×4200)

Every tile is a square photograph with a line running through it, connecting to neighboring tiles. The algorithm used for creating this mosaic makes sure that there is just a single branching line that connects every point on the map with every other point. Unfortunately, in this image it doesn’t wrap around on the sides.

Tiles used are by
dwstucke (1181)
Genista (2366)
dotpolka (266)
lifeinpixels (389)
Studio H (119)
groovy mother… (14)
Voodoo Zebra (13)
curiouskiwi (25)
squeak_ (9)
The Department (6)
otherthings (62)
dano272 (5)
vitch (22)
jbum (3)

South Pacific

Image by kevindooley
South Pacific

South Pacific Sept-Oct 1991 Indonesia 004

Image by osseous

Report: Twitter chased by Facebook, Google for up to B
Executives from Facebook, Google and other companies have held talks with Twitter over a possible acquisition of the micro-blogging service, pushing its estimated value as high as $US10 billion, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.
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Dollar Drops as Fed Chief Says Unemployment to Stay ‘Elevated’
The dollar fell for a third day against the currencies of major U.S. trade partners as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the unemployment rate is likely to remain high “for some time.”
Read more on BusinessWeek

Nantucket Whaler Lost in Pacific Tells Its Tale at Last
Researchers say they have found the wreck of the Two Brothers, which went down west of Hawaii exactly 188 years ago.
Read more on New York Times