| The B-17 Experience: Way Outside the Box
I've probably seen about every WW II air-battle movie ever made, and several of them many times. That's because I grew up in the days when those movies were king, and the heroes of the Greatest Generation were still fresh on everyone's mind. And though many of those movies blur in my brain now, scenes from some of them remain fresh. The fearsome struggles of brave B-17 crews seem to stand above them all. I mean, what could be more frightening or take more guts than to lumber along in a big-old, thin-skinned plane while flak exploded all around you - and then lumber on in a straight line while death-spitting German fighters swarmed you like piranhas on raw meat? For a large chunk of a lifetime those movie scenes were all the B-17 was to me. The thought of a close encounter with one was only a childhood fantasy, put away in that same dusty box where slugging a homer to win the World Series slumbered.
Tokyo Sends An Official Review for Spider-Man 3
I don't want to build up the hype train too much for Spider-Man 3, but hearing two fans rave about the film and then having an official report to back them up is hard to pass up.
Spider-Man 3 Screening Report
The screening reports yesterday claimed that Spider-Man 3 was the best Spidy installment yet. Things were off to a good start, but sometimes fans can get a bit over-excited. Fortunately, the official press is beginning to announce their own opinions of the third Spider-Man installment and they so far agree.
Reuters delivers a report straight from Tokyo:
"Spider-Man 3" is packed with stunning special effects such as the crumbling, morphing Sandman and an evil black suit that brings out a person's dark side, but the characters also show a psychological complexity rarely seen in action movies.
Kimberly's Blog updated 4/20
This is the first chance I've had to blog this week, as you can imagine. As we've been saying during our newscasts and special reports, our thoughts and prayers go out to everyone who lost a family member, friend or other loved one in the terrible tragedy Monday at Virginia Tech. So much attention this week has been focused on the gunman, Cho Seung Hui. And yes, investigators need to sort through many disturbing pieces of that puzzle, as well as determine how well the response was in the hours that followed the first shooting spree. However, it's the victims that we need to remember most. We've tried our best to show respect to them and their families as we tell their stories. Each time a new name is released, and we see pictures of that person alive and happy and vibrant, it just breaks my heart.
Rural schools struggle to lure pupils
VietNamNet Bridge – Educating students in rural areas can be a challenge because there is often little support for formal studies, let alone reading and writing, from villagers in the beginning, according to teachers. Making parents understand the importance of learning is the only way to get students into classrooms, says Bui Thi Ly, a teacher at the Son La Provincial School in Ba Kha Village, located in Moc Chau District. The kindergarten teacher used to live in a village about 30km outside the district. Ly says she knows what these children are going through as she also suffered from poverty before going to school. Education gave Ly an opportunity for a better life, she says, and that's exactly what she wanted to give to these poverty-stricken children when she began teaching in 1997.
Miranda S-250 Travel Guitar
From an early age, I wanted to learn to play the guitar. I took a few lessons here and there through the years, but for the most part taught myself from books and tapes. I never was a very good player, but that hasn't stopped my love of the instrument and music. I've had several guitars, from electric to acoustic, to even a mini electric that I built myself using a kit. I even had a dial up BBS back in the day completely devoted to TAB (tablature files) that was named CrossRoads BBS. I haven't made time to play for years and years, but just recently decided to try to revive the desire. What better way to do that, then to buy a new guitar! I didn't want or need another regular acoustic since I already have a very nice small bodied Collings. I didn't want an electric because I don't have an amp.
Online Advanced Placement classes available from APS
Students from across the state will have the opportunity to enroll in free online exam reviews as they prepare for tests in their Advanced Placement classes next month. "I am very pleased that the Albuquerque Public Schools and the New Mexico Learning Network were able to join forces to offer this exciting educational opportunity to students not only in Albuquerque, but across the state," said Albuquerque Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Elizabeth Everitt. She noted that the district had been working to make the online reviews available to APS students and by joining with the Learning Network worked out a deal to offer the reviews to all New Mexico students at no charge. "We have teamed with an established provider of online exam reviews, the Florida Virtual School, to provide this opportunity and to promote academic achievement for New Mexico students," said Dr.
Amid Va. Tech horror: experiencing, not just getting, the news
Images of the terror, death and grief at Virginia Tech would be expected to linger with Americans for a long time. Think “Columbine" — then consider all that this single word still conjures up, many years after the 1999 high school shooting rampage there. But something will be different this time about our collective memories: Our “24/7," transparent, high-tech communications era is bringing us “reality" from Blacksburg as never before. The sounds of gunfire, caught on cell-phone video. The sights of armed police and emergency personnel running, pointing, searching. The anguish and pain of students mere moments after reaching safety. Thousands of pages of reaction, comment and new information, according to news reports, were available within 48 hours on social-networking sites like facebook.com and MySpace.
Family briefs
Local children's book creators Caralyn and Mark Buehner try to get it "just right" in their take on the Goldilocks fairy tale. The Salt Lake City couple will read from and sign Goldilocks and the Three Bears, (Dial Books for Young Readers, $16.99) at 11 a.m. April 28 at The King's English Bookshop, 1511 S. 1500 East, Salt Lake City.
The Buehners will read from Caralyn's text, to be followed by a brief demonstration by illustrator Mark. The event is free and open to the public.
Utah readers may find the book's setting familiar. The bears' house is a log cabin in a forest filled with evergreens, surrounded by snow-capped mountains and bisected by a trout-filled stream.
As usually, the Buehners have hidden animals on each page for children to find.
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