Summary: Whers... we've all heard of them but what are they exactly? Cousins to the dragons no doubt... vicious? Yet one of them saved Lessa... and they have been known to risk their lives, indeed give their lives for humans.... Unlike recently they were misunderstood creatures who did not hold the interest of anyone save a very few. Now it has been discovered they can Impress just as dragons can.

Summary: An art movement begun in the twenties based on the artistic representation of the "real functioning of the mind."

Summary: Everybody! Everybody! Go check out the Strongbad Emails and Teen Girl Squad. Everybody loves these things.

Summary: Although considered invaluable by some, this dangerous activity is destroying our arctic tundra and all the animals that go with it. How can we compromise and save the unique arctic environment while continuing to get the oil that our society needs?

Summary: The sociopolitical schema of Charles Dickens' holiday classic

Summary: The Chronicles of Narnia, written by C.S. Lewis is one of the best loved classics. Its rich, in-depth look into a different place takes everyone back to the wonderment of discovering the new world every time they read it. Sons of Adam and Daughters of Eve, come into the magical lands through the wardrobe. Fifty-five years later... it has come to the big screen. The first of (hopefully) many was released nation wide on December 9th, 2005.

Summary: Do we really only use 10% of our brain? And what about this right brain/left brain theory?

Summary: "Would you be interested in publishing a time bomb that I have just finished putting together? It is a novel of 459 typewritten pages." Thus Nabokov pitched 'Lolita' to publishers.

Summary: You thought it was simply a research tool... think again. Get the latest on the controversy behind one of the largest and most popular internet tools.

Summary: Hotpaks for the holidays! Gift ideas, recipes, strange trivia, holiday entertainment and more

Summary: If you don't know by now, you will soon.

Summary: Use the Jeteye Sidebar extension with Firefox to make sense of your web browsing. Create jetpaks to easily communicate your ideas without disrupting your current task.

Summary: They went through a mysterious gate of unknown alien technology, to discover a world populated with humans that had been enslaved by an Egyptian-like ruler called Ra. Yet this world was merely a sliver of a greater empire... It started as a movie, and now a spin off and many characters later it has become one of the popular science-fiction television series. It is now in its 10th season, which is one of the longest that any television show has run (aside from soap operas).

Summary: Puffed with imperious power, an arrogant Rice denied allegations of US torture in the four-years-plus "War on Terror" ... but she's recently changed her tune.

Summary: Got a guitar player on your Christmas shopping list?

Summary: Several of the most popular blogs on things political.

Summary: Rose quartz is one of the most desirable varieties of quartz. It has many uses, including cleansing the heart chakra.

Summary: ahh Internet Fantasy Football leagues.. what Sunday would be complete without them? Start here if you've never played, or make a Jetpack of your own to brag about your team!

Summary: The second television series by Matt Groening, creator of the Simpsons. Set in the future, the year 3000.

Summary: Would Oprah Winfrey be a perfect Democratic Candidate for President in 2008?

Summary: 20% of the world's population is suffering from starvation. That's 1/5 of the people on Mother Earth disappearing from the simple fact they have nothing to eat. 20,000 people a day die from it.

Summary: "The toughest job you'll ever love." This independent federal agency was founded by JF Kennedy, and went to their first country (Ghana) in 1960, just before the Vietnam War. So... What is it? Who they are and how they help the world. Resources for potential Peace Corps volunteers, and what the RPCVs are doing now.

Summary: Spend less creating a quality home recording studio than what most professional studios would charge for a single session. Seem complicated? It's not, really.

Summary: Think hurricanes and earthquakes are bad? They could be the least of our worries...

Summary: Anabolic steroids -- or more precisely, anabolic-androgenic steroids -- are the synthetic derivatives of the naturally occurring male anabolic hormone testosterone. Both anabolic and androgenic have origins from the Greek: anabolic, meaning "to build," and androgenic, meaning "masculinizing."

Summary: Technology Headlines and Notables

Summary: As a Reagan administration lawyer in 1985, Samuel Alito made clear his hope that the Supreme Court would one day overturn a landmark ruling that established abortion rights.

Summary: Following the use of sound and noise as a weapon for crowd control.

Summary: She's as famous as the Statue of Liberty. Despite attacks by both liberals and neocons for her ongoing attempt to publish "All the news that's fit to print," the famous "Gray Lady" remains the uncontested international paper of record. When the Times talks, the world listens.

Summary: Obviously some controversy is stirred when action movie stars condemn nobel peace nominees to death. Celebrities and activists alike pleaded with Schwarzenegger to grant clemency to crips co-founder Stan "Tookie" Williams, who was execyted December 13. Did he deserve it?

Summary: Controversy is brewing over MIT Media Lab's project to build and distribute millions of $100 laptops to children in remote regions of the world. The goal of the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) organization was announced by Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte at Tunis' WSIS metting. Brazil already plans to purchase 1 million laptops; China, 3 million. The laptops will measure roughly 10" x 8" with 1 gigabyte of flash memory and at least two USB ports for plugging in external devices. Hewlett Packard is working on software for the laptops and several companies are working on inexpensive compatable printers.

Summary: What do Sting Theory and Intelligent Design have in common?

Summary: A few links leading to that wizard who is beloved by many children and adults alike. Over the years in print and film audiences have watched Harry Potter and his friends grow and learn, becoming more powerful and more endearing with each passing novel and movie.

Summary: L'absinthe: the "green fairy" and its influence on Paris cafe society and an evolving definition of what constitutes art.

Summary: A primer. The groups, the meetings, the theories, and the goals associated with addressing the Global Digital Divide and meeting the Millennium Goals.