A wound in the world

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) - British scientists have embarked on a mission to study a huge area on the Atlantic seabed where the Earth's crust is mysteriously missing and instead is covered with dark green rock from deep inside the planet.

[What's interesting about this story is tracking who mentions the Cardiff connection and who doesn't. Is there an anti-Welsh contingent at the CBC?]

A wound in the world

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) - British scientists have embarked on a mission to study a huge area on the Atlantic seabed where the Earth's crust is mysteriously missing and instead is covered with dark green rock from deep inside the planet.

[What's interesting about this story is tracking who mentions the Cardiff connection and who doesn't. Is there an anti-Welsh contingent at the CBC?]

A wound in the world

SANTA CRUZ DE TENERIFE, Canary Islands (AP) - British scientists have embarked on a mission to study a huge area on the Atlantic seabed where the Earth's crust is mysteriously missing and instead is covered with dark green rock from deep inside the planet.

[What's interesting about this story is tracking who mentions the Cardiff connection and who doesn't. Is there an anti-Welsh contingent at the CBC?]

Is The 300 yet another example of liberal Hollywood's hatred for core American values

Ragnell on The 300:

"I won't watch The 300 because the trailer makes it look like Anti-American propaganda."

Is The 300 yet another example of liberal Hollywood's hatred for core American values

Ragnell on The 300:

"I won't watch The 300 because the trailer makes it look like Anti-American propaganda."

Is The 300 yet another example of liberal Hollywood's hatred for core American values

Ragnell on The 300:

"I won't watch The 300 because the trailer makes it look like Anti-American propaganda."

Take that, outdated values of yesteryear!

Spoilers for recent Marvel comics:

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Take that, outdated values of yesteryear!

Spoilers for recent Marvel comics:

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Take that, outdated values of yesteryear!

Spoilers for recent Marvel comics:

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A useless epiphany

The FTL device used in Joe Haldeman's Mindbridge (1976)? It's a Zeta Ray.

A useless epiphany

The FTL device used in Joe Haldeman's Mindbridge (1976)? It's a Zeta Ray.

A useless epiphany

The FTL device used in Joe Haldeman's Mindbridge (1976)? It's a Zeta Ray.

When Badly Thought-Out Plans Go Unexpectedly Awry

Is there such a thing as being too creative when it comes to publicity? The Cartoon Network, which recently sparked a terrorism alert in Boston and paid a big fine, would be inclined to say yes. As might Algonquin Books, after itsoffbeat publicity campaign for its lead fall title prompted a call to the Massachusetts State Police. Trying to create buzz for Brock Clarke's September novel, An Arsonist's Guide to Writers Homes in New England, the house mailed a one-page, seemingly handwritten letter to book review editors and members of the press last Friday. The missive, on paper decorated with roses and butterflies addresses a Mr. Pulsifer, and implores him to "burn down Edith Wharton's house." The note, signed "Sincerely, Beatrice Hutchins, Lenox, MA," makes no mention of a book, publisher or publicity effort, nor that Pulsifer and Hutchins are characters from a novel.

When Badly Thought-Out Plans Go Unexpectedly Awry

Is there such a thing as being too creative when it comes to publicity? The Cartoon Network, which recently sparked a terrorism alert in Boston and paid a big fine, would be inclined to say yes. As might Algonquin Books, after itsoffbeat publicity campaign for its lead fall title prompted a call to the Massachusetts State Police. Trying to create buzz for Brock Clarke's September novel, An Arsonist's Guide to Writers Homes in New England, the house mailed a one-page, seemingly handwritten letter to book review editors and members of the press last Friday. The missive, on paper decorated with roses and butterflies addresses a Mr. Pulsifer, and implores him to "burn down Edith Wharton's house." The note, signed "Sincerely, Beatrice Hutchins, Lenox, MA," makes no mention of a book, publisher or publicity effort, nor that Pulsifer and Hutchins are characters from a novel.

When Badly Thought-Out Plans Go Unexpectedly Awry

Is there such a thing as being too creative when it comes to publicity? The Cartoon Network, which recently sparked a terrorism alert in Boston and paid a big fine, would be inclined to say yes. As might Algonquin Books, after itsoffbeat publicity campaign for its lead fall title prompted a call to the Massachusetts State Police. Trying to create buzz for Brock Clarke's September novel, An Arsonist's Guide to Writers Homes in New England, the house mailed a one-page, seemingly handwritten letter to book review editors and members of the press last Friday. The missive, on paper decorated with roses and butterflies addresses a Mr. Pulsifer, and implores him to "burn down Edith Wharton's house." The note, signed "Sincerely, Beatrice Hutchins, Lenox, MA," makes no mention of a book, publisher or publicity effort, nor that Pulsifer and Hutchins are characters from a novel.