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Dec. 2nd, 2012
Just because someone is less prone to sharing their feelings does not mean they don't have them. That said
I remember being told by South American visitors to Canada that North Americans are cold and distant but that was 40 years ago, which is enough time for cultural standards to change.
People in the Americas are just exuberant. Every nation on the North and South American continents ranked highly on the survey. Americans and Canadians are both among the 15 most emotional countries in the world, as well as ten Latin countries. The only non-American countries in the top 15, other than the Philippines, are the Arab nations of Oman and Bahrain, both of which rank very highly.
I remember being told by South American visitors to Canada that North Americans are cold and distant but that was 40 years ago, which is enough time for cultural standards to change.
The Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship enables writers of color to attend one of the Clarion writing workshops, where Octavia got her start. It furthers Octavia's legacy by providing the same experience/opportunity that Octavia had to future generations of new writers of color. In addition to her stint as a student at the original Clarion Writers Workshop in Pennsylvania in 1970, Octavia taught several times for Clarion West in Seattle, Washington, and Clarion in East Lansing, Michigan, giving generously of her time to a cause she believed in.
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Which is why I didn't mention it until now. Also, I am increasingly convinced efforts like it are close to pointless:
Locus Online is hosting, during the month of November 2012, a poll for the best novels and short fiction of the 20th and 21st centuries, the first such poll Locus has conducted since those hosted by the Magazine in 1975, 1987, and 1998 (with an online supplemental poll in 1999). The scope for this poll is the 20th century, 1901 to 2000, and the first decade of the 21st century, 2001 to 2010.
Also of historical interest: 2000 Plus
Dec. 2nd, 2012 07:27 pm2000 Plus
2000 Plus (aka Two Thousand Plus and 2000+) was an American old-time radio series that ran on the Mutual Broadcasting System from March 15, 1950 to January 2, 1952 in various 30-minute time slots. A Dryer Weenolsen production, it was the first adult science fiction series on radio, airing one month prior to the better known Dimension X.
Question for DC fans
Dec. 2nd, 2012 09:20 pmInspired by watching Phantom of the Opera on TV: has Bruce Wayne ever taken on interest in the opera?