Oxford magic puts spring into patients’ stride
The News Review:
- Oxford magic puts spring into patients’ stride
- Terminus programming deadline extended
- Reap rewards of 2008’s crop of new books
- Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus give the ‘Best of Both Worlds’
Oxford magic puts spring into patients’ stride
NEWS.com.au - Jan 29, 2008
I was one of three surgeons in the UK who was putting in these implants," he says. "When I left in 2006 we had done 50. "Gallagher describes the atmosphere at Oxford as "Harry Potter-like". "It seemed very sexy at the time to be involved with the university. We got to go to a lot of high table dinners which was very Harry Potter," he says. "I was in a college which only pre-dated Captain Cook’s arrival in Australia so it was fairly new in comparison with some of the other colleges. They still sweep the lawns with those straw brooms…
"Gallagher describes the atmosphere at Oxford as "Harry Potter-like". "It seemed very sexy at the time to be involved with the university. We got to go to a lot of high table dinners which was very Harry Potter," he says. "I was in a college which only pre-dated Captain Cook’s arrival in Australia so it was fairly new in comparison with some of the other colleges. They still sweep the lawns with those straw brooms. "Everyone is a rocket scientist or the equivalent. "We’d sit down to these high table dinners and I’d be sitting next to an astrophysicist and I’d have nothing really to offer but they’d take pity on me because I was from Down Under.
Terminus programming deadline extended
Wizard News - Jan 29, 2008
“The programming for Terminus is drawn from the proposals made to the conference,” noted Hallie Tibbetts, a Lead Event Organizer. “We invite scholars, professionals, and fans to share their analyses and interests surrounding Harry Potter and the related phenomenon with our attendees. Between the release of the final book and the continued fan interest, there are still hundreds of avenues to explore in presentations, and there’s nothing quite so exciting as discussing Harry Potter with over a thousand other attendees who understand the allure of the books, films, and fan community. ” The conference welcomes proposals for papers (solo and pre-empaneled), panels, workshops, and roundtable discussions. In addition, there are presentation options for fanfiction readings, fan art and craft portfolios, and gallery art, and interactive booths for writing, editing, drawing, and art critique. Terminus is presented by Narrate Conferences, Inc.
Reap rewards of 2008’s crop of new books
Deseret News - Jan 29, 2008
Manga has become big business internationally and there will be dozens of novels, adaptations of old classics and folk literature available in picture format this season. Examples are “Amulet” by Scholastic and Hyperion’s “Thoreau at Walden,” based on writing from Henry David Thoreau. Editors are capitalizing on characters that have made their mark, such as the “Harry Potter” look-alikes, children succeeding on their own initiative, and those that exit for adventure to the “otherworld. ” Books in series format continue to be the rage, whether there are repeated characters (”Pendragon”), familiar settings (”Magic Tree House”) or recurring mystery (”The A to Z Mysteries”). Science fiction themes (robots, time and body shifting and international terrorists) often appear in series format.
Hannah Montana and Miley Cyrus give the ‘Best of Both Worlds’
USA Today - Jan 29, 2008
Butler says the movie made January the most heavily trafficked month in the service’s seven-year history, eclipsing last July, when Transformers and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix opened. Even with its limited run, Butler predicts Hannah Montana will be February’s highest-grossing movie. Last weekend, advance orders for the film outsold Meet the Spartans, the weekend’s top movie with a gross of $18. This week, it accounts for more than 90% of Fandango’s sales.