The Almanac
Today is Monday, July 24, the 205th day of 2006 with 160 to follow. The moon is new. The morning stars are Mercury, Venus, Uranus and Neptune. The evening stars are Jupiter, Mars, Saturn and Pluto.
Source: www.upi.com
Deals
Enjoy the Grand Prix from the host hotel, the Sainte Claire, when the race comes to downtown San Jose next weekend. The hotel has released another block of rooms for the event. This package combines a nightly room rate of $239 (no view) or $259 (view), a pair of three-day race festival passes and cocktails in the hotel's newly restored bar. Savings range from $40 (non-view) to $135 (view room).
Source: www.mercurynews.com
Element of human kindness
The name of the book is "Elemental." It is the perfect name on so many levels. The short story anthology offers almost every known element of speculative fiction, from military science fiction with David Drake's "The Day of Glory," to fantasy fun with Esther M. Friesner's "Abduction ad Absurdum."
Source: www.dnj.com
(AFX UK Focus) 2006-07-13 10:19 GMT: Stockholm shares firmly lower midmorning on Wall St losses, oil, Q2 nerves
STOCKHOLM (AFX) - Stockholm shares were slightly firmly lower in midmorning trade as rising oil prices, overnight losses on Wall Street and mounting tension in the Middle East combined with nervousness before the second-quarter reporting season prompted losses across the board, brokers said.
Source: www.iii.co.uk
