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Featuring an all-star cast including Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, and Ed Harris in an Oscar-nominated turn as Mission Control Director Gene Kranz, Apollo 13 is a suspenseful yet inspiring tribute to the achievements of American space exploration. With nine Academy Award nom...
Film:“Lady Bird”Distributed by: A24Written by: Greta GerwigProduced by: Scott Rudin, Eli Bush, Evelyn O’NeillSynopsis: In 2002, an artistically inclined seventeen-year-old girl comes of age in Sacramento, California. Other Oscar nominations: director, actress (Saoirse Ronan), supporting actres...
Written by: Steven Zaillian, Aaron Sorkin, Stan Chervin (based on “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game” by Michael Lewis) Stars: Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright, Chris Pratt, Jack McGee, Arliss Howard, Chris Pratt Oscar Wins: None The scene that ...
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Henry at the American Library Association 2024 Conference I had an amazing time attending the 2024 American Library Association conference. Librarians! Authors! Editors! Free books! What’s not to like? The only thing missing was free beer. Here are some of the amazing friends I met, some for...
While there is still much to be done, there have been tremendous strides made in increasing the diversity of children’s literature; however one area
(“He knows which trees are for sniffing,” and “which birdbaths are for drinking,” and of course…which squirrels to chase!) I think it’s a good story, because it captures the best lessons of the paperboy life: that even a child can shoulder a responsibility, and play a role in...
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The fundamental reason that you can’t just scale an animal up is that some parts of its function scale with volume while most — respiration, digestion, etc. — scale with surface area. Posted by Mike Taylor Filed in ... in X words, math, size 16 Comments » How big was the ...