Reasons to Love New York

If you love New York, here are some more reasons for you to love this city! “Eight years into enumerating our infatuation with New York City—the place and the state of mind—we’ve got 74 reasons to fall head over heels all over again, among them a bookworm knuckleballer who won twenty games, a Wall Street crook with a literature Ph.D., who became a top boxing trainer, a visionary parks commissioner who greened up the city, a Disneyfied stretch of Times Square that got its scuzzy soul back, and a Sandy-ravaged neighborhood that pulled together to survive the chaos. And don’t forget: the city’s penchant for outdoor sex, one high school’s endless stream of talent, and a mayor and a governor who talk about real issues when the other pols chicken out.” via New York Magazine.

December 17, 2012 Issue of New York Magazine.

Real Wolfmen Excerpt by Linda S Godfrey

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From  Tor.com We hope you enjoy this excerpt from Real Wolfmen: True Encounters in Modern America by Linda S. Godfrey, out right now from Penguin Books:

The U.S. has been invaded – if many dozens of eyewitnesses are to be believed – by upright, canine creatures that look like traditional werewolves and act as if they own our woods, fields, and highways. Sightings from coast to coast dating back to the 1930s compel us to ask exactly what these beasts are, and what they want.

Researcher, author and newspaper reporter Linda S. Godfrey has been tracking the manwolf since the early 1990. In Real Wolfmen she presents the only large-scale cataloguing and investigation of reports of modern sightings of anomalous, upright canids.  First-person accounts from Godfrey’s witnesses – who have encountered these creatures everywhere from outside their car windows to face-to-face on a late night stroll – describe the same human-sized canines: They are able to walk upright and hold food in their paws, interact fearlessly with humans, and suddenly and mysteriously disappear.

Godfrey explores the most compelling cases from the modern history of such sightings, along with the latest reports, and undertakes a thorough exploration of the nature and possible origins of the creature.

 

full article Real Wolfmen Excerpt by Linda S Godfrey | Tor.com.

Beijing International Auto Show- a global car industry epicenter

The World’s Biggest Car Market Throws a Party 4/24/2012 6:34:20 AM
The Beijing International Auto Show is quickly becoming the global car industry epicenter. European brands such as Lamborghini all brought world-premiere vehicles to the stage in China. WSJ’s automotive critic Dan Neil takes a walk through the show.Check out the Lamborghini, Jag,Citroen and more! source WSJ