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The book's death focus goes too far for some people. Terabithia is ninth on the American Library Association's list of most frequently challenged books. In an essay for the New York Times Book Review, she defends it by arguing that children need not only the happily-ever-after of fairy tales, but also "proper endings" in which "hope is a yearning, rooted in reality." .
Dancing gives Castroneves a different rush of adrenaline
Helio Castroneves has twice won the Indianapolis 500 and immersed himself in the business of becoming a race car driver for most of his 32 years. But stage right and heading toward the dressing rooms this night at the St. Pete Times Forum, moments after a touring Dancing With the Stars show floored nearly 9,000 adoring fans, he was clearly in his element. The ever-present grin was a little wider. Castroneves has climbed catch fences in his customary victory celebration, absorbed the adulation of hundreds of thousands, but dancing has provided something more personal. Never before has he seen the way peoples' eyes widen when he captures their imagination. And he'd never been able to hear them call his name over the howl of a 600-horsepower engine. So in these moments, a man who proclaims that "racing is in my blood, and everything else is an aside," questions whether the sport will ever offer this sort of rush again.
QQQQ to Nasdaq Composite: See Ya
EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S A MARKET of stocks, not a stock market. But that old saw even holds for traders of index funds, notably those based on the Nasdaq Composite Index and the Nasdaq-100. So far in 2007, the Nasdaq Composite's total return is up 19.09%, while the Nasdaq-100 -- the basis for the popular QQQQ exchange-traded fund, is up 27.74%. The outperformance of the QQQQ is so significant that it has persuaded most options traders and investors to consider less-diversified investment strategies, Credit Suisse derivatives strategists Ed Tom and Glenn DeSouza said in a recent trading advisory. The ETF (now officially called PowerShares QQQ Trust due to a licensing marketing agreement) consists of only the top 100 Nasdaq nonfinancial stocks. The Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) consists of all the listed Nasdaq stocks, which now totals about 3,000 companies.
Campus Vibe Blog
In the Kerry camp, there are signs on almost every wall, "Nov. 2 Regime Change," "Help is on the Way" and "No W." The cinema-size screens are tuned to CNN, periodic musical performances, free food, and close to 150 electrified students -- no one plans on going anywhere. Students are sporadically cheering boisterously for Senator John Kerry. "We are going to win tonight. We are very confident Kerry will be in the White House by dawn," Jon Dawood, president of AU students for Kerry, said. The overall tone was tamer at the College Republican party with about 40 students. However, these George W. Bush supporters were no less confident. Fox News was the channel of choice. Party attendees had Bush/Cheney as well as other Republicans contenders' stickers covering their garb. Two female students were draped in Bush/Cheney banners, left over Halloween costumes.
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