Swan

'Trampling' swans in farmers' sights

The Age (Free subscription) | 19 hours ago

Lake contamination forces swans into paddocks for food - so government issues permits to shoot them.

Swan’s Island, Maine Genealogy & Local History Goes Up in Flames.

Genealogy Blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago

Tom Kemp reported this morning that the Swan’s Island, Maine library burned to the ground very early Thursday morning. A lot of historic documents, pictures, art, and genealogy went up in flames… Read more at Tom’s blog. See the July 25, 2008 article in the Bangor Daily News.

Swan Lakes

Z Recommends (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Swan Lake is one of my favorite ballets, and good ballet-related media aimed at preschoolers is surprisingly hard to find. (The closest we've found previously is the astonishingly good Nursery Tap series, which covers a wide range of dance styles.) We recently received two different versions of Swan Lake aimed at preschoolers and I was excited to introduce them to Z. At nearly 4, she...

White Swans to nest in Cuba?

Plains Feeder (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago

Russian Strategic Bombers Some folks have said that Russian political thug Vladimir Putin wants to tighten his grasp on power by reviving the cold war (see the feed trough). Recent news from Russia hints that they intend to base nuclear bombers in Cuba and Latin America . From the Mclatchy Report: Moscow paper claims Russian bomber crews visited Cuba . Here is the story as it appeared in Izvestiya...

Photo Essay: Visiting England - Swans

Lab Cat (Free subscription) | yesterday

Begging Swan This gentleman/lady (does any one know how you tell') came to the front door and then the French window of our chalet at Sherwood Forest, Centre Parcs, every day. We did not encourage them, but they still came. One morning I woke up to find the swans attacking the geese who were out numbered [...]

Perrey And Kingsley - Swan's Splashdown

The Hype Machine (Free subscription) | yesterday

in post Sun Week: Walkin' On The Sun from Star Maker Machine .

Thread: 4012602118836817952. Post by Swan

Comments for edroso - HaloScan.com (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Poster of politician in profile + Germany = Hitler. Got it.

Swans’ Spanish tour hit by earthquake

icWales (Free subscription) | yesterday

SWANSEA City’s players had a bumpy start to their Spanish tour when their hotel was shaken by an earthquake.

Baseball making Olympic swan song?

Arizona Republic (Free subscription) | 15 hours ago

Baseball will be absent from the 2012 Olympics, but talks abound about the need for MLB help to bring the sport back by 2016.

Monk relishes Swans underdog tag

BBC News (Free subscription) | yesterday

Garry Monk says Swansea City are happy being Championship underdogs.

Swan warns banks on rate moves

Business Spectator (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Treasurer says Australia's "long-term challenge" to reduce inflation. 23 Jul 2008 1:50 PM

Swans to welcome back Hall

ABC (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

Barry Hall will be named for the Sydney Swans to take on the Adelaide Crows at the SCG this weekend after the team's psychologist gave the bustling full-forward the all clear, the club's website said.

• Hall ready for redemption - News.com.au

40 black swans shot. ABC wants more

Crikey Politics Etc RSS (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

When Bairnsdale locals found out that 40 black swans had been shot in a DSE authorised cull, the contacted ABC's Stateline with the story. That's when it got interesting, writes Lionel Elmore .

Swan Lake Like You've Never Seen It

Contessa Isabella Vacani (Free subscription) | 07/22/2008

Enclosed is a link to a brief movie - showing a portion of the ballet of Swan Lake performed by the Chinese State Circus - as you've never seen it before. Enjoy. www.sonnyradio.com/swanlake_0001.swf

Rings: Baseball's Olympic Swan Song

New York Times (Free subscription) | 07/23/2008

After the Beijing Games, baseball will no longer be an Olympic sport and that doesn't seem to create a real sense of panic for folks in Major League Baseball.