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Nate

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  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Cursive Writing: Should it still be taught?

    This is a 2 year old USA Today article, but still pretty relevant: Schools debate: Is cursive writing worth teaching? Posted 1/23/2009 6:16 PM By Megan Downs, Florida Today Are ...

    Jan 15, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: Lots of New Members [please read]

    If it seems like there are more new members than ever around YWS, then that's because there are! We're seeing about 15 people register every day, with some days seeing ...

    Jan 15, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Israel, Iran and Palestine, what should be done about them?

    Two good articles: STRATFOR: Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks, Again Do We Have Ahmadinejad All Wrong?

    Jan 15, 2011
  • Squills - The YWS News Re: Fall of Roman Empire linked to wild shifts in climate

    From New Scientist: Fall of Roman Empire linked to wild shifts in climate 19:00 13 January 2011 by Michael Marshall Centuries of unpredictable climate may have been partly to blame ...

    Jan 14, 2011
  • Lounge, The Re: The 2010 Statistics

    South Africa came in at number 11 with only about 300 fewer visits than Finland.

    Jan 13, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Submit to the Young Writers Literary Journal! (closed)

    Only 19 days left to submit! So far, we have a total of 58 submissions: 22 short stories, 8 artwork, and 28 poems.

    Jan 12, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: The 1/11/11 YWS Crash

    Sorry about that! The Young Writers Society crashed twice today; the first time for only about 5 minutes, and the second time for almost an hour. If you think the ...

    Jan 12, 2011
  • Squills - The YWS News Re: Posting in 'Squills'

    The Squills forum is for the Squills newsletter and any other topics of writing-related news. Examples: - Interviews with authors - Article about writing from a newspaper - Blog posts ...

    Jan 11, 2011
  • Squills - The YWS News Re: Watching television 'damages the heart'

    The Telegraph Watching television 'damages the heart' Watching too much television or playing computer games damages your heart regardless of how much exercise you do, scientists have warned. 8:29AM G

    Jan 11, 2011
  • Other News Re: Hubble telescope zeroes in on green blob in space

    Hubble telescope zeroes in on green blob in space AP By SETH BORENSTEIN, AP Science Writer – Mon Jan 10, 6:21 pm ET WASHINGTON – The Hubble Space Telescope got ...

    Jan 11, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: New Non-Fiction Category

    If you go to the Discover Works Page, you'll find an entire new category named "Non-fiction." Under this category are three forums: General Articles, In The News, and Reviews. General ...

    Jan 11, 2011
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Novels & Novellas (updated)

    This topic is out-of-date. For more up to date information on creating novels, see:

    Jan 11, 2011
  • Research Re: Citizenship

    In addition to all the requirements that Jagged listed, most countries also require you to pass a citizenship test, which usually consists of answering questions about the country's history. General ...

    Jan 10, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Blatant Hypocrisy of Movie Ratings

    Even if the opening question was based on unvetted sources, the point it brings up is valid. There IS a hypocrisy in how we view male and female nudity. Aurora, ...

    Jan 9, 2011
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Blatant Hypocrisy of Movie Ratings

    Heh, all of you are acting a bit like idiots. Why? Because what LastPaladin quoted is an uncited portion of a Wikipedia entry. So essentially you're getting all worked up ...

    Jan 9, 2011


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