WASHINGTONEveryone knows the G.I. generation of World War II and the baby boomers who followed. And everyone knows the late-20th-century demographic labeled with the non-label generation X.

Jumping a few technical hurdles, the Cyber Awareness Summit started Tuesday at the Shreveport Convention Center with an interlude that almost seemed set up to illustrate speakers' points.

The Englewood basement was cramped, chaotic. Fifty people -- parents, kids, a pregnant woman -- huddled around a bloody 10-foot-by-10-foot ring, cheering two pit bulls trained to kill.

The University of Auckland's Department of Film, Television and Media Studies is pleased to announce a public lecture by internationally renowned queer theorist Judith Halberstam on August 7, 2008.

The clear blue skies are here and the humidity has dropped. It's the start of the best time of the year to be on Magnetic Island and Magnetic Times is delighted to post the What's On for this busy month.