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1. Shadow
   The Shadow Academy was torus-shaped and featured massive observation and docking towers on one side. In the event that the Shadow Academy needed to defend itself, or function as a battle platform, its perimeter was ringed with gun emplacements that pointed out in all directions. Those guns were seen as a last resort and used only rarely because the Shadow Academy was equipped with a cloaking device that allowed it to remain hidden. The torus was ... ringed with engines, allowing it to maneuver and accelerate to hyperspace if it needed to serve as a transport or escape if it had been discovered.
2. Shadow -- Miscellaneous
   PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- PunkTV.ca (http://www.punktv.ca/) today announced plans to feature the 22-minute Linkin Park Documentary "Making of Shadow of the Day" powered by the video delivery technology of Itiva Networks. The making of documentary will be showcased in TV quality video over the Internet and will be accompanied by a text interview. Users can watch a vast range of modern rock videos and entertainment shorts at PunkTV.ca seamlessly delivered by Itiva's hybrid Content Delivery Network (CDN).
3. Shadows Fall
   The characters in Shadows Fall are as memorable as the premise is grim. Few things in life are as disturbing or as cruel as that simple old standby in the movies, a frame. Innocent people are convicted of crimes often and tragically in reality. Mystery novels dwell in a region of justice where that terrible wrong can be righted with wits and courage. Few authors show the devastating effects that an accusation, let alone imprisonment, can have on the family and the people around the victim. That's what sets this gut-wrenching thriller above the pack.
4. Shadows Fall -- Underground Act
   Shadows Fall was named by Alternative Press as a "Top Five Band in Metal Today". Revolver Magazine readers voted the band "Best New Talent." Shadows Fall received the "Golden God Award" for Best Underground Act at the Metal Hammer Awards. Guitar World Magazine ranked the band's two guitarists among the "Top 100 Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time" in the March 2004 issue. Both guitarists have written monthly columns featured in Guitar World Magazine. Drummer Jason Bittner was praised as the "#1 Up and Coming Drummer" in a 2004 reader's poll for Modern Drummer Magazine.
5. Mary Gordon -- Shadow Man
   The Mary Gordon electric river boat is the oldest electrically powered craft still in existence. Having been saved many times from destruction, she is now being restored, to carry passengers on Britain's oldest canal, the Fossdyke, in Lincoln.
6. Artificial Intelligence -- Book
   AI at the Inception - A 25th-anniversary edition of a classic chronicles the fledgling science of artificial intelligence. Book review by Henry Fountain. Scientific American (May 2004). "When Machines Who Think was first published in 1979, it was an up-to-the-moment history. But in a digital world, that moment was an eternity ago, so McCorduck has appended a 30,000-word afterword to bring the reader up-to-date. [Machines Who Think: A Personal Inquiry into the History and Prospects of Artificial Intelligence.
7. James Joyce -- Books
   James Joyce's "Ulysses" is one of the most important books of the 20th century, but its size and style often scare away would-be readers. And, while his language has been praised for its poetic and varied style, it has ... been criticized for its explicit nature.
8. Harry Potter Controversy -- Books
   Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is the boy-wizard star of author J.K. Rowling's series of children's books by the same name. The character is orphaned as an infant when an evil nemesis murdered his wizard parents. Harry survives, living with his aunt and uncle, the Dursleys, unaware of the legend surrounding his childhood. A mysterious invitation arrives on his 11th birthday, inviting him to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. The movie follows Harry during his first year at the school, where he discovers the world of magic.
9. Friedrich Nietzsche -- Books
   Friedrich Nietzsche ... wrote a book called The Gay Science. It is the main holy book of the religions known as homosexuality and evolution. Its main teachings are blind faith in facts and scientific method. It also teaches all scientists to be, as the title implies, gay. This proves that Stephen Colbert was right about the dangers in reading things in books.
10. Charmed
    [H]ave a lot of things for the sleep-deprived Combs, 30, and husband David Donoho, 38, a former Charmed key grip, ever since Finely arrived three months ago. At the family's San Fernando Valley ranch-style home, Finely has been lavished with attention and gifts - especially from Comb's fellow TV witches Alyssa Milano and Rose McGowan. "He's gorgeous [but] he's a little spoiled," says Milano. No wonder: "The kid could have been outfitted alone from the stuff that Alyssa has brought him," jokes Combs. "Rose got him a playpen Bassinet." with Charmed back in production, Finely will often accompany Mom to the set. "he's got his own trailer, driver and nanny, " says Combs.

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