{"id":25251,"date":"2013-09-24T02:15:12","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T02:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/?p=25251"},"modified":"2013-09-23T21:17:17","modified_gmt":"2013-09-23T21:17:17","slug":"craig-ferguson-dragon-cowell-television-space-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/craig-ferguson-dragon-cowell-television-space-moon\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Reading of Dragons<\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Cressida-Cowell-sl.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-25253\" alt=\"Cressida Cowell sl\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Cressida-Cowell-sl-150x86.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Cressida-Cowell-sl-150x86.jpg 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Cressida-Cowell-sl-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Cressida-Cowell-sl-250x144.jpg 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/Cressida-Cowell-sl.jpg 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><strong>Cressida Cowell<\/strong>, author of the <em>How To Train Your Dragon<\/em> series of books, gave a long and detailed interview to the UK&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/books\/features\/how-to-train-you-dragon-author-cressida-cowell-whats-making-her-breathe-fire-8829975.html\/\" target=\"_blank\">Independent<\/a> newspaper about encouraging children to read books, no matter the subject or the intended age of its audience. She worries that schools emphasize testing rather inspiring young people to learn and expand their imaginations.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Fall Television<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/TV-Networks.png\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-25255 alignright\" alt=\"TV Networks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rsanews.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/TV-Networks-150x86.png\" width=\"150\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/TV-Networks-150x86.png 150w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/TV-Networks-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/TV-Networks-250x144.png 250w, https:\/\/images.rsanews.com\/2013\/09\/TV-Networks.png 520w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/span>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/insidetv.ew.com\/2013\/09\/11\/fall-2013-complete-chart-of-premiere-dates\/\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment Weekly<\/a> has outlined all of the new shows coming the major networks this fall. CBS continues to lead the networks in overall audience ratings and is introducing just five new programs to its schedule. Thanks to the RSA&#8217;s @<strong>bgrhubarb<\/strong> for the link!\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: large;\"><strong>Craig Spaces Out<\/strong><\/span>\r\nBack in 2005, Craig talked about his excitement about the space program in the 1960s and how the moon could become the next Las Vegas.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: x-small;\">Video courtesy: FrankGerbertson<\/span>\r\n<object width=\"560\" height=\"420\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/MGm7Qd6ssTM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"560\" height=\"420\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" 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