How do we know if a new search engine is any good?
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/slate/~3/349348019/
Il y a 5 jours
Par Chris Wilson
In a 1966 review of the new Random House Dictionary, Kurt Vonnegut wrote that the key to understanding a new dictionary was to "look up ain't and like." These two definitions are the quickest way, Vonnegut promises us, to determine whether a dictionary is "descriptive" or "prescriptive"—if it explains how language is used or if it decrees how it ought to be.[more ...]
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"Swifts"
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/slate/~3/349348020/
Il y a 5 jours
Par Dan Chiasson
A weekly poem, read by the author.[more ...]
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Merrill Mahaffey: Interior Landscapes of the West (Tuesday, July 29th, 2008 9:00 AM)
http://www.scottsdale.com/calendar/Merrill+Mahaffey%3A+Interior+Landscapes+of+th
Il y a 5 jours
This exhibit is a unique inquiry into the meaning of western landscapes and their role in American culture at the beginning of the twenty-first century. His works focus on the dramatic contrast between the glassy, reflective surfaces of rivers and lakes and the textured rock walls that tower above them.
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Handyman fined for smoking in van. (Moonbat Tuesday?)
http://www.barking-moonbat.com/index.php/weblog/handyman_fined_for_smoking_in_va
Il y a 5 jours
... are willing to put up with. I’d have thought with the kinds of technology and advances made in medicine and more ppl having more access to books and education then ever before, we’d produce a smarter culture. But it really doesn’t look that way at all. Seems to be going the other way.
From MSN News.
A painter and decorator who received a £30 fine for smoking in his own van has warned ...
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Report reveals new details about how politics affected hiring at the Justice Department.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/slate/~3/349314845/
Il y a 5 jours
Par Daniel Politi
The New York Times and the Wall Street Journal's world-wide newsbox lead, while the Washington Post goes across Page One, with an internal Justice Department report that details how department aides broke Civil Service laws by taking politics into account in hiring decisions. Close aides to former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales asked inappropriate questions at interviews for nonpolitical jobs ...
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Obamanomics 101
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/slate/~3/349306163/
Il y a 5 jours
Par James Ledbetter
Fresh from his lengthy tour abroad, presumed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama surrounded himself with economic heavyweights on Monday in what the BBC and others labeled an "economic summit," even though the entry on the on the official Obama blog called it an "economic meeting." (The campaign also misspelled the name of legendary investor Warren Buffett.) The account on Marketwatch ...
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Portraits Of Young Polygamist Women Are Unsettling, Telling
http://jezebel.com/5030005
Il y a 5 jours
Par A_male
Since the issue has come up, there is a subset of Amish culture within which there is allegation and history of abuse. Within some sects or communities, physical and sexual abuse, ... people deeply interested in human rights, I ask you to consider this, from the abc story:
In the Amish culture, punishment -- even for serious crimes -- is determined by the church.
"If they have a choice, they are going ...
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Is this the right question?
http://thefullbug.wordpress.com/?p=316
Il y a 5 jours
Par thefullbug
... is this the biggest problem?
I guess you pick your wars. Pointing fingers at the Japanese (who don't understand our culture) and provide us with hour after hour of great video of their ridiculous pop culture game shows is easier than looking at the enemy within. So, I'll sign up. Booo filling a princess with cholorestrol. ...
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Mayor’s 2007 Report to the People of Bulan
http://bulanobserver.wordpress.com/?p=371
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Par junasun
... 12 – Nagbutang kita sin mga Bangus Fingerlings sa San Rafael para sa kanira semi-intensive Bangus Culture.. Nakikoordinar kita sini sa BFAR;
San September gihapon, 75 na sako sin gahi an hinatag ta ... basi magamit nato sa Municipal Trial Court, nan posible pag-abot sin panahon maging Heritage and Culture Center and Museum ta.
May naghahapot kun nano kay sinalidahan ta an pangaran sin Plaza Rizal na ...
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New York, muse des architectes, exposée au MoMa
http://actualite.aol.fr/new-york-muse-des-architectes-exposee/article/2008072905
Il y a 5 jours
New York est une ville choc où le fantastique se heurte au pragmatisme économique et cette dualité, qui a inspiré les architectes du monde entier, fait l'objet d'une exposition au Musée d'Art moderne (MoMA), à Manhattan.
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