Moving Day

Moving Day Oct 13th, 2007 by Vicky Today is moving day. Of course I wish I didn’t have to move. I like my own space. I like my stuff ... in Adjusting, American Culture, Nomination, Peace Corps, Volunteers, preparation, waiting [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 11:37:39
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Turn and face the strain: the process and product of doctrinal accommodation

Liberalism in theology, that devasting phenomena that "emptied pews and lives" (to quote Carl Trueman) ... or liberalism in theology, and the way in which culture, social change, naturalistic science ... to be anachronistic, liberalism is also a mindset. It is a way of configuring culture and revelation [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:20:13
Blog: Against Heresies...

America's Cultural Superiority

More than half of Americans say their culture is superior to others, according to the new Pew Global Attitudes Survey (pdf, p.44): Americans are ( ... US media outlets criticize the Soccer World Cup and European culture (nihilism, infantile, defeatist [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 10:56:40
Blog: Atlantic Review - Analy...

What is the 'Right Stuff'? (by Gareth Higgins)

If you want to find out what it means to be a hero, you could do worse than seeing two current documentaries: In the Shadow of the Moon and The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters. Shadow consists of documentary footage of the space race, intercut with new interviews of most of the men who have been to the moon and back [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 23:17:17
Blog: God's Politics - Jim Wa...

Cool Stuff Being Made: Solomon Steelpans

Now this is cool stuff being made in the sense of, well, cool: Steelpans, or metal drums, hammered into tuned instruments ... for this nice combination of manufacturing and culture. (And did you know one of the country's [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 12:04:03
Blog: ShopFloor.org: Manufact...

Re: Snoop Dogg

sir_chuck_e » Fashion Fashion Police Who looks fine, who should be fined 34,906 182 / 534 Oct 11, 2007 11: ... culture with Chelsea Handler! 13,647 27 / 1,834 Oct 12, 2007 10:36 PM by: JamesBond [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:30:14
Blog: E! Online Insider Commu...

Michael Ledeen on The Corner: As I am often vilified for claiming that America is the homeland of "creative destruction," these two quotations ( ... of getting used to the free-wheeling American culture. [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 05:56:24
Blog: Born Again Redneck...

Generation Null

Generation Null February 9, 2007 5:00 AM Norman Mailer, Orson Welles and the Beatles are mysteries to many of America's undergraduates - a disturbing sign of a narrowing culture. [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 08:16:13
Blog: Comment is free: Sasha ...

Figure News: 2007 Plamo / Radicon Show update

I’ve a passion for Consumers and keep looking for information on it ... Show update, Heisei Democracy - Modern Visual Culture Digest I decided to blog this result under ‘ [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 11:29:00
Blog: Consumer Health Product...

Nathan Whitlock -- novelist, critic (Quill and Quire)

Nathan Whitlock, author of the upcoming novel "A Week of This" and editor/critic at Quill and Quire: 1. CBT: Large Canadian publishing houses are now mimicking large American publishing houses by adopting a "no unsolicited manuscripts" policy. In other words, [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 07:10:06
Blog: Conversations in the Bo...

Students for Free Culture in the news

Students for Free Culture in the news Timothy Vollmer, October 12th, 2007 This week the New York Times ran an article about Students for Free Culture, a national student organization that promotes engagement and activism in various areas of digital technology [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 01:27:24
Blog: CC News - Creative Com...

How culture is lost

I was reading something interesting from the BBC describing a decision by Mexico City to evict some 15,000 merchants from the city center ... and spread their respective influences, all of this assimilated into Filipino culture which is very strong [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:28:45
Blog: Tim Post - Main...

Google's Greatest Risk?

“The great risk to Google is that someday it will face real competition in search,” said Jordan Rohan, an analyst at RBC Capital Markets. Link ... in maintaining its culture and retaining employees.  There's a lot of growth being demanded of Google [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 07:38:19
Blog: Clickety Clack: Online ...

Cycling book of the day

It's a book, it's a web site...it's all of that. This was a gift from my brother a few years back. Now I see that it is out of print and also somewhat rare. This one has it all, from history to culture. Racing, touring, a little bit of everything. Printed on newsprint-like paper and illustrated [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 10:15:09
Blog: fixedgear...

Permanent Link to France Show in London 2008

France Show in London 2008 Categories: France, events Updated October 13, 2007 January 18, 2008toJanuary 20, ... 2008 The annual France Show takes place 18-20 January 2008 at London’s Olympia. France Show 2008 The France Show 2008 will be the UK’s largest celebration of French property, culture, food [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 10:34:15
Blog: FrenchDuck’s databank ...

MASH Premiere Japan Tour

MASH Premiere Japan Tour San Francisco’s fixed bike team ‘MASH‘, which brought massive influence within the Japanese sub-culture scene, will be touring Japan with their entire team members for their documentary film. From the success in San Francisco this June [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 04:15:58
Blog: FRESHNESS - Sneakers, ...

UK: Charity pupils risk prosecution for ‘gay’ slur

UK: Charity pupils risk prosecution for ‘gay’ slur Telegraph Stephen Adams Children who call their classmates “gay” risk being arrested for ... . Children say things like, ‘Your trainers are gay.’ “It is almost in youth culture now. You get kids [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 07:06:34
Blog: Fried Brains: Anti poli...

Thai boys and Beethoven

Shirtless Thai boy pics are in short supply nowadays, as I can’t use the scanner at home without a computer ... culture snobs?  The gay culture snob is the sort who will claim he is reading books by authors nobody ... . I want to be a gay culture snob. Here is my first attempt. Tags: Beethoven, gay Thailand, Thai boys [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 11:39:38
Blog: Gay Boy Thailand ...

Using Film to Change the World: An Interview with Shalini Kantayya

Sixty years ago, very few people would have seen the connection between peace and hydrology, but today that connection is clear to the foresighted ... about the most, women, the environment, and social issues, and package them in a very sexy commercial medium [more...]

Date: 2007-10-12 23:35:02
Blog: Have Fun • Do Good...

A better and more equal world

Today is the first day of the second year of my blogging. Time really flies ... political culture in our country, which can be best summed up by all the ‘E’ s - deteriorating Ethnic ... in the course of a year. This is expected because you cannot change an entrenched culture overnight [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 07:32:29
Blog: Dr Hsu’s Forum...

Loyal to Their Masters?

The WTF quote of the day comes from Chandra Bhan Prasad, trying to justify reservations in the private sector by arguing that it will help companies: It is in the culture of dalits that they are least likely to change their employment because they are so loyal to their masters. If I was a dalit, I’d be immensely offended by this statement [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 02:19:00
Blog: India Uncut - published...

“I am a writer of tales of the uncanny”

“I am a writer of tales of the uncanny” October 13th, 2007 by jahsonic H. P. Lovecraft 1933 WPA Newsreel Interview via William Gibson Posted in American culture, fantastique, grotesque, irrationalism, literature, uncanny [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 10:18:27
Blog: Jahsonic...

African Anglicans and homosexuality

African Anglicans and homosexuality I’ve been watching from the sidelines as the Anglican Communion is tearing itself apart over homosexuality.  The debate seems to generate more heat than light, and both sides seem to be talking past each other. It seems to be a war of polemical slogans [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 07:35:03
Blog: Khanya...

Hello, Dali!

Beginning this Sunday, LACMA will be rolling out Dali: Painting & Film ... Photo of Metamorposis of Narcissus courtesy of LACMA By Jennifer Saxon in Arts & Culture [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 02:33:49
Blog: LAist...

Cultured cats

Picture: Spotty contemplates her next major work, ... should be fattened up and ready for Christmas dinner. As a commentator on culture and a cat owner [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 06:34:40
Blog: Larvatus Prodeo...

[1409] Of complexity economics is unconvincing

Of complexity economics is unconvincing October 13th, 2007 by Hafiz Noor Shams This is embarrassing to admit but it is only after 10 months that I was able to set my eyes on the last page of Eric D. Beinhocker’s Origin of Wealth: Evolution, Complexity and the Radical Remaking of Economics [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 07:55:17
Blog: the __earthinc ...

Old Phuket - The Tin Legacy

Old Phuket Town dates back to the tin mining days of a century ago, when Chinese immigrants sought to make their fortunes from this precious ore ... their Hokkien culture and language; others were from nearby Penang, as well as traders ... and culture of the early tin pioneers. Preservation Push [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:53:54
Blog: Magnoy's Samsara...

WSS FAQ additions and corrections LXXV - 7th - 13th October 2007

Note: All of the addresses of the KB / Articles - 2007 Products / MS / Non-MS Articles below were valid at the time I added them to the WSS FAQ site and to this file. I can't guarantee that they still are. (This is also posted to the WSS newsgroup at microsoft.public.sharepoint.windowsservices - web access via http://www.microsoft [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 10:36:45
Blog: Mike Walsh's WSS and mo...

October 13 Links, 2007

October 13 Links, 2007 It wasn’t long after I posted about remodeling that Sam appeared and said he would not only remodel my old bathroom, but he’d also put a new roof over my leaky bedroom. And this week, he did it! The roof is done, and the bathroom has new wiring, plumbing, ceiling, walls, tub, and subflooring [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:14:12
Blog: Miss Cellania - Miss C...

Chinese watch political jockeying from sidelines

BEIJING (Reuters) - When China's twice-a-decade Communist Party Congress opens on Monday, tight security and a culture of secrecy will ensure its decisions are made behind firmly closed doors. [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:35:09
Blog: Reuters News...

The mission of Miro

Get Miro button Nicholas Reville, Executive Director of the PCF (Participatory Culture Foundation), the maker of Miro recorded a brief but interesting presentation on Miro, the product [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 03:04:58
Blog: Mozilla Links...

Referenced assembly ‘filename’ is a localized satellite assembly (why it’s not wise to ignore warning al1056)

Usually you should fix all warnings you see when building your code right away and personally I’m a big fan of treating warnings as errors. Here is one more reason: Marking an assembly with the AssemblyCulture attribute using a non-empty string will make that assembly look like a satellite assembly. Even if it isn’t [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 06:47:35
Blog: MSDN Blog Postings ...

toilet man!

toilet man! Posted on October 13th, 2007 by myke. Categories: myke's world. ... . His drive to transform toilets into “clean and beautiful resting places imbued with culture” [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:19:18
Blog: myke ...

Forget ‘74 and ‘88

Forget ‘74 and ‘88 By: Jan | October 13th, 2007 | No Comments » The Dutch football team has always been admired across the border ... culture, but it’s gone. The old style has been replaced by this new realism and you can only hope [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:13:49
Blog: Netherlands World Cup T...

Grrr-effing-argh

Okay, I've said I wouldn't spend so much time railing against Chronicle columns, but really, when life hands you lemons... Pseudonymous Lagretta Gradgrind states that throughout her career, her "greatest desire and preoccupation have been graduate education." She has "compromised personal life and [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 07:13:25
Blog: New Kid on the Hallway...

Scaring students conscious

The NYT reports on an unintended consequence of the filesharing lawsuits brought by the RIAA against students: political activism. In this article from the New York Times (may require free registration), the group ‘Students for Free Culture’ is introduced as a political movement against what they describe as digital feudalism [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 08:08:17
Blog: New Music Strategies...

I plead guilty - I am a Marxist

“No, Groucho is not my real name, I’m just breaking it in for a friend ... of last century and since then on popular culture has been immense. Some of the greatest Groucho lines [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:44:17
Blog: PassionForCinema...

The Secret Is Out–Oscars Coming To India !!

I frequently wonder what is that in Oscars that ruffles so many feathers in our film industry..Why are we so obsessed with getting pat on our back from these academy members who are to many, nothing more than an old boys association of spoilt brats.. KJO (Karan Johar) [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 06:59:05
Blog: PassionForCinema...

England Expects Every Man Will Do His Duty

England Expects Every Man Will Do His Duty 12 October 2007 england expects Many newspapers accurately pinpoint the powerful public mood on immigration and asylum, yet all are seemingly puzzled as to why New Labour seem hell bent on allowing so many in with so few checks in place, if any at all [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 11:45:51
Blog: The Pre Hype Trauma Lif...

Eco-Eats: The Female Voice of Local Eating

Barbara Kingsolver has been 2007’s unexpected gift to the local-foods movement ... culture,” believes Shiva. To this end, she now offers [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 01:15:15
Blog: Plenty Magazine - Envir...

In Depth: Good Vibrations (By Tobin Hack)

Frog call medleys and gurgling waterfall sonatas are no longer just for insomniacs and their white-noise makers. A burgeoning community of artists and environmental activists believe that making music (and the arts at large) has the power to reconnect us with nature and instill an emotional understanding of environmental degradation—a [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 01:15:15
Blog: Plenty Magazine - Envir...

MTV Goes 'Blonde'

When I first heard that MTV was going to broadcast Broadway's Legally Blonde: The Musical (this Saturday at 1 p.m.), I thought, Omigod! ... out upwards of 100 bucks a pop every time they want to get a little culture. And not everyone lives [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 05:11:37
Blog: Popwatch | Blog | Movie...

Argos - Open Archive # 1

Open Archive # 1: Trajectories in Audio-Visual Culture until November 10, 2007 Argos - Centre for Art & Media Werfstraat 13 Rue du Chantier, ... can be drawn, and diverse frames of reference for reflections on culture, art, media and society today [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:59:45
Blog: [PUBLIC] CURATING _____...

A Database

A Database (with Gallery Section) was created in 2006 by the A Foundation to initiate the digitising and archiving of contemporary art to the ... of Culture. CONT3XT.NET - PUBLIC _____ curating [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:57:12
Blog: [PUBLIC] CURATING _____...

More melodramitic ranting on the death of alternative culture

Having just switched to high speed Internet I've been exploring the video options across the net, mostly at Youtube ... culture, women, politics, etc. You could find an old used bookstore with back rooms and books stacked [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 07:33:15
Blog: SoHum Parlance...

ATLAS AT FIFTY

Fifty years after the publication of Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand’s controversial philosophy continues to inspire its readers. Alan Greenspan, a long-term admirer, gives an accurate summary of her philosophy in his recently published autobiography. No summary, however, can do justice to Rand’s original ideas and her grand synthesis; [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:40:49
Blog: The Freedom Fighter's J...

Pattaya Loy Krathong and Food Festival

LOY KRATHONG AND FOOD FESTIVAL ON 23 – 25 NOVEMBER AT WALKING STREET Walking street society prepares to organize Loy Krathong and Food Festival on ... and tourists to enjoy the selection of Thai foods, International foods and culture of Thailand. Pattaya [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 09:49:12
Blog: TeakDoor: The Thailand ...

Government use of social networking - reporting what we already knew...

A friend at the very useful National Library for Health recently sent me the Government Review of Social Media Use, ... when reading it... It mentions the command and control culture prevents them civil servants ... scrutiny, criticism and negative media comment."Again, the media impacts negatively on the culture [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 10:24:53
Blog: The Business of Knowing...

Becoming Adolf

Becoming Adolf 13-10 2007, 9:39 JV “I went to the Jewish Museum. I went to Zabar’s. I went to the Met. I went to the modern wing ... meest notoire Amerikaanse exportproduct: de Hitlersnor. www.vanityfair.com/culture/features/ .. 1f41 [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 07:39:45
Blog: trendbeheer ...

13 BELOVED Review

... . What it is is one bitingly on-the-mark satire of media culture fused with a dissection of just how close [more...]

Date: 2007-10-13 05:30:34
Blog: Welcome To Twitch. Spre...

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