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What does .ORG stand for / mean?

One of my friends is a big fan of .ORG (managed by PIR). Today, I got an idea for how to figure out the meaning of “dot org”. Google it, bing it — and see what comes up! Well, this … Continue reading

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There ain’t no rear-view mirror in my car [Bob Geldof]

Live fast… Be a supernova… … there ain’t no rear view mirror in my car Quotes Nominations Post Forum

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Real Estate Development in Rio de Janeiro, Brasil: Are World Cup 2014 + Olympics 2016 Good or Bad for the Local / Municipal Economy?

Interesting article in the Opinions + Editorials section of the New York Times: Residents are relocated to small, vertical, isolated public housing units two hours from the city center. Immobilien Nominations Post Forum

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Marxists and genuine Christians [Fidel Castro]

This is what I have said, and what I maintain, with no vacillation whatsoever. The reasons I can cite today are absolutely valid and even more important, since all of the events which have taken place over the last 40 … Continue reading

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We do not rest satisfied with the present [Blaise Pascal]

We do not rest satisfied with the present. We anticipate the future as too slow in coming, as if in order to hasten its course; or we recall the past, to stop its too rapid flight. So imprudent are we … Continue reading

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Pro + Anti ACTA in Leipzig

The International Book Fair in Leipzig is this weekend. Gottfried Honnefelder (“Vorsteher des Börsenvereins des Deutschen Buchhandels”) said yesterday during his opening speech that without copyright and the protection of intellectual property, the free flow of information will suffer: I … Continue reading

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Sexismus ist die behauptete Minderwertigkeit von Menschen eines Geschlechts, er ist unter Frauen und Männern, was Rassismus unter Weißen und Schwarzen ist, was Glaubenskrieg unter Gläubigen ist oder was Fanatismus unter rivalisierenden Fußballfans ist

Sexismus ist nicht etwa ein gemeinsames Problem, sondern das der unterdrückten Frau. [...] So lange wie möglich müssen [Männer] sich in einer Stellung halten, um einer Sache, einer Partei, einer Firma, einem Land, einer Armee, einer Fußballmannschaft und der Familie … Continue reading

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Has it really come to this?

Leadbelly’s in the background Being drowned out by the grind He’s singing about “Rock Island Line” Nobody seems to pay him any mind Bestsellers and bookshelves Full of self-help printed word Some faint elegance is heard Now was that Ellington … Continue reading

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I know one thing — and that’s: I love you

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Thinking out of the Box: Content, Context and Containers

People often talk about the importance of context when they talk about content — but that leaves out a very important piece of information: the container. For years, I used to equate the container with the context — obviously, I … Continue reading

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