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Joel: Mom's not to blame for troubles
Birds Eye View Newsstand | January 5th 2010 by Robin Casey
Entertainment News - UPI.com >> [full-text feed from iSaveSmart.com]: Entertainment News - UPI.comNEW YORK, Jan. 5 (UPI) -- U.S. singer-songwriter Alexa Ray Joel says alleged criticism from her mother, model Christie Brinkley, did not play a role i read more
Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban rips NFL for scheduling of Dall…
Birds Eye View Newsstand | January 5th 2010 by Robin Casey
ESPN.com >> [full-text feed from iSaveSmart.com]: Latest news from ESPN.com DALLAS -- Mavericks owner Mark Cuban is firing criticism at a league office again, but this time he has the NFL in his crosshairs.Cuban is upset that the NFL scheduled th read more
A Thousand Eyes
The Price of Innocence | January 4th 2010 by Vicki Hopkins
Publishing my first fiction novel has been a very interesting experience. Now that it is being read by many eyes and reviews are pouring in, I'm learning something new regarding editing - you need many eyes.I did pay to have my text professionally p read more
Why I Love Google
Go Rumors | January 4th 2010 by Anand
Having started GoRumors – a website dedicated to news around Google Inc., it should come as no surprise that we guys here love Google. What makes Google special – Well, for a long time it was simply the simplicity they brought to the worl read more
Brunetta Causes Constitutional Consternation
Blog from Italy | January 3rd 2010 by Alex Roe
Renato Brunetta, Italy’s diminutive but dynamic Minister for Meritocracy, let’s call him, has caused something of a stir by saying that the wording of Article One of the Italian constitution is nonsense. Perhaps Brunetta does have a poi read more
Sexism in America: Alive, Well, and Ruining Our Future
Jade LaFemme | January 2nd 2010 by Kate
From Publishers Weekly Sexism hasn’t gone away, argues journalist/activist Berg, it has simply adapted to our changing culture. Berg offers a refresher course on the 20th-century women’s rights movement and its unexpected devolution in re read more
Past Donations Ultimately Irrelevant in 2nd District Race
Bearing Drift - Virginia Politics and Podcasts | December 31st 2009 by J.R.
Heading into the official start of the 2010 election cycle, the 2nd District race remains as muddied as ever, despite the recent withdrawal of Chuck Smith, first reported here at Bearing Drift. Indeed, six candidates remain (five officially) and in read more
A goal, not a win From Write Anything - 25 October 09
Clamouring to become visible... | December 26th 2009 by Paul Anderson
This article first appeared on the Write Anything website on October 25, 2009. The original text can be found here. It was written when I was rather optimistic about completing NaNoWriMo...A goal, not a winImage used with kind permission, © 2009 J read more
Exploring the Possibilities of Indie – Orientation
Studio Manifesto | December 17th 2009 by James
By James Pew Here’s the deal with my new “book” Studio Manifesto: Exploring the Possibilities of Indie. If you haven’t read them the first two sections are The power of visualization in a new age of indie music and Reject the read more
Europe, the New Soviet Union
Ana the Imp | December 14th 2009 by AnatheImp
I have argued elsewhere that the European Union shares many of the features of the old Soviet state, a contention that met with some criticism. I never at any point argued that the one was interchangeable with the other, a contention that would be no read more
Alexis's (Europe) Comments on Clark Powell's Distancing from SR…
Our World From Another Dimension | December 14th 2009 by don
Excerpt (continuation) taken from an Article by Alexis, on Elodie's Blog: Pour Que Vive le Sahaj Marg (Clark Powell reprend de nouveau ses distances...)Alexis said: (...)Clearly, it would seem that Clark Powell wanted to address his criticism of th read more
JC Hallman on The Denver Post's Best of List
Conversational Reading | December 14th 2009 by Scott Esposito
David Milofsky of the Denver Post has a year-end list with a good bit of nuance to it. It includes the short story collection with perhaps my favorite title from all year, The Hospital for Bad Poets, by writer JC Hallman. You might remember the name read more
Hard graft From Write Anything - 27 September 09
Clamouring to become visible... | December 12th 2009 by Paul Anderson
This article first appeared on the Write Anything website on September 27, 2009. The original text can be found here.Hard graftI have done writing literally forever, so I no about writing. Many other writers, clearly jealous of my skill and overodd read more
My Kindle
Where in the world is Ken Snyder? | December 11th 2009 by Ken Snyder
Kabuki bought me a Kindle for xmas this year. I know it’s not xmas yet but she’s been generous enough to let me use my present early and early indications are that this is a great little device. I guess with less than 24 hours behind the wheel read more
Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech Transcript / VIDEO / Text
donpepot | December 10th 2009 by donpepot
With criticism of his Nobel Prize showing no sign of waning, especially after sending more troops to Afghanistan several days ago, Barack Obama received his award in Oslo, Norway amid protests and demonstrations, and renewed criticism that the award read more
Fire Me by SMS
29°20'N,47°59'E | December 5th 2009 by Victoria
I read on the Foreign Policy Blog that several guest workers in Dubai were fired via a text message-and all this just in time for the Eid holidays!According to one of the workers, Sajid, in an article for The Times of India:``It was early morning whe read more
How to Use Text Format for SEO
All About Information | December 5th 2009 by Eko
Many webmasters have a similar question relating to the correct text format for SEO. There are a few particular steps that you can take with your formatting to give your site that extra little boost in the rankings. However, with the evolving world o read more
Are Movie Review Ratings Outdated?
Hey U Guys | December 3rd 2009
Last week i wrote an article questioning why movies with low average review ratings, like New Moon, break box office records regardless. It got me thinking about the whole concept of rating a movie, and whether ‘marks out of ten’ was real read more
Now S/Z Is What I'd Call Creative Criticism
Conversational Reading | December 3rd 2009 by Scott Esposito
If we can get behind Harold Bloom's assertion that texts engender other texts--and thus that literary criticism, like fiction and poetry, is an artistic response to an earlier work--then Roland Barthes' S/Z is an excellent example of what Bloom had read more
Women Claim Affairs With Tiger Woods
Pop Culture Madness Blog | December 2nd 2009
The past week Tiger Woods auto accident has brought a deluge of criticism and speculation upon Tiger Woods, not as a driver or golfer but as a philandering husband.Almost from the start the media asked why he would have an accident just outside of hi read more
Iran sh**s on its own citizens, helps Hezbollah and Hamas henchme…
Money Jihad | November 30th 2009 by American Delight
Despite a lousy economy and busted budget, Iran’s “parliament” still finds a way to allocate $20 million to foreign Islamic militants. Hezbollah and Hamas are the likeliest beneficiaries. From the Associated Press: TEHRAN, Iran — Iran read more
Al Gore And Global Warming
Al Gore And WMD (Words of Mass Deception) | November 27th 2009
John Coleman, founder of The Weather Channel said the following:"It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a SCAM. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives man read more
ArkHQ: 5 Really Simple Ways They Could Improve Their Website
Hermes Technologies Ltd. | November 24th 2009 by Jack Kinsella
Learn about good (and bad) web design as I perform a free micro-consultancy on the new website of the budding Irish social movement known as Ark. Contrary to first impressions the premise behind Ark has nothing to do with Noah nor recent floods in read more
Year of the skunk. Almost.
The Unaccomplished Angler | November 23rd 2009 by Kirk Werner
The ink from last week’s blog entry was barely dry when I received a text message from Marck. Expecting criticism for having taken certain creative liberties in my post, I was surprised to see the words pop up on the screen of my phone: “Yak tomo read more
Things lighten up this week on So You Think You Can Dance
So You Think You Can Dance Blog | November 18th 2009
(reposted from Dancemomma.com)Whew! Well, after the fallout from Nigel Lythgoe's tirade last week, the mood on the set of So You Think You Can Dance this week was decidedly subdued. Criticism was given quite a bit milder, and enthusiasm was not as b read more
Things lighten up this week on So You Think You Can Dance
This Momma Can Dance | November 18th 2009
Whew! Well, after the fallout from Nigel Lythgoe’s tirade last week, the mood on the set of So You Think You Can Dance this week was decidedly subdued. Criticism was given quite a bit milder, and enthusiasm was not as big (geeze, Mary only yel read more
Modern Urban Living Turns Two!~
Modern Urban Living | November 16th 2009 by Tracy
It’s hard to believe, but this week Modern Urban Living celebrates its second anniversary! We’d like to thank to all of our readers for supporting us! We’d also like to thank all of the talented designers who continue to create awes read more
Christmas Sale at nttextualcriticism.com
Parchment and Pen | November 16th 2009 by Michael Patton
As of today (November 15, 2009), there’s a Christmas sale at New Testament Textual Criticism (www.nttextualcriticism.com). Video DVDs are going for $7.50 each or 2 for $10 through the end of the year (a 25% to 33% savings), and the lifetime subscri read more
The Woman from Tekoa and King David
Old Testament Ecology | November 14th 2009 by Jimmy Scruggins
picture of the area of tekoa This is an exercise in “gap filling” in the story of David and the Tekoite Woman. While this has nothing to do with ecology, it has everything to do with the study of Old Testament – in particular narrat read more
Obama's Choices
Roncesvalles | November 9th 2009
Today they celebrate the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall and the following text is all over the Internet:President Obama squeezed in a trip to Copenhagen last month to lobby, unsuccessfully, for Chicago to host the 2016 Summer Olympic read more
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