See y'all on the other side.
Midwest braces formassive winter blizzard
By Mary Wisniewski
CHICAGO | Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:35pm EST
(Reuters) - The Midwest braced for a massive andpotentially dangerous winter storm on Monday that could bring over 18 inches ofsnow and strong winds that...
So I just watched Leaving Las Vegas. Interesting movie. Probably need to watch it one more time to appreciate Nicolas Cage's performance and to confirm that it really was Nicolas Cage. The opening was wild. Elisabeth Shue is damn sexy (also a great performance as a $@%#@@ with a (!!) heart of...
Posted: Tuesday January 25, 2011 12:54PM ; Updated: Tuesday January 25, 2011 1:24PM
UConn donor demands return of $3M donation after Pasqualoni hire
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) -- A major benefactor to the University of Connecticut wants the school to return $3 million in donations and remove his...
Close Encounters of the Buddhist KindAn exclusive look inside a booming multibillion-dollar, evangelical, global Thai cult.CAPTIONS BY RON GLUCKMAN, PHOTOS BY LUKE DUGGLEBY | JANUARY 20, 2011
Picture this: millions of followers gathering around a central shrine that looks like a giant UFO in...
Life In America's Most Dangerous City About To Become "Living Hell" As Layoffs Of One Quarter Of Government Labor Force Begin
Life in Camden, NJ has never been fun. Frequently ranked as America's most dangerous city [1], whose only claim to fame are the corporate offices of Campbell's Soup...
Great documentary on the 2002 Newark Mayoral Election.
Can be found on Netflix Instant Stream.
Particularly poignant on MLK Day.
Go watch it.
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So I was going to create a thread for an article by David Brooks. I realized that wouldn't be so successful as many of my past article threads have garnered very little attention, to my ego's dismay. So I thought for a little bit. This thread is the product of that exercise. Bear with me:
There...
MONEYBOXConcerted EffortThe Dave Matthews Band shows how to make money in the music industry.By Annie Lowrey
Posted Monday, Jan. 3, 2011, at 4:50 PM ET
As usual, the list of North America's top-grossing music tours of 2010 was heavy on AARP-eligible best-selling rockers: Bon Jovi, Roger Waters...
Both were just absolutely fantastic and resonated deeply within me. Maybe they will with you, NT.
THE END OF THE WORLD
by Cord Jefferson on December 29th, 2010 The Road To Hell Is Paved With Compostable Bags
I do not believe in things like ghosts or astrology or gods who care if you eat...
Beijing’s Egg House
By Barry Ritholtz - December 23rd, 2010, 9:45AM
While we await new home sales at 10, let’s consider a different abode than the typical McMansion, a smaller residence in the crowded and expensive city of Beijing:
What’s an architect to do when he can’t afford to pay rent...
Pretty cool.
http://royalsociety.org/further/
Science sees further
Welcome to Science sees further, a series of articles on some of the most exciting areas of science today. It was launched on 30 November 2010, to mark the end of our 350th anniversary year.
Each article explores one of the...
Pretty cool.
http://ngrams.googlelabs.com/
As the NYTimes reported, Its a “mammoth database culled from nearly 5.2 million digitized books available to the public for free downloads and online searches, opening a new landscape of possibilities for research and education in the humanities . . ...
I listen to Slate's (owned by Washington Post) Hang Up and Listen Sports podcast every week. It's a more high-brow look at sports and the journalists are pretty respected (yea, yea oxymoron ). At the end, they usually throw out some random, light-hearted topics (they give these a name every...
Searched for a post; I couldn't find one.
A friend linked me to this and I just watched it. It is a little dated (aired on PBS in '07) but I found this documentary interesting, insightful and especially relevant to this board.
Where I grew up
First thing they teach us:
Not to give a *#!#...