December 2010
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In India's Crowded Capital, Crisis Looms Over... →
In the first report of a year-long partnership with National Geographic magazine examining population issues, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from New Delhi, where rapid and unplanned population growth is exacerbating a shortage of water.
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In India's Crowded Capital, Crisis Looms Over... →
In the first report of a year-long partnership with National Geographic magazine examining population issues, special correspondent Fred de Sam Lazaro reports from New Delhi, where rapid and unplanned population growth is exacerbating a shortage of water.
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Piano Concerto No. 5 ”Emperor”...
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Bring Back the Rails! by Tony Judt | The New York... →
But in sucking up people from the country into the town and draining the countryside of communities and villages and workers, the train had begun to destroy its own raison d’être: the movement of people between towns and from remote country districts to urban centers. The major facilitator of urbanization, it fell victim to it.
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A Writer's Ruminations: My Dear Virginia →
from a letter to Virginia Woolf:
Oh, how beautiful Life is, Virginia, it is marvellously beautiful. Were one to live for ever it would not be long enough. Sometimes I sit on the wall watching the sun & the wind shake over the long grass & the wild orchid cups & I feel - - - simply helpless before this wonder.
— Katherine Mansfield
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“The Cuban government has already informed us that the NewsHour is not welcome in...”
– Ray Suarez responds to critics of Cuba series (via newshour)
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Genius Within: The Inner Life of Glenn Gould |... →
Have this on at the office this morning.
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“The problem with contemporary romance is that it always feels like somebody’s...”
– REVIEW: Here Comes the Groom by Karina Bliss | Dear Author. I love Lazaruspaste’s book reviews for Dear Author.
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WatchMy almost three years on Tumblr as seen through Pummelvision (h/t The Atlantic). Wanna make your own? Go here.
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“As the Stanford historian Norman Naimark explains in Stalin’s Genocides, the...”
– The Worst of the Madness by Anne Applebaum | The New York Review of Books. I agree with David Brooks - this article is fascinating.
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Masterpiece: Eve Myles of 'Torchwood' tells Welsh... →
Interview with Eve Myles, plus a video preview of the Masterpiece special she’s in.
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“A friend of mine said that in ancient Rome they had a thing called Saturnalia,...”
– For the workers, it was a lonely holiday week at the office - washingtonpost.com. I have actually gotten some work done today, but there’s really not a whole lot to do. No one is calling, and I’m not getting many work-related emails. Oh well — there are always more episodes of...
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“American Christmases in the mid-19th century do not seem to have had much...”
– Ghosts of a Christmas Past - NYTimes.com. Fascinating! If you aren’t already following the Disunion blog on the NYTimes, I strongly recommend you do so.
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Perfect Thank You Notes: Heartfelt And Handwritten... →
Mom used to make my sister and I write thank you notes after every Christmas and in recent years I stopped for some reason. I really should get back in the habit of doing them.
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The 10 greatest Scrooges in film and TV: Who's... →
DISAGREE. Michael Caine should be #1 on the list! (Also, The Muppet Christmas Carol is the best.)
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Farm Animals Get 80 Percent of Antibiotics Sold in... →
Most important to note: Most of the drugs used in animal agriculture and in human medicine are functionally identical. That’s one reason why the overuse of antibiotics in animals is such a concern: When organisms become resistant on the farm to drugs used on livestock, they are becoming resistant to the exact same drugs used in humans.
I’m watching “Food Inc.” right now and...
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Reddit Political Action Committee: We're Not Happy... →
For legal reasons, I should start off by saying we are now the Open Source Democracy Foundation. We emerged from Reddit and tend to hang out at reddit.com/r/rpac, but out of fear from Condé Nast’s lawyers, we need to make it clear that this organization is not affiliated with Reddit.
That being said, much of our membership is young, educated, tech-savy and passionate about politics —...
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“Once derided as an accidental senator, lampooned for her verbosity and...”
– Gillibrand Emerges as Senate Force With 9/11 Aid Victory - NYTimes.com
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The Case of Julian Assange | The Nation →
Katha Pollitt, preach.
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‘High-Tech House Arrest’ Fails to Deter WikiLeaks... →
I am ambivalent about WikiLeaks (there are good and bad things about the org), but the more I read about Assange, the more he seems like an asshole — and I don’t use that term lightly.
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“The message of “Gulliver’s Travels” is, apparently,...”
– James Rocchi, Gulliver’s Travels (2010) - Critics’ Reviews - MSN Movies. Chris O’Dowd is in this movie? I heart him! But not enough to buy a ticket to watch this.
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The women accusing Julian Assange of sexual... →
Well said.
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“The widespread cultural belief that every woman who reports a rape must be taken...”
– Tiger Beatdown › #MooreandMe: And Then He Came Down
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