Posts from — March 2006

Prada Marfa.:

I
was still bemoaning the disappearance of the Oasis
Gas Station between Valentine
and Fort Davis, when
“our man in West Texas” called to tell me that the Oasis had “been replaced” by
something or someone named Marfa Prada.

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this is amazingly good art, imho. the ’sealed’ bit is precisely on target.

Is Plugra really worth it?:

The cookies were slightly more delicious than the ones made with standard butter because of the enhanced butter flavor.

Because Some People Need Warning Labels:

Chibithulhu: Brilliant, and yet disturbing:

http://chibithulhu.blogspot.com/

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yes, this could be me.

Main Page – Muppet Wiki:

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it is very much more interesting than the startup wiki

World Book Day 2006 – About:

World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and was marked in over 30 countries around the globe last year. The origins of the day we now celebrate in the UK and Ireland come from Catalonia, where roses and books were given as gifts to loved ones on St. George#039s Day − a tradition started some 80 years ago.
For international information about World Book Day, please

World Book and Copyright Day – April 23, 2006

By celebrating this Day throughout the world, UNESCO seeks to promote reading, publishing and the protection of intellectual property through copyright.

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i don’t know why it is the uk and ireland site, because it is a worldwide day supported by unesco.

Where We Live Now:

Brad DeLong summarizes the ongoing restructuring of American society:

1. The rise of a very powerful, successful, exploitative upper class.
2. Further increases in inequality as the tax and transfer system becomes less progressive.
3. Increases in risk that threaten to move middle-class families sharply downward in the wealth distribution.
4. Skill-biased technical change that sharply raises the benefits to education.
5. Holes in the safety net–the fall in the value of the minimum wage, time-limited welfare, and so forth.

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yes, perhaps it is time again to read the declaration of independence…

Technorati Profile

Daily Kos: State of the Nation:

RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Section 603 of the Manual of the Rules of the U.S. House of Representatives provides for impeachments to be initiated on a motion based on charges transmitted from a state legislature, and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has committed high crimes and misdemeanors as he has repeatedly and intentionally violated the United States Constitution and other laws of the United States, particularly the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and the Torture Convention, which under Article VI of the Constitution is a treaty as part of the “supreme law of the land”,
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has acted to strip Americans of their constitutional rights by ordering indefinite detention of citizens, without access to legal counsel, without charge and without opportunity to appear before a civil judicial officer to challenge the detention, based solely on the discretionary designation by the President of a U.S. citizen as an “enemy combatant”, all in subversion of law, and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has ordered and authorized the Attorney General to override judicial orders for the release of detainees under U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly INS) jurisdiction, even though the judicial officer after full hearing has determined that a detainee is held wrongfully by the Government, and
WHEREAS, George W. Bush has ordered at least thirty times the National Security Agency to intercept and otherwise record international telephone and other signals and communications by American citizens without warrants from the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review, duly constituted by Congress in 1978, and designated certain U.S. citizens as “enemy combatants”, all in violation of constitutional guarantees of due process, and
WHEREAS George W. Bush has admitted that he willfully and repeatedly violated the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and boasted that he would continue to do so, each violation constituting a felony,
NOW THEREFORE the Rutland County Democratic Committee submits that his actions and admissions constitute ample grounds for his impeachment, and that the General Assembly of the State of Vermont has good cause for submitting charges to the U.S. House of Representatives under Section 603 as grounds for George W. Bush’s impeachment.
The County Committee further submits that Articles of Impeachment should charge that George W. Bush has violated his constitutional oath to execute faithfully the office of President and to the best of his ability to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.
In all of this George W. Bush has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President, subversive of constitutional government to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice, and to the manifest injury of the people of the State of Vermont and of the United States.
WHEREFORE, George W. Bush, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, removal from office, and disqualification to hold and enjoy any offices of honor, trust or profit under the United States.
February 28, 2006
Adopted: February 28, 2006

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this is an interesting development.

Call for papers

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Editors: Jason Nolan and Jeremy Hunsinger

email: editors@learning-inquiry.info

Learning Inquiry is a refereed scholarly journal, devoted to establishing the area of “learning” as a focus for transdisciplinary study. The journal is a forum centered on learning that remains open to varied objects of inquiry, including machine, human, plant and animal learning as well as the processes of learning in business, government, and the professions, both in formal and informal environments. This journal is of importance to those interested in learning, understanding its contexts, and anticipating its future. The journal will also present special issues that identify the central areas of learning inquiry to provide focus for future research. Learning Inquiry strikes a balance between presenting innovative research and documenting current knowledge to foster a scholarly dialogue on learning that is independent of domain and methodological restrictions.

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David Berliner, Arizona State University, USA
Megan Boler, University of Toronto, Canada
Erik De Corte, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium
Kattie Embree, Columbia University, USA
Charles Ess, Drury University, USA & Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Jim Garrison, Virginia Tech, USA
Henry Giroux, McMaster University, Canada
Mimi Ito, University of Southern California, USA & Keio University, Japan
Cushla Kapitzke, University of Queensland, Australia
Heinz Mandl, Ludwig Maximilians University, Germany
Kinshuk, Massey University, New Zealand
Penina Mlama, University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
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