All those topics that i wish i had time to pursue more earnestly.

YouTube – The Resilience of Teacher Culture:
The Resilience of Teacher Culture

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Students have no idea what it means…. not a clue… not a clue….

SIRC – Passport to the Pub:
Passport to the Pub: A guide to British pub etiquette
“By all means visit Stonehenge and Buckingham Palace, but if you want to see what real life in Britain is all about, you have to go to the pub. Pub-going is by far the most popular native pastime. The 61,000 pubs in Britain have over 25 million loyal customers. Over three-quarters of the adult population go to pubs, and over a third are ‘regulars’, visiting the pub at least once a week. The pub is a central part of British life and culture. If you haven’t been to a pub, you haven’t seen Britain.”
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well etiquette in british pubs mostly.

Audio Lectures:
From Alex D, a terrific site:
http://www.discoursenotebook.com
There are public lectures by Badiou, Kristeva, Mouffe, Critchley, Zizek, etc.  

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some good audio lectures there. they are mostly from the new school

Global Nerdy » Blog Archive » That “Lightswitch” Entry Reminds Me of an Old Story…:
Entry Reminds Me of an Old Story…

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this is a bit offputting.

Video – Breaking News Videos from CNN.com:
Witness: Man covered in flames
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ahh, the glaswegian accent makes this report’s worthwhile, buy the guy a pint

“Che Guevara would have worn a Joe Strummer T Shirt…”:
“All transmitters to Full….All receivers to Boost…This is London Calling, This is London Calling…”
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there is a new joe strummer biopic coming out…. ‘the future is unwritten’ … you can’t beat that for truth.

Scientists find drug to banish bad memories |

By injecting an amnesia drug at the right time, when a subject was recalling a particular thought, neuro-scientists discovered they could disrupt the way the memory is stored and even make it disappear.

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for some odd reason…. i’ve always thought that the memories that you have are what makes you who you are… thus… this is in my mind… this ‘drug’ is really a murder weapon.

Gothamist: What NYC Would Look Like Without People:
What NYC Would Look Like Without People

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well minus the animals and birds i expect…

World Universities’ ranking on the Web: top 3000 World Ranking:
omparable statistics on S&T offering valid, reliable and relevant information on the performance of R&D can be found throughout the Web, as many countries are developing their own observatories. Global scenarios involving universities are published regularly by the Shanghai Jiao Tong University (Academic Ranking of World Universities), and the Higher Education Supplement of The Times.

http://www.webometrics.info/top3000.asp
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hmm, vt is in the top 30 in the u.s. that’s is somewhat interesting.

Abortion Clinic Sued for Posing as a Pro-Life Crisis Pregnancy Center:
Abortion Clinic Sued for Posing as a Pro-Life Crisis Pregnancy Center

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so.. crisis pregnancy centers pretend to be medical service providers, but are really just political tools pretending to be abortion clinics? then… a medical service provider advertises real services and is sued. george orwell would be proud that people understand doublespeak so well.