The UK television has pulled a Beyonce advertisement from TV, claiming that it is not suitable for children. There have been precedents for this decision, and none of them are good.In 19th century, the US Supreme Court ruled to ban books deemed salacious for reasons that such...
The purveyors of the authoritarian model of raising children like to claim that indulgent upbringing breeds criminals and monsters. The purveyors of the indulgent model of raising children like to claim that authoritarian upbringing breeds violent people who cannot...
Will this new “interest-network” take off in 2010? Gravity (formerly Blue Rover Labs) is a start-up helmed by three former MySpace executives. Their aim is to reinvent forums by applying their proprietary analytics engine on conversations and monetize them via highly...
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"I’ve been reading with interest what’s been happening this week in Cataluña regarding the…ahem language spoken by the Catalan media. The Periódico de Cataluña gave us an insight this week into the right and wrong way of pronouncing certain Catalan expressions which...
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A phenomenon young player, CR7 finally decide to extend his contract for one year ahead." The 23-year-old Portugal winger had frequently expressed his desire to leave for Spanish champions Real Madrid this...
created by renovatio | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 1256 views | 2 recommendations | 17 comments
" SYDNEY - Bachelor Carl Weisman got fed up of being classified as a playboy, a loser or a commitment-phobe so he set out to find out exactly why he and a growing number of eligible men were steering clear of...
created by sweet east pearl | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 333 views | 9 recommendations | 4 comments
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorMany First Nations may disagree with the Land Bridge theory that states all First Nations Aboriginals came from Siberia. First Nations stance on being North...
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YouTube announced yesterday it will soon be launching an interesting new feature that will enable video creators to see when and where across the world people are watching their videos. It will essentially map the...
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"More details have emerged regarding the death of Heath Ledger in a New York apartment on Tuesday, providing insight into the 28-year-old Australian actor's final hours."
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"Mexico, narco traffick and journalists
January 14, 2008 · No Comments
Browsing through my feeds this morning, I came across this story on the Los Angeles Times which documents well the experiences many journalists working in Mexico covering the drug trade...
An article published in this weekend's Washington Post about Oaxaca, Mexico has caused a stir and prompted criticism for failing to explain adequately the problems that gripped the city twelve months ago and...
created by MexicoReporter | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 515 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
"In her new film, Jodie Foster kills eight people. The two-time Oscar winner plays public-radio host Erica Bain, who survives a brutal attack in New York's Central Park during which her fiance is killed. After she...
The tiger is being poached at an alarming rate for their skins,
parts used in traditional medicine, sustenance for indigenous people
and killed when coming into contact with local farmers due to
destruction of...
created by merrie | 4 years ago | updated 4 years ago 1181 views | 19 recommendations | 5 comments
"In an age where few people stand for anything, Eugene stood for something. He wasn't afraid to tell you what he thought, and it didn't take long to guess what he expected."Eugend Kates stood for something. What do you stand for?
In an age of 'the customer is king', Eugene...
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