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Philosophy
Continental Philosophy:
Sixth Annual Philosophy Graduate Student ConferenceUniversity of MemphisFebruary 12-13, 2010Submission Deadline: January 08, 2010Keynote Speaker:Daniel W. Smith (Purdue University)“What is the postmodern [or contemporary phil (Read More)
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The Guardian:
He got his big break playing Quentin Crisp in The Naked Civil Servant and now, 34 years later, John Hurt is at it againThere's something disturbing about John Hurt. That familiar Mount Rushmore face seems to have ironed itsel (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
The Cartoons that Shook the World, by Jytte Klausen (Yale, £20)In what deserves to become the definitive account of the Danish cartoon controversy of 2005-6, none of the major actors comes out looking too good. Certainly not (Read More)
The Guardian:
Lucy Mangan on the people in the headlinesStripped blogger Belle de JourThe blogger-turned-bestselling-author who documented her secret life as a call girl revealed after five years of carefully maintained anonymity her true (Read More)
UK News from Times Online:
At university, I had this flatmate, a philosophy student, who found minor celebrity for his ability to strawpedo bottles of cheap wine. Strawpedo? Urbandictionary.com defines it as “the act of downing a bottle of drink throug (Read More)
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The Huffington Post | Full News Feed:
GREENBURGH, N.Y. — The New York Knicks have decided not to pursue Allen Iverson.Team president Donnie Walsh said Friday the team won't make any additions at this time despite its 2-9 record. He added the decision to pass on t (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Henry's handball in a World Cup game against Ireland has caused an existential crisis in France. What would Camus do?La main de Dieu or la main du diable? After Zidane's headbutt, we now have Henry's hand.On Wednesday evening (Read More)
The Guardian:
For all its sexual confusion and lack of private parts, critics are finding Mike Bartlett's provocatively titled play an impressive packageRight then, shall we just get the sniggering over with? It's Mike Bartlett's new play, (Read More)
The Guardian:
Henry's left hand was so fast it proved impossible for four Swedish men to see it in actionA quiet week for Irish football, then, the highlight of which for me was probably when I was on BBC's Newsnight accepting David Ginola (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
Health visitors under Conservatives would be encouraged to tell mothers and fathers about websites offering advice on parentingDavid Cameron said yesterday that a Conservative government would promote Mumsnet and other "good (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
Labour party activists in Barking are not taking the threat of the BNP lightlyThe evening rush outside the Vicarage Fields shopping centre in Barking has the skin tones of many of our major cities. A white English woman in a (Read More)
Submitted by PinkLisa
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The blog's stats for the last couple of days show that my last post, about the Cannondale Dutchess concept bike for women, has generated a LOT of interest. That certainly doesn’t surprise me. Having seen quite a few student d (Read More)
Politics As Usual:
Exclusive: Hampton reveals new details to ABC's Cynthia McFadden.
Ethics - Philosophy - United States - Applied - John Ensign. (Read More)
The Social Media Philosophy Project:
Judgment – I am wondering what all your thoughts are regarding judging the way people use social media. Top trends on Twitter this week: * New Moon. * Modern Warfare * #theresway2manys. * #youmightbealiberal * (Read More)
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guardian.co.uk Film:
What an exasperating film, writes Peter BradshawTaking its title from Socrates's famous maxim about the unexamined life not being worth living - though without discussing it in any way - Astra Taylor's freewheeling documentar (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
An arts establishment filled by New Labour supporters is starting to court Team CameronWhen the culture secretary, Ben Bradshaw, delivered a speech this month asking New Labour- supporting "luvvies" to rally to the defence o (Read More)
The Guardian:
What experts around the world think about Herman Van Rompuy, the centre-right Belgian prime minister, who is set to become the first president of the European CouncilProfessor Feng Zhongping, Director of the Institute of Euro (Read More)
USATODAY.com - Game on:
There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. -- Shakespeare Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol says he is ready to return to the lineup after missing 11 games with hamstring inju (Read More)
Submitted by jgmize
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Someone told me on IRC that it’s currently hard to follow what’s going on in the packaging front. The truth is that it’s almost impossible if you don’t read *all* mails posted in Distutils-SIG.So here’s a quick wrap-up that c (Read More)
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