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09
Nov
2009
1,000 Words: Jacket Copy

11 hours ago by Thessaly La Force

Great images of books from around the world and the Web. Over at Design Observer, there’s a very interesting short history of the dust jacket. They were originally meant to be protective wrapping for books made out of delicate or fine material, and were typically discarded. Above, a dust jacket beli ...

Inside Jacket - insidejacket.com

Interview with Writer and Budding Anthropologist Peter Rudiak-Gould

19 hours ago by mindfultourist

The Mindful Tourist is thrilled to have been able to sit down (virtually) with Peter Rudiak-Gould, author of Surviving Paradise, a memoir we recently reviewed right here on this site. We talked with Peter about his new book, his experiences on Ujae, and his travels. Mindful Tourist: As I mentioned i ...

The Mindful Tourist - mindfultourist.com · Rank: 178,976 · 7 references

A step into the unknown

19 hours ago by Dave Bowers

For more than 46 years I have lived within 20 miles of the south coast - for two-thirds of that time within half-a-mile of the sea as the crow flies. To me, the area known as 'the north' has always been a mystical land filled with giants, damsels in distress, dragons, whippets, cloth caps and blokes ...

Bunky's Musings - bunkysmusings.blogspot.com

05
Nov
2009
Archaeologists uncover prehistoric landscape beneath Oxford

5 days ago by Signs of the Times

The work was carried out over the summer in preparation for Oxford University's proposed Radcliffe Observatory Quarter - plans for which were revealed earlier this month. In addition to these findings, the work has also uncovered evidence of a 6th century Saxon settlement, including a sunken feature ...

Take the Power Back - theholtman.com

04
Nov
2009
Another Moral Maze double act

5 days ago by rcpwatch

Yep, not content with getting Fox and Malik on Radio 4’s Moral Maze as regular questioners (and frequent RCP/LM members/followers on as ‘witnesses’, including the Dear Leader himself), the sect has now got a third interrogator on the programme. Step forward James Panton, most (in)famous for his robu ...

RCP/LM watch - rcpwatch.wordpress.com · 1 reference

02
Nov
2009
An Education (2009)

8 days ago by admin

It’s 1961 and attractive, bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is poised on the brink of womanhood, dreaming of a rarefied, Gauloise-scented existence as she sings along to Juliette Greco in her Twickenham bedroom. Stifled by the tedium of adolescent routine, Jenny can’t wait for ad ...

ShareTrain Dot Com - sharetrain.com

30
Oct
2009
High fat diet tells your brain to relax

10 days ago by Jim Hanekamp

Has it been one of those days when nothing seems to go right? When you feel sluggish, irritable and downright slow? It could be your diet that’s to blame. A few chocolate biscuits with your morning coffee may seem a relatively harmless treat, but scientists have discovered that such day-to-day indul ...

Myfitbrain - myfitbrain.com/blog · 1 reference

29
Oct
2009
Jackie’s Lecture At Oxford University

11 days ago by Crusher

TheUltimateJew asked: This is a clip from a lecture I gave at Oxford University back in 1992. They gave me an award and a fellowship in the Oxford Union Society. The first American comedian to receive such an honor. That’s how they got me to work for nothing. Enjoy!

Washington Hillbillies - washingtonhillbillies.com · 2 references

Jane Austen Online Course

11 days ago by Vic

Oxford University's Department for Continuing Education will offer an online course on Jane Austen starting January 2010. The course description reads: Jane Austen’s six major novels have hardly been out of print for two hundred years. Many readers enjoy them but cannot always define the qualities t ...

Jane Austen Today - janitesonthejames.blogspot.com · Rank: 52,812 · 135 references

28
Oct
2009
NIPS 2009 workshop on Learning from Multiple Sources with Applications to ...

12 days ago by V2

------------------------------ ------------------------------------ FINAL CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS - EXTENDED DEADLINE NIPS 2009 workshop on Learning from Multiple Sources with Applications to Robotics Whistler, BC, Canada, December 12, 2009 http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~srogers/lms09/index.htm ---------- ...

Robotics & Automation - robotics.youngester.com · Rank: 25,722 · 5 references

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