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The Hidden Cost of War

Tue, 30 Sep 2008 12:35:35 GMT

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RESOURCES: The Three Trillion Dollar War: The True Cost of the Iraq Conflict; War At Any Price? The Total Economic Costs of the War Beyond the Federal Budget. By the Joint Economic Committee; threetrilliondollarwar.org.

Createblog

Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:58:30 GMT

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"French Prints Show the Year 2000 (1910)

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:45:14 GMT

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French Prints Show the Year 2000 (1910)

Flying Firemen

The National Library of France (BnF) has an amazing collection of prints from 1910 which depict life in the year 2000. They are credited to Villemard.

Car Shoes

The Barber

The Avenue of the Opera

A Curiosity

The Electric Train From Paris to Beijing

A Rescue

Speak to the Caretaker

Sentinel Advanced in the Helicopter

Cyclist Scouts

Phonographic Message

One For the Road

Lady In Her Bathroom

Heating With Radium

Hearing The Newspaper

Correspondence Cinema

Cars of War

Building Site

At School

A Festival of Flowers

A Chemical Dinner

Airship On The Long Course

The Tailor

Flying Police

15 last.fm hacks

Sat, 15 Sep 2007 10:15:31 GMT

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One of the best ways to discover new music online is with Last.fm, a music recommendation community. Last.fm serves you up new tunes based on a marriage of your unique preferences and the rest of the huge Last.fm community. Last.fm is a pretty simple way to listen to tunes, but there are a few quick and dirty ways you can oomph it up a little. Keep reading for fifteen ways to tweak your Last.fm listening experience.

Tags: last.fm, music, hacks, internet, socialinternet, social networking, sharing, mp3

The Fallacy Files

Tue, 03 Oct 2006 19:50:03 GMT

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In a very naive hope to keep discussions fallacy-free, better the debate and stimulate some self-criticism, I'm re-sharing this with you all.

Anyway, the resource is huge, examples abundant, explications very clear and even etymological grounded.

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What are the Fallacy Files?

A collection of named fallacies—such as "ad hominem"—that is, types of bad reasoning which someone has thought distinctive and interesting enough to name and describe. This collection took the form, primarily, of the study and acquisition of books and articles on the named fallacies, especially textbooks and reference books. You can find individual files on the named fallacies via the Taxonomy of Logical Fallacies, or from the alphabetical index in the scroll bar to your left.

A collection of fallacious, or otherwise bad, arguments, that is, examples of reasoning which may commit one or more of the named fallacies under 1, or are bad in some way yet to be classified. This collection took the form of clippings from newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, photocopies of pages of books, and—in a few rare cases—entire articles or books which were rich sources of bad reasoning. I have used selections from my collection as examples in many of the files on named fallacies, and additional examples can be found in the file: Stalking the Wild Fallacy.

Tags: fallacy, logical, discussion, argument, logical fallacy, logic, appeal, argumentum, debate, index, list, rhetoric, science, politics, fallacy files

The Battle of Britain and The London Blitz

Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:49:50 GMT

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The appearance of German bombers in the skies over London during the afternoon of September 7, 1940 heralded a tactical shift in Hitler's attempt to subdue Great Britain. During the previous two months, the Luftwaffe had targeted RAF airfields and radar stations for destruction in preparation for the German invasion of the island.

Hitler turned his attention to destroying London in an attempt to demoralize the population and force the British to come to terms

This was the beginning of the Blitz - a period of intense bombing of London and other cities that continued until the following May. For the next consecutive 57 days, London was bombed either during the day or night. Fires consumed many portions of the city. Residents sought shelter wherever they could find it

In the worst single incident, 450 were killed when a bomb destroyed a school being used as an air raid shelter.

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The Difference Between e.g. and i.e.?

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 20:52:34 GMT

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The Latin abbreviations e.g. and i.e. are used extensively in English. Not everyone, however, is aware of the difference in their usage. Some people use them interchangeably. Others even invert their meaning. If you are not completely sure when to use each of those abbreviations, keep reading!

e.g. stands for the Latin phrase “exempli gratia,” which means “for the sake of example.” You should use it when presenting examples or more possibilities for the term in question. An easy way to remember this is to associate e.g. with “example given.”

I like citrus fruits (e.g., oranges and lemons)

i.e. Stands for the Latin phrase “id est,” which means “that is.” You should use it when explaining or rephrasing a sentence. Usually it has the same meaning as “in other words.”

I like all fruits (i.e., I eat pretty much anything)

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Critical Thinking On The Web

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:46:36 GMT

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Alive In Independence Hall: The Declaration of Independence

Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:46:25 GMT

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My Favorite quote versus Michael Savage et al

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:25:47 GMT

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clipper's remarks: A quote for the true patriots
And those who think they are.

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by: TexDem

Sat Jun 21, 2008

My favorite quote or I should say my contemporary favorite quote is from journalist Sidney J. Harris. Sidney's quote although made several years is very relevant today and directly addresses the likes of Michael Savage and most of this administration.

Patriotism is proud of a country's virtues and eager to correct its deficiencies; it also acknowledges the legitimate patriotism of other countries, with their own specific virtues. The pride of nationalism, however, trumpets its country's virtues and denies its deficiencies, while it is contemptuous toward the virtues of other countries. It wants to be, and proclaims itself to be, 'the greatest,' but greatness is not required of a country; only goodness is.

Ernie1812's diary reminded me of Sidney's quote, it could very well become one of your favorite quotes. Use it as a refute to those who claim to be patriots but are really only nationalist and bigots.

Tags: nationalism, patriotism, michael savage, sydney j. harris

oneword

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 00:34:57 GMT

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simple. you'll see one word at the top of the following page.

you have sixty seconds to write about it.

as soon as you click 'go' the page will load with the cursor in place.

don't think. just write.

Tags: word, writing, creativity, spontaneity

Bored Kangaroo

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:28:31 GMT

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Imperialism’s Cultural Impact & National Identity

Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:47:23 GMT

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In informal Empire, where this world did not pre-exist, companies tended to create it, building a “British culture” based on norms often associated with ideas of Empire. They built British-style houses, imported British plants to make British gardens, creating a little England outside England in what has been called “a colonialist fantasy of the colonies as part of Britain.”3

In this way, British company expatriates sought to create and affirm their British identities overseas. But on further examination, it can be seen that this approach used “British” norms that were in fact not British at all, but which were themselves often the product of previous colonial encounters, hybrids of adaptation and compromise to a foreign environment. My research shows that British identity was forged from transnational interaction with non-British peoples overseas, whose own cultures and identities influenced and helped to form ideas of Britishness.

Tags: culture, identity, imperialism

60 Music Websites for Great Free Music

Sun, 01 Jun 2008 23:00:56 GMT

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Music Rules 2: Top 60 Music Websites That Deliver the Greatest Free Music

periodic table of criminal elements

Thu, 29 May 2008 08:30:39 GMT

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clipper's remarks: have no idea who most of these are but it looks cool!!

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The Hidden Cost of War

Createblog

"French Prints Show the Year 2000 (1910)

French Prints Show the Year 2000 (1910)

15 last.fm hacks

The Fallacy Files

Go to Main Menu

INDEX

A B C D E F G H I JKL M N O P Q R S T U V W XYZ

What are the Fallacy Files?

The Battle of Britain and The London Blitz

The Difference Between e.g. and i.e.?

Critical Thinking On The Web

Alive In Independence Hall: The Declaration of Independence

My Favorite quote versus Michael Savage et al

by: TexDem

Sat Jun 21, 2008

oneword

Bored Kangaroo

Imperialism’s Cultural Impact & National Identity

60 Music Websites for Great Free Music

Music Rules 2: Top 60 Music Websites That Deliver the Greatest Free Music

iMesh

Pandora

Last.fm

IMEEM

Songza

thesixtyone

Grooveshark

SpiralFrog

Mp3eq

Ruckus

periodic table of criminal elements