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Read MoreInterview with US political activist and philosopher Noam Chomsky
Saturday, April 4, 2009 Noam Chomsky is a professor emeritus at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Linguistics and Philosophy. At the age of 40 he was credited with revolutionizing the field of modern linguistics. He was one of the first opponents of the Vietnam War, and is a self described Libertarian Socialist. At age 80 he continues to write books; his latest book, Hegemony or Survival, was a bestseller in non-fiction. According to the Arts and Humanities Citation Index Professor Chomsky is the eighth most cited scholar of all time.…
Read MoreImprove Your Home With Vinyl Windows In Orland Park
Read More About: Melbourne Interior Designer Alexander Pollock byAlma Abell As winter weather settles in across the country, issues with windows in a home can become much more obvious. Windows are designed to keep the heat in a home, and to help to keep the cold outside. Windows that are older and breaking down will not keep the cold out, and a cold draft will be very noticeable. Windows that aren’t functioning properly will create higher heating bills for a home, and can also lead to water leaks down the…
Read MoreBat for Lashes plays the Bowery Ballroom: an Interview with Natasha Khan
Friday, September 28, 2007 Bat for Lashes is the doppelgänger band ego of one of the leading millennial lights in British music, Natasha Khan. Caroline Weeks, Abi Fry and Lizzy Carey comprise the aurora borealis that backs this haunting, shimmering zither and glockenspiel peacock, and the only complaint coming from the audience at the Bowery Ballroom last Tuesday was that they could not camp out all night underneath these celestial bodies. We live in the age of the lazy tendency to categorize the work of one artist against another, and…
Read MoreWorld’s oldest living woman dies at age 115
Friday, January 19, 2007 The world’s oldest known woman, Montrealer Julie Winnefred Bertrand, died on Thursday, passing away peacefully in her sleep. She earned the distinction as the oldest living woman when 116-year-old Elizabeth Bolden of Tennessee, U.S.A. died on December 11, 2006. Bertrand was born on September 16, 1891 in Coaticook, a town in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, and lived there for the majority of her life. She was the oldest of six children, and never married. She moved to Montreal after the death of her parents, and later moved…
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Read MoreWikinews Shorts: June 4, 2007
A compilation of brief news reports for Monday, June 4, 2007. MediaCorp Radio in Singapore has been fined 15,000 Singaporean dollars (US$9,800) over an on-air stunt in March in which female guests on a radio show were asked to remove their brassieres, and pose for video that was to be posted on the station’s website and on YouTube. The Media Development Authority said the radio show’s hosts made improper and sexually suggestive remarks about “how fast the bras were removed, as well as the color, design and cup size of the…
Read MorePotty Training Dolls For Boys A Clever Alternative
Read More About: Globber Scooters Online Globber Scooters Australia Submitted by: Colleen Langenfeld Potty training dolls for boys don’t get searched for online as much as potty training dolls for girls. That’s too bad, because toilet training dolls are a terrific potty training aid when you are teaching your toddler new bathroom skills. I have trained two sons of my own in potty skills and I’ve found that it’s not the doll that matters to little boys – it’s the team effort. Here’s what I mean. – Potty dolls are…
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This is the category for sports. Refresh this list to see the latest articles. 6 November 2018: Ross Edgley swims around Great Britain for first time in history 9 August 2018: Real Madrid agrees with Chelsea FC to sign goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois 8 August 2018: Football: Manchester City beats Chelsea 2-0 to win English Community Shield 6 August 2018: Brazilian footballer Gabriel Jesus signs contract extension with Manchester City 6 August 2018: Spanish football: Sevilla signs Aleix Vidal from FC Barcelona 5 August 2018: FC Barcelona signs Chilean footballer Arturo…
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