November 2009
Switzerland and the Minaret - The Wall Street... →
Nearly 58% of Swiss voters Sunday cast their ballots in favor of banning the construction of new minarets in the Alpine republic, a surprise result that led at least one Swiss member of parliament to declare that “the foundations of Switzerland’s direct democracy have failed.”
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#19 THE SMITHS...
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#20 THE ASSOCIATION...
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#21 The Rolling Stones...
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#22 Stevie Wonder...
Journalism Professor Who Works to Free Innocent... →
“David Protess says his life changed on the day in 1991 when David Dowaliby walked free.
‘That’s when I really found my life’s calling,’ says the Northwestern University journalism professor, whose students’ digging helped overturn Mr. Dowaliby’s conviction for the murder of his 7-year-old stepdaughter…
Now, state prosecutors in Chicago are trying...
“I tried taking pictures, but they were so mediocre. I guess every girl goes...”
– Charlotte, Lost In Translation
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#24 Joe Cocker...
“Men wanted for hazardous journey. Low wages, bitter cold, long hours of complete...”
– Sir Ernest Shackleton | Newspaper advertisement for Antarctic expedition (via caughtupinsanity)
A Blast at Last at Huge Particle Collider - The... →
The Large Hadron Collider, the world’s biggest and most expensive science experiment, produced its first collisions Monday, said scientists atCERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research outside Geneva.
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#25 Led Zeppelin...
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The iTunes “Play Count” feature, something I didn’t really pay any attention until recently, can reveal some fascinating things. I mean, imagine if the software had been around when we were young. Children growing up with this technology will likely be able to track the exact amount of times they’ve listened to any given song over the course of their lifetime. That’s...
fuckyeahjimmystewart:
When (James) Stewart won the Best Actor Oscar in 1940, he sent it to his father in Indiana, Pennsylvania, who set it in his hardware shop. The trophy remained there for 25 years.
(via imdb)
The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack
Wilco - You And I
