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Projects (Oct 14 2003 02:47 GMT) - I didn't get any homework done, though I did catch up with some other things on my to-do list. I have a full 9-5 day tomorrow, and then it will be time to come home and do real work. |
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Fumbles And Bumbles (Oct 14 2003 02:47 GMT) - Back on August 26th, I mentioned that in football, turnovers were a huge factor in games and that they made outcomes very difficult to predict. They are, along with injuries and penalties, major influences on the result of practically every game played. To illustrate, let's take yesterday's New York Giants vs New England Patriots matchup, played at Schick, oops, let's make that Gillette, Stadium. |
Ted Ritzer: NetMedia
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Dude, Where's My Country? (Oct 14 2003 02:46 GMT) - Michael Moore's new book "Dude, Where's My Country" some questions from the book: Dear Mr. Bush, is it true that the bin Ladens have had business relations with you and your family off and on for the past 25 years? Dear "Mr. |
Ted Ritzer: Gotta Try or Visit
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Dude, Where's My Country? (Oct 14 2003 02:46 GMT) - Michael Moore's new book "Dude, Where's My Country" some questions from the book: Dear Mr. Bush, is it true that the bin Ladens have had business relations with you and your family off and on for the past 25 years? Dear "Mr. |
Ted Ritzer: Gaeaidealog
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Dude, Where's My Country? (Oct 14 2003 02:46 GMT) - Michael Moore's new book "Dude, Where's My Country" some questions from the book: Dear Mr. Bush, is it true that the bin Ladens have had business relations with you and your family off and on for the past 25 years? Dear "Mr. |
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Dude, Where's My Country? (Oct 14 2003 02:46 GMT) - Michael Moore's new book "Dude, Where's My Country" some questions from the book: Dear Mr. Bush, is it true that the bin Ladens have had business relations with you and your family off and on for the past 25 years? Dear "Mr. |
New Humbul Resources
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5 numbers (Oct 14 2003 02:45 GMT) - This BBC Radio 4 web site contains the audio recordings of five programmes about the history of numbers. The five numbers discussed are zero, pi, 1.618 (the Golden Ratio), i (the imaginary number), and infinity. The main page contains a brief introduction to each number and a light-hearted 'what number are you?' quiz. |
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Anthologies and miscellanies (Oct 14 2003 02:45 GMT) - The "Anthologies and Miscellanies" website is a unique study of the study of poetry. That is to say, this website studies the canonization of poetry through records of popular poetry in anthologies and miscellanies. The canonization of poetry reveals how society has accepted poetry, and therefore reveals information about that society and culture in which it exists. This website focuses on three centuries: eighteenth-century, nineteenth-century and the twentieth-century. |
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Institute and museum of the history of science, Florence, Italy (Oct 14 2003 02:45 GMT) - The home page of the Institute and Museum of the History of Science (IMSS) in Florence introduces many of the features and exhibitions of the organisation. In addition to providing basic access information for the museum and the library, the site also describes the services they offer, and some of the materials that they hold. There are several online exhibitions including a 360-degree view of the room where Galileo Galilei's equipment is housed. You can click and see close-ups of each piece along with descriptive text. There are also detailed photos of Leonardo da Vinci's manuscripts as well as other artefacts from the history of science. |
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Lord Byron a comprehensive study of his life and work (Oct 14 2003 02:45 GMT) - This website devoted to Lord Byron is well researched and organized. It contains a biography containing information on his infamous relationships with Lady Caroline Lamb and the possible affair with his half sister, Augusta Leigh. The biography outlines the events in his life which shaped his opinion of 'love', as well as his intense sensitivity about his club foot. There is also information about his bisexuality which he began to explore at school, and then in his initial trips to Greece. There are links to journal entries as well as e-text versions of his letters. |
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Iowa State University play concordances (Oct 14 2003 02:45 GMT) - The Iowa State University Play Concordances is designed to assist the studies (by literature students and theatre students) in the study of word usage in drama. It is not concerned with analysis or criticism. The website contains ten plays: "Candida" by Bernard Shaw, "The Children's Hour" by Lillian Hellman, "Death of a Salesman" by Arthur Miller, "A Doll House" by Henrik Ibsen, "The Father" by August Strindberg, "The Importance of being Earnest" by Oscar Wilde, "Juno and Paycock" by Shawn O'Casey, "The Little Foxes" by Lillian Hellman, "'night Mother" by Marsha Norman, and "A Raisin in the Sun" by Lorraine Hansburry. There are full texts versions for some of the texts. |
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The Sinclair Lewis Society (Oct 14 2003 02:45 GMT) - The Sinclair Lewis Society was formed to encourage interest in the work and career of the American author (1885-1951), best known for his novels 'Main Street' (1920) and 'Babbitt' (1922). This site gives details of the Society, including a listing of the contents of all the issues of its Newsletter. There is a brief biography and Time Line of Lewis, a basic bibliography of his publications (with links to brief extracts from some of the main works) and a more extensive listing of secondary material relating to individual works and to his work in general. The FAQ section offers information on various subjects relating to Lewis, including the location of his literary archives and and the reasons that he declined a Pulitzer Prize. A Links section gives access to other Sinclair Lewis resources, including full-text articles about him. |
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MT-BlackList: Movable Type Comment Spam Prevention (Oct 14 2003 02:45 GMT) - MT-Blacklist by Jay Allen prevents comment spam in Movable Type by providing bloggers with the ability to blacklist domains in comments which affectively prevents site visitors from posting banned links. Comment spamming is a technique utilized in order to increase site ranking on Google, and with the advent of this plugin spamming should be curved to a large extent (until the war escalates). As such, links should now be safe. No prevention system can be 100% so still be careful. Sites that aren’ |
Humbul Resources for Slavonic and East European Studies
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Early twentieth-century Russian drama (Oct 14 2003 02:45 GMT) - This web site has been created by the Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Northwestern University. It focuses on the early twentieth-century Russian drama and includes first of all the introduction written by Andrew Wachtel, in which he describes the cultural background of that period. The four main sections are devoted to theatre designers; theatre directors; plays; |
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Ashcroft to Hastert on how leaks should be handled (Oct 14 2003 02:45 GMT) - Roger Ailes has posted excerpts of a letter from John Ashcroft to Dennis Hastert discussing how leaks from government officials should be handled. It's interesting to note the striking differences between what is discussed and what is current happening with... |
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The Helmet Project (Oct 14 2003 02:45 GMT) - A visual guide to every football helmet design/logo in history. The guide covers the NFL, Arena Football, WFL, and NCAA all the way down to Div. 3. A nifty resource for my homies at MadTbone's Tailgate. |
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Shaw Brothers - Kings of Asia Film Industry (Oct 14 2003 02:45 GMT) - Shaw Brothers dominated the cinematographic industry of Hong-Kong during the years 1970. Some of their more famous films is: One-Armed Boxer (1971), Heroes Two (1974), Disciples of Shaolin (1975)une the legend of the 7 gold vampires (1974), Hongkey Kung fu (1979), Challenges of the Master (1976)the official Shaw Site in Singaporea list of Shaw Brother films to buy |
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