Sat, 19 Jul 2008 10:00:27 -0700
Yours, Mine, & Ours: Collaborative Art, part 2
Yours, Mine, & Ours: Collaborative Art, part 2 by AndrĂ©a Fernandes - July 19, 2008 - 12:00 PM Last Saturday, “Feel Art Again” featured collaborative art projects from secrets on postcards to traveling sketchbooks. Today, we’re focusing on those collaborative art projects that decorate or beautify public areas. New York City’s Urban Forest Project (2006) had 185 designers and artists, as well as 22 mentor/student pairs, create posters employing the idea or form of trees. The resulting pos

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:45:35 -0700
Noire et lisse
On the quai. Une corneille est lĂ , noire et lisse. Elle m’attend. Elle s’envole et plane. Elle revient et se pose Ă  quelques mĂštres de moi, sur la pente d’un toit en tuiles rouges d’ici. Elle appelle, elle me tutoie. Comment dire « Hello I love you » en Corneillan ? Comment parler, se rappeler ? Le temps est gris doux nuageux, je pense Ă  Londres. Une brise lĂ©gĂšre berce mes pensĂ©es. La mer au loin, dĂ©jĂ  un courant d’air froid. Un

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 06:41:46 -0700
A Government of People, After All By David Michael Green
Dandelion Salad By David Michael Green 07/18/08 “ICH” So, did you hear about the latest bipartisan commission report? Bet you can’t guess who’s on the thing! James Baker? Check. Warren Christopher? Check. Lee Hamilton? Check. Ed Meese? Check. Brent Scowcroft? Check. (What, no Henry Kissinger? Guess he was busy fighting war crime extraditions.) These guys should just go get a room and get it over with, already, eh? Anytime anyone in government needs some mind-numbingly anodyne cover story

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:16:01 -0700
Paris
The last few weeks have been pretty hectic for both myself and my wife, with weekends and evenings frequently acting as extensions to the regular working week as much as anything else, and as such the trip we’d booked to Paris a few months back kinda snuck up on us - pretty much before we knew it, we’re sat in a cafe blinking at the sun, frantically trying to excavate memories of school French lessons buried under 15 years of neglect. Our ‘planning’ consisted of remembering to pack in time, an

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:10:33 -0700
LA RIPAILLE
Au dĂ©but il y eu une invitation lancĂ©e un peu en live : -par ChĂ©ri Ă  ses anciens copains de voyage en train -par moi Ă  mes potes de la rive droite (de la Garonne pour Ă©viter toute confusion avec la capitale) aussi appelĂ©s les copains de l’autre cĂŽtĂ© de l’eau Au dĂ©part on avait prĂ©vu ça pour ce soir, et puis finalement on a fait ça hier soir. Sur le bord de la piscine, grande table, un banc, des chaises, des glaciĂšres, des parasols, des serviettes de bain. Premier lot d’arrivage 17h30

Sat, 19 Jul 2008 01:08:31 -0700
Daniel Levy calls Manchester United and Liverpool “hypocrites”
Comment & analysis round up Quote of the Day: “[The] public comments by Manchester United’s manager, announcing that he has made an offer for Dimitar and is confident that the deal will go through with time working in their favour, is a blatant example of sheer arrogance and interference with one of our players. It is also probably one of the worst offences by any manager in the Premier League to date and is unbelievably hypocritical given his recent comments in respect of Cristiano Ronald

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 19:09:20 -0700
How to Avoid Turning a Victorious Loss into a Defeat
Most Republicans and a couple handfuls of Democrats voted against the House Democratic leadership Thursday. Blocking a piece of legislation the majority approved. So what else is new? Just this: The Dems lost the legislative skirmish but they won the narrative fight. If they make use of it and exercise some patience, a solid overall victory can be theirs - and ours - in the long run. All they have to do is hold off until January. Simply wait for the new Congress. Given that the issue at hand i

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 18:44:34 -0700
How to Avoid Turning a Victorious Loss into a Defeat
Most Republicans and a couple handfuls of Democrats voted against the House Democratic leadership Thursday. Blocking a piece of legislation the majority approved. So what else is new? Just this: The Dems lost the legislative skirmish but they won the narrative fight. If they make use of it and exercise some patience, a solid overall victory can be theirs - and ours - in the long run. All they have to do is hold off until January. Simply wait for the new Congress. Given that the issue at hand i

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:36:00 -0700
Mariage pluvieux mariage heureux !
Vent Sucré a lancé l'idée ... donc me voici en mariée ! et c'était pas gagné ... un mariage décidé comme ça ! (juste le temps de déposer les bans ! L'Echarpe Rouge est efficace, ça prend 10 jours ! ) une tenue achetée avec La Fourmi le jeudi pour le samedi (vouivoui c'est possible!) : ce sera un pantalon (initialement noir mais La Fourmi a insisté pour le blanc ... ça fait plus mariée a t-elle dit! une bague (parait qu'il en faut une !) achetée la veille ! et un petit resto réservé une s

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 08:52:25 -0700
Could Albariño Substitute Hot Tea during a Traditional Chinese Meal?
Our Chinese correspondent, Edward Ragg, recently sat down with Honorio Noya Dominguez, a native of Barrantes in the heart of the Salnes Valley, part of the Rias Baixas DO, to explore the future of Albarino wines in China. Honorio is the export manager for the producer Veiga Serantes, although, as part of a small family operation, is actually involved in every stage of the wine-making process. He has lived in the UK, Ireland and Germany and his passion for travel has undoubtedly helped in resear

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:38:37 -0700
Chuck Spinney on Obama’s Politics of Change: Afghanistan & Gore’s Transformative Vision

The following short essay is from my good friend and mentor Mr. Chuck Spinney.  One of the greatest people this country has produced. He has the absolute strength of character and moral courage every leader should strive for. Chuck talks about strategy and politics, or how we keep getting our strategy wrong, despite a capital beltway filled with incredible resumes and very smart people. But, our society has not learned yet, that resumes may look good, as well as the person hiding behind them,

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 07:28:13 -0700
Makeover
Il a quand mĂȘme ‘achement meilleure mine comme ça. Dommage pour Doraemon me direz-vous, mais lĂ , je le trouve plus prĂ©sentable. C’est plutĂŽt un singe ou un ours? A votre avis?

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 06:09:49 -0700
Re : [JEU] Le mĂȘme nombre de lettres .
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Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:07:06 -0700
"DĂ©jĂ  Vu", par Crosby, Stills & Nash
lien direct vers YouTube Ce soir, je vous propose un morceau exceptionnel : "DĂ©jĂ  Vu", par Crosby, Stills & Nash qui est extrait de l'album du mĂȘme nom, qui est sorti en 1970. La version de ce soir a Ă©tĂ© enregistrĂ©e vingt ans plus tard, lors du "concert acoustique" qu'ils ont donnĂ© au Warfield Theater de San Francisco en 1991. C'est une version magnifique. De gauche Ă  droite, vous pouvez reconnaĂźtre David Crosby, membre fondateur du groupe mythique The Byrds, Graham Nash, des Hollies (et surt

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 23:09:59 -0700
The “aye” in God’s mote
I’ve been thinking about the paradox of the stone. You know, Could God make a rock so big he couldn’t lift it? (This is the ANSI-standard Abrahamic monodeity I’m talking about here. One of the ones I don’t believe in. Advertised as “omnipotent” on the label.) CS Lewis’s take on it was that it’s a nonsense question, which I suppose is what you get when you ask a technical question of a non-technical person. I mean, it’s not obviously nonsense. If you swap a person in for God — Can a person m

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:46:31 -0700
Com com commentaires
Tcho, alors pour vous rĂ©pondre un peu tout de mĂȘme, Ikkyu merci pour tes commentaires et tes remarques "bloguesques' j'en tiens compte, ça permet d'avancer. Si je veux intĂ©grer AI en SuĂšde c'est parce que j'en fais dĂ©jĂ  partie en France et que je trouve leurs actions trĂšs importantes et que seule je ne peux pas militer pour les droits de l'homme par exemple. En Ă©tant une communautĂ© forte qui fait pression on peut gagner, c'est comme Greenpeace, tout pareil. Je ne pense pas y perdre de l'Ă©ne

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:27:54 -0700
The “aye” in God’s mote
I’ve been thinking about the paradox of the stone. You know, Could God make a rock so big he couldn’t lift it? (This is the ANSI-standard Abrahamic monodeity I’m talking about here. One of the ones I don’t believe in. Advertised as “omnipotent” on the label.) CS Lewis’s take on it was that it’s a nonsense question, which I suppose is what you get when you ask a technical question of a non-technical person. I mean, it’s not obviously nonsense. If you swap a person in for God — Can a person m

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:44:17 -0700
le zoo parc de beauval
Le week end dernier, je cherchais une sortie qui fasse plaisir Ă  mes enfants. Nous sommes allĂ©s au zoo de Beauval et nous n’avons pas Ă©tĂ© déçus. Ça n’a pourtant pas commencĂ© trĂšs fort : en cherchant comme m’y rendre, j’ai d’abord Ă©tĂ© surpris de voir que mappy me proposait d’aller Ă  Beauval
 en Picardie. AprĂšs de plus amples recherches, j’imprimais l’itinĂ©raire et partais avec mes 3 petiotes
 L’itinĂ©raire mappy Ă©tait si mal fait que je ne sais pas comment j’y suis finalement arrivĂ©. Je ne suis

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:35:22 -0700
Orlando Bloom remplacé par un "ours gras"!
Source : Voici Certaines femmes sont juste bonnes à enfermer!!Le top model Miranda Kerr, qui disait à qui voulait l'entendre qu'Orlando était beau, attentioné et genil l'a plaqué pour un gros mec sale surnommé "greasy [...]

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:40:29 -0700
"World Court" vs. Texas
I thought I could read English but maybe not. I could swear this report says the World Court just gave Texas an order. World Court Orders U.S. to Halt Five Texas Executions By Debra Cassens Weiss The International Court of Justice has ordered the United States to halt the executions of five Mexicans on death row in Texas. But will Texas comply? The tribunal also known as the World Court said the executions should be stopped until the defendants’ cases can be reviewed, the Washi