Thursday, November 22, 2007
From the BrisbaneTimes:
“PLOCNIK, Serbia - If the figurines found in an ancient European settlement are any guide, women have been dressing to impress for at least 7,500 years.
Recent excavations at the site - part of the Vinca culture which was Europe’s biggest prehistoric civilisation - point to a metropolis with a great degree of sophistication [...]
Thursday, November 22, 2007
The Boston Globe:
“A unilateral lunge for independence by Kosovo could spur Serbs in Bosnia and Herzogovina - half that country’s population - to follow suit. And Kremlin warnings against the imposition of any Kosovo formula not acceptable to Serbia raises the specter of Russian backing for independence movements in Georgia, Moldova, and even Ukraine. This [...]
Thursday, November 22, 2007
From Slate Magazine
“Last month, James Watson, the legendary biologist, was condemned and forced into retirement after claiming that African intelligence wasn’t ‘the same as ours.’ ‘Racist, vicious and unsupported by science,’ said the Federation of American Scientists. ‘Utterly unsupported by scientific evidence,’ declared the U.S. government’s supervisor of genetic research. The New York Times told [...]
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
From The Telegraph:
“The era of ‘peak gold’ has arrived.
Try as they might, miners cannot find enough ore at viable costs to replace their fast-depleting reserves, even if they dig miles into the centre of the earth.
‘There’s not much gold out there,’ said Gregory Wilkins, chief executive of top producer Barrick Gold.
‘Global mine supply is [...]
Saturday, November 17, 2007
From the BBC NEWS:
“The case of a man convicted of simulating sex with his bicycle has sparked a debate about human rights and the privacy of an individual.
Internet message boards have been buzzing with comment about the case of Robert Stewart, 51, from Ayr.
He was reported by cleaners at a hostel who unlocked his [...]
Saturday, November 17, 2007
The PayPal mafia - Nov. 14, 2007
An inside look at the hyperintelligent, superconnected pack of serial entrepreneurs who left the payment service and are turning Silicon Valley upside down.
(tags: Entrepreneurship Internet money business)
BBC NEWS | Americas | China spying ‘biggest US threat’
Chinese espionage poses “the single greatest risk” to the security of US technology, a [...]
Friday, November 16, 2007
From Channel 4 website:
A video obtained by a charity shows the life for many inside Serb mental hospitals amounts to a version of hell. Unending cruelty if not by design, then by neglect. And yet tonight Serbia’s Prime Minister said it’s all “fabricated” and “malicious”. Source: Channel 4 - News - Serbia’s secret shame
This [...]
Friday, November 16, 2007
From Dezeen:
Here are some more images of the new An der Alster 1 building by J Mayer H Architects, plus plans and elevations of the building.
(Via dezeen.)
Friday, November 16, 2007
I like these two portraits…
international photography awards -IPA 2007 winners
Friday, November 16, 2007
New works by Chris Reccardi
reccardi.com:cosmopollus