A plague on all your houses
                   
guardian.co.uk     May 15, 2008          

Epidemics make great horror fiction - but recent, misanthropic imaginings don't measure up to the classic acccounts of Defoe and Camus In reality I only needed a bare scratch of top-up Hep A. Yet I'd spent the previous week populating my imagination with a legion of diseases. Given this you'd be... [read full story]                

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School district to approve citizens oversight committee

sacbee.com     4 hrs ago          

By Walter Yost - wyost@sacbee.com Published 5:01 pm PDT Wednesday, July 23, 2008 The El Dorado Union High School District board of trustees will hold a special meeting Tuesday, July 29, to approve bylaws and members of the...                

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Ninn/Gray Battle Goes Federal

avn.com     9 hrs ago          

Gray Denies Allegations of Computer Hacking NORCO, Calif. - The ongoing dispute between Michael Ninn, formerly of Ninn Worx_SR and Spearmint Rhino CEO John Gray may have just taken a federal turn. Sources close to the situation...                

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The New Techno-Historical Determinism: A Reply to Clay Shirky

britannica.com     15 hrs ago   1 related          

My old sparring partner Clay Shirky is at it again. Responding on the Britannica website to Nick Carr's Atlantic piece about the decline of reading, he tells us that War and Peace and À La Recherche du Temps Perdu aren't...                

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Englishman’s Sight Restored After 66 Years: It’s Never Too Late For a Miracle

digitaljournal.com     19 hrs ago          

An 87-year old man who was injured during a Blitz bombing raid now has a new lease on the life he once knew. Read all about how technology and a gifted surgeon restored the sight of a man who was blinded in one eye 66 years ago.                

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