Saturday, December 24, 2011
Thursday, December 15, 2011
The New Facebook Is Finally Here (For Everyone)
The New Facebook Is Finally Here (For Everyone): "Facebook has decided Timeline is ready for the non-New Zealand population, and flipped the global switch: starting today, those still sans-Timeline "will receive a notification on their Profile if they want to 'Get Timeline' or they can visit www.facebook.com/about/timeline.""
'via Blog this'
'via Blog this'
Monday, December 12, 2011
2011 prison census - Imprisoned - Committee to Protect Journalists
2011 prison census - Imprisoned - Committee to Protect Journalists: "Authorities in Baku arrested Zeynally on bribery and extortion charges stemming from a complaint filed by Gyular Akhmedova, a member of parliament. Akhmedova alleged that the editor had tried to extort 10,000 manat (US$12,700) from her in an August encounter, news reports said. A Nasimi District Court judge ordered that Zeynally be held in pretrial detention for three months, the independent Caucasus news website Kavkazsky Uzel reported. He faced up to 12 years in prison if convicted."
'via Blog this'
'via Blog this'
Sunday, December 11, 2011
Saturday, December 10, 2011
A brazen attempt at political censorship
A brazen attempt at political censorship
British writer and journalist Auberon Waugh's signal contribution to the English language is the phrase 'chattering classes'. Waugh used the term to disparage the 'metropolitan middle-class'; these days the description would fit the socially mobile, the educated and the fashionable among the urban middle-classes.
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