October 2011
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Eastern Heathens: Call for Entries →
Eastern Heathens: Call for Entries easternheathens:
Eastern Heathens, an anthology of fiction inspired by Asian folklore.
We love Asian folklore. We grew up listening to Chinese legends, Arab fairy tales, Malay ghost stories and Indian sacred epics, and their fabulous images have continued to inhabit our imaginations ever since.
But…
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“Data released this week from CTIA, the wireless industry association, shows that...”
– More Wireless Devices Than People - NYTimes.com
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“As news organizations embrace Twitter and Facebook to distribute stories and...”
– 7 keys to managing a great social media news team | Poynter.
Report: Facebook Users "Like" 31% More Over The... →
Clicking the “Like” button is incredibly easy to do, and increasingly becoming the primary way people interact on Facebook.
Users are engaging with Facebook pages 31% more over the last year. Of this boost in engagement, 84% turned out to be from the “Like” button, while 15% were from comments and only 1% were from shares, according to a recent report from Efficient...
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http://www.bitrebels.com/design/geek-art-ink-pen-il... →
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“The lead actors of The Simpsons have reached a deal with the Fox network that...”
– Deal to save The Simpsons reached - Arts & Entertainment - CBC News
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“This week, Mother Jones tracked down and spoke with the two activists behind the...”
– “We Are the 99 Percent” Creators Revealed | Mother Jones
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Statement by the President on the Passing of Steve... →
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Michelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was among the greatest of American innovators - brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.
By building one of the planet’s most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity. By making computers...
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Apple →
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“Dozens of students at the University at Albany walked out of class on Wednesday...”
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UAlbany students protest tuition increases, budget cuts - Times Union
(via timesunion)
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“The Labor Religion Coalition organized a bus trip for the Community/Labor March...”
– Capital Region protesters head to Wall Street - Times Union
(via timesunion)
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Local Friendly's restaurants face closure amid... →
The Capital Region will lose several Friendly’s restaurants as the restaurant chain files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
The local restaurants slated for closure are located on Wolf Road in Colonie, Western Avenue in Guilderland, Delaware Avenue in Bethlehem, Congress Street in Saratoga Springs, Altamont Avenue in Rotterdam and Upper Glen Street in Glens Falls.
Both the...
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“Now in its third week, the loose-knit protest movement known as Occupy Wall...”
– Explore MoJo’s interactive map of the anti-Wall Street protests spreading nationwide. Plus: an NYC timeline, a social media roundup, and more Occupying Wall Street and Beyond | Mother Jones
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“It’s not the arrests that convinced me that “Occupy Wall Street” was worth...”
– Who are the 99 percent? - The Washington Post
Nice bit from Ezra Klein on a Tumblr you should be following.
(via markcoatney)
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“And, so
it has taken me
all of sixty years
to understand
that water is the...”
– A section of the poem, “Twigs” by Taha Muhammad Ali. The poet died Sunday in Nazareth.
Weekly Poem: Remembering Taha Muhammad Ali
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The best movie that hasn’t been made yet →
Colin Farrell has signed on to co-star with Sam Rockwell and Christopher Walken in “Seven Psychopaths,” the newest film from award-winning playwright and writer-directorMartin McDonagh (“In Bruges”), playing a screenwriter struggling for inspiration for his script of the same name, and getting caught up in his friends’ (Rockwell and Walken) dog kidnapping plots and with a crazy...
