Tight Like That

Fascinating story of new artifacts and the complete slide show at NYTimes

           

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O-o-o-o-old_Europe.zip (176 KB)

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From Thomas Ricks at Foreign Polcy:

... we never imagined that we would feel duty-bound to publicly denounce a vice president of the United States, a man who has served our country for many years. In light of the irresponsible statements recently made by former Vice President Dick Cheney, however, we feel we must repudiate his dangerous ideas -- and his scare tactics.

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My grandfather: steelworker and proud union member.

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Bella Figura 0   Joga Bonita 2

Two calendar years equal about five football years, as evidenced by the lackluster Azzurri just 2.5 years after their World Cup triumph. A Seleção outperformed the reigning world champions convincingly, as individuals and as a team, tactically and aesthetically. And they did it without their best player, Kaka

The one bright spot for Italy was former Nerazzuri  Fabio Grosso --whose early goal was wrongly disallowed. No doubt Marcello Lippi must make major changes before South Africa. Look for improvements when Italia-Brasil take to the pitch later this year in The Confederations Cup.

       

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Two calendar years equal about five football years, as evidenced by the lackluster Azzurri just 2.5 years after their World Cup triumph. A Seleção outperformed the reigning world champions convincingly, as individuals and as a team, tactically and aesthetically. And they did it without their best player, Kaka

The one bright spot for Italy was former Nerazzuri  Fabio Grosso --whose early goal was wrongly disallowed. No doubt Marcello Lippi must make major changes before South Africa. Look for improvements when Italia-Brasil take to the pitch later this year in The Confederations Cup.

       

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File Inno_di_Mameli_instrumental.ogg (23 KB)

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I love playing with TimeSpace World because it feels spatial, like flying over the news landscape:

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First solo exhibition opens at Boston's ICA

                     

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UPDATE: Boston police arrest Shepard Fairey for vandalism, outstanding warrants
UPDATE II: AP threatens Fairey with lawsuit over Obama design
BACKATCHA: Fairy sues AP over Obama design

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Kid bro in Tel Megiddo

---------- Forwarded message ----------

From: J
Date: Fri, Jan 30, 2009 at 7:18 AM
Subject: Armageddon
To: tightlikethat

From megiddo, israel. The valley where the final battle will take place according to Revelations...

Sent via BlackBerry

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The blockbuster Feb 10 friendly between football's winningest nations has turned officially hostile.

Italian fugitive Cesare Battisti, a prison escapee convicted of murders and terrorism in the '70's, was granted refugee status by Brazil despite an extradition request from the Italian government:

 After the initial proposal that the match should not take place, yesterday, it was announced by Undersecretary to the Presidency of the Council that the match would go ahead as planned.

However, on Thursday, the Italian defence minister stated that he believes the match should be stopped.

"If it was a World Cup match, then it would be right [that] politics do not enter into it," claimed Ignazio La Russa, "However, this is a friendly match and right now I cannot find reasons to be friends with Brazil, which has left a terrorist and murderer in Cesare Battisti at large. The friendly match should be stopped."

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The Beeb reports:

Happy cows produce more milk, according to researchers at Newcastle University.

Cattle that are named and treated with a "more personal touch" can increase milk yields by up to 500 pints a year.

The study, by the university's School of Agriculture, Food and Rural Development, involved 516 farmers across the UK. Published in the journal Anthrozoos, the study found farmers who named their cows gained a higher yield than the 54% that did not give their cattle names.

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