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Cheryl Klein: Query Holiday Guidelines
As announced earlier this month, I am open to unsolicited submissions from this very moment -- Monday, August 20, at 8 a.m. -- until Friday, August 24, at 11:59 p.m. To submit, please use the following...
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Margaret Taylor: Grizelda_COVER
The second of the new book covers funded by Kickstarter is now complete. You can see the new-cover version of Grizelda up on Smashwords here. Thanks, Kelsey for doing such a wonderful job with these!...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Water Worlds: 15 Real Floating Towns & Ocean Cities
[ By Steph in Global & Travel & Places. ] There’s only one Venice, but you might be surprised to find that you can get the same scenic and historic feel – complete with canal ‘streets’ and...
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Dan Schofer '00
8-19-2012Athletic Fields + Mud Road. 59 minutes. 8 miles.Easy running at practice and afterwards. Felt OK.
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8-19-2012Lisbon. 29 minutes. 4 miles.Easy shakeout run. Felt good! Circuit workout. [Week: 78 miles]
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8-20-2012Solon-Lake MacBride Trail. 69 minutes. 10 miles.Easy run with the team. Felt pretty good.
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Brendon Etter: The Nineteen Types of Illegitimate Rape
Dear Reader, First peruse this article, lest you not recognize the context of today's list. Done reading? Good. There are twenty types of rape, but only one is technically legitimate. The other...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Boutique Comic Shop Panel-Style Displays Pop Off the Page
[ By WebUrbanist in Architecture & Offices & Commercial. ] Comics have come a long ways since the early days of Marvel and Detective Comics, but though tone, genres and superheroes in some...
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Emma Wilhelm '99: I Would Love to Write
I would love to write, but I’ve been so busy that when the PetSmart employee turned me away at 9:01 tonight, I started to cry. The dogs had enough food for breakfast tomorrow, but that was all. My...
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Kevin Draper '10: If It Ain't Broke, Break It.
One of the most compelling aspects of the NBA offseason -- especially for the die-hard fan -- is watching non-contending franchises "blow it up". Colloquially speaking, "blowing it up" refers to the...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Dissent will get you in trouble
In Russia, dissent will still get you sent to prison, even if it's not in Siberia. Russian Punk Band Is Found Guilty of Hooliganism for Anti-Putin ProtestA Moscow judge handed down prison sentences of...
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Dan Schofer '00
8-21-2012Abbe Hills Loop. 58 minutes. >8 miles.Chilly and nice. Started at 6:45 AM. Relaxed and easy pace. Felt fine.
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Cheryl Klein: The Quote File: Ursula K. LeGuin
I haven't read nearly enough of Ursula K. LeGuin's work, but everything I have read leaves me in awe of her intelligence, empathy, high standards, and grace. Most recently, I thought of "The Ones Who...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Cement Bleak: Haunting Shadow Faces on the Sidewalk
[ By Steph in Art & Street Art & Graffiti. ] Ghostly faces appear in shadows on the sidewalk – cast, of all things, by kitchen colanders. ‘Cement Bleak‘ is an urban installation project by...
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Kurt Kohlstedt '02: Flat-Pack Furniture: 3 Modern Designs from Noon Studio
[ By Steph in Design & Furniture & Decor. ] Simple doesn’t mean boring. Take the designs of Noon Studio, which, as design duo Gautier Pelegrin and Taïani Vincent explain, “celebrate simplicity...
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Dan Schofer '00
8-21-2012Athletic Fields. 30 minutes. 4 miles.Easy shakeout run with Marie.
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Kevin Draper '10: Wildish Speculation & Outlandish Guesses: The Dog Days of...
We've reached the dog days of summer here at The Diss, and sometimes it's hard to keep our focus on basketball. So we decided not to!What is the biggest non-basketball related sports story at the...
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Ken Wedding's CompGov Blog: Move people and end poverty
"Government-sponsored" resettlement is common in China, and doing so to end poverty is one reason. What kinds of government powers and legitimacy are needed to make these policies work? Two million...
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