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An Australian teenager who threw a wild party while his parents were away could face a hefty fine.

This is classic in my view….. see what you think??

http://www.heatworld.com/Article/3975/Funny+stuff/The+HYSTERICAL+story+gripping+Australia

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A few days ago the prestigious Milan daily, Corriere della Sera, published the translation of an article by Neocon, Robert Kagan. The Italian version of the article bore the title “Trattare Con Teheran? Meglio Farlo Subito” (Negotiate With Tehran? Better Do It Now.) The article was headed by a secondary title written in red: “The Nuclear Threat.”

As I read the four-column article I ticked what for me were dubious or false statements and claims, either of fact or opinion. Kagan’s apparently smooth article is predictably infected with an underlying hypocrisy and well known America-centrism making the writer’s occasional hypocritical attempts at any kind of balance laughable.

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http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1855

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This article in the Guardian is immensely informative about Facebook and its real intentions. Don’t be out off by the first few paragraphs. Read the full thing here

Another great Dutch photographer. Check his portrait section.

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Very detailed account of how this guy decides to stop paying his TV license and how the BBC kept sending letter after letter to him, the tone of each letter getting more and more aggressive.

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Top Trends is a blog about trends. The trends are sifted into a number of sections largely based on industry sectors. There is then a category of trends named megatrends, which is a listing of trends that affect many industries or have wider future socio-economic impacts. There’s also a section called columns, which is some of my writings for various newspapers and magazines and a section called predictions. Last but not least there’s also a section about my forthcoming book.

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From thismodernworld.org.

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