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VOGUE News, Jan 10, 2012


VOGUE

Lady Gaga's a Futuristic Fembot in L'Uomo Vogue
Billboard
For his fifth installment of the holiday treat, dubbed "World Go Boom," the real-life Jordan Roseman kicks things off with Bruno Mars' "Grenade" and flows through tracks from Adele, Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, LMFAO and OneRepublic, among others. ...
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Billboard
Nicki Minaj Hopes to Score Vogue Cover
Rap-Up.com
Nicki Minaj has taken the fashion world by storm. But there's one prize she still has her eye on—the cover of Vogue. The hip-hop diva's manager is determined to get his client's face on the front of the fashion bible. The 29-year-old rapper, ...
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Rap-Up.com
Fashion World Unites to Support Obama's Re-Election Campaign
International Business Times
According to WWD reports, US Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour has played a pivotal role in drawing the fashion world to support Obama. Wintour, along with Scarlett Johansson, will reportedly host a major fund-raising event in February 2012 for the ...
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International Business Times
Beverage Drinks Back En Vogue? Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR ...
SmallCap Network
The US represents about 15% of it sales, but is one of the biggest carbonated-beverage drinking markets in the world. Green Mountain Coffee Roasters shares fell from a peak of $116 in mid-September to a low of $72.27 by November after David Einhorn ...
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Try on everything under the sun
Sydney Morning Herald
Actor Jane Birkin and any Birkin-related offspring (Lou Doillon, Charlotte Gainsbourg) fall firmly in the former category, while former French Vogue editor Carine Roitfeld and stylist and Chanel muse Ines de la Fressange tend to the latter among the ...
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Solange Knowles Signs Modeling Contract With Next Model Managment, Style ...
Huffington Post
Beyonce just gave birth to her first child (aka the most famous baby in the world), Blue Ivy Carter and now comes news that Solange has signed a contract with Next Model Management. Vogue UK announced the news and calls Solange "the next big ...
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Stella McCartney would rather get an early night than party with Primrose Hill set
Daily Mail
In an interview with this month's Vogue magazine, the designer talks of her devotion to the four children she has with husband Alasdhair Willis - MIller, Bailey, Beckett and Reiley - all of whom are under the age of seven. She reveals how she spends ...
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Daily Mail
Nicki Minaj Dethrones Eminem as Most Followed Hip Hop Artist on Twitter, Eyes ...
Fresh Like Dougie
Recently, Nicki Minaj has been branching out and getting more involved in the world of fashion; she has been spotted at numerous fashion shows and events, with the likes of fashion-world icons such as Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. Nicki Minaj.
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Fresh Like Dougie
A backward glance to see the future
The Japan Times
With the aim of encouraging Japan to revive itself in the postquake economic slump, 17 editors in chief from Vogue magazines around the world showed their support by coming to Tokyo. It was the first time so many Vogue editors visited the city at the ...
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The Japan Times
David Bailey on why modern celebrities leave him cold
Telegraph.co.uk
... have lunch with the world's most eminent breeder of parrots. I get the sense that Bailey – you never, ever call him David – would rather read the new issue of Cage and Aviary Birds than that of Vogue, which arrives in his studio shortly after I do. ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Runway To Win
Vogue.com
US Vogue editor Anna Wintour has been instrumental in garnering fashion world support for Obama, WWD reports, and is set to host another fund-raising event in February alongside actress Scarlett Johansson.
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Rin Tin Tin: A Silent Film Star On Four Legs
WBUR
Susan Orlean is a staff writer for the New Yorker and has contributed articles to Vogue, Rolling Stone and Esquire. She is the author of several books, including The Orchid Thief. - Susan Orlean is a staff writer for the Members of the baby boomer ...
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Advertise in Balanced Living
Cleveland Jewish News
BALANCED Living combines the sophistication and mentality of Vogue with the content and information of WebMD®. Its magazine and web presence are the perfect way to get your message to those striving to balance relationships, families, jobs and life ...
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Obama 'Retrenches'—America Retreats
Wall Street Journal
It has suffered no comparable military or economic disaster; the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were a sneeze compared to World War II. The current vogue in declinism confuses the failures of (and disappointments in) an administration with the health of ...
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Fashion's big names get behind Barack Obama's presidential campaign
Telegraph.co.uk
He may not be as popular as he was the last time he faced the polls, but the fashionworld is still in love with Barack Obama. BY Melissa Whitworth | 09 January 2012 Anna Wintour has been editor in chief of US Vogue in 1988. ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Betsey Johnson, Paulina Porizkova Add Authenticity to ABC Family's Jane By Design
TV Guide
... and magazine editors in chief Amy Astley (Teen Vogue), Brandon Holley (Lucky) and Stefano Tonchi (W magazine). The new series, which premiered Jan. 3, gives a fashion-centric view of the world of high school student Jane Quimby (Erica Dasher). ...
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TV Guide
Luxury car sales accelerate in Emirates
The National
Satish Kumar / The National Luxury cars are back in vogue across the Emirates as top-end motor sales accelerated last year - with the UAE accounting for a quarter of global Bugatti sales. Rolls-Royce, Bentley and Bugatti all reported robust sales ...
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The National
Yao Ming's Full-Court Press
Wines-Info.Com
Retired NBA star and Chinese sports sensation Yao Ming is one of a rapidly growing number of enophiles in his home country, where French wines are in vogue. But Yao developed his taste for wine in the United States, so his drinking habits have tended ...
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Wines-Info.Com
China's Imports Slow But Remain Elevated
Wall Street Journal
Ore import prices rose 9% between early November and December, suggesting that bargain buying remains in vogue. Still, China's property sector, a major consumer of steel products, remains weak. Home prices eased for a fourth-straight month in December, ...
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Dish Network's New Hopper DVR Is the King of DVRs
Gizmodo
Like whats en vogue in the DVR world these days, you can record a show on one DVR and watch it on the other. And what will probably solve all your lost remote control woes, the Hopper can 'phone home' a remote control and make it beep. ...
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Commercial Times: Is someone who calls himself Chinese traitor to Taiwan?
Focus Taiwan News Channel
Since when has it become in vogue to call someone a traitor to Taiwan for describing himself as Chinese? In seemingly democratic, multicultural and tolerant Taiwan society, these values have actually been manipulated by politicians so frequently and so ...
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Diversity Casting and Commercial vs. High-End Markets
Salon (blog)
(It's also important to note that the influential viewers of Target ads are the people buying the clothes, while the influential viewers of a Vogue fashion spread are other stylemakers. Target has to satisfy you and me; Vogue does not.) ...
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Margaret Thatcher, in fashion at last
Macleans.ca
I suppose there is no reason why Mrs. Thatcher herself should ever have been on the cover of Vogue, though it's nice to see her there, even if in someone else's body. She was occasionally in its inside pages and actually made it to the world's ...
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Defibrillators please! Reviving the magazine business through partnerships
Marketing magazine Australia (blog)
Vogue Fashion's Night Out (FNO) is an example of a magazine establishing important partnerships and relationships with retailers and engaging consumers in the real world. Launched by Anna Wintour in 2009 amid the GFC, FNO unites designers, retailers, ...
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Marketing magazine Australia (blog)
Social Media Leader: Burberry Top Luxury Brand on Facebook #socialmedia
Pursuitist
“From live streams to runway shows to an arms race on social media platforms, brands are seeking the halo of innovation that comes from inspired online programming,” Scott Galloway, professor and co-founder of LuxuryLab, told Vogue. ...
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Need jobs? Call on government
Bangor Daily News
The vogue to dismiss the 1940s recovery as entirely the result of World War II reflects political positioning, not economic data. At the theoretical heart of job-creation programs is this fact: Only government, because it is not seeking profitability ...
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MILA KUNIS FOR DIOR
Fashion.ie
The actress will appear in the brand's spring ad campaign which will be filmed by Mikael Jansson and featured in the international editions of Elle, Vogue and Madame Figaro. Delphine Arnault, deputy general manager at Dior, has stated that there will ...
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Fashion.ie
Inside Supreme: Anatomy of a Global Streetwear Cult — Part I
The Business of Fashion
The flashy sartorial sensibilities of, say, Russell Brand or Kanye West have mutated into their own category of sub-entertainment and, more often than not, their personal styles do not reflect the currentvogue. So how then did the Supreme aesthetic ...
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Beautiful body is necessary but not enough: Tyra Banks
Tuoitrenews
She is also a contributor to the website vogue.it of the fashion and lifestyle magazineVogue Italia, co-creator of American reality show True Beauty, and a host on her own talk show The Tyra Banks Show. Tyra is now making a tour to some of Vietnam's ...
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Tuoitrenews
“Reality” conquers the movies
Salon
When the current vogue of found-footage cinema began with “Blair Witch,” there were people who believed the events really happened. But that was 1999, when reality TV was still confined to MTV's “The Real World,” when a Hi8 video camera would set you ...
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Salon
The Ultimate Eyewear Guide from Moss Lipow
JustLuxe.com
Last year he was named a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund finalist, the first eyewear designer to be so honored, and now he's come out with the ultimate style bible for the eyewear obsessed. Eyewear: A Visual History published by Taschen features highlights...
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JustLuxe.com
Album: Portland Baroque Orchestra has a winner on its hands with St. John Passion
Oregon Music News
Opting for a true chamber group instead of a large chorus or the debatable one voice per part (OVPP) that is in vogue amongst some early music specialists, the timbre and overall atmosphere were just right for this work. The opening chorus seems to ...
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Oregon Music News
Behind the scenes at BIFT
China Daily
Editors from China's Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Elle magazines would visit to peruse the latest foreign fashion magazines. Teachers were sent around China soon after BIFT's founding to collect various ethnic groups' traditional attire. ...
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MCCORMICK & COMPANY, INCORPORATED : MCCORMICK® UNCOVERS THE FUTURE OF FLAVOR
4-traders (press release)
Veggies in Vogue - Veggies have long been saddled with second-class citizen status. Now, thanks to the enthusiasm of chefs, the quality of seasonal producethe unstoppable growth of fresh markets, it's finally the veggie's time to shine. ...
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Summa Daze
Gay News Network
They're been overseeing the first foreign language production of Priscilla in Milan, but they're back in town so Bryant can direct a couple of shows: Britney Spears: The Musical and In Vogue: Songs by Madonna. Check out both these shows, ...
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Afternoon Links: Lady Gaga's Weird Nipples, Solange's New Gig
Ology
[Fashionista] Turns out Karlie Kloss has made her way back into Vogue Italia for the mag's February issue. Sneaky lady. [Next] I saw Lindsay Lohan tweet over the weekend that her own friends didn't even recognize her as the face of FCUK after seeing ...
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Ology
Bonds Beat Stocks in 30-Yr Battle, But Stocks Favored in Rematch
Barron's (blog)
Bonds are in vogue and overvalued, much as stocks were at the end of the 1990s, he says. After 30 favorable years of declining yields and rising prices, the best case for bonds over the next couple of decades is a return of “zero” after inflation—and ...
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Leaders At Alibaba, Youku, And Baidu Are Slowly Shaking Up China's Corporate ...
Fast Company
Chen is well-schooled in the wooden rhetorical style that has been in vogue and in power since the founding of the People's Republic. "We. Must. Push. Forward. The. Healthy. Development. Of. The. Internet. Sector," he said, in that staccato way that is ...
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Fast Company
Life in 2012: SCB Partners releases trends for the New Year
Travel Daily News International
Expect Vogue.com, GQ.com and other magazines to offer cutting edge fashion for sale, straight off the magazine's website. 10. Clothing Clubs: BeachMint, a so-called 'social commerce company' has kicked off the trend in the US last year with the Olsen ...
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Travel Daily News International
Warner Bros. Records to Release Self-Titled Debut Album From British Singer ...
MarketWatch (press release)
Vogue (US) "Whether it be her heart-stopping renditions of emotionally hefty songs by such artists as Bon Iver and Fleet Foxes, or her own impressively mature compositions -- both are characterized by a grace, beauty and poise it's hard to believe ...
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Kendall and Kylie Jenner: Youngest Kardashian Sisters Set to Take Over
Zimbio
... the rest of the world will soon know their names, as the pair follows in the reality fame footsteps. Kylie began her modeling career with Sears, and has since done photo spreads for OK! magazine, Teen Vogue, and the Hello Kitty line for Forever 21. ...
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Zimbio
Focus: Barclays' harvest
The Lawyer
In fact, the Barclays review signalled a marked departure from the vogue for procurement-led review processes. The era of online panel applications, or e-tendering, began in 2003 when RBS used Belgian procurement group Ariba (formerly FreeMarkets) for ...
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The Lawyer
In A Strange World Where Vogue Italia Takes Over The Home ...
By Julie Gerstein
In this clip from Vogue Italia, the mag imagines what might happen if QVC were to go really, really ridiculously upscale. The video is a companion piece to.
The Frisky
Wartime Wardrobe: How Will Downton Abbey Dress for WWI - Vogue
Since news of the beginning of World War I closes the final show of the first season, you can be sure that not only will their lives change profoundly in the ...
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Toos Music » High quality Reproduction Louis Vuitton Bags during ...
After you adhere to modern vogue traits you are doing reinforce into the world you love you and also the message you post all over into the world at substantial. ...
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OPINIONS, Jan 10, 2012


OPINIONS
Thoughts as we enter 2012
St. George Daily Spectrum
The New Year is already more than one week old. I hope it's a good one for our little corner of theworld. From my cluttered up mind and desk, I offer a bunch of thoughts and opinions, looking both backward and forward. In putting away the Christmas ...
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Flyers Attempting to Tame Bryzgalov's Opinions: Fan Reaction
Yahoo! Sports
Since the Flyers offered their new goalie a lifetime of security, he has been offering the media his every thought about the world around him. Never an organization that likes to play loose, they have been attempting to find a way to respond to his ...
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Yahoo! Sports
Ten Biggest Mistakes Bosses Make In Performance Reviews
Forbes
Some bosses seem to have no memory, so they only base their opinions on the most recent events and opinions from others to form their opinion on what's happening. Plus, the world we live in today, with always on email and Twitter stream updates, ...
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ManpowerGroup Releases Fourth Corporate Social Responsibility Update
Sacramento Bee
This thought leadership app explores the challenges faced by employers navigating the changingworld of work and provides in-depth commentary, analysis, insight and advice on strategies for success. Follow ManpowerGroup Chairman and CEO Jeff Joerres on ...
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Book Review: The Good, The Bad and the Multiplex: What's Wrong With Modern ...
California Literary Review
and “As a critic, it's my job to explain to people why they didn't enjoy things which they may have thought they enjoyed at the time.” Kermode's natural genre is the rant, so a book by him is like an album by the Allman Brothers: the question is less ...
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California Literary Review
Eric Cantona to Speak at Global Sports Forum 2012
World Football Insider
Cantona joins a distinguished line-up of speakers already confirmed to take part in the Forum, which provides a year-long community for people to debate the latest issues and share opinions on sport. LOCOG Chairman, Sebastian Coe, FC Barcelona ...
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How much does it cost to get a scientific paper?
ScienceBlogs (blog)
My thoughts on biology, teaching, life, and exploring the living world via the digital one. Only myopinions are represented by these postings, they do not represent the viewpoints of any funding agency or Geospiza, Inc. I am a digital biologist, ...
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411 Music Presentsů2011 Year In Review Part 2: Staff Roundtable
411mania.com
That's cool, I don't expect everyone to agree with me, but personally, I thought the album was a real let down and extremely frustrating to listen too. Not so much HAM, as turkey. And no, I did not decide to use this album here just so I could use that ...
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411mania.com
Leaders from Cisco, Ford, Visa and ZTE to Keynote at GSMA Mobile World ...
Sacramento Bee
For more information, please visit Mobile World Live, the online portal for the mobile communications industry, at www.mobileworldlive.com or the GSMA corporate website at http://www.gsmworld.com. Reader comments on Sacbee.com are the opinions of the ...
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Should Marketers Strive To Make A Difference?
Fast Company
As I mentioned, I've heard people in my industry for whom I have great respect espouse similar opinions. But I am concerned about the commitment people feel and--particularly--about the responsibility people take for their actions, in a world where ...
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Fast Company
Sally Bedell Smith's bio reveals 'Elizabeth the Queen'
USA TODAY
But his habit of expressing public opinions on controversial topics ranging from organic farming to modern architecture will complicate being a British constitutional monarch whose role is to unite the nation, not divide it, notes Smith. ...
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USA TODAY
Overheard on CNN.com: What's the best way to get people out of poverty?
CNN (blog)
Editor's note: This post is part of the Overheard on CNN.com series, a regular feature that examines interesting comments and thought-provoking conversations posted by the community. More than 4000 comments (and counting) have been written about the ...
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Have Winds Shifted to Provide Relief to Investors?
Business Insider
We've seen improving economic data from the US lately, and this positive news from the world'slargest economy, along with an improving China—the world's most populated country—offsets the negativity in Europe. All opinions expressed and data ...
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Year in review
Turks and Caicos Weekly News
If Grace, who was just 19 at the time of the attack, thought things couldn't possibly get any worse, her ordeal was compounded by a dire lack of resources, sympathy and, ultimately, justice. TWO top brass Canadian cops – both with more than 30 years ...
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Angelina Jolie has no problem handling the incessant intrusions on
OCRegister
A. I had a really strong mother who loved me, and so I didn't have to live for other people's opinionsbecause I knew she loved me. Q. Let's go back to that young Angelina for a moment. Knowing what you know now, would you have done anything ...
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Leveson inquiry: Kelvin MacKenzie, Dominic Mohan appear
The Guardian (blog)
MacKenzie says he stands by his comments about "lobbing" claims into the paper "if they sound right". He says he deliberately used the phrase, and avoided describing it as "chucking things in". "We thought about it and then put it in," he says. ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Paul: Pollution a local issue
Seacoastonline.com
"I have always found Ron Paul to be very straightforward in terms of expressing his opinions as opposed to kind of pitching for the voters at hand," said Raymond Mark, a registered independent who is a performance analyst at Timberland. "I thought he ...
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Blazersedge Mailbag: Criticisms
Blazer's Edge
I draw on my own experience, league/team/player history, stats, re-watching some games, a little bit of reading other folks' opinions. After I dig for a while the picture usually comes clear and I write about what I see. I suspect you're asking more ...
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Crystal ball predictions that surely couldn't happen in 2012, or could they…?
Proactive Investors UK
If you thought that 2011 was a tough year, wait until you read about what 2012 has got in store for investors around the world. With the use of our very own Central Markets crystal ball we have foreseen some of the events that could have a profound ...
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Baseball ProGUESTus 27 Outs, 140 Characters: Fandom in the Time of Twitter
Baseball Prospectus
It's funny how quickly you come to respect the opinions of people without any affiliation to ESPN or mlb.com, when you paid no attention to them before. It's funny how we can acknowledge the wonderful novelty of this thing the internet has created, ...
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Bill Keller writes newest, dumbest Biden-Clinton 2012 swap piece
Salon
“I don't agree with his very strong opinions about gay rights,” she told Salon. “I think people should be allowed to do what they want to do. I liked his answer at the end, that if one of his kids was to come out of the closet that he would support ...
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Salon
UFC 141 drug tests come back clean
MMAjunkie.com
Just a thought. I don't "feed" the trolls, I don't even respond to their posts. It's just really annoying having to read their posts on every article that has to do with Overeem. Just athought. Oh look it's a guy who thinks only his opinion matters. ...
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MMAjunkie.com
WeView Verdict: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
TheSixthAxis
With that round-up on your varying opinions of the game covered, it's time to move onto counting up your verdicts. This was a bit complicated this week with some of you deciding to give different verdicts depending on the platform. ...
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Op-Ed: Most useless airport in the world?
DigitalJournal.com
If you thought that was flagrant spending, the company has also doubled its own expenses with huge payouts for the staff of seven. There is a fancy website describing the wonders of the airport, yet no-one knows when or even if the airport will open. ...
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DigitalJournal.com
Out of Bounds featuring Lou Merloni
WEEI.com
Yeah and neo Twitter can be extremely dangerous to that exit and you sort of lose that thought you caught in it your own little world in your tweeting Leo relies on people goes out to some times. And for me. Everybody's on different approach you know I ...
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