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Essay: Old Vienna

Each morning the dream recedes like retractable claws. In the 19th century they believed it was always the same dream. You were afflicted all night long by the cruel father or voracious mother.

The more enlightened among us see that you can dream of a library.

Last night I dreamt something having to do with the Dead Sea scrolls. There were lots of badly dressed, vatic people who were vaguely happy. They were beside the water and believed they were loved by the divine. They had plenty of words to support this.

There wasn’t a cruel mother in sight. Unless she was offstage somewhere. Perhaps dear old mum was the dead sea itself, but that’s so Vienna, don’t you think? ƒ

Newt Gingrich’s half-sister, Candace Gingrich- Jones rips sibling on gay marriage: I’ll vote for Obama

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/newt-gingrich-half-sister-candace-gingrich-jones-rips-sibling-gay-marriage-i-ll-vote-obama-article-1.988526?localLinksEnabled=false

Obama Tells It Like It Is

Another Picture from the Scary Stepford Resort

For the blind: this is a federal style brick house surrounded by fake trees which are filled with mechanical birds and piercing strobe lights. The entire scene is under a fourteen story tall glass roof. The little brick house has a picture of a ginger bread man named “Gingy” who also walks the atrium during happy hour I’m told…

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Not a Real Place, A Stepford Resort

This is the atrium of the Gaylord Hotel and resort in National Harbor, Maryland where I have been holed up at a conference on wireless accessibility for people with disabilities. I confess that the entire complex makes me feel as if I’m inside a micro-chip.

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Huffington Post: Applying To College With Physical Disabilities: What You Need To Know

Applying To College With Physical Disabilities: What You Need To Know

Applicants should try to visit campuses and prepare, as students, to advocate for their needs. There are about 1.1 million physically disabled undergraduates in the…

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BBC E-mail: Gulf spill evidence 'destroyed'

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** Gulf spill evidence ‘destroyed’ **
BP accuses services firm Halliburton of destroying evidence relating to last year’s deadly oil well blast, which caused America’s worst offshore spill.
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BBC E-mail: What does the body language of Sarkozy and Merkel tell us?

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** What does the body language of Sarkozy and Merkel tell us? **
German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in Paris for crunch talks with the French President Nicolas Sarkozy. How was their non-verbal communication?
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