My friend and colleague gave a fabulous talk last year at O'Reilly E-tech titled The Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism. The essence of his argument: The Web was invented so physicists could share research papers. Web 2.0 was invented... ...full story at RConversation
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Female Beach Volleyball - Beijing - China - 女海灘排球 Olympic Games 2008 女性海滩排球 »
YouTube video Volleyball, like basketball, is a sport whose origin is known almost to the day. Oddly enough, both sports were invented at the same college and within a few years of one another. Volleyball was invented in 1895 by William G. Morgan, a student at... |
| 21 Feb 09 |
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Eluding the Cat » ESWN A man dies in a Yunnan province while playing a blindfolded catch game, which the netizens found to be an unbelievable explanation. So the Yunnan government invited a netizen committee to investigate on site and issue a report without interference. |
| 20 Feb 09 |
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Netizens join probe into "hide-and-seek" prison death in China's Yunnan » People's Daily A 15-member investigation team setout for Jinning County in southwest China's Yunnan Province Friday morning for a probe of a man's death in prison, which local police had said was an accident caused by a game of "hide-and-seek". Li Qiaoming, 24,... |
| 21 Feb 09 |
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China: Eluding the Cat Investigation, Netizen's Power or Government PR? » Global Voices In response to the netizens' talks and comments about the “eluding cat” incident, the Yunnan provincial Publicity Department's Press and Publication Administration decided to form an investigative committee on Feb 20. Moreover, the... |
| 13 Apr 09 |
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Death sentence for killer policeman » Shanghai Daily A POLICEMAN in Yunnan Province was sentenced to death today for shooting a civilian to death during an argument. The Intermediate People's Court of Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan's Mengzi... |
| 13 Apr 09 |
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Police officer sentenced to death after shooting » Shanghai Daily A POLICEMAN in Yunnan Province has been sentenced to death for shooting a civilian to death during an argument. The Intermediate People's Court of Hani-Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Honghe in Mengzi County also... |
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