National Book Award Contest: Winners!
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Leisure & Literature & Media & Poetry & Prose | November 20, 2009
Who won our NBA contest?
Archive for the 'Current Events' Category
Yes Justice Scalia, There Were Patents Relating To Training Horses in the 1890s; But More Importantly, We Need Them Today
Filed in A-Featured & American History & Current Events & Economics & Law | November 19, 2009
Can you patent horse training?
8 Reasons to Unfriend Someone on Facebook
Filed in A-Featured & Dictionaries & Leisure & Lexicography & Media | November 19, 2009
A survey of Facebook users on why they would unfriend someone.
Ponytail Pulling is Bad (but awfully good for women’s sports)
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Leisure & Media & Politics | November 19, 2009
Laura Pappano discusses Elizabeth Lambert’s hair-pulling and sportsmanship in women’s athletics.
Historical Thesaurus: On dealing with the press interest
Filed in A-Editor's Picks & A-Featured & Dictionaries & Media & Reference & UK | November 19, 2009
Professor Christian Kay on the press interest in the HTOED.
On whether KSM deserves Vengeance or Justice
Filed in A-Featured & American History & Current Events & Media & Politics | November 17, 2009
Elvin Lim comments on the Khalid Sheikh Mohammed’s upcoming trial in New York for the September 11th attacks within the context of justice in our legal system.
Oxford Word of the Year 2009: Unfriend
Filed in A-Editor's Picks & A-Featured & Current Events & Dictionaries & Lexicography & Reference | November 16, 2009
Our word of the year has “lex-appeal”.
Gillian Saunders Podcast:
Place of the Year 2009
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Economics & Geography & Politics | November 13, 2009
Get some first hand perspective on the changes South Africa has seen since winning the 2010 World Cup bid.
Three South African Exports: Place of the Year 2009
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Geography & History & Politics & World History | November 13, 2009
Jake Kraft looks at one of South Africa’s biggest exports: its people.
Justice Sotomayor, Perhaps “Speed Dating” Should Be Patent-Eligible After All
Filed in A-Featured & Current Events & Law | November 12, 2009
In light of Bilski v. Kappas Charles R. Macedo questions whether speed dating can by patented.
