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Date:Thursday Mar 05, 2009

links for 2009-03-05 • Who's responsible for all the concrete carbuncles?~ | Magazine | BBC NEWS | Le Corbusier is thought of by many in the world of architecture as the leading mind of the 20th Century, whose work preceded and defined the wholesale use of concrete in architecture, but as a new. • ..... View Comments

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Date:Saturday Feb 07, 2009

The greatest motivation poster ever conceived? 'Keep calm and carry on'

links for 2009-02-07 • Soothing words and stiff upper lips | Magazine | BBC NEWS | Millions of copies of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster were printed on the eve of World War II, but never displayed. • ..... View Comments

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Date:Friday Feb 06, 2009

links for 2009-02-06 • As an atheist, I truly believe Africa needs God | Matthew Parris | Times Online | "Missionaries, not aid money, are the solution to Africa's biggest problem - the crushing passivity of the people's mindset" - so writes Matthew Parris in the Times Online. • ..... View Comments

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Date:Thursday Feb 05, 2009

links for 2009-02-05 • The Gig Economy - The Daily Beast - Is this really the future; economies based on almost everyone having a project-to-project freelance career, everyone being a hustler? • ..... View Comments

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Date / Time: / 21:01 GMT

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Date:Wednesday Jan 14, 2009

links for 2009-01-14 • BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Czech EU art stokes controversy The latest art installation on display at the European Council building in Brussels has angered EU members with its lampoons of national stereotypes. • ..... View Comments