3 days ago

Top Ten Reasons John McCain Chose Sarah Palin      Similar

As I've considered John McCain's selection of Sarah Palin, and her acceptance speech last evening, I just couldn't convince myself to take either all that seriously. Yes, it was a well-designed and delivered speech and it received glowing reviews from those in attendance, including the media. However, the wisdom of the Palin selection is still open to debate...and the content of her speech will still have to be reconciled with the facts. While that process unfolds, I decided to offer the following tongue-in-cheek list of the top ten reasons John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate. N...
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1 day ago

Adding Music to Your Photography Presentation      Similar

As I turn my attention toward the upcoming PowerPoint Live in San Diego in September, I am thinking about fine tuning those presentations which I will be giving as an instructor in Photography and Image Editing. When speaking in public, many presenters like to have some music playing in the background during the time in which the audience is filing in and taking their seats. Often, when I am presenting and showing a series of photographic images. Occasionally, I set the mood with music. Regional artists can be a wealth of topical theme music One of the things I like to do is shop the location ...
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3 days ago

A brief history of class struggle in Britain      Similar

Britain – or England, to be more exact – was famously the home of the first great revolution of modern times, in the shape of the Civil War of 1642-1651. I’m sure the Decent Left of the day would somehow have found the moral clarity with which to oppose it; you know how the Euston Manifesto crew hate one party theocracies headed by dictators. Perhaps they called on the American colonies to mount humanitarian intervention. But to tell the truth, I’ve always harboured a certain admiration for Oliver Cromwell (pictured). I probably shouldn’t admit this, but from time to time I have toye...
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