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The “Sacred” Olympic Torch Relay

April 17th, 2008 · Comments Off

Considering what the Wikipedia has to say about the Olympic torch relay:-

The relay of the flame from Greece to the site of the modern games had no ancient precedent and was introduced by Carl Diem, with the support of Joseph Goebbels, at the controversial Berlin Olympics as a means to promote Nazi ideology.

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Meshing of Data w/ Modern Web Tools

April 17th, 2008 · Comments Off

We went to the local public library last Sunday w/ Jasper to pick up some English readings. There I found Arthur (ex-NPCer) with his gigantic desktop computer in the children’s section, occupying one round table all by himself. He recognized me so I went up to him and was just about to ask him WTF [...]

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Tags: General · History · Social Restructuring · Tools for Work