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POPSRotSchwarzGold - Germany's Flag Reinvented In a news story on Saturday reporting on the upcoming semifinal match between Turkey and Germany, the German ARD (Channel 1) news used a wrong image of the German flag, swapping the colours red and black. Apparently the mistake occurred because the editor was distracted by watching the football while creating the background image. My take on it: (a) unlikely story (b) far from offensive, I find it amusing (c) good thing it wasn't any other flag that the Germans misrepresented - that could've had some more crucial repercussions.
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POPSNo One Receiving? This photo comes with a beautiful(ly dark) poem...go to source to read. Just realised that I can no longer clip text freely. Are we back to clipping full paragraphs only? Or is my computer/browser playing up?
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POPSWord wars - susbsidiarity Having studied politics at University, I practically grew up with the concept of subsidiarity. It strikes me as absurd that this should be deemed a nonexistent word and one that should be abolished at that. If anything, can't it just be created for the sake of argument?
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POPSdynamic architecture those of you in Dubai - any thoughts on this? I must admit i know nothing about it, but am very intrigued by the concept!
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POPSKenya's War Of Words Having lived and worked in Nairobi for a couple of years, the developments there - and accounts such as this one - chill me to the bone.
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POPSgiant mouse scientists in Urugay have discovered the fossilised remnants of a skull believed to have belonged to a giant rodent that inhabited what is today South America a good two million years ago. Specs: estimated weight = around 1000 kg; skull length: 53 cm. don't supposed they'd be lured by a chunk of cheese cunningly hidden in a trap, would they?
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POPSThe Simpul Spelling Moovment Among the words targeted were though (tho), confessed (confest), dropped (dropt), through (thru), kissed (kist), fixed (fixt), enough (enuf), prologue (prolog), thoroughfare (thorofare) and depressed (deprest).
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POPSNgugi Wa Thiong'o on Kenyan election I urge you to go to the source and read the entire article. I am generally a huge advocate of t he 1000 character limit for clipping, however this time it has really made life difficult for me. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is one of Kenya's great writers - this recent assessment is, in my opinion, a surprisingly objective take on the pre-election situation in December 2007. (Written before the elections took place)
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