changed our idea of family? Consider the most recent ten years of American History. What events or trends (for example, the 9/11 attacks, same-sex marriage legislation) do you think a sociologist or cultural historian might consider important for understanding our current mythologies of family...
Which artists, whose first major label album dropped within the 2000-2009 period, do you think have made the biggest impact on mainstream Hip Hop (good or bad)? (Inspired by XXL article)
Here's my list...
10. Jim Jones
9. Young Jeezy
8. Fabolous
7. Souljah Boy
6. Game
5. T.I.
4. Nelly
3...
Marion Nestle writes Food Politics, an important blog for those who are interested in food issues beyond what we’re going to have for dinner tonight.* It’s one of the few (very select) food blogs that I subscribe to that doesn’t contain recipes!* Nestle has a recent post on her predictions for...
Marion Nestle writes Food Politics, an important blog for those who are interested in food issues beyond what we’re going to have for dinner tonight.* It’s one of the few (very select) food blogs that I subscribe to that doesn’t contain recipes!* Nestle has a recent post on her predictions for...
Ready or not, 3D HDTV is going to take the television scene by storm in the coming decade, at least according to our buddies over at HDGuru. Here's why they think the future is more Avatar than anything else:
First, even though manufacturers might be rushing things, considering their last...
10 years ago, you could buy the HP Jornada 548 with a color screen, which let you listen to MP3s, surf the web, check your email, and keep a calendar. It had a touchscreen. It ran Windows. It was awesome.
Today, you can buy a smartphone with a color screen, which lets you listen to MP3s, surf...
The defroster on my Jenn Air GC2228EEDD9/10 broke two years ago. I went to my local fridge parts shop and I haven;t heard from them since. Please tell me where you can buy a working defroster. If you are willing to sell me yours I will be happy to buy it from you. I can install it myself. Thanks.
your mind) has turned it into a joke? Found the Grauniad's Guide ' The noughties' worst named and shamed' on a seat in a pub last night (here in funky Streatham), and even though I had not drunk a great deal before finding it - rushed to the toilet almost on the verge of soaking me undies...
This decade is on track to become the warmest since records began in 1850, and 2009 could rank among the top-five warmest years, the U.N. weather agency reported Tuesday on the second day of a pivotal 192-nation climate conference. For central Africa and southern Asia this will probably be the...
What electronic song from earlier this decade had in the lyrics "you ring my bell"?
There was a female lead singer it was an electronic sounding song, pop music. I remember it was a pretty big hit.
An analysis of brain tumor incidence in Scandinavian countries from the mid 1970s to the early 2000s found no substantial change in brain tumor rates in adults 5 to 10 years after cell phone usage rose sharply. However, the researchers cautioned that there could be reasons other than the...
For my school's newspaper (I'm a staff writer and reporter.), I am doing an article on possible predictions for the coming decade (2010-2019). Any idea where I can find educated predictions?
And second...
I also need predictions for the decade of 2000-2009 that did NOT come true.
Thank you!
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