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...We’re suspending it, not eliminating it, so we hope to get the program going again in a couple of years,” he said. In the meantime, the Foundation will maintain its commitment to narrative journalism through the continued operation of the Nieman Narrative Digest, the Foundation’s Web site on narrative journalism. The digest’s online presence includes bimonthly updates featuring examples of outstanding narrative stories and resources on long-form writing. The foundation will also continue to offer the Nieman fellowship program, which is the world’s longest...
...again to all your friends at different times. Nowadays, even with social networking, gays still have to come out, but one of the key differences between our pre-profile selves and our new online presentations is that now (finally!) the burden is also on our friends to discover and digest our identities. For the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community, Facebook et al have finally leveled the identity field, and it's kinda nice. (See a visual history of the gay-rights movement, from Stonewall to Prop...
...laws of economics have reasserted themselves. Since oil prices plummeted, and world stock markets crashed last fall, some $75 billion worth of real estate projects have been suspended and canceled in Dubai, according to a report by the local branch of HSBC bank. Business journal the Middle East Economic Digest puts the figure at more than $300 billion. Postponed developments include the World, a luxury man-made island community designed to resemble a world map, and Dubailand, a theme park planned to be twice the size of Florida's Disney World. Housing prices have fallen 20%-40% from their peak...
...cost more than the latest Prius or, you know, the average American home. Take the magnetic floating bed created by a Dutch architect, valued at a bargain price of $1.5 million. Or maybe you're interested in some gold pills filled with edible gold leaf, designed for users to "digest to increase self-worth." Bravo! There's nothing like flushing $429 down the toilet...
...expensive, too. A copy of Master Your Metabolism: The 3 Diet Secrets to Naturally Balancing Your Hormones for a Hot and Healthy Body! costs $9.99. People under 50 are not likely to buy that book anyway. Buying a magazine is a better deal. An issue of The Reader's Digest for Kindle costs only $1.25, but that is a publication for older people, as are most of the Kindle magazines which include old people favorites Forbes, The Atlantic, and US News. It is interesting that Teen People is not one of the magazine titles being offered for Kindle...