"in architecture the pride of man, his triumph over gravitation, his will to power, assume a visible form. architecture is a sort of oratory of power by means of forms." /friedrich nietzsche
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Nakheel Tower is a skyscraper that is proposed to be built in Dubai, United Arab Emirates by developer Nakheel. The project was previously called Al Burj [Arabic for "The Tower"]. The proposed tower would be 1,400 m (4,593 ft) tall, making it the world's tallest structure if built.
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via ny times:
12-Year-Old’s a Food Critic, and the Chef Loves It
An Australian couple seated beside him struck up a conversation — he had no idea how much the financial collapse here was affecting the Australian dollar! — and a young couple on the other side of his table insisted, against his polite but firm protestations, on buying him a chocolate mousse. In turn, he recommended that they try the arugula salad.
In the Shadow of a Long Past, Patiently Awaiting the Future
“A man without history is a man without humor,” said Galal Amin, an economist and author who has written about Egypt’s modern decline. “A man with history is more likely to have humor, because he is more likely to see the irony in things, how things were and how they turned out to be. And patience.”
“When other people talk about hoping to see something happen soon, they probably mean within the next few months,” said Aly Salem, an Egyptian playwright. “For an Egyptian, it could mean in the next 50 or 60 years. An Egyptian has a particular pace. His pace is different than an American’s. And a long history can do this.”
for books, is obama the new oprah?
He added that despite not being the chosen one (yet), he was heartened by Mr. Obama’s interest in history. “When people write history, they do not think that it will have any impact on world events,” Mr. Cohen said. “So the idea that we now have a president-elect who is reading multiple books of history and is reading them to shape how he will approach his presidency, I think is inspiring to historians everywhere and augurs well for his presidency. If those who forget history are condemned to repeat it, President Obama seems to really be trying to learn the lessons of history and any historian, whether he reads their book or not, should be very pleased by that.”
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via fact magazine:
"beware" of bonnie 'prince' billy
We haven't heard it yet, but (his record label) Domino seem to be getting very excited about what they're calling Oldham's "most ambitious record yet", an album they believe to be "stronger and more grandiose" than its predecessor. The proof is in the pudding, as they say, but according to the PR, which right now is all we have to go on, "fiddle and steel contribute their rustic timbre alongside guitars and voices, a thickening thud of low tone rolls beneath, giving the record a bottom that’s fun to watch bounce in new clothes."
1. Beware Your Only Friend
2. You Can't Hurt Me Now
3. My Life's Work
4. Death Final
5. Heart's Arms
6. You Don't Love Me
7. You Are Lost
8. I Won't Ask Again
9. I Don't Belong to Anyone
10. There Is Something I Have To Say
11. I Am Goodbye
12. Without Work, You Have Nothing
13. Untitled
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department of eagles - 1997 (dumbo session)
fleet foxes - katy cruel (western washington university, 10/18/08)
steve jobs at stanford university, 2005
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. [via]
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