"If Britain decides to ban the burqa I might just start wearing one
There's too much harping on about respect and banning. What about the huge gulf of toleration in the middle?"
"This classic is about Isaacs’ Matrix Idea of building sustainable, eco-friendly, modular, flexible, multi-functional living structures which reconfigure the entire volume of a room, being bigger than furniture and smaller than architecture. The book explains how to make a variety of flexible experimental indoor interiors, storage units, and a flexible microhouse."
"Tzadik is dedicated to releasing the best in avant garde and experimental music, presenting a worldwide community of contemporary musician-composers who find it difficult to release their music through more conventional channels."
"The Revolution Parkour Academy was founded in 2008 as one of the country’s first Parkour schools. Dedicated to teaching Parkour by David Belle, we balance the teaching of proper Parkour technique along with its philosophy and purpose as put forth by David, with training the physical condition comprised of strength, range of motion, aerobic endurance, bone density, joint alignment, and structural efficiency. Whether learning, training, or performing, Parkour is first and foremost always safe, and keeping our students injury free through proper training and instruction is our number one priority. Led by head instructor and Parkour professional Adam Dunlap, Revolution Parkour is now the largest Parkour gym in the United States."
"Researchers exploring the legend of Britain’s most famous Knight believe his stronghold of Camelot was built on the site of a recently discovered Roman amphitheatre in Chester."
"Had each group—governing board, administrators, faculty members, and other concerned people—worked together, respected each other’s competencies, and at the same time, not lost sight of the college’s mission, Antioch University might have developed a sound renewal plan for the college’s future. While respect for the principles of shared governance may not have been sufficient to ensure the life of Antioch College, without an active system of shared governance, the college had little chance of surviving as a healthy Antioch University institution."
"The Brooklyn Rail welcomes you to our web-exclusive section InTranslation, where we feature unpublished translations of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and dramatic writing. Launched in April 2007, InTranslation is a venue for outstanding work in translation and a resource for translators, authors, editors, and publishers seeking to collaborate."
"But by the dawn of the twentieth century, canny people began to describe their curse as something more broad still: the doom of living in history. History as nightmare was James Joyce's charge. History is nightmare wherever revolutions have been attempted and failed."
"The former victims of exclusion shut out possible interlocutors: there appears to be no alternative, for both sides are laboring under the burden of history."
"Some radicals like it that way: a high barrier to entry means fewer superficial participants, more true believers in the ranks."
"I was quieted; I let identity go; I inherited community."
"A choice in favor of community is a choice to listen to people who are different from oneself."
"And that brings vulnerability to abuse. If one is going to continue listening, bridging, moving, and living, one will probably have to make a myriad series of corrections: boundaries, blockages, and disengagements, throwing up one's own walls against abuse."
