The Gay Guide to Wedded Bliss
By Liz Mundy, The Atlantic Research finds that same-sex unions are happier than heterosexual marriages. What can gay and lesbian couples teach straight ones about living in harmony? Photo: Gail Albert Halaban
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The “Breaking Bad” school
By The Economist The best show on television is also a first-rate primer on business.
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Saison 2014 de Bixi: des informations au compte-goutte
La Presse Les Montréalais ont dépensé 24 millions de dollars dans l’aventure Bixi depuis son lancement. Selon le maire de Montréal, Denis Coderre, ce sont les Montréalais qui doivent sauver Bixi. Qui sont ces grands discrets de Bixi? Conseil d’administration de Bixi M. Éric Bergeron Associé – Raymond Chabot Grand Thornton (On…
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For Google, the ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ Is an Unforgettable Fiasco
Marcus Wohlsen Wired (…) Since the beginning, Google has cultivated the idea that its results are—like good journalism—unbiased, complete, and compelling. Nowhere is that message more clearly telegraphed than in the design of Google’s search interface itself. Google isn’t a person. It’s just this little box. Put your search here and the smartest computers in…
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"Exit counseling", une méthode discrète pour exfiltrer les adeptes des sectes
La Croix Sortir quelqu’un de l’emprise d’un gourou en cinq minutes après des mois de travail comprenant même des filatures: c’est la méthode dite de “l’exit counseling”, importée des Etats-Unis et qui arrive discrètement en France.
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The Caliphate Returns
The Caliphate Returns Superbe analyse, comme toujours, de Gwynne Dyer. C’est limpide, bref, et il n’y a pas un seul mot de trop. (…) So much for the fantasy. What’s the reality? A group of jihadis have seized a big chunk of eastern Syria and western Iraq, erased the border between them, and declared an Islamic State. As…
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Danemark: la majorité de la population veut des règles plus strictes pour la réunification des familles immigrantes.
The Local A majority of Danes think it should be harder to come to Denmark under family reunification rules, according to a new Epinion poll for Danmarks Radio. Fifty-four percent of poll respondents were in favour of tighter family reunification requirements, while only 25 percent were against making the rules harder.
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The Financial Crisis: Why Have No High-Level Executives Been Prosecuted?
Jed S. Rakoff, The New York Review of Books Five years have passed since the onset of what is sometimes called the Great Recession. While the economy has slowly improved, there are still millions of Americans leading lives of quiet desperation: without jobs, without resources, without hope. Who was to blame? Was it simply a…
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Made in France : L'année où j'ai vécu 100% français (1.32.06)
Pendant 9 mois, Benjamin Carle a décidé de vivre en made in France. Il résulte de cette expérience un documentaire . Benjamin Carle. – A 26 ans, j’appartiens à une génération qui n’a connu que la mondialisation. Récemment, le Made in France est devenu un élément du langage politique et médiatique récurrent. Pourtant, personne ne…
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Smelling Death: On the Job With New York's Crime-Scene Cleaners
The Atlantic CSI and Law & Order would have you believe that a crime scene empties out after the glitzy detectives are done with it. In reality, somebody else has to come in and clean it all up. There is blood all over the room. It’s on the walls and it has seeped into the cracks in the…