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A Little Bit of Knowledge: XINGing, Unicorns & the benefits of a Dirty Car

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I had my own myth-type belief instilled by my mother when i was 13 or 14 years old.
I complained to my mom that we really should wash our family car because i was quite embarrassed of the dirt (lovingly referred to as the sherman tank since it was army green in color and the muffler had fallen off) when she would pick me up from events with my school friends. My mother April (a teacher and really, really smart) convinced me, with strong scientific evidence, that “dirt protected the car paint.” This myth was not dispelled until i was 22 years old. … read/see ~more~

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COMMENTARY: the Trivial, the Factual, the Vitriol…

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“I know, firsthand, the incredible value of this system of professional journalism, with ethics and standards: it’s called ‘journalistic integrity.’ While various existing codes and canons of professional journalism associations have some subtle differences, most share the same principles, including: objectivity, impartiality, fairness, truthfulness, accuracy, and public accountability, as it applies to acquiring the information, formulating the story and subsequently disseminating the ‘news’ to the public.” ~ sarah nean bruce
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Pulitzer Prizes Awarded – for Coverage of the shooting death of four police officers in a Seattle coffee shop; Poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating, Plus the first of the new breed of online, non-profit news organizations to win the most prestigious award in print journalism

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2010 PULITZER PRIZE WINNERS include: coverage of the shooting death of four police officers in a coffee shop which won the breaking news award for the staff of The Seattle Times.
The Washington Post won four Pulitzer Prizes for its work in 2009, and The New York Times won three, while ProPublica became the first of the new breed of online, non-profit news organizations to win the most prestigious award in print journalism. And for a distinguished volume of original verse by an American author, the Poetry Award went to “Versed,” by Rae Armantrout, a book striking for its wit and linguistic inventiveness, offering poems that are often little thought-bombs detonating in the mind long after the first reading.

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