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"Did we mention that the compensation was $10,000 per month Plus accommodations in a beautiful home in picturesque Healdsburg, a popular vacation destination in our neck of the woods. Working hours are flexible. And all you have to do is experience wine and good living, and then tell people about it. (Do you play Poker, or Liar’s Dice? Don’t worry; we’ll teach you.)" Another best job in the world.
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Some tremendous parodies in this from Season 1 – but nothing beats the R Kelly rip-off: "Was it just about 30 seconds ago?" "No, it was just about 35 seconds ago."
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"Consumers who have grown up during the past 15 years are completely at home in a world where much of what they want to hear, see or read will cost them nothing. True, in the case of some films and TV shows, the practices involved may skirt around the law a bit. Generally speaking, though, culture has become a happy free-for-all. Now may be the time to pay the bill." Not a piece that necessarily adds to the debate – but the editorial…
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Now if it were in colour, and played video, and I could get my emails, and I could play ga…. Wait. No – it's a reading device – like a BOOK…
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"What people want from BBC virtual spaces: diverse content, activism, audiences and producers networked, DIY media, richer content #bbcahrc"
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Report by Robin Hamman about Claire Wardle's session on UGC at the BBC.
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"Dr Prabha Kotiswaran’s critical reader of Indian writings on sex work will target a broad audience in order to inform public debate concerning the prospective legal shift, and her monograph Dangerous Sex, Invisible Labor and Other Stories of the Lumpen Proletariat: Rethinking the Regulation of Sex Work will engage with the standpoints on sex work which dominate contemporary debate."
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"Children wanted their virtual worlds to offer them the opportunity to interact with others, to be creative, to share media made by other children, and for worlds to be a place away from adult rules. They also wanted online 'homes' – a hotel, house or town – and shops in which they could trade with other users."