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You Say You Want a Constitution

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Thursday, January 27, 2005

NYU Law Professor Noah Feldman gave the now-defunct Iraqi Governing Council advice on Iraq's now-defunct interim constitution. Now he's considering what kind of permanent law the new national assembly will write after it is elected this Sunday.

You Say You Want a Constitution

Noah Feldman, Professor of law at New York University, former senior adviser for constitutional law at the Office of Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in Iraq and author, What We Owe Iraq (Princeton University Press 2004), and After Jihad: America and the Struggle for Islamic Democracy (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2003), ...

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Mix and Mash

Mark Vidler, music producer, remixer, and DJ who works under the name Go Home Productions, says it's possible to make catchy new songs by combining catchy old ones
» Go Home Productions

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Odyssey to New Jersey

David Rebovich, Associate Professor of Political Science & Managing Director, The Rider Institute for New Jersey Politics, on Sen. Corzine and acting Governor Codey's chances of winning and other politics in the Garden state
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NY 51: District 50

James Oddo, Councilmember (R-50th District, Mid-Staten Island, Bensonhurst Bath Beach, Brooklyn), Minority Leader, on life and politics in his district
» Councilmember Oddo's constituent page
» Gotham Gazette page

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¿Habla usted Español?

On the BL tomorrow: a Spanish lesson from politician, sometime filmmaker, and all around impresario Nelson Dennis.

How much Spanish do you know? Can you understand the following words and phrases?

abogado

cocina

no se apoye contra la puerta

si ves algo, de algo

empleados tienen que lavarse las manos antes de regresar al trabajo

mojito

¿qué usted piensas? Diga nos!

feedback on mashups:

As a musician I angry when every idiot with a record gets called a DJ. But I have to say, Go Home Productions actually changed my mind with the 'Girl Wants to Say Goodbye to Rock and Roll".
-ML

This is an old technique and style used by street hip hop DJ's known as "blending" by DJS such as Grand Master Vic.
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