George Orwell

Type: Person

Name: George Orwell

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Avoiding real debate on Jordan Lake regulations

Scott Mooneyham journalpatriot | 0 commentsRALEIGH -- Three summers ago, in August, a rainstorm in central North Carolina sent perhaps thousands of fish from the southern end of Jordan Lake scurrying up the Haw River.As happens in so many summers, the ... [Published Wilkes Journal Patriot - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Jordan, Wastewater Treatment, Water Treatment, Oxygen

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

NBA National Basketball Association

What’s in a Name? The Washington Redskins

This blog is a slight departure from my usual posts as a recent news story has raised some thoughts for me that I wanted to write about.As a therapist, I’m always interested in human behavior, especially when it comes to inequality. I understand that ... [Published Psych Central - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Daniel Snyder, NBA National Basketball Association, George Orwell, human behavior, Major League Baseball

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Laidlaw

The Godfather of Tartan Noir

Rain-lashed streets, gloomy cops, grisly crimes; you may not know the name William McIlvanney but you know the genre of fiction he pioneered. Author John Niven meets a living iconIt was Glasgow on a Friday night, the city of the stare.’ How well I recall ... [Published ShortList.com - 5 hours ago]

Entities: William McIlvanney, Laidlaw, Glasgow, Irvine Welsh

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Driving Blind: Cthulhu, Piracy in Real Time and the Enlightenment

Ted Heller feels like he’s betraying someone, or something , every time he picks up his new e-reader. Maybe though he should consider more deeply the nature of this perceived betrayal before taking to the pages of Salon to write about it. ... [Published The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Piracy, Corey Robin, James Kwak

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Facebook Inc

Is your photo online? Are you on Facebook? If so, retailers can ID you and your shopping profile

PrintDecades ago, George Orwell wrote a famous novel, 1984, that envisioned a then-future world in which "Big Brother"--a totalitarian government--was watching its citizens through a variety of electronic gadgetry and might at any time bark orders at ... [Published ABA Journal - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Joseph Atick, Big Brother, Face Recognition, Facebook Inc

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle

“Drones” Vs “UAVs” -- What's Behind A Name?

Drone proponents would prefer that everyone use the term “UAV,” for Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, or “UAS,” for Unmanned Aerial System (“system” in order to encompass the entirety of the vehicle that flies, the ground-based controller, and the communications ... [Published American Civil Liberties Union - 15 hours ago]

Entities: UAV Unmanned Aerial Vehicle, Drone, George Orwell, American Civil Liberties Union

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 2 reports

Sunshine Coast Venues and Events : LIKE for Chance to Score Double Pass to Animal Farm

Did you know George Orwell was born Eric Allan Blair in Bengal, India? His writings reflected his experience and observations working as a police officer in India. Originally published in 1945, 5 years before Orwells death in 1950, Animal Farm has become ... [Published MySunshineCoast - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Sunshine Coast, Allan Blair, George Orwell, India

First reported 18 hours ago - Updated 18 hours ago - 1 reports

Buzzwords are evil and must be stopped

You might think they make you sound important, but they confuse your audience I was dynamically engaging one of my fellow content marketers in the company brainstorming arena the other day, when I came up with a win-win value proposition for in-house ... [Published Chicago Tribune - 18 hours ago]

Entities: George Orwell, Jettison, Multichannel, Watermelon, Value Proposition

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 23 hours ago - 1 reports

DOJ on ‘Gays’: ‘Silence Will be Interpreted as Disapproval’

Under President Obama, “justice” is anything but blind. Neither is it deaf. In fact, based on recent revelations, it appears to be watching your every move and listening to your every word. Still, if you happen to be a federal employee, now it’s even ... [Published Town Hall - 23 hours ago]

Entities: LGBT, Gay, George Orwell, Prima Facie, Barack Obama

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 2 reports

‘Classic technique to destroy citizens’ freedom’

Critics of the U.S. government polices at home are saying that the government has been restraining the freedom Americans used to enjoy before the 9/11 attacks on twin towers in Lower Manhattan, New York City.By replacing the twin towers with a new one ... [Published Press tv - May 19 2013]

Entities: Kevin Barrett, Twin Towers, United States Government, George Orwell, One World Trade Center

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

George Orwell’s classic 1984 on Castle stage

George Orwell’s classic tale about a world in which the government is always watching will be brought to The Castle theatre in Wellingborough on Monday. ... [Published Northampton Chronicle and Echo - May 19 2013]

Entities: George Orwell

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 2 reports

Orwell In Spain, Ctd

A reader writes:I take issue with the contention that George Orwell’s “Homage to Catalonia” is “a model for modern war journalism.” I don’t feel that Orwell can accurately be categorized as a “journalist” in the Spanish Civil War. Orwell fought on behalf ... [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 18 2013]

Entities: George Orwell, Spain, Homicide, Spanish Civil War

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What’s in a Name? The Washington Redskins [Published Psych Central - 4 hours ago]
The Godfather of Tartan Noir [Published ShortList.com - 5 hours ago]
Driving Blind: Cthulhu, Piracy in Real Time and... [Published The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - 8 hours ago]
Is your photo online? Are you on Facebook? If s... [Published ABA Journal - 14 hours ago]
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Buzzwords are evil and must be stopped [Published Chicago Tribune - 18 hours ago]
Travelling Through the Pages [Published Whiteboard Journal - 20 hours ago]
Stephen Hawking’s Moral Black Hole [Published Frontpagemag.com - 20 hours ago]
Into the river of memories [Published Trinidad Express - 22 hours ago]
DOJ on ‘Gays’: ‘Silence Will be Interpreted as ... [Published Town Hall - 23 hours ago]
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Letting Murderers Go Free [Published Common Dreams - May 19 2013]
‘Classic technique to destroy citizens’ freedom’ [Published Press tv - May 19 2013]
Congressional outrage over AP phone records [Published People's Blog for the Constitution - May 19 2013]
Why we can’t quite seem to make up our minds ab... [Published GigaOM - May 19 2013]
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Best Sellers [Published Burlington Press - May 19 2013]
Adkins addresses council [Published Logan Banner - May 19 2013]
Unfreedom Tower casts a dark shadow over ‘Gulag... [Published Islam Times - May 19 2013]
George Orwell’s classic 1984 on Castle stage [Published Northampton Chronicle and Echo - May 19 2013]
Senator McCain says Pentagon has “carte blanch”... [Published The Guardian Express - May 19 2013]
Orwell In Spain, Ctd [Published Atlantic Monthly - May 18 2013]
Orwell In Spain, Ctd [Published The Daily Dish \| By Andrew Sullivan - May 18 2013]
The freedom wars [Published Spectator - May 18 2013]
The smug spokes-man [Published New York Daily News - May 18 2013]

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Driving Blind: Cthulhu, Piracy in Real Time and... [Published The League of Ordinary Gentlemen - 8 hours ago] Ted Heller feels like he’s betraying someone, or something , every time he picks up his new e-reader. Maybe though he should consider more deeply the nature of this perceived betrayal before taking to the pages of Salon to write about it. ...
Congressional outrage over AP phone records [Published People's Blog for the Constitution - May 19 2013] The following post by Dave Maas was originally published on Electronic Frontier Foundation’s blog Deeplinks , on May 17, 2013. To steal a line from Rep. Virginia Foxx, the gentlewoman from North Carolina: This is our shocked face. Far be it for ...
Why we can’t quite seem to make up our minds ab... [Published GigaOM - May 19 2013] At this point in its history, Google is like that good friend who is extremely accomplished and successful but who you really, really hope doesn’t fall in love with a relative.One of Silicon Valley’s greatest contributions to the tech industry is a company ...
Why we can’t quite seem to make up our minds ab... [Published GigaOM Network - May 19 2013] At this point in its history, Google is like that good friend who is extremely accomplished and successful but who you really, really hope doesn’t fall in love with a relative. One of Silicon Valley’s greatest contributions to the tech industry is a ...
Why we can’t quite seem to make up our minds ab... [Published GigaOM Network - May 19 2013] At this point in its history, Google is like that good friend who is extremely accomplished and successful but who you really, really hope doesn’t fall in love with a relative. One of Silicon Valley’s greatest contributions to the tech industry is ...

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Underwords Press Presents Futuredaze: An Anthol... [Published PR.com Press Releases - Mar 18 2013]
The Blank Sheet Project Launches Creative Time ... [Published CisionWire - English - Jan 17 2013]
CCTV Through The Ages [Published CisionWire - English - Dec 23 2012]