{"id":3259,"date":"2010-12-10T07:43:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-10T13:43:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=3259"},"modified":"2010-12-10T07:43:28","modified_gmt":"2010-12-10T13:43:28","slug":"random-notes-december-10-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsfirings.com\/?p=3259","title":{"rendered":"Random notes: December 10, 2010."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Stuff from the <strong>NYT<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Longer, more detailed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/10\/sports\/olympics\/10dupont.html?ref=todayspaper\">obit for John duPont<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/10\/science\/10anthropology.html?ref=todayspaper\">What is the purpose of anthropology?<\/a> Is it a science, or should it focus on &#8220;advancing public understanding&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/10\/arts\/music\/10bckronos.html?ref=todayspaper\">&#8220;String quartets are proliferating in Bay Area art spaces almost as fast  as upscale food carts on street corners.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/10\/business\/global\/10tata.html?ref=todayspaper&amp;pagewanted=all\">Tata Nano 2010 = Yugo 1985<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/12\/10\/business\/global\/10tata.html?ref=todayspaper&amp;pagewanted=all\">&#8230;as Tata has struggled with problems like production delays and fires in  some of the cars,  rival cars like the Maruti Suzuki Alto have overtaken  the Nano.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I would be remiss if I did not include this here. Sorry, but this is the best version I could find on YouTube:<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/I6qpQzK2Rj4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"480\" height=\"295\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/I6qpQzK2Rj4?fs=1&amp;hl=en_US\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts&#8221; always makes me giggle.<\/p>\n<p>Not from the <strong>NYT<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lawrenceperson.com\">Lawrence<\/a> was asking me yesterday if I knew anything about the Joel Rosenberg situation. I had to confess that I had not been keeping up with it, sadly. However, Popehat has decided to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.popehat.com\/2010\/12\/09\/the-empire-strikes-back\/\">bring the noise in their usual inimitable way<\/a>; I tip my hat to Patrick (and Ken, who Patrick says is responsible for &#8220;the good parts&#8221;).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stuff from the NYT: Longer, more detailed obit for John duPont. What is the purpose of anthropology? 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