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Aol: A Gentrified Online Destination

a: AOL ~
b: Gentrified Online Neighborhood

What: Once the primer online site, it fell into disuse and lack of relevancy. The cost of it's space went down and the "cool" people fled for the more posh landmarks such as Face-book, Google and MSN. The neighborhood is coming back. The style on the page look first rate, the content of the writing has substance. With their purchase of the Huffington Post, it has some political gravitas, albeit, liberal political gravitas.

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Writer: LucretiaGemania
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Date: May 16 2011 12:56 AM


Bird's Cerebrum

a: cerebrum ~
b: that of the mammal

What:

"To be technical, it is now believed that the bird's cerebrum is like that of the mammal. A large area of cell clusters in the bird's cerebrum functions like the layers of flat cells in mammals needed for cognitive behavior. Complex behavior like tool making or vocalization comes from the interaction between higher and lower regions of the brain as in humans "


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Writer: Not Stated
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Date: Feb 12 2014 2:18 PM



a: aimlessness ~
b: raw material of his character

What:

"Terry on the other hand doesn't even try to make sense of his life; his aimlessness is like the raw material of his character. But the fact is that they are connected, and this is what drives the movie: they care about each other, and it makes you care about them."


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Writer: MrPC
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Date: Jan 12 2015 11:57 AM



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