Qu'est-ce que un BLOG?
BoingBoing pal Jean-Luc in Paris has assembled an online dictionary of 502 French terms relating to the francophone blogosphere. Link, Discuss [Boing Boing Blog] 
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Dialogues with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida, and The mixed-up debate over the new European patriotism: Philosophy in a Time of Terror:. Dialogues with Jurgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida, excerpt:

"'Many assumptions about politics were destroyed along with the World Trade Center, and Borradori seized the opportunity to ask Habermas and Derrida how their theories fared. These men represent two central strands of European philosophyâo[per thou]the one building on Enlightenment notions of universal rationality, the other suspicious of the commitments often hidden in its language. . . . But Habermas sees the outbreak of terror mainly as a failure of communications, and Derrida sees it above all as a failure to develop a concept of world hospitality to replace what he thinks is the outmoded Christian notion of a toleration that is really only charity. Despite their theoretical convictions, they seem here to see the problems more as philosophical than as a failure to integrate economics and the social sciences or develop a strategy against misery and poverty."

And: The mixed-up debate over the new European patriotism:

"The Iraq War has made for some strange bedfellows, in philosophy no less than in politics. On May 31, Jrgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida issued a joint declaration, ''After the War: The Rebirth of Europe,'' in Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and France's La Libration. In it, the great theoretician of communication and consensus and the doyen of deconstruction put aside their considerable intellectual differences to call for a unified European response ''to balance out the hegemonic unilateralism of the United States.'' But what they were really after was the creation of ''a European identity,'' a sense of patriotism to rival that which, for better or worse, has dominated the United States since Sept. 11." Boston Globe

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French war graves vandalised
Vandals damage the graves of British and Commonwealth soldiers at a WWI cemetery in northern France. [BBC News | Europe | World Edition] 
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French geoblogging
There is something fascinating about geoblogging displays. This one is for francophones and makes one thing about the web and the standardization of language. English is unnaturally common.... [tingilinde] 
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Big Brother.. is tracking you [Telepolis News] 
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The Beast of Brussels
'No nickname' Ian writes "If you live in Europe you should definitely read this story about a government supercomputer. It's written by Andy McCue from ... [Slashdot] 
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Collect Britain:
From the british library. OK - I've spent a few hours looking around. The British Library has what will ultimately amount to an uber-site that will make it into my bookmarks (I have 11 at the moment). Go there - it won't be finished... [tingilinde] 
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Andreotti escapes prosecution. Former Italian Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti was "friendly" with the Mafia but will not be prosecuted, a court rules. [BBC News | Europe | World Edition] 
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Historical London maps: The Crace Collection online - zoomable and searchable. This is fantastic. Found at the Map Room.

This is the essential guide to the development of the capital from the 16th to the 19th centuries, brought together by the Victorian designer, Frederick Crace. [The Cartoonist] 
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Flash mob alert! Paris, Rome, now.. A Parisian flash mob appears to be coalescing right now, (Link), and another is forming in Rome (Link), Discuss . (Thanks, (Howard!) [Boing Boing Blog] 
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Italy vote boosts media law. Parliament's upper house votes through a controversial law favouring the interests of the prime minister. [BBC News | Europe | World Edition] 
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Manuel de Pedrolo: Catalan Master. A translation languishes, an undiscovered country awaits. [Blogalization Community] 
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Moblogging the Tour de france. Jean-Luc in Paris says:

Xeni, do you remember Patrik, the Swedish postman who bicycled from Sweden to Gibraltar, moblogging his adventures daily with a Nokia 7650 phonecam and reporting his GPS Position with a Benefon GPS unit? Well, he moblogged live from the famous Tour de France race in the Alps on July 17. Here at the end of the 8th stage point: a live image of the Basque racing cyclist Iban MAYO who won this day, and another live pic of famous and popular racing cyclist Richard VIRENQUE. And on July 18, Patrik (the bicycle mologger) followed the 9th stage point of Tour de France and here, it's the leading racing cyclist of Tour de France (with a Yellow Jacket), he is american and his team is "US Postal" -- Lance AMSTRONG in Galibier pass. And here's a shot of the Swedish postman moblogger in the Alps.

Link, Discuss
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Havel Steps Back Into a Familiar Role: Czech Dissident. Six months after he retired from 13 years as president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel is once again his country's foremost political dissident. By Peter S. Green. [New York Times: International] 
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The Lost City of Venice. For centuries, St. Mark's Square has been slowly slipping closer to Atlantis. Here's how a massive system of floodgates could turn the tide. By Josh McHugh from Wired magazine. [Wired News] 
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Noch mehr zu Politiker-Weblogs. Ziemlich genau 24 Stunden nach dem Posten meines Eintrags zu Politiker-Weblogs am Dienstag rief mich Sven Przepiorka an. Er hatte eine ganze Menge interessanter Kommentare zu meinem Artikel und zu Weblogs in der Politik überhaupt und so haben wir über eine Stunde lang diskutiert. Einige Punkte aus unserem Gespräch gebe ich hier wieder. [Das E-Business Weblog] 
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Spam: The EU says "opt-in" only. From the Educause daily email letter:

"Describing spam as a global problem that will require global cooperation to address, the European Commission is calling on the United States to support strict measures to combat the growing tide of unsolicited e-mail. A tough anti-spam law goes into effect this fall in the European Union (EU), and the Commission this week introduced what it called the "second step" in the battle against spam. The EU estimates that one-third of all spam originates in the United States, meaning that cooperation with officials in the United States will be a necessary component to an EU anti-spam strategy. Unlike the opt-out approach apparently favored by the United States, however, European Commissioners are pushing for an opt-in strategy. Philippe Gerard, an official in the office of one European Commissioner, said the EU's pursuit of an opt-in approach would be hampered by an opt-out system in the United States. Gerard said U.S. officials tend to see only malicious or deceptive spam as damaging, whereas EU officials consider any unsolicited message a drain on resources." IDG, 15 July 2003

I think I concur; unless presented with a better contrarian argument. And the sooner. the better! [Harvey Kirkpatrick: itopik.com News] 
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EU receives draft constitution. The final draft is formally handed over with a warning that attempts to alter it will "tear Europe apart". [BBC News | Europe | World Edition] 
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Portuguese Parliament to government officials: start blogging. BoingBoing pal Jean-Luc from Paris says:

Xeni, I don't know if you've already heard about this, but a new law was just unanimously passed in Portugal by deputies (Projecto Deliberacao number 10/IX) which provides all deputies the option of having their own website or blog (the word weblog is mentioned in the law!). The deputies' blogs will be hosted on the Portuguese Parliament's webserver. The original piece of news, blogged in Portuguese, is here, from July 07, and and I wrote about it here in French.

I don't read Portuguese *or* French all that well, and I couldn't locate the law on the Portuguese government's website -- but if any readers have access to English language versions of the news, or care to provide a translation, please post in the Discuss forum! Discuss [Boing Boing Blog] 
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a collection of archaeological sites. The French Ministry of Culture and Communication has put together a nice collection of mostly French (but today is Bastille Day) archaeological sites. As one might expect the cave of Lascaux is featured, but there is much more. Most of... [tingilinde] 
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Karl-Friedrich Lenz: What Does European Law Say About Blog Ownership?. [Der Schockwellenreiter] 
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Parliament goes wireless for bloggers' summit... [Channel 'social_software'] 
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Recht auf Entgegnung auch auf Blogs. Mit etwas Verzögerung gelangte dieser Entwurf zu mir. Die Media Divison des Europarat es arbeitet an einem Entwurf de... [thomas n. burg | randgänge] 
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DMCA-Alikes Sweep Europe. D4C5CE writes "The number of European countries enacting their ignorance of the sad experiences from Four Years under the DMCA has just risen to 5, as the ... [Slashdot] 
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Herbe Kritik an Freispruch für Österreichs Finanzminister [heise online news] 
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Die Flaschenpost ist ein Gemeinschaftsweblog über Wein, nur Wein und nichts anderes. Allerschärfstes Willkommen! [Der Schockwellenreiter] 
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By Land and Air, a Live View of Cycling's Big Race. For broadcasters, live coverage of the Tour de France requires a technological tour de force. By Ian Austen. [New York Times: Technology] 
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Westminster blogger hits the spot. Labour MP Tom Watson becomes an internet hit after urging young people to "cut it with the bling bling". [BBC News | Technology | World Edition] 
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The Guardian cites the generic blogger as one of the 100 most influential voices in media in the UK: "Underestimate their power at your peril. Just ask former New York Times executive editor Howell Raines... Expect more scalps to follow." [Corante: Corante on Blogging] 
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Schroeder scrubs Italian holiday. Chancellor Schroeder cancels his Italian holiday after a minister calls German tourists "hyper-nationalistic blondes". [BBC News | Europe | World Edition] 
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Ambrose Bierce. "Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles." [Quotes of the Day] 
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Europe's Constitution: All Hail the Bureaucracy
About 16 months ago, when the European Union began a constitutional convention of 105 representatives to create a document that would bind more than 25 nations in a new civil union, who knows what might have been possible? [NYT] 
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At 100, the World's Greatest Bicycle Race Is Drama on an Epic Scale. The Tour de France, which turns 100 this year, is an epic of Homeric proportions. By Andrew Johnston. [New York Times: Opinion] 
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Berlusconi jibe sparks EU storm. The EU is plunged into a grave diplomatic crisis after the Italian leader compared a German MEP to a Nazi guard. [BBC News | In Depth | 2003 | Inside Europe | World Edition] 
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Doubts cloud Berlusconi EU debut. Europe's newspapers say the Italian PM may not be fit to lead the EU, but Romano Prodi says there is no problem. [BBC News | In Depth | 2003 | Inside Europe | World Edition] 
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Europe Set to Begin Digital Tax. The European Union is set to begin levying a new tax on digital goods and services imported by consumers. By Bob Tedeschi. [New York Times: International] [Not So Obvious] 
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Interdependent Thoughts in Dutch and German.

Ton starts Dutch/German bilingual version of his blog. This makes me happy because only recently I thought that it would be nice for me to read some Dutch blogs to improve my Dutch. Any other suggestions of blogs in Dutch about KM/learning are welcome.

This thinking was inspired by two posts about blogs and language learning by Steffanie.

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