Theodore Trefon is senior researcher at the Royal Museum for Central Africa and author of the blog Congo Masquerade: The political culture of aid inefficiency and reform failure.

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Singaporeans have accused critics of the project of high-handedness and of overlooking changes in the city-state in recent years that have encouraged public debate, including the emergence of a thriving blog culture.

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The People's Action Party government has long decried such press-freedom rankings, accusing its critics of being highhanded and overlooking changes in Singapore in recent years that have encouraged public debate, including the emergence of a thriving blog culture.

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Your blog should also reflect the culture of your company and should be infused with personality.

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The alternative-culture blog Boing Boing revamped its design in honor of Jobs to resemble retro Macintosh software.

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The French culture ministry has a list of "banned" words on its website, including blog and email.

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Since 2007, I've authored the White Coat Underground blog, writing about the intersection of science, medicine, and culture.

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At the time, one of these humble columnists was working at a Jewish culture magazine called Heeb, and decided to blog about the doll.

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Portions of this article were originally published in the book 21st Century Yoga: Culture Politics and Practice and on Intent Blog, where Roff is managing editor.

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The culture secretary set out the legal position of the Church of England and the Church in Wales in some detail in a blog post in December.

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