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Finding balance with the "IZUN/MIZAN" film and dialogue series
If the new Reese Witherspoon rom-com isn’t cutting it and you’re looking for films with some bite, you might want to check out IZUN/MIZAN. Plus you won’t be cursing yourself for wasting your hard-earned cash on a Reese Witherspoon movie (IZUN/MIZANis free, but please donate at the door if you can).MORE »
The digital anti-piracy laws: a breakdown
Amid worldwide protests and crumbling support, the fates of digital anti-piracy measures remain uncertain.
Saturday, thousands across Europe protested the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, a multinational treaty geared to increase enforcement of copyright laws across borders and on the Internet. Wednesday, Bulgaria became the sixth country to delay ratification of ACTA.MORE »
FREE SPEECH ZONE | A criminal for witnessing: A US activist's deportation from the Kingdom of Bahrain
I have just arrived stateside after being arrested and deported from the Kingdom of Bahrain, for witnessing their repressive response to a people’s movement. Well, that is my take on it at least.MORE »
Legacies of War applauds increased aid for Lao UXO clearance
Legacies of War exhibited in Minnesota in October, 2010 at Intermedia Arts to raise awareness of the lingering problem of unexploded bombs left over in Laos from the secret bombings of the 20th Century.
Recently, they announced that Congress has appropriated $9 Million for UXO Activities in Laos for FY12MORE »
What does your money buy?
A person kneels before you begging for mercy and you have a safe option of not pulling a gun trigger? Do you pull the trigger or not pull the trigger? Even without knowing all the circumstances, for most people that answer is to not pull the trigger because we keep people safe.MORE »
Negative interest
Modern finance has seen many innovations in the last 20 years. The Black-Scholes-Merton theory promised risk-free investment if it was properly hedged, or insured through market based options. That spawned a whole new category of investment in derivatives, or re-selling of insurance that nearly anything might go wrong.MORE »
Haiti: Thoughts on the second anniversary of the earthquake
There are, of course, many perspectives about realities in Haiti. Following are three for the second anniversary of the earthquake, January 12, 2010. Comments are solicited. Access here. MORE »
A rainy day in DC, marching to close Guantanamo
It's hard to know what to do, as mere citizens, to try and fix things so many years after the United States government decided it did not have to follow its own laws, the Geneva Conventions or the jus cogens torture prohibition.MORE »
Terror in the name of immodesty
Earlier this year, a friend and I were returning to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv. It being summer and us coming from the beach, my friend was wearing a long dress that covered everything expect her shoulders. As we were walking out of the central bus station to catch a local bus home, a woman approaches my friend and says to her:MORE »
Hunger Beat Down: 5,000 drummers sound the alarm about starvation
It's not so much about the rhythm as the cause.MORE »
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