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Occupy Boston Under Attack~ 100′s Arrested
Occupied Boston Live is currently offline, but there is a message at the bottom. The following is a link from Twitter by Keith Olberman Boston police move in on protesters on Greenway, scores arrested boston.com Oct. 10, 2011 By John M. Guilfoil and Derek J. Anderson, Globe Staff and Globe Correspondent Boston police moved in and began arresting scores of Occupy Boston protesters who refused to l
Occupy Wall Street the Media is the Message
The Invisible 99%: Sunday Morning Talk Shows Ignore Occupy Wall Street PoliticsUSA October 2, 2011 By Jason Easley The five Sunday morning talk shows on CBS, Fox, CNN, NBC, and ABC devoted zero segments with zero guests to Occupy Wall Street today. To the media inside the Beltway, the 99% do not exist. A day after over 700 protesters were arrested during a march over the Brooklyn Bridge, the five
Reports Of Arrests And Pepper Spraying At Wall Street Protests
pThere have been multiple reports of arrests and pepper spraying of protesters on Wall Street tonight. According to the Guardian, “there’s a flashpoint on the intersection of Broadway and Cedar Street, with reports of a number of arrests. Police have deployed orange netting to contain protesters. Subway trains have been ordered not to stop at [...]/p via Reports Of Arrests And Pepper Spraying At W
Occupy Wall Street: Just give me liberty, cause this feels like death
I want to be patriotic. I want to say the pledge of allegiance in a strong voice. I want to pledge my allegiance knowing that I cannot lose this country, these values, this brotherhood, this opportunity. I want to see an American flag and see the people supported by a system, not the people supporting a system. But I don’t believe we have that. I’ve watched to many Americans suffer. I’ve watched t
US-Pakistan relations: The shadows of hate
As the rains waned and the sodden ground re-emerged from under the waters, the rising din of war drums echoed throughout the country. Admiral Mike Mullen, America’s top military official, hurled towards Pakistan a tremendous accusation. In a statement issued towards the end of last month, the now-retired Admiral Mullen accused the Pakistani intelligence agencies of supporting the Haqqani network a
Profiling: Security and trust, suspicion and scapegoating
Ever since 9/11, the American Muslim community has been placed under a tremendous amount of scrutiny. Even now, more than ten years after those terrible events, the cloud of suspicion has not lifted over the community. According to a months-long investigation, the Associated Press has published an article claiming that the New York Police Department, with apparent help from the CIA, has engaged in
Response to recession: Less mosques, more charity
It was announced recently that 40,000 Bank of America employees are being laid off. My heart feels broken over the news. It seems like every time there is a chance that we as a country can pull together and work through this, something else knocks us back down a couple of notches. The economic news is compounded by the fact that before these layoffs, 15 percent of our country was already in povert
Social change in Saudi: Using the media to amplify women’s voices
Social media was abuzz with excitement at Saudi King Abdullah’s recent decision to appoint women to the Shura (consultative) Council and to allow them to vote and run in the 2015 municipal elections. The right to vote and hold public office has been at the top of Saudi women’s demands for the past decade and has been widely discussed in social and traditional media. If you enter the world of socia
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Shared war experiences
This is a guest post by Haroon Ravat. Many observers trace the origin and development of the English Defence League to a poppy-burning publicity stunt staged by the group Muslims Against Crusaders (MAC) at last year’s Armistice Day commemorations. For many British Muslims like myself, the actions of MAC left us in a precarious situation with the tabloid press intent on providing front page public
Series of events: what next for India and Pakistan?
Baroness Sayeeda Warsi is to kick off a series of four events with a speech exploring the complex and intimate relationships between Pakistan, Britain and the Pakistani diaspora in the UK. The four debates will discuss: · Given the historic ties between Britain and Pakistan (with 1.2 Million British citizens having Pakistani heritage and over 10,000 people flying from Manchester Airport to
Speaking at launch of Centre for Identities and Social Justice
This is public interest note… I’ll be speaking at the launch of a new think-tank based at Goldsmiths college called ‘Centre for Identities and Social Justice’. The event will take place on Wednesday, 5th October, 6pm. LG Theatre 1, The New Academic Building TOPIC THE PREVENT AGENDA: What are its unintended and intended consequences? SPEAKERS LORD CARLILE (Liberal Democrat, House of Lords) SUNNY HU
Boycotting The Durga Puja
This is a guest post by Rita Banerji. She blogs here. Calcutta currently is in the midst of the Durga Puja – the 10 day carnival celebrating the goddess Durga. It is the annual climax of Calcutta’s cultural ethos. Not having grown up in Calcutta, I had never actually attended this celebration as a child. So at 30 when I moved to the city, I was fascinated and curious. I photographed the celebr
EDL exposed in damning academic report
As recently highlighted by The Guardian, the ugly reality of the English Defence League has been exposed in a newly-published report by Dr Matthew Feldman and Dr Paul Jackson at Northampton University’s Radicalism and New Media Research Group. The report was formally released during a major international conference recently hosted by the RNM; it is based on extensive independent research and is a
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The Story of St. Josephine Bakhita
Submission from Sis. Ana The Story of St Josephine Bakhita, a remarkable woman born in Sudan who was kidnapped by slavers. Despite slavery, rejection, the loss and separation from her family, discrimination and hardship, she kept the faith and retained her dignity as a human being. She is considered by many as the Universal Sister and was canonized by the Catholic Church. There is a movie made ab
“A Painful (Yet Familiar) Ritual” by Michael W. Waters
Excellent article by Michael W. Waters My only son turned five years old last week. He is a handsome, articulate, energetic, intelligent, fun-loving and gentle young man. He is the apple of my eye! There’s only one problem: he is Black. And as his father, I am challenged to do for him what generations of African American fathers have had to do for their sons for far too long in this country; I mu
“Elite Liberal Libelers: The Modern Face of Black-on-Black Crime” By Lisa Fritsch
Op-ed submission by Project 21 Jesse Jackson, Andre Carson, Maxine Waters and Walter Fauntroy are the new face of black-on-black crime. The term “black-on-black crime” was coined in the eighties to publicize shockingly disproportionate amounts of violent crimes perpetrated within the black community. Now, instead of Bloods and Crips, the new gang threatening black neighborhoods can be called the “
“Quantum Beauty” by Lesley Ann Brown
Sister Ana recommended this post from the blog, blackgirls on mars. It’s brilliant and very insightful… the best thing I’ve read in quite a while. Click on image below.
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Greens adopt Pirate policies
Back in 2009, when I co-founded Pirate Party UK, it was part of my game-plan that we would win in part by persuading other parties to our point of view. I didn’t expect it to happen this quickly. The Green/EFA group in the European Parliament has adopted Pirate policies on file sharing and DRM: namely that non-commercial file sharing should be legal, and it should be legal to circumvent DRM. The p
German Pirates on 8%
Following their recent victory in Berlin, the German Pirate Party are now polling nationwide at 8%. This is important, as it’s over the 5% hurdle imposed by the German electoral system: so if people continue to support the Pirates at this level, they will definitely get elected to the Bundestag and European Parliament. The next Bundestag election is due in 2013, and if the Pirates do well then, it
Update to Job area of Green White
Some of you might remember we launched a startup focused job area few months back. At that time it was just a limited functionality area. How ever people from bayt came forward and offered me to help make it better. And they have been able to setup a job portal for greenwhite users. you can go check it out at http://jobs.greenwhite.org Now you can create your organizations profiles and post jobs,
Reboot – Here I go again
Credits to Jawwad Farid's Book This is more of a personal update not a lot of tech news so you can skip if you want to. The picture you see is of Jawwad Farid’s book reboot I could not find a better picture to depict what I will be doing again. Long time in past I was a happy employee doing my corporate job and happy at my achievements of next rank, next bonus and new 22 inch monitor. My bad l
Ten Pearls wins another Nokia Award
TenPearls has gon ahead to claim another win in the world of Nokia, They have recently won Nokia and AT&T Innovators 2011 Contest for their game Animal 101. Ten Pearl has been doing very well on the Nokia front, last time TenPearls got selected for Nokia Ovi publisher Successes and earlier they Wons NOKIA 1st Prize for Most Innovative Mobile App. Seems the trend goes on and we have one company
About time : Pakistan Government establishes Social Media Cell
Image via Wikipedia So finally our tech aware Government realizes the importance of social media and sets up a Social Media Cell. Our politicians have been slowly understanding the need to stay in touch with people through use of social media with a lot of prominent political leaders already having twitter accounts and facebook pages. However there was little or no effort from our government to
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On Being An Actual Nigger Woman
I can remember the very first time someone called me a nigger. I was 12 years old and in the 8th grade. I was walking from the gifted program at Kenwood high school in Chicago back to Kozminski, my grammar school. I wasn’t alone, there were 5 of us that walked that way every day. Two boys and three girls. All kind of nerdy, but with delusions of coolness ahead in high school. And every day these
Life with Racism & Kids
My sons are 12 & 5. They’re black. Male. Adorable. Sweet. Sarcastic. Silly. Oh sure, my oldest is biracial, but he can’t pass for anything but light skinned black male. And he chooses to ID as black. Some of that is probably about his biological father’s abandonment & his subsequent attachment to his black stepfather. He’s a great kid, who loves life, video games, his family, drawing &
RIP Troy Davis Time of death 11:08pm
I have a lot of black men in my life that I love. My husband, my sons, my nephews, my friends…I’m crying right now so this may be scattered. Any of the men I love could be Troy Davis. My husband’s first brush with the law was at 13 when a cop beat him up. Didn’t arrest him. Didn’t even tell him why he hit him. He was playing with friends one minute & being beaten the next. Think about that fo
Foodstamps 101
So I’ve seen more than a few posts lately from people who are in positions where food is scarce and so is money. And I’ve been in more than a few financially insecure situations myself, so I’m going to talk to you about poverty in America & making it work when you’re broke as hell in the United States. First off, apply for food stamps. Yes, even if you don’t have any children. If anyone tells
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Steve Jobs RIP
I always thought his belief in reincarnation was so infused in his work. Apple is famous for their product cycles and how they will kill something to great nerd rage and grief, only to come out with something new that takes their breath away. Life. Death. Rebirth. He was a complicated man and I will miss him.
Will the GOP come out against math?
The current crop of Republican candidates have come out against basic science recently following the trend of dumbing down America. Breaking it down, they have stated they believe the Earth is only 6000 years old, hence they do not believe in Geology. GOP candidates stated they don’t believe burning fossil fuels leads to climate change, hence they do not believe in Chemistry. GOP candidates have
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Off With Their Heads!
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!I say we just kill all accused murderers from now on.Think of the money saved, the deficit, and, of course, the children.Now that we've established that the courts and Constitution don't matter, let's just jail all the accused criminals, too. Why lose sleep? They're murderers and criminals!The state says so.All Presidents need the power to assassinate people simply because the
Said The Red Queen
SAID THE RED QUEEN.First, we don't kill all the lawyers. Let's continue the examination of the lawfulness of the killings of American citizens Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan I began in my post, Off With Their Heads! (Many comments there; Amygdala version here.(That various other non-citizens, including Muhammad Salme al-Naaj and Abdul-Rahman bin Arfaj, and another several Yemenis, were killed
Papers, Please
PAPERS, PLEASEChildren.Who we hates, we do, because their parents are illegal immigrants.And in Alabama, this is now happening: FOLEY, Alabama -- Many of the 223 Hispanic students at Foley Elementary came to school Thursday crying and afraid, said Principal Bill Lawrence. Nineteen of them withdrew, and another 39 were absent, Lawrence said, the day after a federal judge upheld much of Alabama’s s
You'Re Only As Small As Your Dreams
YOU'RE ONLY AS SMALL AS YOUR DREAMS. Dream large. Read more posts at Amygdala!
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What Occupy Wall Street can do for Barack Obama
Poor Amy Goodman. She just does not get it. I will quote her summary so that you can save your time and avoid reading the entire commentary: Wall Street firms were among Obama's biggest donors in 2008, and will be again in 2011. He needs us as a counter-weight.If this is the ultimate objective of OWS, and associated occupations around the country, the participants may as well take down their ten
The Modern Inquisition
Ever since George W. Bush described the US response to the 9/11 attacks as a crusade, there has been a periodic stream of stories analogizing the conflict between the the US, Europe and Islamic fundamentalist groups as a contemporary struggle between Christianity and Islam. Not surprisingly, Christian fundamentalists have promoted this narrative incessantly.Beyond this, there have been episodes,
We've Been Occupied by Wall Street for Years
UPDATE 2: 19 arrested in Sacramento late Thursday night and 14 more arrested around midnight Sunday.UPDATE 1: A man participating in Occupy SF relates how he lost his home through foreclosure, and then concludes, if this has happened to you, take to the streets: INITIAL POST: @OccupyTheHood, Occupy Wall Street from adele pham on Vimeo.Please consider watching this video in its entirety. It is a
#OccupyWallStreet
UPDATE 2: UPDATE 1: A compelling story of insisting upon inclusion within OWS: On Thursday night I showed up at Occupy Wall Street with a bunch of other South Asians coming from a South Asians for Justice meeting. Sonny joked that he should have brought his dhol so we could enter like it was a baarat. When we got there they were passing around and reading a sheet of paper that had the Declaration
JPMorgan Chase Loves the NYPD
New York City Police Foundation — New YorkJPMorgan Chase recently donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation. The gift was the largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City Police Department to strengthen security in the Big Apple. The money will pay for 1,000 new patrol car laptops, as well as security monitoring software in the NYPD'
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Organic farming better for bottom line
There is nothing “niche” about the recent story on the economics of organic farming in the Agronomy Journal. The journal reports on an 18-year study demonstrating that organic crop rotation is consistently more profitable than conventional corn and soybean production, even when organic price premiums are cut by half. That is very good news for both organic producers and the agricultural econom
Cookies with chemical lobbyists
Ever had lunch with a high-powered lobbyist for the chemical industry? As the Monterey County Weekly reported last week, a small-town high school teacher and a university graduate student were invited to share cookies at the offices of a well-known Sacramento lobbying firm concerned about the growing public opposition to the cancer-causing strawberry pesticide methyl iodide. Goal of lunch: Dif
Doctors' Rx: No more brain toxins
Health professionals are adding their voices to the demand that EPA protect children from the brain toxin chlorpyrifos. Citing a growing body of scientific evidence linking exposure to this widely used pesticide with harms to children's health, more than two dozen health care professionals from across the country submitted a letter to EPA yesterday, calling on the agency to follow their p
Just label it!
A staggering majority of Americans, 93% in fact, want to know when we're eating genetically engineered food. With up to 80% of the non-organic products on our shelves containing GE ingredients, and little-to-no long-term studies on their effects, we are concerned. Meanwhile much of the rest of the world — including Japan, Australia, the European Union and China — already requires genetica
Heinz Awards honor humor, poetry & science
From edgy films about sustainable food to intimately personal stories about the dangers of chemicals in the womb, this year’s Heinz Award winners bring a powerful blend of poetry, science and humor to their work. Since 1994, this award has honored people doing extraordinary things in an area important to the late Senator John Heinz. This year’s winners are working to protect our environment,
Policies fail again as pesticides kill children in Peru
Last week in Peru 90 people were poisoned and at least three children died from donated food contaminated with pesticides. A horrifying example of the on-the-ground consequences of broken policy. If only this were an isolated incident. But the reality is, tragedies like this happen because the rules on pesticides just don't work. Not in the U.S., and not in many countries around the world.
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AFA’s Fischer Tells ‘Values’ Crowd: Islam, Gays Threaten U.S.
When your claim to fame is that you make a string of outrageous comments demonizing anybody who’s not white, Christian, straight and conservative, it’s probably hard to come up with new smears for your enemies. So for Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association, perhaps the Values Voter Summit over the weekend was more of [...]
AFA Blogger: Undocumented Immigrants Like Prison Escapees
American Family Association (AFA) blogger Elijah Friedeman thinks Alabama’s new, draconian law targeting undocumented immigrants and anyone who would assist them or knowingly fail to turn them in, is wonderful. What puzzles him, according to his essay posted Friday on AFA’s Rightly Concerned website, is that many Christian church leaders, even conservative ones, oppose the law [...]
Another Former ‘Ex-Gay’ Therapist Repudiates Controversial Practice
John Smid, the former executive director of a prominent “reparative therapy” practice that seeks to turn gays straight, has repudiated the practice after years preaching that homosexuality is a sickness. In a piece published last week on the website of his new ministry, Grace Rivers in Germantown, Tenn., Smid expressed disgust at “Christians pervert[ing] the gospel [...]
Affidavit: Racist Quadruple Murder Suspects Planned to ‘Kill More Jews’
Two white supremacists arrested after a West Coast “vicious, wild reign of terror” were heading to California to “kill more Jews” after allegedly committing four murders, newly filed court documents say. David “Joey” Pedersen, a 31-year-old white supremacist recently released from an Oregon prison, and his 24-year-old girlfriend, Holly Ann Grigsby, are each charged with two [...]
AFA’s Bryan Fischer Recycles a Few of His Favorite Lies
Most people know the well-worn maxim that defines insanity as repeating the same action over and over again, while expecting a different result. What should one call it when the chief spokesman for a preeminent ultra-conservative “pro-family” organization publishes a collection of falsehoods which are soundly debunked, who then responds by repeating the disproved allegations, only [...]
Four Bodies Now Linked to White Supremacist Suspects
Four murder victims –including an African-American man shot in the head at close-range in Eureka, Calif. – are now being linked to a jailed couple with extensive criminal records and white supremacy beliefs. It looks like the West Coast crime spree – described by one Oregon sheriff as a “vicious, wild reign of terror” – may [...]
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Ron Paul Dissed by FOTF CitizenLink
by creator: Today's fraudulently titled email from Focus on the Family "CitizenLink" precipitated cancelling my subscription.
Monday Night Football goes left...will you boycott this show?
by Mark Vogl: Hank Williams Jr. was fired from Monday Night Football because he is what he appears to be, American!
Occupy Wall Street's List of Demands
by Bill Gee: The Top Five demands from the OWS Movement should ring a familiar tune to all activists.
Left wing protest groups are anti - American
by Mark Vogl: The left wing attempt to mirror the Tea Party once again proves the unreality of the left.
Wall Street's Connection to Main Street Has Divided Us
by KLH: Now that a connection between Main Street and Wall Street has been made, responsibility has to be taken by the powerful entity which has made the other entity even more powerless.
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Things that Make me Want to Scream
-by Sebastian Sorry I've been gone a while. I've been having a crisis in faith, so to speak, and for various reasons I can't talk about it. Interestingly, while my problem is not law enforcement related, it does have to deal with my relationship with the system of law in a way which is similar in kind (though not in intensity) to the account related starting here. Although it is a V
Reading Fukuyama: What kind of property is private property
by Doctor Science I just finished Francis Fukuyama's The Origins of Political Order: From Prehuman Times to the French Revolution. He has some really good points to make and a number of very useful takes on some problems in world history, roller-skate division, but also a number of errors, lacunae, or real WTF moments. The theme in this work that I have the most trouble with is Fukuyama's defin
Your newer plumbing thread
by liberal japonicus Here's a little note to put something to get the blog thru the week, Johns Hopkins reports that automatic faucets may be germier than old fashioned ones. It's a bit old (from March), but I thought we needed to put something up. I'd also remind you that, despite appearances, all the posts here, like the good old manual faucets, are not automatic.
Your expatriated friday open thread
By liberal japonicus When I was looking for this 1998 article about tax law and people renouncing US citizenship that I put in a comment, some other things came up. While the 1998 article focuses on the complex decisions that go into choosing to give up US citizenship, this March 2011 WSJ blog piece on the increasing numbers of expatriates seems to have sorted out all those messy details and figur
Papers, Please
by Gary Farber Children. Who we hates, we do, because their parents are illegal immigrants. And in Alabama, this is now happening: FOLEY, Alabama -- Many of the 223 Hispanic students at Foley Elementary came to school Thursday crying and afraid, said Principal Bill Lawrence. Nineteen of them withdrew, and another 39 were absent, Lawrence said, the day after a federal judge upheld much of Alaba
Said The Red Queen
by Gary Farber First, we don't kill all the lawyers. Let's continue the examination of the lawfulness of the killings of American citizens Anwar al-Awlaki and Samir Khan I began in my post, Off With Their Heads! (That various other non-citizens, including Muhammad Salme al-Naaj and Abdul-Rahman bin Arfaj, and another several Yemenis, were killed is another debate, but they should not be
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You Are Alive Thanks to the Black Death! Evolution in Action!
Some words of reality for those of you who fail to understand the importance of the concept of evolution. Scientists studying the middle ages plague known as the Black Death have proven that without it, evolution that is, you wouldn’t be here. Scientists have cracked the genetic code of the Black Death, one of history’s worst plagues, and found that its modern day bacterial descendants haven’t ch
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Rick Perry Wants To Invade Mexico?
The Perry woo-woo alarm has gone off again. This time it was heard at a town hall meeting in New Hampshire. Trying to regain his tea party creds after the tuition for illegal immigrants flap has been difficult for Governor Perry. He is using this swing through the state shore up his suddenly weakening support and to emphasize how tough he is on border security issues. The woo-woo alarm went off
The Amount of Retirement Savings Do You Need?
Once you know just how much retirement income you actually need to support yourself in your retirement life, then we can let you know simply how much retirement savings you actually need. Say you determine you need $50,000 each year to sustain yourself in your retirement life. You obtain a benefits record from Social Security which shows that you will get $20,000 annually from Social Security, an
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Bits and Pieces - October 12, 2011
Today is National Fossil Day!So let's celebrate trilobozoans!Making Money the Old Fashioned Way, By Cooking the BooksGregory Djerejian: This Ain't No Tea Party: A Conservative Defense of Occupy Wall StreetUpdate: Another scam from the Murdoch empire, this time the Wall Street Journal. They were buying their own papers through an intermediary to boost circulation.
That Iranian Plot
Yesterday the arrest of two men for intending to blow up the Saudi ambassador to the United States was announced. The plot, going through Mexican druglords, sounds improbable. But countries and people do dumb things, so that's not a reason to reject it.Not much information has been released so far. It's not at all clear, for example, how involved the Iranian government might have been, the possibi
Bits and Pieces - October 11, 2011
America: Don't Be CruelHow Debt Deleveraging Killed the Economy. Long and something of a primer on how easy it can be for the economy to fall into a downward spiral.Report from Zucotti Park by Jeff Madrick.Why does Newt Gingrich hate the Constitution?Russia's Worsening Demographic CrisisThe unsayable beginning to be said: Disarmament talks in the Middle East must include Israel's arsenal.
Nuclear Diner Now Open
A couple of friends and I wanted to make an internet place where people could discuss nuclear issues. The problem we see with current discussions of nuclear issues is that they are often among the convinced of one thing or another, and that they are often within expert communities. Both have made for a restricted vision of what is possible and how the many problems associated with both nuclear pow
The Reykjavik Summit
Today is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the meeting between US President Ronald Reagan and the Soviet Union's General Secretary of the Communist Party Mikhail Gorbachev in Reykjavik, Iceland. The two came close to agreeing to eliminate all their nuclear weapons by the year 2000. Here are Gorbachev's thoughts on that anniversary.His letter to Reagan suggesting the meeting.Commentary from Richard R
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The Said Admiral Is Dead
They say it came first from Africa, carried in the screams of the enslaved; that it was the death bane of the Tainos, uttered just as one world perished and another began; that it was a demon drawn into Creation through the nightmare door that was cracked open in the Antilles. Fuku americanus, or more colloquially, fuku—generally a curse or a doom of some kind; specifically the Curse and the Doom
Change In The Weather
When one first masters the art of magic, it is not uncommon that, at least for a time, one’s powers increase exponentially. And so it is with my neighbor, Burning Man. Last winter I noted here that this man possesses the power to generate rain, by igniting in his yard little fires consuming branches, leaves, boards, and such. He was not aware of this, until I pointed it out to him. Yet the conclus
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Eternal Recurrence
To everybody’s amazement old Bonnemort could be seen standing on a log and holding forth in the midst of the uproar. Until then he had stood there absorbed, appearing, as he always did, to be musing on far-off things. Probably he was overcome by one of those garrulous fits which suddenly came and stirred up the past so violently that his memories welled up and poured out of his mouth for hours. A
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“Now Travis lost his fight, and he’ll get in the history books when someone writes up this place. If a thousand Comanches had cornered us in some gully and wiped us out, like the Sioux just done Custer, they’d write songs about us for a hundred years.” It struck Call as a foolish remark. “I doubt there was ever a thousand Comanches in one bunch,” he said. “If there had been they would have taken W
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The Daily Dig: The 14 Infrastructure Projects to be Expedited
• The 14 infrastructure projects the Obama administration plans to expedite. (WhiteHouse) • A deeper look into one of the federally expedited projects, the Tappan Zee Bridge. (NYT) • Workers at our nation’s ports have an insiders perspective into how Read more ›
President’s Jobs Council Says ‘Invest in Infrastructure’
President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness — a group of private-sector advisers that have been charged with offering recommendations for job creation — is releasing its latest report…and infrastructure is one of the stars of the show. The new Read more ›
The Shovel-Ready Series: Can Technology Tell Us the Right Projects to Fund?
This is a guest post by Jay Bhatt, Senior Vice President of Autodesk, Inc. America is crumbling—and most of us are spending far too much time stuck in traffic. But policy makers are rising to the challenge. President Obama’s American Read more ›
The Daily Dig: How Much Time (And Money) Do Americans Waste in Traffic?
• The ten most congested cities in America and the time, distance and money wasted due to the traffic. (Carbuzz) • Seven people, including a four-year-old, survived floating in the ocean for 20 hours amidst a storm off the Florida Read more ›
6 of the Most Underused Airports in the World
Sometimes, big building projects with the best of intentions wind up tragically underused. And despite the growing popularity (and accessibility) of air travel, airports are no exception. The reasons are many for the failure of the “build it and they Read more ›
The Daily Dig: Do Mimes Make Good Traffic Controllers?
• In Venezuela, mimes are being sent into the street in a last ditch attempt to tame the city’s out-of-control traffic. (AP) • Oil from the ship grounded off the coast of New Zealand has been leaking onto the shore. (BBC) Read more ›
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Amur tigers get boost from new WWF initiative
Moscow - Russia’s Khabarovskii Province at the northern end of the Amur tiger range is set to benefit from a new project aimed at securing sustainable development in the region while also protecting the big cat and its habitat. The three-year project is being developed by the WWF-Russia Amur branch in collaboration with the Nordens Ark Zoo (Sweden). It envisions increasing tiger prey populatio
More investment key to protecting Coral Triangle
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Innovative incentives and increased investment from the private sector are crucial for the long-term health of the Coral Triangle region and the millions of people that depend on the marine environment for their livelihoods, says WWF. The remarks came during the Coral Triangle Initiative Regional Business Forum 2011 in Kuala Lumpur, which closed on 11 October after 2 day
Norway launches renewable energy scheme for developing countries
OSLO, NORWAY: WWF has welcomed a new global initiative launched by the Norwegian government to bring renewable energy to developing countries. Today the Norwegian government will launch Energy +, a scheme which will finance access to renewable energy, energy efficiency and low carbon development for the approximate three billion people in the world without access to reliable energy. Energy + wi
Coral Triangle businesses partner for conservation breakthroughs
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia – Hundreds of business, government and civil society leaders will come together for the Coral Triangle Initiative Regional Business Forum next week and take serious steps towards protecting the world’s most diverse marine environment. Held from October 10 – 11 in Kuala Lumpur, the forum will broadly address Innovative Solutions Today for Sustainable Resources Tomorrow in t
One year after the red mud disaster: WWF warns of more "ticking time bombs"
Wien/Budapest: A year after the red mud disaster in Hungary, WWF warns that little has been done to prevent further such catastrophes from occurring. “Hungary has let its presidency of the European Union pass without taking any action to defuse further ticking time bombs in Central and Eastern Europe”, said Gabory Figeczky, CEO of WWF Hungary. WWF called on the European Commission to draw up an
Leading Singaporean supermarket chain says “no” to shark fin
Singapore – Prominent Singapore-based supermarket chain Cold Storage has joined the WWF Singapore Sustainable Seafood Group and marked its commitment with an announcement that it will stop selling all shark fin and shark products in its 42 outlets across the country. WWF Singapore Sustainable Seafood Group was launched in April this year and provides businesses with the guidance they need to sou
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