The recent flotilla debacle may have started at sea but it was to the Twitosphere that many activists turned, filling it with condemnation of Israel. The power of Twitter as a mobilizing force and alternative platform for affecting change is not to be underestimated. From the Iranian election, to the more recent Thai protests, citizens […]
New flu vaccine from engineered e-coli, dog cells, worms, viruses, and insects on its way
Vaccines are slow and unreliable just when you need them, according to the November 22, 2009 Washington Post news article published online at the Google news site. The article, "Vaccine system remains antiquated," by Rob Stein, reported on the slowness and the shortage of H1N1 vaccine. Attention now is focused on the status of government efforts to develop state-of-the-art techniques […]
Is Hannah Montana Really Such a Great Role Model?
First in the series: Today’s Female Role Models Who says, who says I can’t be Superman? I say, I say that I know I can. Who says, who says I won’t be president? I say, I say you ain’t seen nothing yet! (“Who Said?” Performed by Hannah Montana, 2006) It sounds like a Girl […]
Learning to Document the Victims of Conflicts
Sarajevo seminar attempts to draw lessons from different countries’ approaches to identifying the victims of rights abuses. By Lara Nettelfield in Sarajevo When the call to prayer sounded at 10:45pm on a balmy Sarajevo night, Muhammad Jafar of Banda Aceh knew all of the words flowing from the city’s mosques. But he was in Bosnia […]
The Extreme Makeover Guide
Since the beginning of time human beings have always sought various ways to radically transform themselves into something better, happier, wealthier and wiser. Nothing has intrigued human beings as much as the desire to transform oneself for the better with millions of motivational books promising a magical solution to personal transformation having been written on […]
Half of Top Enterprise Open Source Projects Don’t Offer Enterprise Grade Support, OpenLogic Study
Research Also Shows Open Source Usage Skyrocketing in the Enterprise, Sharp Increase in Demand for Support and Policies BROOMFIELD, Colo. –February 7, 2007 –OpenLogic, Inc., a leading provider of software, stacks and support that enable enterprises to easily deploy and manage customized open source environments, today announced the […]