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September 10, 2009
- I found this piece by Nimer Sultany very instructive particularly for students of International and comparative law.http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/sep/08/israel-palestine-law-dissent Israel's laws of persecutionIsrael is using the country's legal system to segregate and penalise its Palestinian citizens and prohibit Arab dissentNimer SultanyTwo cases brought before Israeli courts ...
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September 3, 2009
- Dear Friends, a bit of cross-pollination/news from my website: "This fall, Dr. Em continues her longstanding tradition of reaching out beyond the pages of her books to create inspiring, memorable, moving events that challenge her listeners to claim their own stories, light the fire of their own imaginations, and reach for their highest aspirations." "I speak on a wide range of ...
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August 25, 2009
- By the clean, clear stroke of a blade, a group of flowers in a bowl on a table in a room evokes a garden, the whole of nature, the continuity of life — — ¿more so than when growing wild in profusion? Other cuttings: the splicing of 2 perhaps unrelated images in cinema (or tv) wherein a 3rd image appears in the mind of the viewer, and more vividly; (a power with roots (as Jim ...
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August 13, 2009
- Asian American's Rising Suicide Rates -- Three Students Take their LivesNew America Media, Analysis, Andrew Lam, Posted: Aug 13, 2009 Three Chinese-American students at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have killed themselves in the last three months. Two died by helium asphyxiation and the cause of death of the third student, though deemed a suicide, is yet to be determined. ...
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July 20, 2009
- When I began the American Stories Now project, in part simply to listen to others and in part to encourage the writing of flash non-fiction, I hoped I would find such stories as the one I'm delighted to post below. "Photo Finish," by John Summerfield, a poet and instructor of English at Columbus State University, manages to convey so much in such a small space (thank you, John). If ...
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July 11, 2009
- New York is full of stories, and this one about Melissa Harding is true, except for the names. I made those up. You will find other stories on my web site: www.rhodabook.com. This story and others will be included in the new book. The working title is "Filed Under Miscellaneous" and will include stories left out of the first book: RHODA: HER FIRSTNINETY YEARS. Of course I ...
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April 18, 2009
- The night sky is fine silk strewn across the horizon. It is a blending of a heavenly grey and a light blue. I am upstairs, cocooned in my bedrooom seeking shelter from the cacophony of teenage voices hailing from the patio. I have no business there. Out there in the calm, balmy night, alien music blasts from a stereo and marshmallows are toasted on the chiminea that burns with the branches of ...
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March 22, 2009
- Exactly ten years ago the illegal and savage NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, triggered by the faked "casus belli" of 45 dead bodies in Racak, discovered by William Walker, a former CIA agent in Salvador that was in charge of the OSCE mission, started. Thousands of innocent people died both Serbs and Albanians died. Thousands of Cluster Bombs have been used and huge amounts of ...
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March 14, 2009
- Its official! Winter is finally over in this neck of the bog. A new day dawns. The sky opens up, it is a faded denim blue with white streaks thrown in for effect. From my bed I can watch the tiny birds gather on the tip of the mountain ash tree outside in the garden. They appear animated and excited with the newness of everything. I rise and brew some coffee, feeling like a treat I reach for ...
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March 3, 2009
- I was walking along the beach today with the dog and the hubby in tow when hubby said ''big day on Thursday, a big one isn't it''. He said it almost in a delightful way, though I am sure only of my projection and in that projection I wondered if he were quietly celebrating the fact that he is one year younger than me. I pulled my hat lower on my head and quietly said ''what do you mean, a big ...
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