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Film Review: Avatar, A Humanist Call from Mt. Hollywood

As in the case of Avatar, by the time America and Britain will start to train its forces to understand Islam, it may as well be ready for its new enlightened soldiers to change sides once they arrive on the battlefield.

(LONDON) - Avatar may well be the biggest anti War film of all time. It stands against everything the West is identified with.

It is against greed and capitalism, it is against interventionalism, it is against colonialism and imperialism, it is against technological orientation, it is against America and Britain.

Behind the Blue Door

The conclusion for me is that we are all part of a universal flow and often times objects and events that have meaning to our particular life will line up and appear to us, either in consciousness or in the outside world.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Last July, I wrote a piece called "Freedom's Just Another Word for, Nothing Left to Lose” and at the end I said it was to be continued in a future installment. Well, this is the future installment but I hope you will read it first, before going on here.

What I am about to share with you I call an intellectual bummel, a bummel coming from a German word meaning a journey, long or short, with no specific destination or time of ending.

Senate Democrats Applaud EPA Announcement to Follow Oregon`s Lead, Phase Out Deca-BDE

Federal agreement follows 2009 legislation to phase out chemical in Oregon.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Senate Democrats welcomed news yesterday that the EPA had reached an agreement with chemical manufacturers to phase out a toxic, endocrine- disrupting chemical, deca brominated diphenyl ether, otherwise known as Deca-BDE.

Oregon’s Senate Bill 596, passed in the 2009 session, phases out use of the Deca-BDE in products bought and sold in the state.

Facts Do Not Speak for Themselves

Lack of goodwill is the underlying factor in America’s extreme cultural polarization.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - “The facts speak for themselves” is commonly heard when there is a disagreement or dispute between people or groups. But do they? Here is a fact that does, indeed, speak for itself. But do you know what it says?

Unless you have a background in physics, you almost certainly don’t. And I am not talking advanced physics, but just a good layman’s grounding.

Spandau Ballet to be First Band to Perform in Space

Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic signs 80's British band to perform outside of our atmosphere.

(LONDON Daily Mail) - Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic signs up Spandau Ballet to be first band to perform in space

As only six passengers and two pilots are permitted to be on board for the flight, cameras, microphones and equipment for the performance will all be automated and operated from earth.

Milky Way Gets a Makeover

Independent Researchers Solve Galactic Mystery.

(HASTINGS, UK / ASHLAND, Ore.) - Spiral galaxies are among the most beautiful and familiar objects in the heavens, but a working explanation as to why galaxies evolve into spirals has eluded astronomers for decades.

Now, two independent researchers have published a compelling solution to this eighty year old problem, which appears in the November 2009 issue of Proceedings of the Royal Society A.

EPA: Greenhouse Gases Threaten Public Health and the Environment

Agency says science overwhelmingly shows greenhouse gas concentrations at unprecedented levels due to human activity.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - After a thorough examination of the scientific evidence and careful consideration of public comments, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced today that greenhouse gases (GHGs) threaten the public health and welfare of the American people.

EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat.

Through a Glass Darkly: The Elite Perspective on Bolivian Democracy

The NY Times takes cheap shots at a President whose politics may more closely resemble democracy, than our own.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - In this article I must take a detour from my normal reporting and instead comment on an article written in the New York Times: In Bolivia, a Force for Change Endures.

This article deals with the imminent reelection of President Evo Morales of Bolivia.

Yahoo`s Guide For Law Enforcement

Yahoo's Guide For Law Enforcement is only one documented example of just how loose internet providers are with their client's data.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - "What information can Yahoo provide without a warrant? Name, location, IP addresses; any email; time, date, and IP address logs for Chat and Messenger; files, photos, and messages; member lists, and group activity logs."

I just published an article entitle Techno-Regulatory Arbitrage and the Future of the Internet. That article addresses the lack of constitutionally guaranteed rights as they apply to internet communications.

Techno-Regulatory Arbitrage and the Future of the Internet

Current technology and the absence of legal and regulatory adaptation to that technology have already created a situation where individual rights and freedoms have been impaired.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - In this article I will introduce a concept that most people are probably unfamiliar with: Techno-Regulatory Arbitrage. Techno-Regulatory Arbitrage is the art of designing new technologies that circumvent existing laws.

Laws are constructed as definitions of permissible and impermissible actions as they relate to defined objects and defined objectives.