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Posts Tagged ‘wars’
Martin Luther King Jr.: Stop the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Stop the Mugging of the Middle Class and Poor by the Wealthy
January 17th, 2011 |
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The Defense Department’s general counsel said that he believed Martin Luther King, Jr., might have supported the current wars: I believe that if Dr. King were alive today, he would recognize that we live in a complicated world, and that our nation’…
War Causes Inflation … And Inflation Allows The Government to Start Unnecessary Wars
January 2nd, 2011 |
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War almost always causes inflation.As liberal economist James Galbraith wrote in 2004:War causes inflation. Every major war in the past century brought inflation to some degree. And so did two upheavals in the Middle East, the Yom K…
2010 Saw the Dawn of Nation-State Cyber Wars: Citrix CTO
December 27th, 2010 |
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"Conficker is still out there, and that’s 28 terabits/second. If that thing was pointed at any U.S. national interest or any national interest, it would go down in a heartbeat," Simon Crosby told eWEEK. –
Citrix CTO Simon Crosby looks back at
2010 in the cloud computing sector–and ahead at what 2011 may bring–and isn’t
very comfortable with a number of things emerging on the security side of that
very hot business.
Crosby has become a go-to resource for knowledge in
virtualization, cloud c…
Carrie Fisher admits sleeping with â€Star Wars†nerds
December 14th, 2010 |
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”Star Wars” legend Carrie Fisher has admitted that she slept with fans obsessed with Princess Leia. The actress, idolised by an entire generation for her role as the braided-bun haired member of the Rebel Alliance, has said sci-fi geeks wanted to live out their fantasies with her. “I certainly have, along the way, slept with [...]
10 Dogs Dressed as Star Wars Characters
December 8th, 2010 |
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If things hadn’t been spoiled by the money-spinning sequels, I think we can safely say we’d all still be in love with Star Wars. As it is, only some of us are – the tolerant types who are willing to put up with the equivalent of a once loyal girlfriend who now screws anything in [...]
Acer’s Android, Windows 7 Tablets Heat Up the Tablet Wars
November 24th, 2010 |
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News Analysis: Acers new crops of Microsoft Windows7 and Google Android tablets will add more competition to this red-hot market. – Acers announcement that the company would begin selling a line of tablet computers as well as a large-screen smartphone is another indication that Apple is going to find itself under ever increasing pressure to deliver more and charge less. According to Nick Kolakowskis story in eWEEK, two of these …
Military Strategists Have Known for 2,500 Years that Prolonged Wars Are Disastrous
November 1st, 2010 |
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2,500 hundred years ago, one of the greatest military strategists ever – Sun Tzu – said:”What is essential in war is victory, not prolonged operations.”"No nation has ever benefited from a prolonged war.”"Now, when an army of one hundred thousand is ra…
INSIDE MOBILE: The Looming Rich Media Wars: Apple vs. the World
September 8th, 2010 |
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There are huge shifts going on in media distribution, as the new Apple TV is allowing users to rent rich media. We’re moving from a buy model to a rental model, with local ownership via downloading being replaced by remote access content rental via streaming. Here, Knowledge Center mobile and wireless analyst J. Gerry Purdy discusses this entirely new way for users to enjoy their rich media. – Apple made a ton of announcements last week, including a new iPod Nano, iPod Shuffle, iPod Touch and Apple TV, as well as new versions of iOS and iTunes. These are all interesting new products but, in my mind, the new Apple TV stands out from all the others because of its potential future impact to …
Mobile Smart-Phone Wars Updated Posted By : iRISEmedia Staff
July 22nd, 2010 |
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The mobile phone wars range on. The Android operating system is gaining headway, while Microsoft, Apple, and Nokia are all trying to catch up.
Camp Bisco: Schedule, Kart RacesColor Wars Returns
July 12th, 2010 |
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BACON, PLAYSTATION Y MAS AT CAMP THIS YEAR
 Biscuits at Camp Bisco ’09 by Dave Vann |
The daily schedule for Camp Bisco 2010 has been revealed. Check it out here.
Also, PlayStation have created a custom track modeled after the Camp Bisco festival site at Indian Lookout Country Club. With features like the main stage and dance tent along with some additions attendees will have to discover on their own, the Camp Bisco ModNation Racers track is now live. The fest will have 20 PS3 terminals ready for play at the PlayStation Experience. The fastest racer at the festival will even win two passes to the 2011 Camp Bisco.
And finally the annual Color Wars returns. Here’s the schedule:
All Day Events
Scavenger Hunt
Best Drink
Best Mustache
Team Spirit/song/cheer
Best Shirt
Strangers Helping Strangers Food Drive Challenge
3rd Annual “Bacon-off” (Judging times TBA)
12-1:00 PM
Team Meet ‘n Greet
Camp Bisco Campground Marathon
1:00 PM
The Annual Spelling Bee
Putting Competition
Trivia Suck N Blow
2:00 PM
Volleyball
The Human Knot
Pilin It High Pyramid
Captains Joust
3:00 PM
Knockout
Joust
Little Shimmy in a Limbo Line
Football Toss
Co-ed Arm Wrestling
4:00 PM
Best Nughuffer Story
Dodgeball
Dance-Off
5:00 PM
Relay Race (spun-bat, wheelbarrow, backwards, crab walk, over/under, 3-carry-1 finale)
Tug-o-War
Egg Toss
More games and surprises to be announced. Just like last year, Color Wars will again be lending a hand to Strangers Helping Strangers with their food drive, so please bring canned or non-perishable food items with you. Email colorwar@gmail.com to get on a team.
Security and the environment: Climate wars
July 8th, 2010 |
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Does a warming world really mean that more conflict is inevitable?
AS THE planet warms, floods, storms, rising seas and drought will uproot millions of people, and with dire wider consequences. Barack Obama, collecting his Nobel peace prize, said that climate change “will fuel more conflict for decades”. He took the analysis not from environmental scaremongers but from a group of American generals.
The forecast is close to becoming received wisdom. A flurry of new books with titles such as “Global Warring” and “Climate Conflict” offer near-apocalyptic visions. Cleo Paskal, at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London, predicts that floods, storms, the failure of the Indian monsoon and agricultural collapse will bring “enormous, and specific, geopolitical, economic, and security consequences for all of us…the world of tomorrow looks chaotic and violent”. Jeffrey Mazo of the International Institute for Strategic Studies, also in London, calls climate change an “existential threat” and fears it could usher in “state failure and internal conflict” in exposed places, notably Africa. …
Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble Heat E-Reader Wars
June 22nd, 2010 |
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Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble engaged in a rapid-fire price war June 21, with both companies announcing substantial reductions for their original e-readers. In addition, Barnes & Noble also announced a WiFi-only version of its Nook for $149. The price cuts suggest that the competition in the e-reader space, already heated thanks to the increasing popularity of the devices and the introduction of the Apple iPad, may be heating up even further. As Amazon and Barnes & Noble cut prices and improve their devices’ features in order to gain more users, smaller e-reader competitors could find themselves squeezed out of the market. – The e-reader wars are heating up.
On June 21, Barnes amp; Noble announced a price reduction
for its Nook e-reader from $259 to $199, along with a WiFi-only version of the
device for $149. While owners of either device can receive a free connection at
all AT amp;T hot spots, those with the origi…
Aircel subscribers can play “Great Indian Parking wars†on ibibo.com now
May 18th, 2010 |
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Aircel ties up with gaming website ibibo.com to launch Social Gaming to Aircel Mobile subscribers for the first time in India. Aircel is the a joint project between Maxis Communications Berhad of Malaysia and Sindya Securities & Investments Private Limited that has collaborated with ibibo to offer the experience of playing “Great Indian Parking wars†[...]
Ewan McGregor Talks Polanski, The Ghost and Quoting Star Wars
April 16th, 2010 |
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In a career that has seen him play a heroin addict, a glam rocker, a Jedi Master, and a English poet – among many others – Scottish actor Ewan McGregor has amassed a ridiculously diverse body of work since his 1993 debut as Alvarez in Being Human. With his breakthrough role three years later in [...]
Wars and laws: To the loser—a lawyer
April 8th, 2010 |
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Win or lose, you may still be able to sue
WHEN the tribes of ancient Israel defeated the Midianites, the victors got the losers’ 675,000 sheep, 72,000 oxen, 61,000 asses and 32,000 female virgins (males and non-virgin women were slaughtered), as well as the gold and jewels. The biblical account suggests that, in that era at least, this was a standard post-conflict resolution of property questions.
These days, the accepted rules on what a conqueror can grab are different. A bid to enforce one of the biggest awards of compensation to a victim of wartime looting is now under consideration by Canada’s Supreme Court. The story started when lawyers representing Kuwait Airways filed a commercial claim in an English court in 1991 against Iraq and the state-owned Iraqi Airways for seizing ten aircraft and aircraft parts during the 1990-91 Gulf war. After much wrangling, it gained a $1.2 billion judgment which it is now trying to collect in at least nine jurisdictions. The Canadian court is being asked to rule on whether a Kuwaiti airline can impound some assets in Montreal—including six aircraft and two buildings—that belong to the Iraqi state. …
Bidding wars
April 5th, 2010 |
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Record sales are expected at Hong Kong’s art auction
IN 2008 China overtook France to become the third-biggest art market in the world, after America and Britain. France managed to reverse that setback in 2009, helped by an Yves Saint Laurent/Pierre Berge sale. But relief is likely to be temporary. The value of sales at art auctions in China reached €2.3 billion ($3.3 billion), up by 24% on the previous year. China’s share of the world auction market climbed from 10% to 18%, largely at the expense of Britain and America. Chinese art has grown in popularity. Christie’s Chinese sales in New York last month were its biggest ever. Sotheby’s sales in Hong Kong (April 5th-8th) are also expected to reach record highs. The 20th-century Chinese art sale alone is expected to raise HK$75m ($9.7m) and the ceramics and fine art auctions could fetch more than HK$200m.
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Leaked CIA Report: “Public Apathy Enables Leaders To Ignore Voters” In Waging Endless Wars
March 27th, 2010 |
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A leaked CIA report says:Public apathy enables leaders to ignore voters.The report is discussing apathy among the French and German people to their countries’ involvement in the war in Afghanistan, but the same is true to the apathy of Americans toward…
Raise Taxes and Cut Services? Why Not Stop Unnecessary Bailouts, Unnecessary Wars and Unnecessary Interest Costs Instead?
March 2nd, 2010 |
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House majority leader Steny Hoyer – a close ally to President Obama – says the U.S. needs to raise taxes and cut spending .As Agence France-Presse reports:The United States must embrace a blend of tax increases and spending cuts to rein in its deficit …
Holbrooke: U.S. led similar wars in Kosovo, Bosnia
February 17th, 2010 |
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The U.S. led and won wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, similar to the one it is currently fighting in Afghanistan, says Richard Holbrooke. The former Clinton administration Balkans envoy, now U.S. Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, spoke in Doha, Qatar.