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Looking Towards the "Fault Tolerant Society"

Posted on September 3, 2010 by John Odum

It wasn’t the collective gasp, followed by the sigh of relief I expected. Instead, the response among those I spoke with to the news of another oil rig disaster in the gulf, along with the follow-up report that its impact appeared to be minimal, was so… Continue reading →

Posted in News, Original Content | Tagged casual observers, collective gasp, deer in the headlights, Episode, impact, message in the eyes, neighbor, oil, oil rig, powerlessness, profound sense, relief, resignation, response, saturation, sigh of relief, society, tolerant society, Towards, way | Leave a comment

Play Meditation Like a Video Game

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Chade-Meng Tan

Meditation requires a balance of effort and relaxation. Too much effort makes meditation tiring and unsustainable, while too little effort causes you to lose your grip on your attention. The classical analogy for this balance is having just the right… Continue reading →

Posted in News, Original Content | Tagged balance, breaths, classical analogy, difficulty, five minutes, grip, meditation, percent, playing a game, question, relaxation, sitar, tension, time, video game, way, xbox | Leave a comment

The War on Terror Was Lost at its Inception

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Dylan Brody

Terror cannot be defeated with military action, no matter how powerful or how well equipped the military that takes the action. Terror, let us not forget, is a feeling. Terror grips us when fear strikes in such a way that neither fight nor flight is an… Continue reading →

Posted in News, Original Content | Tagged adrenaline, emotion, fight, impotent, inception, jet engines, military, military action, rage, roar, security, shock and awe, solution, strikes, terror, war on terror, way | Leave a comment

One Year Later: Still Wrongfully Jailed

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Jeff Goldstein

One year ago today, Yevgeniy Zhovtis, Kazakhstan’s best-known human rights defender, was convicted of vehicular manslaughter and sentenced to four years imprisonment. For many years, Yevgeniy was a thorn in the side of Kazakhstan’s authoritarian gover… Continue reading →

Posted in News, Original Content | Tagged abysmal, authoritarian government, court, evidence, flagrant violations, highway, home, human rights defender, imprisonment, Jailed, Kazakhstani, manslaughter, middle, russian experts, thorn, today, trial court judge, vehicular manslaughter, way, year ago today | Leave a comment

After the Debut, or One Year Later

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Joy Preble

Impossibly, it’s been a year since September 1, 2009, when Dreaming Anastasia entered the world. My baby. My debut YA novel. The end of a long , twisty and crazy four year journey. Only I was wrong about that. What looked like the end, was really the b… Continue reading →

Posted in News, Original Content | Tagged character, climb, debut, Dreaming, Fade, fade to black, fair haired boy, Impossibly, journey, line, novel, Robert Redford, sort, way, Whooping, ya, Year | Leave a comment

Underrated: 8 People Who Should Be More Famous Than The Most Overrated People In History (PHOTOS)

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Mark Juddery

Having knocked a few overrated people off their pedestals, it’s now time to restore some balance by presenting a few underrated people. By the way, this isn’t one of those “unsung heroes” lists. Chances are, you’ve heard of some of these people. Still,… Continue reading →

Posted in News, Original Content | Tagged balance, blog, Chances, Gandhi, greatness, history photos, hype, list, marion davies, nobody, particular, pedestals, Tesla, twitter, Underrated, unsung, unsung heroes, way | Leave a comment

Missing the Point

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Sen. Ron Wyden

In December of 2006, I introduced the Healthy Americans Act to reform the nation’s health care system. Some on both sides of the aisle liked my bill, while others on both sides of the aisle did not. But the time has long since passed for debating the… Continue reading →

Posted in News, Original Content | Tagged advocacy, aisle, bill, care, colleagues, congressional leadership, debate, health advocacy, health care system, health reform, house, merits, missing the point, personal approach, reform, sidelines, time, today, way, Year | Leave a comment

Linda McMahon Says Entitlement Reform ‘Not A Campaign Issue’ While Attacking Opponent On Entitlement Reform

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Sam Stein

There have been a host of Republican candidates for Senate — chief among them Sharron Angle and Rand Paul — who have taken heat this election cycle for ducking the press. Connecticut Senate aspirant Linda McMahon is not one of them. The former wrestl… Continue reading →

Posted in News, Original Content | Tagged angle, aspirant, attacking, campaign issue, campaign issues, connecticut senate, election cycle, going bankrupt, heat, issue, Linda McMahon, Medicare, press, republican candidates, Senate, Social, social security and medicare, upfront, way | Leave a comment

My Challenge: I’m Going to Wear Only 6 Interchangeable Items During New York Fashion Week

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Ysolt Usigan

When the Today show challenged financial editor Jean Chatzky to wear only six items for 30 days, my heart sank. If I was asked to do the same, there’s no way I would survive. (Confession: I don’t think I’ve even worn a single item in my wardrobe six ti… Continue reading →

Posted in News, Original Content | Tagged american apparel, blue jeans, carbon, conscious shoppers, footprint, Interchangeable, iVillage, little black dress, money, navy blue, new york fashion, new york fashion week, prized possessions, Show, striped button, style, time, wardrobe, way, week | Leave a comment

A Pup’s Most Unpleasant Habit

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Sophia Yin

It’s one of the most disgusting predilections a dog can develop: poop-eating. You might think that such a foul habit points to a nutritional deficiency or that it means Fido’s not getting enough to eat, but actually poop-eating (a.k.a. coprophagia) is … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Original Content | Tagged Cat, cat food, cat poop, coexist, coprophagia, dogs and cats, female dogs, Fido, habit, lick, litters, poop, predilections, proclivity, pup, tasty morsels, Unpleasant, way | Leave a comment

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