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...Roth and Powderly must be content with loaning and donating L.A.S.E.R. Tag equipment, and they are finding a particularly enthusiastic reception in Asia. "Technology has a very different meaning in China, in Korea," says Marc Schiller of popular street-art website Wooster Collective. Schiller sees L.A.S.E.R. Tag as standing in the tradition of such pioneering new-media artists as the late Korean-born Nam June Paik. "[In Asia] it's not thought of as incompatible or separate from art," he says...
...Burmese Buddhist monks demonstrated on a global scale their humble, peaceful protests for a set of inalienable, basic human rights that no government can revoke or suppress. As information technology created the opportunity for faster, more expansive content distribution, the actions of the monks spurred inspiration and support worldwide within days of their march...
...Hare on the way home to winter break, I’ll be ensconced comfortably—and, most likely, grinning like a fool—aboard my train. They will likely get to their destinations before I do, but I’ll be more than content to sit at my window, read my Studs Terkel, and watch the countryside roll by.And I don’t even think I need to meet another group of Swedes—I’d be more than happy with some Norwegians or Danes.—Staff writer Paras...
...unhealthy snacks—such as candy and soda—in public school snack bars, vending machines, and à la carte cafeteria lines. Food would be vetted based on levels of saturated fat, trans fat, and sodium. The measure will also set restrictions on the calorie content of drinks sold in public high schools, while imposing even stricter limitations on drinks sold in public elementary and middle schools, allowing for the sale of only bottled water and low-fat milk and juice. We are heartened that the amendment, chiefly sponsored by Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), has bipartisan...
...fuels for transport.Eating freshly picked produce brings nutritional benefits as well. Vitamin C and other antioxidants break down quickly after harvest, according to Lilian W.Y. Cheung, lecturer at the Harvard School of Public Health.Cheung said that the storage methods involved in shipping over long distances can decrease vitamin C content in green peas by 15 percent and by 77 percent for green beans.HUDS made buying local products a priority five years ago in an effort to connect students with the origins of their food, to become more environmentally sustainable, and to support local businesses. HUDS defines local farms as those...