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...serious human rights violations around the world. The CIA has been actively involved in an “extraordinary rendition” program under which possible suspects are arrested and flown to territories outside U.S. jurisdiction and interrogated by U.S. and foreign officials. The ACLU claims that one German citizen, El-Masri, was kidnapped by the CIA, taken to a “black site” in Afghanistan, tortured for two months, and eventually abandoned on a hillside in Albania without any explanation or charges. And this is not an isolated example. Just in Pakistan, over 4,000 people...
What was your happiest moment, personally and professionally? -German Oliveros, Bucaramanga, ColombiaPersonally, it was the day I proposed to my wife. Nothing could ever touch when she said, 'yes.' Professionally the two moments that come to mind are when I got to Imaginarium, which was just such a joyous thing, and the very first "Building Virtual Worlds" show that we did. It's amazing when young kids do something that is literally beyond your imagination...
...place better exemplifies Poland A - Tusk's Poland - than the western university town of Wroclaw, which voted overwhelmingly for him. Poland's fourth largest city, situated on the Oder River close to the German border, was neglected under communism, its Gothic architecture blackened by coal dust and its shop shelves bare. Nowadays, the elegant old market square in the city center, once the site of a few scruffy museums, is lined with designer shops, sushi bars and restaurants. Companies from LG Philips (LCD screens) to Google (service support) have poured $5 billion into the local economy in the past five...
...have a quorum, but you won’t know,” Stock said. “Secretary [of the Faculty Noel] Bisson knows, but she won’t tell you unless you ask her.” Before beginning the discussion of the proposal, Professor of German Peter J. Burgard elected to take the initiative. “The obvious question is, do we have a quorum?” Burgard asked, setting in motion a brief flurry of activity at the front of the Faculty Room, where Bisson, smiling, rose to tear a sheet of paper...
...very intelligent artist, and he knows how to use the stage.THC: What about the little dance number at the end of the play? I found that to be a bit unusual for Shakespeare.JTF: Well, it’s certainly unexpected. However, there are records of a German traveler who had visited the Globe Theatre’s very first production of the play in the 1601, and he remarked “The dance at the end of ‘Julius Caesar’ was performed very well!” so there was a historical example...