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...Sigler heard the doubts from his first agent, who told him it was a mistake to release his works for free despite finding great success with Earthcore, which helped him land his publishing contract. "The condescension comes from people who fully embrace the existing structure," Sigler, 39, said in a telephone interview. "To hear these arrogant, frustrated authors, that's what fuels my opinion that these people are dinosaurs." Meawhile, Sigler says, putting his work out for free helps him "prove to the fans that I am worth their money before they even spend a penny...
...have never heard of the Monkey Wrench Gang-unless you read the 1975 novel by maverick writer and nature lover Edward Abbey, who introduced the world to a fictional collection of green misfits waging a guerrilla war against industrialization in the American West. They sabotage bulldozers and construction sites, burn billboards and destroy dams, all to keep their beloved Southwestern desert pristine. Think of it as muscular environmentalism, a world apart from the wonky work on climate change that now defines the mainstream green movement...
...heard one disgraced politician backed to the wall, you've pretty much heard them all. Blagojevich touched all the ritual bases. He recalled the sacrifices of a sainted parent, recounted the struggles of the humble voters for whom he worked night and day, acknowledged and apologized for his ultimate offense - the crime of caring too much. "Charge it to my heart," he said, adding at another point, "Sometimes I get too frustrated. Sometimes maybe I get too impatient with the process." (See pictures of Rod Blagojevich...
...Still, union leaders warn they may repeat the action if Sarkozy fails to respond to what they say was the biggest labor protest in 20 years. "I cannot imagine tomorrow we'll hear the same old 'I saw nothing, I heard nothing, and I have nothing to say,'" Bernard Thibault, general secretary of the General Confederation of Labor warned Thursday. "It's just not possible...
...fill the classrooms of Jakarta's Jakartadoyoga Studio. On Jan. 28, the influential Indonesian Ulemas Council issued a religious edict forbidding all Indonesian Muslims to practice yoga that incorporates pre-Hindu religious rituals such as meditation and chanting. And while students at the yoga studio admitted they had heard about the proclamation, which allows yoga only for the purpose of exercise or sport, they say it won't deter them from attending classes in the popular Indian practice. "Issuing a fatwa is not the way to settle a controversy - if there really is one," says Sita Resmi, a yoga student...