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CRUISE Wars never solved anything--that's my personal belief--but I don't think that that's necessarily what the film is about. It does pose questions. It's not pointing the finger. Because so much was happening after 9/11, it was hard to get to the truth...
...entreaty "Don't tase me, bro!" - just moments before he, in fact, got tased. The rather dramatic incident, captured on camera and uploaded to YouTube, spawned a catchy new anti-establishment anthem, picked up and repeated mostly by college students. But it has also renewed questions about whether Tasers pose any danger, and whether the police are using them too often...
...departments have adopted it. Yet critics say that more studies need to be done to determine the safety of the "less-than-lethal" device. Last month researchers at Wake Forest University released the first large, independent study of injuries associated with Tasers, finding that they are relatively harmless and pose minimal risk of injury. In a review of nearly 1,000 cases, 99.7% of those subjected to a Taser had no injuries or only mild ones, such as scrapes and bruises. Even so, Dr. William Bozeman, one of the study's lead researchers, was quick to add that the Taser...
Catching his breath during the opening number of a Broadway musical, Paulus Berensohn says that he heard a disembodied voice pose a question that was to change his life: “This is dancing on a stage, Paulus, but what does it mean to dance in life?” Two weeks later, he found the answer when he saw a woman throwing a pot. “I want to learn that dance,” he said to himself, and in that moment took up the craft of pottery. The metaphysical ties between clay, dance, and creation...
...sovereign wealth funds in U.S. markets. Speaking in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government at the Kennedy School of Government (KSG), Cox said such corporations and wealth funds are growing relative to their private counterparts. He added that foreign governments pose the greatest risk, citing government-controlled firms in which private investors hold a minority stake. “When the government becomes both referee and player,” he said, “the game changes rather dramatically for all participants.” Sovereign wealth funds allow states...