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...considered one of the freest in the world, ranking 29th in the survey done by Freedom House in 2000. During Thaksin's reign until the Sept. 19 coup, the Thai press fell to 107th last year. Similar conclusions can be found on indexes and reports by the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders. Thaksin constantly interfered with Thailand's printed and broadcast media using advertising revenues and stock acquisitions as key strategies. He shut down community radio, websites and TV programs critical of him. Political power was used to intimidate the media, particularly the broadcast media, which...
...Louisiana susceptible enough to natural disasters? Now, 18 months after Katrina, it turns out that some of the state's coastal cypress forests, which help protect against storm surges by absorbing excess wind and water, are being clear-cut to make mulch, the soil stabilizer found in many gardens. Removing these trees could aggravate the impact of the next big storm. "People who garden should be disturbed that critical forests are being shredded just to end up in their flower beds," says Sierra Club's Orli Cotel. Chuck Corbitt, CEO of Corbitt Manufacturing, a top mulch supplier, told TIME that...
...Usually made of latex or occasionally polyurethane, the modern condom can stretch to 800 percent its normal size, if necessary—both a prophylactic and a practical joke waiting to happen. As a method of birth control, it boasts a 98 percent success rate, and when used to protect against STDs, one incurs less than a quarter of the risk one might incur through unprotected sex. As prophylactics go, condoms are pretty solid, not as foolproof as abstinence, but a far sight safer than nothing...
...complains. Chubby or not, Zoë does not get between Laura and her roommates. “They don’t care, they like it. They like to play with it.” But whatever her roommates think about her hamster, Laura still needs to protect it from the prying eyes of her super, and her mom. Zoë has spent time chilling out in the closet to avoid detection, and Laura says she might cover the cage with a towel during the next room check. Morgan M.W. Jessee ’09 sums up the general feeling...
...Public exposure of its operatives will have a cascading effect. We should count on CIA sources - most of whom are foreign and vulnerable to arrest or much worse - having closely watched the Libby/Plame affair. They now are going to ask themselves, if the CIA cannot protect one of its own, why should it be expected to protect them...