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These were some of the thoughts I shouted to myself while sitting through The Morgans. But the ordeal did help me realize my true calling: I'm your critical Early Warning System. I see movies so you don't have to. And, I have to admit, it beats working. See TIME's review of Avatar...
...most powerful part of the experience was seeing this society which had been involved in such an oppressive system and way of life working so assiduously to build democracy, to build racial justice,” she says, describing her conversations with alumni involved in the anti-apartheid struggle as a “window into life” as South African society evolved...
...effort to bolster sustainability efforts and cut energy costs, the Harvard College Library system has implemented lighting changes, including installing occupancy sensors and reducing lighting use in campus libraries...
...years of appeals. The DPIC report cites the example of California, where death sentences were up this year but none of the state's 690 death-row inmates were executed. The cash-strapped state is spending $137 million per year, according to one estimate, on its stymied death-penalty system and is making plans to build a special facility to house its enormous death-row population, at a cost of some $400 million...
...year 2009 will not be remembered as the year Chinese censors decided to lighten up. This week, the Chinese agency that oversees the country's Internet-domain-name registry announced it will limit the system to use by businesses, effectively excluding private citizens from registering new domains. The new rules, which the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) put into place on Dec. 14, are meant to restrict online pornography. But some new-media experts say they may add another tool to the country's array of Internet controls. "Many believe that the crackdown on porn was just an excuse...