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Perhaps, compared to the burden of his numeral-laden name, the Feds on his tail seem like nothing. —Daniel E. Herz-Roiphe, a Crimson associate editorial chair, is a social studies concentrator in Adams House...
...deliver a critical mass. And once converted, advocates are far better informed than a generation ago. They can hear the personal tales of aid workers over Skype. When the Western press steers clear, they can access and share local media reports. Thanks to what Chris Anderson called the "long tail," far more documentaries are available than when movie theaters and video stores catered only to the most popular side of the market. Netflix carries close to 7,500 documentaries, allowing people already immersed in a cause to deepen their knowledge and commitment--and enabling proselytizers to attract new adherents...
...hoopla over new media, it is worth considering the costs of the personalization of news. Sure, viral YouTube videos of global conflicts and tragedies will occasionally find an audience, and movements may grow up around iconic new-media images as they did around the old. But while the long tail ensures once obscure documentaries remain available, citizen advocacy may have a short tail, causing the number of viable causes to get winnowed to a handful of megacauses. Burma may achieve the requisite market share, while Burundi fails to penetrate...
...some pretty crazy conditions,” junior Rebekah Kharrazi said. “It ranged from a head wind to a cross tail. For our race [the 1V] we launched about 45 minutes before the race and we had no idea what the conditions were going to be. It was a little bit stormy, but it was typical Camden you-never-know-what-to-expect conditions. It ended up starting to rain and pouring by the end of our race. This is something that you have to be prepared for and the thing about racing is that you?...
...Today Australia exports some 10,000 tons, worth about $200 million - most of it frozen. Almost all is harvested, pulled from harbor pens onto waiting ships to be killed. Japanese buyers like Yoshio Koga of Nihon Marine grade the fish by checking flesh in the tail. Koga wants fish that are fat, red and oily, especially in the cherished toro, or belly meat. They can be on sale in Tokyo's giant Tsukiji fish market within three days...