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...Fosse to Fred Astaire. Like “American Grace,” “Pointes of Departure” demonstrates and relies on the diversity and strength of Harvard’s dancers, choreographers, and composers. As Koch says, “Suddenly you get to tech week and it seems awful, but by the end of the week it’s really great. One of the advantages of working with talented people is that it comes together...
...that seem typically Japanese: planting stronger strains of rice, running environmental-training programs, teaching high school math and science. Chiyoko Ichishima, 33, helps female villagers near the Ugandan capital of Kampala build a local craft trade. "When Ugandans think of Japan, they immediately think of cars and other high-tech stuff," she says. "But as a Japanese, it's nice to be here and help promote Ugandan culture...
...took a tongue-lashing from Congress before these high-tech titans did the right thing and coughed up some concrete assistance for the family of a journalist whom Yahoo! had helped send to jail...What a disgrace." - Former California Congressman Tom Lantos, after Yang appeared before a Congressional committee to discuss why Yahoo! had turned over details of two Chinese journalists' Internet activity to Chinese authorities (San Francisco Chronicle...
...George's new book The Big Necessity: The Unmentionable World of Human Waste and Why It Matters delves into the taboo subject of bowel evacuation, with tact, sensitivity - and the right amount of style. Reporting on the sewers of London and the slums of New Delhi and the high-tech toilets of Tokyo, George comes to understand that sanitation is no laughing matter - it's the difference between life and death. "I thought a toilet was my right," writes George in the book's introduction. "It was a privilege." (Listen to George talk about the global sanitation crisis in this...
...When I die, I want to come back as me." - Tech Crunch, Sept...