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Above all, perhaps, Keret wants to show how complex life gets. He should know: he was born in 1967, the year of the Six Day War, to two Holocaust survivors. His sister is an ultra-orthodox former settler, whose beliefs forbid her to read his work. His brother is the founder of Israel's movement for the legalization of marijuana and a member of the super-left-wing Anarchists Against the World...
...that necessarily a bad thing? Isn’t ultra-efficiency the highest marker of human advancement? Finally, men, women, and children around the world are getting the most out of their days. Even leisure is becoming more efficient: Why watch “Grey’s Anatomy” at 9 p.m. on Thursdays when you can either TiVo it or watch it online when you have more time...
...Conservative groups such as the ultra-nationalist League of Polish Families, a partner in the governing coalition, have sharply criticized the ruling and called on the government to appeal the E.U. judgment. Education Minister Roman Giertych, the League's leader, angrily denounced the European court, saying it had virtually declared that "a human right is a right to kill." His wife added that a woman who has an abortion should be punished with a life imprisonment. Nevertheless, the health minister Zbigniew Religa said that most likely Poland will not appeal the ruling...
...League, supported by the powerful ultra-Catholic Radio Maryja, is campaigning for a constitutional amendment to ban abortion in all cases, including rape and incest. The ruling Law and Justice party has agreed to change the constitution to include a phrase that says that life is protected "since conception" to strengthen the anti-abortion laws but wants to keep the current exceptions that make the procedure legal. The opposition is split: with the left against the constitional change and the center-right uncertain of what position to support. A vote is planned for mid-April...
...broader challenge for FlipStart, OQO and their rivals is establishing a market. Although 228 million computers were sold worldwide in 2006, and a billion mobile phones, demand for ultra-mobile computers may not even reach 150,000 in 2007, according to Tim Bajarin, president of Creative Strategies, a technology consulting firm in California's Silicon Valley. Bajarin expects that mini-PC sales won't near the million-a-year mark until 2009 and may fall far short if prices don't drop fast. "To get into the millions of units, they'll have to sell for no more than...