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...about the dangers of “solar maculopathy” and was determined to not make eye contact with my subject—and usually, archnemesis—the sun. A hotline had been established in Hong Kong for the symptoms of eye damage—blurred vision, holes in visual field, afterimages, and reddened perception. Most people didn’t own the proper solar filters for dealing with the situation. If you look straight at the sun during a partial eclipse—like the 75 percent one that occurred in Hong Kong on July 22?...
...times you hear about producers interfering in a director's vision for a film. Why do producers get such a bad rap in Hollywood? Brent Kossina, ORLANDO...
...fair go and by comparison with other countries we are conservative. Kevin Rudd has had his fair go and the jury is in. Unfortunately, Rudd has proven to embody the current zeitgeist in liberal democracy: that of spin and the contrived press conference over any substance or long-term vision. Australians, spoiled by boom times that fiscal discipline and staunch leadership had delivered over the course of the previous decade, treated themselves to a new pair of shoes when electing Rudd back in late 2007. Great marketing in the purest sense. As a result of flash-in-the-pan stimulus...
...Pakistan and Afghanistan, and to prevent their return to either country in the future." That goal does not necessarily require the defeat of the Taliban per se - a goal that many analysts have long deemed unrealistic. Many key Taliban leaders have little truck with bin Laden's global vision, seeing their own jihad as entirely local in its scale and objectives. Even in 2001, many were unconvinced that their own fate should be tied to bin Laden's, often resenting the presence of al-Qaeda's Arabs in their midst. Today's Taliban insurgency is diffuse, united mostly by hostility...
...have confidence that he's the right man to help lead NATO during a period in which we are moving from a vision first created in the 20th century to a vision that responds to 21st century challenges." - President Obama, ABCnews.com, April...