In the last three months of a conservative administration so archetypically white western and patriarchal that it opened the door to global race and gender equality, the titans of United States finance squirreled away $300 billion of the country’s taxpayer dollars. That amount was on top of $2 trillion already spent that year in “emergency loans,” according to Bloomberg News in December, when it reported on a denial of a “freedom of information” request about recipients on the grounds of “sensitivity.” The mammoth bailout was deployed with no accountability required in the last months of...

The movie on many people's to-see list this year is James Cameron's Avatar 2009 movie. The 2009 Avatar movie looks like it is going to be a smash hit and fans are already lining up in droves to see the film. Many believe that this film is based on the popular Nickelodeon series Avatar, but it is not. James Cameron's script for Avatar was written long before the Nickelodeon version existed. Whats the premise? Well, a disabled Marine named Jake travels to a distant moon called Pandora where the land is inhabited by creatures called Na'vi who live in harmony with the land and nature there. T...

The President has proposed to eliminate $17 Billion from a multitude of government programs that are obviously wasteful. This figure represents a mere one half of one percent of next year’s budget; and yet our wise and generous leaders in the House and Senate are actually working to prevent these cuts from happening. Though he is not the only guilty party (as evidenced here), Congressman Mike Ross (D-Ark) stated that he would oppose “any cuts” in agriculture subsidies because “farmers and farm families depend on this federal assistance”. Wow. My first thought was that Congress s...

Recently, Fu Pinghong, the head of Health Center in Gaoting Town Daishan County was sentenced an imprisonment of 11 years and confiscated his property of 50,000 Yuan after the first instance for his corruption, bribery and the combination of the two by Intermediate People's Court in Zhoushan Zhejiang province. What was conspicuous is that his expense of 440,000 Yuan for recreation has been regarded as corruption. It has long been the controversy that whether the recreational activities with public fund should be incriminated. It is usually considered disciplinary offence without prosecuti...

Growing cities means growing noise. This is especially true in mixed-use urban environments that often contain commercial premises (entertainment, retail, office, hospitality or light manufacturing) sited close to residential uses such as apartments. The need for local authorities to adopt sound land use planning is a growing practice. Noise can be thought of as unwanted sound and can vary greatly in volume. Noise can cause annoyance, speech interference, affect performance and concentration, mental health and disturb sleep. Difficulties often arise where noise-sensitive lan...

Finding a date has time after time been considered the most daunting task for young and old alike. Mindless of your age or circumstances, getting a date is more than just a formula on paper. There are a insufficient different things to consider when you?re trying to locate a date, and learning how to properly present yourself to the object of your affection will make the difference between winning and losing a date. In order to effectively locate a date, you?ll early have to know what you seek. Whether you seek a man or woman, it?s vitally important that you know exactly what you require. Crea...

THE SECOND phase of polling for the 15th Lok Sabha electon india will be held on April 23, 2009. This phase would see polling in 13 states - Goa, Tripura, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Orissa, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh – for 140 Lok Sabha seats. Two of these states (Goa and Tripura which have two constituencies each) would see all their constituencies going to polls, that is, these states would be voting in a single phase which happens to be the second phase. Andhra Pradesh (20 constituencies), Assam (11), Jha...

The Law of Unintended Consequences states that any purposeful action will produce some unintended consequences. A classic example is a bypass — a road built to relieve traffic congestion on a congested road — that attracts new development and with it more traffic, resulting in two congested streets instead of one. This maxim is consistent with Murphy's law and serves as a warning against the belief that we can control the world around us. In other words, each cause has more than one effect, which will invariably include at least one side effect. The side effect can potentially be more unp...

Most of my writing (books and articles) has to do with travel and adventure; mainly events that are fun and exciting; things that cause memories with a chuckle. The reason I enjoy chronicling unusual and humorous things that happen to me in life is not so much from a desire to share my experiences with others, although I don't mind doing so. My real motivation is about giving me a way to relive some of my life's journey should I be inflicted with the fate that destroyed the memory and life of my mother. That is, I write for myself in the future; and secondarily for curious family members ...

When are, we, as a people, going to start working with our youth to eliminate the lies that are fed to them by the media that prevent them from achieving to their fullest potential? When are we, going to stand up and fight the idea, pervasive in our youth, that if you are excelling in school, in advanced classes and dominating (academically) you classmates, you are “acting white”. This idea is absurd! Throughout history, we have pushed education when it was forbidden upon pain of death! Even during Jim Crow, we created over 150 colleges to serves our children when the mainstream ones refus...