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Manufactured Landscapes
Franz Patrick's Film Archive | December 19th 2009 by Franz Patrick
Manufactured Landscapes (2006) ★★ / ★★★★ Director Jennifer Baichwal focuses her documentary on Edward Burtynsky’s photography regarding landscapes and connects it with how we continue to neglect our environment as we thrust oursel read more
Globalization: Drug Trafficking, Organized Criminal Networks, Mil…
The Global Sociology Blog | December 18th 2009
As we all know, despite very clear indicators of the global nature of many phenomena in the economic, political, social, cultural and criminal, talk of the demise of the nation-state has always been premature, and still is. Case in point, Mexico. Con read more
International Migrants Day
HumanRightsAngle | December 18th 2009 by humanrightsangle
In 2000, the United Nations General Assembly passed resolution 55/93 to recognize International Migrants Day, a day which celebrates the UN’s adoption of the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of All Migrant Workers and M read more
LORD CHRISTOPHER WALTER MONCKTON, 3RD VISCOUNT MONCKTON OF BRENCH…
Real Liberal Christian Church - Christian Commons | December 17th 2009 by Tom
Christopher Walter Monckton, is an anti-Anthropogenic Global Warming activist. He doesn't believe that humans have increased the global temperature by burning carbon or perhaps otherwise increasing greenhouse gases or that if they have, it isn't nece read more
Forgotten Security: Patching and Updating
Information Security Resources | December 17th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Simon Heron, CISSP Internet Security Analyst The fourth guide in our ‘Forgotten Security’ series, Forgotten Security: Keeping up to date, is targeted at IT teams, encouraging them to take another look at their procedures, ensuring that they c read more
2009 in Pictures – Displacement, Environment, Protests
The Global Sociology Blog | December 16th 2009
Great 3-parter from the Boston Globe, lots of protest movements, refugees and displaced peoples, and environmental catastrophes… kinda says it all. Pick your “favorite” as in most striking and representative. Mine? (click on the i read more
O’ Little Town of Bethlehem
20 Prospect | December 16th 2009 by Anonymous
Bethlehem, PA - Photo by Walker Evans - Nov 1935 from the Library of Congress FSA collection The pictures in this post were taken by the Farm Security Administration / Office of War Information, between 1935 and 1945. This landmark government program read more
China 2010
Fullmetalomelette | December 15th 2009
TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE The year 2010 will see China surpassing Japan and becoming the world’s second largest economy by nominal GDP – merely one spot away from what most Chinese feel is their country’s inevitable position as the leadin read more
Anti-Money Laundering for Crime and Terror
Information Security Resources | December 15th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Michael O’Connor, President of IronClad Consulting Historically, to facilitate money laundering criminals opened a legitimate business as a cover, and then used the business account to deposit and legitimize large sums of money. Large deposits i read more
International Business Theories
Indews | December 15th 2009
International Business Theories Internationalization Process Of The Firm was the part 2 of my first course exam. I think I ended up getting a 45 out of 50, I am unsure as to what my exact grade was. The second part of the exam gave me 2 choices. I c read more
Developing World Statistics – are probably not what you thought…
Joe Duck | December 15th 2009 by Joseph Hunkins
This fast paced presentation presents a cleverly graphed view of several important global development statistics. Dr. Hans Rosling is working to teach us all to work more with the data and less with our preconceptions about the ways of the world, e read more
Changing the world, one PR firm at a time
Joe Duck | December 14th 2009 by Joseph Hunkins
The CES 2010 pitches are coming in strong now as John and I get ready to cover the year’s biggest technology event over at Technology Report. I was so happy today to see one of them signing off saying they were a proud supporter of the Room t read more
An Economic Car Crash in Slow Motion
100 Treatises | December 14th 2009
Fareed Zakaria writes recently in Newsweek that maybe the economic situation is not so bad after all. The financial system has calmed down and government intervention has helped with economic stability over the last year. Severe problems remain, like read more
Saab shouldn’t object to a Beijing courtship
Lucire: Insider | December 14th 2009 by Jack Yan
Photographed by Meredyth Lewis/JY&A Media [Cross-posted] I know I blogged enthusiastically about the potential of Koenigsegg buying Saab to put its solar-powered car into production but, as we know, that deal has since fallen through. Saab’ read more
Saab shouldn’t object to a Beijing courtship
Jack Yan: the Persuader Blog | December 14th 2009 by Jack Yan
Photographed by Meredyth Lewis/JY&A MediaI know I blogged enthusiastically about the potential of Koenigsegg buying Saab to put its solar-powered car into production but, as we know, that deal has since fallen through. Saab’s future is uncertain ag read more
The Visual Du Jour – Opium Production in Asia
The Global Sociology Blog | December 14th 2009
Via this UNODC Report. I would argue that this: is partly explained by that: read more
Organized Crime Money Kept The Global Economy Afloat
The Global Sociology Blog | December 14th 2009
We’re all money launderers now: Drug money saved banks in global crisis, claims UN advisor | World news | The Observer via kwout read more
“cultural schizophrenia”
Umer Toor Blog | December 13th 2009 by Umer Toor
The summary of the article, Globalization Unchecked: How Alien Media is Suffocating Real Culture, reads:Globalization is creating “cultural schizophrenia” in developing nations, which lack the ability to protect their traditional ways of life aga read more
Thinking environmentally: Abi Ferrin interview, COP 15 highlights
Lucire: Insider | December 13th 2009 by Jack Yan
On the main part of the Lucire site today: our Paris and New York correspondent, Rola Saab, interviews Abi Ferrin. Rola purposely sought out Abi because of her environmental concerns, and her latest collection was inspired by the Osa rainforest in Co read more
Human Rights Story (11): Alexander the Great in India
PAP Blog | December 13th 2009 by filip spagnoli
Alexander the Great, mosaic Alexander the Great, when conquering parts of India in 325 BC, frequently held conversations with local sages and philosophers. In one of those, he asked them why they didn’t show enthusiasm for what he accomplished. read more
Advantageous Data Entry Services in Era of Globalization
Vehicle gps tracking system.How to choose and use gps system | December 12th 2009 by josephs Smith
Data generally represent the information and can be defined with numbers or alphabetical symbols. Data entry can be determined as process that converts data from one form to another one. Such solutions usually includes almost all business fields and read more
John Perkins: How to Remake the Global Economy
Dandelion Salad | December 11th 2009
Dandelion Salad FORA.tv Commonwealth Club John Perkins, author of Hoodwinked and Confessions of an Economic Hit Man, blames Iceland’s economic collapse on the tactics of economic hit men from multi-national corporations . —– Economi read more
Health Alert: Toxic Chinese Drywall in Kansas?
Kansas Free Press | December 11th 2009 by Everyday Citizen
HAYS, Kan. - According to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), some U.S. homes built or remodeled between 2001 and 2008 contain imported drywall, known in the press as Chinese drywall. The defective drywall gives off a toxic sulfuric gas that is thoug read more
Is Globalization Bad For Your Health?
Community Marketing Blog | December 11th 2009 by Andrew Ballenthin
Is Globalization bad for your health? The study of Globalization and the affects of it have been broken down into smaller areas such as health, economics, politics, environmental and social/cultural issues. All of them are interwoven and dependent up read more
Fijan Women Recieves Award for Human Rights
Everyday Citizen | December 11th 2009 by Everyday Citizen
I know most people love my fiesty posts about women's rights inequalities and struggles, but sometimes I think its also amazing to spotlight women who are doing amazing things to advance the rights of women around the world. So, today I will also con read more
EU calls for tax on bank transactions
Statism Watch | December 11th 2009 by Akston Styan
Translation: Give us your money, regional banks, so that private global central banks can eat you. Flashback: UK: Brown takes campaign for Tobin tax to Commonwealth | UK: Brown proposes global fund to kick-start Copenhagen climate change process | Fl read more
Open Source Software Design Spurs Growth
Information Security Resources | December 11th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Semyon Dukach, Author and Angel Investor You have to be a little nuts to try to start a new business, considering that most attempts fail after consuming the savings of the entrepreneur’s family. But to start a new non-profit you must be downrig read more
Opportunities And Risks Of Earning On The World Wide Web
My Journey Towards Making Money Online | December 10th 2009 by Jared
How exactly I am able to earn money in the internet. Are you bothered with this question? People all over the world are talking about the brilliant opportunities that are of greatest importance for every one who would like to make money. The internet read more
Shared Threat Monitoring Protects Enterprise
Information Security Resources | December 9th 2009 by Anthony M. Freed
By Michael O’Connor, President of IronClad Consulting Recently, as detailed by Anthony Freed of Information-Security-Resources.com, Larry Clinton of the Internet Security Alliance presented information to Congress regarding security and protecting read more
When Corporations Rule the World
Thinking Aloud | December 9th 2009 by Stefan
Website deoxy.org is a host to many interesting articles and videos on various topics, ranging from politics, society to environment and science. One of the interesting articles you can read are excerpts from When Corporations Rule. The book When C read more
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