it is not the same

Thursday, January 06, 2005

tuna damages fetal brains

and i eat tuna!

Tuesday, January 04, 2005

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harper's magazine:

A 9.0 magnitude earthquake created a tsunami that ravaged
south and southeast Asia, as well as parts of Africa. The
wave reached from Somalia and Kenya to Malaysia. Thousands
of fatalities were reported in the Maldives, Sri Lanka,
South India, Thailand, Bangladesh, and Indonesia.
Three-story waves washed sunbathers into the sea, carried
away snorkelers, and swallowed up Hindu ritual bathers
celebrating Full Moon Day. A prison in Sumatra was torn open
by the tsunami, and hundreds of inmates fled. A baby was
washed from her father's arms. At least 25,000 died, and
millions were displaced. Entire towns were turned into
rubble. Corpses hung from trees and fences, and the rotting
bodies of humans and animals threatened to pollute water
supplies. It was difficult to bury the dead for lack of dry
ground. The earthquake was the largest since 1964, and
slightly altered the rotation of the earth. Other quakes
were felt in India's Andaman and Nicobar islands.

help the asia tsunami relief today.

actually, you should have done it yesterday.

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Sunday, January 02, 2005

Liberia: an Uncivil War

presenting the following documentary news (again, free for students!):

Hot Docs is bringing Academy Award nominee and Emmy-winner Jonathan Starck
to Toronto for the Canadian premiere of his critically-acclaimed LIBERIA: AN
UNCIVIL WAR. The film will be screened at Doc Soup on Wednesday, January 12 at 7
p.m. at the Bloor Cinema (506 Bloor St. W.). Starck will attend for a
post-screening discussion.

LIBERIA: AN UNCIVIL WAR chronicles the final showdown of Liberia's
decade-long civil war. Facing the imminent capture of the capital city of
Morovia by a rebel army, controversial president Charles Taylor resigned in the
summer of 2003. Nevertheless, the battle raged on for weeks while the country
awaited the arrival of international peacekeepers.

Exclusive interviews with leaders from both sides and footage from the
front lines paint a gruesomely intimate portrait of the war, while situating it
in the larger political context.

LIBERIA: AN UNCIVIL WAR was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the 2004
International Documentary Filmfestival Amsterdam. The International Documentary
Association has also honoured co-directors Stark and Brabazon with a special
award for Courage Under Fire.

Individual Doc Soup tickets are $10 at the door. Admission is free for
students with valid ID, courtesy of The Toronto Star.

please see www.hotdocs.ca for more information.

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