From http://lifenews.com/int1387.html China Arrests Attorney for Forced Abortion Opponent After Obama Visit, Hearing by Steven Ertelt LifeNews.com Editor November 20, 2009 addthis_pub = 'sertelt'; Email RSS Print Beijing, China (LifeNews.com) -- A Chinese human rights lawyer who is one of the attorneys for forced abortion opponent Chen Guangcheng, was arrested shortly after President Barack Obama departed...
Summary: Cultural assumptions about human gender continue to plague scientists. This time it colors, but let’s hope doesn’t interfere with, attempts to understand and control disease-bearing mosquitoes. Reading a Discover Magazine on the plane I ran across this snippet from an article on research into controlling Aedes aegypti , the mosquito that carries dengue fever. Since efforts to...
Robert Sciarrino/The Star-LedgerDavid Goldman, who is fighting to get his son, Sean, back from Brazil, stands in front of the Capital Building in Washington D.C. in July while speaking during a press conference held by Congressman Chris Smith. A New...
After last weekends washout we look forward this Sunday to the 1st Round of the SPL League Cups. With Kevin away Simon takes the reigns of the Saints who have Connor Duke back in the squad. Saints are away to Division One strugglers Milford Pumas and will be looking to give starts to some of the fringe players for this match. Derek takes over at the Blues for the second time this season and with Chris...
The documentary Collapse, Chris Smith’s character study of Michael C. Ruppert, has been called “gripping,” “riveting,” “mesmerizing.” The force of Ruppert’s persona sustains the film, but its the ideas he present that really take center stage. Humanity is facing some serious challenges that, if left unaddressed, could lead to the collapse of modern industrial...
Collapse star/doomsayer Michael C. Ruppert discussed Chris Smith's film last night (Friday, 11.13) at the Laemmle Sunset 5. He should continue to speak out and play in the band -- it's called multi-tasking....
Rus Thompson will be filing an ethics complaint against State Senator Antoine Thompson. You can read here about Brewdog Punk IPA, a Buffalo refugee shelter received a $275,000 gift. Chris Smith posts a new Lawrence Lessig / Change Congress slideshow, explaining that opposition to the public option may be little more than the fruits of legalized bribery. Christina [...]
I’ll be in Los Angeles next week for PDC 2009. My session is called “ Future Directions for C# and Visual Basic ” and it comes on Tuesday immediately after the first keynote. I’m planning on spending the first half of the session talking about the biggest trends influencing C# and VB. The second part will be about more future looking features we are playing with these days....
Chris Smith’s documentary Collapse continues its run at New York’s Angelika this weekend, as well as opens in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Sunset 5. Now is your chance, L.A. residents, to see the acclaimed new film. Meanwhile, the film will begin its VOD launch on Sunday, when it will be available on Verizon FIOS, Cox, Charter, and other cable systems (check your “Movies On Demand”...
Also: 'Love Hurts,' 'Oh My God,' 'Storm' and 'Ten9Eight' As a documentary-portraiture complement to this weekend's release of the end-times blockbuster "2012," there's Chris Smith's "Collapse," an alternately frightening and mournful talkathon starring the conspiracy theories of ex-LAPD cop-reporter-author Michael Ruppert. Filmed in a spare basement made to feel like an interrogation...
Amanda and Jon enjoying a final Vineyard dinner with Prof. Jan Cilliers and his impressive team of young researchers from Imperial College, UK. Left to right: Jan Cilliers, Kathyrn Cole, Amanda, Pablo Brito Parada, Gareth Morris, Kathyn Hadler, Chris Smith and Jon.
Cricket The last review, in 1998, provoked a huge row when Test cricket was removed from the A-list. An exclusive deal between the ECB and Sky in 2005, later renewed until 2013 for £300m, led to claims that cricket's governing body had broken the spirit of a "gentleman's agreement" with the then culture secretary, Chris Smith. ECB chairman Giles Clarke has been insistent that, with...
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The healthcare debate has allowed Congressman Chris Smith to get a good deal of attention and he now has a new distinction according to catholics.org along with Congressman Bart Stupak for getting their amendment included in the health bill that passed: It is men and women like Bart Stupak and Chris Smith who are the models of public service for all Catholics and other Christians. Smith has been pushing...
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- A panel of human rights activists testified at the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission today about how the Chinese government is abusing women and up-ending the traditional Chinese family. Pro-life leader Chris Smith led the hearing, which covered the Chinese one-child policy.