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The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed         Kathy Kemper: U.S. Leadership and the Future of the Internet: the New U.S. International Cyber Strategy May 18, 2011 at 5:11 PM   Many of the innovations in computing have had two sides: great promise and great danger. Today, the stakes are higher than ever -- but with a framework to guide our engagement online, the U.S. is on the right track. Read More... More on Internet         Michael Seitzman: Lars Von Trier's Real Dogma May 18, 2011 at 5:11 PM   Amidst the sarcastic humor and careless arrogance, Lars Von Triers venomous Anti-Semitism and callousness is deadly serious, frighteningly self-assured, and stunningly ignorant. Read More... More on CANNES         Antonio Borges: The Emerging Bright Spot in Europe May 18, 2011 at 5:01 PM   it will take a while before most crisis-hit countries will be able to reclaim the economic output that was lost as a result of the crisis. But things are definitely going in the right direction. Read More...         Wendy Keefover-Ring: Government Report: Less Than 1% of Cattle Killed by Native Carnivores and Domestic Dogs May 18, 2011 at 4:55 PM   Less than one percent of the American cattle inventory was lost to native carnivores in 2010. This calls into question the tens of millions per year taxpayers spend on lethal control of native carnivores. Read More... More on Dogs         Danny Groner: What Do Schwarzenegger and Strauss-Kahn Have in Common? May 18, 2011 at 4:55 PM   The news has been dominated this week by news of Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child and Dominique Strauss-Kahn's arrest, which has led many to draw comparisons. But do these most recent incidents really have anything to do with each other? Read More... More on Maria Shriver         George Bogdanich: Bin Ladin's Balkan Hosts -- A Missed Opportunity May 18, 2011 at 4:55 PM   While direct evidence of recent involvement of the Pakistani government intelligence with Bin Ladin has yet to emerge, his collaboration with Bosnia's government during the bloody civil war of 1992-95 was well known to American intelligence. Read More... More on Osama bin Laden         David de Sola: Al Qaeda's New Boss and His Challenges Ahead May 18, 2011 at 4:55 PM   The choice of al-Adel, and the unclear status of Ayman al-Zawahiri, offer some insights into the current state of the organization and the challenges it faces in a post-bin Laden world. Here are the key takeaways. Read More... More on Osama bin Laden         Michael Seitzman: Lars Von Trier's Real Dogma May 18, 2011 at 4:55 PM   Watch the press conference for yourself. Don't blindly believe anyone who tells you that his words were taken out of context or that he made an ill-conceived joke. Amidst the sarcastic humor and careless arrogance, Lars Von Triers venomous Anti-Semitism and callousness is deadly serious, frighteningly self-assured, and stunningly ignorant. For those of you who haven't read about it or seen it yet, film director Lars Von Trier revealed the true darkness in his soul at a press conference in Cannes when he announced, "I'm a Nazi," "I understand and sympathize with Hitler," [but I am] not against the Jews... as much as Israelis are a pain in the ass." Later, after pressure from the festival, he released a non-apology apology. One of those "If I've hurt someone, I'm sorry" statements. As Von Trier was crapping his pants, he continued to look over at Kirsten Dunst, who squirmed uncomfortably while Herr Director rambled on and on about his respect for the fuhrer, the demon that most people consider the most abhorrent, bloodthirsty fiend of the 20th century. Read More... More on CANNES         Patricia DeGennaro: Israel: Your Last Chance Is Now May 18, 2011 at 4:55 PM   Israel must take the initiative now. It is its last chance. If it does not it will be destined for one of two outcomes -- a one-state solution or no state. Read More... More on Hamas         ARTINFO: Is This Cat a Great Photographer? The Seattle Art Scene's Feline Phenomenon May 18, 2011 at 4:23 PM   Behold Cooper, the five-year-old American Shorthair photographer-puss of Seattle who's single-paw-edly proving that it is, indeed, possible for a cool cat to rise to the top in the art world. Read More... More on Animals         Robert Greenwald and Derrick Crowe: The Carnage Continues in Afghanistan May 18, 2011 at 4:23 PM   A quiet city in the north of Afghanistan ignited today after yet another NATO night raid reportedly tore another family apart. Thousands of people took to the streets, again chanting, "Death to America!" as they pelted Karzai's billboards with mud and stones. Read More... More on Osama bin Laden         Shirin Sadeghi: Acid Attacks: An Eye for an Eye May 18, 2011 at 4:23 PM   Mahatma Gandhi once famously said that "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind" -- and he was right, of course, but he had never been the victim of an acid attack. Read More...         Lawrence Shulruff: My Wife's Purse, The Mini-Series May 18, 2011 at 4:07 PM   No matter the situation my wife's always prepared. Like the time we were having a romantic fondue picnic when we ran out of sterno. Simple solution: she took her solar-powered Bunsen burner right out of her purse. Read More...         Marcia D. Greenberger: At Last: Senate To Vote on Goodwin Liu May 18, 2011 at 4:07 PM   Despite the fact that Professor Goodwin Liu was nominated over a year ago to a seat designated a "judicial emergency" on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals a minority in the Senate has persisted in blocking his nomination -- until now. Read More...         The Daily Meal: America's Most Successful Chefs May 18, 2011 at 4:07 PM   How much money do chefs make? According to Nation's Restaurant News, the leading U.S. food-service trade magazine, the average annual salary for an executive chef at a stand-alone restaurant in 2010 was $71,063. All together, now: Do you think that's what Mario Batali takes home? Do you reckon that's how many bucks Guy Fieri pays taxes on each year? Yeah, sure. The rules are different for celebrity chefs -- first of all, simply because they're celebrities and hence demand the big bucks, but also because, without exception, the most financially successful ones do lots of things at once. In fact -- spoiler alert -- very few of them ever actually cook in their own kitchens anymore. They're far too busy thinking up and launching new restaurants (and even, like Charlie Palmer, hotels), writing cookbooks, developing (or lending their names to) products of various kinds, and of course appearing on TV... The most successful chefs in America aren't just chefs -- they're entrepreneurs, they're brands. Sometimes they're virtually whole industries. Being Wolfgang Puck, Tom Colicchio, or José Andrés isn't just a job: It's a way of life. Read More... More on Photo Galleries         Bettina Korek: PLAN ForYourArt: May 19-25 May 18, 2011 at 4:07 PM   Re-imagining our world as a series of graphic icons, artist Ryan McGinness layers and collages these images using both digital techniques and more traditional crafts like silk screening and painting. Read More... More on Arts         Jalees Rehman, M.D.: "Arab Spring": Egyptian Women Are Now Harassing Men May 18, 2011 at 4:07 PM   In the wake of the political "Arab Spring" upheaval, a group of Egyptian women have founded the Cairo-based organization WHAM (Women for the Harassment of Arab Men) with the hope to reverse the harassment. Read More... More on Satire         Rep. Mike Honda: Libya Triggers War Powers Act Deadline This Friday May 18, 2011 at 4:05 PM   The War Powers Act, created after Vietnam to ensure checks and balances during wartime situations, limits the president's ability to commit armed forces to conditions that are not present in the case of Libya. Read More... More on Rwanda         Harvey Wasserman: From Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne & Graham Nash: "We Are on the Brink" May 18, 2011 at 3:50 PM   We may be on the brink of stopping the U.S. nuclear industry from building new reactors. We ask you to help make this happen. The atomic industry desperately needs $36 billion in federal loan guarantees. Read More... More on Barack Obama         Arianna Huffington: Dear Class of 2011: Good Luck... You're Really Going to Need It! May 18, 2011 at 3:50 PM   On Friday morning, I'll be taking part in that annual rite of passage -- the commencement speech. I'll be delivering mine at Sarah Lawrence, one of the great colleges in America. My speech, of course, will be imbued with all the optimism and hope about the future that the occasion is steeped in. But, after looking at all the data, there is no question that "commencement" has taken on an ironic twist. For many of the graduates spilling into the job market throughout the nation, there isn't going to be much to commence. Economically at least, this is an especially rough time to be graduating from college. Consider: the average graduate will enter the job market with a debt load of over $27,000. And the unemployment rate for those 16 to 24 is the highest it's even been. There is, however, a silver lining to graduating in such tough economic times... Read More... More on The Recession         Alan Krinsky: It Began With Ayn Rand May 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM   Ayn Rand's lone individual is an illusion that must be challenged, not only because it is a lie, but because it will never work, at least not in the long run. Read More...         John L. Esposito: Obama's Unique Opportunity To Redefine U.S.-Muslim World Relations May 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM   In some ways, the Arab Spring symbolizes the failure of both al Qaeda and America. Ironically, both were partially responsible/complicit in creating the conditions for Arab repression. Read More... More on Obama Administration         Katie Campbell: 10 Gift Ideas for the Modern Graduate May 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM   If you're stumped about what to stuff into a gift bag for the bright-eyed graduate blinking in the sunlight of their future, take a look at this list of traditional gifts with a tech-riffic, modern spin. Read More...         Rep. Mike Honda: Libya Triggers War Powers Act Deadline This Friday May 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM   This Friday, May 20, marks the 60th day since President Obama told Congress of his Libyan campaign. According to the War Powers Act, that declaration started a 60-day clock: If Obama fails to obtain congressional support for his decision within this time limit, he has only one option -- end American involvement within the following 30 days. See "Death of War Powers Act" for more information. In light of this, Libya continues to discomfit the international community. No one in the West wants to be accused of shirking the responsibility to protect civilians in conflict zones -- whether the hundreds of thousands who died in Rwanda and Darfur, the millions who died in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the hundreds dying now in Ivory Coast, Yemen and Bahrain. "Not on our watch" was the cry uttered at the height of the "save Darfur" movement; the messaging on Libya summons this same noble feeling. In protecting vulnerable populaces, however, there are four lessons from Libya, which are particularly pertinent for U.S. policymakers. The first lesson regards the seemingly mundane controls critical to our democracy. The War Powers Act of 1973, created after Vietnam to ensure checks and balances during wartime situations, limits the president's ability to commit armed forces to conditions that are not present in the case of Libya. Read More... More on Rwanda         Robert Walker: Beware the 'Grey Swan' May 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM   It's common to classify catastrophes as 'black swans.' But most disasters today are somewhere between probable and highly improbable. There are lot of "grey swans" out there, unlikely occurrences just likely enough that they should be anticipated. Read More... More on Black Swan         Shawn Amos: PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music May 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM   This week, Moby loses sleep on the road, Ben Harper meets his heroes, Danger Mouse reinvents the Spaghetti Western, while Kate Bush reinvents her past. Read More...         Robert J. Cabin: Thank God Environmentalism Is Dead May 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM   A recent poll found "historically low levels of public worry about environmental problems." We once responded to environmental disasters by passing landmark laws. Now our support for the environment decreases with each new oil spill. What happened? Read More... More on Christianity         Daoud Kuttab: When Obama Blinked First, Mitchell's Mission Was Doomed May 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM   For the past six months it has been clear in the region that George Mitchell practically made the decision to quit once it was clear his advice was no longer being heeded in the White House. Read More... More on Obama's Mideast Trip         Beverly Willett: The Most Pioneering Divorce Reform Effort In 40 Years May 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM   America has the highest rate of divorce in the Western world, and the consequences to our nation's families have been devastating. Read More... More on Marriage         Al Abrams: Let's Fix LA From the Ground Up, One Pothole at a Time May 18, 2011 at 3:34 PM   Fixing potholes is the least the city of L.A. can do. Guess what? They're doing it, in an enterprise called "Operation Pothole." Read More...         Charles Brecher: MTA Bus Service: Lots of Passengers, Limited Efficiency May 18, 2011 at 3:01 PM   The MTA's buses handle more than 2.6 million passenger trips each day, yet there's a lot of room for improvement in the efficiency of the MTA's bus operations. Read More... More on MTA         Terry O'Neill: Violence Against Women Is a Serious Problem: IMF Chief Must Go May 18, 2011 at 3:01 PM   Many women fear indifference or abusive treatment at the hands of law enforcement and the criminal justice system -- particularly women of color and LGBT people, who have good reason to distrust the police and the courts. Read More... More on Dominique Strauss-Kahn         Rocky Kistner: A Stroll on a Gulf Beach Yields a Dolphin Disposal May 18, 2011 at 3:01 PM   We may never know for certain whether the demise of a dolphin buried beneath the sand in Gulfport was directly linked to the BP oil catastrophe. But we owe it to that dolphin to keep trying to find out. Read More... More on Gulf Oil Spill         Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Schwarzenegger Is Just the Latest in GOP Sexual Hypocrisy May 18, 2011 at 3:01 PM   In nearly all cases when the sexual deviancy, profligacy, philandering, abhorrent fetishes, and pedophilia of GOP notables is exposed the word that instantly should come to mind is hypocrisy, with a capital H. Read More... More on Arnold Schwarzenegger         Debra Shore: Where I Stand on Cleaning Up the Chicago River May 18, 2011 at 3:01 PM   Dumping effluent that contains very high levels of bacteria and other pathogens into the Chicago and Calumet Rivers is not exactly best practice in wastewater treatment. It is clear that we can do better. Read More...         Lanny Davis: The Shameful Case of Sean Lanigan and the Presumption of Guilt Culture May 18, 2011 at 3:01 PM   The case of wrongly-accused Sean Lanigan is perhaps the most horrible example of the consequences of our culture's assumption of guilt not only before trial but continuing beyond acquittal. Read More...         Staar: No Wonder Good Help Is So Hard to Find These Days May 18, 2011 at 3:01 PM   If a man would seek out a mistress, a true honest-to-godness mistress, wives wouldn't be caught short of help, turn angry, and perhaps the marriages would be saved. This is why I say it until I'm weary, a mistress is so important. Read More... More on Arnold Schwarzenegger         Sister Mary Ann Walsh: Fingerprinting Grandma, Checking the Old Priest's Background May 18, 2011 at 2:55 PM   After an intensive investigation, John Jay researchers concluded: "The Catholic Church has taken serious steps toward understanding and reducing the problem of sexual abuse of minors by priests." The response must continue. Read More... More on Catholic Church         Rodney L. Taylor, Ph.D.: Who Was Confucius and Why Does it Matter? May 18, 2011 at 2:48 PM   We need to understand that in the centuries following Confucus' death, his teachings became the official ideology of the Chinese state, a position held with virtually no break into the 20th century. Read More... More on China         Jeffrey Rubin: Will Export Restrictions on Energy Echo Those on Food? May 18, 2011 at 2:24 PM   Will triple digit prices soon halt the free flow of crude oil the same way soaring crop prices halted the free flow of food? Read More... More on Gas & Oil         Rocky Kistner: A Stroll on a Gulf Beach Yields a Dolphin Disposal May 18, 2011 at 2:24 PM   Laurel Lockamy has seen her share of dead sea life washing up on the beaches of Mississippi. Like a few other residents, she’s toted her camera along wherever she goes, documenting the dolphins, sea turtles, red fish and plethora of dead birds that seem to be washing in unusually high numbers. That isn't stopping Gulf businesses from hoping for a better year than last, when beaches were soaked in oil and tourism vanished with the black tide. Now there are signs business is rebounding. Tourist industries in Florida panhandle report better than expected traffic this year. Some in Congress in fact are pushing for increased drilling in the Gulf, with fewer safety and environmental reviews of the process. It seems some lawmakers have short memories. But not all is well in the Gulf. High numbers of endangered sea turtles and dolphins have washed into the beaches, although the number of fatalities is declining. Scientists still don’t know what has caused this spike in deaths. Read More... More on Gulf Oil Spill         Stacey Bendet: 4AM Finds May 18, 2011 at 2:24 PM   My favorite finds, fabulousness, fashion, obsessions, random things that inspire ideas... sometimes practical, sometimes cute, always good for a sleepless smile! Read More... More on Fashion         Hisham Wyne: Osama Bin Laden: The Aftermath May 18, 2011 at 2:11 PM   Over a couple of weeks have transpired since the assassination of the purported rock star of the Al Qaeda world. The champagne has been guzzled, and the mild mannered Joes next door in New York have reverted to type after a day of macho beer guzzling and frenetic war cries. It's now time to reckon with the aftermath. Osama bin Laden, referred quasi-affectionately as OBL on twitter, is no more. And we sit and bask in the joy of a world where his death changes... very little. It's safe to surmise that OBL had, for many years, not been in direct tactical command of al Qaeda, regardless of how much porn he may or may not have watched. Two reasons precluded his taking active charge. His status as the world's most wanted man meant he couldn't saunter over to the local telegraph office and ask to send a cable to al-Zawahiri. Second, the amorphous nature of al Qaeda relies more on autonomous cells than a hierarchy. The recent attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan's Kandahar indicate al Qaeda is alive, well and unfortunately still capable as ever of inflicting damage. Read More... More on Osama bin Laden         Trina Y. Vargo: The Non-Existent Irish-American Vote May 18, 2011 at 1:54 PM   There is no 'Irish vote.' Irish Americans are Democrats and Republicans, Catholics and Protestants, and there are no galvanizing issues around which a significant number of them rally. Read More... More on Barack Obama         John Rosenthal: Sen. Scott Brown: Support Massachusetts Jobs Not Polluters May 18, 2011 at 1:54 PM   Sen. Brown claims he is trying to keep energy prices low and prevent over regulation of small business by the government. Certainly, admirable goals, but his execution is faulty. Read More... More on Environment         Duane Elgin: Consciously Recognizing Ourselves Before We Die May 18, 2011 at 1:54 PM   When our physical body dies, will we recognize ourselves as a subtle body of light, love, music, and knowing? Will we recognize the unique orchestration of our being, the distinct way we light up the world? If we fail to recognize ourselves in this way--if we require the assistance of a physical body to anchor our self-recognition--then we are profoundly limiting ourselves. The afterlife is unknown; however, our invisible body of music, light and love that lives in eternity is knowable. In fact, every person that we encounter can instantly recognize these unique and invisible qualities within us. Our responsibility is not to be concerned with the afterlife, but to be so fully present in this life that we recognize the familiar resonance of who we are, wherever we might be. Many spiritual traditions tell us how important it is to be awake to our soulful nature at the time of death. What happens after we die seems likely to forever remain a mystery. However, if we do not become familiar with our subtle self while we have the precious vehicle of a physical body, we can fail to recognize ourselves when our physical body dies. Because we are created from an invisible life force, we may die and not see that this life force is who and what we are. Our physical body is an anchor for light illuminating light, knowing recognizing knowing, and love appreciating love. If, in freedom, we have not made friends with ourselves during this lifetime, our physical bodies can die and the animating life energy of our being may dissipate and lose its coherence. We may then require the constraint of a material world to enable us to encounter ourselves once again. Why should we be concerned with recognizing the eternal being within ourselves while we are alive in this physical realm? Jesus gives an important answer when he says, "In my Father's house are many rooms. If it were not so, I would have told you." (John 14:2). I believe Jesus is saying that, in the vast ecology of the living universe, there are spaces suitable for all beings. Read More... More on Death & Dying         Frank Schaeffer: How the Bible's Strange Take on Sex Led to Crazy Politics -- and How I Learned to Love Women (and Jesus) Anyway May 18, 2011 at 1:54 PM   My mother Edith Schaeffer herself was the greatest illustration of the divine beauty of paradox I've encountered. She was a fundamentalist living a double life as a lover of beauty who broke all her own judgmental rules in favor of creativity. Read More... More on Spiritual Development         Michael A. Siegel: A Decade Later "New Markets" Continues to Build Opportunity in an America Left Behind May 18, 2011 at 1:22 PM   "New Markets" encourages private investments from corporations and individuals who might never consider buying into "high-risk areas." The cost to taxpayers have created nearly 500,000 jobs at a cost of less than $12,000 each. Read More... More on Careers         John Bergquist: Having Patience With Tablets May 18, 2011 at 1:22 PM   Let's be patient with tablets and embrace a lab coat approach to our technology use and experience. Today the consumer and technician are kindred travelers in this dreamlike world of technology, where in short order, we can have that which we imagine. Read More... More on Tablets         Karl Giberson, Ph.D: The Anointed Leaders of the Religious Right May 18, 2011 at 1:01 PM   American evangelicals, Fox News, and now the Republican Party take their intellectual cues from a roster of remarkably similar populists who head media empires. Read More... More on Christianity             This email was sent to cbzvdani.delluve@blogger.com. Delivered by Feed My Inbox PO Box 682532 Franklin, TN 37068 Account Login Unsubscribe Here