September 2010
“It is just human nature to take time to connect the dots, I know that. But I...”
– An Inconvenient Truth (via littlemiss)
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It’s my birthday and I am having a bleh moment.
Reading bad screenplays and freezing to death.
What is Your Temperament – Are You a Stabilizer,... →
A guest post by Eileen OShea of Threshold Place
Temperament theory is a way of understanding where your deepest source of pleasure lies. The better you understand that, the more you can direct your life and work toward satisfying those needs.
This lens for looking at people describes four organizing patterns of personality. It is based on descriptions of behavior that go back over ...
My Left Foot to Launch 30-Week Screening Series |... →
FTA, marking its 30th anniversary, has selected the 30 Most Significant Independent Films™ from around the world produced over the past three decades.
In selecting the Most Significant Independent Films, IFTA’s 27-member Board of Directors considered independently financed films produced worldwide and a variety of factors, including features that introduced new cinematic styles;...
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Sundance shorts online - Entertainment News, Film... →
Sundance Institute is partnering with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a series of shorts tied to world issues. Six docu shorts commissioned by the institute will be shared by the foundation online and at events worldwide. Excerpts premiere Sept. 20 as part of TEDxChange, a live event assembled by Melinda French Gates that marks the 10th anniversary of the U.N.’s Millennium...
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Top 5 showrunners to follow on Twitter →
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TV's Top 50 Showrunners →
A must read for aspiring writers/producers in TV.
Lina Morgana Haunts Lady Gaga - Jenna Goudreau -... →
In more people-stealing-credit-from-Lady-Gaga news, Yana Morgana claims that her now-deceased daughter, Lina Morgana, shaped Gaga into the superstar she is today. She is seeking rights to release songs the pair recorded before 19-year-old Lina committed suicide.
Lina’s ex-manager says Gaga did write some of the musician’s songs, and they recorded 12 more together that were not released....
Parvez Ahmed: Burning the Quran Is Like Burning... →
Bigotry and derision arises in part due to the fact that most Americans know nothing about the Quran, allowing themselves to be manipulated by demagogues. The Quran is to Muslims what the Gospels are to Christians: the Word of God. The Quran’s 6236 verses divided into 114 chapters interweave many facets of our existential experience. Using one or two isolated sentences (such as verse 9:5) to...
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The "30 Mosques" guys visit "The Ground Zero... →
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Blasphemous posters hit New Zealand | Ads of the... →
‘I was wrong,’ says Guardian columnist who had... →
“To admit you were wrong is to declare you are wiser now than before,” goes the popular saying. And one climate change journalist did just that earlier this week — by renouncing his previous argument for veganism. “I was wrong about veganism,” is the bold title of George Monbiot’s latest column for The Guardian, which retracts his 2002 statement that veganism is “the only ethical response to what...
Viewers Are Oprah's Focus During 25th, Last Season... →
“This year you will see lots of surprises for other people, dreams coming true for other people, really honoring the essence of what has made this show work for the past 25 years and that’s the viewer,” Winfrey said in an interview with The Associated Press. “The last season is a celebration of the past 24 years. For me, it is about holding a place of reverence and honor for the people who made...
Mya Guarnieri: Israeli and Palestinian Schools... →
While Israel bears a greater responsibility than the Palestinians—it was the Jewish state that created the refugee problem in 1948, discriminates against its Arab citizens, and continues to occupy and illegally settle the West Bank—the PA has some educational work to do, too. Many Palestinians know little about the Holocaust, a horrendous chapter in Jewish history that continues to...
“Burning the Quran is wrong on every level,” the former Massachusetts governor...”
– Mitt Romney: ‘Burning the Quran is wrong’ - Andy Barr - POLITICO.com
“Jolie said she wasn’t sure what she’d see when she got to Pakistan....”
– Jolie’s plea on Pakistan floods: ‘We have to support them’ – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs
Indian rape victims subjected to "finger test" -... →
SAD!!!
60-Pound Woman Who Can't Gain Weight Writes... →
Worldwide sensation Lizzie Velasquez, who cannot gain weight due to a very rare and undiagnosed medical condition, has released the story of her life to inspire others and send society a strong message about internal beauty. Lizzie, a 21-year-old college student, has to eat every 20 minutes and consumes up to 6,000 calories a day, but rarely weighs more than 60 lbs. She is one of only three people...
Sharon Kelly: 10 Reasons Not to Burn a Quran --... →
1. Book burning! Do I really need to say why?
2. By not burning a Koran I’m not burning a bridge to communication.
3. Burning the Koran because of extremist Taliban and Al-Qeada terrorists makes no more sense than burning the Bible because of the Ku Klux Klan or Nazis.
4. Hatred breeds more hatred and that is not going to solve any of our problems.
5. That type of hate-filled religious...
Peace Activists Plan 9/11 'Wear a Hijab' Event to... →
“We are non-Muslims who plan to wear the hijab or kufi on 9/11 as a gesture to American Muslims that they are full citizens of this country and deserve the same rights as the rest of us. We intend to prove to Muslims around the world that people of peace outnumber those who hate,” says Charlie. “Let’s stand up and stand out to demonstrate that not all Americans are...
Job discrimination claims by Muslims on the rise -... →
The increase in complaints is particularly jarring when you consider that, after spiking in the immediate aftermath of 9/11, employment discrimination claims by Muslims actually declined significantly. In 2000, the last full year before 9/11, the EEOC received 557 allegations involving Muslims, a number that soared to 1,463 in 2002, the first full year after 9/11. Complaints then declined...
A.P. Won't Share Images of Koran Burning -... →
With a fringe Florida pastor’s plan for “Burn a Koran Day” coming under worldwide scrutiny, The Associated Press wire service said Thursday that it would not share any images of a Koran being burned. The wire service, which supplies news, photos and videos to thousands of news outlets, said that in shunning potential pictures of the holy text being burned, it was reiterating an existing policy....
Stu Bykofsky: 2 American Muslims talk about their... →
Since most Americans know little about Islam, I asked two local American Muslims to talk about how they understand and practice their faith. They eagerly agreed. One is Rafiyq Friend, a courts employee; the other is Moein Khawaja, executive director of the Pennsylvania branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
The Media and Islam-o-mania: Gasoline for the Fire... →
In any case, I’m not sure that the media at this point can or should, as Palin advised Pastor Jones, “stand down.” This is, unfortunately, one of those cases in which, by having become news, the story is now making legitimate news. World leaders and military leaders have weighed in, there is real international attention to the story and the prospect of real-world, non-virtual...
Sally Kohn: Thank You, Koran Burners →
Now when someone insists Islam is the only religion with fringe whack jobs, we can all reply, “Not true! Look at those Christian whack jobs burning Korans in Florida!” As if somehow the “God Hates Fags” Fred Phelps folks protesting veterans’ funerals and the “who gives a crap about inequality and injustice on Earth ‘cuz we’re preparing for the end of...
Another Wound For Muslims Who Lost Loved Ones On... →
“As a Muslim American, and as the daughter of someone who was killed on September 11, I knew I had to say something,” Chowdhury, 14, said. Chowdhury told classmates that Muslims condemn terrorism, and that the 9/11 terrorists killed people of all faiths. She didn’t reveal that her father, Mohammad S. Chowdhury, a waiter at Windows on the World restaurant on the top floor of the...
A 9/11 Widow Balances Her Family, a Job and Islam... →
The God she prays to she calls Allah. Mrs. Traoré, 40, says praying in the pit feels entirely natural, even if some of those standing with her — widows and widowers, parents and children — blame her religion for the destruction of that day. “That’s not fair,” she said. “It’s not because of Allah that these buildings fell.” Mrs. Traoré is the widow of one of roughly 60 Muslims — cooks, businessmen,...
