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http://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuillet...recherche-nie-gehoert-wozu-auch-12869013.htmlDiesem Investigativ-Komiker ist kein Vorurteil zu dumm, um daraus nicht doch eine Show zu machen: „Mario Barth deckt auf“ heißt sie und mehr als vier Millionen schauen zu. Unfassbar.
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“Clients usually don’t come to me until their daughter is already to-the-tits brainwashed,” says David Sullivan, a private investigator in San Francisco who specializes in cults. “By that point the success rate is very low.”
The Internet’s Own Boy follows the story of programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz. From Swartz's help in the development of the basic internet protocol RSS to his co-founding of Reddit, his fingerprints are all over the internet. But it was Swartz's groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing combined with his aggressive approach to information access that ensnared him in a two-year legal nightmare. It was a battle that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26. Aaron's story touched a nerve with people far beyond the online communities in which he was a celebrity. This film is a personal story about what we lose when we are tone deaf about technology and its relationship to our civil liberties.
http://origin.www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/05/25/the-sixth-extinctionThe Sixth Extinction?
There have been five great die-offs in history. This time, the cataclysm is us.
BY ELIZABETH KOLBERT
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The significance of mass extinctions goes beyond the sheer number of organisms involved. In contrast to ordinary, or so-called background, extinctions, which claim species that, for one reason or another, have become unfit, mass extinctions strike down the fit and the unfit at once. For example, brachiopods, which look like clams but have an entirely different anatomy, dominated the ocean floor for hundreds of millions of years. In the third of the Big Five extinctions—the end-Permian—the hugely successful brachiopods were nearly wiped out, along with trilobites, blastoids, and eurypterids. (In the end-Permian event, more than ninety per cent of marine species and seventy per cent of terrestrial species vanished; the event is sometimes referred to as “the mother of mass extinctions” or “the great dying.”)
Once a mass extinction occurs, it takes millions of years for life to recover, and when it does it generally has a new cast of characters; following the end-Cretaceous event, mammals rose up (or crept out) to replace the departed dinosaurs. In this way, mass extinctions, though missing from the original theory of evolution, have played a determining role in evolution’s course; as Richard Leakey has put it, such events “restructure the biosphere” and so “create the pattern of life.” It is now generally agreed among biologists that another mass extinction is under way. Though it’s difficult to put a precise figure on the losses, it is estimated that, if current trends continue, by the end of this century as many as half of earth’s species will be gone.
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Space in cities (where this is more of an issue) is very limited. Renting a simple field to play soccer inside of Seoul will run you well over $100/hour. In the same vain, most people live in tiny apartments, which means you can't just invite friends over to hang out... and PC Bang cafes are likely central points. Coupled with poor wages for many adults with kids, this means "just go outside and play" isn't readily feasible.
My first car was a brand new convertible BMW and I was just seventeen years old. We were members of the tennis club and I took as many lessons as I wanted, whenever I wanted. By the time I was 21, I had a pilot’s license and my own single engine airplane stationed at Santa Ana airport. My dad paid for everything, all my housing and education including a BA in Sociology from UC Irvine and an MBA from Santa Clara University. I never worked in college and, in fact, my dad was giving me a hefty monthly allowance, for as long as I can remember, even after college.
Yet overuse extends to the position players as well, and there are still many coaches who use their players until they break because of the intense pressure to win. There are no rules in place to prevent this from happening, only the (usually uncertified) coach’s judgment.
This win-at-all-costs mentality starts early in Japan because of the knockout format that prevails in tournaments that lead to junior and youth nationals. The work ethic so admired in Koshien athletes sometimes comes from firm discipline, but it can also be traced to the single-minded pursuit of winning.