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Latin America's Green Parties Take Matters Into Their Own Hands
Posted 07.20.2009 | Green
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By Marcela Valente | Inter Press Service BUENOS AIRES, Jun 19 (IPS) - Fed up of waiting for existing parties to take up the cause of sustainable de...
Indigenous Protest and State Violence in the Peruvian Amazon: How the Media Misrepresents
John Gibler | Posted 07.13.2009 | World
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The initial media response to the violence obscured the order and nature of events and thus the responsibility for violence, converting a bloody police raid into generic "clashes."
Peru's Tribal Chief Flees Country After Killings Over Oil, Logging Laws
Independent | Posted 07.12.2009 | World
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The leader of Peru's Amazon Indians will be flown to exile in Nicaragua after seeking asylum following violent demonstrations that killed scores of po...
The Free Market's Marked Men, From The Niger Delta To The Amazon
Amy Goodman | Posted 07.10.2009 | World
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Ken Saro-Wiwa's family and others just won a landmark settlement in U.S. federal court, ending a 13-year battle with Shell Oil. Alberto Pizango's ordeal is just beginning.
Protests Over Amazon Escalate In Peru
AP | FRANKLIN BRICENO | Posted 07.10.2009 | Green
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BAGUA, Peru — President Alan Garcia accused Amazon Indians of "barbarity" Sunday in the killing of 22 members of a paramilitary police force sen...
A Resume Is Not Enough: How to Elevate to the Top 1%
Jill Keto | Posted 07.05.2009 | Business
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Saving Your Job,
Consulting,
Working From Home,
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Salary,
Merit-Raises,
Careers,
Increasing Income,
Getting-a-Raise-in-a-Recession,
Working Moms,
Writing,
Self-Publishing,
Print on Demand,
Create Space,
Amazon,
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Most people never think of themselves as a brand, but you have one whether or not you realize it. Your reputation is part of your brand, and your resume and business card are marketing tools.
Thank God It's Thursday: Book Expo '09 & The 27s plus The Singular Thomas Dolby
Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.04.2009 | Entertainment
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Nikola Tesla,
Italian,
Brian Jones,
Catholicism,
Josh Hunter,
New Wave,
Eric Segalstad,
Dolby's Cube,
Who,
The Magic Show,
The Hunchback of Notre Dame,
Stevie Wonder,
Lene Lovich,
Dynasty,
Margaret Thatcher,
Burt Bacharach,
Albert Einstein,
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City,
Dan Hicks,
Peter Ham,
The Kushans,
Albert Schatz,
Jesus,
Wicked,
Stephen Schwartz,
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center,
Mario Puzo,
Depeche Mode,
Poughkeepsie,
Rose Bowl,
Prefab Sprout,
Thompson Twins,
Roger Waters,
Foreigner,
Entertainment News,
Carol De Gierer,
Doug Henning,
Pink Floyd,
Enchanted,
Joni Mitchell,
Chris Bell,
India,
Unplugged,
Promises in the Dark,
Thomas Dolby,
Poughkeepsie Journal,
Live Aid,
Jim Morrison,
The Wall,
Ronald Reagan,
Mephisto on Wing,
Latin,
Broadway,
Neil Young,
Ryuichi Sakamoto,
Issa,
The 27 Club,
Janis Joplin,
Grand Theft Auto,
Yellow Magic Orchestra,
Antoinette Pannard,
David Bowie,
Mtv,
MTV Unplugged,
Amazon,
Kathleen Beller,
Bill Clinton,
Angels & Demons,
Pocahontas,
Albert Schweitzer,
Kurt Cobain,
George Clinton,
Bookexpo,
Robert Johnson,
Grammy Awards,
Best Buy,
Lois Drake,
Pop Music,
The Godfather,
Jazz,
Indiana Jones,
Howard Jones,
The Betsy,
New Age,
Def Leppard,
Jimi Hendrix,
Robyn Hitchcock,
Dan Brown,
Pippin,
Godspell,
Entertainment News
This year's BookExpo in New York City had its usual small arena of publishers at gussied-up kiosks hawking the latest and greatest by writers known and unknown.
The Amazon Rainforest is More Important than Electric Cars
Levi Novey | Posted 07.03.2009 | Green
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Brazil,
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Since the Amazon Rainforest is so important, we must ask ourselves: "Why have we (or at least the media) become so bored of discussing the Amazon and deforestation?"
Copyright Needs Limits, As It Restricts Innovation
Gary Shapiro | Posted 06.27.2009 | Business
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Facebook,
Tivo,
Mark Helprin,
Cisco,
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Hp,
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Defenders of expanded copyright restrictions imply that content owners have been on a losing streak and have few tools at their disposal. Wrong.
AmazonEncore's First Novel Acquired
Publishers Weekly | Rachel Deahl | Posted 06.14.2009 | Business
In its most significant foray into publishing, Amazon has acquired world English rights to a self-published novel by a midwestern teenager called Lega...
Cuomo: Is Chevron Misleading Shareholders?
Michael Brune | Posted 06.08.2009 | Green
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For nearly 16 years, Chevron has been fighting a landmark oil pollution lawsuit brought by more than 30,000 residents from rainforest communities in Ecuador.
KINDLE DX: Product Poses Profitability Challenge To Publishers
InformationWeek | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media
The biggest challenge for textbook publishers joining several universities in testing the usefulness of Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN)'s new Kindle DX will be in...
Twitter Not For Sale!?: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer May 7, 2009
Shelly Palmer | Posted 06.07.2009 | Media
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Twitter has switched default URL shorteners from Tinyurl to Bit.LY, Amazon unveiled the big screen Kindle DX, News Corp operating income fell 72% during the first quarter, and more.
Amazon Introduces Big-Screen Kindle
New York Times | BRAD STONE and MOTOKO RICH | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media
On Wednesday, Amazon introduced a larger version of the Kindle, pitching it as a new way for people to read textbooks, newspapers and documents. ...
Live from the Kindle DX Launch
Jack Hidary | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media
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The DX makes it easy to read 8.5" by 11" docs with a larger screen and includes more memory -- enough for 3,500 books. Is this the paperless revolution that was supposed to come a decade ago?
Worst Job in the World: Defending Chevron
Michael Brune | Posted 06.05.2009 | Green
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An unlikely transnational coalition is putting Chevron on the defensive for exploiting the Ecuadorian people.
How Amazon, as Apple, Can Succeed in a World of Piracy
Martin Varsavsky | Posted 06.03.2009 | Business
While books themselves are not pirated mainly because the cost of printing in bulk beats the cost of printing at home, digital books are incredibly easy to pirate.
Cheney and Lesbians!?: Tag Teaming Amazon in Response to Sales Ranking Censorship
Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.14.2009 | Media
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The first book that pops up on Amazon when searching the word "homosexuality" is A Parent's Guide to Preventing Homosexuality. Unlike Heather Has Two Mommies, this book has a sales ranking.
Amazon Claims 'Glitch' Caused Site To Strip Sales Rankings From Gay/Lesbian Books
AP | HILLEL ITALIE | Posted 05.13.2009 | Media
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NEW YORK — A "glitch" on Amazon.com has caused the sales rank to be removed from gay- and/or lesbian-themed books by James Baldwin, Gore Vidal a...
Amazon Challenges Apple In Download War By Slashing Prices Of Songs
Daily Mail | Caroline Grant | Posted 05.07.2009 | Business
Cash-strapped music fans are enjoying the spoils of a major online price war after Amazon slashed the price of its downloads to 29p. The online retai...
Jeff Bezos, Factory Worker
Lexington Herald-Leader | Jim Jordan | Posted 04.27.2009 | Business
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Bezos, one of the world's wealthiest entrepreneurs, happens to look a little like a friendly leprechaun. He arrived unannounced in Lexington to wor...
U.S. Plane Drops Engine Parts On Brazil
AP | TALES AZZONI | Posted 04.26.2009 | World
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SAO PAULO — Engine pieces from a U.S. plane fell from the sky early Thursday in Brazil, hitting 22 houses and a car but sparing passengers and r...
Discovery Sues Amazon Over Kindle Patent
AP | Posted 04.17.2009 | Media
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Discovery Communications Inc. says the Kindle electronic book readers from Amazon.com Inc. violate a patent that Discovery ...
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