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Less than two months of research, completed by the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, confirms that almost 400 American-made Blue Coat Systems appliances, engineered to filter, record and censor information on the Internet, are being used in several countries known for their authoritarian regimes. American-based Blue Coat Systems is a leading provider of appliances such… Continue reading US-based Internet Surveillance Technology Used by Authoritarian Regimes

“Green is the new black,” proclaims Greenpeace International. “Corporations are falling all over themselves to demonstrate to current and potential customers that they are not only ecologically conscious, but also environmentally correct.” These newfound corporate environmental consciences are part of a phenomenon known as “greenwashing.” The term originated from a 1986 essay by New York… Continue reading Greenwashing: The Corporate Exaggeration of Environmental Consciousness

The Obama administration’s decision to designate the leadership of Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba group as terrorists this week sends a pointed, if largely symbolic, message to a Pakistani government that remains unable or unwilling to crack down on the extremist organization. On Thursday, the Treasury Department issued an order against eight Lashkar leaders that prohibits Americans from… Continue reading U.S. Government Pressures Pakistan on Mumbai Terror Group

Poaching, especially in parts of the developing world, is as serious and prevalent an issue today as it was only twenty years ago. Despite steps to curb the poaching of exotic and endangered species, such as the 1990 CITES-led international ban on ivory, many countries are still faced with a growing prevalence of the issue… Continue reading Continued Poaching Will Result in the Degradation of Fragile Ecosystems

Following the 1979 Islamic Revolution, Iran’s film industry has been thriving amid the turbulent political scene and in spite of strict censorship laws. The relationship between politics and film has been especially pronounced when Iran’s controversial presidential elections coincided with a burgeoning international recognition of the country’s film industry. Many Iranian films have competed in… Continue reading Iranian Film Industry Thrives amid Continuing Censorship

In perhaps the first ever collaboration of its type, Hammond organ legend James Taylor, with the help of his band – Pat Illingworth (drums), Mark Cox (guitar) and Andrew McKinney (bass) – has combined the group’s trademark jazz-funk sound with the Rochester Cathedral Choir to create a Catholic Mass with a difference, recorded live at… Continue reading Review: The James Taylor Quartet to release ‘The Rochester Mass’