2014 Year in review

Ventura County Reporter2014 Year in reviewVentura County ReporterFor Ventura County, the drama wasn't at such a high level of intensity as the country or even the world, but still, what we did experience brought on its own set of issues and concerns, some positive and others negative. .... The quagga mussel ...

When Broadway Musicals Were Dark And Subversive

Daily BeastWhen Broadway Musicals Were Dark And SubversiveDaily BeastYet, to judge the American musical by those criteria is to ignore the purity of intention and range of imagination yielded by a great generation of American composers and writers, working in a collaborative medium in a forum that, once upon a time ...

The National War Memorial

Castanet.netThe National War MemorialCastanet.netHe announced his decision at the legislature today in Charlottetown, saying he was proud of his government's record on a number of issues including the economy and education. He says he is leaving politics now to give the next Liberal leader enough ...

Mystar kicks off children's foundation

Trinidad GuardianMystar kicks off children's foundationTrinidad Guardian“And I still got to play football with the police club,” he said with a smile. Now after 25 years of service, he has attained the rank of Inspector and he also wears the hats of TTPS public information officer and co-ordinator of its national anti ...

Are You Really Surprised Keira Knightley Posed Topless?

Daily BeastAre You Really Surprised Keira Knightley Posed Topless?Daily BeastThe September issue of Interview magazine, subtitled “The Photographer's Issue,” is catching major traction thanks to Patrick Demarchelier's sultry monochrome photographs of a topless Keira Knightley with wet hair, low-cut trousers, and elbow-length ...

The US Crackdown on Hackers Is Our New War on Drugs

WiredThe US Crackdown on Hackers Is Our New War on DrugsWiredThis cyber panic isn't just a CFAA problem. In the zeal to ... This comes after one effort to use the CFAA to criminalize cyberbullying — built on the premise that violating a website's terms of service was unauthorized access, or the equivalent of ...

Young Readers' Edition: Social networks embrace the dark side of human kind

Ham&HighYoung Readers' Edition: Social networks embrace the dark side of human kindHam&HighFor most members of the internet generation, the answer to all of those questions will most likely be 'yes'. As age boundaries of social network users melt away, shouldn't we be worried about how common cyberbullying has become? Depression and anxiety ...

Ugly Appetite for Online Suicide

Daily BeastUgly Appetite for Online SuicideDaily BeastThe review also noted the heightened impact of cyber-bullying on susceptible youths. A 2012 investigation by the Australian website news.com.au suggests that the more extreme Internet trolls may not simply be socially maladjusted but that they may ...