J Ocean Dennie
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Joined on Oct 12, 2007
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Madison -
The snapshots included in this photo essay were taken on Saturday March 12, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin where it is estimated that well over 150,000 gathered in protest the recent decision regarding collective bargaining rights.
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These images were taken February 26 2011 during the afternoon protests against Wisconsin Republican Governor Scott Walker's controversial 'Budget Repair Bill'.
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Without being convicted of any crime, a British citizen with an abnormally low IQ of 48 has been ordered by a UK High Court judge to refrain from sex and to be placed under surveillance to enforce the ruling.
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Cairo -
In what could only be called a media coup de grace, ABC reporter Christiane Amanpour managed to land a world exclusive interview with Hosni Mubarak, the embattled Egyptian president, beating out CNN's Anderson Cooper and others to the finish line.
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It goes without saying that Qatar's economy and entire way of life depends heavily on the efforts of foreign workers. Less known, however, are the abuses and rights violations these workers are increasingly subject to. Sadly, no resolution is in sight.
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Ever thought of becoming a drifting holy dropout? For countless generations, dedicated individuals in India and Nepal have done just that, forsaking some of the shackles of society, adopting the robes of the renunciate and devoting their efforts to God.
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The environmental determinism espoused by geologist Jared Diamond, particularly in his book "Guns, Germs and Steel" remains a compelling theory of the rise and fall of civilzations but Ian Bremmer's J-Curve concept is a more apt geopolitical rationale .
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Residents of Canada's Vancouver Island will be sleeping easier now that they know what led to the completely bizarre neon green discoloration of one of the major rivers flowing through the south part of the island.
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The atheistic philosophy of Richard Dawkins, though compelling, falls far short in proving that God doesn't exist or that individuals who embrace God are somehow delusional. What is required is a more objective handling of the issue.
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Garret Hardin's groundbreaking "The Tragedy of the Commons" is much more than an historical analysis of common property resources in medieval times. It remains, after 40 years, a viable model of the resource degradation and depletion currently underway
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A macabre collection of well over 1,500 fetuses have now been discovered in two raids this week at the morgue of a Thai Buddhist temple in an outlying district of Bangkok.
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Co-opting a move from the LGBT community's playbook, a U.S. organization of atheists and "free thinkers" have unleashed a billboard blitz, calling it the “Out of the Closet” campaign, undertaken to draw attention to the option of remaining godless.
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Are you sure you know what you are getting inside that box of prescription medicine? Two recent newspaper articles have offered very interesting and varying perspectives into a disturbing growing international trend in the pharmaceutical industry.
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A strange invasive disease is swiftly wiping out the bat population across the eastern United States and parts of Canada and wildlife officials, in an attempt to stave off the devastation, are resorting to closing off public access to caves.
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It is perhaps time for us to radically rethink our relationship with water and how to approach it with the sanctity it deserves.
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In a poor backwater region of southern Nepal, an 18-year-old boy by the name of Ram Bahadur Bomjon may very well be on his way to becoming the next Buddha.
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In an ancient land where animal sacrifices and the public cremation of human bodies are still predominant, it is no surprise that a young painter has turned to blood as an ingredient in his canvas creations.
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Although the focus of the Obama administration in the so-called war on terror has shifted back from Iraq to Afghanistan, the target in the diplomatic crosshairs should be, undeniably, Pakistan.
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In these difficult economic times when we are looking to greener pastures and considering drastic career changes, how many of us stop and take time to appreciate what we have in our lives and how much better off we are than many others in the world?
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Celebrations of Valentine’s Day in parts of India could well be banned this year if a radical group in the country has its way.
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