So That’s Their Secret: Pete Carroll Makes All Seahawks Players Take Yoga And MeditateThe Seattle Seahawks are undoubtedly the most poppin’ team in the NFL today. They have the cool west coast coach, a swag star for a quarterback, some fresh-ass uniforms and some of the rowdiest fans in the league. But there is, of course, more than meets the eye.
Meditation transforms roughest San Francisco schoolsAt first glance, Quiet Time – a stress reduction strategy used in several San Francisco middle and high schools, as well as in scattered schools around the Bay Area – looks like something out of the om-chanting 1960s.
Paul Lenda ~ A New Worldview Is Emerging In SocietyHumanity is at a crossroads where it will decide whether to move forward towards a bright future or follow the old worldview and plunge into a dystopian darkness. Whichever path we choose at this ever-so-critical moment in human history, it will surely determine the fate of our species for a long time to come.
The Dark Side of Globalization: Why Seattle’s 1999 Protesters Were RightIn 1999, my friend moved to Seattle, where he was hit with rubber bullets, tear-gassed in the face, and nearly arrested by police. He had joined the famous protests of the WTO Ministerial Conference, widely known as the Seattle Protests. The Occupy Wall Street of their time, they focused on globalization rather than the excesses of finance.
Meditation for anxiety, depression?Some 30 minutes of meditation daily may improve symptoms of anxiety and depression, a new Johns Hopkins analysis of previously published research suggests. “A lot of people use meditation, but it’s not a practice considered part of mainstream medical therapy for anything,” says Madhav Goyal, M.D., M.P.H., an assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and leader of a study published online Jan.
Trial on Detroit Swaps Deal Is DelayedPaul Sancya/Associated Press A trial over how Detroit should end costly financial contracts with two big banks was suspended Monday after more than a foot of snow fell, paralyzing much of the city and closing the federal courthouse there.
Bank of America, financial cockroachWASHINGTON, January 5, 2014 – Bank of America is in the newspaper every other day, or so it seems. “You are in trouble” news still sells. BOA purchased troubled mortgage lender Countrywide Financial in 2008 for $2.5 billion. They should have passed on the deal.
NSA statement does not deny ‘spying’ on members of CongressThe National Security Agency on Saturday released a statement in answer to questions from a senator about whether it “has spied, or is … currently spying, on members of Congress or other American elected officials”, in which it did not deny collecting communications from legislators of the US Congress to whom it says it is accountable.
Bank of America Corp (BAC) Settles MBS Lawsuit with MassCountrywide Financial Inc., acquired by Bank of America Corporation ( BAC) in 2008, recently entered into a settlement with Massachusetts worth $17.3 million. While a portion of the settlement fee – $11.3 million – will be utilized to compensate investors with the Pension Reserves Investment Management Board, the remaining – $6 million – will be handed over to the state.
US govt appeals ruling denouncing NSA’s mass phone surveillance as unconstitutionalReuters / Zoran Milich The US Justice Department appealed Friday a federal judge’s December ruling that advanced a legal challenge to the National Security Agency’s bulk collection of Americans’ telephone records. The Justice Department filed the appeal with the US Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington.
US the biggest threat to world peace in 2013 – pollThe US has been voted as the most significant threat to world peace in a survey across 68 different countries. Anti-American sentiment was not only recorded in antagonistic countries, but also in many allied NATO partners like Turkey and Greece.
ACLU follows through on vow to appeal decision to dismiss NSA suitAFP Photo / Karen Bleier The American Civil Liberties Union has filed an appeal against the US National Security Agency’s indiscriminate collection of telephone metadata after the group’s suit seeking to halt the policy was dismissed last week.
Constitution ‘exemption’ zone spans 100 miles inland of US border- judgeAFP Photo / John Moore A US federal judge has reaffirmed an Obama administration policy granting officials the authority to search Americans’ laptops, citing a controversial premise that makes citizens within 100 miles of the border eligible for a police check.
Mindfulness in Everyday Life: 5 Sure Steps to Achieve New Year’s ResolutionsWe do the same thing every year. New Year’s Eve comes and goes, and our New Year’s resolutions, promised so fiercely at the stroke of midnight, are dismissed shortly thereafter, fading away over time, like friends who’ve moved to another city. It is the dirty not-so-little secret of New Year’s resolutions: They are very rarely kept.
Court Rules No Suspicion Needed for Laptop Searches at BorderDecember 31, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: 212-549-2666,media@aclu.org BROOKLYN – A federal court today dismissed a lawsuit arguing that the government should not be able to search and copy people’s laptops, cell phones, and other devices at border checkpoints without reasonable suspicion. An appeal is being considered.
On Thursday President Obama signed into law the 2014 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), a sweeping defense policy bill, which includes some improvements in terms of civil liberties and human rights on its previous two iterations. However, a number of provisions — as in the 2012 and 2013 NDAAs — should keep civil libertarians concerned.
Obama signs NDAA 2014, indefinite detention remains
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Glenn Greenwald: The NSA Can “Literally Watch Every Keystroke You Make”The German publication Der Spiegel has revealed new details about a secretive hacking unit inside the National Security Agency called the Office of Tailored Access Operations, or TAO. The unit was created in 1997 to hack into global communications traffic.