Wednesday, August 17, 2011

"An autonomous area is an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or freedom from an external authority."

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

"Every human being has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold and express opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers."
   
- United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Monday, August 15, 2011

In the last few years, governments across Southeast Asia are following China's authoritarian censorship of the digital world to keep political dissent in check.

Sunday, August 14, 2011

"In Burma, political unrest can be silenced by cutting off the country from the Internet."

Saturday, August 13, 2011

"In Thailand, website moderators can face decades in jail for a posted comment they did not even write, if the government deems it injurious to the monarchy."

Friday, August 12, 2011

I'd say managing your time well is a good rule to live by.
So live. And don't be late.

Thursday, August 11, 2011

"I believe that your wand imbibed some of the power and qualities of Voldemort's wand that night, which is to say that it contained a little of Voldemort himself. So your wand recognized him when he pursued you, recognized a man who was both kin and mortal enemy, and it regurgitated some of his own magic against him, magic much more powerful than anything Lucius's wand had ever performed. Your wand now contained the power of your enormous courage and of Voldemort's own deadly skill: What chance did that poor stick of Lucius Malfoy's stand?"


imbibe (v) absorb sth, especially information
mortal (j) lasting until death, [mortal enemies]
regurgitate (v) bring sth back again after consuming
regurgitation (n)