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Legendary Lensman Dives Into Surfline`s Photo Universe

Iconic photographer Aaron Chang set to judge Surfline’s annual User Photo Challenge.

(HUNTINGTON BEACH) - Aaron Chang, one of the most prolific surf photographers of all time, is once again judging Surfline.com’s annual User Photo Challenge, and – along with Surfline's Jeremiah Klein and Billy Watts -- selecting the $1,000 winner.

Amateur photographers who upload to Surfline.com’s User Photos section will have their work ultimately judged by Mr. Chang himself in the yearly contest.

Why Does the Boston Lanka Ignore Kidnapping, Hijacking and Arms Supply?

The Boston Lanka is now targeting Mrs Adele Balasingham, widow of Mr. Anton Balasingham, political advisor to the LTTE for more than two decades

(PARIS, France) - A few days ago, I saw the documentary entitled, “Story of Adele Balasingham” produced by Boston Lanka - BL.

It is obvious that BL is trying to rescue Sri Lanka from well-substantiated allegations of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the last days of the war - May 2009.

Oregon Photographers and Videographers Sought For Historic Project

Please encourage your photography and multimedia staff to participate in this rare and important event.

(PORTLAND, OR) - ATTENTION OREGON PHOTOJOURNALISTS AND VIDEOGRAPHERS: The Oregon Project Dayshoot 30th Anniversary event seeks photojournalists and videographers to participate in a historic 24-hour project on July 15, 2013.

Between midnight and midnight on July 15, photographers and videographers will collect images that show a “day in the life” of Oregon.

The Israeli Lab and the Palestinian Guinea Pigs

In ‘The Lab’, Director Yotam Feldman exposes the Israeli military industry and its operation, he interviews some major protagonists within Israel’s ‘security’ trade.

(LONDON) - "The Lab" is a new groundbreaking Israeli documentary film that redefines our entire understanding of the Jewish State, its aims, its identity and its global destructive role. I honestly believe that this film is the deepest and most important commentary on Israel.

In ‘The Lab’, Director Yotam Feldman exposes the Israeli military industry and its operation, he interviews some major protagonists within Israel’s ‘security’ trade.

Wall St. Journal Publishes Circumcision Debate

Ronald Goldman, Ph.D. says some circumcised men and clinicians report psychological harm, including "anger toward parents and others, sexual anxieties, reduced emotional expression and empathy, low self-esteem and avoidance of intimacy."

(BOSTON) - The Wall St. Journal today published a debate on male infant circumcision between Ronald Goldman, Ph.D., executive director of the Circumcision Resource Center in Boston, and Ronald Gray, a circumcision advocate and researcher.

Goldman, the author of Circumcision: The Hidden Trauma, noted that most of the world rejects circumcision "as harmful genital surgery, like removing other natural, healthy, functioning body parts."

Imagine If We Were Number One

No, not number one in military spending (which we are). Not number one in incarceration rates (which we are as well). What if, instead of these things, the U.S. became hyper-focused on becoming the most peaceful nation on earth?

(PORTLAND, OR) - The recently released 2013 Global Peace Index (GPI) placed the U.S.100th out of 162 countries. That’s not so spectacular.

The GPI, which is endorsed by a number of Nobel Peace laureates, eminent individuals, and renowned academics, considers factors related to both negative peace, that is, the absence of violent conflict, and positive peace, or characteristics of just and humane societies, like ample housing, access to education, lack of poverty, healthcare, and gender equality.

Rohingya Documentary: `Stateless In Their Own Country`

The documentary - Stateless In Their Own Country serves as a visual reminder that the Rohingya are now facing a continually futile existence in the IDP Camps.

(LONDON) - To commemorate the one year anniversary of the first outbreak of violence in Arakan state, Myanmar, Restless Beings held a special exclusive screening of a Rohingya Documentary- Stateless In Their Own Country.

The documentary was filmed and produced by Swedish freelance journalist Kalle Bergbom and Jonas Gratzer.

Indulging in Fallacies

Richard Nordquist defined ad hominem as: "An argument based on the perceived failings of an adversary rather than on the merits of the case; a logical fallacy that involves a personal attack."

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - "Apparently, you are too stupid to comprehend the difference between an insult and an ad hominem argument," someone argued.

Ad-hominem excuses for argument are rife on the internet, where some writers seem stupid enough to deserve the insults, and others are victims of underserved personal attacks.

Tamils Face Total Genocide in their Homeland

The vandalization and desecration of the Trincomalee templeis the latest act from Sinhala Buddhist extremist elements intent on terrorising Tamils.

(MULLIVAIKAL, Sri Lanka TamilNet) - Genocide takes several forms. One is mass killing of people as was done in Mullivaikal May 2009. The second is demographic genocide, that is large scale colonisation of Tamil Homeland by Sinhalese migrants from the South.

It is cultural genocide, where the cultural identity of the Tamils are destroyed, It started with the burning of Jaffna Library in 1981...

Republicans Mistaken to Target University of Wisconsin Journalism Center

Wisconsin Reporter's Matt Kittle revealed that the center really doesn’t receive government subsidies.

(MADISON) - Republican legislators booted the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism from its offices at the University of Wisconsin.

They have been to slow to reveal their motives to the public; no one will own up to the motion.