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The Computer Mouse and Genius Inventor Doug Englebart

I lived with him about two years... way before he invented "the mouse".

(PORTLAND, OR) - Over one billion Englebart’s mouse have been sold.

It was extremely disheartening to read Doug’s obituary in the New York Times. His extensive list of extreme honors such as the $500,000 Lemelson-MIT prize for invention and innovation was not a surprise to me.

CMU Prisoner Shifa Sadequee`s Sister Speaks to TMO

Sadequee was charged with supporting a foreign terrorist organization, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LET), a group struggling to liberate Muslim-dominated Kashmir from India...

(BOSTON) - As a little boy, Sharmin’s brother often reminded her to not to step on bugs. As a young man, he worked with his sister Sonali at Raksha, an Atlanta-based organization dedicated to the eradication of violence against women.

The US-born Bangladeshi used his knowledge of classical Arabic to translate ancient Islamic texts into English for the former Tibyan Institute website.

`One Day Ramallah Will Rise Up`

We still do not know what progress John Kerry has made in his effort to negotiate Palestine and Israel into a semblance of peace.

(CHICAGO) - “One Day Ramallah Will Rise Up” is the title of a current column by the provocative Ha’aretz writer, Gideon Levy. During this same week, Uri Avnery, another Israeli provocateur, entitled his Gush Shalom column, “The Human Spring”.

He sees, and clearly feels, the presence of a “hidden mechanism” pushing the world forward in this post-Arab Spring period.

When History is Twisted, Humanity Loses

Many Theravada Buddhists of Myanmar and Sri Lanka try to justify Genocide.

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) - Recently, after the publication of the Time Magazine’s cover page article on Wirathu, the Buddhist terrorist monk of Myanmar, I came across an article in which the Buddhist writer.

He states that the magazine got it all wrong about Wirathu and that the pogroms against Muslims, which was disingenuously called ‘Buddhist nationalism’, are a ‘last resort’ to preserve Buddhist ‘heritage, religion and country to ensure history is not repeated.’

July 26: Cuba`s Revolution, Morality, and Solidarity with Tamils

True solidarity activists have no choice. We must stand by any people under attack by aggressors wherever in the world.

(COPENHAGEN) - Sixty years ago, on July 26, 1953, 160 Cuban rebels attacked the Moncada Barracks near Santiago de Cuba.

Had the rebels been able to take the fort manned by 1,000 troops—a good possibility—it would have started a revolution that might well have defeated the dictatorial regime of Fulgencio Batista within a short time.

The Enemy WIthin

Make this Holy Month of Ramadan a month of passive resistance against all our enemies. Inside and out. Make it a Ramadan to remember. Ramadan Kareem.

(LONDON) - Ramadan is upon us when all true Muslims cleanse their bodies and souls by fasting, praying, meditating and bringing the best of themselves to the fore.

I wish that this Ramadan would be the month that will bring an end to the bloodshed and suffering of Muslim Arabs from North Africa to the Arabian Gulf and beyond. But the indications that this is not going to happen any day soon are there for all to see.

Salem Man Dies in Motorcycle Crash

The crash caused both vehicles to catch on fire.

(DETROIT OR) - A Salem man died when his motorcycle collided with a pickup on Brietenbush Road (Road 46) 16 miles North East of Detroit Oregon.

Marion County Deputies were called to the scene at about 6:00pm on Friday July 5th.

Upon arrival, they found that the driver of a 2009 Yamaha Motorcycle had collided with 1999 Toyota Tacoma Pickup.

Pedestrian Killed on Hwy101

There is no marked crosswalk where the victim was crossing the highway.

(YACHATS OR) - Oregon State Police (OSP) is investigating the cause of a pedestrian-involved fatal traffic crash Friday afternoon that occurred along Highway 101 approximately a half mile north of Yachats.

Police say David W. Redetzke, age 75, from Yachats, was walking across Highway 101 from where he resides on the east side to the west side when he was struck in the southbound lane by a 2002 Dodge Neon passenger car.

Asiana Airlines Boeing 777 Crashes at San Francisco Airport

The plane, reportedly a Boeing 777, was coming from South Korea, according to flight tracking information.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - A plane crashed while landing at San Francisco International Airport Saturday morning after its tail came off while it was touching down on the runway.

According to a witness, around 11:20 a.m. the plane was just about to land -- its landing gear had come down -- when the tail of the plane came off. After wobbling for a minute, the aircraft flipped upside down, coming to a stop on runway on it's back.

Forcing Down Evo Morales`s Plane was an Act of Air Piracy

Denying the Bolivian president air space was a metaphor for the gangsterism that now rules the world.

(TASMANIA, Aust.) - Imagine the aircraft of the president of France being forced down in Latin America on "suspicion" that it was carrying a political refugee to safety – and not just any refugee but someone who has provided the people of the world with proof of criminal activity on an epic scale.

Imagine the response from Paris, let alone the "international community", as the governments of the west call themselves.