[Jonathan Abbou Photography] How technology is reorganizing political protest movements Police attempt to disperse a crowd at Occupy Portland on Sunday. Author: Protests are modeling themselves after networked, personal technologyThese movements have lots of leaders instead of one or two, Micah Sifry saysNew leadership mode is a strength and not a weakness, author argues Editor's note: Micah Sifry is co-founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, a website that examines how technology is changing politics, and the author of "WikiLeaks and the Age of Transparency." This commentary is part of a series of "Campaign Tech" articles that will run through 2012 and explore technology's role in the presidential election. (CNN) -- A column by New York Times Public Editor Arthur Brisbane on Sunday raised a plaintive question: "Who is Occupy Wall Street?" In the piece, he searches desperately for the leaders behind what is today's hottest political phenomenon. A sampling of leading journalism educators that Brisbane polled, many of them former top newspaper editors, agreed.
荒木経惟オフィシャルサイト -arakinobuyoshi.com- 荒木 経惟「写狂老人Aのフィルム・ノスタルジー」 Nobuyoshi Araki “Film Nostalgia” 会期：2011年5月7日（土）～5月28日（土） 会場：タカ・イシイギャラリー（東京・清澄） Nobuyoshi Araki “Film Nostalgia” Dates: May 7 – 28, 2011 Location: Taka Ishii Gallery (Kiyosumi, Tokyo) Opening reception: Wednesday, May 25, 17:30-19:00 写真っていうのは、まあ写真つーか人生は、ノスタルジーだと確信をもったわけだよ。 こういう光景に出会って。今のデジタルの時代にだよ、都会の真ん中でこういう棒だよ、棒をもってザリガニだか鯉を追ってるんだよ。 Photography, well, not so much photography but life itself, is nostalgia I realized, having seen these moments: in this day and age of digital media,in the center of Tokyo you see these sticks, right, they take these sticks and chase around crayfish and carp. ［作品集「写狂老人Aのフィルム・ノスタルジー」5月25日発売予定］ 販売価格：￥4.200-（税込）、タカ・イシイギャラリー刊（2011年）、500部限定、ソフト・カバー、96頁、掲載作品408点、Ｈ260 x W261 mm [Nobuyoshi Araki new publication Film Nostalgia] Retail price: JPY 4,200- (TAX incl.), Published by Taka Ishii Gallery(2011), limited edition of 500, soft cover, 96 pages, 408 photoreproductions, H260 x W261 mm, release date: May 25, 2011
Channel protest anger into progress Protesters have been camping out at New York's Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan for more than two weeks. Brian Flynn: Anger at economic and political failures is understandableHe says properly channeled, anger can be a force for positive changeWall Street protesters have valid complaints about the system, he saysFlynn: Americans should take responsibility and focus demands for change on D.C. Editor's note: Brian Flynn, who blogs at www.Angry-Irish.com, is vice president of The Victims of Pan Am 103 Inc. and founder of Schlossberg:Flynn, a financial advisory firm in New York. New York (CNN) -- Remember how delusional we all were back in the '90s, when all we could talk about was the end of history and how all the world's problems seemed to be solved? It all started to change in March 2000 with the dot-com stock market crash, followed soon thereafter by the controversial 2000 U.S. presidential election. Fast forward 10 years. Anti-war demonstrators join Wall Street protests Brian Flynn
picture tank | agenda Tear gas used on Occupy protesters in Oakland One protester, a war vet, has his skull fractured by a police projectile, group saysIn Oakland, police say they fired tear gas after a crowd hit them with paint In Atlanta, demonstrators are arrested at Woodruff Park "It hurts to see America do this to people who want change," an Atlanta man says Are you there? Share your photos and videos. (CNN) -- Authorities made a series of arrests at Occupy Wall Street protests in California and Georgia on Tuesday and Wednesday, with clashes in one city that involved tear gas being used on demonstrators. Police said they fired the tear gas on protesters in Oakland, California, after the crowd threw paint and other objects at officers. Among the injured in the clash was a two-time Iraq war veteran, Scott Olsen, who sustained a skull fracture after allegedly being shot in the head with a police projectile, according to Iraq Veterans Against the War. "I think at first it was a pretty inspiring sight," he said of the protesters. Occupy London protest grows
Protection contre le hotlink des images À l’heure où de plus en plus de photographes ont leur espace web pour diffuser leurs images, il n’est pas rare de devoir « faire la police » avec les indésirables pompeurs et recopieurs de tous poils. L’une des pratiques les plus en vogue est le hotlink : elle consiste à afficher l’image sur un autre site, depuis votre site, directement ! Celles et ceux qui me suivent sur Facebook ont certainement pris connaissance de mes dernières sautes d’humeur sur cette pratique du hotlink… et les conséquences pour les pompeurs en herbe ! Voici quelques trucs et astuces pour s’en prémunir Comment fonctionne le hotlinking ? Il faut remonter au code HTML pour comprendre d’abord comment sont affichées les images sur les pages web. L’affichage classique d’une image se réalise grâce à la balise img avec ici une balise alt pour son descriptif, dans le code d’une page située sur le site www.aube-nature.com : Plus schématiquement, cela donne ceci : Détecter les hotlinks Méthode 1 : utiliser Google Images
Cities struggle to deal with occupy movement NEW: "We acted proactively," the mayor of Portland, Oregon, saysPolice arrest 32 as they clear downtown Occupy Oakland campThe city will allow demonstrations at the plaza, but no more camping, officials sayCity officials across the country are raising concerns about public health and safety San Francisco (CNN) -- Police in riot gear moved into the Occupy Oakland encampment Monday, tearing down tents and arresting some protesters, the latest effort by city officials across the country to gain control over a movement that some leaders say has become a public safety and health threat. Oakland, California, police, aided by dozens of officers from nearby jurisdictions, arrested 32 people in the effort to clear Frank Ogawa Plaza near City Hall before dawn, Interim Chief Howard Jordan said. The camp had become an unbearable drain on city resources, an economic threat to nearby businesses and a danger to public safety, Mayor Jean Quan said. Occupy Wall Street protesters evicted Riot police vs.
Jason Koxvold Boyle Heights, CA 2011 Maywood, CA 2011 Vernon, CA 2011 Occupy Wall Street returns with 'sleepful protest' Occupy Wall Street supporters have moved their protests to sidewalks. The Occupy Wall Street movement is ramping up its activitiesIn New York, protesters have moved to a sidewalk near the Stock ExchangeProtesters plan for May 1 to be their first large-scale demonstration of the year New York (CNN) -- In the spirit of spring rebirth, the Occupy movement is ramping up activities as warm weather blankets the country. But while the season is typified by a reawakening of life outdoors, demonstrators are using sleep to get their points across. They call it "sleepful protest." The sleeping bags started appearing on the corner of Wall and Broad streets across from the New York Stock Exchange on April 9. Occupy organizers declared a month ago that the movement would be planning a comeback in the spring and summer. Every morning, they talk about income inequality and the role of big money in politics as commuters pass by on their way to jobs in the Financial District. "We're not afraid anymore.
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