Weekly Reading List [3.22.13]

CYPRUS

• HOW GERMAN FEARS OF UNDERWRITING RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS PUSHED CYPRUS TO CRISIS
• CYPRUS REJECTS THE EU BAILOUT: WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
• ROUND TRIPS TO CYPRUS
• WHY THE EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK IS PLAYING HARDBALL WITH CYPRUS
• WHAT WILL ACTUALLY HAPPEN IF CYPRUS DEAL FAILS?
• EURO MAY BE DOOMED WHETHER CYPRUS STAYS OR GOES
• WHAT DO WE DO NOW? 
• THIS IS A NUCLEAR WAR ON SAVINGS AND WEALTH

FRIDAY INSPIRATION

• From Elle Luna (a former colleague) - I love her process. You can see more of her work, and read about this project at elleluna.com

Sometimes you just need to paint. from elle luna on Vimeo.

• JOI ITO PLANS A RADICAL REINVENTION OF MIT'S MEDIA LAB
• Infographic: THE WEB'S TOP BRANDS LOOOOVE BLUE
• [long read] WE AREN'T THE WORLD

Weekly Reading List 3/15/13

North Korea

• North Korea threatens to nuke D.C.: why it's especially angry this time
• New Sanctions on North Korea Pass in Unified U.N. Vote
• North Korea rejects U.N. Sanctions, China calls for calm
• North Korea leaves phone to South Korea off the hook
• Armistice dead? US and South Korea dismiss North Korea's edict

Pakistan

• In Pakistan, mob burns homes in anti-Christian violence
• Christian and Muslim Lawyers of Lahore courts protest on burning Christian homes
• Torching Christians in Pakistan
• Minorities, including Christians, at receiving end in Pakistan
• Punjab police arrest 150 suspects in connection with Christian colony attack
• OpenIDEO - How Might we gather information from hard-to-access areas to prevent mass violence against civilians?

Technology

• Pew Internet Report: Teens and Technology 2013
• What Teens Get About The Internet That Parents Don't
• Closing the Digital Divide: Latinos and Technology Adoption

Government 

• Paul's filibuster seizes the day
• Rand Paul's Filibuster and Targeted Killings
• Morning Bell: Senators Bring Stirring Filibuster Against Obama CIA Nominee
• Rand Standing

Vatican News

• Conclave Elects Pope Francis