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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Counting the Human Cost in East Timor Our Human Rights Group just released the statistical report detailing widespread and systematic violations in Timor-Leste during the period 1974-1999. This report provides additional detail to the Timorese truth commission's recently released report "Chega!" ("Enough!").

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Wired News: Coders Bare Invasion Death Count

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The Wired News story did a great job of covering our work in East Timor/Timor Leste. We really appreciate journalists who are interested in covering the efforts of our human rights group and the people we support. Wired News: Coders Bare Invasion Death Count We have gotten excellent press for our human rights program lately.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Our staff are actively working in the region in Sri Lanka and East Timor, but on December 26th were not in harm's way. Our partner groups and friends in Sri Lanka have also fared well, to our relief. Like the rest of the world, we have been following the Asian disaster closely.

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Zen Peacekeeper, Marianne Elliott, Shares How She Has Fun, Does Good

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As a small child I was profoundly affected by the glimpses I got into the injustices in the world so I became a human rights lawyer and spent a decade working in places like the Gaza Strip, Timor-Leste and Afghanistan. In one day a group of five or six people can transform an over-grown yard or roof-top into a functioning vegetable garden.

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Ensuring a healthy U.S. democracy in the face of extreme weather events

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Accelerating extreme weather events have inspired creative solutions to mitigate the impacts of climate change on physical infrastructure: Copenhagens permeable tiled roads absorb stormwater, Timor-Lestes vetiver grass plantings prevent landslides, and New York Citys reflective cool roofs reduce urban heat capture. Although 91% of U.S.

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