Monthly Archives: August 2011

“Porn, Piracy, & BitTorrent”

An August 10 feature story in the Seattle Weekly –“Porn, Piracy, & BitTorrent“–takes a deeper than ‘it’s wrong’ look at illegal file-sharing technology. What I found fascinating was the information on how copyright holders are using mass lawsuits to indict and fine people using such technology, a tactic that I (and other right-thinking people) see as extortion.

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August Update at Facing North

Interestingly, this month seems to be great for books about divination and witchcraft, we have several of each topic for your pleasure:

Complete I-Ching 10th Anniversary Edition
The Diloggún: The Orishas, Proverbs, Sacrifices and Prohibitions of Cuban Santería

and

Everyday Witch A to Z Spellbook
The Un-Spell Book: Energy Essentials for Mastering Magick
The Witch’s Bag of Tricks

As promised, our (glowing) review of The Way of the Happy Woman: Living the Best Year of Your Life is now available.

As are reviews of:
Shaman in Disguise  and
Bridging the Gap: Working Within the Dynamics of Pagan Groups and Society

Finally, we’ve started a new category for reviews: Buddhism. Our first review in this category is A Cup of Buddda: A Blueprint for Truth.

Opened on October 31, 2006 with just over 200 reviews, Facing North is — first and foremost — a community resource. We closed out 2006 with more than double our opening number of reviews (500+). Although we slowed our growth, 2007 ended with our database at more than 600 records, 2008 saw us at 900 and we edged over 1,000 by the end of 2009. We are committed to creating a practical site with honest opinions that are fair, even when critical.

Flyers Rights

Specifically, FlyersRights.org.

This is another group of good people who are looking out for our best interests. If you travel by airplane, ever, you whnt to support what they are doing. This post is a collection of tidbits from their latest alerts.

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