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Sometimes a movie or book touches you deeply. Here is a movie based on an immigrant theme that really struck a cord with me.

The Visitor

I saw this movie recently on a plane trip to India. Haaz Sleiman’s acting as Tarek, an illegal immigrant from Syria, is wonderful. He gives the character a very energetic and high-pitched feel.

In case you want to see the movie, here is a link to the DVD on Amazon.

I am glad there are companies out there (finally) that are tackling the question of toxicity in products and whether the companies that are producing products have sustainable practices. The whole question of being green is gaining momentum (apart from the marketing spin) and society is all the better for it. Check out goodguide.com. They offer reviews on products from a green standpoint. I found the snippet on their “about us” page about sunscreen very telling. This is exactly how I have always felt about this stuff. It is very disconcerting to see people using chemicals without the slightest hesitation or popping aspirin at the slightest headache just because the FDA or some other government agency has approved the product.

Here is the snippet:

One summer a few years ago, Dara O’Rourke was doing what he’d done dozens of times before: putting sunscreen on his five-year old daughter Minju before she went outside to play in the summer sun. The thought occurred to Dara, “I wonder what’s really in this stuff?” So being a Professor at the University of California-Berkeley, Dara researched the sunscreen. What he found was surprising and disturbing: the sunscreen he’d been putting on Minju for years had a toxic ingredient.

Go Sustainable!

US unemployment rate reaches 14 year high

An awesome piece of research/investigation into those dating lawn signs.

“Single?” Lawn Signs Conquer the American Landscape

The NY times has covered a Pretty Interesting start-up. The idea may have legs: Math - Indian Style

Update: The article comments both here and on NY times are very illuminating.

Am very happy to see that Prop 2 passed. Its just sad to see how the animals are treated at the so-called farms, which are just chickens in endless rows of cages or cows that can’t move out of their tight enclosure. With Prop 2 passing, hopefully some of the treatment will become more humane and in-line with all the principles of democracy, liberty and freedom that this country has espoused for so long for its citizenry.

An awesome widget!