China’s geostrategic advantage is here to stay

China’s geostrategic advantage is here to stay

CSMS Magazine Staff Writers For close to one hundred years, imperial Japan indisputably ruled East Asia, and at the heart of the Japanese power lied its imperial conquest over Chinese Manchuria and the Korean Peninsula. Well aware of its territorial weakness against China, at the turn of 20th cen

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In remembrance of the Orleans tragedy

In remembrance of the Orleans tragedy

On the fifth anniversary of the catastrophe in New Orleans caused by hurricane Katrina back in 2005, CSMS Magazine feels compelled to pay a moment of silence to thousands of people who perished as a result of government neglect. Despite good promises made by the late Bush administration and now the

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Taking Care of Your Eyes

Taking Care of Your Eyes

By Gyna Jean-Pierre CSMS Magazine Staff Writer Eyesight is one of the most attributes in someone’s life. There are so many beautiful sights to see, so many attacks—personal or otherwise—to prevent, so many books to read, one wonders what would our lives be without being able to see? As w

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It’s Your Money, The Way I See It, August 2010

It’s Your Money, The Way I See It, August 2010

By Andrew Robbins CSMS Magazine staff writer I spend my summer in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula reading, windsurfing, and speculating in the equity market. What follows are my observations of our society and how they may impact my investment decisions. The best scam: I just read an ad on the

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Individualism versus Collectivism

Individualism versus Collectivism

By Jeffry Norton Special to CSMS Magazine Researchers for many years have maintained “self-orientation versus collective orientation is one of the basic pattern variables that determine human action.” As Ting-Toomey notes, “Individualistic and collective value tendencies are manifested i

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Miss Haiti 2010: Sarodj Durocher Bertin was clearly overlooked

Miss Haiti 2010: Sarodj Durocher Bertin was clearly overlooked

CSMS Magazine Staff writers After a patriotic frenzy surrounded Sarodj Bertin that swept Haitian internet bloggers prior to last night Miss Universe pageant, the soiree ended in bitter disappointment when one could only—in the flicker of an eyelid—get a chagrin glimpse of the Creole beauty. S

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T.I.: Sitting at the throne

T.I.: Sitting at the throne

By Ardain Isma Jr. Special to CSMS Magazine Clifford “T.I.” Harris has been a dominant force in the rap game going on close to ten years now. This is a follow up to a previous piece CSMS Magazine had previously done on T.I. years ago. Since then T.I. has been an even bigger super power. He

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