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9/20/2010 Global ‘internet treaty’ proposed: Deal would enshrine in law the founding principles of open standards and net neutrality, and protect the web from political interference.
The proposal was presented at the Internet Governance Forum in Lithuania last week, and outlined 12 “principles of internet governance”, including a commitment from countries to sustain the technological foundations that underpin the web’s infrastructure. The draft law has been likened to the Space Treaty, signed in 1967, which stated that space exploration should be carried out for the benefit of all nations, and guaranteed “free access to all areas of celestial bodies”. Under the proposed terms of the law, there would be cross-border co-operation between countries to identify and address security vulnerability and protect the network from possible cyber attacks or cyber terrorism. It would also uphold rights to freedom of expression and association, and the principle of net neutrality, in which all internet traffic is treated equally across the network. (London Telegraph)
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posted: 9/21/10                   0       11
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keywords: Council Of Europe, Cybersecurity, European Union, Internet, Lithuania, Net Neutrality, Oxford University, Strasbourg, William Dutton Add New Keyword To Link



5/8/2010 An Updated List of Goldman Sachs Ties to the Obama Government Including Elena Kagan
From 2005 to 2008, according to USA Today and other sources, Kagan served as a member of the Research Advisory Council of the Goldman Sachs Global Markets Institute. (Fire Dog Lake)
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posted: 5/23/10                   0       21
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2/22/2010 Poland Says “No” to H1N1 Vaccine
Of the world’s 193 recognized sovereign states, only Poland refused the H1N1 vaccine because of safety fears and distrust of the pharmaceutical companies producing the injections. The decision by Prime Minister Donald Tusk and Health Minister Ewa Kopacz had broad public support, even though Poland has reported 145 deaths from H1N1 flu as of mid-January. Poles saw the vaccine rejection as a praiseworthy act of defiance against pharmaceutical manufacturers, a sentiment bolstered by a growing anti-vaccine movement. “We are making this decision only in the interest of the Polish patient and the taxpayer,” Tusk said. “We will not take part because it’s not honest and it’s not safe for the patient.” The anti-vaccine movement claims that the H1N1 inoculation is untested or contains unsafe ingredients, such as the preservative thimerosal. The World Health Organization disagrees and points out that more than 150 million people in 40 nations have been vaccinated and suffered no abnormal or dangerous reactions. (Alter Group)
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posted: 10/7/10                   0       3
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keywords: Andrew Mcmichael, Barack Obama, Big Pharma, Donald Tusk, Ewa Kopacz, H1N1, Janusz Kochanowski, Oxford University, Poland, Vaccines, World Health Organization Add New Keyword To Link



1/7/2010 Golden Ratio Discovered in Quantum World: Hidden Symmetry Observed for the First Time in Solid State Matter
Researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie (HZB), in cooperation with colleagues from Oxford and Bristol Universities, as well as the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK, have for the first time observed a nanoscale symmetry hidden in solid state matter. They have measured the signatures of a symmetry showing the same attributes as the golden ratio famous from art and architecture. The research team is publishing these findings in the Jan. 8, 2010 issue of the journal Science. On the atomic scale particles do not behave as we know it in the macro-atomic world. New properties emerge which are the result of an effect known as the Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle. In order to study these nanoscale quantum effects the researchers have focused on the magnetic material cobalt niobate. It consists of linked magnetic atoms, which form chains just like a very thin bar magnet, but only one atom wide and are a useful model for describing ferromagnetism on the nanoscale in solid state matter. (Science Daily)
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posted: 11/6/10                   0       1
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keywords: Alan Tennant, Bristol University, Helmholtz-zentrum Berlin, Oxford University, Radu Coldea, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom Add New Keyword To Link



9/26/2007 James Lovelock's plan to pump ocean water to stop climate change
They propose that vertical pipes some 10 metres across be placed in the ocean, such that wave motion would pump up cool water from 100-200 metres depth to the surface, moving nutrient-rich waters in the depths to mix with the relatively barren warm waters at the ocean surface. (London Telegraph)
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posted: 5/29/10                   0       7
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6/10/2007 Fears over child epilepsy drugs -- Urgent safety studies are needed for newer anti-epilepsy drugs that are being increasingly prescribed for children, say UK researchers.
The British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology report says prescriptions have risen five-fold in 13 years. Yet the drugs' long-term safety has not been established, say the researchers. Many medicines are not fully tested on children before licensing, meaning consultants have no official guidance on doses to refer to when prescribing. (BBC)
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posted: 9/19/11                   0       1
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keywords: Big Pharma, British Journal Of Clinical Pharmacology, Centre For Paediatric Pharmacy Research, Colin Ferrie, Epilepsy, Great Ormond Street Hospital, Health Care, Ian Wong, Jeffrey Aronson, Lamotrigine, Leeds General Infirmary, Levetiracetam, Oxford University, Topiramate, Ucl Institute Of Child Health, United Kingdom, University Of London Add New Keyword To Link



4/13/2007 Researchers explore scrapping Internet: 'It's sort of a miracle that it continues to work well today'
Although it has already taken nearly four decades to get this far in building the Internet, some university researchers with the federal government's blessing want to scrap all that and start over. The idea may seem unthinkable, even absurd, but many believe a "clean slate" approach is the only way to truly address security, mobility and other challenges that have cropped up since UCLA professor Leonard Kleinrock helped supervise the first exchange of meaningless test data between two machines on Sept. 2, 1969. The Internet "works well in many situations but was designed for completely different assumptions," said Dipankar Raychaudhuri, a Rutgers University professor overseeing three clean-slate projects. "It's sort of a miracle that it continues to work well today."

A new network could run parallel with the current Internet and eventually replace it, or perhaps aspects of the research could go into a major overhaul of the existing architecture. These clean-slate efforts are still in their early stages, though, and aren't expected to bear fruit for another 10 or 15 years — assuming Congress comes through with funding. Guru Parulkar, who will become executive director of Stanford's initiative after heading NSF's clean-slate programs, estimated that GENI alone could cost $350 million, while government, university and industry spending on the individual projects could collectively reach $300 million. Spending so far has been in the tens of millions of dollars. (Associated Press)
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posted: 11/3/10                   0       1
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keywords: Bruce Davie, Carnegie Mellon University, Cisco Systems, Cybersecurity, Dipankar Raychaudhuri, European Union, Future Internet Network Design, Future Internet Research And Experimentation, Global Environment For Network Innovations, Guru Parulkar, Harvard University, Hui Zhang, Internet, Internet2, Jonathan Zittrain, Larry Peterson, Leonard Kleinrock, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, National Lambdarail, National Science Foundation, Nick Mckeown, Oxford University, Planetlab, Police, Princeton University, Privacy, Rutgers University, US Congress, US Department Of Defense, United States, University Of California, Vinton Cerf, Zurich Add New Keyword To Link



6/6/2006 Are we safe?
Unlike citizens of Great Britain, the United States and Spain, the Canadian public has remained unscathed during the so-called war on terror. Even after Osama bin Laden named Canada an enemy, we seemed unconvinced that our multicultural, tolerant and peace-loving nation could experience what others have. It all seemed so far away. Yet in light of last weekend's arrests and the allegations that a homegrown terror cell planned to attack Canadian targets, perhaps that perception has changed. (The Globe and Mail)
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posted: 11/8/10                   0       0
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keywords: 7/7 London Bombings, Afghanistan, Al-qaeda, Alternative Media, Ayman Al-zawahiri, Beirut, Boeing, Canada, Canadian Association For Security And Intelligence Studies, Center For Strategic And International Studies, Chechnya, Extremists, Gaza, Intelligence And National Security, Internet, Iraq, Jack Hooper, London, Michael Snider, Osama Bin Laden, Oxford University, Palestine, Police, Privy Council Office Of Canada, Seattle, Spain, Taliban, Terrorists, Timothy Naftali, Toronto, United Kingdom, United States, University Of Toronto, Wesley Wark Add New Keyword To Link



9/3/2005 Failure on Every Front
Impeach Bush Now, Before More Die

Bush's single-minded focus on the "war against terrorism" has compounded a natural disaster and turned it into the greatest calamity in American history. The US has lost its largest and most strategic port, thousands of lives, and 80% of one of America's most historic cities is under water. If terrorists had achieved this result, it would rank as the greatest terrorist success in history. (Counter Punch)
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1/18/2002 'Spider-goats' start work on wonder web
A HERD of goats containing spider genes is about to be milked for the ingredients of spider silk to mass-produce one of nature's most sought-after materials. Scientists have for the first time spun synthetic spider silk fibres with properties approaching the real thing, paving the way for their use in artificial tendons, medical sutures, biodegradable fishing lines, soft body armour and a host of other applications. (London Telegraph)
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posted: 5/6/09                   1       14
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keywords: Biosteel, Fritz Vollrath, Genetic Engineering, Genetically Modified Organisms, Goats, Jean Herbert, Jeffrey Turner, Kenya, Laramie, Military, Montreal, Natick Soldier Centre, Nexia Biotechnologies, Oxford University, Randy Lewis, Spiders, US Army, University Of Wyoming Add New Keyword To Link




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