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Duck Tale

22-02-2005 10:55

The Banganga - Pt Shivkumar Sharma plays on 6 Feb, 2005
Concert acoustics can be managed excellently using low power wireless to deliver signals around the listening area - but most countries blindly ban or license to death the technology. This is a description of a live concert held recently in Mumbai, India. Free the airwaves, reclaim the streets!

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Nanotechnology: What is it, and how corporations are using it.

20-02-2005 16:20

This is part of briefing published by Corporate Watch.
Full text at:  http://www.corporatewatch.org.uk/newsletter/issue22/issue22_part6.htm

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Latest Corporate Watch now on-line

20-02-2005 16:16

Corporate Watch is an independent research group. We aim to expose the mechanisms by which corporations function and the detrimental effects they have on society and the environment. Corporate Watch newsletter comes out six times a year.

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ID Card Facial Biometrics turn your face into a 'licence plate' with CCTV

20-02-2005 02:23

In a little-noticed development, the UK Government's ID card plans include the capturing of a 'facial biometric' for every UK citizen. A video camera maps the contours of your face into a unique set of numbers, which could be used to identify people from CCTV photos, using technology already used in the London Borough of Newham

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Indymedia World Map + List

19-02-2005 10:05

The indymedia network has grown enormously since its inception in November 1999. Here's a zoomable interactive map of many of the IMCs around the world:  http://manifestor.org/john/worldkit/

And below an article from portland indymedia...

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CHUM TV & EXOPOLITICS - ABC-TV:PETER JENNINGS REPORTING

18-02-2005 04:10

EXOPOLITICS is the evolution of Alfred Lambremont Webre’s groundbreaking work as a futurist at the Stanford Research Institute, where in 1977 he directed a proposed extraterrestrial communication study project for the Carter White House.

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International Greenpeace Kyoto Action Reports + Pics

17-02-2005 18:34

montage of kyoto actions and activities - see url for full pics
Greenpeace action reports from around the world on the day the Kyoto Protocol became law...

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nano links and open sourcing

17-02-2005 03:29

follows is a link..

it's not comercial but it is in the world..

it concerns open sourcing. both in principle and actualy..

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Sowing the Seeds of Dictatorship

15-02-2005 11:16

An excellent, well-researched overview of current intellectual property laws as they relate to agriculture in Scotland and India. Farmers in both countries are coming under attack from huge agricultural multinationals that are trying to make it illegal to follow the normal farming practice of saving seed for next year's crop.

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Kyoto Protocol Comes Into Effect

14-02-2005 17:26

On 16 February 2005, the Kyoto Protocol comes into effect, legally binding most industrialised countries to greenhouse gas emission reductions by 2012. The treaty was signed by over 180 countries in 1997 and has since been watered down by special provisions for countries like Canada and Russia as well as limited in its effect by US non-ratification.

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Mobile Phone Masts

09-02-2005 12:49

Only one effect is taken into consideration by ICNIRP and the NRPB, that is the effect of heating on human tissues. This is a very important point because there is an enormous amount of peer-reviewed scientific literature showing often replicable biological effects that are likely to have serious health consequences, occurring at levels far below that which causes heating.

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Canadian Government Seek to Overturn Global Moritorium on Terminator Technology

08-02-2005 16:31

Canadian government seek to overturn global moritorium on commercialisation of GM sterile seed AKA Terminator Technology

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Seedy Sunday Brighton 2005

08-02-2005 15:38

Seedy Sunday held their fourth community seed swap at The Old Market in Hove on Sunday 6 February, just in time for gardeners to get their fresh seed in for the new growing season.

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EU software patent directive postponed

08-02-2005 15:35

Following a lack of support from the Polish government, the EU software patent directive has now been postponed - the struggle for the right to develop free software continues...

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Barton IT hub re-opening

03-02-2005 20:35

Good news! Barton IT Hub community centre is re-opening full hours.

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Torching cars

03-02-2005 20:26

Burnt.
The rights and wrongs of torching cars

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Innovative ways to stitch you up - Coming to a health Centre Near you!

03-02-2005 10:27

Health Centre Introduce Fingerprint technology!

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Anti-ID Card Picket at Home Office

02-02-2005 12:38

Haringey Against ID Cards held a picket of the Home Office in central
London as part of the national day of action against ID cards on Friday
28th January.

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Wireless World: Powell's legacy at the FCC

31-01-2005 18:17

A story about FCC chairman Michael Powell and his career there.
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