http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:48:10 Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:48:10 this is about the girl for those who do not know about her solo sailing adventure around the world:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6798155

[b]this is the news from her website:[/b]

[i]Thursday. 12 November 2009 (1.00pm AEDT)

Despite a lack... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/84 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 09:55:30 Source: [b]ap[/b]

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – A study released Wednesday warns that nine states are barreling toward an economic disaster similar to California's ongoing fiscal crisis that has been marked by IOUs and budget-busting deficits.

The budget woes could mean higher taxes, accelerated layoffs ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/83 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:23:25 [i]HANNOVER, Germany – The German goalkeeper who was struck and killed by a train left a suicide note, police said, and Robert Enke's widow says he had been suffering from depression.

Speaking at a news conference called by his club, Teresa Enke said her 32-year-old husband was afraid their adopt... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/82 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:01:25 Source: [b]afp/france24[/b]

AFP - Secret police agents abducted and beat award-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez, whose online reports chronicle the dark side of everyday life in communist Cuba, on her way to a march for non-violence, she said Saturday.

Three agents in street clothes snatched her an... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/81 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 18:09:26 "Teenage adventurer Jessica Watson will begin her solo round-the-world sailing attempt this Sunday, after days of delays caused by Sydney's recent windy weather.

The 16-year-old will sail through Sydney Heads at 9.30am (AEDT) in her yacht Ella's Pink Lady, with well-wishers expected to throng the... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/80 Sat, 17 Oct 2009 12:16:22 Source: [b]bbc[/b]

Elinor Ostrom has become the first woman to win the Nobel prize for econoiics, since it began in 1969.

Ms Ostrom won the prize with fellow American Oliver Williamson for the pair's work on the organisation of co-operation in economic governance.

The Nobel Memorial Prize in... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/79 Mon, 12 Oct 2009 07:21:57 Source: [b]AP / yahoo news[/b]

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – Argentina's Senate overwhelmingly approved a law that will transform the nation's media landscape on Saturday, and President Cristina Fernandez quickly signed it into law.

Senators voted by a surprisingly high 44-24 margin for the law, cel... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/78 Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:31:51 Source: [b]bbc[/b]

Italy's highest court has overturned a law granting Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi immunity from prosecution while in office, local media report.

The Constitutional Court was said to have annulled the law, which had let him withdraw from several cases. In one he was facing c... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/77 Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:38:46 [i]Lovers of France's two great symbols of cultural exception – its haute cuisine and fine art – are aghast at plans to open a McDonald's restaurant and McCafé in the Louvre museum next month.

America's fast food temple is celebrating its 30th anniversary in France with a coup -the opening of its... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/76 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 09:23:03 Source: [b]bbc[/b]

Argentine folk singer and activist Mercedes Sosa has died aged 74 after suffering kidney problems.

Sosa's popularity in Latin America spanned four decades, but she fell foul of the Argentine junta in the 1970s.

Her latest album has been nominated for three Latin Grammy awa... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/75 Sun, 04 Oct 2009 10:42:00 Source: [b]bbc[/b]

The last surviving leader of the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis, Marek Edelman, has died at the age of 90.

The uprising - triggered by the Nazis' decision to send residents to concentration camps - lasted three weeks before it was crushed.

Mr Edelman, then ... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/74 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:08:27 Source: [b]bbc[/b]

The French government has dropped its public support for Roman Polanski, saying the 76-year-old director "is neither above nor beneath the law".

The move follows a backlash against a campaign for Polanski's release, with several leading European politicians and cultural figure... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/73 Wed, 30 Sep 2009 17:29:23 Source: [b]reuters/yahoo[/b]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration took its first steps to rein in the tobacco industry on Tuesday, implementing a ban on candy, clove and other flavored cigarettes.

The move, required by a law passed earlier this year giving the FDA greater... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/71 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:51:18 Source: [b]bbc[/b]

Havana is preparing for the biggest open air concert since the 1959 revolution, featuring some 15 top Latin American, Spanish and Cuban performers.

Hundreds of thousands of Cubans are expected to attend the concert in Revolution Square in Havana.

Colombian singer Juanes, w... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/70 Sun, 20 Sep 2009 03:54:48 Source: [b]bbc[/b]

After a long struggle, on Tuesday, the German parliament revoked the convictions of the last group of victims, those condemned as "war traitors," more than 60 years after the end of World War II.

Ludwig Baumann joined Hitler's Wehrmacht when he was 19, but he became a pacifis... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/68 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:14:16 ...but have to sell their soul to the majors and hollywood. a bit at least ;)

http://www.inkycircus.com/jargon/images/lego_bricks.jpg

beautiful article on the NYT about this danish company that had to re-invent itself in the contemporary market.

[i]"While that may be true of Lego’s toys, un... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/67 Mon, 07 Sep 2009 12:55:17 "The car maker is developing three models: a sedan, a compact city car and a panel van. In Denmark, a car will cost up to 200,000 kroner (£23,080) to buy.

"Around 160,000 electric cars will be made available every year. I believe the [annual] sales will be in the tens of thousands," said Jens Mob... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/66 Tue, 18 Aug 2009 11:19:06 beautiful really.

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/08/06/arts/07WOODSTOCK_USER_SLIDESHOW_index.html

happy b-day, woodstock.... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/65 Sat, 15 Aug 2009 06:51:11 pirate mariachi rocker poet, among the big ones.
one of my fav.
goodbye you great one - enjoy, wherever u are.

demasiado corazon.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3S1WK6oCXQw

http://www.seatwave.it/filestore/SEASON/IMAGE/willy-deville--the-mink-deville-band_001792_2_MainPicture.jpg

... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/64 Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:07:14 [i]"Bolivia has become the first country in the history of South America to declare the right of indigenous people to govern themselves.
The country's first indigenous president, Evo Morales, launched his so-called "indigenous autonomy" policy in the eastern lowlands."[/i]

referenda on more auto... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/61 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:57:43 Source: [b]bbc[/b]

A Roman Catholic bank in Germany has apologised after admitting it bought stocks in defence, tobacco and birth control companies.

Der Spiegel newspaper discovered the bank had invested 580,000 euros (£495,310, $826,674) in British arms company BAE Systems.

It also invested... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/63 Sun, 02 Aug 2009 19:48:31 here we go again.

[i]"Italy's drug regulation agency has approved the use of the abortion pill RU486, also known as mifepristone, prompting protests from the Vatican.

The Italian Pharmaceuticals Agency (AIFA) ruled late on Thursday that the drug would not be sold in pharmacies and only be admi... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/60 Fri, 31 Jul 2009 11:11:10 [i]"There is little difference in nutritional value and no evidence of any extra health benefits from eating organic produce, UK researchers found.

The Food Standards Agency who commissioned the report said the findings would help people make an "informed choice".
...
Among the 55 of 162 stud... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/59 Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:11:01 "Scientists in Japan are reporting the first scientific evidence that inhaling certain fragrances alter gene activity and blood chemistry in ways that can reduce stress levels. Their study appears in ACS' Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, a bi-weekly publication."

looks like inhaling li... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/58 Thu, 23 Jul 2009 11:14:58 ...and lose personal freedom, plant and factory, perspective of life and crumbles of dreams - what the hell is happening to leftist parties and unions, where's their power of representation, their fight for social justice?

i just posted an update on the french workers who threatened to explode ga... http://journals.democraticunderground.com/demoleft/56 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:56:13