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More musings about IPR
via confused of calcutta by JP on July 08, 2008
If you haven’t seen it already, do take a look at this letter to the Times last week, from Joseph Stiglitz and John Sulston.Here are a few excerpts:The question of “Who owns science?” is therefore a crucial one, the answer to which will have broad-reaching implications for scientific progress and for the way in which the benefits of science are distributed, fairly or otherwise. Two of the...
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Socialized Medicine Looks Inevitable
via Pajamas Media by Elizabeth Scalia on July 08, 2008
It's almost too late to stop Washington's waltz towards government health care.
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The French Lesson In Health Care
via www.businessweek.com by (author unknown) on July 08, 2008
Shared by High Plains Blogger An article mentioned in "Socialized Medicine Looks Inevitable" by Elizabeth Scalia.So far France has been able to hold down the burden on patients through a combination of price controls and increased government spending, but the latter effort has led to higher taxes for both employers and workers. In 1990, 7% of health-care expenditures were financed out of general...
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Students seeing through Obama hype
via BLACKFIVE by blackfive@gmail.com (Pundit Review Radio) on July 08, 2008
H/T NROObama may have flopped away the unwavering support he had among college kids. The only chance he had was to remain the Messiah who will make it all better, but the more he politicks the more he shows he's just the latest huckster. From the U of Florida paper.Since clinching his party’s nomination forpresident, however, Obama has started to clarify, qualify andtriangulate to such a...
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Check Yourself for Genetic Abnormalities
via Wired How-To Wiki by snackfight on July 07, 2008
Summary: Nearly every day, somebody in the research community claims to have found a genetic marker associated with some sort of health condition. If you are curious and want to check yourself for those inherited traits, there are several options at your disposal. Some are easy, others are quite hard, but none of them are cheap.==Option 1: Visit a Genetic Counselor==The easiest, and most...
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Rounding up...
via The F-Word Blog by Jess McCabe on July 07, 2008
Rapists face little risk of being convicted in this country - that much we know. But research by Fawcett out today shows that the situation is much worse in some parts of the country than others.But the society said the conviction rate had got worse in 18 out of 43 police areas. For example, in Bedfordshire the conviction rate four years ago was 8.3% but it had dropped to 3.2%. Northamptonshire...
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Smokeless Tobacco Products Do Raise Cancer Risk
via MedicineNet Daily News by (author unknown) on July 03, 2008
Title: Smokeless Tobacco Products Do Raise Cancer RiskCategory: Health NewsCreated: 7/3/2008 2:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 7/3/2008
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For Twitter, Summize would be a talent buy
via The Inquisitr by Duncan Riley on July 08, 2008
The hot rumor, seemingly traceable to this post by Josh Chandler, has Twitter buying Twitter search service Summize. It’s not confirmed yet, and given it took over a week for Twitter to confirm its last round of founding, don’t expect a denial or official confirmation any time soon.Most people seem to be focused on the Summize platform, in that it will immediately deliver Twitter search, and...
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Burt Prelutsky: High Self-Esteem, Low Test Scores
via TownHall Latest columns by info@townhall.com (Burt Prelutsky) on July 07, 2008
There are new studies and new polls that strongly suggest that we are breeding increasingly stupid kids here in America. Like our tasteless tomatoes, they merely look good and healthy. But of course there is more...
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Ask.com's New Strategy in Search: Focus on Answers
via ReadWriteWeb by (author unknown) on July 07, 2008
Shared by spavis i'd love to see Ask challenge Google on this front. AJ was my primary search engine (pre-google, ~8 years ago) for question based queries. i love Google but they could use a little competition on the UI front.Ask.com isn't a bad search engine. In fact, the company has launched some innovative features over the years that have demonstrated their ambition and drive...
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