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CITIES
CHRISTOPHER SWOPE, GOVERNING - Francisco Leyva, a project manager with
[Tucson's] DOT, wrote to say that Tucson is about to launch a medical
application called ER-Link. The idea is to use Wifi on board ambulances
so that emergency room doctors can see incoming patients before they
roll in through the double doors. . . Here's how it works. Tucson's
ambulances are being equipped with cameras, both inside and out. And the
ER at the University Medical Center has been equipped with a couple of
computer monitors. Let's say there's a car crash. Once the ambulance
shows up on the scene, the ER docs can remotely control the on-board
cameras to size up the situation. For example, the ER docs can zoom in
on the wreckage and see for themselves how serious the crash is. Then,
once the victim is en route to the hospital, the ER docs can see the
patient's vital signs and watch on as EMTs administer treatment inside
the ambulance. The ER docs and the EMTs can even talk back and forth. .
. All of this is made possible by a WiFi system that is anchored into
the city's traffic signals.
http://governing.typepad.com/
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ECOLOGY
ROBIN MCKIE, OBSERVER - Food flown into the UK could be stripped of its
organic label if the Soil Association goes ahead with controversial
plans to deal with major loopholes in its rulebook. The organization -
responsible for giving organic status to food sold in Britain - is
considering the introduction of restrictions, or even a ban, on produce
imported by air. A ban, which would have widespread consequences for
shoppers, is being considered because senior Soil Association executives
have become increasingly worried that they are encouraging
carbon-emitting flights into Britain.
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2089233,00.html
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THE MIX
NNPA - Independence Federal Savings Bank, one of the nation's oldest
black-owned financial institutions, based in Washington, D. C., was
taken over in an aggressive buyout by a White developer last week,
sending a chilling message to the already diminishing black financial
industry. "This was quite a loss and unfortunately when one black bank
closes there is a big sore, but when one bank from a majority-own closes
it is not as devastating," said Norma Hart, President of the National
Banker's Association. Less than two decades ago there were nearly 50
black-owned banks. But, according to the Federal Reserve there were only
31 certified operations in 2006.
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MID EAST
WHAT LIEBERMAN HEARD FROM THE TROOPS
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/17300884.htm
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WORLD BANK
REUTERS - The World Bank's former chief economist attacked its proposed
new chief Robert Zoellick as a man of protectionism and said his
nomination was a "wasted opportunity" for the bank. In an interview with
Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Nobel economics prize winner Joseph
Stiglitz said outgoing President Paul Wolfowitz's tenure had been a
"disaster" and questioned his successor's ability to end protectionism.
"Robert Zoellick defended American agricultural protectionism until the
bitter end when he was responsible for commercial talks," Stiglitz said.
"How will he, as the future president of the World Bank, ask for the
dismantling of aid to agriculture that favors developed countries at the
expense of those that are poor?"
http://news.scotsman.com/latest_international.cfm?id=851722007
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TORTURE
A HISTORY OF ENHANCED INTERROGATION
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/05/verschfte_verne.html
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HEALTH
PR WATCH - In the wake of the latest study showing heart attack risk in
an FDA-approved drug, there have been increased calls for greater
transparency of clinical trial results. What does the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration think about requiring companies to publicly release all
of their trial results? "I would be very concerned about wholesale
posting of thousands of clinical trials leading to mass confusion," said
Steve Galso, who directs the FDA's Drug Evaluation and Research
division. But Merrill Goozner, who directs the Integrity in Science
project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, doubts that
consumers would "be any more confused than they now are from the
information they get from direct-to-consumer advertising. . . Let's not
forget that a provision in the FDA reform bill calling for a two-year
moratorium on DTC ads on some new drugs was rejected because it limited
commercial freedom of speech. In 21st century America, the right to
misinform consumers is protected, but consumers' right to information is
denied because they might misinform themselves."
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THE YOUNG
BBC - More than one in eight men do not volunteer to work with children
because they are worried people will think they are a pedophile, a
survey suggests. Childrens' charities NCH and Chance UK also say almost
one in five men do not come forward because they would have to undertake
a criminal records check. More volunteers will have to be checked
because of a new child protection law being introduced next year. . .
The NCH's chief executive, Clare Tickell, said: "Many children,
especially boys, are desperately in need of a male mentor, which is why
we urgently need men to come forward despite any fears they may have
about public perception."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6709313.stm
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ARTS& CULTURE
DCRTV - DC-based National Public Radio is teaming up with online radio
broadcasters to appeal new music royalty fees that they say would put
smaller operators out of business and force others to sharply scale back
their online music offerings. NPR filed a notice with the US Court Of
Appeals in DC signaling that it would challenge the ruling by a panel of
copyright judges that will sharply raise the amount of royalties that
NPR stations and others have to pay record companies for streaming music
over the internet.
http://dcrtv.org/
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - Asian pop fans are taking Western music off
their MP3 and CD players and listening to local artists instead, a
survey revealed this week, underlining changes in worldwide music
tastes. Korean, Mandarin-language and Thai pop are among the genres that
are beating once-dominant Western pop, rock and rap in Asia, according
to the survey by the market research company Synovate. In the first
study of its kind, almost 4,000 people across major cities in Taiwan,
China, the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia,
India, Thailand and Indonesia were questioned about their music tastes
and how they sourced their music. Surveyers found that just two Western
bands ranked among Asian listeners' favorite acts: the American rap act
Black Eyed Peas and the rap-rock band Linkin Park, both of which had
recently toured the region
http://washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070531-085725-7227r.htm
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FURTHERMORE. . .
GUARDIAN, UK - Berlin's famously rebellious Kreuzberg district is
fighting to remain one of the last McDonald's-free zones in Europe,
having rediscovered its radical spirit in the run-up to next week's G8
summit. In what has been coined the "burgher versus burger" battle,
protesters in Germany's most multicultural, anti-bourgeois corner want
to stop the fast-food chain from opening a "drive-thru" eatery that is
due to start business in August. It would be the chain's 60th branch in
Berlin. . . "If they build this branch, Kreuzberg will become
Heiligendamm," said Sarah Miller, 29, the founder of the campaign,
referring to the G8 venue on Germany's Baltic coast where 16,000 police
and 11,000 soldiers are bracing themselves for clashes with
demonstrators before and during the June 6-8 summit.McDonald's has said
it cannot understand the fuss, as it bought the plot of land for the
restaurant five years ago.
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2089481,00.html
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: BODY MASS OF PLAYBOY CENTERFOLDS THROUGHOUT
HISTORY
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7378/1447
THE DECLINE OF ANDREW YOUNG
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/05/andy-youngs-long-march-away-from-mlk-jr/
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GOOD MOVIES
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AVENUE MONTAIGNE
BOSS OF IT ALL
BRAND UPON THE BRAIN
CHALK
EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN
HIP HOP PROJECT
INTO GREAT SILENCE
THE NAMESAKE
ONCE
PARIS, JE T'AIME
SHOW BUSINESS: THE ROAD TO BROADWAY
THE VALET
WAITRESS
YEAR OF THE DOG
LINKS TO REVIEWS & INFO
http://prorev.com/movies.htm
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CITIES
CHRISTOPHER SWOPE, GOVERNING - Francisco Leyva, a project manager with
[Tucson's] DOT, wrote to say that Tucson is about to launch a medical
application called ER-Link. The idea is to use Wifi on board ambulances
so that emergency room doctors can see incoming patients before they
roll in through the double doors. . . Here's how it works. Tucson's
ambulances are being equipped with cameras, both inside and out. And the
ER at the University Medical Center has been equipped with a couple of
computer monitors. Let's say there's a car crash. Once the ambulance
shows up on the scene, the ER docs can remotely control the on-board
cameras to size up the situation. For example, the ER docs can zoom in
on the wreckage and see for themselves how serious the crash is. Then,
once the victim is en route to the hospital, the ER docs can see the
patient's vital signs and watch on as EMTs administer treatment inside
the ambulance. The ER docs and the EMTs can even talk back and forth. .
. All of this is made possible by a WiFi system that is anchored into
the city's traffic signals.
http://governing.typepad.com/
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ECOLOGY
ROBIN MCKIE, OBSERVER - Food flown into the UK could be stripped of its
organic label if the Soil Association goes ahead with controversial
plans to deal with major loopholes in its rulebook. The organization -
responsible for giving organic status to food sold in Britain - is
considering the introduction of restrictions, or even a ban, on produce
imported by air. A ban, which would have widespread consequences for
shoppers, is being considered because senior Soil Association executives
have become increasingly worried that they are encouraging
carbon-emitting flights into Britain.
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2089233,00.html
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THE MIX
NNPA - Independence Federal Savings Bank, one of the nation's oldest
black-owned financial institutions, based in Washington, D. C., was
taken over in an aggressive buyout by a White developer last week,
sending a chilling message to the already diminishing black financial
industry. "This was quite a loss and unfortunately when one black bank
closes there is a big sore, but when one bank from a majority-own closes
it is not as devastating," said Norma Hart, President of the National
Banker's Association. Less than two decades ago there were nearly 50
black-owned banks. But, according to the Federal Reserve there were only
31 certified operations in 2006.
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MID EAST
WHAT LIEBERMAN HEARD FROM THE TROOPS
http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/17300884.htm
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
WORLD BANK
REUTERS - The World Bank's former chief economist attacked its proposed
new chief Robert Zoellick as a man of protectionism and said his
nomination was a "wasted opportunity" for the bank. In an interview with
Italian newspaper La Repubblica, Nobel economics prize winner Joseph
Stiglitz said outgoing President Paul Wolfowitz's tenure had been a
"disaster" and questioned his successor's ability to end protectionism.
"Robert Zoellick defended American agricultural protectionism until the
bitter end when he was responsible for commercial talks," Stiglitz said.
"How will he, as the future president of the World Bank, ask for the
dismantling of aid to agriculture that favors developed countries at the
expense of those that are poor?"
http://news.scotsman.com/latest_international.cfm?id=851722007
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TORTURE
A HISTORY OF ENHANCED INTERROGATION
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2007/05/verschfte_verne.html
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
HEALTH
PR WATCH - In the wake of the latest study showing heart attack risk in
an FDA-approved drug, there have been increased calls for greater
transparency of clinical trial results. What does the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration think about requiring companies to publicly release all
of their trial results? "I would be very concerned about wholesale
posting of thousands of clinical trials leading to mass confusion," said
Steve Galso, who directs the FDA's Drug Evaluation and Research
division. But Merrill Goozner, who directs the Integrity in Science
project of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, doubts that
consumers would "be any more confused than they now are from the
information they get from direct-to-consumer advertising. . . Let's not
forget that a provision in the FDA reform bill calling for a two-year
moratorium on DTC ads on some new drugs was rejected because it limited
commercial freedom of speech. In 21st century America, the right to
misinform consumers is protected, but consumers' right to information is
denied because they might misinform themselves."
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
THE YOUNG
BBC - More than one in eight men do not volunteer to work with children
because they are worried people will think they are a pedophile, a
survey suggests. Childrens' charities NCH and Chance UK also say almost
one in five men do not come forward because they would have to undertake
a criminal records check. More volunteers will have to be checked
because of a new child protection law being introduced next year. . .
The NCH's chief executive, Clare Tickell, said: "Many children,
especially boys, are desperately in need of a male mentor, which is why
we urgently need men to come forward despite any fears they may have
about public perception."
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/6709313.stm
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
ARTS& CULTURE
DCRTV - DC-based National Public Radio is teaming up with online radio
broadcasters to appeal new music royalty fees that they say would put
smaller operators out of business and force others to sharply scale back
their online music offerings. NPR filed a notice with the US Court Of
Appeals in DC signaling that it would challenge the ruling by a panel of
copyright judges that will sharply raise the amount of royalties that
NPR stations and others have to pay record companies for streaming music
over the internet.
http://dcrtv.org/
AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE - Asian pop fans are taking Western music off
their MP3 and CD players and listening to local artists instead, a
survey revealed this week, underlining changes in worldwide music
tastes. Korean, Mandarin-language and Thai pop are among the genres that
are beating once-dominant Western pop, rock and rap in Asia, according
to the survey by the market research company Synovate. In the first
study of its kind, almost 4,000 people across major cities in Taiwan,
China, the Philippines, Singapore, Hong Kong, South Korea, Malaysia,
India, Thailand and Indonesia were questioned about their music tastes
and how they sourced their music. Surveyers found that just two Western
bands ranked among Asian listeners' favorite acts: the American rap act
Black Eyed Peas and the rap-rock band Linkin Park, both of which had
recently toured the region
http://washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20070531-085725-7227r.htm
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
FURTHERMORE. . .
GUARDIAN, UK - Berlin's famously rebellious Kreuzberg district is
fighting to remain one of the last McDonald's-free zones in Europe,
having rediscovered its radical spirit in the run-up to next week's G8
summit. In what has been coined the "burgher versus burger" battle,
protesters in Germany's most multicultural, anti-bourgeois corner want
to stop the fast-food chain from opening a "drive-thru" eatery that is
due to start business in August. It would be the chain's 60th branch in
Berlin. . . "If they build this branch, Kreuzberg will become
Heiligendamm," said Sarah Miller, 29, the founder of the campaign,
referring to the G8 venue on Germany's Baltic coast where 16,000 police
and 11,000 soldiers are bracing themselves for clashes with
demonstrators before and during the June 6-8 summit.McDonald's has said
it cannot understand the fuss, as it bought the plot of land for the
restaurant five years ago.
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/food/story/0,,2089481,00.html
GREAT MOMENTS IN SCIENCE: BODY MASS OF PLAYBOY CENTERFOLDS THROUGHOUT
HISTORY
http://www.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/325/7378/1447
THE DECLINE OF ANDREW YOUNG
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/2007/05/andy-youngs-long-march-away-from-mlk-jr/
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
GOOD MOVIES
||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AVENUE MONTAIGNE
BOSS OF IT ALL
BRAND UPON THE BRAIN
CHALK
EVERYTHING'S GONE GREEN
HIP HOP PROJECT
INTO GREAT SILENCE
THE NAMESAKE
ONCE
PARIS, JE T'AIME
SHOW BUSINESS: THE ROAD TO BROADWAY
THE VALET
WAITRESS
YEAR OF THE DOG
LINKS TO REVIEWS & INFO
http://prorev.com/movies.htm
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