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POPSInternet censorship?? A powerful Senate committee wants government regulators to find cutting edge technologies that can censor audio and video that flows over the internet, through cable, or into an iPhone to help make sure the nation's small children never see a naked breast or hear Howard Stern without parental permission. The idea is to turbo charge the V-Chip, a government mandate that requires television makers to include a chip that parents can used to filter shows. Here we go........
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POPSSynthetic Biology: funders move to address social and ethical challenges It reviews what synthetic biology is, where it has come from, and where it is going, as well as making recommendations to research funders and the scientific community about how social and ethical issues should be addressed. These include: * The need for scientists to engage with the public early in the development of synthetic biology to ensure that research does not get ahead of public attitudes * Synthetic biology must not be over-hyped by its supporters and critics should not exaggerate the risks it poses * Reviewing current regulations and guidelines to ensure that an appropriate governance framework is in place before most synthetic biology applications are introduced
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POPSPeople Power Can Beat Climate Change Engaging communities involves a lot more than simply asking for sacrifices. A supportive planning system and the guarantee of a stable, premium price for energy sold back to the grid has given people an incentive to join forces and create renewable energy. At a time of economic downturn and rising fuel costs, it is hard to imagine that the advantages of this opportunity to develop sustainable income streams would be lost on the general public. It offers politicians, business and investors the opportunity to unleash an entrepreneurial spirit capable of reaping financial and environmental returns for both the people and the planet.
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POPSThe Oil Cartel Of Our Own Making the 85.9 billion barrels of crude offshore won't be tapped. The May BLM report explains why most onshore oil won't be tapped, either. Of the 279 million acres of federal land "with potential for oil or natural gas resources," 60 percent is off limits to leases as a matter of federal statute or administrative policy. Another 23 percent is open to leases with "restrictions." These include such things as "lands that can be leased but ground-disturbing oil and natural gas exploration and development activities are prohibited" and "lands that can be leased, but stipulations ... limit the time of the year when oil and gas exploration and drilling can take place to less than 3 months." While compliance with these laws may delay, modify or prohibit oil and gas activities, these laws represent the values and bounds Congress believes appropriate to manage Federal lands." You elected Congress. It paid you back with $4.00-per-gallon gas.
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POPSAward for having the foggiest idea?! Very important work in development of sustainable water resources for people in arid and semi-arid lands. More info at the sources, with details of Fogquest's current and past projects.
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POPSThe challenge for teachers of technology The author draws a good analogy between lessons learned from driving-- the limitations of memorizing routes vs. getting lost and discovering the lay of the land--and lessons learned from teaching. He discusses "the value of education founded in general principles, rather than a rote memorization of steps to accomplish specific goals."
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POPSFreeCreditReport.com Is Ripping You Off This is true.You can get free Credit Reports from Equifax, Experian and TransUnion once a year. That's 3 times a year. Just goto annualcreditreport.com. Also some credit card company will show you your report monthly. With the growing rate of identity theft, this should be free.
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POPSJust Your Money Please, Thankyouverymuch Apparently the whole "you buy my book and I show my appreciation by personally signing the copy" is just waaaay too inconvenient for some. She should have just saved herself the money and mailed rubber stamps to the store clerks. Shortly following "Cash or Credit?" will be "Would you like that stampedsigned?"
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POPSIndy Racers Power Engines With Ethanol I'm quite impressed by the IRL's steps on this. What I'd like clarify what are the necessary steps for reftrofitting a car to run on ethanol. The article read as if they just poured in some ethanol and that was that.
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POPSEd Koch sees how democrats in Congress hurt us It is often said that liberalism is a mental disorder. Indicative of this is the bipolar attitude of Pilosi's congress that stabbing our troops in the back, and undermining the Commander in Chief in wartime is good for the country. From my perspective, it seems that most democrats have lost their marbles.
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POPS...inexplicable, wacky, useful, and sometimes just plain perverted patents, Strange, interesting, bizarre, inexplicable, wacky, useful, and sometimes just plain perverted patents, issued from the U.S. and around the world
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