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Bangladesh to publish White Paper on corruption

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday told the parliament a 'white paper' on corruption of the immediate past caretaker and the BNP-led four-party alliance governments was much needed. The Awami...

Margo MacDonald bids to change Scotish law on aiding suicide

Margo MacDonald, a member of the Scottish parliament, has introduced legislation that would make assisted suicide legal in Scotland. The announcement comes a day after a British high court rejected an English petitioners request to clarify the law on whether it is illegal for...

British law to force companies to reveal pollution levels

A new law being proposed in the UK would identify the companies which pollute the most, and which companies are the cleanest. The goal is to allow consumers to make well-informed decisions about where they shop and purchase products, as well as to allow the government to...

The Law of the Garbage Truck

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport where I was boarding a flight. We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a black car jumped out of the right shoulder right in front of us. My...

XinXii - Self-publish and sell digital documents

XinXii.com allows authors to upload their files, establish a price and to sell their documents by using PayPal. They keep 70 of the revenue per download and pay no further fees. Buyers benefit from an immediate...

Journey to unlock 'out of body' mysteries

"Journey to unlock 'out of body' mysteries Penny Sartori's research led to a book on near death experiences In September, medical teams at 25...

People magazine ponies up for Brangelina babies

People Magazine and British tabloid Hello! have bought joint rights to publish the exclusive photos of Brangelina's twins. They are reportedly paying $14 million for the privilege."People will feature twin babies...

Ufo video

" Santiago, Peru I showed this videos to several friends and family, but nobody seems to have a rational explanation of what is shown here. And why wait about 3 years?, well I filmed this, I show this to a lot of people including UFO researchers here in Chile and TV stations...

'Tempo' loses legal battle to RAPP

Money talks, it's all about the money...."In what was called a "grave for press freedom" in Indonesia, a court here ruled Thursday in favor of a pulp and paper firm in a long-standing dispute with Koran Tempo...

ComScore’s Top Start-ups in Canada

I'm not a huge believer in Alexa's numbers but as I'm fond of saying, "in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king"."Everytime we publish our monthly Techvibes Start-Up Indexes, there are always a few complaints about the use of Alexa and Compete data...

The Story Behind A NYT Zimbabwe Child Victim Photo--and Why You Won't See ...

This is a fascinating analysis of how a photo of a child, both legs broken by Mugabe thugs, not only came to be--but how it came to not be on the internet. Question: should the New York Times, and Poynter Institute, have with-held internet publication of a photo published in...

Britney Spears'Upset: Mom to Write Tell All Book!!

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorYep, certainly shows a Parents Love, when Mommy Dearest "Lynne Spears Tell All" will hit the newstands. Certainly the Price of Fame, a Child would never expect from a...

Withdrawn: Govt. to Canadians...

" Update: I apologize for this document and withdraw it. The research needed for this post was not done properly and the resulting material should not have been posted. The media and internet sources that provided...

Unthinkable Futures: Kelly and Eno Reminisce About the Future

Kevin Kelly and Brian Eno’s fascinating, 15 year old futurecasting exercise "Unthinkable Futures" proves uncannily and uncomfortably accurate. Here are two of my favourites from Eno: • “A new type of artist...

AWARD-WINNING, YOUNG AUTHOR SPEARHEADS

AWARD-WINNING, YOUNG AUTHOR SPEARHEADS NATIONAL STAMP OUT RUMORS WEEK “Rumor Resistant” classrooms eligible for prizes!   TEMPE, AZ (June 9, 2008) – Thanks to the efforts of 12-year-old author...

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