April 2004
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Dr.
E.O. Wilson
Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard Biologist Dr. E.O. Wilson,
an author and Harvard biologist, spoke to the Press Club about the
dangers of overpopulation and overconsumption. Wilson argues that $28
billion should be set aside to protect ecosystems. A two-time Pulitzer
winner for non-fiction, Wilson's speech -- as well as his recent book --
are titled
The Future of Life.
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US churches say Bush is backing roadmap to war -16/4/04
U.S. church leaders have expressed
disappointment and alarm at yesterday’s remarks by President Bush that
appeared reversed 35 years of longstanding U.S. policy on Israeli and
Palestinian negotiations for peace, calling the decision a "road map to
war". ►Sharon's disengagement plan ►Saudi blasts Bush for backing Sharon ►CONGRESSMAN CHARLES B. RANGEL at Nat. Press Club Luncheon Apr. 16:
QUESTION: Do you think President Bush backing Israel's Ariel Sharon on
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Blatant Bush tilt toward big oil Boston Globe 6 Apr Watch the short-term fights over price and supply to see which side the government is on -- yours or theirs, consumers or producers. And watch the arguments over long-range measures in search of a reasonable balance between production and conservation, between exploration for oil and development of renewable sources. On this basis, President Bush's oil-soaked administration easily qualifies as the most flagrant bunch of petroleum business shills since the first appearance of deadly serious energy problems in 1973, when the Arab core of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries first flexed its anti-American muscles with too much US acquiescence. more ... |
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Maths 'Nobel' awarded Nature, Mar 26 "It is basically a formula that counts the number of solutions to another equation," says Atiyah. "This theory is now a cornerstone of maths; it is one of the most fundamental results of the last 50 years," says Elmer Rees, a colleague of Atiyah's at Edinburgh University. Atiyah and Singer [real video]devised index theory in the early 1960s, while Atiyah was based at Oxford University and Singer was at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, where he still works. Their theory also underpins the latest work on string theory, which tries to explain the fundamental nature of the universe by suggesting that matter is made of tiny 'strings' vibrating in many different dimensions. more |
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The 100 Greatest Films (Channel 4 co.uk) 1) STAR WARS (1977), STAR WARS EPISODE V: THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK (1980) Unable to procure the rights to Flash Gordon, George Lucas serves up his own homage to the Saturday-morning adventure serials he loved as a kid; somehow managing to create possibly the most revered and successful film series ever in the process. 2) GODFATHER (1972), THE GODFATHER PART II (1974) Coppola's epic, operatic, bullet-ridden saga of a Mafia family at war with itself and its rivals. Murder, betrayal, ambition: it's all here, and utterly compelling, with Brando at his scene-stealing best. 3) THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (1994) Mugged at the Oscars by Forrest Gump, this irresistible prison drama promotes the unquenchable human spirit with an intelligence that the gooey Gump readily sacrificed. |
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Sun Picture Exclusive: Full Monty in Mexican Cave (by Guy Patrick) (Apr 1) SIX potty Brits trapped in a Mexican cave kept their peckers up — by snapping themselves doing a Full Monty. The grinning explorers stripped off 120ft underground for this photo just to relieve the boredom. They protected their modesty by holding bits of pot-holing equipment. Ex-soldier Major Jonathan Sims, 41, explained: “We managed to keep ourselves entertained and morale was high. “The picture was my idea — we just set the camera on timer. We also made a pack of playing cards and spent a lot of time telling each other stories.” The men, who were on an “adventure training session”, were arrested and quizzed when rescued after nine days in the flooded cave at Cuetzalan. Mexican authorities accused them of carrying out scientific research without the required special visa. The group, now back in Britain, have been banned from Mexico for two years. more ... |
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