TO WOODSTOCK AND WHEREVER… A CATSKILL RIDE By Warren Jorgensen Ah, the best laid plans of mice and men, etc, etc…this ride began as a mid-week brainstorm. I would leave first thing Saturday morning, hit the thruway to the mountains, pick up 23A across through Hunter, cross over to the west side of the forest […]
World’s Largest Seed Collection Receives a Multimillion Dollar Grant from Gates
A series of multi-million dollar grants have made it possible for few dozen of the world’s major food crops, almost always propagated clonally, to be stored as seed in Norway’s famous Svalbard (also called the “Doomsday Vault” in popular media) facility. Originally opened in 2006, Svalbard is just one of many germplasm repositories of valuable […]
BT to compete with BSkyB in Football War
BT has announced plans to show live FA Premiership football starting from the 2007/08 season. This move will infuriate current market leaders BskyB, who at present own the rights to all of the live Premiership games on television. BT have joined up with sports satellite television company Setanta Sports, as they bid to get […]
First Ever Service Launches to Offer Affordable Legal Protection & License Protection for over 100 T
Professional Membership Society Eliminates Malpractice, E&O Insurance Loopholes, and also Protects those without professional insurance – Offers Up to $100,000 to Defend and Protect Against State & Federal Board Actions & Administrative Complaints BALTIMORE, MD – Architects, teachers, dentists, physicians, therapists, realtors®, and attorneys all have something in common: their careers and livelihood depend on […]
Can a $100 Laptop Save the World?
It was easy to spot the most popular kid at last week’s “Open Source Meets Business” conference in Nuremberg. Between presentations, in the halls, even at the lavish evening banquets, there he’d be, flitting around in a cherry fedora, showing off the coolest toy in town, if not the world. Jan Wildeboer is a Solution […]
Why Were Cloned Animals Declared Safe for Human Consumption by the FDA?
The FDA announced today that it would give preliminary approval to lift a five year-old, informal ban on including the meat or milk of cloned cattle, pigs and goats in the US food chain. Sheep remain off-limits until more evidence is produced. Should this decision remain in place, the United States would become the first […]