My Dots for Friday, July 13, 2007

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[tags: BlueDot]

The 'arms smuggler', the murdered judge, and a scandal threatening to engulf Chirac - Independent Online Edition

Recently released classified documents suggest that France covered up the murder of one of its own judges in the tiny African state of Djibouti in 1995.

BBC NEWS | UK | UK Politics | The subtle shift in British foreign policy

Quoted: A speech in Washington by the British cabinet minister Douglas Alexander is part of a deliberate distancing of the new British government from the Bush administration, but there will not be a decisive break, says the BBC's Paul Reynolds

plusnews.fr | La fuite des cerveaux met le Parti socialiste en péril

François Hollande, premier secrétaire du Parti socialiste, ne parvient pas à arrêter la fuite des cerveaux. Jack Lang invite le bureau politique du PS à une démission collective à sa suite.

Quoted: Premier média d'actu 100% online en français

Parti socialiste : de la saignée à la décapitation

Réaction sans complaisance, mais avec un certain humour, du maire de la ville de Saint-Nicolas-de-Port, Luc Binsinger, à la démission de Jack Lang et à la crise que traverse le Parti socialiste français.

British minister hints at shift in relations with US

Quoted: London, July 13 (Xinhua) One of Prime Minister Gordon Brown's closest cabinet colleagues has hinted at a change in Britain's relationship with the US, The Guardian reported Friday.

Un frère de Rachida Dati est un récidiviste

Jamal Dati comparaîtra mardi prochain devant la cour d’appel de Nancy pour trafic de drogue. Une récidive en la matière.

Plug In Car. Recharge Power Grid

Quoted: Ford Tests A Hybrid Plug-In Car That Produces Power Now here's an idea, straight out of Detroit, and it's bigger than an Expedition: A plug-in hybrid Ford that not only draws electricity from the power grid so its travels use less gasoline, but which also replenishes the grid with its excess energy. It's an idea Ford is testing with Southern California Edison Co., the utility that serves power-hungry parts of Southern California. Imagine it: A legion of drivers, using the friction of their braking to power their homes. That's what could happen if the idea works, as the batteries charged ...

[tags: automotive, EnergyTechnologies, hybrid, batteries]

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My Dots for Thursday, July 12, 2007

Deux Français sur trois satisfaits des débuts de Sarkozy

Selon ce sondage BVA pour LCI et Le Figaro, les Français sont massivement favorable aux réformes constitutionnelles.

Réformes économiques : Christine Lagarde reçoit sa feuille de route

Nicolas Sarkozy a précisé à la ministre de l’Economie les points sur lesquels il fallait agir vite.

Quoted: Actualité économique : Retrouvez toute l’information de l’économie des entreprises avec Le Figaro

Cycling: Cancellara sprints to victory in 3rd stage of Tour - International Herald Tribune

COMPIÈGNE, France: Scraped and bruised, but with X-rays showing that nothing was broken, Fred Rodriguez made it to the start of the third stage of the Tour de France on Tuesday, to Robbie McEwen's immense relief.

Quoted: Cycling: Cancellara sprints to victory in 3rd stage of Tour

[tags: sports]

Så här dödar du dina mördarsniglar

Quoted: Bästa sättet att döda mördarsniglar är att halshugga dem. Eller att dränka dem i kokhett vatten. De råden gav mördarsnigelexperterna Torsten Nordander och Ted von Proschwitz som på onsdagen chattade med DN.se-läsarna om södra Sveriges kanske

[tags: sweden]

PRO: Maten billigast i Halland - sr.se

Quoted: Från att ha varit näst sist på listan i fjol har länet gått till att vara billigast i hela Sverige enligt undersökningen. Men någon större ...

[tags: sweden]

François Hollande doit-il démissionner ? - Come4News

Quoted: Le parti socialiste poursuit sa politique d'ingérance. La réunion du bureau national, mardi soir, adoptant une nouvelle politique. La répression au lieu de la rénovation.

'No evidence' tomatoes lower cancer risk | | The Australian

Quoted: THERE is no strong link between eating lycopene, the antioxidant that gives tomatoes their red color, and a reduced risk of certain cancers, the US ...

[tags: health]

Ex-Officials Tell of Conflict Over Science and Politics - New York Times

Quoted: The hunt for those suspected of undermining former Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona was in full swing on Capitol Hill.

Sarkozy prend rendez-vous avec le Maghreb - 20minutes.fr

Sarkozy prend rendez-vous avec le Maghreb

Quoted: 20Minutes.fr : le journal en ligne. Retrouvez l'information locale en direct (actu sport, actu star, information économique et actualité internationale) grâce à 20minutes.fr, votre quotidien gratuit.

Jack Lang claque la porte des instances du PS, attisant le trouble

Jack Lang a claqué hier la porte des instances du PS, attisant encore le trouble que la politique « d’ouverture » de Nicolas Sarkozy sème dans le parti dirigé par François Hollande.
Alors que six personnalités venues du PS ou de gauche siègent au gouvernement, que Dominique Strauss-Kahn est soutenu par l’Élysée dans sa candidature au FMI, Jack Lang a annoncé sa décision dans une lettre à François Hollande transmise à l’AFP, expliquant qu’il ne se reconnaissait plus dans les « méthodes de direction » du Premier secrétaire.

ScienceDaily: Neuroscientist Comments On Stem Cell Study's Success In Helping Primates With Parkinson's

Quoted: A neuroscientist reports that the cutting-edge research study of human stem cells in primates with Parkinson's disease is compelling on several fronts -- particularly how the transplanted cells did their job of easing disease symptoms. The study showed that only a small number of stem cells turned into dopamine-producing cells not enough to improve the primates' function by replacing missing neurons. Instead, some stem cells turned into astrocytes, a supportive brain cell that produces neuron-nourishing chemicals.

[tags: pd]

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My Dots for Wednesday, July 11, 2007

PC World - Google: No Limits?

Quoted: Analysis: The search giant seems insatiable when it comes to deals, acquisitions and new ventures.

[tags: google]

Online Movies Without a PC - New York Times

Quoted: TiVo said it has introduced a service to let customers buy movies and television shows from the Unbox service of Amazon.com without using a personal computer.

[tags: video, tv]

Google Goes Corporate - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog

Google agreed to buy Postini, which offers a service to help companies protect and control their e-mail , for $625 million in cash.

Quoted: Bits is a blog about technology, innovation and society from The New York Times.

[tags: google]

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My Dots for Tuesday, July 10, 2007

How Brain Knows When Body 'Hits the Wall' | LiveScience

Quoted: A chemical that also works as a stress hormone is the final signal that says you're out of gas.

[tags: health, brain, hormone]

No More Black Holes?

If new calculations are correct, the universe just got even stranger. Scientists at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, have constructed mathematical formulas that conclude black holes cannot exist.

[tags: science]

Welcome to Lightning Car Company

[tags: automotive, electric, EnergyTechnologies]

Itw de Sarkozy à El Watan et El Khabar au magreb. : E-kiosk de martingrall - Journalime participatif citoyen

Quoted: Interview de M. Nicolas SARKOZY, Président de la République, accordée aux quotidiens algériens El Watan et El Khabar à l'occasion de son déplacement au Magreb ...

Nicolas Sarkozy quitte Alger salué par Abdelaziz Bouteflika, RELATIONS FRANCO-ALGERIENNES

Les deux présidents ont notamment évoqué les dossiers de l'énergie et de l'Union méditerranéenne. Nicolas Sarkozy continue à Tunis sa visite au Maghreb.

Smoking cessation drug can curb alcohol addiction

[tags: health]

Behind Sarkozy's IMF Pick - TIME

Quoted: Analysis: Socialist Strauss-Kahn is a widely admired economic manager. Better to have him in Washington than heading up the opposition in Paris

At Least 40 Militants Dead as Pakistani Military Storms Mosque After Talks Fail - New York Times

Quoted: Two security personnel and 20 militants were killed in the raid, a military official said.

[tags: Pakistan]

The general in his labyrinth - International Herald Tribune

Washington should hasten to disentangle itself from the sinking fortunes of General Pervez Musharraf

Quoted: The general in his labyrinth

[tags: pakistan]

Two grim predictions on Iraqi pullout - International Herald Tribune

Quoted: Two grim predictions on Iraqi pullout

[tags: iraq]

ScienceDaily: People With Early Parkinson's Report Hallucinations, Sleepiness

Quoted: People with early Parkinson's disease report a higher than anticipated development or worsening of hallucinations, sleepiness, and swelling. Researchers have identified factors that make people more likely to develop these problems, according to a recent article.

[tags: pd]

ScienceDaily: Depression Often Untreated In Parkinson's Disease Patients

Quoted: While depression appears to be common in early Parkinson's disease (PD), it is often not treated or diagnosed, according to newly released research. Just over 27 percent of PD subjects screened positive for depression, while 40 percent of subjects' depression went untreated. This study, is the first to systematically examine the impact of depressive symptoms in early, untreated PD.

[tags: pd]

Boeing's Dreamliner, Airbus's Nightmare - Forbes.com

Quoted: The U.S. aircraft manufacturer unveils its new 787 wide-body, and, despite the question marks over risky technology, Airbus has a lot to worry about.

[tags: news, airlines, technology]

ScienceDaily: Smoking Associated With Lower Parkinson's Disease Risk

Quoted: A pooled analysis of data from previous studies suggests that cigarette smoking appears to be associated with a reduced risk for developing Parkinson's disease, with long-term and current smokers at the lowest risk, according to a recent report.

[tags: pd]

First Alzheimer's patch gets approval - USATODAY.com

Quoted: The first skin patch to treat the dementia that can plague Alzheimer's patients gained federal approval, a drug company said Monday. The drug in the patch is the same as that now available in capsule form but provides a regular and continuous dose...

[tags: drug, health]

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My Dots for Monday, July 09, 2007

Why Are Blogs, Wikis Not Popular Than Email for Getting Things Done: Google Tech Talk at Digital Inspiration Technology Guide

Quoted: Why Are Blogs, Wikis Not Popular Than Email for Getting Things Done: Google Tech Talk

[tags: blogs, wiki, business, google, video]

Google's Social Networking Projects

Quoted: Unofficial news and tips about Google. A blog that watches Google's latest developments and the attempts to move your operating system online.

[tags: google, socialstream]

Socialstream

Socialstream is the result of a Google-sponsored capstone project in the Master’s program at Carnegie Mellon University’s Human-Computer Interaction Institute. This project was guided by three goals that built upon each other:

[tags: google, community, interaction]

Les sept nouvelles "Merveilles du Monde" dévoilées

Quoted: En images : Retrouvez tous L’actualité en images et en vidéos sur Le Figaro

[tags: Merveilles du Monde]

Freshwater stress 2025 [MONOCLE]

Here we present global data from the United Nations Environment Programme and Stockholm Environment Institute, indicating how freshwater demand is likely to develop through to 2050.

[tags: environment, water]

Tyler Brûlé: Japanese car design supplanting a once-Nordic niche - International Herald Tribune

Quoted: Once upon a time Saab and Volvo owned the "small and interesting" automotive territory with a community of drivers who responded to the cars' high ...

[tags: automotive, sweden]

Chinese currency 'to be more flexible'

Quoted: China will allow the yuan to trade more flexibly but change will be gradual, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday, citing a senior central bank official. -

[tags: China]

Le Monde.fr : Christine Lagarde prône un capitalisme pragmatique

Quoted: AIX-EN-PROVENCE (Reuters) - Le gouvernement veut mettre en oeuvre un "capitalisme pragmatique" en France, a déclaré la ministre de l'Economie, Christine Lagarde, en prônant dans ...

Parkinson's skin patch 'a big plus' | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Quoted: Until now, in tablet form or by injections, patients have mostly taken a compound that activates dopamine receptors. Those drugs can vary substantially from hour ...

[tags: pd]

Enzyme Damage Could Be Key to Parkinson's - washingtonpost.com

Quoted: THURSDAY, July 5 (HealthDay News) -- Disruption of a key cellular enzyme may be a root cause of Parkinson's disease, a new study finds.

[tags: pd]

ScienceDaily: Tracing Parkinson's Lethal Mechanism

Quoted: In the vast majority of Parkinson's disease patients, the disorder arises not because of a genetic defect, but because some external insult triggers the death of dopamine-producing neurons. Now, researchers have reported progress in understanding the mechanism underlying that death, which they say suggests a new treatment pathway.

[tags: pd]

EUROPE 1 - Sarkozy poursuit sa stratégie d'ouverture

Quoted: Dans une interview parue aujourd'hui dans le Journal du Dimanche, Nicolas Sarkozy affirme qu'il continue de contacter des personnalités de gauche en vue de travailler ...

[tags: france]

CTV.ca | Canadians help find colon cancer gene mutation

Quoted: Canadian researchers are announcing a new genetic find that may help them in the hunt for early signs of colon cancer.

[tags: health, cancer]

July 8: Democrats advance new theories for Libby commutation - The Talk

Quoted: Bush on Monday commuted Libby's 2½-year prison term for lying to prosecutors in the CIA leak case, leaving other elements of Libby's sentence -- a ...

Floating windmills - Hydro

Quoted: Hydro has developed a new concept for producing power at sea - Hywind. Floating concrete construction technology - developed for the North Sea oil industry ...

[tags: EnergyTechnologies, wind turbine]

Siemens, Norsk Hydro to cooperate on floating wind turbines UPDATE - Forbes.com

Siemens will deliver the first wind turbine based on Norsk Hydro's Hywind concept for a demonstration unit off the coast of Norway, Siemens said in a statement.

[tags: EnergyTechnologies, wind turbine]

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