Measuring a decade of EU regulation - The cost is unacceptable

Sat Feb 7, 2009 6:13 AM EST

A new report that came out touches on a very sensitive subject for all of us in the EU.

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politics, eu, regulations

Secret of Nearby Explosive Star Revealed

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:21 PM EDT (space.com)

Visible from the Southern Hemisphere, Eta Carinae brightened incredibly in 1843 (the date is sometimes put at 1841), and astronomers in recent decades have photographed and studied the resulting cloud of gas and dust, known as the Homunculus Nebula, that billows away from the sta …

science, explosive, star

Scream of Black Hole's Birth Detected Halfway Across the Universe

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 5:06 PM EDT (space.com)

The incredible amount of energy given off across the entire electromagnetic spectrum during a gamma-ray burst is what Jonathan Grindlay of the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics calls "the birth pangs of a black hole.

science, black-hole, scream

NASA's New Rocket Passes Early Design Review

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:52 PM EDT (space.com)

The rocket slated to launch NASA's new manned spaceship on missions to Earth orbit and ultimately the moon passed a milestone review late Wednesday, space agency officials said. A panel of 24 engineers signed off on the preliminary design review of NASA's Ares I rocket, the two- …

science, nasa, new-rocket

NASA Scrambles for Samples as Sun Sets on Mars Lander

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:46 PM EDT (space.com)

As winter's icy grip prepares to take hold of the northern plains of Mars, NASA scientists are scrambling to fill all of the instruments aboard the Phoenix Mars Lander with samples of Martian dirt before the sun sets below the horizon and the spacecraft loses its energy source.

science, sun, mars-lander

Schizophrenia Not Caused by Genes, Scientist Says

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:38 PM EDT (naturalnews.com)

"Research has never shown any link between genes and schizophrenia," said Mary Boyle, emeritus professor of clinical psychology from the University of East London. "There has been a vast amount of time and money spent. Yet nothing has come from it.

science, genes, misguided-research, schizophrenia

Toxins in the Bodies of Newborns Lead to a Contaminated Generation

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:12 PM EDT (naturalnews.com)

When a newborn baby takes her first breath she is already contaminated with a range of chemicals... this is the finding in the latest compelling research conducted by several leading authorities in the field of health and wellbeing.

science, toxins, newborn

Who Is Responsible for the Surge in Food and Fuel Prices?

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 4:09 PM EDT ()

AsiaNews quotes Jesuit Fr S.

politics, food, fuel, prices

Vitamin 'may prevent memory loss'

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 3:52 PM EDT (BBC News)

"Vitamin B12 deficiency is a common problem among elderly people in the UK and has been linked to declining memory and dementia." Dr Susanne Sorensen, from the Alzheimer's Society said: "Shrinkage is usually associated with the development of dementia.

science, b12, memory

Former FDA Official Testifies that Eli Lilly Lied about Drug Side Effects

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:42 AM EDT (naturalnews.com)

The state of Alaska is suing Eli Lilly to recover the money that the state Medicaid system paid out to treat the serious health problems caused by Zyprexa. John Gueriguian, who was an FDA employee for 20 years, was hired by the prosecution to analyze internal Eli Lilly documents.

politics, fda, eli-lilly

Actor Dennis Quaid Urges Congress to Allow Lawsuits Against Drug Companies

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:39 AM EDT ()

Actor Dennis Quaid, whose newborn twins were nearly killed when a hospital error led to a massive drug overdose, urged Congress to preserve people's ability to sue drug companies for injuries caused by their products.

politics, dennis-quaid, lawsuits, drug-companies

Despite the Hype, Statin Drugs Found Medically Useless in Preventing Alzheimer's

Seeded on Sat Sep 13, 2008 8:34 AM EDT ()

This study adds to the growing evidence that statins don't lower the risk of Alzheimer's disease," lead researcher Zoe Arvanitakis said. "The study also found no association between taking statins and a slower cognitive decline among older people

science, alzheimers, statins

European Cargo Ship Departs Space Station

Seeded on Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:14 PM EDT (space.com)

Jules Verne is 32 feet (10 meters) long cylinder with a width of about 15 feet (4.5 meters) and hauled almost 8 tons of cargo - three times the amount delivered aboard Russian Progress spacecraft - to the space station.

science, space, station

New Partial Rings Discovered Around Saturn

Seeded on Wed Sep 10, 2008 2:07 PM EDT ()

"When we realized that the Anthe and Methone ring arcs were very similar in appearance to the region in which the moons swing back and forth in their orbits due to their resonance with Mimas, we knew we had a possible cause-and-effect relationship," Cooper said.

science, staurn, rings

EU gives blessing for Italy's Roma fingerprint scheme

Seeded on Tue Sep 9, 2008 1:43 PM EDT ()

First the Roma, then another group until we are all included...

politics, fingerprint

A Rough Guide to the EU Budget

Seeded on Sun Sep 7, 2008 2:01 PM EDT ()

ConservativeHome's Platform: Chris Heaton-Harris MEP: A Rough Guide to the EU Budget This may be only the draft, but the guarantee is there, as it has been for many years, that the EU accounts are so bad that the auditors refuse to sign them off....

politics, eu, waste, budget

New Push for Statin Drugs in UK as GPs are Asked to Dole Out Drugs for Millions More

Seeded on Sun Sep 7, 2008 11:21 AM EDT ()

Amazing that they are pushing this like mad without real evidence it does any good at all, while people desperately wanting other drugs are denied them due to expense.

politics, statins

Russia: On a Defense Spending Binge

Seeded on Sun Sep 7, 2008 11:06 AM EDT (eurasianet.org)

An analysis of Russia's state spending shows that Vladimir Putin's Kremlin is taking the country in a dangerous direction, girding for a new Cold War while neglecting the domestic infrastructure.

politics, russia, offense

Will the world end in 2012

Seeded on Sun Sep 7, 2008 5:30 AM EDT (2012-comet.com)

The Mayan Calendar ends: December 21, 2012 There are other predictions that also indicate 2012 is a very special year when "something" will happen ...including, from the bible:

odd-news, world, end

Very Short Movie: The Clouds of Mars

Seeded on Sun Sep 7, 2008 5:19 AM EDT (space.com)

"The images were taken as part of a campaign to see clouds and track wind.

science, mars, clouds

Why Early Earth Did Not Freeze

Seeded on Sun Sep 7, 2008 5:02 AM EDT ()

"Our new model simulations suggest that the amount of CO2 needed to keep the surface of the early Earth from freezing is significantly less than previously thought," the authors stated in their paper.

science, earth, freeze

The UK Libertarian Party - a new party with real values

Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 3:17 PM EDT (lpuk.org)

The UK Libertarian Party This weekend marks a turning point for the Party. For the first time, our entire outline manifesto—a set of radical yet realistic proposals—is available for the public to see on our website.

politics, libertarian-partys, personal-income-tax

Carbon trading set to expand in U.S

Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 5:58 AM EDT (investmentnews.com)

We think the carbon-emissions market is of interest to many in-vestors and will grow over time," said Philippe El-Asmar, head of investor solutions at Barclays.

politics, carbon, trading

IT workers hit hardest by offshore outsourcing, survey finds

Seeded on Sat Sep 6, 2008 5:20 AM EDT (Computerworld)

The broad conclusions are unlikely to surprise many high-tech workers, but what may make this offshore outsourcing study unique is its breadth: some 6,700 workers across a variety of occupations and more than 3,000 hiring managers and human resources professionals were surveyed.

politics, offshoring

Photo Shows Stars Born in Huge Cosmic Wombs

Seeded on Fri Sep 5, 2008 1:23 PM EDT ()

Stars are born within clouds of gas and dust that dot most galaxies. Scientists think that turbulence from the wind of other stars within these clouds gives rise to knots of material with enough mass that the gas and dust begins to collapse under their own weight.

science, cosmic, womb

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