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Saturday, 23 July 2011
Police chiefs issue warning over PMMA drug
A highly-toxic class-A drug is being sold in Scotland, according to senior police officers.
ParaMethoxyMethylAmphetamine (PMMA) has been found in tablets which look like ecstasy.The substance has also been found in drugs being sold as "legal highs" in Scotland.
The Association of Chief Police Officers Scotland said it had recovered quantities of PMMA after a series of raids.
It has been produced in pink tablets with a Rolex crown logo, and in white tablets with a four-leaf clover logo.
PMMA has also been recovered in powder form and police said it may also be present in other products and tablets.
Det Insp Tommy Crombie, of the Scottish Crime and Drug Enforcement Agency, said: "PMMA is a stimulant similar to ecstasy but it is not as potent.
"Users... may be tempted to take more tablets to achieve the desired effect, increasing the risk of a potentially fatal overdose.
"I would strongly advise drug users to avoid such products and follow harm reduction advice where necessary."
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Friday, 22 July 2011
Open Access Advocate's Arrest Inspires Release Of Thousands of Scientific Journals Online
The uploader, Greg Maxwell, posted a manifesto of sorts on the Swedish file-trading site The Pirate Bay.
"The documents are part of the shared heritage of all mankind, and are rightfully in the public domain, but they are not available freely. Instead the articles are available at $19 each--for one month's viewing, by one person, on one computer. It's a steal. From you," Maxwell wrote in a note accompanying the link to the torrents of the journals.
Maxwell, who didn't immediately respond to an interview request, wrote that he had obtained the journals legally, and that he had wanted to upload the files before to broaden the knowledge-base at Wikipedia.
But he had been worried about legal action. That changed after he heard about the news of the arrest of the progressive activist and coder Aaron Swartz.
Swartz was formally charged Tuesday with hacking into MIT's network and violating academic database provider JSTOR' terms of service for using an automated program to download 4.8 million articles and book reviews.
Swartz is a 24-year-old progressive activist and long-time coder whose work on web standards reflects his interest in the medium as a way to disseminate knowledge widely. He's also known for being part of Reddit, although his role with the company is disputed.
JSTOR issued a statement Tuesday saying that Swartz has returned the documents.
The statement said that JSTOR "received confirmation that the content was not and would not be used, copied, transferred, or distributed."
Maxwell said that the academic publishing model is effectively broken, with authors often not getting paid, but publishers charging huge sums for access to journals.
TPM hasn't been able to download the enormous file to verify its contents, but Maxwell says it's the historic back archives of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
The Royal Society in Britain was founded in 1660 and published the world's first science journals. It's now Britain's national academy of science and publishes several different science journals.
Authors of journal articles can choose to openly disseminate their research online, according to the Society's web site, by paying an article processing fee.
Those articles are covered by Creative Commons licenses.
Sarah Lai Stirland @'TPM'
To The Madhouse
"What she has told us all a hundred times – That old, unwanted women can again Be hunted down, accused of pointless crimes And burned in the public square; that it is vain To plead – or prove – one's innocence; that men With solemn looks will come into the house, And say, fearing a scene, `You'll feel no pain;' `It's for your good;' `We're not ungenerous;' What she foretold, when we dismissed her fear Saying `You dreamed such things' – it now comes true: The door is open, and the men are here. Calmly they question her, and with a new Smiling indifference drag her from the room And through the streets to the expected doom." - Edward Lowbury
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ABC MCLUHAN (Celebrating 100 years) 23-24 July
Beginning at 9am AEST on Saturday 23 July, ABC McLuhan is a weekend dedicated to documentary features, archival material and discussion from around the globe. See below for the complete schedule.
On ABC Digital Radio you can find ABC McLuhan by scrolling through the station selector on your digital receiver. If you're outside the ABC Digital Radio broadcast zones you can listen to ABC McLuhan streaming online, the links are at the bottom of this page.
We'll hear about McLuhan's life and influences, as well as leading thinkers discussing the relevance of his ideas in today's digital world.
At a time when our work, social and family lives are governed by media and interconnectivity, what we can learn from examining McLuhan's messages?
Along the way we'll meet McKenzie Wark, our McLuhan 'thinker-in-residence'. Professor Wark is Chair of Media and Culture at the New School for Social Research in New York. Originally from Newcastle, NSW, he first heard of Marshall McLuhan at age 16 when McLuhan appeared on the ABC TV show Monday Conference.
We are also delighted to be able to bring you a number of international programs about Marshall McLuhan, including several from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
CBC Radio One's Spark is a radio show and a blog about technology and culture. Throughout May, Spark took an in-depth look at Marshall McLuhan and how his thinking fits with today's digital world. From the tools made by prehistoric humans, to the future of social media, the four-part series is fascinating exploration of both McLuhan and technological change. Visit the Spark website and sign up for free podcasts.
Thanks also to transmediale and FutureEverything for permission to broadcast the inaugural McLuhan in Europe 2011 lecture, given at the 2010 FutureEverything festival by Dr Darren Wershler, Professor of English at Concordia University in Montreal, Canada. For more information visit their website.
Thanks to Paul Levinson, Professor of Communication and Media Studies at Fordham University in New York City, for permission to include his lecture Marshall McLuhan at 100, in the ABC McLuhan broadcast. Levinson's latest book is New New Media.
ABC McLUHAN DIGITAL RADIO WEEKEND SCHEDULE
SATURDAY 23rd JULY
9.00 AM-NOON
ABC McLuhan “Thinker-in-Residence” McKenzie Wark talks to Cassie McCullagh
ABC Radio National’s Big Ideas presented by McKenzie Wark
New Zealand-based McLuhan scholar Dr Andrew Chrystall talks to McKenzie Wark and Cassie McCullagh
Archival: Marshall McLuhan as guest on ABC Television’s Monday Conference, 1977
CBC Radio’s Spark series on McLuhan - Part One
Archival: ABC Radio interview with Marshall McLuhan by Tara McCarthy, 1979
NOON-3.00 PM
ABC Radio National's Hindsight feature documentary “Whatcha doing, Marshall McLuhan?”
ABC Radio National's Future Tense – Life in the digital world
McLuhan in Europe 2011 Lecture by Dr Darren Wershler
360 Radio Feature on gaming presented by Jason di Rosso
Archival: ABC Radio’s PM reports on McLuhan in 1977
3.00-6.00 PM
ABC Radio National's Encounter Radio Feature on McLuhan and his Faith
CBC Radio’s Spark series on McLuhan - Part Two
Paul Levinson lecture: McLuhan at 100
ABC Radio National's All In The Mind - Neuromarketing
6.00-9.00 PM
ABC Radio National's The Spirit of Things feature on online worship
The Medium is the Massage, 1968
ABC Radio National's The Night Air retakes McLuhan
ABC Radio National's Into The Music feature on the YouTube Symphony Orchestra
SATURDAY schedule repeats until 9.00 AM Sunday
SUNDAY 24th JULY9.00 AM - NOON
McLuhan scholar Dr Hart Cohen talks to McKenzie Wark and Cassie McCullagh
ABC Science broadcaster Robyn Williams talks with James Gleick
ABC Radio National's Encounter Radio Feature on McLuhan and his Faith
CBC Radio’s Spark series on McLuhan - Part Three
Archival: ABC Radio interview with Marshall McLuhan by Tara McCarthy, 1979
NOON-3.00 PM
360 Radio Feature on gaming presented by Jason di Rosso
Ted X Sydney talks about life in the information age
ABC Radio National's The Philosopher’s Zone Alan Saunders looks at McLuhan’s conservative roots
ABC Radio National's Future Tense talks to two leading thinkers on the online issues
ABC Radio National's Into The Music feature on the YouTube Symphony Orchestra
3.00 PM-6 PM
ABC Radio National's Hindsight feature documentary “Whatcha doing, Marshall McLuhan?”
Archival: ABC Radio’s PM reports on McLuhan in 1977
ABC Radio National's Big Ideas presented by McKenzie Wark
CBC Radio’s Spark series on McLuhan - Part Four
Archival: ABC TV news interview on children and television
6.00 PM-9.00 PM
Archival: ABC Radio interview with Marshall McLuhan by Tara McCarthy, 1979
Hot and Cool - Big Ideas at GoMA
ABC Radio National's The Spirit of Things feature on online worship
The Medium is the Massage, 1968
McLuhan scholar Professor Paul Levinson talks to Phillip Adams
9.00 PM-10.00 PM
ABC Radio National's The Night Air retakes McLuhan
ABC Radio National's The Rhythm Divine - The Global Musical Village
ABC McLUHAN ENDS AT 10 PM SUNDAY 24th JULY
Other events and programming in the McLuhan Project include:
The McLuhan Project website
abc.net.au/rn/mcluhan
The McLuhan Project website hosts an extensive info-graphic showing key shifts in media, technology and the human experience in the 100 years since McLuhan's birth. There are exclusive McLuhan clips and audio from the ABC archives and links to other McLuhan-related sources, serious and fun. All details of radio and digital radio programming will also be available.
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Inside Out
The first EPISODE of a long serie about INSIDE OUT PROJECT !
Since the TED Prize winner JR announced his wish in March to turn the world Inside Out, thousands of people have participated in what we hope will be the world's largest participatory art project.
This is the first Episode documenting the project.
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Since the TED Prize winner JR announced his wish in March to turn the world Inside Out, thousands of people have participated in what we hope will be the world's largest participatory art project.
This is the first Episode documenting the project.
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Turning Art Inside Out
DIY internet spreading through Middle East and Africa
It works like this: A single commercial wireless router is mounted on radio frequency reflectors and covered in a metal mesh. Another router/reflector pair is set up at a distance. The two routers establish a network that can be used by anybody with a reflector. To build a reflector, all you need is a material — wood, metal, plastic, stone or clay — that can mount the metal mesh. The system can be powered with an automobile battery, so it doesn't have to rely on fickle developing-world power grids. The goal is simply internet access for all. And, believe it or not, networks are up and running in Kenya, Jalalabad, Pakistan, and in various hospitals and clinics around Afghanistan. The project is supported by MIT's Fab Lab. Some of the scientists involved in the project are paying for it out of pocket, with some help from the National Science Foundation.
It's an open-source project, so if you're interested in building a DYI network here in the shadow of Silicon Valley, just hit up the wiki.
Hat tip to Fast Company for this awesome story.
Cameron Scott @'SFGate'
Call me a sad no-life loser geek :) but reading stuff like this really cheers me up; repurposing technology to empower people and communities instead of making multinational corporations richer can only be a good thing, imo...
Thursday, 21 July 2011
Fonce Mizell Tribute Mix by Kevin Beadle
RIP Fonce Mizell
TRACKLIST
gary bartz – music is my sanctuary (capitol)
donald byrd – lansana’s priestess (blue note)
bobbi humphrey – chicago, damn (blue note) blacks & blues
the blackbyrds – reggins (fantasy)
edwin starr – easin in (motown)
johnny hammond – tell me what to do (milestone)
donald byrd – stepping into tomorrow (blue note)
bobbi humphrey – new york times (blue note)
taste of honey – I love you (capitol)
the jackson five – it’s great to be here (tamla motown)
donald byrd – you and music (blue note)
donald byrd – onward til’ morning (blue note)
johnny hammond – back to the projects (salvation)
gary bartz – carnival de l’esprit (capitol)
roger glenn – rio (fantasy)
donald byrd – change makes you want to hustle (blue note)
rance allen group – peace of mind (capitol)
l.t.d. – love to the world (a&m)
johnny hammond – los conquistadores chocolates (milestone)
donald byrd – love’s so far away (blue note)
gary bartz – sea gypsy (prestige)
johnny hammond – star borne (salvation)
bobbi humphrey – harlem river drive (blue note)
donald byrd – fallin like dominoes (blue note)
a taste of honey - world spin (capitol)
marvin gaye – where are we going (tamla motown)
rance allen group - reason to survive (capitol)
donald byrd – think twice (blue note)
the Jackson five – love is the thing you need (tamla motown)
the blackbyrds – hash & eggs (fantasy)
johnny hammond – fantasy (milestone)
bobbi humphrey – uno esta (blue note)
donald byrd – places & spaces (blue note)
TRACKLIST
gary bartz – music is my sanctuary (capitol)
donald byrd – lansana’s priestess (blue note)
bobbi humphrey – chicago, damn (blue note) blacks & blues
the blackbyrds – reggins (fantasy)
edwin starr – easin in (motown)
johnny hammond – tell me what to do (milestone)
donald byrd – stepping into tomorrow (blue note)
bobbi humphrey – new york times (blue note)
taste of honey – I love you (capitol)
the jackson five – it’s great to be here (tamla motown)
donald byrd – you and music (blue note)
donald byrd – onward til’ morning (blue note)
johnny hammond – back to the projects (salvation)
gary bartz – carnival de l’esprit (capitol)
roger glenn – rio (fantasy)
donald byrd – change makes you want to hustle (blue note)
rance allen group – peace of mind (capitol)
l.t.d. – love to the world (a&m)
johnny hammond – los conquistadores chocolates (milestone)
donald byrd – love’s so far away (blue note)
gary bartz – sea gypsy (prestige)
johnny hammond – star borne (salvation)
bobbi humphrey – harlem river drive (blue note)
donald byrd – fallin like dominoes (blue note)
a taste of honey - world spin (capitol)
marvin gaye – where are we going (tamla motown)
rance allen group - reason to survive (capitol)
donald byrd – think twice (blue note)
the Jackson five – love is the thing you need (tamla motown)
the blackbyrds – hash & eggs (fantasy)
johnny hammond – fantasy (milestone)
bobbi humphrey – uno esta (blue note)
donald byrd – places & spaces (blue note)
Breaking:
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We're releasing something we found in The Sun's mail server, shortly. Ouch. Ready for the media storm?
We're releasing something we found in The Sun's mail server, shortly. Ouch. Ready for the media storm?
Dexys Album Preview 2011 - 'Now'
Here is the opening minute of the new Dexys album, due in 2012. The song is called 'Now.'
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The Murdochs must stop spinning and resign over the phone-hacking scandal
Yesterday, as Rupert and James Murdoch appeared before parliament, this theme was repeated. Their testimony was less about true and honest answers and more about the script of a public relations firm, and an attempt to spin the public debate on issues of corporate disgrace.
If their testimonies presented any information at all, it would be how much the Murdochs want to promote the spin of willful ignorance. For two incredibly involved businessmen, their testimonies would lead you to believe that they have long had absolutely no idea about what happens within their company.
James Murdoch claimed to be “shocked and surprised” to learn about the payment of legal fees for the jailed phone-hacking investigator, Glenn Mulcaire. Rupert Murdoch claimed to be unaware of out-of-court settlements made with hacking victims.
This portrayed ignorance leads to the Murdochs shifting blame to anyone but themselves. Asked about whether he should resign, Rupert responded: “No, because I feel that the people I trusted, I don’t know at what level, let me down and I think they behaved disgracefully, betrayed the company and me and it’s for them to pay.”
It, apparently, in Murdoch’s mind, is not at all true that he was responsible for the company that behaved disgracefully and, in fact, betrayed the public and let the public down.
As has been recently reported, the Murdochs have hired Edelman Public Relations to help them try to weather this crisis. The same Edelman Public Relations firm that previously defended Walmart, in part by funding a pro-Walmart blog called Walmarting Across America, purported to be run by two regular individuals, who later were revealed to be hired PR hacks, spinning in the name of PR goals.
Since Edelman has been brought on, the Murdochs have apologised in various forms, introduced the word “humble” into their lexicon, and have yet equally strengthened their resolve to say they did nothing wrong, had no idea anyone else did anything wrong and that they definitely should bear no responsibility.
If this scandal makes one thing abundantly clear, it is the importance of honest information being presented to the public truthfully – a trend far too rare in the storyline of this corruption. We have no need for a further parade of public relations spinning, meant only to distract the public from facts and the truth. What we need right now is a thorough, just, legal and strong investigation into wrongdoings. The type of honest reporting NewsCorp has shown themselves incapable of doing. Outfoxed was the canary in the coal mine years ago. This recent scandal has been a loud siren of clear corruption.
It is time for the truth to come out. And it is time for the Murdochs and NewsCorp to stop their habitual addiction to spin and lies. The Murdochs bear responsibility for what occurred in their company, and the public deserves accountability around their failed and corrupt leadership. As increased revelations of corruption endlessly emerge within this scandal, the only way for justice and journalistic integrity to win out is for both Murdochs to resign. At that point, their public relations firm can spin all they want, without causing further harm to the public interest.
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Robert Greenwald @'AlterNet'
Phone hacking: Australian PM promises 'hard questions'
The Australian branch of Rupert Murdoch's media empire will face "hard questions" in the wake of the phone hacking scandal in Britain, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has said.
She said she was "disturbed" by revelations about his UK business.The Greens, which hold the balance of power in the upper house, have called for a parliamentary inquiry into News Limited, Mr Murdoch's Australian firm.
Mr Murdoch appeared before a UK parliamentary committee on Tuesday.
"When people have seen telephones hacked into, when people have seen individuals grieving having to deal with all of this, then I do think that causes them to ask some questions here in our country," Ms Gillard told reporters in New South Wales.
"Obviously News Limited has got a responsibility to answer those questions when they're asked."
Australian journalists' unions said they backed the call by Greens party leader Bob Brown for an inquiry.
Different dominance.
Ms Gillard told the Greens she was ready to discuss the holding of an inquiry into Murdoch company practices in Australia, but would not jump to conclusions.
"I'm not going to engage in running commentary on testimony but I do believe Australians... are looking at News Limited here and are wanting to see News Limited answer some hard questions," she said.The company dominates Australian media - it controls 70% of the newspaper readership and has extensive holdings in television, the internet, and other media.
The BBC's Nick Bryant in Sydney says that largely because News Limited owns most of the tabloid titles, the competition in Australia for stories and gossip is nowhere near as cut-throat or intense as that in Britain.
The tabloid agenda is also different, he says, without the same preoccupation with sex scandals and nowhere near the same salaciousness.
News Limited boss John Hartigan has launched a review of all payments made by the group in the last three years and has said he is willing to co-operate with any inquiry.
He has also denied allegations by governing Labor party members that News Limited has been running a campaign against them, describing his group's journalism as aggressive but fair.
The government has reportedly stalled a ruling by an independent panel in favour of Mr Murdoch's part-owned Sky News to run Australia's taxpayer-funded overseas TV service.
The panel had unanimously backed the Sky bid to run the Australia Network but the government imposed a "national interest" bar on the process.
News Corp has also been attempting a takeover of the Australian broadcaster Austar.
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The Monkees of Invention
Mike Nesmith and Frank Zappa switched places on 'The Monkees' - Episode 57 (out of 58) titled 'Monkees Blow Their Mind' which was filmed in April 1967, and first aired on 11 March 1968.
Bonus clip of Tim Buckley (aged 20) performing 'Song To The Siren' on 'The Monkees' after the jump...
Bonus clip of Tim Buckley (aged 20) performing 'Song To The Siren' on 'The Monkees' after the jump...
Wednesday, 20 July 2011
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