• The ETC Group says it will be writing to Dr Venter asking him to withdraw his institute's patent applications.

    BBC: NEWS | Science/Nature | Patent sought on 'synthetic life'

  • Also the ETC (an action group on Erosion, Technology and Concentration)--the same group that had lobbied against Monsanto 's (nyse: MON - news - people ) genetically engineered crops in the 1990s--has called for nothing less than a moratorium on the use of synthetic nanoparticles in the lab and in commercial products.

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  • Then the market went strange, gold was all over the place, Sandy hit the coast etc. and the trades went bad.

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  • I'll tell you floods, tornadoes, fire etc all those bad things as well as the sea rising and all the polar bears etc and the rainforest getting destroyed so basically global warming is the end of the world and the end of the world will happen one day even if you recycle one million bottles.

    BBC: Last Updated: Thursday May 08 2008 11:40 GMT

  • Speaking of time, when you do choose to jump into the future and Explore the actors etc, when you go back to the guide, you leave the future and return to the here and now, which isn't what we'd expect.

    ENGADGET: App Review: TiVo Premiere for iPad

  • As someone who does regularly travel across Europe I just cannot see myself not using the 12 hour (including all connections, hanging around at the airport etc) route from Usti nad Labem in the Czech Republic to Faro in Portugal in favour of the 48-56 hour train trip between the same places.

    FORBES: China's Now The Top Market For Connected Smartphones And Tablets

  • The Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 was passed by the Scottish Parliament in 2003 and gave a long-term commitment for all unintentionally homeless people to have the right to a permanent home by 2012.

    BBC: Infrastructure and Capital Investment Committee 2

  • In Westminster Hall, the Commons parallel debating chamber, one of the subjects will pick up complaints about the Legal Aid etc Bill - the effect of changes to legal aid on the not-for-profit advice sector.

    BBC: Week ahead in Parliament

  • Despite the countless books written about thinking with the right side of the brain etc.

    FORBES: How To Be More Creative At Work (Or What Corporations Can Learn From Booze-Hounds and Baby Elephants)

  • We cannot cook, wash, go to the bathroom etc and have no idea how long this will last for!

    BBC: Water chaos affects thousands in Northern Ireland

  • "All of the output from this project will be released open-source, the DNA constructs, the plants etc, " it said on its website.

    BBC: Glowing tobacco plant

  • After all, once you load everyone into the car, agree on a restaurant, wrangle the kids orders, etc. the convenience factor is wiped away.

    FORBES: Cheaper To Eat At A Restaurant Than At Home?

  • This is how much temperature will rise given a doubling of atmospheric CO2 (technically, CO2-equivalent, converting all the methane etc to one handy unit).

    FORBES: If the MWP Was Global What Does That Tell Us About Climate Change Now?

  • Hiring the best outsiders (a great law firm, a prestigious individual to spearhead the inquiry, etc.) is the first obvious and effective step in that direction.

    FORBES: Executives Behaving Badly, Boards Behaving Well

  • Most of these architects believe they can design a watch without knowing how the watch needs to work, how it is made to actually keep the time etc.

    FORBES: How To Design Watches That Everyone Wants

  • Our small home encourages us to go outside and talk to the neighbors, go on hikes and meet people, go to coffee shops and restaurants, the library, the gym etc.

    CNN: Tiny homes hit the big city

  • Consumers can reduce the amount of water through direct action - by applying a water-saving showerhead, shutting off the tap during teeth brushing, by not disposing of medicines, paints or other pollutants down the sink etc.

    UNESCO: MEDIA SERVICES

  • If however, you joined for any other reason (e.g. interest in your work topic, growth opportunity, good compensation, meaningful opportunity to make a difference in the company, etc.) then the coolness factor is just not a big factor.

    FORBES: Why Do People Still Work At Yahoo!?

  • They "explain how team spirit, reacting to victories and defeats, making the right pass at the right time etc, can be used in the business world, " a Grenoble school spokeswoman said.

    CNN: Teamwork -- in sports and business

  • Seems to me that India has a really good image internationally in the way of businesses, corporations etc but at the same time India also has high number of poor people etc.

    BBC: Is India the new China?

  • There is also a display, just you don't see it until you nudge the volume up, or change the audio source etc, as it's set behind the casing.

    ENGADGET: Samsung Vacuum Tube Soundbar ears-on Hands-on

  • In reality, Americans living in high tax countries like Canada, France, the UK, Germany etc would not owe the US any money anyway.

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  • As a result of the variety of actors represented (political decision makers, site managers, museum directors, local community representatives, the World Tourism Organization, the private sector, etc.), the seminar resulted in the creation of a detailed inventory of field experiences, shared best practices and identified constraints and challenges to tourism memory.

    UNESCO: CULTURE

  • Bardhan has valuable things to say about non-economic topics (politics, the environment, etc.), but his attention remains fixed throughout on the dynamics of development.

    FORBES: Comparing China And India

  • Power generation operates in a free market (subject to all the usual rules on safety etc) and the price which the grid can charge for carrying the power is regulated.

    FORBES: Which Should We Have: Public Utilities Or Regulated Private Monopolies?

  • Panellists also discussed the content of Holocaust education, the importance of reaching out to new audiences (media, police, the military, etc.) and how UNESCO and other international bodies could globally reinforce the promotion of the relevance of Holocaust Education.

    UNESCO: Education

  • She adds that we all (countries, the African Union, regional economic communities, UN agencies, government organisations, NGOs, base communities, the private sector etc.) have to increase our efforts in Africa and speed up progress for the countries to come as close as possible to the EFA goals, if not achieving them.

    UNESCO: EDUCATION

  • The Commission is governed by the National Lottery etc Act 1993, which gives it overriding duties to licence a National Lottery that ensures the National Lottery is run and promoted with all due propriety, and that the interests of every participant are protected.

    BBC: Lottery Commission statement

  • But Microsoft still have the vast majority of that market (Linux etc for the desktop hardly shows up in the figures).

    FORBES: Microsoft's Market Share Drops From 97% to 20% In Just Over A Decade

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