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[WORLD NEWS] Panic at German music festival

Thousands gather in front of a tunnel just before after a mass panic took place at this year's techno-music festival Love Parade in Duisburg, Germany, on Saturday, July 24. At least 18 people died when crowds of people were crushed in a tunnel leading to the event grounds, police said. from msnbc.com If you are a fan of the techno-music, please, be careful when you enjoy a concert. It is too exciting to be enjoying the music.

[TECHNOLOGY NEWS] SMARTPEN!

http://venturebeat.com/2010/07/18/livescribes-echo-is-a-creative-new-take-on-the-smartpen/ This is a magical pen! This is so cool!!! Let's check it out!!!!

[INTERNATIONALIST] JUSTICE DELAYED IN INDIA

Justice Delayed in India by Jeremy Kahn June 12, 2010 More than 25 years after a pesticide plant in the central Indian city of Bhopal spewed a toxic cloud that killed as many as 25,000 people, an Indian court last week finally sentenced seven former executives involved in the disaster. They’ll receive two years in prison (pending appeal) and pay fines equivalent to $2,100—the maximum punishment allowed under current law, but one considered so lenient that many in India are demanding far tougher corporate liability laws. But what India really needs is an overhaul of its judicial system. The Bhopal case is hardly unique in its length: the country’s trial courts have a backlog of close to 30 million cases, and Delhi alone has more than 600 pending civil cases and 17 criminal ones dating back 20 years or more. The Delhi court’s chief judge estimates that it would take 466 years to work through the backlog. A major reason for the pileup is that there are simply too few people on the bench:...

[NEWS] Bill Gates-Backed Nuclear Power Startup, TerraPower, Gets $35 Million

Bill Gates-Backed Nuclear Power Startup, TerraPower, Gets $35 Million BY Ariel SchwartzTue Jun 15, 2010 Nuclear power, that oft-maligned source of clean energy, got a boost earlier this year when TerraPower announced plans to team up with Toshiba to build a hot tub-sized traveling-wave nuclear reactor. Now TerraPower is moving even closer to commercialization with news that investors--including Khosla Ventures and Charles River Ventures--are backing the startup with a cool $35 million. TerraPower claims it has already raised tens of millions of dollars, though it won't give exact figures. Unlike light-water nuclear reactors that run on enriched uranium, TerraPower's traveling-wave reactors run on depleted uranium that only needs to be replaced every 60 to 100 years. Based on known uranium reserves, TerraPower believes that its reactors could power the world for thousands of years without having to chemically reprocess fuel. TerraPower explains the science behind trave...