The Magazine on European Research has published a special issue on Art & Science: "'I am grateful to certain artists for helping me step back and achieve the essential critical distance which techno-science requires today.' This 'saying' of Jean-Marc Lévy-Leblond dates from 1996, but it has not lost one iota of its truth to this day." Online available in English, German and French (see top right on the page) and completely downloadable as .pdf, too (see bottom left of the page).

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This will terribly improve all your papers ...

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Some of you might have already seen the picture on the left - Bush's image made as a mosaic composed of the photos of the American service men and women who have died in Iraq. The artist, supposedly called Joe, is contra the US-involvement in Irak and contra Bush politics.

By researching a little more I found a quiet interesting weblog of the American Leftist with lots of links to left liberal blogs.

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As Spiegel-Online reports the Italian Ministry of Education bans the chapter on evolutionary theory from their school books. As a result of the latest shortages in the educational sector the decision is part of the ministries newest reforms. The article supplies further information on the ideology behind - mainly by referring on former debates in the USA where only 43 Percent of the people belief in Darwin but instead in a pseudo-science called Creationism.

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My colleague Hilde Link is desperately looking for people who are in possession of photographies or video-footage of the interior of the so called Library of the Banteay Srei temple in Angkor, Cambodia. As I understand the matter, something has been removed (that means stolen?) from the interior which is of quite some scientific interest, and of which no available records exist. My colleague's hope now rests on pictures of the said interior taken by visitors of the site. If you think you can help, please contact Mrs. Hilde Link. Please forward this question to people of whom you know that they have visited Angkor.

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Lawrence Lessig: Free culture : how big media uses technology and the law to lock down culture and control creativity. Kostenloser PDF-Download

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Built and used in the Civil War of the United States of America to fight against the harbour blockades of the Union, the Hunley (named after its constructur) is the world's first submarine to sink a ship.

Within the last years the Hunley has been conservated and is being presented virtually.

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Freiheit für Mumia Abu Jamal!

• Free Mumia Now! - 2CD Soli-Sampler erschienen (07.05/mde) Es gibt einen neue Mumia Soli-CD: 33 KünsterlerInnen und Gruppen fanden sich zusammen und stellten Ihre Songs für den neuen Sampler zur Verfügung. So geht der gesamte Erlös aus dem Verkauf an Anwälte von Mumia Abu-Jamal.

• Freiheit für Paulo Elkoro! Schluß mit den Abschiebungen! Bleiberecht für alle! Verhindert Paulos Auslieferung! Stop torture - Free Paulo!

• Am 12.01. wird es auf der LL-Demo einen bundesweiten 'Free Mumia'-Block geben.

• Ab sofort erscheint das seit 1991 gedruckte Info-Bulletin "Freedom Now!", das über die Kampagne gegen die Todesstrafe und für die Freiheit von Mumia Abu-Jamal berichtet als Info-Bulletin online im Internet.

• Der Hasenzüchterverein Detmold hat den Gewinner der diesjährigen Zuchtschau zu Ehren von Abu Jamal "Mummi" getauft. Der Erlös von Hasengulasch und Getränkeverkauf im großen Zelt geht in die Aktion "Free Abu Gadobi", einem ganz ähnlich gelagerten Fall.

• Mumia Abu Jamal wurde als Ehrenmitglied der VVN/BdA (Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes / Bund der Antifaschistinnen und Antifaschisten) auf ihrer Bundeskonferenz am 5. Oktober ernannt.

• Das Zeitungsprojekt von Schüler Aktiv für Mumia aus HH hat die 3. Ausgabe der Rage - Things to fight against fertig!

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The Center of Public Integrity (USA) published a detailed list of companies which made contracts with the american government. This list shows involvements in donations to the government and personal ties with it. In their article they write: "Those companies donated more money to the presidential campaigns of George W. Bush (a little over $500,000) than to any other politician over the last dozen years, the Center found. Nearly 60 percent of the companies had employees or board members who either served in or had close ties to the executive branch for Republican and Democratic administrations, for members of Congress of both parties, or at the highest levels of the military."

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Just a little note about the culture of some inhabitans of New York: I drove down the 42nd street by bus and got off at the 2nd Av. Somebody was screaming around "Playing cards - 3 for 10 Dollars", "Play and gamble with Saddam", ... I had a look at them and you also can check the cardset at the internet (www.dod.mil/news/Apr2003/pipc10042003.html)- there you get them even more expensive, but i guess you would not spend a coin on that...

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Try the following: Go to google and type in "Wepaons of Mass destruction". Choose "Im feeling lucky" (in google.de press: Auf gut Glück) and enjoy this piece of political sarcasm...

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