01 outubro 2002
CULTURAS IN VITRO - Napster Creator Ponders His Legacy - and Future: Fanning discusses the entertainment industry's continuing battle against Internet file-sharing services, the legacy of the service he created and life after Napster.
Fanning, the Elder: Most people know Mr. Fanning's 22-year-old nephew, Shawn, as Napster's front man, but John was the real boss at the most famous and fastest-growing Internet music service. Mr. Fanning came up with the company name (it's his nephew's nickname). He incorporated Napster and, even though Shawn invented the technology, took 70 percent ownership. He also orchestrated Napster's initial strategy of letting music fans trade songs directly--bypassing the major record labels and thorny copyright issues. His defiance fueled the company's culture. "People who have known me for decades laugh at how Napster is such a mirror of me and my personality," he says.
Fanning, the Elder: Most people know Mr. Fanning's 22-year-old nephew, Shawn, as Napster's front man, but John was the real boss at the most famous and fastest-growing Internet music service. Mr. Fanning came up with the company name (it's his nephew's nickname). He incorporated Napster and, even though Shawn invented the technology, took 70 percent ownership. He also orchestrated Napster's initial strategy of letting music fans trade songs directly--bypassing the major record labels and thorny copyright issues. His defiance fueled the company's culture. "People who have known me for decades laugh at how Napster is such a mirror of me and my personality," he says.
VITAMEDIAS - Cofina compra TV Guia por 1 euro, comprometendo-se também a assumir os encargos do passivo - cerca de sete milhões de euros - e dos 85 trabalhadores da empresa. [...] A direcção da editora deverá ser assumida por Emídio Rangel.
Administração da RTP omite dados sobre a TV Guia: A Comissão Intersindical da TV Guia acusa a Administração da RTP de omitir dados sobre a real situação da empresa. Em comunicado, os representantes dos trabalhadores explicam como durante muitos anos a TV Guia Editora foi “das poucas empresas do grupo a dar lucro e a contribuir positivamente para as contas da RTP”: 6,5 milhões de contos (1.303 milhões de euros), dos quais apenas 700 mil contos (140.300 euros) foram reinvestidos na própria empresa.
Administração da RTP omite dados sobre a TV Guia: A Comissão Intersindical da TV Guia acusa a Administração da RTP de omitir dados sobre a real situação da empresa. Em comunicado, os representantes dos trabalhadores explicam como durante muitos anos a TV Guia Editora foi “das poucas empresas do grupo a dar lucro e a contribuir positivamente para as contas da RTP”: 6,5 milhões de contos (1.303 milhões de euros), dos quais apenas 700 mil contos (140.300 euros) foram reinvestidos na própria empresa.
ECO-TERRORES - Pelted by paint, downed by debris: Missile defenses will put valuable satellites at even greater risk. [...]
We think of space as empty, but the space near Earth is littered with debris. More than 9,000 objects larger than 10 centimeters in diameter, nearly all manmade, are currently being tracked, and there are probably more than 100,000 pieces of orbiting debris larger than a marble. Yet the crowded near-Earth orbits inhabited by this debris are where the Bush administration wants to put certain parts of its proposed missile defense system - Space-Based Lasers and thousands of “Brilliant Pebbles” space-based interceptor missiles. These weapons were previously forbidden by the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, which the United States withdrew from in June.
Weaponization of space would make the debris problem much worse, and even one war in space could encase the entire planet in a shell of whizzing debris that would thereafter make space near the Earth highly hazardous for peaceful as well as military purposes.
We think of space as empty, but the space near Earth is littered with debris. More than 9,000 objects larger than 10 centimeters in diameter, nearly all manmade, are currently being tracked, and there are probably more than 100,000 pieces of orbiting debris larger than a marble. Yet the crowded near-Earth orbits inhabited by this debris are where the Bush administration wants to put certain parts of its proposed missile defense system - Space-Based Lasers and thousands of “Brilliant Pebbles” space-based interceptor missiles. These weapons were previously forbidden by the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, which the United States withdrew from in June.
Weaponization of space would make the debris problem much worse, and even one war in space could encase the entire planet in a shell of whizzing debris that would thereafter make space near the Earth highly hazardous for peaceful as well as military purposes.
CULTURAS IN VITRO - Turning the Tide: As the sea laps at Venice and its architectural jewels, Italy moves ahead with a controversial plan to stop it
PHOTO-GRAFIA - Lt. Col. David P. Bartlett Jr. with his counsel during his court martial Monday, Sept. 30, 2002, at Fort Meade, Md. He pleaded guilty to killing his wife, saying he beat and strangled her as they fought about his use of the Internet to view pornography.
CONTAMINANTES - An Rx For Teen Sex: Doctors are joining the abstinence movement. Here's why they're now telling kids, "Just say no" [...]
Perhaps the most pressing question about Worth the Wait [a sex-education curriculum taught in 31 districts across the Texas] is the one that has dogged the abstinence movement from the start: Does it work? Though a major federal evaluation of 11 programs is due out early next year, no study has yet confirmed the merits of the just-say-no approach. But there are small signs that Worth the Wait is making a difference. A continuing evaluation that involves Texas A&M University professors found that from 1999 to 2001, frequency of sexual activity among seventh- and eighth-graders in the program dropped 4% and 2% respectively.
Perhaps the most pressing question about Worth the Wait [a sex-education curriculum taught in 31 districts across the Texas] is the one that has dogged the abstinence movement from the start: Does it work? Though a major federal evaluation of 11 programs is due out early next year, no study has yet confirmed the merits of the just-say-no approach. But there are small signs that Worth the Wait is making a difference. A continuing evaluation that involves Texas A&M University professors found that from 1999 to 2001, frequency of sexual activity among seventh- and eighth-graders in the program dropped 4% and 2% respectively.
ECO-TERRORES - How Saddam Got Weapons of Mass Destruction: [...] In presenting the Joint Intelligence Committee assessment - the first of its kind to be released to the public - Prime Minister Tony Blair emphasized that "Iraq is preparing plans to conceal evidence of these weapons, including documents, from renewed inspections," explaining the cynicism with which Saddam's promises to allow U.N. weapons inspectors back into Iraq has been greeted in Washington and London.
Saddam Hussein's European Helpers
Agco SA (France) — farm equipment ($24.5 million)
Alcatel CIT (France) — telecommunications equipment ($37.4 million)
ALLDOS Technique de Dosage (France) — specialized pumps ($1.6 million)
BWT France SA (France) — U.V. disinfection equipment ($5.5 million)
Envirotech Pump Systems (France) — Specialized pumps and spare parts ($25 million)
Hexacorp (France) — water chillers ($2.9 million)
Irrifrance (France) — agricultural sprayers, large reactor vessels ($8.3 million)
Levant Overseas Development Ltd. (France) — insecticide, chemicals, unidentified spare parts (11 contracts, $9.5 million)
Liebherr (Germany) — excavators, mobile cranes ($14 million)
Pompes-Salmson (France) — specialized pumps ($1.7 million)
Potain SA (France) — tower cranes ($6.5 million)
Renault Vehicules Industriels (France) — heavy trucks, transporters ($25.5 million)
Schneider Electric (France) — controllers ($3 million)
Sofrag Alia Development (France) — well-logging units ($1 million)
Siemens SAS (France) — pumps, spares, telecommunications gear ($4.92 million)
Siemens Medical (Germany) — medical equipment, linear accelerators ($12.7 million)
Siemens AG (Germany) — power-generating equipment ($171 million)
Siemens Information (Italy) —microwave links ($3.1 million)
Siemens Sanayi vfe Ticaret (Turkey) — Telecommunications and power-generation equipment ($58.5 million)
Source: U.N. sanctions committee
Saddam Hussein's European Helpers
Agco SA (France) — farm equipment ($24.5 million)
Alcatel CIT (France) — telecommunications equipment ($37.4 million)
ALLDOS Technique de Dosage (France) — specialized pumps ($1.6 million)
BWT France SA (France) — U.V. disinfection equipment ($5.5 million)
Envirotech Pump Systems (France) — Specialized pumps and spare parts ($25 million)
Hexacorp (France) — water chillers ($2.9 million)
Irrifrance (France) — agricultural sprayers, large reactor vessels ($8.3 million)
Levant Overseas Development Ltd. (France) — insecticide, chemicals, unidentified spare parts (11 contracts, $9.5 million)
Liebherr (Germany) — excavators, mobile cranes ($14 million)
Pompes-Salmson (France) — specialized pumps ($1.7 million)
Potain SA (France) — tower cranes ($6.5 million)
Renault Vehicules Industriels (France) — heavy trucks, transporters ($25.5 million)
Schneider Electric (France) — controllers ($3 million)
Sofrag Alia Development (France) — well-logging units ($1 million)
Siemens SAS (France) — pumps, spares, telecommunications gear ($4.92 million)
Siemens Medical (Germany) — medical equipment, linear accelerators ($12.7 million)
Siemens AG (Germany) — power-generating equipment ($171 million)
Siemens Information (Italy) —microwave links ($3.1 million)
Siemens Sanayi vfe Ticaret (Turkey) — Telecommunications and power-generation equipment ($58.5 million)
Source: U.N. sanctions committee
VITAMEDIAS - Who needs editors anyway?: Ever since the Google News site launched last month, some media types have worked up a sweat over whether the robot-generated news page is the end of editors. Who could imagine that you don't need an editor to select the top stories of the moment? "No humans were harmed or even used in the creation of this page," boasts Google.
In media circles, that boast is pure heresy. It's just not right, editors exclaim. "Where's the news judgment?" some of them wonder. [...]
With its rather addictive format, Google's news search may even return the concept of objectivity to the media. Dirty little secret: Every media outlet has an angle or bias, even if they are loath to admit it. Fox News' motto should be "Fair and Balanced (because the rest of the media is on the left)." There's nothing wrong with having a point of view; just disclose it.
[03.10.02] Meet Editor Al Gorithm: Google News is in the testing phase now, says Mayer, determining how valuable the tool can be for users. At some point, though, Google has some decisions to make about Google News -- predominantly how will it make money? That’s when Google News could shift out of the benign, welcome stage. How do you sell a product that relies on other company’s brands and intellectual property without crowding into their space or taking income away from them?
In media circles, that boast is pure heresy. It's just not right, editors exclaim. "Where's the news judgment?" some of them wonder. [...]
With its rather addictive format, Google's news search may even return the concept of objectivity to the media. Dirty little secret: Every media outlet has an angle or bias, even if they are loath to admit it. Fox News' motto should be "Fair and Balanced (because the rest of the media is on the left)." There's nothing wrong with having a point of view; just disclose it.
[03.10.02] Meet Editor Al Gorithm: Google News is in the testing phase now, says Mayer, determining how valuable the tool can be for users. At some point, though, Google has some decisions to make about Google News -- predominantly how will it make money? That’s when Google News could shift out of the benign, welcome stage. How do you sell a product that relies on other company’s brands and intellectual property without crowding into their space or taking income away from them?
ECO-TERRORES - UE Cede às Pressões Americanas Sobre o TPI: Os países da União Europeia (UE) poderão seguir os passos de Timor, Israel ou Roménia e conceder aos Estados Unidos, no quadro de acordos bilaterais, uma imunidade relativa para os seus cidadãos perante o Tribunal Penal Internacional (TPI).
EU deal could give U.S. troops immunity: A deeply divided European Union agreed Monday to allow its 15 member countries to strike separate deals with the United States that would give U.S. soldiers and officials immunity from the International Criminal Court.
The decision by EU foreign ministers came after Britain, Italy and Spain broke ranks in favor of the U.S. position. Germany and France, among other EU countries, have consistently opposed separate deals with the United States.
[Memória:] Deal gave Europe's troops immunity: Despite intense European opposition to American efforts to limit the scope of an international criminal court, Britain, France, Germany and other European governments obtained written assurances last year that their own nationals serving in a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan would be immune from arrest or surrender to any international tribunal.
EU deal could give U.S. troops immunity: A deeply divided European Union agreed Monday to allow its 15 member countries to strike separate deals with the United States that would give U.S. soldiers and officials immunity from the International Criminal Court.
The decision by EU foreign ministers came after Britain, Italy and Spain broke ranks in favor of the U.S. position. Germany and France, among other EU countries, have consistently opposed separate deals with the United States.
[Memória:] Deal gave Europe's troops immunity: Despite intense European opposition to American efforts to limit the scope of an international criminal court, Britain, France, Germany and other European governments obtained written assurances last year that their own nationals serving in a peacekeeping mission in Afghanistan would be immune from arrest or surrender to any international tribunal.
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