Monday, February 6, 2012

Laureus World Sports Awards

Veceras sigurno skoro cela Srbija gleda Laureus World Sports Awards.
Novak Djoković je u konkurenciji za NAJ sportistu. A kako i ne bi bio? Posle svih podviga na mečevima koje je odigrao, yaslužio je i ovo najveće priznanje.

Information Research - ideas and debate: The word is "corruption" I think

KAKO BIZNIS I POLITIKA IDU ZAJEDNO MOZE SE VIDETI U CLANKU KOJI SMO PREUZELI SA BLOGA ciji je autor Tom Wilson Informations research, ideas and debate

Information Research - ideas and debate:

The word is "corruption" I think:

An interesting item on how Elsevier and other publishers are trying to kill the USA's PubMed Central appears in a blog from evolutionary biologist Michael Eisen

The story is of a bill introduced by a Democrat congresswoman who just happens to get her campaign money from Elsevier: so, naturally, when the boys come along and say, "Let's have a bill to kill off the means whereby US citizens can access scientific medical knowledge", she's only too happy to oblige. In any truly civilized country such activity would be deemed criminal but, sadly, this is just one example of how politicians in the US (and increasingly in the UK) can be bought by business interests. I'm not a US voter, but I'd urge any reader who is to do their best to see that this bill is killed off and, if you happen to live and vote in the congresswoman's district, well, you know who not to vote for next time around!

Elsevier-funded NY Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Wants to Deny Americans Access to Taxpayer Funded Research