A new theory is about that claims, that bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), is not caused by feeding dead sheep to herbivorous cows to produce CJD in human meat eaters. The theory now runs: England imported carcasses from India in the 60s which were contaminated with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) from human remains. In the collection process, the poor added a few (infected) human remains. This load was then used as British fertiliser and fed to plant-eating stock.The cattle ended up as steaks, or also known as 'mad cow' dis-ease. Many meat eaters ended up with CJD.

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A rave party in Utah was terrorized by police authorities. This personal account is worth a read and the video is a must for the demonstration of armed violence. There is more on the topic.

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Mainstream Media (MSM) executives consider the 'attack on London' "a "tipping point", a democratisation of the news process, the true birth of the "citizen reporter". The public (is) assuming control of the newsgathering process to a hitherto unimagined degree." This "new world" in a "gear change" provided the MSM with a cost effective "deluge" of first hand rich media." News crews usually get there just after the event, but these pictures show us the event as it happens." A BBC broadcaster summed it up as "…this is a media turning point'. It was revolutionary."  As an owner of such user-generated content one has to make decisions in such situations that could occur anywhere & anytime. Help, shoot and then share with which channels: The Home office, the MSM, or the collaborative Wikipedia. Questions of appropriateness, effectivity and efficiency arise. But the questions of trust and allegiance are not insignificant.

The bomb attacks in London that caused the death of 38 people, are now covered by a very comprehensive wiki. While the mobile phone network was out after the attack many bloggers aggregated their experiences of the site and from the chaos of the city. Technorati features many blog reports, the BBC is also pointing to reports via blogs.

Lawrence Lessig reported today about a new book by J.D.Lasica: Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation, released in May 2005, it offers first-hand stories of how the personal media revolution impacts on the genres of the big Media. Mini-book chapters are available to browse and get the gist of the story.