Compulsory goodness
Apparently in times of uncertainty and economic crisis (as they are in Argentina) people get closer to religion and solidarity -which has became a national fashion, and almost a duty- grows higher than ever. Here some data on it.
They don't care about us
A recent poll shows US citizens are worried that the administration is more concerned about protecting the interests of companies than those of ordinary Americans. After the latest financial scandals, Americans' trust in government, which had climbed after Sept. 11, has slid significantly.
Med
Deep sleep is key to women living longer.

New theories on why do we age.

Gene helps determine anxiety, a recent study found.

Women have better emotional memory.

And then, alternative ways of fighting depression.
A dangerous defense
It seems we'll be hearing a lot of E911, a device that allows your cellphone to be tracked within seconds. Needless to say that there are not only flatters to this new breakthrough.
The involution theory
Afterwards, an interview to LIAM GALLAGHER, Oasis' lead singer, about his enthusiasm about turning thirty, his life's ambitions and the wish to be around as much as he likes.
Go to "burned out celebrities" section.

Lastly a survey found that drugs, alcohol and cigarettes use among young people is at the lowest level in years.

   July 24th, Wednesday, 2002, ip nº20
Opening field
Single, successful and unwilling to marry: many young women's new life


Take a look at this daring piece reflecting a most significant cultural happening: women between 30 and 40 years old who doesn't live up to the social expectation of becoming wives or mothers, who doesn't build their lives upon finding that special someone, and who are more concerned with personal development than with anything else. The dark face of this way of life, though, is a high level of absorption in professional life, which entails changing one set of securities for another.

In any case, this recent trend opens some doors towards visualizing different possibilities and acknowledging some of the fallacies of marriage.
Link: http://www.riorevuelto.org/site/ip/ventana.php?id_articulo=964
But, while in some places women are reconsidering their options, in others young couples rush to marry, take a look at these statistics picked up in England.
Link: http://portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/ixhome.html
Plus, read what the creator of Sex and the City has to say about marriage, self-fulfillment and finding love…
Link: http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/TV/07/17/star.cnna/index.html
And some info on marital and work tendencies in Europe nowadays.
Link: http://www.riorevuelto.org/site/ip/ventana.php?id_articulo=4475
Precious omnipotence
Bush outlines homeland security strategy


Here’s a compilation of recent news on some proposals that the US government has raised and some others that have been suggested, based on the already used up argument of “protecting the country from terrorists”, that expose their prepotency and that pop up the usual “they have to be joking”… Like, for example, some of the outlines for the homeland security strategy, and the preemptively strikes against countries considered to be enemies.
After, an explanation for why some of these proposals are so negative in a privacy related aspect, and the administration's real plans.
Link: http://news.com.com/2010-1079-945347.html?tag=fd_lede
And find out all about the TIPS, a pilot program of volunteers that report suspect behavior to the Justice Department.
Link: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26309.html
To fall in love and don't fail in the intent
How to make yourself fall in love with anybody


Afterwards two peculiar articles. In the first one an American psychologist claims it's possible to make yourself fall in love with someone conscientiously; he adds that we are blinded by passion, and that the current way we love and build relationships is stupid. And even though he might be right, instead of searching real new forms of human relationships he's about to initiate an experiment to see if he can manufacture love, thus basically reproducing the same model and carrying the old vices with it.
Link: http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4451379,00.html
Then, scientists say that it's not only chemistry what makes a couple work, but also the agreement on some matters; that being twin-alike is better for relationships, and that sharing the same taste in beverages is the key for a long happy life together.
Link: http://www.observer.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,6903,754917,00.html

Enjoy!
Labor's life
Bruce Springsteen: His Kind of Heroes, His Kind of Songs


Check out this interview to Bruce Springsteen about his latest album inspired on the Sept 11th events, The Rising, a record basically about "duty and death". Springsteen also describes his main motivation to write as being professional life and everyday matters; he confesses finding hope in family, friendship, and again, work, and says he certainly doesn't find spirit and faith in "abstract places but in the real world of living".

By the way, do all the oldie, semi-retired from life songwriters live in outlying farmhouses?

And when they talk of being in touch with "the real world", doesn't this sound a bit funny coming from nearly isolated people?
Link: http://candysroom.freeservers.com/bruceweb63.html



Privacy Issues
More on Internet filtering and governmental control:
Featuring: more restrictive measures from Chinese government.
Some of the world's best-known hackers are offering software to surf the web anonymously in countries where the Internet is censored.
And finally, some explanations on why and how some countries are making sites unseen.
To read more on Internet related news and privacy concerns, go here.
Extra News
Report on today's University:
First, information on the academic demands of students, exposing some of the weakest points of the decadent Argentinean university system.

Then, educational standards getting harder to maintain in some of the world's top universities, and students working full time are leaving creative and personal time compress.

A report says cosmos could be much older than formerly thought.
The Universe's most distant object, which contains a huge proportion of iron, poses new questions.
Has Voluntarism hit a low? Not yet, but despite a record number of people applying for the Foreign Service, the State Department is having a hard time filling positions in Middle East
… I wonder why?
And also, e-democracy wavering? A governmental initiative to attract particularly the young people was received with little interest.
Then, life in Silicon Valley after the dot-com collapse. Welcome the new economic reality and say goodbye to the old flashy lifestyle!