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POPSDesign Democracy: Picking up Buckminster Fuller's Torch? Neat story. On the surface, it seems like a basic review of a young company's efforts to launch a collaborative design/user customization manufacturing program. However, its much richer and interesting; I love the concept of humanitarian design and maybe this generation of designers and DIYers will emulate Fuller's spirit.
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POPSBritain Apologises For 'Third World' Hospital "There were patients wandering around the hospital and patients fighting. It was continuous through the night. Patients were screaming out in pain because you just could not get pain relief. "It was like a Third World country hospital. It was an absolute disgrace." The British premier, who has trumpeted huge increases in spending on the NHS since his Labour party took office in 1997, said there were "no excuses" for what happened to patients at the hospital. Health Secretary Alan Johnson said: "I apologise on behalf of the government and the NHS, for the pain and anguish caused to so many patients and their families by the appalling standards of care at Stafford Hospital. "Patients will want to be absolutely certain that the quality of care at Stafford Hospital has been radically transformed, and in particular, that the urgent and emergency care is administered safely," he added.
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POPSThe Vatican's Pagan Cemetery The Vatican likes to point out that some of the bones in the necropolis belonged to people who were "on the verge of conversion to Christianity."
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POPSEnergy Search Spooked townspeople more... "In Basel, the first shaft was bored last year by a 190-foot-tall drilling rig towering above nearby apartment buildings. Water was pumped down the injection well in the test phase in December, and as expected, it heated to above 390 F as it seeped through the layers of rock below. But that's where the water remains for the time being; it caused the rock layers to slip, causing the tremors and rumbles that spooked the townspeople. "
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