22 February 2012

Assuming the Worst About Iran Leaves No Peaceful Way Out

Senator Lindsey Graham is convinced the goal of Iran’s nuclear program is military, and the contrast between Graham’s certainty and the more judicious view of President Obama’s director of national intelligence highlights critical points for a peaceful resolution of the issue — or a war. A hat tip goes to Eli Clifton over at Think Progress for flagging an exchange between Sen. Graham and DNI James Clapper at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing last week. The bottom line of Graham’s position is that a diplomatic solution is impossible, and a military confrontation is inevitable.

Clifton’s post focuses on the key elements of the intelligence assessment. Here’s how Director Clapper described where Iranian policy stands in terms of building the bomb:

I think they’re keeping themselves in a position to make that decision but there are certain things they have not yet done and have not done for some time...... more
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19 February 2012

Here come the drugs "wireless"

Soon the phrase walking pharmacy
is no longer just a saying.
Patients i_farmaci_si_somministrano_in_wireless_6535 following chronic treatment, as with osteoporosis, hypertension, multiple sclerosis, cancer, and even in the treatment of contraception, can take advantage of ' implantation under the skin of a small wireless device , remotely controlled and programmed for the release of the second medication doses and times established . You can say goodbye to daily injections. No longer do you need to always carry the pills or set the alarm on your phone to remember to take them. This promise is what Robert Langer and Michael Cima , researchers at the David Koch Institute at MIT in Boston, and Robert Farra , head of microchips . The team conducted a pioneering clinical trial on the first prototype of a pill-dispensing intelligent, embedded directly into the body..... more
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