Al Wood
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I'm a Brit living in Brunei in South-East Asia, and I've also lived in Central Europe and China. I'm a Pure Land Buddhist as well as a linguist/communications/media person who originally trained as a historian. As a teacher and researcher in scientific English I'm also interested in the sciences, especially the biosciences. So a bit of a jack of all trades, master of none - which makes Twine the ideal place for me.
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Are Republicans serious about health care? No, and here's the proof. - By Jacob Weisberg - Slate MagazineAre Republicans Serious About Fixing Health Care? No, and here's the proof. By Jacob Weisberg Posted Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at 6:44 AM ET Iowa Sen. Charles Grassley, the top Republican on the Senate finance committee, has emerged as one of the harshest critics of what the right likes to ...
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Yet another bad day for the anti-vaccine movement : Respectful InsolenceReport of a Polish case-control study showing, if anything, an inverse correlation between MMR vaccination and risk of autism
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Study: Americans consume 34 gigabytes of information per dayThere's a pretty interesting report that was just published today entitled “How much information?” It was put together by the Global Information Industry ...
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The Facebook Privacy Fiasco BeginsThe Facebook Privacy Fiasco Begins by Jason Kincaid on December 9, 2009 Today Facebook finally started to roll out a new set of privacy controls. These tools, many months in the making, are designed to help simplify the site’s notoriously confusing privacy options. But alongside them ...
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Copenhagen climate summit in disarray after 'Danish text' leak | Environment | guardian.co.ukCopenhagen climate summit in disarray after 'Danish text' leak Developing countries react furiously to leaked draft agreement that would hand more power to rich nations, sideline the UN's negotiating role and abandon the Kyoto protocol • Read the 'Danish text' • In pictures: Copenhagen day two ...
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53Somali man aged 112 marries girl of 17 | World news | The GuardianI think this definitely qualifies for this twine!Al Wood added to Oddities Around the World 6 weeks ago
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53After six months as a guard at Guantánamo, Terry Holdbrooks converted to Islam. What made him do it, asks Sarfraz Manzoor | World news | The GuardianThis certainly counts as a change!Al Wood added to Ch...Ch...Ch Changes 2 months ago
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53Online Extras: Ardipithecus ramidusThis is a free issue of Science with several articles on the 4.4 million year old Ardipithecus ramidus.Al Wood added to Science Discoveries 2 months ago
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53Full Text Of Newsmax Column Suggesting Military Coup Against ObamaMaybe the intelligence community whose "rigorous and independent functions" he is so keen to stress could provide evidence of such functions and keep a close eye on this nutcase.Al Wood added 2 months ago
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53Jedi religion founder accuses Tesco of discrimination over rules on hoods | World news | guardian.co.ukNothing like this ever happened in Bangor when I used to live there!Al Wood added to Oddities Around the World 2 months ago