Friday, February 20, 2009

Dollhouse

Five Brain-Manipulating Technologies That Prove Dollhouse Exists Right Now

By Annalee Newitz, 5:02 PM on Tue Feb 17 2009, 31,900 views

Joss Whedon's new show Dollhouse is about a secret organization that supplies mind-wiped sex ninjas to the rich. It's not set in the future because neuromanipulated technoslaves could exist today. Here's proof.

1. We can erase people's memories.
Back in October a study was published in Neuron that proved an enzyme called CaMKII can erase bad memories while you recall them. In Dollhouse, the "actives" have their own memories erased first, and then new memories implanted. The brain-erasure technology is actually the cornerstone of the operation, as it's what turns the actives into blank slates ready to be reprogrammed. Right now, with the cooperation of desperate people, scientists could be using CaMKII to erase their old lives. Then they'll just need to implant new personalities and emotions.

2. We can regulate people's moods with microchips.
Right now, there are a series of implantable microchips on the market that send out electrical impulses over your nerves that can soothe a depressed person or reduce seizures. Some call them neurological pacemakers, and we are discovering new things about them every day - such as the fact that some can cause instant orgasm. Wipe somebody's brain, then install these brain pacemakers, and you might start shaping a whole new person by controlling what gives them pleasure and what makes them depressed.

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3. We can use brain implants to steer animals left and right.
Several years ago, neuroscientists invented a little rat-sized brain implant that sent directional signals to the rodent's brain. Using a handheld remote, scientists sent electrical signals to the parts of the rats' brains connected to right and left whisker sensations - and could induce the rats to turn right or left at the press of a button. Dubbed the "robo-rat," the creatures could be used for complicated search and rescue efforts that require crawling into small places. Or they could be the beta version for a more nefarious technology implanted into humans' brains that would allow a corporation like the Dollhouse to remote-control an active's every move, right down to which street they turn on.

4. Infrared brain scans can predict what people want.
As we reported last week, researchers have discovered that a simple infrared brain scan can reveal patterns in brain activity that show simple preferences. Ask a person whether they'd rather have a dog or a cat, and this scan will give you the answer. This is the first step towards knowing how to shape people's preferences. If scientists could trigger a reaction in your brain that reversed the pattern, they might be able to turn a cat person into a dog person and vice versa.

5. Human-computer interfaces link human brains directly to computers.
You may have heard of BrainGate, a technology that uses electrodes sunk into your gray matter to convert electrical impulses from your brain into computer commands. It is currently used by people who are profoundly paralyzed to communicate by moving a cursor around. If we can open up communication between brain and computer like that, it stands to reason that the communication might be two-way. Who is to say there is no secret organization using a BrainGate-esque technology to reprogram people's thoughts?


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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

‘Seen A Human Clone Lately?

Why come here to see some interesting news? Well, look around..... (oO) see any adds? Find any spyware? I must admit I do like to see where ya'll come from (or close to it)- and so can you - I share the only tool I have to snoop on this site... With You!!!

That's the way it should be huh!?

I like this article because there can be no doubt, Nature, tinkers with genetic experimentation more than we will ever hope to accomplish.

Sheepy.......


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Sunday, February 15, 2009

'Seen A Human Clone Lately?  You Sure?'
  Science piece by J. D. Longstreet

Does anybody seriously doubt there are human clones in existence today?

Ok… sounds like science fiction… right?  Yeah, well, we have the scientific knowledge to do it now, and research is already well advanced in the creation of genetically modified

human embryos possible leading to "designer babies."

We have cloned mice, cows, goats, sheep, dogs, and cats…. how about a human?  "NO!", you say.  Well, how do you KNOW? Huh?  I mean… just because it's against the law (in some US states), or it's immoral, or some such objection, you don't really believe that some scientist, somewhere, isn't going to step forward, one of these days, hold a press conference, and sitting beside him, or her, will be a young male or female, oh, say, 8 or 9 years old.  The scientist will introduce the young male, or female, to the world as the first human clone.

Oh, it's going to happen… count on it.

So, when it DOES happen and we come to realize that we can manufacture additional humans… what will we do with them?

Maybe I'm getting ahead of myself here.  Maybe we should first decide what, exactly they are.  Synthetic humans?  Manufactured humans?  Artificial humans?  I don't know.  I don't even have a lexicon, a vocabulary, if you will, for it.

OK, there are already suggestions that we breed them, kind of like cattle, and slaughter them for their organs.  No more organ shortages!

Then there are those who feel mankind has reached a point in our evolution at which we can produce clones to do the "heavy lifting" for us… I mean, the work!  We could assign clones, upon their birth (?) to involuntary servitude… sometimes referred to as slavery.

Still others feel we could teach them, from birth, in the "art of war" and train them as warriors to fight our battles and our wars.  I mean… if a clone soldier is killed, no one has to go notify the family.  No flag draped coffins flown into to Delaware for the news cameras to splash all over the network

news.  (Oh, I forgot.  The Clinton Administration stopped the newsies from covering those.)

Say a member of your family has passed away.  Scientists believe it is possible to clone the deceased from a piece of the departed's DNA. You wouldn't be bringing them back from the dead… exactly.  You'd be re-creating them… we think.  Sounds a bit gruesome to me.

There is no federal law banning cloning a human being in the United States of America. That may come as a surprise to you. The Federal Drug Administration demands that you get their permission before you clone a human.  So far as the Federal Government is concerned… that's it.  There are a few states, which have passed laws making it illegal inside those respective states.

Cloning is, indisputably, in it's early stages.  Much is yet to be learned about implanting embryos that are NOT defective.  Many of the cloned animals have had serious problems in various organs such as defective hearts, lungs, and so forth.  An animal can be "put down" if they are born with serious health problems.  But… what do you do when you have created a human clone and that "clone" has a really bad heart?  Do you euthanize them?  Would that be considered a legal "mercy killing"? Would it be considered murder?  This is a serious question and one we, as a society, are not yet ready to answer.

And what about the spiritual aspects of cloning?  Will a cloned human have a soul?  I don't know!  Science has yet to determine what a soul is, or even if such a thing as "a soul" exists.

These are serious questions we, as a society, are not yet ready and, in some cases, able to answer.

Thing is… we had better GET ready.  One of these days, in the not too distant future, you're going to be having your morning coffee

, turn on the TV, to catch the news of developments overnight, and that press conference we described at the beginning of this piece will be in progress.  Will you be ready then?  I doubt it.

J. D. Longstreet


Posted by J. D. Longstreet on 2/15/09 at 07:15 AM

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

Older?

I feel much better now!!!

Sheepy........




 
 
 
 
NOT ONLY LADIES GROW OLDER...

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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Monday, February 16, 2009

A little less romantic tale of the Cyclops!

I have often wondered about the myth, Could it have been this? I form a little less romantic picture in my mind of the mythological lore.....

Sheepy...



Colombia Médica

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Colomb. Colomb. Med. vol.38 no.3 Cali July/Sept. 2007 Med vol.38 no.3 Cali July / Sept. 2007

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Complejo agnatia holoprosencefalia: informe de caso Agnatia holoprosencephaly complex: case report

Fernando Suárez-Obando MD*, Juan Carlos Prieto, MD, M.Sc.* Fernando Suárez-Obando MD *, Juan Carlos Prieto, MD, M.Sc. *

1. Instituto de Genética Humana, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, DC, Colombia. Instituto de Genética Humana, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, DC Colombia.
e-mail: fernando.suarez@javeriana.edu.co jcprieto@javeriana.edu.co e-mail: @ fernando.suarez javeriana.edu.co jcprieto@javeriana.edu.co
Recibido para publicación febrero 14, 2007 Aceptado para publicación julio 4, 2007 Received for publication February 14, 2007 Accepted for publication July 4, 2007


RESUMEN ABSTRACT

Se presenta un caso de complejo agnatia holoprosencefalia y se realiza una revisión de la literatura, en relación con la compleja etiología genética y embriológica de este conjunto de malformaciones mayores de la cara y el sistema nervioso central. We report a case of holoprosencephaly agnatia complex and a review of literature relating to the complex genetic and embryological etiology of this set of major malformations of the face and the central nervous system. Se trata del primer caso que se informa en la literatura colombiana. This is the first case reported in the literature Colombia.

Palabras clave: Genética; Holoprosencefalia; Anomalías craneofaciales. Keywords: Genetics; Holoprosencephaly; craniofacial abnormalities.

Agnathia holoprosencephaly complex: case report Agnathia holoprosencephaly complex: case report

SUMMARY SUMMARY

A case report of the agnathia holoprosencephaly complex and a review of the literature related to the complex genetic and embryologic aetiology of this group of major birth defects of face and central nervous system are informed. A case report of the agnathia holoprosencephaly complex and a review of the literature related to the complex embryologic and genetic aetiology of this group of major birth defects of face and central nervous system are informed. The present clinical case is the first reported in Colombia. The present clinical case is the first reported in Colombia.

Keywords: Genetics; Holoprosencephaly; Craniofacial anomalies. Keywords: Genetics; Holoprosencephaly; Craniofacial anomalies.


El complejo agnatia holoprosencefalia, es una malformación congénita mayor, casi siempre letal, caracterizada por ausencia o hipoplasia severa del maxilar inferior, posición anormal de los pabellones auriculares y holoprosencefalia 1 . The complex agnatia holoprosencephaly, a congenital malformation is more, almost always fatal, characterized by absence or severe hypoplasia of the lower jaw, abnormal position of the ears and holoprosencephaly 1. Se presenta un caso de agnatia holoprosencefalia, asociado con ciclopía, sinoftalmia, probóscide y sinotia. We report a case of holoprosencephaly agnatia associated with ciclopía, sinoftalmia, proboscis and sinotia. La baja prevalencia de esta entidad y la extrema complejidad de la malformación dan relevancia a este informe clínico, el primero en Colombia. The low prevalence of this condition and the extreme complexity of the malformation are relevant to this clinical report, the first in Colombia.

El estudio de esta anomalía sobresale en el contexto clínico y embriológico, debido a que su estudio explica las consecuencias de la falta de segmentación y desarrollo embriológico del sistema nervioso central, además de ser un cuadro clínico rico en semiología médica. The study of this anomaly in the Excel report and embryological fact that their study explains the consequences of the lack of segmentation and embryological development of the central nervous system, besides being rich in a clinical medical semiology.

INFORME DE CASO CASE REPORT

Recién nacido muerto de 36 semanas de edad gestacional, de madre de 28 años de edad (padres no consanguíneos), producto de segundo embarazo sin exposición a teratógenos. Newborn died 36 weeks gestational age, mother of 28 years of age (non-consanguineous parents), a result of exposure to second pregnancy without teratogenic. Control prenatal normal, hasta la semana 30, cuando a través de ecografía obstétrica se identifica, ventriculomegalia, agenesia del cuerpo calloso, posición anormal de los pabellones auriculares y retrognatia. Normal prenatal care until 30 weeks when using obstetric ultrasound is identified ventriculomegalia, agenesis of the corpus callosum, abnormal position of the ears and hypoplasia. La madre consulta por ausencia de movimientos fetales en la semana 36 de gestación, se realiza una nueva ecografía que ratifica los hallazgos anteriores y se diagnostica óbito fetal; parto por cesárea iterativa. The mother consulted by the absence of fetal movements at 36 weeks gestation, is a new ultrasound that confirmed the previous findings and is diagnosed fetal death, cesarean iteratively.

Al examen físico se encuentra: Peso, 2300 g; talla, 48 cm. Physical examination found: weight, 2300 g, height 48 cm. Perímetro cefálico, 39 cm. Cephalic perimeter, 39 cm. Presencia de probóscide central, ciclopía, y ausencia de apertura bucal (astomia), agnatia (ausencia de maxilar inferior) y fusión de pabellones auriculares en la línea media o sinotia (signo clínico también denominado otocefalia) ( Foto 1 ). Presence of central proboscis, ciclopía and absence of mouth opening (astomia) agnatia (no lower jaw) and fusion of ears in the midline or sinotia (also known as clinical signs otocefalia) (picture 1). El resto del examen físico fue normal. The remaining physical examination was normal. Cariotipo de 550 bandas, bandeo G, 46, XY, sin alteraciones estructurales ni numéricas. Karyotypes of 550 bands, G-banding, 46, XY, without numerical or structural alterations. Previa firma del consentimiento informado, según se registra en la historia clínica, se llevó a cabo el estudio fotográfico y post-mortem; en éste el sistema nervioso central reveló agenesia de cuerpo calloso, sin fusión talámica, ventrículo único e hipoplasia de cerebelo confirmado una holoprosecenfalia alobar, en el macizo facial se evidenció esbozo de lengua, globo ocular único, y fusión total de nervio óptico. After signing the informed consent, as recorded in the clinical record was carried out on photographic studio and post-mortem in this central nervous system revealed agenesis of the corpus callosum, without fusion thalamus, single ventricle and hypoplastic cerebellum of a confirmed holoprosecenfalia alobar in massive facial outline was evident in language, single eyeball, and fusion of optic nerve.

DISCUSIÓN DISCUSSION

El complejo agnatia holoprosencefalia, o complejo disgnatia (OMIM: 202650) 2 , se caracteriza por hipoplasia severa o agenesia del maxilar inferior (agnatia) y presencia de pabellones auriculares ubicados anterior e inferiormente. The complex agnatia holoprosencephaly, or complex disgnatia (OMIM: 202650) 2, is characterized by severe hypoplasia or agenesis of the lower jaw (agnatia) and presence of ears located above and below. La gama de anormalidades asociadas incluye sinotia (fusión de los pabellones auriculares en la línea media) y la holoprosencefalia. The range of associated abnormalities including sinotia (fusion of the ears of the midline) and holoprosencephaly. El conjunto de la agnatia y sinotia se denomina otocefalia 3 . The whole of agnatia and sinotia called otocefalia 3. Una apertura bucal muy pequeña o ausente es una característica constante, incluso puede haber persistencia de la membrana bucofaríngea. A very small mouth opening or absent is a constant feature, even may have persistence of the membrane bucopharinx. Debido a la obstrucción respiratoria ya las malformaciones del sistema nervioso central, casi todos los afectados fallecen en el período perinatal. Due to respiratory obstruction and malformations of the central nervous system, almost all those affected die in the perinatal period.

ETIOLOGÍA Y DESARROLLO EMBRIONARIO ETIOLOGY AND EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT

Pauli et al. 4 , informan este complejo en dos hermanas, que fallecieron en el período perinatal, y sugieren una herencia autosómica recesiva; sin embargo, el análisis cromosómico prometafásico posterior de las dos niñas y de sus padres, estableció que el padre era portador de una translocación equilibrada y que una de las fallecidas tenía una translocación desequilibrada, siendo uno de los puntos de ruptura, el locus para la holoprosencefalia ubicado en 18p. Pauli et al. 4, report the complex in two sisters who died in the perinatal period, suggesting an autosomal recessive inheritance, but the chromosomal analysis prometafásico later the two girls and their parents, provided that the father was carrier a balanced translocation and that one of the deceased had an unbalanced translocation, being one of the points of rupture, the locus for holoprosencephaly located on 18p. Krassikoff y Sekhon 5 , comunicaron otro caso familiar donde tres afectados, eran portadores de una duplicación de 6p y monosomía de 18p. Krassikoff and Sekhon 5 reported another case in which three affected family, were carriers of a duplication of 6p and monosomy of 18p. El padre de los afectados así como su madre y hermano portaban una translocación equilibrada t (6:18). The father of those affected as well as her mother and brother carried a balanced translocation t (6:18). Los hallazgos de anormalidades cromosómicas, sugerían que la herencia no era recesiva y que el o los genes comprometidos tenían sus loci cerca de los relacionados con el locus de la holoprosencefalia, según lo insinuaba la presentación clínica. The findings of chromosomal abnormalities, suggesting that the inheritance was recessive and that the genes or their loci have committed close to the related locus of holoprosencephaly, as suggested the clinical presentation.

Erlich et al. 6 observaron la transmisión de madre a hija del complejo disgnatia, pues la madre hizo una presentación clínica leve, que apuntaba a una transmisión dominante con expresividad variable. Erlich et al. 6 observed transmission from mother to daughter disgnatia complex, because the mother made a mild clinical presentation, which suggested a dominant transmission with variable expressivity. También proponían que las bases moleculares de este trastorno eran las alteraciones en el gen OTX2 (sigla en inglés para orthodenticle drosophila homolog of 2), gen homeótico ubicado en 14q21-q22, que se expresa en las regiones dorsales y ventrales del telencéfalo, diencéfalo y mesencéfalo 7 . He also suggested that the molecular basis of this disorder were alterations in the gene OTX2 (Spanish acronym for orthodenticle drosophila approval of 2), homeotic gene located on 14q21-q22, which is expressed in the dorsal and ventral regions of telencéfalo, diencephalon and mesencephalon 7.

Guion-Almeida et al. 8 propusieron que los pacientes descritos por Erlich et al. 6 , en realidad sufrían el síndrome aurículo-condilar (OMIM: 602483)9, que consiste en severa micrognatia y anormalidades auriculares, sin anomalías en el sistema nervioso central. Guion-Almeida et al. 8 suggested that the patients described by Erlich et al. 6, actually suffered atrioventricular-condylar syndrome (OMIM: 602483) 9, which consists of severe micrognathia and abnormal headphones, without abnormalities in the central nervous system . Esta sugerencia no se ha podido confirmar, debido a que ambos síndromes pueden hacer parte de un mismo cuadro de la enfermedad, como lo mencionan otras descripciones clínicas en las que se ha clasificado al complejo en dos tipos: una forma severa que incluye la holoprosencefalia y otra leve en la que no hay anormalidades del sistema nervioso central (10,11). This suggestion has not been confirmed, because both syndromes can be part of a painting of the same disease as other clinical descriptions mentioned in which the compound is classified into two types: a severe form including holoprosencephaly and other slight abnormality which has no central nervous system (10,11).

El modelo murino del complejo agnatia holoprosencefalia, demuestra que el fenotipo surge de mutaciones en el gen OTX2, en estado heterocigoto y que la severidad depende de otros genes modificadores en distintos loci (12), sugiriendo nuevamente un mecanismo de herencia dominante de expresividad variable. The mouse model of the complex agnatia holoprosencephaly, demonstrates that the phenotype arises from mutations in the gene OTX2 in heterozygous state and the severity depends on other modifier genes in different loci (12), again suggesting a dominant inheritance mechanism of variable expressivity.

Se ha postulado que los efectos de las mutaciones del gen OTX2 y de sus genes modificadores, son la disminución de la capacidad inductiva del mesodermo precordial, que lleva a la agnatia por una migración neuronal anómala hacia las porciones ventrales del primer arco branquial y la segunda bolsa faríngea, fenómenos que suceden entre los 22 y 26 días de edad gestacional (13). It has been postulated that the effects of mutations of the gene OTX2 genes and their modifiers are the reduced ability of inductive precordial mesoderm, which leads to the agnatia by an abnormal neuronal migration toward the ventral portions of the first and second branchial arch pharyngeal pouch, phenomena that occur between 22 and 26 days gestational age (13). La expresión del gen OTX2, quizá tenga relación con la vía de señalización Sonic Hedgehog, que es una familia de proteínas de señalización intercelular que juegan un papel primordial en el desarrollo embrionario; las mutaciones en esta vía generan diversos fenotipos que incluyen la holoprosencefalia lobar, alobar y semilobar, malformaciones que pueden cursar con cebocefalia, etmocefalia o probóscide (14). OTX2 gene expression, perhaps in connection with the Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway, which is a family of intercellular signaling proteins that play a role in embryonic development, mutations in this way generate different phenotypes including lobar holoprosencephaly, alobar and semilobar malformations that can heal without cebocefalia, or etmocefalia Proboscis (14).

En el caso que aquí se informa, es obvio que la induc-ción mesodérmica se vio severamente afectada en los arcos branquiales, y que por esta razón la implantación auricular fue en la línea media (sinotia), debido a la ausencia del maxilar inferior. In the case reported here, it is obvious that the induced mesodermal-tion was severely affected in the branchial arches, and thus the handset deployment was in the midline (sinotia) due to the absence of the lower jaw. Otro aspecto llamativo del caso, es la ciclopía, que tiene la particularidad de ser un solo ojo en una sola orbita bien definida, lo que la diferencia de la ciclopía secundaria a la sinoftalmía o fusión ocular, donde las estructuras oculares y la bóveda orbital no están tan bien definidas. Another striking aspect of the case, is the ciclopía, which has the particularity of being a single eye in a single well-defined orbit, so the difference in the ciclopía secondary to ocular sinoftalmía or merger, where the ocular structures and no orbital roof are less well defined. La ciclopía o sinoftalmía, son secundarias a la pérdida de estructuras mediales de la holoprosencefalia. The ciclopía or sinoftalmía, are secondary to the loss of medial structures of holoprosencephaly.

De tal modo que el defecto inicial pudo generarse en anomalías del desarrollo de las células que se derivan de las crestas neurales cefálicas por mutaciones en el gen OTX2, seguido de una inducción mesodérmica anormal en los arcos branquiales, ausencia del desarrollo en las estructuras de la línea media del cerebro secundario a falla en la estimulación del tubo neural y la consecuente ciclopía y probóscide, componentes del conjunto de anormalidades faciales de la holoprosencefalia. So that the initial defect was produced in abnormal development of cells that are derived from cephalic neural crest by OTX2 mutations in the gene, followed by an abnormal mesodermal induction in the gill arches, absence of development in the structures of the midline of the brain secondary to failure of the stimulation of the neural tube and the consequent ciclopía and proboscis, components of the facial abnormalities of holoprosencephaly.

FRECUENCIA Y ASESORÍA GENÉTICA GENETICS AND FREQUENCY ADVICE

Tanto la complejidad como la severidad de las malformaciones pueden explicar su baja frecuencia, debido a que la mayoría de defectos de este tipo generan la interrupción temprana del embarazo. Both the complexity and severity of malformations may explain their low frequency, because most of these types of defects generated by early termination of pregnancy. Hubo dos casos entre 200,000 nacimientos en el estudio colaborativo español de malformaciones congénitas (ECEMC); es decir, se indica una prevalencia de 1 en 100,000 casos (14), y alrededor de 80 casos se han comunicado en la literatura (15). There were two cases among 200,000 births in the Spanish collaborative study of congenital malformations (ECEMC), ie, indicated a prevalence of 1 in 100,000 cases (14), and about 80 cases have been reported in the literature (15). Este es el primer ejemplo del complejo agnatia holoprosencefalia que se informa en Colombia. This is the first example of the complex agnatia holoprosencephaly is reported in Colombia.

Aunque no hay consenso absoluto sobre su patrón de herencia, el riesgo de recurrencia en una pareja completamente sana sin anomalías cromosómicas es menor de 1%; en este caso los padres no eran portadores de anormalidades cromosómicas ni afectados por holoprosencefalia lobar o semilobar. Although there is no absolute consensus on its pattern of inheritance, the risk of recurrence in a completely healthy couple with no chromosomal abnormalities are less than 1%, in this case the parents were not carriers of chromosomal abnormalities or affected by or semilobar lobar holoprosencephaly.

CONCLUSIONES CONCLUSIONS

El complejo agnatia holoprosencefalia constituye un grupo de malformaciones severas que compromete el desarrollo del sistema nervioso central y de los arcos branquiales; casi siempre es incompatible con la vida y su extrema complejidad puede explicar su baja frecuencia. The complex agnatia holoprosencephaly is a group of severe malformations that compromises the development of the central nervous system and the gill arches, almost always incompatible with life and its extreme complexity may explain its low frequency.

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Emerging global elite to use new global media to educate 'global citizens'
2009 02 14

From: worldtribune.com


Elite members of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, recently considered a proposal for a new global television network to usher in a state of "global governance." The concept strikes some as authoritarian, even totalitarian. But the parent company of Fox News was one of the sponsors of this year's gathering.

The media proposal, which was included in "The Global Agenda 2009" (pdf) report, is to create "a new global network" with "the capacity to connect the world, bridging cultures and peoples, and telling us who we are and what we mean to each other." Several prominent U.S. media figures signed on to the alarming and controversial proposal.

Isn't it nice that we might have a TV network telling us "who we are?" And "what we mean to each other?" Perhaps we will learn that we are global citizens. Perhaps a global leader of some sort will tell us that. Who might that be?

This proposal doesn't come from a fringe organization. The WEF is an exclusive club of very rich and powerful people from around the world. It describes itself as "an independent international organization committed to improving the state of the world by engaging leaders in partnerships to shape global, regional and industry agendas."
This year's conference featured speeches by U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Chinese Premier We Jiabao. Many U.S. corporations, including some getting Wall Street bailout money, were sponsors. News Corporation, the parent of Fox News, was a "strategic partner" of the event.

Valerie Jarrett, Assistant to the President for Intergovernmental Relations and Public Liaison, represented the Obama Administration at this year's event and called leaders from all nations to "seize gladly" the duties of collaborating and boldly embrace "a new era of global financial responsibility."

But the WEF also envisions cooperation and collaboration in global media ventures. It asks, "How can we save journalism to help it save the world?" Clearly, this is advocacy journalism on a global scale.

Indeed, the list of "Recommendations" says it is imperative to start "Communicating a global agenda, and motivating and mobilizing people to support it…"

Is this journalism? Or is it brainwashing and propaganda?

It says that "a genuine, global voice" is needed that shares a "fundamental commitment" to being an international media voice, and makes mention of "the media voices we think of as international" coming from London (the BBC), Qatar (Al-Jazeera) or Atlanta (CNN).

BBC is known for its anti-American programming, Al-Jazeera for its pro-terrorist slant, and CNN for its left-wing and pro-Democratic bias.

It will take "innovative public-private funding" to bring this new network into being, apparently meaning that the taxpayers in the U.S. will have to be soaked in order to help bring this about. But no price tag is put on the venture and no objection was apparently raised to government funding of such a network on a global basis. An "overview" statement does, however, decry "censorship and self-censorship."

Elsewhere in the report (page 31) the idea of "international taxation" is proposed for "global action" of various kinds. Perhaps this is a vehicle for raising revenue for the new "global voice."

The media proposal was developed by one of several "Global Agenda Councils" under the auspices of the WEF. The new TV network proposal was issued under the supervision of Pat Mitchell, the president of the Paley Center for Media and former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Public Broadcasting Service. She was the chair of the Global Agenda Council on the Future of Media.

Other members of the Council on the Future of Media were Betsy Morgan of the left-wing Huffington Post (former general manager of CBSNews.com); Rui Chenggang of China Central Television, an official political propaganda arm of the communist regime; and Zafar Siddiqi of CNBC Arabiya, a subsidiary of General Electric which is described as a 24-hour Arabic language financial and business information channel.

There is no indication in the published report that the Huffington Post executive raised any objection to working hand-in-glove with the communist propaganda channel. Is the Chinese media model a precedent for the new "global network?"

The conference was covered by media organizations such as CNBC, CNN, Bloomberg, Forbes and Fox, but no coverage that we could find was devoted to the proposal for a government-financed global media network. Talk about self-censorship!

John J. DeGioia, President of Georgetown University and the "Rapporteur of the Global Agenda Councils focusing on Society and Values," summarized the work of Mitchell's panel. He says (page 46) that, "We believe that this new moment also calls for a new media platform, across all media channels, a global non-profit 'CNN' providing a new form of independent journalism to inform, illuminate and deepen knowledge about issues that improve the state of the world."

According to DeGioia's biography, he walks the walk and is dedicated to helping "prepare young people for leadership roles in the global community." His bio adds, "He is a member of the U.S. National Commission for UNESCO and Chair of its Education Committee and he represents Georgetown at the World Economic Forum and on the Council on Foreign Relations."

The media council took advantage of what a description of its work said was an "enormous opportunity" to "redefine the media and its roles in a global, interconnected society."

Under the title of "Recommendations" (page 182), the Council on the Future of Media declares that "The Council is championing a new global, independent news and information service whose role is to inform, educate and improve the state of the world?one that would take advantage of all platforms of content delivery from mobile to satellite and online to create a new global network."

It goes on, "In a world where there are calls for global governance as a response to a global financial crisis, where scientific research, capital flows and production chains are globalized, the media and the communities in which we imagine ourselves remain fiercely localized." Hence, a global network will work against "localized" or national-based systems and convince people to go "global" with their outlook and solutions. In other words, the new network will help undermine old-fashioned notions of national sovereignty and patriotism.

There are 22 members (page 183) of the Council on the Future of Media. In addition to Mitchell and Morgan, American members include:

Alex S. Jones, former media reporter for the New York Times and now Director, Joan Shorenstein Center on the Press, Politics and Public Policy, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University.

Susan King, former Washington correspondent for ABC News and now Director, Journalism Initiative, Special Initiatives and Strategy, Carnegie Corporation of New York.

John Lavine, Dean, Medill School of Journalism Northwestern University.

Nicholas Lemann, former Washington Post reporter and now Dean, School of Journalism, Columbia University.

David Nordfors, Director, Innovation Journalism and Senior Research Scholar, Stanford Center for Innovations in Learning, Stanford University.

Monroe Price, Director, Centre for Global Communications Studies, Annenberg School for Communication, the University of Pennsylvania.

Orville H. Schell, Director, Center on US-China Relations, Asia Society.
There doesn't appear to be one identifiable conservative member on the list. Of course, everyone on the list is a certified objective media proessional, neither liberal nor conservative. Just ask them.

Source: Emerging global elite to use new global media to educate 'global citizens'

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