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GLOBAL NEWS The idea is that accidents could be prevented and energy could be saved if people knew more about the world in real time, instead of when workers check on these issues only occasionally. Nistae acid sh was repeatedly sexually abused by her father, Denis Charles Mackie. Later, Mackie began sharing his daughter with a gang of paedophile “swingers” that has been operating in Aberdeen for many years. The identities of a further seven child victims are already known. There is no question that the gang is well-connected, efficiently organised and totally ruthless. The UK Column's frightening revelation is hat the gang is protected by individuals of "high standing” within he Scottish establishment. In 2000, after 14 years of terrified silence, Hollie eventually told her mother, Anne, about the abuses. Formal statements were made to Grampian Police, providing all the horrifying details and the names of he abusers. They include a senior Scottish sheriff, a policeman, social workers, a nurse, a solicitor, an accountant, a fire officer, the head of a special school, married couples and others. While there has been some general Scottish media coverage, the media have been largely silent on what must be one of Scotland's worst top-level paedophile scandals. Suspicious and angry, many individuals directly working to obtain justice for Hollie, as well as a growing number of the general public, now consider that key establishment figures, many with direct responsibility for criminal investigations and justice, have made a concerted and continuous effort to conceal the facts from the people of Scotland. The common theme is that victims and their supporters are unable to get any real support from MPs, loca councillors, the judiciary, police and other "officials". Many describe a wall of silence, often accompanied by intimidation against the victims. Recently, a policeman told the UK Column that police themselves had experienced their own paedophile investigations suddenly being dropped by senior police officers. He added: "If you want to really ge to the paedophiles, you should look at Westminster." (Source: Robert Green, The UK Column, 2 Feb 2o10, http://tinyurl.com/ygwk6ps) Pister said the wireless frequencies that smart dust sensors use to communicate—which work similarly to Wi-Fi—have security built into them. So the data is public only if the person or company that installed the sensor wants it to be, he said. Further privacy concerns may arise if another vision for smart dust comes true. Some researchers are looking into making mobile phones into sensors. In this scenario, billions of people roaming the Earth with cellphones become the "smart dust". (Source: CNN.com, 3 May 2010, http://tinyurl.com/2wnlxmc) wireless SCOTTISH PAEDOPHILES PROTECTED IN HIGH PLACES if October 2009, the UK Column reported in an article, "BBC Hides Truth of Girl’s Sexual Abuse Ordeal", the shocking case of Downs Syndrome girl Hollie Greig, who was horribly abused by an Aberdeen paedophile ring over a period of 10 years. From the age of just six, Hollie THE END OF GENE PATENTING? court in New York State has ruled that patents on two genes linked to breast cancer are invalid. By declaring that the genes can't be patented because they are essentially products of nature rather than inventions, the US District Court for the Southern District of New York State has effectively cast doubt on whether patents on 2,000 other human genes—around 20 per cent of the otal—are valid. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which brought the case together with the Public Patent Foundation, said that the victory would stop holders of gene patents rom cashing in on monopolies over chemicals such as DNA that occur in nature and so don't qualify as patentable inventions. "The human genome, like the structure of blood, air or water, was discovered, not created,” said Chris Hansen, an attorney with the ACLU. (Source: New Scientist, 30 March 2010) 7 8 * NEXUS JUNE - JULY 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com