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      <title>Support modern forest biotechnology research</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/petition-in-support-of-modern-forest-biotechnology.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>As stresses on forests mount due to invasive pests and climate change, genetic engineering has the potential to save threatened species and stop the spread of environmentally harmful pathogens. This technology should be promoted as a tool for supporting health forests.</p>

<p>Instead, trees developed using newer forms of biotechnology, such as gene editing and genetic engineering, currently are banned from forests that are certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC), and nearly every other Sustainable Forest Management System (SFM).</p>

<p>The bans prevent organizations certified under FSC and PEFC from using biotech trees for any reason — even to save a species against an invasive pest. These trees may not be planted on certified lands, thereby impeding critical scientific research and limiting their ultimate use by society.</p>

<p>Forest certification systems are widely used to help ensure that forest management and derived goods are produced using environmentally and socially desirable methods.  It is critical to base certification criteria on sound scientific principles and evidence to promote consumer confidence in certified products.  A strong science foundation is also essential to ensure that certification systems do not recklessly impede research and innovation.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 05:16 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">93741</quid>
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      <title>FPV - First Person Video - Remote Pilot Aircraft Systems AUSTRALIA</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/fpv-first-person-video-remote-pilot-aircraft-systems-australia.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Currently in Australia it is not legal to remotely pilot an aircraft from 100g upward by using live video downlink technology (googles - out of Line of sight LOS) which are in everyday use by Australian model aircraft pilots and multicopter pilots for the purpose of recreational drone based robotic Aerial Operations.</p>

<p>Legislation is likely to be formed soon and enacted without representation or input from/for grass roots FPV flyers in favour of large aerospace corporations who currently hold the 14 Operators Certificates (OC's) and will lobby to their financial advantage to exclude FPV from vast section of AU airspace.  In order to quantify the number of current FPV flyers operating safely in AU we seek to form a petition of Users wanting grass roots representation.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Mon, 19 Mar 2012 09:16 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">52150</quid>
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      <title>Release updated SDK for the Intel CE4100 Chipset</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/release-updated-sdk-for-the-intel-ce4100-chipset.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Intel's Atom CE4100 chip currently powers D-Link's Boxee Box.</p>

<p>There are outstanding issues with this device can can only be resolved by Boxee once Intel release the updated SDK for the Intel Atom CE4100.</p>

<p>This has been stated numerous times by Boxee and has most recently been mentioned by Boxee CEO Avner Ronen when asked what was holding up availability of the Netlix UK app as part of a question and answer session with Boxee users that took place on 4th April 2012 which can be viewed at: http://www.spreecast.com/events/boxeechat</p>

<p>At 18:14 Avner's response is:</p>

<p>"So Netflix in the UK, newer version of flash, 3TB drive support, those are three issues that we hear a lot, those are three issues that are, can only be addressed when we move to a new SDK from Intel and that is a much longer process than we would want to and takes much more time than we would want to and resources and we still don't have a set date for it but that's what's holding it up."</p>

<p>It's also believed that a Netflix app for other non-US regions can only be released once Intel release the updated SDK.</p>

<p>At 29:22 it's also stated that the HD Audio drop out bug can also only be resolved once a new SDK from Intel is released.</p>

<p>"Without the new intel SDK it won't be resolved, so its going to take us time if and when that SDK will be something that we will be able to launch I think thats the only hope to solve it."</p>

<p>Intel discontinued support for the Atom CE4100 in October 2011. However it was also reported  that "The CE4100 will continue to be sold and supported by Intel, and it will also remain - albeit more anonymously - in set top boxes."<br />
(source: http://www.techradar.com/news/computing-components/processors/intel-ditches-smart-tv-division-1033610)</p>

<p>The 200,000+ users of the Boxee Box powered by this Intel chipset some of whom are part of the 2,815 active Boxee Box Forum users (as of 19th May 2012) have been waiting patiently for news from either Intel or Boxee that the new SDK has been released so Boxee can implement fixes for the issues mentioned above and this has yet to happen.</p>

<p>The Boxee Box is featured on Intel's website at:</p>

<p>http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/smart-tv/smart-tv-devices-with-intel-inside.html</p>

<p>Intel Smart TV facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/intelsmarttv<br />
Twitter: @intelsmarttv</p>

<p>I believe Boxee users agree by not releasing the updated SDK, Intel isn't offering support for this chipset.</p>

<p><iframe id="spreecast-player" type="text/html" width="520" height="460" src="http://www.spreecast.com/events/boxeechat/embed-medium-520" frameborder="0"></iframe></p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 28 Apr 2012 03:38 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">53004</quid>
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      <title>Apple Mac OSX - resizing windows</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/apple-mac-osx-resizing-windows.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Google the issue with the keywords:<br />
osx resize windows "bottom right".</p>

<p>3rd party fixes:<br />
mondomouse<br />
http://www.atomicbird.com/mondomouse/<br />
windowdragon<br />
http://windowdragon.sourceforge.net/<br />
zooom<br />
http://coderage-software.com/zooom/<br />
mercurymover<br />
http://www.heliumfoot.com/mercurymover/ (keyboard resizer)</p>

<p>some Mac users in Australia also have similar comments:<br />
http://tinyurl.com/ath-osx-resize</p>

<p>you could also send feedback to apple as Currawong suggests:<br />
"If enough feedback is sent to Apple, they'll act."<br />
http://www.apple.com/feedback/</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 04:26 UTC</pubDate>
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      <title>Replacing scientific conferences with a cheap and efficient on-line open system</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/replacing-scientific-conferences-with-a-cheap-and-efficient-on-line-open-system.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Replacing scientific conferences with a cheap and efficient on-line open system</p>

<p>Problem:</p>

<p>1. Scientific conference review system is very limited and slow. Very limited feedback (3-5 reviews) are received, only once, and after waiting long months.</p>

<p>2. The cost of one (mediocre quality) conference to humanity is about $1M USD just for registration fees. This is a lost resource because on-line research solutions based on discussion exist and are much more beneficial for science and community.</p>

<p>3. Archives like http://arxiv.org/ protect scientific work by allowing fast publication that can be referenced in journals, but they do not support public reviews.</p>

<p>4. Harm is done to the environment (carbon footprint) by traveling all around the world using airplanes, trains, automobiles with the goal of receiving a few feedback to research.</p>

<p>5. Isolated research is not happy research. Imagine you get instant feedback to your research from scientists in your domain all around the world!</p>

<p>Example solution (as a discussion starter):</p>

<p>Step 1. Author(s) submit their article to an on-line archive e.g. http://arxiv.org/, which should be augmented with a review and discussion system.</p>

<p>Step 2. Interested scientists send review. This can even be made in discussion or forum style (i.e. authors can reply back to reviewers and have on-line discussion with many participants). Good reviews may be acknowledged in the camera ready version of the article.</p>

<p>Step 3. When the community and authors decide that the article is ready for publication, the authors submit it to a journal using the current system. The article is published with their names.</p>

<p>The IETF (www.ietf.org), the entity that designs the Internet, has been working using this system for decades.</p>

<p>IMPORTANT NOTE: Using this system in addition to the current system, we will see if and which conferences remain important and why. Scientists decide for themselves.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 07:43 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">48946</quid>
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      <title>Filipino keyboard layout proposal</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/filipino-keyboard-layout-proposal.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Filipinos are commonly using the standard US keyboard layout because they are very familiar with it. However, some Filipino symbols, such as the Philippine peso sign (a "P" with a single or double strikethrough) and the "ñ" (enye, an "n" with a tilde above it) were only used occasionally.</p>

<p>So I designed my proposal of a standard Filipino keyboard layout that includes the peso sign, scientific and mathematical symbols, Baybayin alphabet and punctuation, the Ñ (part of the modern Filipino orthography; Ng is to be treated as two separate letters), various punctuation marks, and copyright (C in a circle) and registered trademark (R in a circle) symbols.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:52 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">21484</quid>
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      <title>Star Fox Advance Petition</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/star-fox-advance-petition.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>I am making this petition in hopes that it will generate enough signatures so that RARE will please make a Star Fox Advance game for the GBA. Many people would love to see this come out for the GBA and it would be definitly worth buying.</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 27 Apr 2002 12:24 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">1016</quid>
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      <title>Stop Zango</title>
      <link>https://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-zango.html?utm_medium=rss</link>
      <description><![CDATA[<p>Zango (formerly known as 180solutions) is a producer of Spy-Ware that displays popups and sometimes porn on the computers that they have infected.</p>

<p>According to http://www.spywarewarrior.com/elh/180-summ.htm, Zango is known to:<br />
Install through illegal bot-nets,<br />
Install through racist videos,<br />
Install through exploits<br />
Install through illegal crackz sites<br />
Install using rootkits<br />
Install through worms (a type of computer virus)<br />
Pop up sleazy ads over the FTC's web site, and more!</p>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2007 04:56 UTC</pubDate>
      <quid isPermaLink="false">11721</quid>
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