Since 1997, there was an increase of 17% of new AIDS cases among gay and bisexual United States, raising concerns about a resurgence of the disease. Some experts believe that online chats and Web sites are trying to replace saunas as a meeting place of the homosexual community. And a study by the Department of Health of California could confirm their point of view: 23% of gay and bisexual men with syphilis said they met their sex partners on the Internet, while 21% said the to the bathhouses. Even more alarming, a survey by the University of California at San Francisco revealed that 39% of gay men and bisexuals (11% of respondents were HIV positive) admitted having had, in the two months preceding the survey, at least one unprotected sex with someone met online..

Normand heart and birth, world citizen, humanist, Karl Dubost, whose home port is now Montreal, is among those who preach the adoption of open standards. The international organization for which he works, the W3C (World Wide Web Consortium) was created to stop the emergence of proprietary languages on the Web and bring all actors around a table to define standards. The standards themselves are determined consensus. And, believe it or not, you can be one of those players, the W3C has created many virtual discussion spaces where the views of users are sought and welcomed with enthusiasm.

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