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Toronto, ON – CNN's Anderson Cooper talks to Somalian native K'naan and U2 lead singer (and cofounder of ONE), Bono, about the devestating famine in Somalia. K'naan and Bono, as well as a growing list of other celebrities are lending their voices to spread awareness about the crisis taking place in the African nation. Unicef estimates that 3.2 million people are in need of life-saving aid. Please watch the interview with K'naan and Bono after the jump to find out more information about this crisis and how you can make a difference.
"More than 12 million people are in desperate need of food across the Horn of Africa after the worst drought in 60 years. Somalis are the hardest hit. They're arriving by the thousands everyday to refugee camps in neighboring Kenya and Ethiopia. Organizations are mobilizing and there are ways you can help."
"600,000 children are on the brink of starvation, according to the United Nations. 600,000 children. That should be a headline in every paper, every newscast, every day as long as this famine lasts." – AC360
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"A deadly combination of failed rains and rising food prices is threatening the lives of over 10 million people, with children always the most vulnerable in a food crisis. Simon Fuller, Chris Blackwell and the Bob Marley Estate have released the 1973 Bob Marley & The Wailers song 'High Tide or Low Tide' to raise funds for Save The Children and the East Africa Famine. Along with Lucian Grainge and Universal Music, they are donating their proceeds to the cause. Kevin Macdonald, Award-winning director of Last King of Scotland and Bob Marley documentary, has created a short film with dramatic footage taken from East Africa last week with the 'High Tide' track laid over the top. Visit http://www.imgonnabeyourfriend.org/ to view this video."
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Zombie Walk has been resurrected in Phoenix
The Zombie Walk, the largest gathering of zombies in the southwest, will return to Downtown Phoenix on Saturday, Oct. 29. after its cancellation earlier this year. With the help of co-producing charitable partner Arizona Hemophilia Association and downtown's Warehouse District, Zombie Walk has been brought back to life. Admission to the popular family friendly event, which last year attracted… Read More →
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From a jazz festival to a zombie walk — here are some must-try/see events for this week and weekend. Don't forget to share with us your photos of you enjoying these events with the hashtag #SL5 and follow us @scottsdaleliving on Instagram! Oct. 22nd-31st: Disney's The Lion King See award-winning director Julie Taymor bring animals… Read More →
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Have you ever heard of a Zombie Walk? I hadn't, that is until this past week. A Zombie Walk can be organized by anyone; it can be a city-sponsored event, or put on by a group of friends looking for a fun time. Zombie Walks occur all over the world, but they mostly occur in… Read More →


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Marking a year of rapid growth since its launch at EBACE 2012, the African Business Aviation Association (AfBAA; Booth 2135) announced here at EBACE 2013 that it would stage a business aviation expo of its own next April in conjunction with the Marrakech Air Show. The expo and air show will be held on April 23 to 26 at Marrakech's FRA Airport. AfBAA's expo will cover 50,000 sq m (540,000 sq ft), providing room for booths, static displays and chalets.
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Ragheb also announced that the African Union has granted AfBAA official observer status, making it the first association to be given such a seat. "For the first time, the association will have the tools at its fingertips to be able to influence the regulatory environment in 56 states," he said. "We'll have the opportunity to be in a forum where [governmental] decisions are made."
Introducing the association's new magazine, African Sky, Ragheb said the publication is "dedicated primarily to business aviation, but much broader." He explained that it will have editorial content reflecting the diversity of the African continent. The first issue is planned for publication in July.
Additionally, Ragheb named the last of the association's 20 founding members, JetNet (Booth 930), the aviation data and analysis company, and he noted that the company will help with AfBAA's current research project, aimed at identifying the key areas of African business aviation that require improvement.
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On the Politics Show, Sunday 22 March 2009, Jon Sopel interviewed Jacqui Smith MP, Home Secretary.
Interview transcript:
JACQUI SMITH: They will see a complete strategy to address counter-terror.
You know, it's the nature of this work, that quite often in the past it's been the sort of thing that's happened in secret, behind closed doors.
What we're completely clear about is that if we're going to address the threat from terrorism, we need to do that along side the sixty thousand people that we're now training up to respond to a terrorist threat, in everywhere from our shopping centres to our hotels.
We need to do it along side the three thousand police officers, now working on counter-terror, out and about doing that and we need to do it with international partners. This no longer is something you can do behind closed doors and in secret.
JON SOPEL: Okay. That's the publication, but what about sort of new aspects to it. I mean, do you re-define what an extremist is?
JACQUI SMITH: What we do say is that it is fundamentally important to our strategy to prevent people turning to violent extremism. That actually, we much more strongly say that our approach to countering terror, has to be based on shared values and that that's what effectively, terrorists are seeking to attack.
You know, values like our belief in democracy, in human rights, in tolerance and if those things are attacked, that actually creates a space in which it makes it more likely potentially that people can be radicalized and turn to violent extremism, so we do talk about the idea that we need to emphasize those shared values and we need to provide a challenge to those who attack them.
JON SOPEL: What is an extremist?
JACQUI SMITH: Well, what we're clear about is that those people who propound violent, violent extremism, are those that we've been working to - well, that's what we've been working to deal with, as part of the prevent strategy. What we're concerned about here, I think it's rather easier to define it in terms of what we want to protect and develop and that's why we talk about
JON SOPEL: If you're saying that you've got to tackle extremism, I want to know what an extremist is?
JACQUI SMITH: Well, first of all, I'm saying we need to tackle violent extremism, prevent people turning to that, prevent people from turning to terrorism in the first place.
We have a wide-ranging strategy that is already being delivered, with a range of partners to enable us to do that. We've talked about that over the last year. But we go further in this document and say that actually, what is at the heart of our counter-terror strategy is promoting the shared values, as I say, of democracy, of tolerance, of human rights, about which the vast majority of people in this country live by.
When we see those challenge, even if that doesn't over-step the law, well, we think it's important that there is a civil challenge to that because creating a space in which people are more likely to turn to terrorism, is one of the ways in which we, you know, I think increase the risk and it's one of the things that we need to counter.
JON SOPEL: A lot of people listening to that will say, well that's common sense. I mean isn't this a sign that you're not winning the battle of hearts and minds. The idea of shared values was in your first document, two and a half years ago.
JACQUI SMITH: Well, no, I think what we do much more clearly in this document is we say, these are the shared values to which we subscribe. Incidentally, terrorism is about killing people, but it's also about trying to undermine those shared values and therefore, talking about what we, as a majority in this country actually share and want to defend, is a way actually in which we brigade the largest number of people in attacking that small minority, who want to both undermine those shared values and more importantly for this strategy, actually turn that in to a terrorist threat as well.
JON SOPEL: Just on the journey that has been taken so far. Would you say that the threat level to this country is higher or lower now than it was at the time of 7/7?
JACQUI SMITH: We think we face a severe threat in this country, which means that an attack is highly likely. It could happen without warning. I think we have a more sophisticated understanding of what that threat level is. We know where it comes from. We know that we need to address it both domestically and internationally and that's an important element of the way in which we talk about our approach in the strategy.
JON SOPEL: Yeah. That's a very interesting answer. And so do you say that - I'm just trying to kind of get a sense of the grading of it. Do you think that, so is it higher threat than we had then or is it just a continuing level of threat?
JACQUI SMITH: I think it's. Well what we're much clearer about what the nature of that threat is. You know it's difficult Jon to say, you know, higher, lower; it is severe. It means that. An attack in this country is highly likely, it could happen without warning. I don't determine that threat level. That's determined by a pretty detailed analysis of all of the intelligence that we have, both domestically and internationally.
So you know, Jonathan Evans, when he was talking, the Director General of the Security Service in an interview that he gave recently, identified success, in terms of tackling the threat because we foiled plots, we think actually we are better at identifying and foiling those at the point at which they're coming to attack but actually, also identified internationally, a continued threat from radicalization from, as we say in the strategy, failed states and conflict, which feeds in to a level of threat, which as I say, remains at severe.
JON SOPEL: Right, let's just talk about extremism. Were the protestors in Luton, against the Royal Anglian Regiment coming home, extremists?
JACQUI SMITH: What I think was important there as that we saw precisely what we're arguing for, not just in the counter terror strategy, but I think more widely and that is when people want to undermine the values that the vast majority of us in this country share, they may not be breaking the law, we're not saying that they are.
They may well, and we would defend this, have the freedom of speech to do that. But we want to challenge that. Government, the public, parliament, I think we have a role in challenging that sort of activity, as in fact you saw in Luton.
JON SOPEL: And with the only arrest that took place being those who were protesting against the protestors.
JACQUI SMITH: Well the important point here Jon is, you know, and can I just say, this goes a lot wider than counter-terror, but the important point here is that if you know, it is not only about us using the law to challenge the sort of attitudes that might create an environment in which you then, people may feel more able to support violent extremism and terrorism. What we're also saying is
JON SOPEL: I just wonder, under your new definition, whether those people in Luton, you would class as extremists?
JACQUI SMITH: No, well, well I don't think that's a particularly helpful discussion as to whether or not we class them as extremists.
JON SOPEL: Well I'm sure an awful lot of British people would think they were extremists.
JACQUI SMITH: No, I think what British. Well, I think what the British people want to know is, that we understand and will promote, the values that are shared in this country of democracy, tolerance, of support for the rule of law and that even if, and where people over-step the mark with respect to the law, we will take action against them, using the law.
Where people really act against those shared values, but don't over-step the law, we won't say, well there's nothing that any of us can do about it, we will engage in discussion, debate, we will argue about that.
JON SOPEL: The final question. You're pumping millions of pounds in to fighting extremism. How do you measure success, it's not easy to audit is it?
JACQUI SMITH: Well, you know, I think the fact that we've foiled over a dozen plots over recent years. I think the fact that we've brought people to justice, it's important immediate success.
We will also want to ensure that we actually, in the longer term are preventing people turning to violent extremism and supporting terrorism, that would be another important element of our success but we are world leading in the approach that we're taking to tackling terror, in the approach that we're taking to reducing the risk and working with the widest range of partners, in order to keep people safe in this country. And that's what the strategy that we'll publish this week, will build on.
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OPPOSITION analysis is tricky when the team you're studying is yet to play an AFL game, but Sydney midfielder Dan Hannebery feels the Swans aren't in the dark about Greater Western Sydney's untried youngsters.
The Giants will blood a record 17 debutants in tonight's stand-alone season start. Most fans aren't familiar with them, but the Swans won't be struck with the same sense of the unknown.
''Most guys have spent their time looking at the players they might line up on,'' Hannebery said. ''It's really important we have our analysis of them, how they play and what their strengths and weaknesses are.
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The Godolphin doping scandal should prompt international racing authorities to look at bringing consistency to the rules on using drugs, British Horseracing Authority (BHA) chief executive Paul Bittar said on Friday.
Godolphin trainer Mahmood Al Zarooni was disqualified for eight years on Thursday by the BHA after admitting administering anabolic steroids to 15 of the horses he trained in Newmarket, England for owner Sheikh Mohammed.
The rules vary around the world. In Australia, for example, the use of anabolic steroids is permitted out of competition.
The race-day use of anti-bleeder medication Lasix in the United States is also highly controversial in the sport and last month the Breeders' Cup announced it was rescinding its plan to bar the use of it in all of its 2013 races.
Zarooni admitted to making a catastrophic error but said he did not realise what he was doing was not allowed in Britain, where anti-doping rules are strict.
"I think it's pretty hard to take a dim view of athletes using performance-enhancing drugs and drugs that promote growth, such as anabolic steroids, and be critical of athletes using those drugs, but think it's acceptable for horses to be treated in that way," Bittar was quoted as saying on the BHA website (www.britishhorseracing.com).
"Having said that, the circumstances in Australia and other jurisdictions are different. We will certainly be using this case as an opportunity to put the consistent use of drugs internationally back on the agenda of the IFHA (International Federation of Horseracing Authorities).
"I'm very comfortable with the rules in Britain and I think we've got the best rules in the world in that regard," Bittar added.
The 15 horses Emirati Al Zarooni admitted doping, including leading 1,000 Guineas contender Certify, were banned from racing for six months.
Bittar said more action could follow.
"It is not correct to say that is the end of the matter, far from it," he was quoted as saying by the BBC.
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Government agencies and environmental groups are lauding a new national air quality standard for fine particulates — better known as soot — that should decrease the number of deaths and respiratory illnesses caused by pollution in the region.
Although 10 Pennsylvania counties couldn't meet the standard today — including Allegheny, Armstrong, Beaver, Washington and Westmoreland — the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection expects all to comply before the 2020 deadline.
The soot rule "is among the most critical standards that EPA could set," because it triggers a series of measures local governments must take to comply or risk federal penalties, said Clean Air Watch President Frank O'Donnell.
The American Lung Association has ranked Pittsburgh and its pollution high in a number of surveys, including a 2010 study that ranked Allegheny and surrounding counties as having the third worst soot pollution in the country.
Last month, the EPA tightened the limit for soot, called the national ambient air quality standards, for the annual average level of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5) to 12 micrograms per cubic meter. The previous standard, set in 1997, was 15 micrograms.
Originally, environmental groups were hoping for a stricter limit of 11 micrograms per cubic meter.
"No one got everything they wanted," said Kevin M. Stewart, director of environmental health for the American Lung Association.
"We're definitely happy with what it ended up being, but we're not fully satisfied," he said.
Going from a standard of 15 to 12 will save thousands of lives nationally, according to Stewart.
"I hope that industries will not put up such a big fight but put in the investments to safeguard the lives of their citizens," said Stewart.
Earlier this year, business groups and many Republicans opposed the new standards, saying that the increased regulation could prove costly without providing the hoped-for benefits.
Gov. Tom Corbett and other Republican governors pushed for delays.
But that didn't happen as 11 states joined with groups, including the American Lung Association, to challenge the delay. A federal court backed the states and ordered the new rules be imposed.
"I think all things are political compromises, and I feel that the EPA took the best shot that they could," said Thomas Hoffman, Western Pennsylvania director of Clean Water Action.
"I think our region is starting to recognize this is something that is in our economic interest," he said. "It's not air versus economy. It's that air is our route to making a better economy."
The EPA estimates that the economic benefits from better health from the new standards will range from $88 million a year to as much as $5.9 billion.
The estimated cost of pollution control will range from $2.9 million to $69 million, according to the EPA.
Older, dirtier, coal-fired power plants are a major source of soot in the region, according to Randy Francisco, organizing representative for the Sierra Club in Pittsburgh.
"Our job is stay on top of the coal plants," said Francisco.
"We sit in the ring of fire in terms of coal plants sitting all around us, including Ohio and West Virginia," he said.
"It's so important for us to make sure every plant around us is in compliance so our air quality gets better."
GenOn: Local plant meets standards
Those plants include the GenOn plant in Springdale and the Edison Mission Energy Homer City plant in Indiana County.
"This doesn't change much at all," said Dave Gaier spokesman for NRG Energy Inc. in Princeton, N.J., owner and operator of the former GenOn plant in Springdale. NRG and GenON merged on Dec. 14.
"We meet the standards now and will continue to meet the federal and state requirements," Gaier said.
Meanwhile, the operators of the Homer City plant aren't sure.
"The scrubbers we're installing on the Homer City plant will result in a significant reduction of particulate emissions," said Andy Katell, spokesman at GE Energy Financial Services, the Homer City power plant's majority owner.
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To meet the new standards, DEP will increase monitoring and make recommendations to EPA by December about whether a particular area of the state meets the standard, according to Kevin Sunday, the DEP's deputy press secretary.
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The Zionist Executive has instructed the Zionist "judicial authorities", which is interpreted as meaning the Congress Court of honor, to take up the matter of the attitude of the World Union of Zionist Revisionists with regard to discipline.
The Zionist Executive's communique refers to the conflict between the last undertaking of the Revisionists at the session of the Actions Committee in London and the resolutions adopted at the Revisionist Congress in Vienna.
The Revisionists were admitted as a separate union within the World Zionist Organization, by decision of the Actions Committee last July. The following month at their own congress, the Revisionists adopted a resolution stating that Revisionist shekel payers are to be subject first to the discipline of their own organization.
The Executive's communique says further that the Revisionist Union had been requested to declare that it submitted to the laws and decisions of the Zionist Executive for the purpose of dispelling all doubts, but in spite of repeated requests, it has proved impossible to obtain a clear and unambiguous reply.
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According to Mintel's "2006 US Salty Snacks" report, close to 40% of respondents said that they often try new flavors. Of the respondents in the 18-24 year old range, close to half of them stated that they often try new flavors, putting them well above all other responses. Flavors that are fueling the innovation fire across the category include bold and spicy, unusual pairings, and healthy options. These flavors are continuing to grab consumer interest and appeal.
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Unusual flavor pairings have become major draws across restaurant menus, but they also hold strong notation in the salty snack arena. Kettle Foods released their Cheddar Beer Chips under their signature brand. The kosher-certified product combines cheddar with the complement of a malty beer taste, bringing everything into perfect flavor balance. Frito-Lay has also combined the increasingly popular buffalo wing with the potato chip, forming Spicy Buffalo Wings Potato Chips under the Lay's Stax brand. The trans fat-free product is only available for a limited time.
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frame pin not even?
i have a nef pardner sb1 11c, its the one with nickle receiver and synthetic stock and forarm. i noticed today all my frame pins are even on both sides except one, the one on top that goes across and hold the fireing pin and ejector button. was sticking out more on one side it is very noticable, can these move? i have been shooting buckshot and slugs in it. can i tap it back in? if so with what? i have went online to look at pictures and some seem like mine while others look all even. do ya'll think the pin moved or just wasn't tapped all the way thru at factory?. thanks
It is just a friction tight pin. Yes they can move. Yes tap it back in place. Use most anything to tap it, a hammer is likely best. If you are worried about a slight mar use a stiff piece of plastic between the hammer and pin.
i went to my local shop and looked, some are like mine. the one side is even with the hole at the frame, and on the other the pin is past the hole on the frame.
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Angkor Wat: Tomb Raiders
In the 2001 film titled Lara Croft: Tomb Raider, Angelina Jolie caught my attention with all those crazy flips and stunts. Even more stunning were the temples that were captured in the movie.
Early one morning in Siem Reap, we rented $1 bicycles and rode our way to Angkor Park. For once, the weather forecast was correct: hot and sunny, low 100's. Large tour buses and tuk tuks transporting tourists through the park passed right by us. We knew right away we should visit the smaller, less popular temples and then work our way to the popular sites to avoid the large crowds.
Boris and I are definitely not temple fanatics. We have seen a lot of temples so far because there are so many in Southeast Asia. However, we were very impressed with the temples here in Angkor Park. They were well preserved and just magnificent.
As we continued riding buried in our own sweat, there was something surreal about being in the park. There were lots of trees and space around us. The path we chose was quiet and empty. Sometimes we were alone at the small temples and had time to think and take it all in.
However, not everything lasts forever. As we made our way to the more popular temples, large crowds surrounded us.
Our favorite was Ta Prohm temple. It looked small from the front but there was an enormous tree soaring out of the middle. As we entered the temple, the roots of the giant tree were well above our heads. Everywhere we turned, there was another exceptional tall tree. When we finally arrived at the famous scene of Lara Croft, I knew instantly. The site confirmed the movie was real and our next job was to find Angelina Jolie.
We didn't end up finding Angelina but our next favorite temple happened to be in the same film. Bayon temple is distinct with its 54 towers, each bearing 4 faces. After a while, you forgot where you were inside the temple since all the faces were identical.
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(CNSNews.com) – GOP presidential contender Newt Gingrich on Tuesday said that he is still in the Republican presidential race, comparing himself to a "tortoise" and the competition as "bunny rabbits."
Gingrich said that when GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum claimed the victory in three states, the news media counted Gingrich out. At which point, Gingrich and his family recounted how the media had predicted his political demise many times before, only to be proven wrong.
"We looked at each other, and we thought, 'You know, remember when it was Tim Pawlenty who was going to crowd me out. And remember then when it was Michele Bachmann, and then it was our good friend Herman Cain the first time, and then for a brief moment, it was Donald Trump almost, and then it was our good friend Rick Perry, and then it was Herman Cain the second time, and now it's Santorum.'
"You just can't quite get across to them, it's alright, there are lots of bunny rabbits that run through – I'm the tortoise. I just take one step at a time," Gingrich said.
The former House speaker recounted the highs and lows of his political campaign in the national media's eyes.
"We survived the national elite's effort to kill us in the summer because of people like you, because of people who said, 'we are not going to allow the elite to decide who we are going to nominate,'" Gingrich said.
He noted that his campaign survived "the two most difficult months of a career which goes back to August of 1958" – June and July – "and it was precisely because the national elite, especially in the Republican Party, had decided that a Gingrich presidency was so frightening that they had to kill it early, but you … wouldn't let them do it."
"So with your help and the power of large solutions and big ideas and clear communications in the debates, by December, according to Gallup, I was the front runner by 15 points and according to Rasmussen, I was the frontrunner by 21 points, because you believed in the power of ideas. You believed that people can make a difference, that in fact, Wall Street money can be beaten by Main Street work," Gingrich said.
Gingrich said "Wall Street money" was then able to reduce his support from 36 percent to 14 percent through three weeks of "a relentlessly negative $5 million campaign in Iowa."
"And once again the media said 'Oh, I guess this is over finally.' But you all said, no," he said. Gingrich increased his support and then "won a historic victory in South Carolina."
The "forces of Wall Street" realized they were in "real trouble, and as the New York Times reported later, they held a meeting on Sunday morning after a Saturday night primary, and they said, 'We have to destroy Gingrich.' One of them was even quoted in the New York Times saying, 'We have to eviscerate him.'" Gingrich said.
"And so they piled on $20 million in three weeks of negativity in Florida, and we were still standing. We carried all of North Florida, and interestingly, everywhere we were, when we won, the vote went up. When Wall Street won, the vote went down, which I think's a pretty bad sign for this fall, if we end up with a Wall Street candidate," he added.
"At that point, once again, they began to say, 'Well, maybe he's gone.' And then frankly, Senator Santorum did something very clever. He went to three states nobody else was in, and he won them. And the news media, once again desperate to prove Gingrich is gone, suddenly said, 'Ha, now we have the person who's going to be the non-Romney," Gingrich said.


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The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, which was passed in May 2008, went into effect this past weekend. The law:
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- Prohibits health insurers from requesting or requiring a person to take a genetic test.
- Forbids the use of a person's genetic information by health insurance companies for determining eligibility or insurance premiums.
- Does not interfere with health care workers' ability to request that a person or family member take a genetic test, or to provide patients with information on genetic tests that are available.
Here is some background and further information of the new law: The Genetics and Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University
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DROITWICH Spa's MP voted in favour of the Government's same sex marriage bill when it was put before the House of Commons.
MPs voted in favour of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill by a margin of 400 to 175, with a majority of 225 on February 5.
Amongst those voting for the bill was Mid-Worcestershire MP Peter Luff.
But more Conservative MPs voted against the bill than in favour, 136 to 126, with 41 abstentions.
MPs were given a free vote on the bill, which meant party whips did not order them to vote a particular way.
Mr Luff said: "I am clear we should encourage and celebrate the public declaration of loving commitment that is expressed in marriage. Society is stronger and individuals are happier as a result of such commitment.
"This has not been an easy decision because I genuinely respect the deeply held feelings of many of my older constituents. I have, however, concluded that the right thing to do is to celebrate loving commitment between adults, and that makes a vote for the principle of the bill the only course of action I can take.
"I recognise the specific concerns that churches and teachers who strongly oppose this change may feel inadequately protected, but I have received strong reassurances from the minister responsible on these issues. I am confident that full protection will be possible within the legislation."
Although the bill was supported at second reading stage, it now faces further parliamentary scrutiny and with predictions it will receive substantial opposition when it arrives in the House of Lords.
If the bill becomes law same-sex couples, currently able to enter civil partnerships, will be allowed to get married in both civil and religious ceremonies.
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Here's a recording of a conversation in a mystery language.
Can you identify the language and where it's spoken?
Here's a recording of a conversation in a mystery language.
Can you identify the language and where it's spoken?
Jèrriais, a variety of Norman (Nouormand) from Jersey, in the Channel Islands/les Îles anglo-normandes? Unless it's guerneseyais or aurignois (?)…
Surprising how much — apart from the southern English accents — the vocabulary and basic phonology are reminiscent of Canadian French. (Even though it is known that Norman is one of the main sources of Canadian French.) I like the typical interdental fricative realisation of the /r/ as in 'bièthe' (bière).
I'll say Jèrriais, mostly because of the typical Norman-French switching of [ ʃ ] and [ k ] by comparison with standard (Parisian) French, and the mention of St. Ouen (which is, I think, a place in Jersey) — but also because of the strong English-accent interference in the speech of the two interlocutors. Is real, native Jèrriais (if that is what it is and the language still exists as a mother tongue) really spoken like that?
Haitian Creole?
I was guessing Jerriais primarily because of the very anglophone quality of the voices. One of the first things I always listen to is the general voice quality and usually that gives me a pretty good geographic or genetic idea.
It sounds to me like French spoken (or even read from a script) by two English actors with only a very rudimentary attempt to make it sound like French. I've never heard Channel Island French (as far as I know), but I'd expect it to sound more like a real language and less like something spoken by non-native speakers. The Provençal that I've heard sounds like that, i.e. like something learned by French speakers as adults and not like something they learned as their first language.
Norman from one of the Channel Islands. Since everybody says Jèrriais, let me say (checking Wikipedia for spelling…) Dgèrnésiais.
Well, everyone is guessing Jèrriais. hehe just to be different… I'm gona say .. Walloon?
Definitely Jèrriais, and comes from a local station there on Jersey that has a weekly Jèrriais programme. The speakers are probably native to the island, but not native speakers of Jèrriais.
My impression is that the first speaker (with the slightly higher pitched voice) has a slightly more native-like pronunciation. The nasal vowels, especially, are basically the same as in Canadian French and not lowered as happened over the past several centuries in most indigenous varieties of European French (i.e., excluding Occitan French, which started as a second language before the indigenous Occitan was squeezed out over the past century).
Here's what I managed to decipher from the first few exchanges:
A Tché qu'est la pus belle pareisse en Jèrri?
B Ah! Tché tchestion! Sont-ti (fous?)?
A Probabyement. () su'l radio, ils ont les têtes crotchés.
B (). Mais, tch´qu'tu en penses, latchelle des douze pareisses est la m'illeuthe?
A Ah, pour (), çela(?) devait être Saint-(). () les boutiques, et les beaux grands batisses, et les clubs de nuèt, et les auberges, sont pas (). Ch'est la bonne p'iéche pour avé du fun!
B Oh, (). L'Anville(?) est laid coume le péché du dimanche. Ch'est la pareisse de Saint-Ouen tch'est la plus belle! Y a les landes(?) et les falaises et les fermes! Et () et le châté d'().
Sounds like a close relative of French on the north or east side. At a couple moments it sounded almost Scandinavian to me. Really no idea beyond that.
I know it's a variety of nourmande, but beyond that I can't be too sure.
This is interesting. I had never heard Jèrrias before. As a French, I can understand some of it. It's funny, it sounds like French spoken by Englishmen.
At first I thought they were just fooling around, saying each sentence in a different language – some sounded like French, many English words could be heard, I thought I heard something in Portuguese (but that was probably the French nasalization). Near the end I thought I heard Dutch – a word that sounds like "mij" repeated a couple of times.
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Sprint has officially announced that the first 15 cities to be lit up with its LTE service are now live. Unfortunately, it's a slow start, but at least it's something. If you are in select areas of Georgia, Texas, or Missouri, then you're in luck if you've also got a Sprint LTE device. The full list of cities:
Atlanta, GA; Athens, GA; Calhoun, GA; Carrollton, GA; Newnan, GA: Rome, GA; Dallas, TX; Fort Worth, TX; Granbury-Hood County, TX; Houston, TX; Huntsville, TX; San Antonio, TX; Waco, TX; Kansas City, MO-KA; St. Joseph, MO
Let us know how it's working for you!
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World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King Announced
Posted by Chris Pereira Categories: MMORPG, PC, Trailers
World of Warcraft players, make sure you're prepared for the next expansion – Wrath of the Lich King will contain the Northrend continent, but you'll need to be at least level 68 to venture there. 1UP has tons of details, as the upcoming issue of Games for Windows: The Official Magazine has a cover story with tons of details.
Among what we know is that the new level cap will be 80 and there's a new class – the Death Knight, a Hero Class character. But there won't be any new content for newcomers to WoW, or those that aren't fairly high-end – the original world won't be seeing many changes.
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PlayStation Network Content 8/2: Demos, Trailers, And Blast Factor Expansion
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The $4.99 expansion for the PlayStation Network's Blast Factor has been released today, alongside several free demos and trailers. It's nothing too exciting, but if you've been contemplating picking up a copy of Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 or The Darkness, you'll want to give the demos a shot before you drop your hard-earned money.
- Blast Factor: Advanced Research expansion ($4.99)
- Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter 2 demo (free)
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Exclusive: Guild Wars: Eye of the North Friends & Allies
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We've got an exclusive first look at some of the friendly NPCs you'll be meeting along the way in your journey through Guild Wars: Eye of the North. Eye of the North is the first expansion in the Guild Wars series – prior GW titles were standalone, but connected with one another, whereas Eye of the North will require you to own a previous GW campaign. The prerelease bonus pack is now available, with the game's release set for August 31.
Check after the break for the first ever look at these friends from Eye of the North - longtime Guild Wars fans might spot a familiar face.
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Chat With Guild Wars Developers Today On GameSpy Arcade
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Guild Wars has been a tremendous success since its inception into the realm of online RPGs several years ago. It has spawned two campaigns in addition to the original, but it was recently announced that future GW campaigns were being canned. In their place would be the first expansion in the series, as well as a full-blown sequel. The expansion – titled Eye of the North – will be unlike the previous releases in that it will require you to own at least one Guild Wars title to play.
Today, gamers have the opportunity to take part in a chat with NC Soft, the developers of Guild Wars. Starting at 4:00 p.m. Pacific / 7 p.m. Eastern on May 11, GameSpy Arcade will be home to an NC Soft chat session. You'll have to head to the GameSpy Arcade LiveWire lobby for the exclusive event about "upcoming developments" in the franchise.
I'm personally a huge fan of Guild Wars, so I'll be in attendance. The game's focus on strategy, as opposed to number of hours played, make it attractive to a whole lot of people. And with NC Soft's promise that future Guild Wars games will continue to be free to play, the MMORPG world and its subscription fees better be worried. 'sup, World of Warcraft?
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Nintendo Looking At External Storage For Wii?
Posted by Christopher Sasaki Categories: Hardware, Wii
Cubed3 is reporting on a new press release issued by eSol Co., Ltd., indicating that Nintendo has entered into an agreement with the company to license their FAT file system and USB host support for embedded systems, to be used in Nintendo's Wii console. Cube3 believes that this may be pointing to an external USB storage system coming for the Wii some time soon. However, the press release seems worded oddly for a new addition to the Wii. For instance, eSol's Executive Vice President, Embedded Products says this:
I am very happy that we could take part in the development for Wii, a new game console from Nintendo. I believe that our products were selected because Nintendo highly-valued our long, successful history with many digital consumer products and high-reliability and functionality based on that. We will continue to provide superior products and technical services to strongly support developers in embedded software development.
This statement seems to indicate that eSol was involved during the console development process, and this licensing is not a new thing. Why the company is issuing a press release now about this seems somewhat odd, though. Still, even if this is not new functionality in the Wii, this announcement would indicate that Nintendo could potentially enable the feature in the Wii to allow USB-based storage in the future.
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Oblivion Expansion Shivering Isles Coming This Spring
Posted by Christopher Sasaki Categories: Internet, PC, Role Playing Games, Xbox 360, Xbox Live
Bethesda Softworks announced that Elder Scrolls: Shivering Isles, an expansion for Elder Scrolls: Oblivion will be coming to the Xbox 360 and the PC this Spring. The expansion should add more than 30 hours of gameplay to the already expansive title, and will be available through retail channels for the PC, and via Xbox Live for the Xbox 360. Given that the expansion will add a completely new realm to the Elder Scrolls universe, one expects that this expansion will be one of the largest Xbox Live add-ons to date, and possibly one of the most expensive. No mention of the add-on was made for the upcoming Playstation 3 version of the game; this could possibly be included on disc, but this doesn't seem to be a likely option at this time.
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Burning Crusade Delayed To 2007
Posted by Christopher Sasaki Categories: Internet, MMORPG, PC
Blizzard today announced that gamers looking forward to playing the World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade expansion this year will now have to wait until 2007 for the anticipated add-on. The company currently intends to ship the expansion pack in January of 2007 to allow a few more weeks of development and beta testing to ensure that the content meets Blizzard's standards. While the announcement is disappointed to those waiting for the expansion, this is one less item that will be competing for gamer's play time this holiday, with the Wii and Playstation 3 shipping, as well as several other high profile titles for the Xbox 360 and the PC.
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A Drug-Drug Interaction Study of Digoxin and PA21
This study has been completed.
Vifor Inc.
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20h15. a reservation for 20h00. oops. in france, nobody is ever on time.
especially blue skies and puffy clouds. they've been noticably missing – and this is from personal experience – personal cold and wet and shivering experience.
after an entire day of heavy gray rain clouds, tonight, the sky decided to clear up. to say goodbye. not to you, but to another friend. a quality man. un homme de qualité. your goodbye will be this sunday. but for now, it is someone else that is also saying goodbye to evreux.
his last dinner starts with apéro. you select a kir. your cheeks redden. you haven't eaten much today, and it only takes a bit of alcohol for your body to react.
then the food – a monster salad – arrives. it helps absorb some of that kir.
while it may not feel like summer, it is summer. pistachio and chocolate ice cream for dessert.
this is evreux. evreux is in normandy. which means calvados is a must.
you can't say goodbye without a trou normand.
in good company. always.
when you leave the restaurant, the sun has already gone to bed.
hugs. kisses. then a slightly tipsy walk home. you can thank the calvados for that.
but before you head inside, you make a quick detour to your favorite spot. the wheat fields.
here, your heart is jumping. since february, it's been hibernating. but ever since last friday, it hasn't taken a break. and you love the feeling of a jumping heart. you've missed it.
it is jumping in so many directions. for so many reasons. but the main one being is that you love your friends. and these last precious days are reserved only for them.
as a bonus, unexpectedly, you find your lost sheet of paper. full of vocabulary that you thought you had lost. handwriting that also makes your heart jump because you're reunited with words you love.
and, you wonder, where did it hide for an entire three months?
behind the month of february on your calendar. of course! you were wwoofing in february, of course it is logical that you'd use the back of your calendar to take down notes.
and now – it's time to sleep. you don't mind if tomorrow it rains or if it shines. if it rains, it is lunch and a movie with great people. if it shines, it is climbing with great people. either way, tomorrow will be a day with great people.


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Everyone has that one person they just can't stand. Not for any particular reason other than "you just don't." That's OK, we are human after all.
While it would be a lovely world if we all got along based on the mere fact that we belong to the same species, often times we'd like to bite each others heads off.
The same principles apply for dogs, with no holds barred on the biting.
Not all dogs enjoy the company of other dogs. Seems like a logical statement, but one that many pet owners forget.
On any given day, you can find me cruising around with the likes of German Shepherds, Pit Bulls, Dobermans and my ever-so-threatening Pugs. I'm a 5-foot, 2-inch weapon of mass destruction.
Yet, when encountered by a fellow pet lover, the urge for a canine sniff session never ceases to present itself.
I'm left with one of two options — brace myself for utter chaos, or resist the urge to snap back at the glares and disappointment from others when I say, "This dog is not friendly."
"Not friendly." Short and to the point, but often untrue. These "unfriendly" dogs are actually quite friendly, they just don't play well with others and need a little space.
In the midst of my desperation came a vision in yellow. The answer to my dog walking prayers and an important rule of etiquette all pet owners should know about.
The Yellow Dog Project is a movement created to bring awareness to the general public about dogs who need space. A gentler and kinder way of saying, "BACK OFF!" in the form of a yellow ribbon tied around your special pets' leash.
In addition to pets with social issues, the project takes into consideration a variety of reasons no pet owner should approach another pet without permission including.
Working dogs
Most of us think of our household pets as children with fur, but some dogs clock in to work each day. Service dogs and therapy dogs may seem sweet and friendly (and they probably are), but these pets sole purpose is to provide their owner with care. An unpleasant interaction could severely disrupt years of training.
History of abuse
Dog owners who've rescued their pet from the shelter know there are triggers that activate certain reactions based on the dog's experience prior to adoption. If the pet was abused by humans or animals, chances are they may be reactive and skittish in social situations.
A pet could be in the process of recovering from surgery, injury or other physical or emotional experience that may cause them to react negatively toward another animal. An unwelcome social interaction could cause added stress and trauma to an already vulnerable situation.
Dogs in training can become easily distracted and interrupted by their surroundings. Particularly, dogs who are learning self-control around other pets. Be mindful of their efforts by staying out of the way.
If your dog prefers to have his or her own space, make it known. Become a part of The Yellow Dog Project by tying a yellow ribbon to your pets' leash. Spread the word and help keep the peace in the canine world. Learn more at www.theyellowdogproject.com.
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Resilience Promotion in Teens With Type 1 Diabetes: Preventing Negative Outcomes
This study is ongoing, but not recruiting participants.
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First received: December 7, 2011
Last updated: July 20, 2017
Last verified: July 2017
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Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project has finally been confirmed for release on Xbox Live Arcade. A listing for the game recently appeared on the official Xbox website, bringing with it no pricing or release date details -- though it does confirm that it falls under the "Action" genre. Oh, thank goodness. We were afraid it might have become a casual puzzler during its transition to consoles.
We've contacted Microsoft to see if anyone can fill in the blanks in regards to the game's price and due date. We're betting it launches sometime in August, which would be appropriate, since we all know August is Stripper and Rocket Launcher Appreciation Month.
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VA To Migrate Email To The Cloud The agency is seeking a contractor to move 600,000 employees to a hosted system through a project it's calling the "Big 4."
China Blocks LinkedIn The business social media site is the latest to be barred by the government, although partial access seems to have been restored.
Feds Pick San Francisco CIO To Push Innovation Chris Vein is now deputy U.S. CTO for Innovation, reporting to U.S. CTO Aneesh Chopra in the Office of Science and Technology Policy.
21,000 Healthcare Providers Registered For EHR Incentives More than $20 million has already been disbursed in the Medicaid electronic health record incentive program in its first two months, as the parallel Medicare program prepares for its May launch.
Facebook Tells FTC To Balance Privacy, Innovation In commenting on the Federal Trade Commission's plan to protect online privacy, the social media site cautions the agency not to do anything that will hinder business development.
Local Governments Embrace The Cloud Faster Than Feds State and local governments are moving more quickly than their federal counterparts to adopt Web-based services, according to a Microsoft executive.
Microsoft Unveils Public Sector Cloud Deals Business Productivity Online Suite and Windows Azure are among the hosted services that will be delivered to regional and local government customers.
Meaningful Use Big Business For Healthcare Consulting Firms IT consulting firms are helping healthcare providers assess health IT systems for potential HIPAA violations and achieve the fine points of meaningful use compliance.
FBI Redesigns 'Most Wanted' Site The agency has enhanced its search and other tools to improve the way people can help it locate fugitives and missing persons.
NASA Renews SAIC Service Contract For $62 Million The firm will continue to support NASA's Information Technology Service Network for at least the next 8 months.
Health IT Execs To Boost Spending In 2011 Qualifying for Medicare and Medicaid electronic health record incentive funds is driving most hospital CIOs to increase their budgets and staff, found HIMSS survey.
VA, DoD To Finalize Joint EHR Standard Agreement on a common electronic health record should be in place within the next two months, the Veterans Affairs CIO told a Congressional committee.
Obama Tours Intel Hillsboro Plant During the President's visit, CEO Paul Otellini announced that Intel plans to build a $5 billion facility in Arizona to manufacture 14-nanometer processors.
Telework Tops 5% Among Federal Employees Nearly 14,000 government workers are now teleworking, a trend that should be bolstered by the recent signing of the Telework Enhancement Act, reports an OMB study.
HP Wins $281 Million Oklahoma Health IT Contract The seven-year agreement will provide systems support, applications development, and business process outsourcing services for the state's Medicaid agency.
Commerce Dept. Unveils National Broadband Map The map shows the availability of high-speed Internet access services nationwide and lets people search for providers in their region.
CIA CIO To Head IT For Intelligence Community Career agent Al Tarasiuk is now CIO for 17 U.S. agencies responsible for intelligence operations.
HHS Awards $241 Million For HIE IT Innovation Seven states will receive funding to design, implement, and model the infrastructure to operate health insurance exchanges.
Report Blames Northrop Grumman For Virginia Outages A review of the week-long statewide network outage said it was caused by a combination of human error, faulty hardware, and a failure to follow best practices.
Federal IT Budget Reflects Strategic Cuts, Innovation Investment Federal CIO Vivek Kundra says government will slash IT budgets where projects aren't working, while spending more on innovation.
Open Government May Do More Harm Than Good A Congressional Research Service report suggests that the expense, information security risks, and workflow disruption may not make the Obama administration's transparency directive worthwhile.
Government Technologist: The $1 Trillion Question Six powerful CEOs have a big idea for improving government efficiency--but could it possibly work?
FDA Seeks To Speed Innovative Medical Device Reviews The proposed Innovation Pathway would fast-track premarket evaluations for breakthrough healthcare technologies.
Unisys Intros Cloud Based App Modernization Service-oriented architecture approach aims to reduce cost, complexity of updating legacy federal software.
Google Public Data Explorer Admits Public The visualization tool can now be used to create graphs and charts from personally provided data sets.
Obama Increases Budget For NIST's Tech Efforts "It's a historic investment in IT-related technologies," said National Institute of Standards and Technology director Patrick Gallagher.
The $1 Trillion Federal IT Challenge The CEOs of IBM, Dell, and other tech companies say the U.S. government can reap huge savings from IT-driven initiatives, but their ambitious plan has virtually no chance of success.
U.S. Launches Federal R&D Dashboard The beta site allows people to see investments made by the National Institutes of Health and National Science Foundation over the last 10 years and the results of those efforts.
10 Steps To Open Government The feds have accomplished a lot with the year-old Open Government Directive, but they must get going this year on these 10 critical action items.
Obama's Budget Boosts IT Spending 1.3% The President's 2012 budget includes $79.5 billion in federal IT spending, including a significant amount of new spending on cybersecurity.
Social Security Seeks Online Engagement Personalized services and increased efficiency are goals, but legacy software stands in the way.
White House Donates File Management Code To Drupal The Obama administration has made its second donation to the open source content management system that powers WhiteHouse.gov.
White House Issues Federal Cloud Strategy The Federal Cloud Computing Strategy seeks to accelerate federal cloud adoption by detailing benefits, outlining a deployment framework, and describing agencies' roles and responsibilities.
10 Steps To Open Government The feds have accomplished a lot with the year-old Open Government Directive, but they must get going this year on these 10 critical action items.
Social Security Seeks Online Engagement Personalized services and increased efficiency are goals, but legacy software stands in the way.
HHS Invests $270 Million In Public Health IT The funds supporting infrastructure, research, and tracking are part of $750 million allocated for states' disease prevention efforts announced by the Department of Health and Human Services.
National Weather Service Buying New Forecasting Supercomputers The Weather and Climate Operational Supercomputing System, which could cost up to $502 million over 10 years, should help improve forecasts and climate modeling.
Guerra On Healthcare: ONC Needs A Healthcare CIO David Blumenthal's resignation from the Office of the National Coordinator opens an opportunity to hire someone with real health IT experience and salvage an out-of-control system.
FEMA Loses Lessons Learned Data Inspector general finds a poor archiving plan has left the Federal Emergency Management Agency unable to access historical data since May 2010
HHS Awards Another $12 Million For EHR Support Critical access and rural hospitals in 41 states will get additional technical assistance with implementing electronic health records.
CIA Revamps Web Site With Social Media YouTube, Flicker, and interactive features figure prominently in the intelligence agency's effort to better engage the public.
General Dynamics, McKesson Partner On Defense Department EHR The companies will help DoD transition from legacy systems to comprehensive, real-time electronic health records for service members.
Global CIO: FCC's 'Net Neutrality' Scam Is Dead On Arrival The FCC's brazen power grab aimed at jamming bureaucracy down businesses's throats will be stifled by the new pro-growth Congress.
National Digital Archive Soaring Over Budget The Electronic Records Archive project will cost 21% to 41% more than anticipated due to the lead agency's ineffective use of project management.
White House Pushes IT Project Reviews Government-Wide The Office of Management and Budget has released a toolkit to help federal agencies meet a mandate to increase use of TechStat performance review sessions.
U.S. Develops Web Censorship Buster The Feed Over Email system, which has been tested in China, delivers banned content through email.
Blumenthal Slams EHR Critics The national coordinator for health IT said a recent study that showed little clinical benefits from electronic health records is flawed.
Facebook Faces Congressional Privacy Interrogation The co-chairmen of the House Privacy Caucus want Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg to explain his company's plans for enabling the sharing of user phone numbers and addresses.
Health IT's Future Without David Blumenthal The outgoing national coordinator for Health IT charted a course for meaningful use of EHRs, accelerated health IT adoption, and spurred cooperation among healthcare stakeholders.
NIST Issues Cloud Security Guidelines The government standards body has launched a wiki to get feedback on its draft policies for securely deploying cloud computing.


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Research on Scientific Journals: Implications for Editors and Authors
A review of editorial policies of leading journals and of research relevant to scientific journals revealed conflicts between 'science' and 'scientists." Owing to these conflicts, papers are often weak on objectivity and replicability. Furthermore, papers often fall short on importance, competence, intelligibility, or efficiency. Suggestions were made for editorial policies such as: (1) structured guidelines for referees, (2) open peer review, (3) blind reviews, and (4) full disclosure of data and method. Of major importance, an author's "Note to Referees" (describing the hypotheses and design, but not the results) was suggested to improve the objectivity of the ratings of importance and competence. Also, recommendations are made to authors for improving contributions to science (such as the use of multiple hypotheses) and for promoting their careers (such as using complex methods and obtuse writing).
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There are places where an ice chest just isn't practical, but you want cool beverages. Concerts, Mardi -Gras for instance. The Enjoi Beer Hunter jacket might be just what you need! It's specifically designed for the hunter, parade goer, or tailgater. You can carry all your and cans of beer, or whatever else you prefer.
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Friday, 20 October, 2000, 12:28 GMT 13:28 UK
Ivory Coast's quiet crisis
By Barnaby Phillips in Abidjan
Flying into Abidjan from my home city of Lagos, it is hard at first to see what all the fuss is about. Plenty of people are giving dire warnings about growing instability in the Ivory Coast, but it is still, by West African standards, an oasis of order and prosperity.
In Abidjan, there is none of the obvious violence or confusion of Lagos. Rather, this is a city that still works. Mobile telephones, regular electricity, good roads, supermarkets with well-stocked shelves - it's all very easy.
The Ivorian economy is in deep trouble, and times are very hard for all but a tiny elite.
Economic fears
Bankers and businessmen refused to speak to me on the record, for fear of getting in trouble, but in private they expressed deep reservations about where this once buoyant economy is heading.
But there is also a more fundamental sense in which the country is far from at ease with itself.
Convoys of his supporters drive through Abidjan's centre, blaring their horns and waving flags. But passers-by tend to just shrug their shoulders, and carry on with their lives.
General Guei does not belong to any political party - he says that "the Ivorian people are my party". But such is the paranoia within the general's camp that he has barely left his own residence during the campaign.
His supporters mutter darkly about the possibility of a foreign invasion were he to stray from Abidjan. So, about the only time this man of the people has actually met the people was when he took a well-publicised tour around a rather expensive supermarket.
There are other signs that things are amiss. In our office, we receive phone calls from West African migrants who say they are receiving regular beatings from the police.
I went to meet a group of migrants who claimed they are being harassed by the security forces. In the backroom of a hotel in the Adjame neighbourhood, a Nigerian man told me that his brother is in hospital with a dislocated hand as a result of police brutality.
"We want to ask General Robert Guei why this is happening, we want to ask him who is sending these people to beat us," he said.
An indication of why these things are happening came at General Guei's only campaign rally so far, which was held in an expensive Abidjan hotel. Outside the hall, gangs of youths threatened to beat foreign journalists whom they accuse of biased reporting against the general.
General Guei says he is taking over the mantle of Felix Houphouet-Boigny, the man who led the Ivory Coast to independence, and ruled the country for 33 years until his death in 1993.
His supporters say he is the strong man who is needed to hold the country together. But the harmony of those immediate post-independence years is now a distant memory.
See also:
09 Oct 00 | Africa
Guei 'disappointed' at election decision
06 Oct 00 | Africa
Ivory Coast bars opposition leader
12 Sep 00 | Africa
Guei's 'evidence' against Ouattara
16 Aug 00 | Africa
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19 Oct 00 | Africa
Gbagbo: Veteran makes a comeback
19 Oct 00 | Africa
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