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UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticized Myanmar's military junta Monday for what he called its "unacceptably slow response" to helping cyclone victims.ADVERTISEMENTThree of the U.N. Security Council's five veto-wielding members — France, Britain and the United States — remain interested in possible action to require Myanmar's government to open its doors to more aid, U.S. an

If you are so inclined to browse through IU’s response to the NCAA, here are the documents in PDF format via the Indiana Daily Student. Since it is a 756-page document, it is split into two files and depending on your connection, it could take a while to load. IU hasn’t released an official [...]

UNITED NATIONS - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon criticized Myanmar’s military junta Monday for what he called its “unacceptably slow response” to helping cyclone victims.ADVERTISEMENT Three of the U.N. Security Council’s five veto-wielding members — France, Britain and the United States — remain interested in possible action to require Myanmar’s government to open

Man! Obama sure is lucky that he has more money and academia, most major newspapers, and almost all of the television networks on his side. He's going to need it when he goes against the vicious GOP attack machine this fall. Poor guy. In more evidence that I have, in fact, entered an alternate reality, Newsweek claims that the Republican attack machine, not theirs, is the scarier monster. Have t

CNS Spectr. 2008;13(5):415-422Duration of Untreated Illness as a Predictor of Treatment Response and Clinical Course in Generalized Anxiety Disorder Altamura AC, Dell'Osso B, D'Urso N, Russo M, Fumagalli S, Mundo E. Department of Psychiatry, University of Milan, Italy; Introduction: The aim of the present study was to investigate the impact of the duration of untreated illness (DUI)-defined as t

She is a true ‘Diva’, the face that has given Bollywood enormous hits in the past and yet, has her legs firm on the ground!Yes, we are talking of our own Jodhaa, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who has reached the pinnacle of success after the stupendous response that Jodhaa Akbar has got, both in India and overseas.Reports are ripe that Ash will be paid a whopping 4 crore for the Rajnikanth starrer, ‘Robot’, and this means the actress will break all records and will be tagged the highest paid actress in India.Well, even this huge money does not make this lady smile, as she is heartbroken as her hubby dearest, Abhishek is going for a long schedule in Miami for the shoot of newcomer director, Tarun Mansukhani’s Dostana, produced by Karan Johar!Well, wondering what the reason fo

IT was created in 1943 to fight Nazi submarines and protect shipping during World War II. It was deactivated as unnecessary in 1950. The Southern Command was meeting the needs of United States hegemony in our region. However, it has been reborn in recent days, after 48 years, and its interventionist purposes do not need to be demonstrated. The military officials themselves, in their statements, are making that known naturally, spontaneously and even discreetly. The problems of food prices, energy, unequal trade, an economic recession in the market most important for their products, inflation, climate change and investments required for their consumerist dreams, are weighing down and consuming the time and energy of the leaders and the led. The real case is that the decision to reestablis

Wouldnt it be nice if our doctors could predict accurately whether we would respond to a particular medication? This question is important because research studies provide information about how groups of patients tend to respond to treatments, but inevitably, differences among groups of patients with the same diagnosis mean that findings about groups of patients may not apply to individuals from those groups. Personalized medicine is the effort to match particular treatments to particular patients on the basis of genetic information or other biological markers. In a new article published in Biological Psychiatry, researchers report their findings on the potential use of functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) to match treatments for patients with generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Wh

Internet marketing guru, Jim Kukral, has requested this Franchise King's take, via video, to the Papa John's Pizza Franchise PR push. He posted his thoughts via video, and asked me to highlight mine. So by popular request, here it is,...

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2008;65(5):521-531. Neural Response to Catecholamine Depletion in Unmedicated Subjects With Major Depressive Disorder in Remission and Healthy Subjects Hasler G, Fromm S, Carlson PJ, Luckenbaugh DA, Waldeck T, Geraci M, Roiser JP, Neumeister A, Meyers N, Charney DS, Drevets WC. Context: The pathophysiologic mechanism of major depressive disorder (MDD) has been consistently associated with altered catecholaminergic function, especially with decreased dopamine neurotransmission, by various sources of largely indirect evidence. An instructive paradigm for more directly investigating the relationship between catecholaminergic function and depression has involved the mood response to experimental catecholamine depletion (CD). Objectives: To determine whether catecholaminerg

According to iPhone Atlas, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, the firm behind the $100 million venture capital for official iPhone application development, has received over 1,500 applications since it’s debut. Due to the immense activity, KPCB says it’s currently missing the two week deadline mentioned on their website. This delay in response is due to [...]

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Aspect Medical Systems, Inc. presented study results from the BRITE (Biomarkers for Rapid Identification of Treatment Effectiveness) trial in major depression at the Society of Biological Psychiatry and American Psychiatric Association Annual Meetings in Washington D.C. this week. BRITE trial results demonstrate that the EEG-based Antidepressant Treatment Response (ATR) indicator is a significant predictor of patient response and remission when used after one week of treatment with the antidepressant escitalopram. "We are pleased that the results of the BRITE trial indicate that early changes in frontal EEG signals carry important information about future clinical response, as this reinforces our confidence that an EEG-based biomarker has the potential to help clinicians improve the care

A Response to ShotGlass Dear ShotGlass:  In a post to my space GuestBook you said: ((   SHOTBLAST May 04 6:34 PM You bitch about illegal aliens in your country , lets see all the country your country  invade , and all the illegal american using the Canadian healt care , thing about it , be quiet when you bitch , Canadian are paying a lot of money to keep illegal american healty ,   )) Yes

I always love it when I get comments and emails. If you do either please leave your email address with me because sometimes I want to get back in touch to see if I can use a bit of your message in a post.I got an email from Mike84 who was talking about the new Batman film. He has some interesting opinions.Hi,I just wanted to drop you a line after reading that you're looking forward to the new Batman film. Don't you think the thing with that film is that the death of Heath Ledger is totally over shadowing the rest of the film?Aaron Eckhart is a brilliant actor but he's not getting a mention in the press. Even you didn't mention he was going to be in it, which is a crime in my eyes.Obviously the passing of Heath was a shame and a very sad thing, but he was no where near the level of Aaro

The military junta is being blamed for poorly managing the response effort after Cyclone Nargis. Junta refers to Burma's government by a board of military leaders. Junta is a word that is not exclusive to Burma and has been applied to other governments in other countries. Laura Bush condemned the junta’s response after Cyclone Nargis had passed as being “inept.” Her husband, President George W. Bush’s response was clumsy and showed no skill or leadership after Hurricane Katrina therefore President George W. Bush’s response could be called inept too.

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Fitna - The Jewish Response Bravo to the courageous creators of the film Fitna, which honestly exposes what the Koran teaches. Our beloved leader, Rabbi Meir Kahane, was murdered in cold blood for telling the truth about Islamic terrorism since the 1960s. In fact, the murder of the great Rabbi Kahane in 1990 was the [...]

So you've got the buyer in front of your auction, and they've read the description. They're must be interested, or they wouldn't be looking… but just how can you push them over that line and make them leave a bid? Read on for some tips.Improve your picture: In all that description writing, you might have missed the vital importance of your item's picture. A picture with bad lighting or an intrusive background looks amateurish and won't make anyone want to buy from you.Add an About Me page: You'll be surprised how much you can reassure bidders just by creating an About Me page and putting a little bit about yourself on your business on there. You can also have a few special offers there for people who bother to look at the page, and let people subscribe to your mailing list so that you ca

It doesn’t do anyone any good for an instructor to assume that their students are knuckleheads who can’t follow instructions. A better way is to assume good faith on their part – that is, assume that the students are really trying to do what they think you are telling them. So, if you don’t get the response you want from your students, you can assume that you are not communicating what you think you are communicating. Change how you are saying it to them.Be careful how you say what you say because different people have different connotations for any given word. Colin Wee gave a good example in a comment a few days ago. If you tell the student, “step over here,” then they might understand step any old way. They might step as in normal walking (ayumiashi) when what you intended w

SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Roy Bostock, Chairman of Yahoo! Inc. (Nasdaq:YHOO), a leading global Internet company issued the following statement today in response to Microsoft Corporation's announcement that it has withdrawn its proposal to acquire Yahoo!: “We remain focused on maximizing shareholder value and pursuing strategic opportunities that position Yahoo! for success and

How long does it take to prepare for an interactive meeting? The preparations for an interactive meeting can be summed up in 2 points: 1) Determining which questions you want to ask, at what pace and with what degree of difficulty if the aim is to assess the participants.2) Creating the questions in the audience response system software. If you create them yourself, it depends only on your dexterity in using Powerpoint. It can be done in just a few minutes. What is the minimum and maximum number of participants in an interactive meeting? From two to several thousand participants. The number of participants has very little influence on the voting time. How long does the voting on an audience response system question take? The voting time depe

This is just a continuation of what I believe will be an attack, not necessarily in the region, but in other parts of the world where Hezbollah has cells waiting to attack. Of course there’s the all inclusive Hezbollah, Syria and Hamas, whom, Iran has great influence over and could spurn a combined [...]

New brain imaging research published this week shows that after consuming alcohol social drinkers had decreased sensitivity in brain regions involved in detecting threats, and increased activity in brain regions involved in reward. The study is the first human brain imaging study of alcohol's effect on the response of neuronal circuits to threatening stimuli. "The key finding of this study is that after alcohol exposure, threat-detecting brain circuits can't tell the difference between a threatening and non-threatening social stimulus," said Marina Wolf, PhD, at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, who was unaffiliated with the study. "At one end of the spectrum, less anxiety might enable us to approach a new person at a party. But at the other end of the spectrum, we may

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My post about CafeMom discriminating against dads sparked quite a reaction from many CafeMom elitists members. I was called “CafeMom Spy” and “idiot”. Yikes. I got some support from some of my dad peeps - Bill and Jason. And, lo and behold, I got supportive comments from some moms, too. [...]

Here below the response genertaed by Absolute Vodka relevant to the controversy generated by its ad in Mexico. It has been posted on the Absolut Blog with many feedback from customersThe In An Absolut World advertising campaign invites consumers to visualize a world that appeals to them -- one they feel may be more idealized or one that may be a bit "fantastic." As such, the campaign will elicit varying opinions and points of view. We have a variety of executions running in countries worldwide, and each is germane to that country and that population.This particular ad, which ran in Mexico, was based upon historical perspectives and was created with a Mexican sensibility. In no way was this meant to offend or disparage, nor does it advocate an altering of borders, nor does it lend support

The impact of higher gas prices (with diesel at $4.15 I've seen locally) are being felt by RV campgrounds and resorts."Campers are not venturing as far or as wide as they might have," said Linda Profaizer, president of the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds."They're definitely staying closer to home," she said. As prices are expected to inch up over $4 a gallon for gas, and over $5 for diesel this summer, it will continue to have more of an impact as RVers and vacationers change their travel plans. Read more.This is also having ripple effects with RV makers such as Monaco and Fleetwood. Read more.

The body’s response system is amazing. In the presence of a stressor the body automatically starts to respond to that stressor enabling you to be able to deal with the stressor. The response most recognized for it’s life saving ability is the Fight or Flight response. More: continued here

More than 1000 people used an audience response system for the REACH roadshow in several cities around the United Kingdom (Leeds, Edinburgh, Cardiff, Belfast, London...)"With a voting system the moderator is able to engage the audience and at the same time get instant assessment of how well the messages have been understood."REACH is a new European Community Regulation on chemicals and their safe use (EC 1907/2006). It deals with the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemical substances. The new law entered into force on 1 June 2007. The aim of REACH is to improve the protection of human health and the environment through the better and

MedWire News: Adolescents with anxiety disorders are more likely to respond to cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) comprising a parent-child session if their mother has also experienced a lifetime anxiety disorder, say Dutch researchers. More... © AstraZeneca 2008

OCERT es un proyecto de esfuerzo público que apoya a proyectos de código abierto afectados por incidentes o vulnerabilidades de seguridad, al igual que los CERT nacionales que ofrecen servicios para sus respectivos países. (Por ejemplo ArCERT de Argentina)La misión que tiene es ayudar tanto a grandes infraestructuras como a proyectos más pequeños que no pueden permitirse un verdadero equipo de

MTV Music Videos MTV Shows Entertainment News via MTV 50 finds a way to make in in the news on a daily basis. He needs to make sure he doesn’t over expose himself. Its goes from dissing Fat... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

Properly and strategically used “response modifiers” can increase the impact of your teleseminars. So what is a response modifier? It’s simply a high-impact element in a marketng campaign that influences your conversion rate for better or worse. Examples are subject line, your offer, your headline, your upsell and bonus offers. If you want to accelerate the growth [...]

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...to Mister Big Time's December 23rd query about which celebrity sold the property at 1840 Camino Palmero in Los Angeles.The answer is Beck. And don't any of you nut cases think it would be cute to be driving by waving, shouting and flashing your boobies because not only would that make you a dip shit, Mister Beck, his family and all their Thetans have long moved on to new digs.Property records reveal that the quirky singer paid $3,950,000 for the house (pictured above) in June of 2005. The records also show the house measures 4,012 square feet. However, listing information for the property from the time that Mister Beck purchased show the square footage at 5,200 with six bedrooms and six bathrooms. The listing breaks it down as as follows: four bedrooms upstairs (all en suite), a staff r

CITY OF BOWIE FAILS BOWIE FAMILY Please forgive me, Crofton, but I’m going to use this medium to blast the City of Bowie right now.  Their lack of response to a huge sewer back-up in my son’s home on Kinderbrook Lane in Bowie, Maryland, is an absolute failure in city government, and I’m hoping that exposing this [...]

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Psychiatric Times. 2008 Apr 15;25(5) Holly A. Garriock, PhD and Steven P. Hamilton, MD, PhD This article discusses the role of µ-opioid receptors (MORs) in antidepressant treatment and major depressive disorder (MDD). Specifically, it focuses on how the endogenous opioid system affects response to pharmaceuticals. In this article, we discuss how phenotypic variation in antidepressant response is linked to interindividual differences in the µ-opioid receptor gene (OPRM1). The differences in OPRM1 also contribute to variable thresholds of tolerance to antidepressants, as well as a patient's ability to achieve remission from MDD. In addition, we review the current understanding of the OPRM1 system and its implications in antidepressant and placebo response. This will be followed

Since 2006, HSM, a multi-national company which organizes annual executive training events, has been using electronic voters at Expomanagement, one of Spain’s most important business management forums. During the most recent edition, held in Madrid on the 23rd and 24th of May, PowerVote provided electronic voters for conferences by Orange and Daemon Quest. Altogether, more than 2,500 conference-goers used PowerVote keypads to participate in discussions on the issues raised. In this interview, Maximiliano Masucci talks about the advantages of the Audience response systemHow do you use this technology?On the one hand, we allow the audience to interact with the speaker. But, along with this, the sponsors can also do a kind of survey or study, using the audience as a sample and finding out t

Dell computer. I have no response from the monitor, mouse and keyboard. Switched them all to another computer and they operator. Could this be a dead motherboard or dead hard drive. Unable to switch out hard drive because of it being a different type...

A while back you might remember me mentioning a letter I sent to Dr John Dickson in regard to the historical sources of biographical material on Prophet Muhammad , peace be upon him. Dr Dickson was kind enough to give me a detailed reply (to which I must confess I am only replying now, astaghfrullah [...]

Not a Linux article, but on a topic near and dear to our hearts -- An attack by an IP holding company. In this case, Monster Cable's lawyers sending a Cease and Desist letter to Blue Jeans Cable. Too often, FOSS folk, bless their hearts, panic at the word "patent". This letter from Blue Jeans President and former litigator, Kurt Denke, gives some idea why real companies -- companies with valuable businesses and assets to protect don't just go out and routinely drop "patent bombs".

Not a Linux article, but on a topic near and dear to our hearts -- An attack by an IP holding company. In this case, Monster Cable's lawyers sending a Cease and Desist letter to Blue Jeans Cable. Too often, FOSS folk, bless their hearts, panic at the word "patent". This letter from Blue Jeans President and former litigator, Kurt Denke, gives some idea why real companies -- companies with valuable businesses and assets to protect don't just go out and routinely drop "patent bombs".

Linux Firewalls: Attack Detection and Response with iptables, psad, and fwsnort (Paperback)By Michael Rash Buy new: $44.9628 used and new from $37.69 Customer Rating: First tagged “spa” by L. Garcia Customer tags: [...]

Despite lock-out/tag-out procedures and multiple repetitions of electrical safety rules in industry, accidents still do occur. The vast majority of the time, these accidents are the result of not following proper safety procedures. But however they may occur, they still do happen, and anyone working around electrical systems should be aware of what needs to be done for a victim of electrical shock. If you see someone lying unconscious or "froze on the circuit," the very first thing to do is shut off the power by opening the appropriate disconnect switch or circuit breaker. If someone touches another person being shocked, there may be enough voltage dropped across the body of the victim to shock the would-be rescuer, thereby "freezing" two people instead of one. Don't be a hero. Electron

25-28 April, 2008 CALL + RESPONSE A series of events hosted by artist Candice Breitz Creative innovation has always relied, to some extent, on the logic of call-and-response, a phrase that Breitz borrows from musicologists, who use it to describe the interactive quality that is key to musical experience in various oral cultures. Mudam warmly invites you to share your ideas with a group of

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April 14, 2008 Decision to let Sing$ strengthen 'not a response to spike in inflation' Policy change not a knee-jerk reaction, but aimed at medium term, says Tharman By Shobana Kesava & Bryan Lee THE decision to let the Singapore dollar rise further was not a knee-jerk response to a recent spike in inflation, but a decision with longer-term considerations in mind, said Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam yesterday. 'Short term, we're not in a crisis and if we do face a very severe downturn in growth, you can't rely on monetary policy to solve that; you've got to have other policy responses,' he told reporters yesterday on the sidelines of a community event. The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) caught many by surprise last Thursday when it said it would allow for an immediate one-

Tharman says recent MAS moves not in response to inflationary pressures - Singapore By Dominique Loh,      SINGAPORE: Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam on Sunday said Singapore has to be on its guard against inflation, or the country’s growth could be undermined. Responding to questions about the recent monetary adjustments made by Singapore’s central bank, Mr Tharman said the adjustments [...]

Decision to let Sing$ strengthen ‘not a response to spike in inflation’  - Singapore Policy change not a knee-jerk reaction, but aimed at medium term, says Tharman By Shobana Kesava & Bryan Lee  THE decision to let the Singapore dollar rise further was not a knee-jerk response to a recent spike in inflation, but a decision with longer-term [...]

The audience response system market keeps growing.There are more and more models on the market, in more or less large series. The latest models are in credit card size with not weight more than few grams. These packages are ,for the most, efficient and compatible with PowerPoint. Most of the new generation of keypads are using radio technology (2.4 GHz), which operates without implementation constraint like infrared devices.The features vary according to use, but some are fundamental to remember:- Size and weight for transport- Ergonomical and easy to use- Consumption of batteries- Softwares performance for PowerPoint

The 89th Carnival of the Godless is up at Rational Response Squad. I know that some of you have negative opinions of the Rational Response Squad and how they present themselves, but I encourage you to check out the carnival regardless. There has to be room under this atheist tent for all sorts, right?Tags: atheism, blog carnival, Rational Response Squad, godless

Here's an update to yesterday's post about Saudi blogger Raed Al-Saeed's answer to the Geert Wilders video with his own titled "Schism." Since his story was published in the Arab News and several blogs have picked it up, the number of viewings on YouTube mushroomed from about 3,500 yesterday to nearly 60,000 today with almost 1,000 comments. Yesterday I posted a link to the YouTube page carrying it. But for those just discovering the video, you can find it right here.

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Comparing the Bible to be just as violent as the Koran. Yea, um…ok Of course there are certain violent passages in the Old Testament, but think about it, why have Jews learned to NOT blow themselves up? Why have Jews gone away from violence? ANSWER: They value education, freedom, prosperity, science and advancement more than [...]

Financial Mirror Group of Seven finance chiefs will hold discussions with around 10 private sector bankers at a meeting this week to help shape their response to the global credit crisis, a Japanese finance ministry official said on Wednesday. Central bankers and finance ministers of the world's biggest industrial economies meet on Friday, with pressure growing for a common response to the crisis that has roiled markets, battered banks and put the skids under global economic growth. "Uncertainty in the markets remains very strong as a whole," the ministry of finance official said in a pre-G7 briefing. "In such conditions, the focus of discussions will likely be what steps should be taken to ease risks (for the markets)," he told reporters. The official, speaking on conditi

Click here to download/listen to T.I. - Hunt Em DownAfter a previously unreleased track hit the net, T.I. released a statement to tell fans the song was not leaked by him and will not appear on his new album, Paper Trail. In a recorded message, T.I. explained that the record, dubbed “Hunt ‘Em Down” will not appear on the King of The South’s upcoming solo project, Paper Trail. “To whom it may concern, for whatever it’s worth, I just wanted to say to you myself that the record that has been leaked…it’s an unwarranted, unauthorized release,” T.I. said. “It is not a Paper Trail selection. It’s not of the same standard, the same quality as the records that I’m doing right now so I don’t want nobody to get it misconstrued that that’s the first single or that’s even

The following was written by CMPD Chief Darrel W. Stephens and sent to Charlotte citizens via govdelivery. Community Safety in Charlotte: An Editorial Response to Charlotte Observer Article:The editorial in yesterday’s Charlotte Observer represents another lost opportunity for the public to be responsibly informed about the impact of crime in our community and the work that is always being done to improve our sense of safety.It was void of context, accurate facts or an acknowledgement of any of the examples of work in the hot spots that have recently appeared in its own newspaper. Moreover, the editorial’s singular focus on police as the answer belies the essential roles everyone – including the media – has in addressing crime and safety issues.Crime has been and will continue to b

Patrick Swayze has had an “excellent” response to treatment for pancreatic cancer, the actor and his doctor said Tuesday. “We’re thrilled and grateful for the positive response Patrick has shown towards his treatment,” the Dirty Dancing star and wife Lisa Niemi tell   PEOPLE. “Also, we can’t help but feel that all the prayers, meditations and good thoughts [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Most adolescents with depression will achieve a sustained therapeutic response either during the initial phase of therapy or with continued treatment, according to a report in the Archives of General Psychiatry. More... © Reuters 2008

Originally posted Tuesday April 08, 2008 02:30 PM EDT Patrick Swayze has had an "excellent" response to treatment for pancreatic cancer, the actor and his doctor said Tuesday."We're thrilled and grateful for the positive response Patrick has shown towards his treatment," the Dirty Dancing star and wife Lisa Niemi tell a source ."Also, we can't help but feel that all the prayers, meditations and good thoughts sent his way by everyone has made a difference. Thank you!" said the couple.His physician, Dr. George Fisher, added: "Patrick Swayze continues to respond well to his treatment for pancreatic cancer. Because of his excellent response, he will continue the same therapy at Stanford."Swayze, 55, announced last month he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, one of the most serious of t

Do you remember the big saga which started some months ago when Microsoft offered something like $44.6bn (£22.4bn) to Yahoo? Do you remember the “No, thank you” response from Yahoo!? Well, it looks like the last episode of this soap-opera has just seen its last episode (maybe) today. As a matter of fact Yahoo! [...]

I wanted to publish this which originated from my last article about State of Mind , because this is also a technique that really requires you to master your own mind in your own responses in life. Basically this is about how people respond to things in life and I want to help teach [...]

Dave Holmes 4 April 2008 Original URL   Dave Holmes is a veteran leader of the Democratic Socialist Perspective, a Marxist tendency in the Socialist Alliance. He co-wrote the pamphlet Change the system not the climate (Resistance Books, 2007) and will be participating in the upcoming Climate Change — Social Change Conference. Green Left Weekly’s Peter Boyle spoke to him about the key issues the conference needs to address. @question = Over the last year, many politicians and corporate CEO’s have announced their conversion on the question of global warming, and claim to be united in finding solutions to the problem. Can capitalism make a course correction to avert the global warming crisis? Human societies have always impacted on their environment. But the so

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Business Times - 05 Apr 2008 JURONG LAKE DISTRICTURA's Jurong Gateway plan draws mixed response Consultants and developers hail alternative hub, but fear over-supply in medium term By KALPANA RASHIWALA PROPERTY consultants and developers have given a mixed reception to the Urban Redevelopment Authority's (URA) plan for Jurong Gateway, which will have about 5.4 million sq ft of gross office area over 10-15 years.While they welcome an alternative commercial hub that will provide lower-cost office space, some are worried about the timing that yesterday's announcement - made at a point when there is sufficient confirmed mid-term supply - will have on sentiment.Others are worried the announcement may scare foreign investors from the local office market because of potential over-supply in the no

Not content with relying on government backed extortion in the form of TV-Licences to fund their corporation, the BBC is now eating away at your broadband speed with their latest weapon, the iPlayer. ISP’s in the UK are unhappy with the 20% rise in streaming costs caused by the bandwidth-hungry iPlayer, and are having to absorb [...]

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The DPW denies it is shoving the changes through. "This is still a policy document and we will include input we receive in the draft bill," says spokesman Thami Mchunu. "To say government is stripping the councils of their autonomy is off the mark. We are simply integrating them (councils) under one body." Mchunu says one of the main reasons for the changes is the low level of registration of professionals (registration is not compulsory), thus generating insufficient revenue for councils. Financial Mail : This statement shows how off the mark and careless the government is about this matter. Mchunu clearly has not understood the implications emerging from this document. read more

The tomb-sweeping day is just two days away. The first 3 day break after the national holiday system was revised would seem to be a good business opportunity for travel agencies, however, many say the travel packages have been met with a cool market response.Some agencies in south China's Guangdong Province have cut their prices to woo customers. Packages sold at more than 2000 yuan have been slashed to 1500. Many packages have seen record low prices in past festivals. However, registering customers are only 10 percent compared to last year's May Day Golden Holiday.In Beijing, prices are also equal to off-season rates, and there are still many vacancies in group tours. Railway officials say there will still be a lot of traffic, mainly students or those visiting their families. The travel p

By David J. Lynch, Sue Kirchhoff and Adam Shell, USA TODAYThe Federal Reserve's role in monitoring the health of financial institutions would dramatically expand under a plan the Bush administration unveiled Monday to overhaul regulatory oversight.The plan — which critics said was sure to be modified by Congress — capped a year-long process that began with a desire to help U.S. financial players compete globally by streamlining their oversight and ended amid fear of a meltdown fed by lax regulation.FULL REPORT: Blueprint for a modernized financial regulatory structure (pdf) TEXT OF SPEECH: 'We can do a better job' of regulating, Paulson saysTreasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who unveiled the 218-page blueprint for reform, acknowledged that the far-reaching proposal represents just the s

By David J. Lynch, Sue Kirchhoff and Adam Shell, USA TODAYThe Federal Reserve's role in monitoring the health of financial institutions would dramatically expand under a plan the Bush administration unveiled Monday to overhaul regulatory oversight.The plan — which critics said was sure to be modified by Congress — capped a year-long process that began with a desire to help U.S. financial players compete globally by streamlining their oversight and ended amid fear of a meltdown fed by lax regulation.FULL REPORT: Blueprint for a modernized financial regulatory structure (pdf) TEXT OF SPEECH: 'We can do a better job' of regulating, Paulson saysTreasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who unveiled the 218-page blueprint for reform, acknowledged that the far-reaching proposal represents just the s

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As I have indicated I have been getting communiqués from those I meet a local networking events. Last night I received an email from a member of the Howard County group. I responded this morning and am providing my email response to ensure we are all on the same page. Hi xxxxxxx, It was good [...]

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In February, the Pan American Team Handball Federation (PATHF) informed its National Federations that the USA had withdrawn from hosting the Men’s Pan American Championships this Summer in Atlanta and that they were now accepting new applications from member federations to host the tournament. The Atlanta Dekalb International Training Center (DITC) in suburban Atlanta, Georgia [...]

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In terms of marketing moves that have the double standard of both promoting a product as well as taking a jab at the competition, Apple with its Get a Mac video advertisements has actually managed to hurt the Redmond company, squeezing some juice out of the Microsoft brand. Sure enough Apple has Justin Long as Mac guy and John Hodgman as PC guy, both iconic characters, but Microsoft is apparently

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Alright - I had posted this as a comment under my previous blog post, but it's too damn long to not make it separate. So, without further ado...my response to his response to my response to The Irrational Atheist.  Quote:Actually, we're only supposed to make sure you have heard the Gospel, if you're not inclined to listen, we're permitted to shake the dust from our sandals and move on in good conscience. Moreoever, I never claimed to be a particularly good Christian, the reason I'm less annoying than the door-knocking fundamentalist who wants to talk to you about Jesus is because I care less about your fate. My libertarianism pretty much goes to the bone.I prefer your more subdued form of proselytization, but I think that the bible clearly indicates that as one of the “elect,&rd

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