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Harsh Qatari Labor Conditions Move Center Stage As FIFA Debates World Cup – Analysis

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Controversy over conditions for unskilled and semi-skilled workers in Qatar involved in the construction of World Cup-related infrastructure as well as for flight attendants of Qatar Airways, the 2022 tournament’s likely official carrier, has moved center stage as world soccer body FIFA prepares to debate next week the Gulf state’s hosting of the 2022 soccer […]

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Replace Third Party Delusions With A Political Boycott – OpEd

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Recently, Jonathan Cymberknopf wrote a very upbeat article where he makes it sound like third party presidential candidates in 2012 achieved remarkable, even historic, success.  He provides considerable data on how a number of third party candidates did better in 2012 than in the previous presidential election.  For many years I strongly advocated third party […]

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Canada Needs Long-Term Plan To Benefit From Australian Support In Indo-Pacific Engagement – CIGI-ASPI Report

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Less inward thought and more active engagement is required from the Canadian government if it is serious about the Indo-Pacific, according to a new report issued by The Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and Australia Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI). In the report, In Closer Australia-Canada Defence Cooperation?, author John Blaxland, senior fellow at the […]

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Rohani Tells UN No Nation Should Have Nuclear Weapons

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(RFE/RL) — Iranian President Hassan Rohani has told a UN meeting on nuclear disarmament that no country should have nuclear weapons and called on Israel to join the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Rohani, whose country is suspected by the West of seeking the capability to produce atomic bombs, urged Israel, which has never officially acknowledged […]

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Almunia: Competition And EU Policy-Making – Speech

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By Joaquín Almunia, Vice President of the European Commission responsible for Competition Policy Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies, Harvard University, 26 September 2013 Professor Ekiert, Professors, Dear students, Ladies and Gentlemen: I thank Professor Ekiert for inviting me to bring my contribution to the ‘Director’s series’ of Harvard University’s Center for European Studies. […]

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Green Business From Recycled Dairy Wastewater

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(CORDIS) — An innovative new way of treating dairy wastewater and whey could cut water and energy consumption dramatically, saving the food industry millions of euros. The EU-funded project REWAGEN (‘Electrochemical water treatment system in the dairy industry with hydrogen recovery and electricity production’) is currently developing a pilot plant to prototype the innovative treatment. […]

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Bats And Rabies Virus: More Data On Colonies At High Risk

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A new approach to rabies virus epidemiology in bats shows that the risk of infection is higher in large and multispecies colonies. The research, published on the journal PLOS ONE, has been led by Jordi Serra Cobo, professor from the Department of Animal Biology at the University of Barcelona and the Biodiversity Research Institute (IRBio), […]

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Aphasia And Bilingualism: Using One Language To Relearn Another

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n the era of globalization, bilingualism is becoming more and more frequent, and it is considered a plus. However, can this skill turn into a disadvantage, when someone acquires aphasia? More precisely, if a bilingual person suffers brain damage (i.e. stroke, head trauma, dementia) and this results in a language impairment called aphasia, then the […]

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Lady Thatcher And Tony Blair Used ‘Hubristic Language’, Research Finds

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A new study has found that British Prime Ministers Tony Blair and the late Lady Thatcher used hubristic language during their respective periods in office. It has been suggested that a number of Prime Ministers may have developed a personality disorder known as Hubris syndrome while in power. Researchers at St George’s, University of London […]

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Effectiveness Of Obama’s Drone Program Questioned As Terrorist Attacks Surge

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The chairman of the House of Representative’s Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is questioning the White House’s counterterrorism strategy amid an increase in violent attacks across the globe. Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Michigan) raised concerns over United States President Barack Obama’s foreign policy during an interview this week with Fox News. At a time when terrorism […]

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Al-Shabaab Leader Calling For More Bloodshed And Destruction‏

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In the aftermath of the shocking Westgate Mall attack, the relatively unknown commander of Somalia’s Muslim terrorist group Al-Shabaab on Thursday threatened to spill more blood in his organization’s quest to cause Kenyan military members to cross the border back into Kenya, according to Morris Kirkley, a former police intelligence analyst and counterterrorism expert. In […]

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Soviet Officer Averted 3rd World War 30 Years Ago

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Thirty years ago, a Soviet officer prevented a nuclear war from being triggered by trusting his judgment and ignoring his direct responsibilities. Stanislav Petrov served at a command center of the Soviet missile early-warning system outside Moscow, which reported the launch of five nuclear missiles from US territory on September 26, 1983. Cold War tensions […]

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UN General Assembly: Disarmament Of Most Loathsome Weapons Would ‘Ease Fear Clouding Human Existence’

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Reflecting the growing complexity of contemporary global security threats and the often bipolar nature of the nuclear disarmament debate, speakers in the General Assembly today grappled with the challenging elements of the process and the often divergent political interests that constrain it. “This agenda cannot languish; it must advance for our common humanity,” Secretary-General Ban […]

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Abbas Statement Before UN General Assembly – Transcript

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Statement by H.E. Mr. Mahmoud Abbas, President of the State of Palestine Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organization before United Nations General Assembly Sixty-eighth Session General Debate of the General Assembly, New York, 26 September 2013 Mr. President of the General Assembly of the United Nations, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, At […]

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Rohani: US Sanctions Against Iran Illegal And Inhumane

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Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani says the US-engineered sanctions against the Islamic Republic are illegal and inhumane. “In principle, we regard the sanctions as illegal and inhumane because the sanctions are exerting pressure on the Iranian people and the sick and have a negative impact on the lives of children,” Rouhani said. “We believe that sanctions […]

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Algeria Mulls Banning Jihadist Website

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By Fidet Mansour Algeria may soon impose a ban on jihadist forums and terrorist organisation websites. A recent report from the Electronic Security Centre within the Department of Intelligence and Security (DRS) obtained by Tout sur l’Algerie urges authorities to do more to tackle online extremism. “Terrorist organisations are using advanced technologies to plan and […]

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Cyber Cells: A Tool For National Cyber Security And Cyber Defence – Analysis

Messing Up The Next Greek Debt Relief Could Endanger The Eurozone – Analysis

Sunspots: Coming And Going

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Two large, complex sunspots are moving across the face of the sun. One, which produced considerable solar activity in the past weeks, has almost rotated off completely. A new sunspot rounded into view on Nov. 11, 2013 and is now making its way across the Earth-side of the sun. An active region can contain one or more sunspots. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration numbers active regions consecutively as they are observed on the sun.

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Active region 1890 first appeared on Nov. 2, 2013, and is now almost out of view over the sun’s right-hand horizon. It was the source for several mid-sized and significant flares while facing Earth. Its last significant flare, which occurred on Nov. 10, 2013, was classified as an X1.1-class flare.

Coming

Active region 1897 rounded the sun’s southeastern limb on Nov. 11, 2013, and like AR1890, is approximately the size of Jupiter.

What is a Solar Flare?

Solar flares are powerful bursts of radiation. Harmful radiation from a flare cannot pass through Earth’s atmosphere to physically affect humans on the ground, however — when intense enough — they can disturb the atmosphere in the layer where GPS and communications signals travel.

Why This Uptick in Flares Now?

Increased numbers of flares are quite common at the moment, since the sun’s normal 11-year activity cycle is ramping up toward solar maximum conditions. Humans have tracked this solar cycle continuously since it was discovered in 1843, and it is normal for there to be many flares a day during the sun’s peak activity, called solar maximum.

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Injuries From Tough Mudder: What Could Possibly Go Wrong? A Lot

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The Tough Mudder, an extreme sports event that bills itself as “probably the toughest event on the planet,” resulted in injuries ranging from multiple electrical burns to seizure-induced Todd’s paralysis. A case series of serious injuries sustained by participants in one such race was reported online today in Annals of Emergency Medicine “Unique Obstacle Race Injuries at an Extreme Sports Event: A Case Series.”

“No training on earth can adequately prepare participants for elements such as jumping from a nine-foot height or running through a field of electrical wires while wet and hot,” said lead study author Marna Rayl Greenberg, DO MPH, of Lehigh Valley Hospital and Health Network in Allentown, Pa. “The volume and severity of injuries in the Tough Mudder race we studied was unusually high, possibly leading to some permanent disabilities. The 1.5 million people who are predicted to enter obstacle races like this in the next year should be well aware of the risks they are taking.”

The Tough Mudder is a 10 to 12 mile endurance obstacle course known as “MOB (mud, obstacles, beer) runs.” Dr. Greenberg and her team reported in depth on five patients injured at a 2-day event, who were treated (along with 33 other participants not included in the case series) at a local emergency department.

One patient, who had received 13 electrical shocks during the last obstacle in the Tough Mudder, had multiple burn marks from electrical injuries and inflammation of the heart muscle. After being treated in the emergency department, he was admitted to the hospital.

The second patient had sustained multiple electrical shocks to the head while running through water, which resulted in fainting and altered mental status. After being treated in the emergency department, he was admitted to the hospital.

The third patient, after completing 20 out of 22 obstacles, developed seizure-like activity and altered mental status. He was unable to move his entire right side. After treatment in the emergency department, he was admitted to the intensive care unit with Todd’s paralysis and discharged from the hospital to a rehabilitation center 4 days later. Six months after the injury, he still had lower right leg disability.

Patient number four sustained face and head injuries after being struck by two electrical cords and landing face first in a hard mound of dirt. He was treated at the emergency department and discharged against medical advice.

A 25-year-old woman who sustained an electrical shock to the chest just before the finish line, after which she was given a beer to drink, was admitted to the hospital for dehydration and rhabdomyolsis, or muscle breakdown.

“In the past few years, obstacle racing has experienced a rate of growth that may be unprecedented in the history of participatory sports,” said Dr. Greenberg. “Organizers, participants and local emergency services need to be prepared for a large number of diverse injuries at Tough Mudder and other similar obstacle races.”

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