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U.S. says no to Arctic fishing
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
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(Reporting by Yereth Rosen in Alaska) There is currently no commercial fishing conducted in U.S. Arctic waters, and now there won’t be: a formal ban on commercial seafood harvests in U.S. waters north of the Bering Strait went into effect on Thursday. Environmentalists and fishery managers applauded the move as a ...1 day ago -
Sailing into an icy cauldron
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
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Reuters employee Pauline Askin has sailed for the Antarctic for a six -week expedition on the icy continent where she will help restore Mawson’s huts named after Australia’s most celebrated Antarctic explorer on Commonwealth Bay, the windiest place on earth. During the expedition, Pauline will report on ...2 days ago -
Washington Times to cut work force by 40 percent
Thaindian News —
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Washington, Dec 4 (DPA) The Washington Times, the conservative newspaper in the US capital, will lay off 40 percent of its staff in the coming weeks and change its delivery platforms, the publication said.The cuts are necessary for the newspaper “to keep pace with the dynamically changing economics of the news ...2 days ago -
Indians more worried than Chinese, Americans on climate change
Thaindian News —
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Washington, Dec 3 (IANS) Just before world leaders assemble in Copenhagen to discuss climate change, a new global survey shows sharp differences among people in different countries about global warming.Throwing up an interesting contrast in the world’s two fastest growing nations, China and India, the Global ...3 days ago -
Pew Research: How The World Sees Free Trade
prudent investor newsletters —
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Post 2008 financial crisis, a chart below from Pew Research exhibits how the world perceives of free trade in 2009. Free trade is seen as favorable by a majority of subjects surveyed for most countries except for Argentina, Japan and Indonesia. Nonetheless, this remains a big plus factor...yet.4 days ago -
After 25 years impact of Bhopal leak lingers
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
Controversy still surrounds one of the worlds worst industrial accidents 25 years after an estimated 8,000 people died in the immediate aftermath of a toxic gas leak in Bhopal, India. At around midnight on December 3, 1984, a leak at a Union Carbide plant of methyl isocyanate gas -- a chemical compound used ...4 days ago -
Tired of the Climate Apocalypse: is the climate gig over?
Trends Updates —
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Public concern over climate change is on the wane, especially in the United States. ‘The Pew Research Center released its latest poll of public attitudes on global warming. On its face, the news was not good: Belief that global warming is occurring had declined from 71 percent in April of 2008 to 56 percent in ...4 days ago -
Test your news IQ
Reformed Chicks Blabbing —
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With the Pew Research Center Interactive quiz , I had an almost perfect score, though I thought the test was pretty easy. Embarrassed to admit that I missed the Afghan troop level question. Read this post »6 days ago -
Young Adults Moving In With Parents, Roommates
Stupidica —
Authority: 177
Yesterday, the Pew Research Center released a really interesting study which found that young adults in the U.S. are responding to the recession by moving in with their parents or other roommates. This might be a predictable behavior, but its always useful to see actual data support theory. And the findings are pretty ...6 days ago -
Pew Research News IQ Test
Stupidica —
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12 Question IQ Test-Updated 11-29-09 See how you compare. http://pewresearch.org/politicalquiz/ Original Article: Forum: News/Activism1 week ago -
Comfortable conservation and global warming
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
Authority: 135
-- John Kemp is a Reuters columnist. The views expressed are his own -- Energy efficiency will have to make the single most-important contribution if policymakers are serious about limiting greenhouse gas emissions and dampening growing demand for fossil fuels. Energy efficiency will not remove the need to invest ...1 week ago -
‘Political porn’: Too-sexy Sarah and Michelle as a monkey
James McPherson's Media & Politics Blog —
Authority: 110
In what one critic calls “ political pornography ,” Newsweek has managed to again aid Sarah Palin’s ongoing campaign for … well, who knows what? The GOP candidate for the Mrs. America Pageant, perhaps? (After all, she’s not likely to face competition from fellow pageant princess Carrie ...1 week ago -
Home for the holidays…and beyond
Parents Talk Back —
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Parents of grown children enjoying the quiet of your empty nest, take note. Before you open the door to your home too wide this holiday season, the Pew Research Center presents this cautionary survey. More and more adult children are returning…1 week ago -
The internet and friendship
Mr. Topp and the Big Bad Blog —
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About a year ago I attended a lecture at LSE — part of their free public lecture series that I attend too infrequently. The topic of that lecture was isolation and the Internet. The thrust of the lecture is that all the evidence — all of it — points not towards the Internet making more people more isolated, ...1 week ago -
Economy Is Forcing Young Adults Back Home in Big Numbers, Survey Finds
NYT > Theater —
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The numbers also show that, blaming the economy, young adults are postponing decisions like getting married and having babies.1 week ago -
Could denying bedroom privileges save the planet?
Ohaiyo Business Magazine —
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There will be a record number of side events at the United Nations-sponsored climate talks in Copenhagen next month, but one woman’s one-woman show could give the delegates, most of whom will be men, the incentive they really need to agree a new global warming treaty. In “ The Boycott “, Kathryn Blume plays ...1 week ago -
More than half Americans fear rise of Muslim extremism
Thaindian News —
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New York, Nov 20 (IANS) More than half of Americans fear the rise of Islamic extremism, says a survey taken after the shooting at the Fort Hood Army base in Texas earlier this month.In the worst-ever shooting at any US army base, Major Nidal Malik Hassan, an army psychiatrist, allegedly mowed down 12 fellow soldiers ...2 weeks ago -
Survey Shocker: Many Constituents a Tad Miffed at Elected Officials
Building A Better Indiana —
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Obviously, it’s not stunning news that many Americans are not happy with their current elected officials. You might find it interesting, however, to peruse the Pew Research Center’s analysis of the situation: The mood of America is glum. Two-thirds of the public is dissatisfied with the way things are going ...2 weeks ago -
Pew poll: Democrats more supportive of faith-based funding than Republicans
JW Political Insider —
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A new Pew Research Center poll has some interesting findings for advocates of expanding access to government funds for religious groups that provide health and social service programs, including the major Orthodox groups (Jewish “defense” organizations like the ADL generally oppose such programs).According to the ...2 weeks ago -
Pew Internet Project Study: Networking fosters diversity, interaction
The Nevada Sagebrush —
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University of Nevada, Reno students are mimicking a national trend that shows social networkers have more close friends, visit public places more often and have more diverse points of view. The Pew Internet Project study, Social Isolation and New Technology, debunks traditional assumptions that heavy Internet users ...2 weeks ago
