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• Comment: Say no to same-sex bill marriage amendments, Mr Cameron

  
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  The amendments to the same-sex marriage bill are demeaning to LGBT people. Resist them and make the opponents to equality explain their true agenda, writes Adrian Tippetts for PinkNews.co.uk. David Cameron and the Coalition government went out of their way to appease the anti-marriage lobby and traditionalist MPs. ...
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• Sir Gerald Howarth MP (Con): There are plenty in the aggressive homosexual community who see this as but a stepping-stone- audio

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Conservative MP Sir Gerald Howarth speaks in the House of Commons in opposition to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill        
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• Anitek - Lily (LP)

  
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  “Lily” is dedicated to the Anitek’s beloved little daughter, Lily. The album is a cheering bouquet of funk, soul and hip-hop, blended with wise spoken words and turntable cuts. http://dustedwax.org/dwk211.html http://archive.org/details/DWK211
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• Deputy speakers offices searched by police investigating rape claims

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Lancashire police search rooms in parliament occupied by Nigel Evans MP Detectives investigating allegations of rape and sexual assault against the deputy speaker of the House of Commons Nigel Evans have searched his parliamentary offices, it has emerged. Lancashire police officers entered parliament on Sunday to ...
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• The P2P Lab

  
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  We are happy to announce P2P Lab’s official web-platform where our  completed , ongoing and future projects are documented. P2P Lab is a media lab, based in Ioannina (Greece), interested in interdisciplinary research on free/open source technologies and practices. In a nutshell, our mission is to: ...
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• Speaker John Bercow announces MP’s office searched investigating a ‘serious arrestable offence’

  
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  The Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow, has made an announcement that an MP’s office at Westminster, was searched at the weekend, during an investigation of a “serious arrestable offence”. Mr Bercow released a statement on Monday detailing that the offices were searched following the issue of a ...
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• Briton facing child death charges

  
  heave-ho.org — Authority: 159
  A 48-year-old British man living in France is expected to be formally charged later with killing his two children, aged five and 10. Go here to see the original: Briton facing child death charges
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• Yvette Cooper: ‘David Cameron must show confidence and not allow the equal marriage bill to get sucked into Tory wrangling’

  
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  Shadow Home Secretary and Minister for Women and Equalities, Yvette Cooper, says she hopes “David Cameron will show confidence and not allow the equal marriage bill to get sucked into another vortex of bitter Tory wrangling.” Writing for the Independent , the Labour MP said: “The equal marriage bill is back ...
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• Papercuts and Curses

  
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  Last year I uploaded a collection of Victorian portrait photographs to a set entitled ‘ Harriet Bennett’s Photo Album ‘.  Swollen with the sharing spirit of the Internet, I gave the images a permissive Creative Commons Licience.  My hope was that they might act as a prompt or support for other people’s ...
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• Lib Dem MP Stephen Gilbert: ‘Equal marriage is now a litmus test for David Cameron’

  
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  Writing exclusively for PinkNews.co.uk, Liberal Democrat MP Stephen Gilbert says today’s start of the third reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill is a huge test for David Cameron’s commitment to marriage equality and for the progressive elements within the Conservative Party. May has been a good month ...
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• Gay Tory MP Crispin Blunt: ‘David Cameron is going through a fire with his colleagues in order to deliver equal marriage’

  
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  In an exclusive interview with PinkNews.co.uk, the Conservative MP for Reigate and former Prisons and Youth Justice minister, Crispin Blunt, says David Cameron has shown “fantastic leadership” on equal marriage. The MP also comments on today’s start of the third reading of the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, ...
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• Maria Miller: Civil partnership amendment could delay same-sex marriage bill by two years

  
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  Culture Secretary and Minister for Equalities, Maria Miller, has warned that a proposed backbench amendment on civil partnerships for heterosexuals could dramatically delay implementation of the same-sex marriage bill. The Conservative MP said on Monday morning the amendment was a “complicated distraction”. “I ...
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• There Are A Zillion Biotech Conferences. Which Should You Attend?

  
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  Luke Timmerman Biotech industry conferences are happening, somewhere on this green Earth, every day. If you’ve been around a while, and you’ve attended a few, chances are you get invitations, or marketing pitches, that ask you to attend a different meeting every day. If you’re new to the business, you may ...
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• Sunday Discussion: The Same Traffic Light Problems In Oxford

  
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  The same traffic light problems are still occurring along Leon Smith Parkway at the Oxford Exchange.  I did this post and video in March about this problem.  View it below! http://geekalabama.com/2013/03/24/sunday-discussion-traffic-light-problems-in-annistonoxford/ The traffic light at the Oxford Exchange / ...
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• Government considers watered down same-sex marriage bill to minimise Tory rebellion

  
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  The government is reported to be attempting to compromise with the 150 Tory MPs set to oppose the same-sex marriage bill, by considering amendments giving protection to “conscientious objectors”. MPs are to resume debate on the same-sex marriage bill tomorrow, and if approved on Tuesday it will pass to the House ...
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• Edmund Burke: Philosopher, Politician, Prophet by Jesse Norman – review

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The MP makes an absorbing if unconvincing attempt to recast the Irish statesman as an inspiration for modern conservatism Is this book about Edmund Burke or Jesse Norman? Should this review be about the "first modern conservative" or the man who might yet succeed David Cameron? I merely ask, as the pre-publicity for ...
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• Christians called to pray at Parliament in opposition to equal marriage bill

  
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  Christians are being encouraged to attend organised prayer meetings near the Houses of Parliament this month, in order to oppose the equal marriage bill, and to coincide with its third reading. The Adamantly homophobic group Christian Concern, has organised the intermittent prayer meetings to take place outside ...
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• Complex TV: Serial Melodrama

  
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  So. For those readers who have been following my book-in-progress Complex TV , you may have noticed a lengthy hiatus since I last posted a chapter . Not coincidentally, the last chapter I posted was in August 2012, shortly before returning to the classroom after my sabbatical. Since then, my writing process has ...
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• May 11, 1812: P.M. Spencer Perceval Assassinated

  
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  On this day in 1812, British Prime Minister Spencer Perceval was assassinated as he stepped into the House of Commons lobby. He remains the only prime minister to have been assassinated. The assassin was  John Bellingham, an export trader with a long-held grudge against the British ministry. Bellingham had suffered a ...
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• COOL IMAGE FOR INSPIRATION: Street Creative Commons

  
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  From time to time visual stimulus can be very inspiring for musicians. Here is a random picture from Flickr. When you look at it, try to let it create some sort of feeling or idea inside you, then use that to start making music. Be sure to check out what else the photographer has to offer. You may end up finding ...
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