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Discrimination Everyday Sexism Project takes the fight to Facebook
Stepping up its relentless campaign against casual misogyny, the Everyday Sexism Project, which documents "everyday experiences of sexism to prove how bad the problem is and create solidarity", is taking on one of the world's most prolific companies in its bid to tackle gender-based ...
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Motoring review Bentley Flying Spur
There's a dangerously overloaded motorised rickshaw veering towards me from my right, a new Audi with red military plates up my backside and a minibus full of tourists heading to Tiananmen Square squeezing into a tiny spot in front of me. My head is turning like a swivel-eyed motoring hack in hot water as I think to myself that Beijing's crowded streets are probably not the best ...
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Is the reaction to Microsofts Xbox One any different to Xbox 360 The more things change...
Reactions so far to last night's unveiling of the new Xbox One have been tepid to say the least. Industry commentators and internet commenters alike have accused Microsoft of straying from their brief: failing to put gaming at the heart of their new console and concentrating too much on integrating ...
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Rococo silver coffee pot could set $6 million record at auction
An 18th century silver Rococo coffee pot is expected to become the most valuable piece of English silver ever sold at auction when it goes up for sale in July, auction ...
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General Zod Threatens Earth’s Annihilation in Latest Man of Steel Trailer
, Warner Bros. is pulling out the big guns trailer-wise. The latest: This menacing message from General Zod threatening - and kind of delivering - the annihilation of Earth if Superman doesn’t surrender to him. ';Your world has sheltered one of my citizens. He will look like you, but he is not one of you,'; Zod (played by already ominous ...
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French split over English at universities
PARIS (Reuters) - Defenders of the French language are furious at plans to introduce courses taught in English at public universities, arguing that France must protect itself against linguistic encroachment or risk losing its cultural ...
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Surgeons fear online performance data will damage reputations
The leader of England's surgeons has warned that the imminent publication of data about individual performance could destroy careers and harm patients if it is wrongly interpreted.In his first interview on an issue that is causing considerable concern in the profession, Norman Williams, president of the Royal College of Surgeons, said they were facing "a watershed moment for us" ...
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TV finales 19 most frustrating ever
May 12, 2012 (season 16 finale)Easygoing Rafael Nadal lookalike Ben Flajnik had major audience support after his incredibly raw and angry reaction to Ashley Hebert's humiliating rejection of his proposal on ette . All that emotional capital was quickly squandered when he was the man handing out the roses. He quickly lived up to every horrible cliché falling for resident model mean ...
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Twitter and Kiwi athletes Sports world riding the wave of change
When Usain Bolt sprinted clear of compatriot Yohan Blake to complete an unprecedented second straight Olympic 100m-200m golden double, those fans not jumping for joy were furiously bashing buttons on their phones. Eighty-thousand tweets were sent reacting to the race. Every minute. It was the second-most tweeted event of the London Games - trailing the Spice Girls playing at the closing ceremony ...
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Fitness Success 5 great ways to make fitness and weight loss easier
Most people think that the key to taking off the weight (fat) and keeping off the fat (or staying in shape) is just willpower and self-discipline. In fact, attempting to rely on your willpower to keep the weight (fat) off for the rest of your life is a ticking time bomb — it’s only a matter of time before something else in your life will distract and derail you. Don’t get ...
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Bookmakers anticipate two-horse race for 2020 bid sports
The IOC will vote on whether to include one of the following sports in the 2020 Olympic programme on 8 September 2013 at the 125th IOC Session in Buenos ...
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On-demand services are creating TV infidelity
A survey has found that 61% of women and 51% of men admit to cheating on their partners by secretly watching extra episodes of TV shows they're meant to be watching together as a couple.A study commissioned by a company that offers time-shift and on-demand TV viewing should always be taken with a pinch of salt but, nevertheless, the results of the Netflix survey make for interesting ...
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Webby Awards What you missed
Image Credit: Bryan Bedder/Getty Images The Webby Awards aren’t the world’s shortest award ceremony — including a dinner break, the ceremony takes the standard three hours — but ...
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Living with Google Glass what its actually like to wear
I have spent the past few weeks lowering my expectations for Google Glass. When I put on Google's smart glasses a year ago - Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder, let the press try on his pair at the company's developer conference - I found it exhilarating. But many of my tech-journalist colleagues have panned the device recently, calling it disorienting, buggy, and hobbled by ...
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New Yorkers in glass houses shouldnt be surprised they were photographed | Jill Filipovic
New York City for more than a decade what makes someone a "real" New Yorker and you'll get five different answers: if you're born here; seven years in the city; 10 years; when you're no longer fazed by celebrity sightings; when a bagel guy knows how you like your coffee and uses the perfect amount of cream cheese. My opinion? You become a real New Yorker around the third ...
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Are museums a man or womans world
equality perspective is incorporated in all policies at all levels and at all stages".Gender mainstreaming emerged as a strategy towards global equity by 1995, after it was addressed at the UN's fourth world conference of ...
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Why philosophy students do the most drugs
drugs , compared with 57% of medical students. Why this discrepancy? Is it because philosophy is easier than medicine and thus offers more recreational downtime? Really? Is grasping the Kantian noumenon less demanding than dissecting corpses?The Tab's editors, sensibly, say the survey should be taken with a pinch of salt since respondents are self-selecting. But if so, why would philosophy ...
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Young faces enliven Kuwaits faded art scene
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Kuwaiti graphic designer Mohammad Sharaf talks about his work in his office in Hawalli, May 1, 2013. After two lackluster decades, Kuwait is experiencing a quiet revival of an arts scene ...
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Dubai authorities seize shipment of 259 elephant tusks
IFAW ) said in a statement that the container came from Mombasa in Kenya. Poaching has risen in recent years across sub-Saharan Africa, where well-armed criminal gangs have killed elephants and rhinos for tusks that are often shipped to Asia for use in ornaments and some medicines. The UAE ministry said the shipment, containing 259 pieces of ivory, was discovered by customs officials ...
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Xbox One Price and release date revealed
Last night's reveal of the Xbox One laid out the key features of Microsoft's new console (all-in-one entertainment solution, continuing franchises; eight-fold increase in processing power) but the hour-long presentation still left quite a few questions ...
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Turkey presents Prophets sayings for the 21st Century
during his life. Preachers and jurists use them to understand the Koran and support Muslim teachings and fatwas (religious edicts) on all aspects of life, from prayer to education for women. What makes this one different is that it selects and explains the hadiths from the perspective of today's Turkey, whose mix of a secular state, dynamic economy and Muslim society has aroused ...
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Motherlode Blog Not Worried About a Little Baby Fat
Jessica Grose offers monthly bulletins on how becoming a parent (her daughter was born in December 2012) is changing her life. I was showing my favorite photograph of the baby to an acquaintance. She commented on the girl's sweet thighs sticking out of her flowered onesie and her kissable cheeks, and I said, with maternal pride, "She's such a chubby bunny." The other ...
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Only God Forgives Cannes review
, the deliriously bloody and overwrought Ryan Gosling art thriller that premiered two years ago at Cannes, is a movie that I found stylish in its way (it was hard not to, given that the film was ...
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Fitness-for-work tests unfair on people with mental health problems court says
The judge ruled that the Department for Work and Pensions had breached its duties to make 'reasonable adjustments' under the Equality Act to ensure that people with mental health problems were treated fairly. Photograph: Toby ...
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Lessons from Australian local government
Melbourne, setting for the local government summit. Councils in England and Australia can learn from each other, says John Tizard. Photograph: Lonely Planet ...
Tajikistan Focus
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Tajikistan making sacrifices for the future
A massive hydroelectric dam in southern Tajikistan may be the key to the future energy independence of the country and its development, but it comes at a staggering cost and with doubts over its viability.
Tajikistan is an ancient land and one of the oldest states in human history, having been founded by the Samani dynasty in the 9th century, long before territories such as Great Britain or other European nations became unified states. Yet for all this, Tajikistan has remained impoverished and sidelined throughout much of its existence. Read more
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