Senate Republicans have blocked legislation that would have repealed the military’s policy of “don’t ask, don’t tell” and allowed gay troops to serve openly. (Dec. 9)
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Lleida approves municipal ban on burqas, niqabs because they ‘attack equality between men and women and are against women’s dignity’
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Hundreds of Jaffa Muslims, Christians to protest against complaints from neighbors over noisy churches and mosques. ‘It’s an integral part of city, these complaints reek of racism,’ protesters say
Continue reading …Sloppy ABC Misleads on Estate Tax Being ‘Slashed’; It Will Actually Increase 35 Percent
December 9, 2010 No Comment
Good Morning America's Jon Karl on Thursday offered misleading, sloppy reporting on a congressional tax deal, bizarrely suggesting that the proposal “slashes” the estate tax. In a follow-up piece, news anchor Juju Chang asserted that many Democrats “are still opposed, especially to the estate tax cut .” In reality, the so-called death tax is currently at zero . Under the deal, it will increase to 35 percent. Karl mangled, ” Even Democratic leaders are fuming, especially unhappy with the provision that slashes the tax on inheritances. ” On the CBS Early Show, news anchor Jeff Glor spun, “One of [the Democrats'] major objections, that proposal to lower estate taxes. ” Again, an increase from zero to 35 percent is not “lowering.” (If no action had been taken the rate would have returned to 55 percent for individuals worth more than $1 million.)
Continue reading …Gmail for Android update improves Priority Inbox, adds additional compose and send options
December 9, 2010 No Comment
Hey, Google just rolled out Gmail for Android 2.3.2, which improves support for Priority Inbox and adds in a couple much-needed compose and send options. Priority Inbox gets some buffed-up views and controls to change importance settings, and Gmail can now send a notification upon receipt of an important email, which is incredibly cool. Even better, the compose screen now lets you specify any sending address you’ve setup in desktop Gmail, which is a slice of pure email heaven for those of us who juggle multiple accounts from one inbox. You can also respond to messages inline now and swap between reply, reply-all, and forward much more easily. Best of all, if you’re running Froyo you can hit that QR code and go grab the update right now since Google broke Gmail out into a Market app — no need to wait for your pokey manufacturer / carrier to roll out Gingerbread . (Then again, if you’re still waiting for Froyo you might not be quite as pleased.) Ain’t modularity grand? Gmail for Android update improves Priority Inbox, adds additional compose and send options originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:48:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
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Only about half of women whose insurance pays for mammograms go in for annual breast screens, researchers report.
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Although the timing of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s arrest and extradition to Sweden seemed a tad conspicuous, what with the site’s recent big release that angered and embarrassed several powers that be around the globe, Sweden is denying that political pressure played a part in his apprehension. One Jonas Björk, correspondent for TV4, echoed the sentiment expressed by Sweden’s justice department: “I believe the politicians when they say they haven’t had any pressure from abroad,” he said Thursday.
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Intel’s already boasted of its massive investment in a new 22 nanometer manufacturing process , and it’s now confirmed that it’s new plant in Hillsboro, Oregon, dubbed D1X will be ready to produce 450 millimeter wafers. Of course, “ready” seems to be the keyword here — Intel will apparently stick with 300 mm wafers for a while yet, but have all the necessary preparations put in place to kick start 450 mm production when the industry is ready for it. That shift promises to both increase efficiency and cut costs by allowing more chips to be produced at a time, but it will likely still be years before we see any actual results — one analyst speculates it could be 2018 at the earliest before 450 mm fabrication tools are ready. Intel confirms Oregon plant will be ready to make 450 mm wafers originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 09 Dec 2010 16:33:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Masters of Beef Advocacy Grads Take On Sustainable Food Supporters, Attacking The Wrong Target
December 9, 2010 No Comment
photo: Alex Proimos / Creative Commons If you don’t subscribe to the print version of Mother Jones you may have missed what seems to be a really sort of creepy story about how the US beef industry is not so subtly waging war against sustainable and slow food advocates, who are inspired in part by Michael Pollan’s The Omnivore’s Dilemma , on college… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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