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Climate scientists must not advocate particular policies | Tamsin Edwards :: I became a climate scientist because I care about the environment, but we have a moral obligation to be impartialAs a climate scientist, I'm under pressure to be a political advocate. This comes mainly from environmentalists. Dan Cass, wind-farm director and solar advocate, preferred me not to waste my time debating "denialist morons" but to use political advocacy to "prevent climate catastrophe".Jeremy Grantham, environmental philanthropist, urged climate scientists to sound a "more desperate note … Be arrested if necessary." A concerned member of the public judged my efforts at public engagement successful only if they showed "evidence of persuasion".Others ask "what should we do?" At my Cheltenham Science Festival event Can we trust climate models? one of the audience asked what we th...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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Government in surprise July deficit :: The public sector recorded a small but unexpected deficit of £62m in July, a month in which tax payments usually push the public purse into surplus.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23777500#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Runaway New York City Taxicab Hits British Tourist And Severs Her Foot :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The foot of a young British tourist was severed on Tuesday when an out-of-control New York City cab hit her while trying to avoid crashing into a cyclist, reports said.</p>
<p>The incident happened shortly after 11 a.m. local time near Rockefeller Center, and according to reports, the cab driver hit the cyclist before jumping the curb and crashing into the woman who was eating a hotdog on Sixth Avenue and 49th Street.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/runaway-new-york-city-taxicab-hits-british-tourist-severs-her-foot-1393305

Internet.org: A Facebook Initiative To Connect The Unconnected :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), on Tuesday, announced that it has partnered with Samsung (KRX:005930), Nokia (NYSE:NOK) and four other companies to launch a project called Internet.org, to make the worldwide web available to two-thirds of the planet still not connected to the Internet.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/internetorg-facebook-initiative-connect-unconnected-1393301

Greece bailout talk intensifies :: EU commissioner Olli Rehn declines to rule out another Greece bailout, but says there are other options to keep the existing aid programme going.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23778141#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

7 CEOs reveal business secrets :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/j3Fhqyxf2RQ/index.html

Obama should pay his interns :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/Bsq6s3_tPdY/index.html

Pakistan, Thailand Agree To Boost Trade And Investment; Free Trade Agreement In the Pipeline :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Pakistan and Thailand, on Tuesday, agreed to boost bilateral trade to $2 billion over the next five years and expressed hope to eventually enter a proposed free-trade agreement, as both nations scramble to ward off economic crises stemming from different sets of issues.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pakistan-thailand-agree-boost-trade-investment-free-trade-agreement-pipeline-1393295

Obama warns of market crash :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/T1Ezv5T96bg/lead-intv-president-obama-warns-of-another-financial-meltdown.cnn.html

Quest: Why I hate public speaking :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/hJX21Ru0PP8/qmb-quest-overcoming-public-speaking-fears.cnn.html

"Hard Rock" expanding to Spain :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/R8BUxuBY628/pkg-soares-hard-rock-cafe.cnn.html

PayPal mobile app adds photo recognition :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/CA34Ufjqdx0/pkg-boulden-uk-paypal-app.cnn.html

Mark Zuckerberg's next big idea :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yU1vIXCYzhk/index.html

AUDIO: Labour: 'Bring down the cost of rent' :: The shadow housing minister Jack Dromey tells the Today programme that the cost of renting must be reduced
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23777873#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Heineken profits fall on lower sales :: Poor weather in Europe and the US contributes to a fall in profits at Heineken, the world's third-largest brewer.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23778140#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Chinese Media Investor Plans To Create $500M Private Equity Fund For China-Focused New Media Investments :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Bruno Wu, a Chinese media investor, plans to create a China-focused $500 million private equity fund for investments in the country's new media companies, Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.</p>
<p>The new fund will target both Chinese and foreign investors, and will be part of BT Capital, a media and alternative-investment joint venture formed, in July, by Wu and Thomas Middelhoff, a former chief executive of German media firm Bertelsmann AG.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/chinese-media-investor-plans-create-500m-private-equity-fund-china-focused-new-media-investments

London Market Report :: London's leading shares dip in early Wednesday trading as several key stocks go ex-dividend, dragging down the market.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Lloyds sells off German life insurer :: Lloyds Banking Group sells off some £500m in assets, including German life insurer Heidelberger Leben, as it seeks to meet tougher regulatory requirements.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23777497#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

VIDEO: How does fast on board wi-fi work? :: Communications regulator Ofcom is proposing to license a new satellite system for aircraft, ships and trains. Consultant Tom Cheesewright explains how the new technology works.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-23776848#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Saudi Man Expected To Be World's Heaviest Living Person At 1,345 Pounds Airlifted To Riyadh Hospital :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>A man in Saudi Arabia who weighs 1,345 pounds was, on Monday, airlifted from his home in Jazan on the Red Sea to the capital city of Riyadh, about 800 miles away, after King Abdullah issued an order for the man to be given immediate medical assistance.</p>
<p>Khalid Mohsen Shaeri, the 20-year-old who was airlifted, is believed to be the heaviest person alive today, although he is not yet recognized by the Guinness World Records. At present, Manuel Uribe of Mexico, who weighed 1,235 pounds in 2006, holds the title, reports said.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/saudi-man-expected-be-worlds-heaviest-living-person-1345-pounds-airlifted-riyadh-hospital-1393261