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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US Cities With The Most Ethnically Diverse Cuisines: [Interactive Map] :: <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 dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-41b33045-9d25-9513-718c-584ad3f84ccf">With more than 50 ethnic cuisines available on offer at restaurants, New York and Chicago top the list of cities with the widest variety in ethnic cuisines, according to a <a href="http://press.grubhub.com/2013-07-16-GrubHub-Data-Highlights-Growing-Diversity-in-Americas-Takeout-Habits" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">GrubHub report</a>.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-cities-most-ethnically-diverse-cuisines-interactive-map-1392749
Surprise, Surprise: Muslims Are India's Poorest And Worst Educated Religious Group :: <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>India's Muslims have the lowest living standard in the country on a per capita basis, according to a government survey. Muslims, who account for about 14.4 percent of India's vast population, according to data from Pew Research, spend, on average, only 32.7 Rupees ($0.52) per day. At the other end of the wealth spectrum, on average, India's tiny minority of Sikhs spend 55.3 Rupees per day. Christians (51.4 Rupees) and Hindus (37.5 Rupees) fall somewhere in between.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/surprise-surprise-muslims-are-indias-poorest-worst-educated-religious-group-1392849
Chinese Companies Struggling To Gain Foothold In Global Market :: <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>China has no shortage of huge and profitable companies, but in terms of global brands, the country has exactly zero. Since China's previous competitive edge of being the cheapest is no longer viable, Chinese companies now face the challenge of how to build globally recognized brands, in order to sustain growth, but it may be years before any of them achieve true global recognition.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/chinese-companies-struggling-gain-foothold-global-market-1392949
The Retail Sector - Especially J.C. Penney (JCP) - Is Struggling :: <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>Storm clouds loomed over J.C. Penney Stores Inc. (NYSE:JCP) in the weeks before Monday's dismal second-quarter earnings were released, but it is bad weather that thrashed sales in the whole retail sector -- particularly those that sell clothing -- during the latest fiscal period.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/retail-sector-especially-jc-penney-jcp-struggling-1392955
Protests In Ecuador Against President Rafael Correa's Decision To Open YasuníNational Park To Oil Exploitation :: <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>An unpopular decision by President Rafael Correa has made Ecuador join Brazil, Argentina, Chile and other neighbors as the latest country in Latin America to face street protests. The government resolution to <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/ecuador-reconsidering-drilling-pristine-amazon-bio-reserve-oil-after-wealthy-nations-failed-1388145">open thr way for oil exploitation in a pristine Amazon </a>reserve on Thursday sparked protests through the weekend that continued on Monday.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/protests-ecuador-against-president-rafael-correas-decision-open-yasuni-national-park-oil-1393009
Islamic Banks Could Be The Answer To America's Over Reliance On Credit And Risk :: <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>If second quarter results are anything to go by, America's banks are recovering nicely. Most made respectable gains and have improved investor and public confidence in America. However, many people who advocate for changes in the banking system feel that just recovering from the financial crisis is simply not enough and serious changes must be made to avoid future banking meltdowns. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/islamic-banks-could-be-answer-americas-over-reliance-credit-risk-1393193
Labor Day 2013 Travel Forecast And Where Americans Will Find The Best Deals :: <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>More Americans will travel this upcoming Memorial Day Weekend than any year since the recession hit in 2008, according to the latest forecast from AAA conducted by IHS Global Insight. Some 34.1 million Americans are expected to journey 50 miles or more from home between Thursday, Aug. 29 and Monday, Sept. 3. That figure marks a 4.2 percent increase in 2013 over the 32.7 million Americans who traveled last year.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/labor-day-2013-travel-forecast-where-americans-will-find-best-deals-1393259
Lee Thompson Young's Suicide Is Still A Dark Mystery, Police Say :: <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>Lee Thompson Young, the "Rizzoli & Isles" star who was found dead with a self-inflicted gunshot wound in his North Hollywood apartment on Monday, did not leave a suicide note, leaving investigating officers with no clue as to why he took his life.</p>
<p>According to TMZ, law enforcement officers searched his personal computer and went through the contents of his personal diary to establish why Young committed suicide, but, the search revealed nothing. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lee-thompson-youngs-suicide-still-dark-mystery-police-say-1393323
Fears over oil and gas production :: The sharp decline in production of oil and gas from under British waters is "worrying" industry leaders.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-23771338#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
US Stock Futures Point To Lower Open Ahead Of Existing Home Sales Data, FOMC Minutes :: <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>U.S. stock futures were weak on Wednesday morning suggesting a slow start to the markets, as the wait for the Federal Open Market Committee's, or FOMC, July meeting minutes, is set to end and clues to the future of the Fed's stimulus program are expected to be revealed.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-stock-futures-point-lower-open-ahead-existing-home-sales-data-fomc-minutes-1393315
Millions 'worse off' on new pension :: Millions of people currently entitled to the state second pension will be worse off as a result of the government's pension changes, the TUC has claimed.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23770327#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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
Jolla wraps up its first production batch, but remains fuzzy on numbers :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/DgaKrqYWHyQ/
'Significant gap' in pension rates :: Some of the UK's biggest insurance companies are offering pension pay-outs that are up to 23% lower than the leading rates, according to the ABI.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23779011#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
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
VIDEO: Online publishing firms growing :: The internet and new technology is making a dream of being an author a reality for many writers. Online self-publishing - bypassing agents and publishing houses is now a fast-growing sector.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23777284#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
AUDIO: Falling rupee: The West's fault? :: The Indian rupee has fallen nearly 16% against the US dollar since May - but is the decline due to uncertainty about the American policy of printing more money - or quantitative easing? Linda Yueh explains.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23778468#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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