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Of ccourse, this mostly just means the problem isn't as bad as thought; it doesn't affect the global averages by more than a few percent. But it does raise troubling questions about the accuracy of the underlying data, especially since people like James Hansen, who heads GISS, have a huge financial and career interest in having the numbers trend upward. A conflict of interest coupled with a lack of transparency is a recipe for abuse.
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Former CIA agent Philip Giraldi recently covered the latest Edmonds allegations in some depth, filling in a few details in an article titled "Found in Translation" published by American Conservative Magazine. A few days later he joined the call for additional media coverage, as well as investigations by elected officials, in a subsequent article, "Sibel Edmonds Must be Heard" published at Huffington Post.
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Several weeks ago, in a quiet, unassuming post on its well-trafficked website, the Electronic Frontier Foundation raised quite a few eyebrows in the blogging community. At a time when bloggers have been increasingly vocal about transparency, the EFF posted a how-to piece on anonymous blogging, complete with tools, tips, and tricks of the trade.
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Wal*Mart (WMT) moves John Fleming from chief marketing officer to chief merchandising officer after "a series of major marketing missteps" over the last few months. Like the Julie Roehm thing, for example.
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Anyway, there are going to be lots of quotes from studio suits about all this high-def news in the next few days and weeks. Some of it will true and some will be bullshit, and much of it will be a combination both. a lot of you guys are as sick of reading about this format war as we are of writing about it. But you can bet there will be reaction to (and even fallout from) today's announcements, and lots more testy exchanges in the media between the two camps, and we're right in the thick of it. So watch this space, folks.
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Although the numbers of students enrolled in science and engineering at U.S. universities has increased over the past few years, more of these students are foreign and fewer are American. Marc Zimmer, Professor of Chemistry and chair of the chemistry department at Connecticut College attributes this shift to changing cultural attitudes towards science in America.
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