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international / sci-tech Thursday February 22, 2007 - 20:37 by R. Isible
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Current Biology reports on a population of monkeys which have been observed to use spears in their hunting of bush babies. It seems the tool use is primarily by female chimpanzees. AP have a report that captures most of the info at the link at the bottom of the page. There's also a National Geographic summary and linked video available here: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/02/070222-chimps-spears.html ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 22, 2007 - 20:17 by shane o'neill
The recent controvery about risk equalisation and community rating took a dramatic twist when Sean Quinn of the Quinn Insurance Group offered to take over the policies from BUPA that have expired and offering to continue their cover under the new insurer. He has also requested all those who have accounts with VHI to move to BUPA due to the overcharging as he sees it of equal policies and coverage provided by the quinn group under BUPA. Here is the statement in full from Sean Quinn on the rushing through of the legislation to close the loophole that has made the whole area of new companys entering the market uncertain. ... read full story / add a comment
sligo / worker & community struggles and protests Thursday February 22, 2007 - 17:29 by M. M. Carroll
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The war of words in the Labour Party between Clr. Jimmy McGarry and activist Brian Scanlon continues this week, says the Sligo Champion. ... read full story / add a comment
international / sci-tech Thursday February 22, 2007 - 17:11 by R. Isible
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Microsoft is often described as "evil" and accused of dirty tactics. Many people assume that these descriptions are inaccurate and that it's "just business" and competition. Perhaps it is, but when you actually read the internal documents that occasionally come to light you realise that they're hell bent on doing whatever they can to squash rivals. One such collection of material came out of the Comes vs. Microsoft case recently. Now, however, that material is disappearing and public internet archives e.g. WaybackMachine/Archive.org have also "cleansed" their records. The moral? If there's something really important then don't rely on private businesses to keep it around for you. Make your own copies, or work with others do do so. ... read full story / add a comment
national / miscellaneous Thursday February 22, 2007 - 14:32 by SlaineMacRoth
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In the public interest (and for the amusement of many, for which there should be no copyright ) I publish the article below, from this weeks Pheonix, on the demise of the far-right think tank, the Freedom Institute. ... read full story / add a comment 
international / crime and justice Thursday February 22, 2007 - 14:30 by love croker
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the Catholic diocese of Washington D.C. has started an advertising campaign to promote the sacrament of "confession" and "penance". With billboard and other notices using the slogan "the light is on for you" the Church hopes to bring back many of the 580,000 catholics in DC to the little box. Senior church members trying to explain the lack of popularity of the little box point to a general confessional culture - people may go online these days and spill their secrets, transgressions and thus feel better. But that's not enough in their eyes. The Holy Spirit isn't on the net. ... read full story / add a comment
international / rights, freedoms and repression Thursday February 22, 2007 - 11:38 by Mario Buda
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This is truly appalling. Imagine if you could be imprisoned for criticising the Roman Catholic Church or Bertie? Protest to the Egyptian Embassy at the address below. An Egyptian court has sentenced an internet blogger to four years' prison for insulting Islam and the president. ... read full story / add a comment
national / arts and media Thursday February 22, 2007 - 09:20 by David Manning
With the dominant media becoming increasingly dependent on 'official' statements, often acting simply as a conduit for the 'official version', which tends to go unquestioned, it is those journalists that refuse to pacify reporting in order to appease 'elite interests' that we can turn to for critical analysis. ... read full story / add a comment |
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