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Clinton says concerned about future of rights watchdog
DUBLIN (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concerns on Thursday about the future of Europe's main democracy watchdog, saying member nations were blocking its work to protect human rights and press freedom.
The Organisation of Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) groups all European countries and former Soviet republics as well as the United States and Canada.
Clinton said the body's principle of decision by consensus had meant it had been possible for some states to block progress on measures on media freedom, freedom of assembly and association, and military transparency.
"I see a growing concern for the future of this organisation and the values it has always championed," Clinton said in a speech at a meeting of the 57-member organisation in Dublin.
"More than 20 years after the end of the Cold War, the work of creating a Europe that is whole, free and at peace remains unfinished," she said.
The OSCE was founded in the 1970s as a forum for communication between eastern and western Europe. Its work includes monitoring elections and attempting to prevent conflicts.
OSCE observers have criticized elections in Russia, Ukraine and other ex-Soviet republics, and the organisation has expressed concerns about the treatment of government opponents in that region.
Moscow is pushing for reform of the body's election monitoring operations, which it says are biased, and has called on it to focus less attention on human rights.
PUTIN CRITICISES OSCE
President Vladimir Putin struck out at the OSCE on Wednesday, telling a meeting of former Soviet states it was "high time for the OSCE to stop serving the interests of certain countries and focus its attention on a unifying agenda".
Clinton said the organisation "must avoid institutional changes that would weaken it and undermine our fundamental commitments", but did not mention Russia's reform agenda.
She accused member states of limiting the participation on non-governmental groups in discussions and of trying to impose greater central control over OSCE offices and field workers in order to curb their work on human rights, an apparent reference to former Soviet states including Russia.
"These are not the way to progress in the 21st century," she said.
Members were undermining military transparency on the continent by suspending the implementation of treaties, she said, in an apparent reference to Russia's suspension of compliance with the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty.
The OSCE's election monitoring operations were dealt a blow on Thursday when the organization's parliamentary assembly said it would no longer work with the its human rights department, the ODIHR.
If the two groups do not cooperate, they could produce conflicting assessments of elections, which could undermine the OSCE's authority.
Under existing rules the ODIHR provides long-term observers for elections, while members of the assembly help monitor the missions on election day and announce the OSCE's verdict.
The parliamentary assembly said ODIHR officials had repeatedly undermined the authority of OSCE missions by giving its opinion of the vote before a final statement had been agreed.
(Additional reporting by Alexei Anishchuk; Editing by Conor Humphries and Pravin Char)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/clinton-says-concerned-future-rights-watchdog-172347391.html
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Sirius XM Radio Inc. - Satellite Radio Playground
By Demian Russian
Along with the stock repurchase program, Sirius XM Radio?s Board of Directors also announced a special cash dividend in the amount of?$0.05?per share of SIRI common stock, which will be payable on?December 28th, 2012 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on?December 18th, 2012. The company?s preferred stock will participate in the dividend on an as-converted basis in accordance with its terms. The total amount of the cash dividend is estimated to be about $325 million.
?The combined announcement reflects the Board?s desire to return value to stockholders and its confidence in the long-term growth prospects of the Company?s business. SiriusXM retains ample capital capacity to continue making long-term investments in its programming, research and development initiatives and overall operations, as well as pursue strategic opportunities that may arise.??
? Sirius XM Radio
While Sirius XM Radio CEO Mel Karmazin has spoke of the company returning capital to shareholders for quite some time, today?s announcement is the real deal.
Demian Russian is the Editor-in-Chief of?Satellite Radio Playground?and?Market Playground.
Disclosure: Long SIRI
Contact the author:?DemianRussian@SatelliteRadioPlayground.com
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Sunday, November 11, 2012
Who is new Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby?
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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/archbishop-canterbury-justin-welby-160929344.html
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Saturday, November 10, 2012
Linds Redding's death from cancer - Business Insider
Linds Redding
Linds Redding
More on the heartbreaking story of Linds Redding, the former Saatchi & Saatchi and BBDO art director who, before dying of cancer, addressed a thoughtful rant to his colleagues that concluded a life spent in advertising was "a con. A scam. An elaborate hoax."Redding kept a personal blog, and back in July he wrote a detailed, moving post about the moment his doctor told him that his inoperable esophageal cancer was terminal. Back in April, Redding was still hopeful he might pull through. He wrote:
"In spite of eight rounds of chemo, the cancer has continued to grow, although thankfully it hasn?t spread. Just taking a few quiet days to adjust to the new reality. Jo and I are going away for the weekend to gather our thoughts and regroup. Guess you could say we are a little down but not out."
But in July things took a turn for the worse. Redding showed up to what he thought would be a routine appointment with his doctor only to be told, "Do you want the news now, or do you want to wait?? He died in late October.
Here's the full post in which he describes the moment he learned he was going to die. Be warned, it's heartbreaking stuff:
Bad news travels fast
Posted by Linds in Journal on July 6th, 2012.
I?m sitting here eying up a large paper parcel. My latest haul of drugs from the Island pharmacy. When I picked them up this morning the girl behind the counter quipped that I?ve just about cleaned them out. It certainly looks that way. I?m pretty sure I hold more inventory than they do right now.
For the first time, my personal pharmacy stash features ?pain relief? of a more exotic nature than just plain old Paracetamol. Codeine. Morphine. Just the words send a chill through my bones, but I am beginning to feel the need for them.
This is no longer an invisible disease, as it was for the forst few months. The tells are starting to reveal themselves. People still greet me with rave reviews of how well I?m looking, which I accept gracefully, if with a tad of carefully concealed irritation. My cancer is starting to reveal itself in various ways, some subtle, others more obvious. Some the direct consequence of the disease itself, others the legacy of the various treatments I have undertaken.
I have numbness in my feet and toes, a permanent side-effect of the chemotherapy, as is the intermittent tinitus in both ears. My voice is croaky and unreliable as a result of an enlarged cancerous lymph node on my upper chest paralysing the nerve which controls one of my vocal chords. (There?s a good story attached to how they managed to give me most of my voice back ? I was almost totally mute for some weeks ? but that will have to wait for another day.) I also have a persistent and unrelenting cough, probably related to the vocal chord business, but exacerbated by the recent course of radiation therapy.
More recently, I have developed deep, nagging pains in my back, chest, and belly. A minor irritation at first, they are now constantly present reminder of my slowly deteriorating condition, and keep me awake at night. It?s getting to the point where Paracetamol just isn?t cutting it any more. I went to the doctor this morning to get something a bit more shall we say, industrial.
I should mention, that I went for a long scheduled CT scan yesterday afternoon ? the first since finishing chemo several months ago ? mainly to monitor the tumour, and to see what positive effect the radiation therapy has had on the errant lymph nodes in my chest. We have a meeting set with The Prof. next week to get the results. The wait for scan results is for us, the most stressful part of the whole exercise, and we have been hunkering down for a long anxious wait until next Wednesday?s showdown.
So I was totally unprepared when I skipped into the island surgery this morning to pick up a few scripts and have a routine kick-of-the-tyres ?take two of these and call me in the morning? session with Doctor Dave, when he brandishes a sheaf of papers in his bony, freckled fist and announces, ?I have your scan report. Have you seen it yet??
?You can?t,? I said, shocked. ?I only had the scan at four o?clock yesterday. That must be an old one, these things usually take a few days to processes.?
?Not in the private sector they don?t. That?s what you?re paying for. This just came through. Do you want the news now, or do you want to wait??
?Wait.? a little voice said in my head. The coward?s voice.
?Um. Yeah. I guess?? I heard myself saying quietly, without conviction.
?Well, there?s chapter and verse here,? he says, leafing through the document, but I?ll just give you the Summery.? He pulls his chair alongside mine and leans into me as if reading a bedtime story.
?Since the last CT scan, there are new and enlarged supraclavicular and mediastinal and nodal metastases, new uper abdominal and retroperitneal nodal metastases, and new liver and pulminary metastases.?
I feel the hot burn of adrenalin wash through me. ?Shit, that doesn?t sound good.? I finally announced, with what in retrospect was admirable understatement.
?No it doesn?t? says Doctor Dave.
?So it?s in my liver and my lungs?? I ask redundantly and helplessly.
?Looks that way.?
Dr. Dave does what all doctors do in these awkward, uncomfortable situations. He snaps into a flurry of pointless but smehow essential activity ? making notes, dashing off prescriptions, listening to random parts of my body with his stethoscope, basically anything to fill the uncomfortable void where the dead guy is sitting.
I stumble out into the winter sunshine and go home to break the news to Jo.
She cries.
I cry.
We cry together.
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Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/linds-reddings-death-from-cancer-2012-11
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JetBlue pilot who had midair meltdown to leave prison
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SAN ANTONIO -- The JetBlue Airways pilot whose behavior on a flight forced the plane to make an emergency landing in Texas was ordered conditionally released by a federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, on Friday.
U.S. District Judge Mary Lou Robinson ruled Clayton Osbon, 49, "would not create a substantial risk of bodily injury to another person or serious damage to the property of another" if released.
Osbon pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity in July to a criminal charge of interference with a flight crew and was ordered examined by psychiatrists for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons. A judge ruled him not guilty by reason of insanity and Osbon was sent to the Federal Medical Center in Butner, N.C.
On a March 27 flight from New York City to Las Vegas, Osbon began running through the aisles of the plane screaming about Iraq, Iran and al-Qaida, yelling, "We're not going to Vegas" and "You'd better start praying now!" An FBI report says the first officer on the flight managed to lock Osbon out of the cabin while passengers subdued him and another pilot made the decision to land in Amarillo.
A psychiatrist later attributed the incident to a brief psychiatric disorder brought on by lack of sleep, according to court documents.
Robinson set out a number of conditions for Osbon's release, including a stipulation that he not board a plane without court permission. He also is prohibited from communicating with anyone who was on board the JetBlue flight. He is forbidden from purchasing alcohol, using any controlled substances and must follow the psychological care recommended by his physicians.
Osbon will be released after his lawyers and federal prosecutors agree on a date. Robinson said in her written order that neither federal prosecutors nor the government objected to his release.
Osbon could have received up to 20 years in prison or been committed to a mental health facility.
Several passengers on board the flight have sued the airline, claiming JetBlue should have known that Osbon was not fit to fly that day.
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Friday, November 9, 2012
Taco Bell Adds Desserts to Menu - The Village Voice Blogs
The fast food chain that changed the landscape of tacos with Doritos Locos shells have added sweets to their menu. Taco Bell will now serve churros, cookie sandwiches, and caramel apple empanadas, all for under $1 a piece.
Also now available are XXL Steak Nachos (also known as "restaurant-sized nachos") that are triple the size to regular Steak Tacos. Analysts suggest that Taco Bell has been trying get a makeover after news spread that the Bell's beef fillings were questionable. Dessert is always a good place to start.
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Source: http://blogs.villagevoice.com/forkintheroad/2012/11/taco_bell_adds_desserts.php
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