Tuesday, February 01, 2011

BBC News - Cold weather payments in Northern Ireland reach £16m
A new round of cold weather payments has been announced, bringing the total amount paid out this winter to £16.2m.
Sugar Swells On Decline In Sugar Production in Uttar Pradesh
As per latest data compile by State Government of Uttar Pradesh, the total sugar production in Uttar Pradesh is estimated at 60 lakh tonnes in 2010/11 , down 20 lakh tonnes from the previous estimate as Cold weather situation during the December period hampered the harvesting of sugar cane.
Destroying Evidence At The Ministry Of Truth? | Real Science
This graph has been changed several times – first adjustment and now corruption.
BBC4′s “Meet the Skeptics” | Watts Up With That?
Then, they showed me the contract they wanted me to sign (no mention at the beginning before the interview) and I spent several minutes reading it, finally deciding that the contract basically amounted to me giving them all rights to my image, words, and opinion, with specific rights to edit them together in “any way they saw fit”. Yes, as I recall, that was exactly the way it was worded in the contract, and basically gave them a license to create their own alternate “Watts interview” reality as they desired. My years in television news have shown me how editing can be brutally unfair in the hands of somebody skilled, and I basically told them to “stuff it” and refused to sign the contract. They spent the next two weeks via email and phone trying to come up with contract variations to get me to sign and I still refused. The entire affair was rushed and unprofessional in my experience.

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