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High-stress lifestyle is making Britons obese, as they are increasingly turning to unhealthy snacks in a bid to cope with the pressures of daily life, a new survey has revealed.ttp://www.indiareport.com/India-usa-uk-news/latest-news/969000/National/10/11/10High-stress lifestyle is making Britons obese, as they are increasingly turning to... more
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The Communications Market 2010 report from Ofcom has found that some 23 per cent of Internet users now access the web via a mobile device and 23 per cent of our time online is spent on social networks, increasingly via mobile devices.
We now spend nearly half our waking hours watching television or playing with the phone, the computer, or some other gadget. Shortening attention spans are reflected in Google Image Search emerging as a pre-eminent search engine in its own right. One other major fact stands out - online news audiences are much younger than print audiences.
Paul Phillips, Regional Director for UK and Ireland, Brocade Communications, stated: “From breakfast radio to peak time evening TV, via Internet surfing and texting at home, or emailing at our desks - the British are not only becoming increasingly good at multi tasking, but particularly adept at consuming and using the data we are increasingly confronted with in our ever-day, increasingly IT literate, mobile lives.”
“Thanks in part to the advent and increasing popularity of Smartphones, the everyday Briton is now confronted by an ever-advancing wave of digital information and data. If you take into account the fact that Apple has recorded over three million iPad sales in just 80 days it is clear that the previously fixed boundaries of networks are becoming ever more transparent.”
“The type of data is changing too - with live streaming, audio, real-time feeds and traffic through social media continually on the up. The increasing volume of both secure and unsecured data we are exposed to on a daily basis has led to increasing pressures on the very networks that provide the information. In order to provide a continual and safe flow of data, networks have to be resilient, capable of handling all data, clustering and storage traffic,” continued Paul.
“Events are moving forward at an ever increasing rate, but two things are for sure; we need to be more flexible in our approach to networks, and more technologically aware of the options available to us but also of the security risks involved – if we plan for these changes and look after the robustness and security of our networks then the continually swelling waves of data we are exposed to will not see us stranded on the proverbial desert island,” he concluded.The Communications Market 2010 report from Ofcom has found that some 23 per cent of... more
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Two Britons have been sentenced to a month's imprisonment for indecency after a local woman took objection to them kissing in a restaurant.
Ayman Najafi, 24, a marketing consultant who lives in Dubai, and Charlotte Adams, 25, an estate agent from North London, were said to have been touching each other and kissing passionately as they dined with friends in a beachfront restaurant.
They were arrested and sentenced to a month in prison after which they were told they would be deported.
But the pair told a hearing at the Dubai Appeal Court on Sunday that they were the victims of a "huge misunderstanding" and had simply exchanged a friendly greeting.
"We kissed each other on the cheek as a greeting, nothing more,” Mr Najafi told Judge Aysar Fouad. Miss Adams pointed at her cheek to show where contact had taken place.
The two are not the first Britons to fall foul of the strict laws in the conservative Muslim state. Last year Michelle Palmer, 36, and Vince Acors, 34, were sentenced to three months imprisonment for having sex on a beach.
The latest incident took place when Miss Adams and Mr Najafi met along with four other friends for dinner at Bob's Easy Diner on the beachfront at the Jumeirah Beach Residence complex on November 27.
The police were called at around 2am by an Emirati woman sitting at a nearby table with her children and claimed her daughter had been upset by the display of affection.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7443079/Britons-sentenced-to-a-month-in-prison-for-kissing-in-Dubai-restaurant.htmlTwo Britons have been sentenced to a month's imprisonment for indecency after a... more
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A Guardian investigation reveals allegations that high-ranking Iraqi government officials were involved in the kidnapping of five Britons in BaghdadA Guardian investigation reveals allegations that high-ranking Iraqi government... more
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British scientists will be allowed to research devastating diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s using human-animal embryos, after the House of Commons tonight rejected a ban.
An amendment to the Human Fertilization and Embryology Bill that would have outlawed the creation of “human admixed embryos” for medical research was defeated in a free vote by a majority of 160, preserving what Gordon Brown regards as a central element of the legislation.
The Government, however, is braced for defeat tomorrow on a separate clause that would scrap the requirement that fertility clinics consider a child’s “need for a father” before treating patients. MPs will also tomorrow consider amendments that would cut the legal limit for abortion from 24 weeks to 22 or 20 weeks.
A second amendment, that would have banned the creation only of “true hybrids” made by fertilizing an animal egg with human sperm, or vice-versa, was also defeated by a majority of 63. Another free vote later tonight is expected to approve the use of embryo-screening to create “savior siblings” suitable to donate umbilical cord blood to sick children.
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Reports have emerged that there has still been no contact with a group of UK tourists who were in one of the Chinese regions devastated by the recent earthquake.
According to Sky, both travel companies and the Foreign Office are trying to make contact with a number of unaccounted-for UK citizens. One of the travel companies, Travel Collection, has reported that 19 of their travelers were on a coach accompanied by a local guide and driver travelling from Chengdu to Wolong when the quake hit.
Although fears are growing over making contact with other UK survivors, the UK travel organisation Abta has reported that over 100 of the tourists travelling in the region were 'safe and unhurt.'
Reports have emerged that there has still been no contact with a group of UK tourists... more
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Five British hostages who were kidnapped in Iraq almost a year ago are being held inside Iran by Revolutionary Guards, according to two separate sources in the Middle East and London.
The hostages were handed over to the Revolutionary Guards by their Iraqi kidnappers last November, the sources believe. One of the sources said they were being held in the western Iranian city of Hamadan.
If confirmed, the involvement of Revolutionary Guards would be seen as evidence that senior figures in the Iranian government had backed the decision to hold them in the country.
However, British officials said that while there had been rumours that the five were in Iran, they had seen no evidence to support the idea.
The hostages are said to be in good physical shape but spending much of their time in solitary confinement.
According to one of the sources, they are under the control of Mohammad Safaei, 41, a senior Revolutionary Guard colonel who was previously in charge of special operations in the southern Iraqi city of Basra.
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I'd suggest reading the entire article.
Nothing has been proven, but "sources say..."Five British hostages who were kidnapped in Iraq almost a year ago are being held... more
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It is being reported that a British school teacher, her two female Kenyan colleagues and a Somali headmaster have been killed by Islamist militants at a Somalian school, after suspected rebels attacked the central town of Beledweyne.
Motives for the killings are still unclear with a cousin of one of the deceased saying:
"We don't know why they were killed, but it happened when Islamist insurgents briefly took control of Beledweyne town last night."
Over the last year, insurgents have attacked government targets as a response to their 'ousting' from southern and central regions by Ethiopian-backed Somali troops. The violence has seen thousands killed with reports claiming hundreds of thousands have fleed from the region in a bid to escape the unrest.
It is being reported that a British school teacher, her two female Kenyan colleagues... more
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According to a local newspaper, La Hora, five British women were killed in Sancan, and another 12 injured when a bus from the company Reina del Camino hit another vehicle. The accident happened near Puerto Lopez yesterday evening at around 6pm local time. It says they had been on a sightseeing trip to the beaches of southern Manabi when the bus crashed.
The South American country - which includes the Galapagos Islands - is known for its volcanoes, tropical forests and rich wildlife. The travel editor of the Independent newspaper, Simon Calder, said the country's infrastructure was basic: "this is a third world country with all the problems that come with that," he told the BBC.According to a local newspaper, La Hora, five British women were killed in Sancan, and... more
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