วันเสาร์ที่ 16 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2556

Mission to the Mars Desert Research Station in Utah – in pictures

Photojournalist Jim Urquhart

documents a team of space scientists who use the Utah desert as a test for future missions to Mars




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Ringfenced school sport investment welcomed by Olympic athletes

Announcement

comes after Michael Gove has been forced to accept the money should go to sports in primary schools

a long deferral ? 150m sport in primary school, announced Saturday, was well received by Olympic athletes such as Mo Farah and Jessica Ennis after Education Secretary Michael Gove was forced to accept that the money must be reserved.

sports governing bodies such as the Football Association, the Rugby Football Union and the Lawn Tennis Association coaches should improve their links with primary schools in the system. Premier League clubs are also committed to the training and experience.

one long-standing dispute between the Ministry of Health, which is ? 60m per year in the new plan and insisted that the money be set aside for sport, and the Ministry of Education, which will invest 80 million pounds and the directors wanted to be free to decide how to spend it, was resolved in favor of the Ministry of Health.

But individual primary schools still have the freedom to decide whether to spend money on foreign coaches, teacher training or equipment. The financing consists of a lump sum by the school with a top per student, while a school with 250 students, for example, will receive ? 9,250 per year.

However, investments always promised does not already invested ? 162m in a national network of school sports associations, which was dismantled by Gove, in December 2010. A protest forced a partial reversal, but promised to fund ? 65m permission for a day of physical education specialists in primary schools is on in July.

The decision to eliminate school sports association, less than two years before London hosted the Olympic Games won on the grounds that it would "inspire a generation", was severely criticized by leaders sports, teachers and athletes.

Lord Coe, chairman of London 2012 legacy head of government, and the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt has insisted that the money should be allocated to primary schools and reserved for this was spent only sport. Gove wants to keep his principle to allow schools to decide how to spend their budget, but was persuaded to give up.

Cameron said: "With this new approach to the sport, we can create a culture in our schools that encourages all children to be active and enjoy the sport, and promotes the aspirations of future Olympic and Paralympic athletes. "

Hunt said the new strategy would help address the growing crisis of obesity among primary school children and help encourage healthy habits.



"I want our Olympic legacy to inspire other children to participate in sport and exercise to prepare for a healthy life. Overwhelming benefits of exercise are more clear, but with a third of overweight children age 11 disposal to promote sports in schools will help us to solve the problem of obesity in this country, "he said.
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วันอาทิตย์ที่ 3 มีนาคม พ.ศ. 2556

Campaigners unite against secret courts

Over 100 lawyers and human rights activists and freedom of the press call on parliamentarians to reject the "closed material procedures An alliance of more than 100 human rights groups, lawyers and activists called free press MPs to vote against the government's plans for "secret tribunals" - calling them "of letter cover-up "seriously undermine the principles of British justice.

In a letter to the

Observer

the group says it is "deeply concerned" for the purposes of justice and security to the parameter "open and accessible justice" and insists that he is a threat to the right to a fair trial and the rule of law.

MEPs will vote on the third reading of the bill that would expand the number of hearings to be held behind closed doors this week.

Ministers

were involved in the controversy over a year on its plans to extend the so-called "closed material procedures" (CMP), which are heard in its entirety in private , civil law.

The proposals have been developed in close collaboration with the security services, they want evidence of terrorism and other sensitive cases are kept secret. Services argue that other countries stop information sharing with Britain if the information is heard in public session.

secret court

plan has emerged as a direct result of the evidence that has emerged in the court to confirm the allegations that MI5 and MI6 knew of torture or inhuman and degrading part of the CIA terrorism suspects, including British citizens and residents, especially Binyam Mohamed.

While the former Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke, has put forward a series of amendments, they have failed to satisfy critics who say that the fundamental principles of British justice system are being in danger.

supporters plans to argue that the bill will prevent the need for costly government out of court settlements to prevent the evidence heard in public in cases of terrorism or other extremists.