Hello Out There…Is Anybody Listening?

Is anybody listening?

The book is an uneven collection of essays, opinion pieces, speeches and other writings published between 2002 when an estimated 2,000 Muslims were massacred in the western state of Gujarat and the aftermath of last November's terror attacks in Mumbai. Roy calls the collection “a detailed under-view” of the darker side of the world's largest democracy or what she describes as “the cunning, Brah...

Rural surgery in British Columbia: is there anybody out there?

OBJECTIVE To document surgical procedures performed in British Columbia between 1996 and 2001 at rural hospital sites with no resident specialist surgeons and to define the scope of practice of general practitioner (GP)-surgeons at these small-volume surgical sites. METHODS We obtained data from published information available in the medical directories for British Columbia and from the Popul...

Does Anybody Out There Understand the Requirements Process ?

Is Anybody Listening? Evidence That Voters Do Not Respond to European Parties’ Policy Statements During Elections

Although extensive research analyzes the factors that motivate European parties to shift their policy positions, there is little cross-national research that analyzes how voters respond to parties’ policy shifts. We report pooled, time-series analyses of election survey data from several European polities, which suggest that voters do not systematically adjust their perceptions of parties’ posi...

Hello World

I am afraid of fire because of the sadistic ringmaster at the circus always whipping me with a fire whip. I also trust those who have been nice to me, such as all of the group I travel with. I trust Zuko after he frees me from captivity. I can become quite temperamental towards anyone who I think is a threat to myself or my friends, especially Aang. Conversely, I have demonstrated an unrestrain...