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Comment Re:Did they study the health effects of starving? (Score 2) 356

The article states that "Up to 50% of males and 70% of females died prematurely" showing "2-3 times more large tumors than the control group"

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Tom Sanders..noted. that...snip, snip... This strain of rat is very prone to mammary tumors particularly when food intake is not restricted," he said in an emailed comment.

If the control group is made of up of the same strain of rats, then the findings are significant. Very significant.

Comment Re:distributed operations- hand count details (Score 5, Informative) 500

It's important to mention that the ballots were redesigned after the 1995 referendum so that the voter's choice is clear and unambiguous. See here: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/2011_ballot.jpg/800px-2011_ballot.jpg Mark one of the circles only (an X, fill the circle in, whatever), and it's OK. Mark more than one, the ballot is spoiled. In addition, by law, each citizen gets four continuous hours to vote. That is, somewhere in the twelve hours that the polls are open, your employer has to schedule you so that you can get four uninterrupted hours to vote. So if you local poll open times are 8:30 am - 8:30 pm, and your work schedule is 9:00 am to 6:00 PM, your employer MUST either start your day at 12:30 PM, or end it at 4:30 PM. In all the voting I've done in Canada, the whole process, from the time I've walked into a polling station to the time I've walked out, has seldom been longer than half and hour and never longer than an hour. No, I've never had to queue outside.

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