Bid to tackle 'sick-note culture' Nov 5, 2009
Mr Johnson, whose department is responsible for health in England, is due to give a speech to the British Heart Foundation on Wednesday. He said firms such as British Gas and Parcelforce have seen reduced sickness rates after running advice sessions to manage back pain and mental health problems ... Dr Peter Holden, of the British Medical Association. (BBC News -- Health)
Newsweek: New Nirvana release a mixed bag Nov 5, 2009
The show instantly became the stuff of legend, with write-ups in Rolling Stone and the British press. (The rock magazine Kerrang has also placed the show at the top of its "100 Gigs That Shook the World" list. (MSNBC -- Music)
Holiday on Ice Announces a new Collaboration With Barry Manilow Nov 5, 2009
Rolling Stone crowned him "a giant among entertainers... the showman of our generation," and Frank Sinatra summed up Manilow best when Ol' Blue Eyes told the British press, "He's next". Tropicana is an international journey from the city streets to exotic beach clubs of Latin America. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
LETTER: 'Bite the bullet or die from the wounds' Nov 5, 2009
Calling drug dealers, Undocumented Pharmacists"? And,no, I'm not against Hispanics. Most of them are Catholic, and it's been afew hundred years since Catholics wanted to kill me for my religion. I'mwilling to fast track for citizenship any Hispanic person, who can speakEnglish, doesn't have a criminal record and who is self-supporting withoutfamily on welfare, or who serves honorably for three years in ourmilitary... Those are the citizens we need.I'm tired of latte liberals and journalists, who... (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)
German fury over GM Opel U-turn Nov 5, 2009
Business Secretary Lord Mandelson he was keen for "very early discussions" with GM over how their plans affect its British workers. "I have always said that if the right long-term sustainable solution is identified, then the government would be willing to support this," Lord Mandelson said. (BBC News -- Americas)
New king of corks? Nov 5, 2009
Why Now Is the Time to Cash in on Your Passion," is being launched with a 35-city book tour that hits San Diego tonight. Is Gary V. the monarch of meritage? Or merely a Barolo barbarian? When Jancis Robinson, the proper British wine critic, appeared on Gary V.s show, purists were outraged. "He is one of the most disgusting things that could have happened to wine," protested Bisso Atanassov, a Russian wine merchant, writing on Robinsons blog. "He makes money ruining the wine culture... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
We shall all be changed Nov 4, 2009
For most of Australias history that was mostly a British-Irish divide, but the post-war influx of migrants leavened the national mix, and the Catholic schools helped Catholics get into universities and the professions ... The ardent secularists remind me of the 19th century British Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, on hearing an evangelical preacher: Things have come to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade the sphere of the private life. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Secret Jerusalem Nov 4, 2009
Page last updated at 09:58 GMT, Tuesday, 3 November 2009. Jerusalem artists go underground. (BBC News -- Africa)
California Dreamin' Nov 4, 2009
I can almost see my British friends rolling their eyes, tongues ready to unleash a sarcastic comment ... In his BBC documentary, Stephen Fry in America the snippy British social critic takes visible glee in his discovery that Apple's lead designer is a Brit. (Human Events Online)
'Dancing in the Dark,' by Morris Dickstein Nov 4, 2009
Jonah Raskin is the author of "The Mythology of Imperialism: A Revolutionary Critique of British Literature and Society in the Modern Age" (Monthly Review Press). E-mail him at. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Standard Chartered 79% Return Overtakes HSBC With Asian Investment Rebound Nov 4, 2009
Unlike half a dozen of its peers, Standard Chartered required no bailout from the British government ... Standard Chartered says it underwrote none of the subprime- mortgage-backed securities that laid low other British and American banks ... It was formed in 1969 in a merger between Standard Bank of British South Africa Ltd. and Chartered Bank of India, Australia and China. (Bloomberg)
Banking Break-Up Is Template for Obama's Zombies Nov 4, 2009
The question now is whether the British break-up plan will provide a template for zombie banks in the U.S., and all the other countries where banking systems were rescued by taxpayers. So far, U.S. President administration has dithered. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Equatorial Guinea Frees Coup-Plotters Nov 4, 2009
In this June 19, 2008 file photo, British ex-military officer Simon Mann, front right, accused of masterminding a failed coup plot, sits with other defendants at the start of the third day of trial proceedings, at a conference center in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea ... (AP) A British coup-plotter and four South African mercenaries pardoned for attempting the overthrow of Equatorial Guinea's government were freed from prison Tuesday in the tiny oil-rich African nation, the country's chief judge said... (CBS News -- World)
African heritage Nov 4, 2009
Five British soldiers shot dead. Vietnamese see funny side of sex. (BBC News -- Americas)
Ignorance is no excuse Nov 4, 2009
10 Dec 2007: The prime minister pays tribute to British troops in a surprise visit to Iraq. 29 Jun 2003. (Yahoo News -- Hutton Report)
Coup Plotter Simon Mann Pardoned In Eq. Guinea Nov 3, 2009
Judge: British Coup Plotter Simon Mann, 4 South Africans, Pardoned In Equatorial Guinea ... (AP) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - British coup-plotter Simon Mann and four South African mercenaries have been pardoned for plotting the overthrow of the government of oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, the country's chief judge told The Associated Press on Tuesday ... The men were convicted in a spectacular trial where Mann implicated Mark Thatcher, son of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher,... (CBS News -- World)
Creating Better "Digital Citizens" Nov 3, 2009
Dr. Tanya Byron, author of a report on the British government's 2008 national policy on child safety online, will talk about her country's efforts to dial-down the fear factor and increase awareness on how to empower young people to better manage online risks. Other sessions will focus on the safety needs of "seniors and grandparents," challenges facing young people's use of mobile devices, and psychological issues kids face online. (CBS News)
Banks Should Be Handed Over to People's Ownership Nov 3, 2009
Even better, give the shares to everyone younger than 10; since the British are racking up massive debts for their children, it might be nice to give them something back. The result. (Bloomberg -- Columnists)
Obama Tells Karzai: Time for a New Chapter Nov 3, 2009
For the history of Palestinian land being sold at the hand of the British Mandate is a complex and convoluted story with myriads of justifications, defenses, offenses, and outcomes. But as two reasonable and peaceful people, it is the best I can formulate for those who truly desire peace, and are willing to compromise in sake of it. (CBS News)
Ohio woman hopes trick-or-treater may find ring Nov 3, 2009
Although the holiday originated with Europe's Celtic pagans to mark the end of summer - typically celebrated by bonfires to ward off evil spirits and children disguised as spirits of the underworld - it has only been recently that British stores have swelled with Halloween stock and trick-or-treaters have canvassed streets for candy. Halloween costumes include bite-size gore fest. (Fresno Bee)
Fall festival season continues Nov 3, 2009
Don t miss: Expect rarities of all kinds including a vintage British roadster owned by a gent who s taking it around the world from one contest to another. It s free to show your own car, but $15 to enter the competition. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)
A new way of looking at the world Nov 3, 2009
are fixed notions," Fry wrote. For example, Fry writes, "The phrase 'survival of the fittest' -- usually considered central to the theory and often attributed to Darwin -- instead came from British philosopher Herbert Spencer, and didn't appear until the fifth edition of the text. " The visualization project wouldn't have been possible if the text weren't digital. That progression -- of historic text becoming digital via projects like Google's scanning of books and people creating digital text... (CNN)
Big is beautiful in land that thrives on foreign affairs Nov 3, 2009
Evatt believed not enough British were being brought out to balance the increasing intake of Catholics from Europe. During the Menzies years, the Coalition and Labor agreed Australia needed a larger population for economic and national security reasons. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Prof to teach in India Nov 3, 2009
"They are getting more educated, adopting new ways of thinking. It's changing for men, women, and children alike. It's a different India today than it was during the Cold War." After gaining its independence from British rule in 1947, India adopted socialist economic policies. Not wishing to be caught in the middle of American and Russian politics, it held these policies through the Cold War, Johnson said. (Pocatello Idaho State Journal, ID)
Miliband hails links with Russia Nov 3, 2009
Bridget Kendall, BBC diplomatic correspondent Not since July 2004 has a British Foreign Secretary been to Moscow - an extraordinarily long time, given the volume of trade between the two countries and the global problems they are both concerned about ... " He continued: "We don't paper over our differences but we don't allow them to block co-operation". Sergei Lavrov, Russia's foreign minister, said he was grateful to Mr Miliband for the "positive, productive talks" but insisted it was... (BBC News -- Europe)
Home from home Nov 3, 2009
Olaudah Equiano, one of the most prominent Africans involved in the British movement for the abolition of the slave trade, was believed to be an Igbo. Other famous Igbos include Nigerian writers Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, as well as British athlete Christine Ohuruogu. (BBC News -- Africa)
Legalise drugs and society would benefit Nov 3, 2009
Employ the SAS to eliminate foreign traffickers who were trying to supply the British criminals who remained in business. "is bizarre, especially the part about the police and the SAS, of all people. | | ZANU Labour knows EVERYTHING about EVERYTHING wrote:Monday, 2 November 2009 at 06:12 am (UTC)Of all the mind boggling statements to escape the lips of Gordon Brown, his claim to want a government of all the talents was far and away the most weird. Those of us who have know him since his... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
US goofs the Afghan election Nov 3, 2009
Thus, the world community mutely watched when Kerry, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner, United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon and NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen all chanted in unison that there should be a runoff and that Karzai's shortfall of 0. 3% of the votes in the first round made him "illegitimate" in the eyes of the Afghan people. (Asia Times Online)
NY-23 And The End Of The GOP Nov 3, 2009
It was a belief in capitalism that guided the founding of our country and independence from the British tyrants, but the state of actual capitalism has never been realized. Thomas, on Said. (The American Conservative)
Public-service careers: A tough search for talent Nov 3, 2009
Civil-service reforms can work best in smallish territories Denmark, Finland, Scotland, Wales, the Canadian provinces says Tony Dean, a British-born Canadian who has switched from being a bureaucrat to studying bureaucracy ... British Columbia stresses long holidays (time to hike and ski), while in Britain, potential mandarins are told of the heroic role they might play in a catastrophe. (The Economist)
Top Article: Eastern Promises Nov 2, 2009
Whether Myanmar, Cambodia or Laos, our English language teachers could help at much less cost than the British or Australians. India has a lead in information technology. (India Times, India)
Making Peace Nov 2, 2009
Those who wish to pursue this exciting possibility are advised to see The Men Who Stare at Goats, which is based on a book by the British journalist Jon Ronson. What Ronson discovered, in his researches, was a section of the United States military that was solely and specifically tasked with mental combat. (New Yorker)
NASA probe hits moon's south pole looking for water Nov 1, 2009
As a recent British protest shows, nonviolent civil disobedience may be our best hope to counteract global warming By This article has also appeared on. In the early morning of Oct. 8, 2007, a small group of British Greenpeace activists slipped inside a hulking smokestack that towers more than 600 feet above a coal-fired power plant in Kent, England ... They could hardly have known then that their botched attempt at signage would help transform British debate about fossil-fuel power plants --... (Salon)
Golf and the basic misogyny of sport Nov 1, 2009
We are gathered to cover the British Open at Royal Birkdale golf course in July 2008, we're in a pub in Southport and I am happier than I've been in ages. In this company I am able to forget all my everyday cares and even to stop fretting about the play I should be writing. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Div names nine new Boks Nov 1, 2009
The newcomers to the Springbok squad are Blue Bulls scrumhalf Heini Adams, Western Province centre Juan de Jongh, Sharks lock Alistair Hargreaves, Blue Bulls utility back Francois Hougaard, Cheetahs No.8 Ashley Johnson, Blue Bulls hooker Bandise Maku, Blue Bulls flank Dewald Potgieter, who captained the Emerging Springboks against the British Lions in June, Griquas flank Davon Raubenheimer and Griquas fullback Riaan Viljoen. Those who have been recalled are Blue Bulls fullback Zane Kirchner and... (iAfrica.com)
Pakistan's Other Problem Area: Baluchistan Nov 1, 2009
The border that splits Iranian and Pakistani Baluchistan was a line plotted in 1871 by a British colonial official, ceding territory to Iran's rulers in a bid to win Tehran's support against Czarist Russia. Now, the Baluch in Pakistan and Iran who fear independence may be out of reach campaign for expanded freedoms and guarantees to preserve their language and culture within the Pakistani and Iranian states. (Time.com)
* Ending the silence on honor killing Nov 1, 2009
Zena, born in England, is second-generation British Asian and her accent betrays where she was brought up although it is far from where she lives now ... Sharia courts are letting Muslim women down and I am sorry to say that the British government is turning a blind eye to these courts. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
Report: Karzai's brother gets CIA pay Nov 1, 2009
That kind of reform would also work, but less efficiently -- and because of its unsustainable costs, we would, in the end, have to go to a system of rationing, the way the British do, the way the Canadians do, there is no other way. Obama can't say any of that, the word rationing is too unpopular. (Salon)
If we leave Iraq, do we lose for good? Nov 1, 2009
There has been one needless gaffe after another -- from the president's tacky appearance on a late-night comedy show to the kitsch gifts given to the British prime minister, followed by the sweater-clad first lady's over-familiarity with the queen and culminating in the jaw-dropping spectacle of a president of the United States bowing to the king of Saudi Arabia. Why was protest about the latter indignity confined to conservatives. (Salon)
'I spend most of Christmas cooking. How sad is that?' Nov 1, 2009
But the British Indian community could change to the Conservatives if they look like they're going to win ... And I don't see the changes in British society as political correctness gone mad, I think they are a gradual awareness and an awakening to a mutual respect, whether it be women or people of different race or ethnic origin ... Is that your deep, personally felt experience because you've had rather a controversial image over the years the British press loved to excoriate you and the... (India Times, India)
A paranormal affair Oct 31, 2009
Among them were two British prime ministers Arthur Balfour and William Gladstone the poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, novelist Mark Twain, intellectual and critic John Ruskin and academician Charles Dodgson (better known as Lewis Carroll). Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, best known as the creator of Sherlock Holmes, was an active member and attended many sances, during one of which he claimed to have heard the voice of his son and saw the revenants of his mother and nephew. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
The Evil of Banality Oct 31, 2009
It was titled "Blame the VictimHannah Arendt Among the Nazis: the Historian and Her Sources." Arendtthe German-born refugee intellectual, author of the influential and the controversial has come under fire before for "blaming the victim" in her Eichmann trial book, but the author of the TLS piece, the distinguished British scholar Bernard Wasserstein, breaks new ground here with material I found shocking. In a long, carefully documented essay, Wasserstein (who's now at the University of... (Slate)
Fame: From the bronze age to Britney Oct 31, 2009
Payne, a classics teacher at an elite British school, makes his case by dipping in and out of different times and cultures, and drawing extensively on the myths and rituals of ancient Greece and Rome ... The eviction of Jade Goody on the British Big Brother is compared to the ancient Greek practice of ''ostracism'', whereby citizens would vote someone out of Athens for a decade. (The Age, Australia)
Who are you? Oct 31, 2009
That happened across the building Monday night, in the lobby, courtesy of Roger Daltrey, the voice of the British rock band. The pop culture icon, 65, whos been resting here while on break from his solo tour, met a couple from New Jersey staying in the hotel and ended up in a hour-long conversation that the duo, Joe and Joan Vrola, won t soon forget. (The Palm Beach Post)
Maine puts squeeze on low-alcohol lemonade Oct 30, 2009
Maine puts squeeze on low-alcohol British lemonade ... Maine puts squeeze on low-alcohol British lemonade. (AZCentral -- Business)
Dan Graham: Beyond opens Saturday, Student Open House, and more Oct 30, 2009
2009 British Television Advertising Awards ... Brimming with creativity, these sly, sexy, hilarious, and thought-provoking British spots have been a Walker highlight for 21 years. (AbsoluteArts.com)
The buzz in Maine Oct 30, 2009
Bans selling British drink with half-percent alcohol to minors, Brits laugh. A person would need to drink about 28 bottles of the lemonade to consume the amount of alcohol found in a typical pint of beer, an official with Fentimans, maker of the beverage. (MSNBC -- Business)
'Being Human' Vampire Series Coming To U.S. Oct 30, 2009
" He also emphasized that the U.S. adaptation would not "slavishly replicate the British version. " "Being Human" became a BBC hit last year during a six-episode run and is expected to return for eight episodes in Britain early in 2010. The Syfy version is projected to fit next to "Sanctuary" in the network's lineup, another series with mystical, secretive elements to it. That show launched last year and is currently in the midst of its second season. This report is provided by Services: Popular... (VHI.com -- Music News)
Shredding light on their art Oct 30, 2009
In 2007, a British High Court judge found the film contained nine significant scientific errors and ordered any school screenings of the film be preceded by a clarification. Ironically, the decision was made public the same week Al Gore won the Nobel Peace Prize. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Horrific treatment makes Tamils desperate to leave Oct 30, 2009
British Foreign Secretary David Miliband has admitted to the House of Commons that the British Government was aware that the extrajudicial killing of Tamils has taken place, both inside and outside the camps. The European Union is set to recommend withdrawing trade benefits from Sri Lanka over alleged human rights abuses in the 00004000 last stages of the civil war. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
* Corner-cutting led to Nimrod crash in Afghanistan: report Oct 30, 2009
An inquiry into an air crash that caused the British forces worst loss of life in decades concluded that corner-cutting on safety led to the fiery explosion in 2006 of a Nimrod surveillance aircraft over Afghanistan, killing all 14 crewmen aboard ... A variant of the Comet, a British aircraft that became the worlds first jetliner in the early 1950s, the Nimrod was built for an anti-submarine role but has been used in Afghanistan and Iraq for patrolling over battle zones and aiding... (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Egypt: Egypt Makes Cultural Clout Count Oct 30, 2009
Along with other famed Egyptian singers, opera diva Um Kalthoum - whose fame spread far beyond the Arab world - sang on themes of Arab independence and the glories of Nasser's revolution against colonial British rule. "During the Nasser era in the 1950s and 60s, Egypt became the undisputed political leader of the Arabs," said Al-Bishlawi. (allAfrica.com)
Indian doctor world's first plastic surgeon? Oct 29, 2009
India spent nearly two centuries under British rule before gaining independence in 1947 ... The Games, the biggest multi-sport event to be staged in India since the Asian Games in 1982, will feature 71 nations and territories from the former British empire and is expected to draw 6,000 athletes. (India Times, India)
Why would an anti-Semite support Israel? Oct 29, 2009
I also watched Nick Griffin's appearance on Question Time, and was surprised to find him declaring his British National Party the party most supportive of Israel's attack on Gaza. Griffin, of course, is an odious bigot, who has been convicted of inciting racial hatred against Jews. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Opinion)
Uganda: What Makes Kenya's Education Superior? Oct 29, 2009
The answer seems to lie in the structure and quality of the Kenyan education system, known as the 8-4-4, which is a departure from the Ugandan 7-4-2-3 inherited from the British. The 8-4-4 is a an education system that comprises eight years of primary school, four years of secondary and four years of university. (allAfrica.com)
Casting a net into the future Oct 29, 2009
If one compared catch diversity now with what it was 50 years ago no-one would doubt that the British sea are was overfished ... British Columbia spelt this out almost a decade ago. (BBC News -- Science)
Sailing the Northwest Passage Oct 29, 2009
Halifax, Nova Scotia (CNN) -- Silent Sound completed her voyage through the Canadian Arctic on October 10, four months and four days after slipping her moorings in Victoria, British Columbia. It was a cold day with pouring rain when she pulled into Halifax Harbor, but there was still a crowd of family and friends waiting to welcome us ashore, reminding us of the community that has formed around the. (CNN -- World)
Plan now! Winter Olympics 2010 trip guide Oct 28, 2009
19: TODAY hosts talk to British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell about how Vancouver is preparing for the upcoming Olympics ... The 2010 Winter Olympics return to North America on February 12th, when the world of snow sport enthusiasts descend upon one of North America's most beautiful cities, Vancouver, British Columbia. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Celebrity Journalism Attacked in New Film Oct 28, 2009
British newspaper editors are frequently former showbiz reporters ... After he was fired by the Mirror -- for running fake photos of British soldiers allegedly abusing Iraqis -- he became a celebrity himself, as a judge on "Britain's Got Talent," which launched Susan Boyle to stardom. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Sir Ian McKellen reflects on his recent roles Oct 28, 2009
McKellen is sitting on a terrace overlooking a sunny garden at the British Embassy, one cream-colored pant leg folded over the other, as he reflects on the global exposure that resulted from his recurring roles in two astoundingly lucrative movie franchises: the wizard Gandalf in The Lord of the Rings and Magneto, the twisted mutant of X-Men ... His latest along those commercial lines starts up in mid-November on basic cable s AMC channel, when he appears as the enigmatic No. 2 in a remake of... (Boston Globe)
Pirates hijack UK couple? Oct 28, 2009
The British foreign ministry said on Tuesday it was urgently trying to locate a British couple whose yacht sent a distress signal while sailing near pirate-infested waters, and has not been seen since. Paul Chandler (58) and his wife Rachel (55) were heading from the Seychelles towards Tanzania in their 11. (iAfrica.com)
The whole enchilada Oct 28, 2009
However, you would not want to be in the soup because it means being in trouble in informal British slang as defined by the Oxford Advanced Learners Dictionary. In hot soup seems to be the popular phrase now especially in newspaper headlines highlighting the misdeeds of politicians. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Biography tracks the rise and fame of David Bowie Oct 27, 2009
The career full of characters obscures the less fantastic, but very interesting, back story of David Jones, a British teen in the '60s who desperately wanted to make it big. He joins some Rs, dabbles in acting and mime, changes his last name to Bowie and records a painful-to-listen-to-now single titled "The Laughing Gnome" that seems to channel Alvin and the Chipmunks. (Honolulu Advertiser)
Addo-Aikins Mind is Stuck in the Divisive and Regressive Ghanaian Past Oct 27, 2009
For had he really cared for the truth, the former death-squad prelate would have honestly observed that on the eve of India-Pakistan independence, the British government was seriously mulling the imminent possibility of an independent Ghana, even as Mr. Joseph (Joe) Appiah eloquently details in his slim but pithy book The Man J. B. Danquah, as early as 1946 or 1948, the British government had plans afoot vis--vis the granting of sovereignty to the august Asante Federation. It would be... (Ghana Web, Ghana)
Obituaries in the news Oct 27, 2009
He also represented British acts including Traffic, Jethro Tull and Joe Cocker when they first came to the United States in the mid-1960s, Strell said. Born Anthony D'Addario, he grew up in the Bronx and met Bennett in 1954 at a nightclub in Yonkers, according to an obituary prepared by his daughter, Michele Anthony, former president and chief operating officer of Sony Music. (Fresno Bee -- Nation)
