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Is it time for the Catalan media to go back to school?
"I’ve been reading with interest what’s been happening this week in Cataluña regarding the…ahem language spoken by the Catalan media. The Periódico de Cataluña gave us an insight this week into the right and wrong way of pronouncing certain Catalan expressions which...Heathrow T5 was 'national embarrassment'
The botched opening of Heathrow's Terminal 5 generated lot of bad publicity and now even the British MP's have cited errors, inadequate training behind the chaos and called it a national embarrasment. The...Why Midafternoon Brings Out The Bears..
An increasingly familiar Wall Street phenomenon—A three-digit swing in the Dow, usually down, in the final hour of trading—is a direct result of population growth in one species: bears. Margin calls are...
Georgia, Between Hope and Fear
"I cannot help being anxious about what's happening to Georgia. My daughter is in Tbilisi with my grandson. Her husband, Sandro Kvitashvili, is the minister of health and social services. I don't know how dangerous his job is each day, whether he is on the streets, possibly... Worried About Your Brain? Take Some Shakespeare
To stimulate your brain and fire it up, try Shakespeare, or so a study proves."n Shakespeare what is apparently a small matter is actually often a big deal made seemingly small only because it is happening at pace. The moment of a decision in Macbeth, of a death in Lear: they...Peak Oil Mania
Wow. That didn’t take long. Back in December when everyone was compiling lists about what the best gadgets of the year were or other nonsense, Jim Kunstler was predicting that 2008 would be the year... 'Cannibal relatives ate boy alive'
The things people do when it seems justified some or other religious cult or belief is incredible. This time a cult that i've never heard of before the 'Grail' though the term of course is well known."A... Bad reviews of Shyamlan's 'The Happening' due to racism?
"Can it be a kind of racism that the Indian-born, Philadelphia-raised auteur is hammered for his apparent character (or funny name) rather more than, say, Quentin Tarantino or Spike Lee, asks horror scholar Kim...
created by Richard Drewmore | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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515 views | 2 recommendations | 10 comments
Canadian Gas Price Fixing Scam in Que.
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorOne can be certain Quebec is not the only province in Canada, or even in North America where Gas Price Fixing Scams are going on. The USA gas prices jumped so much...
created by Barry Artiste | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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418 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Terry Pratchett finds God
"Terry Pratchett, the bestselling fantasy book author who recently revealed that he was suffering from Alzheimer's disease, has hinted that he has found God after years as an atheist. The writer, who penned...What's happening to London house prices?
As stocks of unsold properties pile up, and 3 million new homes are on the drawing board for development, prices are likely to come down with a big bump, unless you can afford a £5 million or above property,... May Day Brings Violence and Riots in Turkey
May 1 is a traditional workers' day holiday across most of Europe, with most of the countries on the continent having the day off (the UK and Ireland save the day off for the following Monday). It coincides...
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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1216 views | 5 recommendations | 10 comments
5.2 M Quake Hits Northern Calafornia
5.2 M Quake, Northern CA, April 30, 2008 03:03:06 GMT Today"Magnitude5.4 Date-TimeWednesday, April 30, 2008 at 03:03:06 UTCTuesday, April 29, 2008 at 08:03:06 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time...Arctic Meltdown Near Its "Tipping Point" Warns WWF
"MONTREAL (AFP) — Arctic sea ice is melting "significantly faster" than predicted and is approaching a point of no return, conservation group the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) warned in a new study.The volumes of...
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