links for 2009-03-05 • Who's responsible for all the concrete carbuncles?~ | Magazine | BBC NEWS |
Le Corbusier is thought of by many in the world of architecture as the leading mind of the 20th Century, whose work preceded and defined the wholesale use of concrete in architecture, but as a new. • .....
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links for 2009-03-03 • The science of selling out | Magazine | BBC NEWS |
"Is it heartbreaking for Iggy Pop to sell insurance?", perhaps, but just as heartbreaking to see John Lydon sell butter. • .....
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Date:Monday Mar 02, 2009
links for 2009-03-02 • 'Superguns' of Elizabeth I's navy | Science & Environment | BBC NEWS |
"What we have shown is that the English navy and its gun founders were almost 50 years ahead of their time technologically" concludes Marine archaeologist Mensun Bound of Oxford. • .....
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Date:Sunday Mar 01, 2009
links for 2009-03-01 • Two sexes 'sin in different ways' | Europe | World | BBC NEWS |
Women are prouder than men, but men are more lustful, according to a Vatican report which states that the two sexes sin differently. • .....
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Date:Saturday Feb 28, 2009
links for 2009-02-28 • Global downturn: In graphics | Business | BBC NEWS |
Some of the key facts and figures behind the turmoil in the global financial markets; in easy to consume graphical formats. • .....
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Date:Friday Feb 27, 2009
links for 2009-02-27 • Home repossessions rise to 40,000 | Business | BBC NEWS |
Harrowing news that number of home repossessed in the UK by lenders rose by 54% to 40,000, thankfully this is less than predicted by the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML), however they still expect that repossessions this. • .....
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Date:Tuesday Feb 24, 2009
links for 2009-02-24 • BBC NEWS | World | Middle East | Netanyahu to form Israel cabinet
Great, just what the world needs right now, another right-wing Israeli Government; Not. • .....
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Date:Saturday Feb 21, 2009
links for 2009-02-21 • "Whose data is it anyway?" Facebook in row over who owns *your* data | Technology | BBC NEWS |
With Facebook still yet to find a genuine revenue generating business model, there are plenty of people who are uncomfortable not knowing what Facebook might do to achieve profitability. • .....
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Date:Thursday Feb 19, 2009
links for 2009-02-19 • Press reviews: Henry's Othello | Entertainment | BBC NEWS |
One of the UK's favourite comedians and Black Countrymen, Lenny Henry, dazzles critics and audiences with his portrayal of Othello in Shakespeare's play of the same name. • .....
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Date:Wednesday Feb 18, 2009
links for 2009-02-18 • Race for 'God particle' heats up | Science & Environment | BBC NEWS |
Competition is healthy for both Europe and the US, says Professor Lyn Evans, project leader of the European Large Hadron Collider (LHC), though missing out on the Higgs would be "sour. • .....
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Date:Monday Feb 16, 2009
links for 2009-02-16 • Alien life 'may exist among us' | Science & Environment | BBC NEWS |
They walk among us, or at least they might, according to Professor Paul Davies, a physicist at Arizona State University. • .....
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Date:Saturday Feb 07, 2009
links for 2009-02-07 • Soothing words and stiff upper lips | Magazine | BBC NEWS |
Millions of copies of the "Keep Calm and Carry On" poster were printed on the eve of World War II, but never displayed. • .....
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Date:Monday Feb 02, 2009
links for 2009-02-02 • BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Obama speech censored in China |
China has censored parts of the new US president's inauguration speech that have appeared on a number of websites. • .....
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Date:Sunday Feb 01, 2009
links for 2009-02-01 • BBC NEWS | Business | British Gas in 10% gas price cut
Whether you agree that this was too little or too late it's good news across the board for the most financially vulnerable in the UK. • .....
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Date:Saturday Jan 31, 2009
links for 2009-01-31 • BBC NEWS | Politics | 10 lessons from my Euro MP's life
BBC political reporter Brian Wheeler spent a week living the life of a Member of the European Parliament. • .....
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Date:Friday Jan 30, 2009
links for 2009-01-30 • BBC NEWS | Education | White working class 'losing out'
As if we didn't know this already "Class" still matters in the UK; working class people are losing out on several fronts, from education to housing, and the current school system is skewed in favour. • .....
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Date:Wednesday Jan 28, 2009
links for 2009-01-28 • BBC NEWS | Technology | Tweet smell of success over Digg
Despite cutting out SMS support for Europe (and most of the World too) Twitter, the mobile phone-based micro-blogging service, rocketed nearly 1000% in use in the UK over the past year according to industry analysts. • .....
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Date:Sunday Jan 25, 2009
links for 2009-01-25 • BBC NEWS | Technology | White House plans open government
Searching for data about the Obama administration should get easier as the Whitehouse.gov website gets overhauled. • .....
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Date:Wednesday Jan 14, 2009
links for 2009-01-14 • BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Czech EU art stokes controversy
The latest art installation on display at the European Council building in Brussels has angered EU members with its lampoons of national stereotypes. • .....
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