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Gordon Brown's 'deeply gloomy' taste in art revealed
Brown's choice in art is conventional in many respects and shows a good solid taste if perhaps a little dark. The Hodgkin piece with typically the painting going on to the actual frame is an interesting choice. "...Atlanta celebrates Independence Day by opening the Millenium Gate
Although it is somewhat cliché to celebrate Independence Day by opening yet another national monument, there is something that sets the opening of Atlanta Millenium Gate apart. The eighteen-million-dollar Millenium Gate has been constructed in the same grand style as the...
Google launches new space race to the moon
" When Neil Armstrong became the first man to set foot on the moon, he uttered unforgettable words. But the next visitor to roam the lunar landscape may send back e-mail instead. Welcome to a new kind of space race,... Michelle de Kretser: The urban jungle
Good interview with Michelle de Kretser - anyone not yet familiar with her work might feel like trying some out after reading this well written interview by Boyd Tonkin"The best stories lodge in the memory and return...Video Game Mania: Metal Gear Solid 4 Review, GTA 4 tops in sales, Fathers as ...
The Metal Gear Solid and Grand Theft Auto series have been two of the hottest selling titles in video gaming history. The two games have also had their share of controversies, even though GTA 4 takes the cake on... Toronto to get self-cleaning public pay toilets
It's probably a good thing for Canadian cities to aspire to be more European, but I'm not sure this is the way."Sleek new benches, bus shelters and garbage cans will start gracing Toronto street corners by the end of... The Ultima Tower -- a Human Termite Nest
" Eugene Tsui has designed a concept city called The Ultima Tower that would help solve the global population crisis. Acting as a human termite nest, and costing $150 billion, these two mile high green towers would...Profile of Manzoor Wattoo
"Mian Manzoor Ahmad Wattoo is a Pakistani politician and has been part of the country’s political landscape for well over thirty years. He is presently the head ofPakistan Muslim League (Jinnah) political party."The toxic culture of the newsroom
Jay Rosen pointed me to a piece by Amy Gahran. Is the newsroom its own worst enemy?"Most of what I do is help journalists and news orgs wrap their brains around the Internet. Generally I enjoy that work.... The world is being threatened by rising sea levels
The map of the world may have to be redrawn. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and various scientists around the world, sea levels could rise 1.5 meters by the end of this century. If... EU migrants living in Ireland to be allowed to vote
Ireland is set to become the first EU country to allow EU citizens from other nations to vote in its national elections."Ireland is to allow Poles, Czechs, Slovakians and tens of thousands of other EU migrant workers... Rupert Murdoch and Bill Gates Together? Talk about Stange Bedfellows
Say it aint so Joe, the Conservative and Liberal to Merge. Politisite has learned that Bill Gates Microsoft is talking With Rupert Murdoch's News Corp about taking over Yahoo Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation is...Google Earth Maps Refugee Crisis
Kudos to Google and the UNHCR for undertaking a project that makes such worthy and excellent use of Google's technologies, to educate and inform the public about global humanitarian crises."Internet search giant...Bond villain to get just deserts
"Paris (ANTARA News) - The makers of the next James Bond movie have joined astronomers in plumping for the eerie Martian-like landscape of Chile's Atacama desert, the European Southern Observatory said on Tuesday. Key scenes from "Quantum of Solace" are being shot at Cerro...Free Fine Arts Exhibition to be Held at Wealden House
The work of 2 artists on display in Sussex for 4 weeks East Grinstead: Artists Brian King, from London, and Andrew Dixon from Berkhamsted, Herts will be exhibiting their paintings in the beautiful...
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