The chancellor said the move was in the public interest Darling statement Emergency legislation is to be introduced to temporarily nationalise the stricken Northern Rock bank. Chancellor Alistair Darling said he made the decision because two private takeover offers did not offer the taxpayer...
I'm going to start with Marvel, because I want to. AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY #1 Written by MARC DEMATTEIS & TOM DEFALCO Penciled by ALEX CAl & RON FRENZ Cover by ADI GRANOV Heads' up, Web-Slingers! Not getting nearly enough bang for your Brand New Buck with Thrice Monthly Spider-Man? Well, get ready...
Signal Oil and Gas In a statement this week, Walter Lukken, the C.F.T.C. chairman, said the commission was determined to see that commodity prices were set “by the fundamental forces of supply and demand, rather than by abusive or manipulative practices.”( signal oil profile) Weakness in the...
If you go to the profiles page for series 07 on American Idol's official website, the 12 semifinalists are known as the "Best of the Rest". Ironically, they were some of the WORST. I'm sure that they're nice people, but collectively, they had no business being in the competition. If they only knew...
Cobwebs!!!! *shaking them off* I miss writing. I miss romanticizing the mundane, exercising my brain, and surprising myself with my own wisdom. (Not to say I'm wise.) Things haven't been at their usual pace lately, especially that Russel is in the US and he left his to-do list with me. It's all...
Sunday 25 May Robbie and I went out with Pete and Chris. To my mind they were sooooo slow although really should mention that I was on my Bianchi and they were on clunky mountain bikes (can that really be considered a valid explanation?). Chris has ordered a new road bike - a Bianchi. He will...
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, spoke last night at a dinner given by the Institute for Jewish Policy Research at Braziers' Hall in the City of London. Extract: "Our current Government is in danger of sacrificing Liberty in favour of an abused form of equality – not a meaningful equality...
Paramount Already Asking Abrams for Trek Sequel (sliceofscifi.com) Paramount Pictures wants a sequel to J.J. Abrams' new Star Trek film and it's still a year before "Star Trek" hits theaters. Reporting to TrekMovie.com, one of the film's writers, Roberto Orci, said that "they already want to lock us...
I'm back in the ring to take another swing. Starting with Marvel: THE DARK TOWER: THE LONG ROAD HOME #3 (of 5) Written by PETER DAVID & ROBIN FURTH Pencils & Cover by JAE LEE & RICHARD ISANOVE Variant Cover by MARKO DJURDJEVIC Variant Sketch Cover by JAE LEE With Roland’s consciousness trapped...
We’re a garage band……. It must have been late 1978 in Binley Village when we began to sow the seeds that eventually grew into Riot Act. Me (Stuart Knapper), and my punky mates Archie (Stephen Ball), Wuff (Stuart Waugh), and Carl Plichta had embraced punk rock from day one (the summer of ’76)...
There is an interesting assessment in Editor and Publisher magazine of the media's reaction to Scott McClellan's book about the selling of the war in Iraq. Did I say interesting? Actually, it's frightening. Try this link:...
Who or what are your musical influences? 10000 Maniacs 10cc 112 12 Rounds 16 Horsepower 1927 2 Pistols 2 Unlimited 24 Gone 2gether 2pac 3 Colours Red 3 Doors Down 30 Odd Foot Of Grunts 30 Seconds to Mars 311 38 Special 3gs 3lw 3rd Faze 3t 4 Non Blondes 4hero 4him 50 Cent 54 40 54 Seconds 59 Times...
Internet Toolbox From WikiIslam Jump to: navigation, search The Internet Toolbox For Islam-Critics Islam is a global challenge. It should be met with a global response. The best instrument for doing this is the Internet, the most international medium of all. As many news outlets may still be...
This was copied from a friend's LJ... I was one of these little girls. :) I can't wait to see the 80's version of this. If you were a little girl in the 70's... You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked. *well, no I didn't have this. You owned a bicycle with a...
Silvrwillow, I couldn't resist doing this too! If you were a little girl in the 70's... You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked. *yep. The Fisher Price castle was my favorite, though. You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on...
Bismillah Ar Rehman Ar Rahim never budge an educated soldier, Alhamdulilah.....and esp Universitye Educated white collar metropolitan city corpoarte employee, Alhamdulilah..... go generation I=internet, Alhamdulilah, do your homeworks, Alhamdulilah, cos this sixty year old country, scholars, of the...
Emma Thompson wields a fierce wand when co-starring in Harry Potter movies, jets around the world and hobnobs with Bill Gates at Davos. But don't ask her to reboot a laptop. The actress' favorite piece of technology, she told Forbes.com, is the fountain pen. Thompson's in good company. There's no...
.:What I'm Watching:. Burn Notice. [While on a mission in Nigeria, secret agent Michael Westen (Jeffrey Donovan) inexplicably gets his walking papers. After making his way home to Miami, the former operative turns his talents to private detective work of sorts, all the while trying to get to the...
At bTWEEN 08 the motto was Seed Share Sell -- with many of the UK's digitial industry gathering to offer up ideas, listen to ideas, and in some cases sell concepts. It was a mash-up that saw indie and fringe digital media types meet up with the mainstream superstars of the digital media industry,...
I haven't blogged about The Apprentice, although I have been avidly watching. But with one episode to go, I thought I would briefly sum up what has happened in the series so far. Episode one Most of the contestants seem to want to be on Big Brother. They are given the task of selling fish. Claire is...
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