Chris Bryant: Why do civil servants still get honours when so many exceptional people don't?

Source: The Independent

On Wednesday evening, there was a little gathering of family and friends of all political parties on the (sweltering) Terrace at the Commons. Karen Pollock had been to the Palace to receive her MBE from the Princess Roya ...
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The Story of Lampus

Source: Yanko Design

When you are at the helm of an innovative organization such as the Art Lebedev Studio, one can only expect only the best in design to be dished out. Once again your concept is spectacular, so take a bow Art! Th ...
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Marco Huck Shreds Alekseev, Laughs Very Loud at Him

Source: Boxing Socialist

WBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (34-2-1, 25KOs) is once again laughing out loud, at the expense of the cruiserweight champion of Europe (EBU), Alexander Alekseev (23-2-1, 20KOs). Their verbal dispute began last week, when Huck had a few gig ...
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Solar Sails / The next big thing in space travel

Source: Interesting Thing of the Day

If you wanted to cross the ocean by ship, you’d probably choose an engine-driven vessel over a sail-driven vessel. The engine will get you where you’re going faster; it enables the ship to be much larger than it could be if i ...
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Guardian diary

Source: Guardian Unlimited

• Talking of Boris, which we vaguely were, two journalists with strong links to the London Evening Standard – former newsdesk hack Sam Lyon and current chief news correspondent Ross Lydall – are in the frame to replace th ...
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Antonio Tarver: I Don't Want To See Roy Jones Get Hurt

Source: Boxing Socialist

Roy Jones Jr. hasnÂ’t been the same fighter since Antonio Tarver drilled him with a devastating left hand in the second round of their May 2004 rematch in Las Vegas. Eight years and six losses later, Jones is scheduled to fight yet again. The former four ...
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Simon Kelner: You are cordially invited to sit very still and behave

Source: The Independent

Hosting a dinner party is not easy. The gut-busting hard work and the stress followed by the ingratitude of the guests – that may just be my friends – ensure it's a labour most of us don't take on regularly. So imagine what it's like to organise a ...
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Carrying a torch

Source: Calcutta Telegraph

London is the greatest city in the world and this will be the best summer it has ever known, or so I read in the London Evening Standard the other night as I stood squashed in the Tube train that was taking me ...
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Andy McSmith's Diary: Ed Balls's joy, Campbell's debut at the Bridge, and a game of two halves

Source: The Independent

David Cameron is worried that his displays of bad temper in the Commons are damaging his reputation. He knew he had made a mistake yesterday even before the Speaker, John Bercow, ticked him off for calling Ed Balls a "muttering idio ...
Full article at: The Independent  More like this  3 days ago, 6:00pm CDT