Thursday, November 8, 2007 What you are about to read is an American life as lived by renowned author Edmund White. His life has been a crossroads, the fulcrum of high-brow Classicism and low-brow Brett Easton Ellisism. It is not for the faint. He has been the toast of the literary elite in New York, […]
Thursday, September 26, 2013 On Tuesday the World Bank released the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development. For Jamaica the report highlights a number of negative gender issues for the nation’s men. The report claims that getting an education in Jamaica is viewed as primarily a female activity. This cultural attitude encourages
For Jamaica, 2012 Report on Gender Equality and Development focuses on men
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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 In Sydney, Australia, Thomas and Manju Sam were jailed after being convicted of manslaughter on Monday. The court found they had failed to take their ill daughter to medical appointments, and shunned the effective conventional medical treatments offered. Instead they chose homeopathic ‘alternative’ medical treatments which the medical profession generally considers
Homeopathy proponents jailed for allowing daughter to die
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Thursday, March 8, 2007 The first leg of the round of sixteen in the UEFA Cup occurred earlier today, with all eight games being played. Spain boasted the most teams in the competition with four (Espanyol, Celta de Vigo, Sevilla, and Osasuna), while England (Tottenham, Newcastle), Portugal (Braga, Benfica), Germany (Bayer Leverkusen, Werder Bremen) and
UEFA Cup – Round of Sixteen first leg results
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Friday, July 29, 2011 Today sees the reopening of the National Museum of Scotland following a three-year renovation costing £47.4 million (US$ 77.3 million). Edinburgh’s Chambers Street was closed to traffic for the morning, with the 10am reopening by eleven-year-old Bryony Hare, who took her first steps in the museum, and won a competition organised
National Museum of Scotland reopens after three-year redevelopment
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Click Here To Find Out More About: Investment Property Advice Canberra Property Investment Advisors Why bookkeeping services in Adelaide are important? A look at reasons by Henry SmithDo you feel your business is struggling with the hectic task of bookkeeping? Do you have a lot of pending accounting/bookkeeping or taxation tasks? Do you want someone
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Friday, January 20, 2006 A message in a bottle thrown into the sea by a four-year-old girl in England has been found 9,000 miles away in Western Australia. Alesha Johnson threw the bottle into the water at Morecambe Bay, Lancashire last July, enclosing her Heysham address, and a picture of herself. The note read: “If
Message in bottle travels from UK to Australia
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Friday, April 15, 2005 The last British-owned volume car manufacturer, MG Rover, has closed down, with the loss of 5,000 jobs. International accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCooper was brought in last week to put the company into administration. Today PwC announced that MG Rover’s only hope, the Chinese car company SAIC, had no interest in buying the
Last British volume car manufacturer closes down
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Thursday, January 29, 2009 The International Labor Organization (ILO), a branch of the United Nations concerned with labor and workers’ rights issues, issued a report Wednesday explaining how the global economic crisis could create a global employment crisis by the end of the year. “By the end of 2008 working poverty, vulnerable employment and unemployment
Global economy could lose up to 51 million jobs this year, says UN agency
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Click Here To Find Out More About: Carrington Products Stainless Steel Fittings byAlma Abell While it’s an often overlooked part of the home, the plumbing system is integral in providing us with the basic necessities of comfortable living. It’s important to take care of a plumbing system so that is continue to serve it’s purpose.