2014年11月3日 星期一

2014-11-04 U.K. Spotlight


Obama can learn from George W Bush  Financial Times
The day after the 2006 congressional election, George W Bush admitted Republicans had received a “thumping”. President Barack Obama called his 2010 humiliation at the hands of the Tea Party a “shellacking”. Another noun may be called for on Tuesday ...


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  The Northern Echo   
What's On: Fireworks displays and bonfire nights in North-East and North Yorkshire  The Northern Echo
COATHAM MUNDEVILLE: Wednesday, November 5. The Foresters Arms. Fireworks, bonfire and barbecue. Entry from 6.45pm for a 7pm start. Entry is by ticket only. To book call 01325-320565, suggested donation £2. Arrive by public transport as parking is ...


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  Reduced Mobility Rights   
British War Hero Ben Parkinson MBE Humiliated On Thomas Cook Flight  Reduced Mobility Rights
Ben Parkinson survived losing both legs and a devastating brain injury in Afghanistan to be denied the use of an aisle chair on a Thomas Cook flight from Cyprus. Ben, whose charity work earned him the MBE, is a Patron and Ambassador for Pilgrim Bandits, ...


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Ed Miliband's policies are more impulse than strategy  Financial Times
When Martin Amis is asked why he decided on the Holocaust as the subject of his latest novel, he disputes the verb. “One never decides to write a novel,” he told an interviewer. “It picks you.” An author just feels compelled to address a certain topic, he says, ...


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  Telegraph.co.uk   
Tower of London: how to see the poppies  Telegraph.co.uk
Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, the installation of ceramic poppies at the Tower of London which commemorates the 100th anniversary of the First World War, is nearly at its peak. All the poppies have been sold, the moat is filling up fast and the final ...


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  Forbes   
YouTube Launches 60fps Video And It Looks Amazing  Forbes
Four months ago YouTube promised support for 60fps (frames per second) video. Finally the Google-owned streaming site has delivered and as you will see from the embedded clips below, the wait was well worth it because the results are breathtaking.

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  AOL Travel UK   
Giant tortoise on brink of extinction makes comeback in Galapagos Islands  AOL Travel UK
A giant tortoise subspecies that once teetered on the brink of extinction has made a big comeback on its Galapagos island home. In the 1960s only 15 of the tortoises, which can weigh over 500lb, remained on the island of Espanola. They came close to being ...


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Brazil's big problem is Rousseff's past  Financial Times
Given the decline in Brazil's fortunes in the past two years, President Dilma Rousseff has pulled off a striking political coup by persuading voters to re-elect her, albeit with a reduced majority. The markets, however, do not appear convinced. Her economic ...


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  BBC News   
Special coating makes batteries child-safe  BBC News
Engineers in the US have produced child-safe batteries with a special coating that stops them causing harm if they are swallowed. Small, button-shaped batteries can be easy to swallow and cause thousands of injuries every year, some fatal. The new coating ...


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Jonathan Jones brands the Tower of London poppy tribute as a 'Ukip-type ...  Daily Mail
Perhaps the only surprising thing is that it's taken this long for the usual suspects to come out and start bashing the artistic triumph of the year. But then, it really must stick in the craw of our metropolitan cultural elite that after all those years of championing so ...


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