2014年11月12日 星期三

2014-11-13 U.K. Spotlight


Telegraph.co.uk
   
Black Friday 2014: Get ready for the biggest online shopping day in history   
Telegraph.co.uk
Retailers have the Philadelphia Police Department to thank for Black Friday. It was the American police who, during the 1950s and 1960s, gave the name to the day after Thanksgiving because of the chaos that ensued in the city as shoppers flocked to the ...


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BBC Sport
   
England v New Zealand: Stuart Lancaster encouraged by display   
BBC Sport
Coach Stuart Lancaster insists England are "not far away" from New Zealand despite a 24-21 defeat by the world champions at Twickenham on Saturday. England led 14-11 at half-time, but the visitors dominated after the break despite having Dane Coles ...


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10 Ways Introverts Interact Differently With The World   
Huffington Post
Introverts and extraverts may seem the same on the surface, but if you look at the way they respond to life's everyday occurrences, differences begin to emerge. Last month, for example, Science of Us writer Melissa Dahl reported on findings from psychologist ...


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The forex debacle – a scandal to end all scandals   
Financial Times
The penny, or whatever currency has just been rigged, may finally have dropped. Prime responsibility for rigging the foreign exchange markets rests with the coterie of dealers who were directly involved. But no one emerges unblemished. Professional traders ...


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BBC News
   
History beckons for Rosetta comet mission   
BBC News
All is on course for Wednesday's ambitious attempt to put a probe on the surface of a comet. Europe's Rosetta spacecraft is currently making a long arc around 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. Shortly after 06:00 GMT, the orbiter will make a sharp turn towards ...


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The Guardian
   
Wigan's James McClean explains refusal to wear poppy against Bolton   
The Guardian
Wigan's James McClean started Friday night's game at Bolton on the substitutes' bench. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Images. Alan Smith. Friday 7 November 2014 16.01 EST. Share on Facebook · Share on Twitter · Share via Email · Share on LinkedIn ...


   


A precious chance to end Turkey's conflict with the Kurds   
Financial Times
Turkey's nine-year-old peace process between the Turkish government and the insurgents of the Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) is growing ever more fragile. Amid mounting violence in the country's southeast, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is hardening ...


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BBC News
   
'Twisted light' beamed across Vienna   
BBC News
It is the first time that information has been transmitted outdoors using the "twist" of a visible light beam. This twisting property could allow very fast communication because light with different amounts of twist, encoding separate channels of information, could ...


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Metro
   
Man allegedly takes MDMA and cocaine, steals ambulance and masturbates in ...   
Metro
University student Stefan Sortland has found himself in hot water after allegedly taking cocaine and MDMA at a Halloween party. Not only did he bash in several cars after taking the illegal drugs, he stole an ambulance and after being arrested was reported to ...


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Detente and messages to the Ayatollah   
Financial Times
I remember a time, not so long ago, when a handshake between a US and an Iranian official was treated as historic breakthrough. Now meetings take place in the open and they pass for normal, if high stakes, diplomacy. Yet there is one aspect of this tentative ...


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