2014年12月21日 星期日

2014-12-22 U.K. Spotlight


BBC Sport
   
Nigel Pearson: Leicester manager banned for fan abuse   
BBC Sport
Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson has been given a one-game touchline ban and fined £10,000 for insulting a fan. It comes after Pearson accepted a Football Association charge following an incident with a supporter in City's 3-1 Premier League loss to ...


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Financial Times
   
Markets will win game of chicken with Fed   
Financial Times
At the FT's Frontier Markets conference in New York, in mid-December, only a handful of participants subscribed to the view that the markets will smoothly absorb the Federal Reserve's decision to raise interest rates when the time comes. For the week just ...


   


Birds build snow tunnels for fun   
New Scientist
Whether it's making snow angels or building a snow man, most of us love playing in a winter wonderland - and it turns out some birds do too. It usually starts with one bird that burrows in the snow, creating tunnels. Another joins in, then a few more, until the ...


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BBC News
   
Day in pictures: 16 December 2014   
BBC News
Our selection of some of the best news photographs taken around the world during the past 24 hours. Traditional Misa de Gallo (Dawn Mass) in Manila Philippine Catholics attend the traditional Misa de Gallo (Dawn Mass) in front of a church in Las Pinas city, ...


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The dodo, shifting conditions and investor survival   
Financial Times
When trying to understand how the market is working, we should think not only of bulls and bears, but also of dodos. Our aversion to risk comes from the deep biological imperatives that have allowed humans to avoid extinction. Any theory of markets must ...


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IJ Review
   
One Woman's Letter to Her Ex-husband's New Wife is Going Super Viral and It's ...   
IJ Review
A woman named Candice Curry wrote a letter to her ex-husband's new wife Ashley Parish, and the reception of the letter has been off the charts. Here is the full letter from Curry's Women With Worth blog via our friends at Young Cons. Take a look for yourself.

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BBC News
   
Instagram deletes millions of accounts in spam purge   
BBC News
Photo-sharing app Instagram has removed millions of accounts believed to be posting spam, angering many legitimate users. People who lost a lot of followers criticised the action, dubbing it the "Instagram Rapture". Like its parent company Facebook, ...


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Financial Times
   
A year in a word: Peak   
Financial Times
noun – 1. The pointy top of a mountain; 2. The stiff brim at the front of a cap. More. On this story. Emma Jacobs Year in a word — Vlogging; FT series A year in a word 2014; FT series A year in a word 2013; FT series A year in a word 2012. IN Columnists.

   


Antarctic tourism may pose disease threat to penguins   
New Scientist
For those who go, it's the trip of a lifetime – and it wouldn't be complete without a selfie with penguins. But growing tourism to the Antarctic, in combination with its warming climate, could be placing penguins at a risk of infectious diseases. Antarctic species are ...


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Mirror.co.uk
   
Celebrity Big Brother 2015 line up rumours: Keith Chegwin, Wealdstone Raider ...   
Mirror.co.uk
Celebrity Big Brother is under a month away and now the launch time is confirmed we can't wait. That's right the Channel 5 reality show will return with a BANG in the new year along with a whole new batch of famous faces. As always fireworks are expected in ...


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