A brief note on the Rotherham abuse report...
**** There is rightly a lot of sound and fury about a report into the systematic abuse of some 1400 girls and young women by mostly Pakistani men in Rotherham. Indeed, as the author of the report made clear when interviewed, the 1400 figure is a 'conservative estimate'. And the report doesn't pull i ...
Photographing Bungarby 2004
~PHOTOGRAPHING BUNGARBY 2004~ This is a decade- old cyberjournal long before I had set up a blog. I though of putting in on archive here to keep all my art files in one accessible site. From My Cyberjournal 29 January 2004 ======================================================================= Nestl ...
MusketFire: Why Logan Mankins is No Longer A Member of the New England Patriots
Why Logan Mankins is No Longer A Member of the New England Patriots The New England Patriots made a surprising trade on Tuesday. On the first deadline day for training camp cuts the usual lists of undrafted free agents and washouts being cut was spiced up by head coach Bill Belichick. As first repor ...
One Can Only Wonder
Throughout most of history women, being considered intellectually inferior to men, generally have had fewer legal rights and career opportunities than men. Early Christian theology perpetuated these views. St. Jerome , a 4th-century Latin father of the Christian church, said: "Woman is the gate of t ...
CHALLENGES NOW AND AHEAD FOR GREAT BRITAIN
In my last post, we looked at the possibility of a depression in the eurozone. Today, we will look across the English Channel at England, which is also going through some difficult economic challenges. (Who isn’t nowadays?) A recent issue of The Economist (August 16 th) highlighted “the trials of li ...
Newspaper Clipping of the Day
In the spring of 1833, English newspapers carried numerous reports of strange occurrences in the parsonage of Syderstone. For weeks, the papers hosted a lively debate over whether or not the eerie phenomena plaguing a rector's family was the result of a ghost. One of the earliest accounts of this sp ...
Ein Antidot gegen prodeutschen Geschichtsrevisionismus (9)
STIMME RUSSLANDS, 26.8.2014: "Der Westen betrachtet Litauen, Lettland und Estland als Vorposten gegen Russland. Diese drei Länder sprechen von einer langjährigen „sowjetischen Besatzung“, obwohl das im Sinne des Völkerrechts formal nicht stimmt: Die sowjetischen Truppen waren 1940 auf Zustimmung der ...
She wants a boy to look at her while she's smiling and doing stupid things and she wants him to think "damn, I love that girl"
(Gammelt bilde) Jeg skal til frisøren snart og klarer ikke å bestemme meg om jeg skal beholde de blonde stripene mine eller gå tilbake til mørkt hår. For å oppdatere livshistorien min på bloggen er jeg lykkelig over å kunne si at jeg har det veldig bra for tiden. Selv om jeg har flyttet hjem fra Eng ...
Stuck in the Psychedelic Era # 1435 (B6) (starts 8/27/14)
Artist: Jefferson Airplane Title: She Has Funny Cars Source: CD: Surrealistic Pillow Writer(s): Kaukonen/Balin Label: RCA/BMG Heritage Year: 1967 She Has Funny Cars, the opening track of Jefferson Airplane's second LP, Surrealistic Pillow, was a reference to some unusual possessions belonging to new ...
Let’s do Naija’s Ice Bucket Challenge
What is with the Ice Bucket Challenge (ICB)? I would have simply overlooked it as one of those ‘oyinbo crazy show offs’ but I was fascinated because as ridiculous as it sounds, it is serving a very good purpose. From what I learnt, also called ALS Ice Bucket Challenge, this activity which viral earl ...
India did poorly in England for various reasons—Virat Kohli’s girlfriend is not one of them
Blaming Anushka Sharma for boyfriend Virat Kohli’s dismal form in the Test series against England—though swept hurriedly under the carpet later—was more grotesque and clumsy than India’s fielding on the recent tour. India dropped as many catches as ...
India vs England 2nd ODI ‘live’ cricket score: Sharma out; Ind 140-4
Sharma gives it away after all the hard work offering a simple catch to Woakes at long off. Ind 132-4 in 29.2 overs. Rohit Sharma c Woakes b Tredwell 52 (87b 4x4 1x6) Sharma scores a patient century consuming 82 balls. His innings included four boundaries ...
2nd ODI: England elect to field against India
CARDIFF (United Kingdom): England captain Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to field against India in the second one-day international at Cardiff on Wednesday. As expected, England gave an ODI debut to Alex Hales, who would have played in Bristol on ...
England: Frank Lampard has decided to retire from internationals
Frank Lampard has announced his retirement from international football after making 106 appearances for England. The 36-year-old former Chelsea midfielder, who recently joined Manchester City on loan from New York City FC, scored 29 goals during a ...
England v India, second ODI: live
33rd over. India 145-4 (Raina 25*, Dhoni 1) Anderson back after drinks. And he's flicked to fine-leg by Raina for four, second ball. Then Raina takes one. Otherwise an OK over. Anderson 7-1-32-0. 32nd over. India 140-4 (Raina 20*, Dhoni 1) Big shout lbw ...
England field against India
Cardiff (United Kingdom) (AFP) - England captain Alastair Cook won the toss and elected to field against India in the second one-day international at Cardiff on Wednesday. As expected, England gave an ODI debut to Alex Hales, who would have played in ...
India vs England Live Score, 2nd ODI: Rohit throws it away after a good start
5 runs off the over. There was one interesting delivery in the over where Jordan delivered a bouncer and Raina at first looked to pull but then left it alone. Chris Jordan into the attack now..... Over 28: India 127/3, Rohit 50*, Raina 14* Raina looking ...
England wins toss, bowls 1st against India
CARDIFF, Wales (AP) — England has won the toss and will bowl first against India in the second one-day international in Cardiff on Wednesday as the two countries begin their long build-up to the World Cup. Big-hitting opener Alex Hales will make his ODI ...
Lampard retires from England, with tech his legacy
LONDON (AP) — Despite never winning a trophy with the so-called "golden generation," Frank Lampard retired from England duty on Tuesday having provided his greatest legacy to football in one game he'd rather forget. The midfielder prompted the ...
England's Lampard quits internationals
LONDON (Reuters) - England midfielder Frank Lampard has retired from international football after winning 106 caps. The 36-year-old was released by Chelsea in May after 13 years at the London club and he signed for New York City before agreeing to move to ...
