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Apr. 18th, 2021 05:10 pm
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Language:

How to pronounce the players' names correctly - https://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/news/0242-0e97b627e8a6-4e479829acda-1000--how-to-pronounce-the-players-names-correctly Bless UEFA for trying.

Photography:

Cafe Culture: Meet the regulars - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-41244294 This could be under culture too because they're portraits of a very particular situation, but you can almost smell the cafe. Article is from 2017, but you know that feeling when you hope they've been okay during COVID because it's the kind of situation that might not be. I know I went to one my tiny locals yesterday and they had a queue both sides of the arcade of people wanting to make sure they were alright.

Politics:

Angela Merkel's quiet power - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/angela_merkel

Sport:
Football:

Patrick Cryne: Terminally ill Barnsley owner 'on borrowed time' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41249300

Rugby Union:

Karl Dickson: Top referees aerobically fitter than players, says ex-scrum-half - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/41240627

Links

Apr. 4th, 2021 11:04 pm
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Archaeology:

New mummies discovered in tomb near Luxor, Egypt - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-41213024 From 2017

Culture:

The Indian women eating with their families for the first time - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-41148492

Film:

Penny Marshall, co-star of 'Laverne & Shirley' and director of 'A League of Their Own,' dead at 75 - https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/18/entertainment/penny-marshall-dead/index.html

History:

The Importance of Using Caution When Interpreting Personal Recollections of Historic Events - https://pastexplore.wordpress.com/2017/09/07/the-importance-of-using-caution-when-interpreting-personal-recollections-of-historic-events/

Language:

Even Racists Got the Blues - Most of the time, I feel a little bit sorry for people who make horrendous translation mistakes. This is not one of those times. - https://thegeekygaeilgeoir.wordpress.com/2017/09/06/even-racists-got-the-blues/ Or, all those 'gaelic' Blue Lives Matters phrases, they were really grud-awful Gaelic.

Law and order:

Locked up for life for crimes they didn't commit - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41108765

Miscellaneous:

That’s a classic: Trinity publishes 50 favourite classical one-liners - https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/that-s-a-classic-trinity-publishes-50-favourite-classical-one-liners-1.3205032 Classical here meaning the degree, rather than the excellence of Ken Dodd.

The young paedophiles who say they don’t abuse children - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41213657

The man who’s rescued 1500 people from the River Clyde - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/yZnmvkqslWTFpW8LgLQqRK/the-man-who-s-rescued-1500-people-from-the-river-clyde

Identity Theft, Credit Reports, and You - https://www.kalzumeus.com/2017/09/09/identity-theft-credit-reports/ Most of it is good advice for dealing with all sorts of official commercial nastiness. The only time someone has tried anything was Virgin Media, which I knocked on the head with 'your colleague, Tony, on date x said I didn't have to return the box'. Write down everything.

Music:

Last Night of the Proms ends with rallying cry for classical music - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41216508 From 2017

19 remarkable moments from the 2017 BBC Proms - https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/articles/9c6ff0b8-d0c3-487c-a72a-dc7f861877c9 In the UK at least, there are links to long videos/recordings of the moments they mention.

Politics:

Is the Electoral College Doomed? - https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/05/electoral-college-national-popular-vote-compact-215541/ From 2017

Sport:

Cycling:

Chris Froome wins Vuelta: 'A friendly accountant off the bike, a cold-eyed winner on it' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/41215172 From 2017

Football:
Lorraine Watson becomes first female referee in Scottish men's football - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/41214982 From 2017

Belgian Clubs and Foreign Money: A Modern Soccer Mix - https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/09/sports/soccer/belgian-clubs-and-foreign-money-a-modern-soccer-mix.html

Tennis:

US Open 2017: Sloane Stephens - from world number 957 to Grand Slam winner - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/tennis/41216430

Links

Jan. 24th, 2021 07:16 pm
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Language:

Icelandic committee bans 'foreign' horse names - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-41082160

Law and order:

'We spent almost two years sitting on a jury' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-40946653

Literature:

Why I became a jihadist poetry critic - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40954948 Yes, the BBC headline sub-editor continues to be useless, but it's a very interesting article.

Miscellaneous:

I was a neo-Nazi. Then I fell in love with a black woman - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-40779377

Harvey: Too poor to flee the hurricane - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-41065335

Sport:

Rugby Union:

Doddie Weir: 'I don't blame rugby for my MND' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-41073932

Links

May. 31st, 2020 08:26 pm
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Economics:

How much of the world's wealth is hidden offshore? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40442595

Food:

Inside the World’s Only Sourdough Library - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/sourdough-library Article from 2018, but suddenly topical again.

History:

Passchendaele: The village that gave its men to war - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40743806

A Country Divided - How it affected me - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/partition_how_it_affected_me About the Partition

Language:

Baby Talk: Decoding The Secret Language Of Babies - https://www.npr.org/2018/05/14/610796636/baby-talk-decoding-the-secret-language-of-babies

Sport:

Mongolian teenage girl grapples for a future in sumo - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40635752

Football:

Matej Delac, Chelsea's longest serving player, on the life of an eternal loanee - https://www.espn.co.uk/football/english-premier-league/23/blog/post/3168622/matej-delac-chelsea-longest-serving-player-on-the-life-of-an-eternal-loanee

Links

Apr. 19th, 2020 11:35 am
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Animals:

Unlocking the Secrets Behind the Hummingbird's Frenzy - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2017/07/hummingbird-secrets-speed-worlds-smallest-bird/

Mighty T. rex 'walked rather than sprinted' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40632751

How did dogs become our best friends? New evidence - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-40638584

Design:

Why a Toaster Is a Design Triumph: The “A Bit More” button doesn’t reinvent the appliance’s form. It finds its soul instead. - https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/07/toaster-a-bit-more-button/534312/

Economics:

Girl, 5, fined £150 for lemonade stand - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-40679075 Mostly used to discuss the UK street trader rules.

Why the world's biggest investor backs the simplest investment - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-40189970 More about index funds and what they are.

Healthcare:

Doctors Told Her She Was Just Fat. She Actually Had Cancer. - https://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/a19608429/medical-fatshaming/

Language:

Why You Need Emoji: Emojis are the body language of the digital age. - http://nautil.us/issue/50/emergence/why-you-need-emoji

Miscellaneous:

'I was named after a World War One battle' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40645645

Polyamorous marriage: Is there a future for three-way weddings? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-40655103

The Royal Family's dress code uncovered - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-40640634

As an open-air heroin camp is closed, options narrow - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40637288

Adam Maier-Clayton's controversial right-to-die campaign - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-40546632

Politics:

Taiwan's brawling in parliament is a political way of life - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40640043

Sport:

Concussion in sport: Five sports gather to discuss head-injury prevention - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/40675605 The five sports are rugby union, rugby league, American football, ice hockey, and Australian rules football.

Football:

Africa Cup of Nations: Date switch makes African players more attractive, say agents - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/40673626 From 2018. Mostly I worry about the playing conditions at the new times.

Rugby League:

Rob Burrow: Leeds Rhinos hooker to retire at the end of the Super League season - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/40654450 From 2017 but saving for posterity.

Technology:

Google Glass 2.0 Is a Startling Second Act: The trendy-creepy glasses flopped. Then the tech giant realized that the future of wearables was in factories and warehouses. - https://www.wired.com/story/google-glass-2-is-here/

Links

Jan. 13th, 2019 12:22 pm
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Art:

Chris Ofili is weaving magic - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39710402

Language:

Seven old English words that deserve to make a comeback - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4clpqZdD04mMgsL52xh2lXZ/seven-old-english-words-that-deserve-to-make-a-comeback

Law and order:

Teenage offender held in inhuman conditions, court hears - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39712062

Miscellaneous:

Why Rome sends trains filled with rubbish to Austria - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39641761

Last male northern white rhino joins Tinder to raise money - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-39713327

'Stealthing' - what you need to know - http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39705734/stealthing---what-you-need-to-know

Music:

To Ray Davies, America is a 'beautiful but dangerous' place - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39665367

Sport:

'Gorilla man' still crawling London Marathon - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39710127 From April 2017

London Marathon 2017: Inspirational stories from runners who took part - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/39577841

Boxing:

Anthony Joshua v Wladimir Klitschko: Is Briton the perfect heavyweight? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/39708572

Joshua v Klitschko: Why Mihai Nistor won't cash in on beating a champion - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39640173

Cycling:

Liege-Bastogne-Liege: Alejandro Valverde wins after tributes for Scarponi - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/39686593 From April 2017

Football:

Khalida Popal: Ex-Afghanistan women's captain on risks of playing football - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39671596

Links

Aug. 26th, 2018 02:20 pm
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Sorry about the sheer amount this week, I am in serious catch up mode

Archaeology:

London’s Big Dig Reveals Amazing Layers of History - https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2016/02/artifacts-found-under-london-archaeology/

Piano gold hoard is 'life-changing' sovereign stockpile - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-39282466

Data visualisation:

Experimenting With Sankey Diagrams in R and Python - https://blog.ouseful.info/2017/03/17/experimenting-with-sankey-diagrams-in-r-and-python/

Language:

Accidental Pilish: Unintentionally Constrained Writing in English Literature - https://bespokeblog.wordpress.com/2010/03/26/accidental-pilish/

Miscellaneous:

The plus-size personal trainer aiming for 'strong not skinny' - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/get-inspired/39219495

Comma comeuppance: When rogue punctuation proves costly - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39300432

Murder in the Lucky Holiday Hotel - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/Murder_lucky_hotel

The hidden voices behind the stars - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39254740 Portraits of the German voice actors who dub American films

The joy of stocks: The weird world of stock photos - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39217548

Situation vacant: Running Rome's Colosseum - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39254552

Hans Rosling, population prophet: Five final thoughts - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-39211144

'London Bridge is down': the secret plan for the days after the Queen’s death - https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/16/what-happens-when-queen-elizabeth-dies-london-bridge?CMP=share_btn_tw

Photography:

Photography Show 2017: Secrets behind the shots - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38802377

Politics:

Are British elections being stolen? - https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/mar/16/are-our-elections-being-stolen-police-forces-claims-mps?CMP=share_btn_tw

George Osborne: From history buff to austerity editor - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39310613

Russia’s 5th Column - https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/security/reports/2017/03/15/428074/russias-5th-column/

Science:

Hope For Nonaddictive Opioid Painkillers - http://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2017/03/13/hope-for-nonaddictive-opioid-painkillers

Obesity crisis: Is this the food that is making us all fat? - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39254804 Betteridge's law applies

Sport:

Formula 1:

How to eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner like an elite-level Formula One driver - http://uk.businessinsider.com/mclaren-formula-one-driver-racer-diet-plan-2017-3?r=US&IR=T

Technology:

A History and Future of the Rise of the Robots - https://hackernoon.com/a-history-and-future-of-the-rise-of-the-robots-cce0fe222a71
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Education:

Heads 'cut exam courses amid funding squeeze' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-39220527

Healthcare:

There's Great News — And Grim News — In The Fight Against HIV/AIDS - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2017/07/28/540004887/theres-great-news-and-grim-news-in-the-fight-against-hiv-aids

The biggest killer you may not know - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39219765

Language:

The Meaning of Allahu Akbar - https://hazlitt.net/feature/meaning-allahu-akbar

Law and Order:

Judge who told complainant to 'keep your knees together' resigns - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39224844

Miscellaneous:

Rabbit hole in farmer's field leads to 'mystery caves' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39193347 For those who are wondering, yes, it was too good to be true - https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/knights-templar-caves-shropshire/

Stolen 200-year-old bank note returned 33 years later - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-39194295

The teenager who loses consciousness when she runs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-38495513

Why I bought my daughter heroin - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39212295

Drug gang infiltrator: I had Samurai sword held to my throat - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-39207718

The window cleaner who fell from a skyscraper and lived - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39114931

Photography:

In pictures: Sacred geometries - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39218005

Behind the scenes at the ballet - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39179575

Sport:

Inspired by Olympic hockey gold, England's lacrosse stars eye world glory - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/field-hockey/inspired-by-olympic-hockey-gold-england-s-lacrosse-stars-eye-world-glory_sto6085156/story.shtml

Born with Down syndrome, shy Virginia Beach teen competes in bodybuilding - http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/health/ct-down-syndrome-teen-competes-in-bodybuilding-20170301-story.html

'Brownlee moment' as pupil carries friend to finishing line - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-39215616

Boxing:

Barbara Buttrick: The woman who boxed to the top - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-39151832

Football:

‘Lived it. Loved it’ – Xabi Alonso to retire from football at the end of the season - https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/lived-it.-loved-it-xabi-alonso-to-retire-from-football-at-the-end-of-the-season_sto6086186/story.shtml From last March. The reason football in 2018 has been so bad is a lack of Xabi.

Rugby:

Jamie Murphy: The Welsh-born Bridgend centre who plays rugby for Germany - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39217647

Skiing:

Winter Paralympics: Kelly Gallagher wants to regain the winning feeling - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/39172515

Links

May. 20th, 2018 11:49 am
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Folklore:

Serpents, owl men and demon dogs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-38260413

Food:

Why hot chillies might be good for us - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-39217603

Language:

DO THE KOREAS SPEAK THE SAME LANGUAGE? - http://languagehat.com/do-the-koreas-speak-the-same-language/ Reading through the comments has explained why I keep getting funny looks from Germans for using 'Bankomat'. They use the wrong word.

Miscellaneous:

No DSS: Most flat shares refuse benefit claimants - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39102860

The growth in unusual business qualifications - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39191135

The 'robot lawyer’ giving free legal advice to refugees - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-39205935

What is the true meaning of 'Essex girl'? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-39125171

Pussyhat goes on display at V&A - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39203873

Why high-flying Singapore wants more than grades - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39142030

How India's 'Real Marigold Hotel' changed my life - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39184023

In which country would you have liked your brain to be manufactured? - https://fityourself.club/in-which-country-would-you-have-liked-your-brain-to-be-manufactured-8faaa3163fb9

Busting the attention span myth - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38896790

Can you really be yourself at work? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39190756

Photography:

Night-time in America's small towns - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-39040237

Politics:

French election explained in five charts - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-39038685 From March 2017

Sport:

Cricket:

Cricket to introduce sendings-off & bat restrictions after MCC approval - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricket/39194258

Football:

FA Cup: Lincoln City boss Danny Cowley's rise in stats as Imps prepare for Arsenal - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/39208586 From last March

Technology:

Uber uses 'secret program' Greyball to hide from regulators - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-39164880

India washing machine launched with 'curry' button - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39176358

Writers:

The Road Goes On—The Making of J.R.R. Tolkien's 'Silmarillion' - https://www.yahoo.com/news/road-goes-making-j-r-191002244.html?guccounter=1

Links

Apr. 29th, 2018 07:22 pm
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Awards Ceremonies:

Oscars 2017: How did the La La Land/Moonlight mix-up happen? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-39097183

Business:

The multi-millionaire who is giving his business away - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-39051964

Language:

Why do people swear? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39082467

Miscellaneous:

Meeting in secret: The outcast wives of India - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-39058436

The disappearance of Jonathan Spollen - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-38571087

News:

The Brits hurrying to become German citizens - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-39082468
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History:

Forbidden love: The WW2 letters between two men - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-38932955

Journalism:

A great opportunist story shows how PRs need to be looking further ahead -
https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/great-opportunist-story-shows-how-prs-need-looking-further-kimble/

I Helped Create the Milo Trolling Playbook. You Should Stop Playing Right Into It. -
http://observer.com/2017/02/i-helped-create-the-milo-trolling-playbook-you-should-stop-playing-right-into-it/

Language:

Yes-no questions in mathematics and in Chinese - http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=30943

Miscellaneous:

Norway's seal hunters hang up their clubs - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38894821

Warren Buffett’s Best Investment - https://www.gatesnotes.com/2017-Annual-Letter

'Keep sex abuse dad's name off my wedding certificate' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38096514 There is no reason why a father's name needs to be on a wedding certificate if a mother's is not!

Anna LeBaron: How I escaped my father's murderous polygamous cult - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38526255

Polio Then and Now: The Story of a Crippling Disease on the Verge of Worldwide Eradication -
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/polio-history-story-then-and-now-pictures-iron-lung-vaccine-diseases-medicine-jonas-salk-rotary-a7580456.html

Stranger leaves free treats at Christie cancer hospital - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-38969714

Spotting the illness that can cause sudden blindness - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-38983990

Politics:

Gerrymandering the Presidency: Why Trump could lose the popular vote in 2020 by 6 percent and still win a second term. - http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/2017/02/08/gerrymandering-the-presidency-why-trump-could-lose-the-popular-vote-in-2020-by-6-percent-and-still-win-a-second-term/

Clinton’s Ground Game Didn’t Cost Her The Election - https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/clintons-ground-game-didnt-cost-her-the-election/

Mr. President: ‘Just who the hell do you think you are?’ - http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/leonard-pitts-jr/article132721909.html From last February

Sport:

Belarus sports writer eats own paper after losing bet - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-39004434 Well played, sir.

Football:

Football’s gambling problem: You better, you better, you bet - http://www.football365.com/news/footballs-gambling-problem-you-better-you-better-you-bet

Pep Guardiola's Barcelona has 'damaged' the quality of defenders, says Roberto Ayala -
https://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/pep-s-barcelona-damaged-football-says-former-argentina-captain-roberto-ayala_sto6059542/story.shtml I am a bitter, bitter right back and agree completely and utterly with Roberto Ayala

Super Slav gives Alf ride of his life! - http://www.whufc.com/news/articles/2017/february/15-february/super-slav-gives-alf-ride-his-life

Horse Racing:

Sandown: Amputee jockey Guy Disney takes historic victory in Royal Artillery Gold Cup -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/horse-racing/39008715

Rugby:

This female rugby referee is making history this weekend -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/39008812/this-female-rugby-referee-is-making-history-this-weekend
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Design:

How Ikea’s Assembly Instructions Champion Universal Design - https://magenta.as/how-ikeas-assembly-instructions-champion-universal-design-fe2710ab5c36

Language:

Why Do Canadians Say ‘Eh’? - The story behind Canada’s most distinctive verbal tic. - https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/why-do-canadians-say-eh It’s not like I can talk, I come from somewhere that says “like” as punctuation.

Miscellaneous:

100 Women: How South Korea stopped its parents aborting girls - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38362474

The jobless world and its discontents - https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2017/01/jobless-world-and-its-discontents

How Antarctic bases went from wooden huts to sci-fi chic - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38574003

Politics:

Why Clinton’s Slogans Failed (Hard): A Persuasion Analysis For Marketers - Why didn’t “I’m With Her” & “Love Trumps Hate” resonate? - https://blog.thematterhorncompany.com/clinton-slogans-bad-persuasion-a3bd5cbe59ac

Science:

Mysterious fossils find place on the tree of life - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38585325

The Exoplanet Revolution Turns 25 - https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-exoplanet-revolution-turns-25/

'Star Wars gibbon' is new primate species - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38576819 This is why scientists shouldn't be allowed to name things.

Sport:

Football:

Nations Cup Godfather looking to play spoilers' role - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/african-cup-of-nations/2017/nations-cup-godfather-looking-to-play-spoilers-role_sto6007759/story.shtml

Technology:

Is that fitness tracker you're using a waste of money? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38594037

The footballer who makes more money playing video games - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38262547

Links

Nov. 26th, 2017 03:25 pm
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Language:

5 Russian words that explain Vladimir Putin - To understand the man, you need some Russian (and history) lessons. - https://www.politico.eu/article/five-russian-words-that-explain-vladimir-putin-in-2017/

Maths:

Was 2016 especially dangerous for celebrities? An empirical analysis. - https://medium.com/@jasoncrease/was-2016-especially-dangerous-for-celebrities-79d79b9fae02

Miscellaneous:

“Architecture saved my life”: Pablo Escobar’s son is a good architect now -
https://archpaper.com/2017/01/pablo-escobar-son-architect/

The Bush sisters wrote this touching letter to Sasha and Malia Obama -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38611031/the-bush-sisters-wrote-this-touching-letter-to-sasha-and-malia-obama From January

Brazil prison riots: What's the cause? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-38534769

Falling in love in wartime Iraq - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38506269

Drenched Thailand still waiting for its green revolution - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38559206

The simple steel box that transformed global trade - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38305512

Young Russians born this decade face complete smoking ban -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/38571174/young-russians-born-this-decade-face-complete-smoking-ban Well that's one way to do it.

How to nap successfully at work - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38498488

Music:

TripAdvisor Reviews of the Hotel California - https://medium.com/how-pants-work/tripadvisor-reviews-of-the-hotel-california-9395cde3b391 I laughed long and hard

Politics:

Why Brexit is still undefined - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-38558056 This is from January. Guess what's still undefined now.

Science:

Recruiting prawns to fight river parasite - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38571937

New candidate for 'missing element' in Earth's core - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38561076

Sport:

Sporting photos: 11 of the best from Getty exhibition - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/40175719

Football:

Personal letters show how Graham Taylor always had time for fans -
http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/personal-letters-show-how-graham-taylor-always-had-time-for-fans-24116/?_ga=1.119693064.1411550946.1484310872

‘Dear eight-year-old Ronaldinho’ – Brazil legend pens emotional letter to his younger self -
http://lebuzz.eurosport.co.uk/viral/dear-eight-year-old-ronaldinho-brazil-legend-pens-emotional-letter-to-his-younger-self-24044/?_ga=1.83602774.1121939160.1484132031

Last man standing: A tribute to Gary Cahill - Gary Cahill is the last starter to have survived the cull that ensued following the Champions League triumph in Munich - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/premier-league/2016-2017/last-man-standing-a-tribute-to-gary-cahill_sto6006312/story.shtml

Rugby Union:

Dave Pearson: Rugby players 'need more protection', says ex-referee - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/38564669

Technology:

'Sweating bullets' - The inside story of the first iPhone - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38552241

Links

Oct. 1st, 2017 02:01 pm
redfiona99: (Default)
Architecture:

In pictures: The Art of Building 2016 - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-38301001

Language:

English Pronunciation - https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2011/12/23/english-pronunciation/ Obviously this is a joke, but I can. But probably not to the satisfaction of those wrong-headed people who think RP (or modern RP which sounds nothing like actual RP) is the only "correct" English pronunciation.

Law and order:

All new police officers in England and Wales to have degrees - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38319283 Oh this is going to end badly, because there's already not enough police, the ones that are there aren't paid enough and why any grad would want to go into that ... Actually, that's a point, I think policing is one of the few industries where I know nobody.

Miscellaneous:

Top tips for arranged marriage: '80 emails and no flirting' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-38306794

How many famous female hairdressers can you name? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-38267758

MURDERERS AND METHS DRINKERS: A STRANGE, GRIM TOUR OF ‘THE LONDON NOBODY KNOWS’ - http://dangerousminds.net/comments/murderers_and_meths_drinkers_a_strange_grim_tour_of_the_london_nobody_knows

HOW INK MASTER BECAME AN UNEXPECTED LESSON IN FEMINIST STRATEGY - https://www.wired.com/2016/12/ink-master-feminist-amplification/?mbid=social_twitter

Marieke Vervoort: Paralympian who has signed euthanasia papers - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/disability-sport/38306504

Blind in the Arctic: A survivor's guide to living in Nunavut - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/disability-38132001

Faux fur or real - do you know what you're wearing? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38302019 The problem is real fur being sold as fake fur.

GONE TOO SOON - Game Over, Man: ‘Aliens’ Cast Remembers the ‘Irreplaceable’ Bill Paxton on Alien Day -
http://www.thedailybeast.com/game-over-man-aliens-cast-remembers-the-irreplaceable-bill-paxton-on-alien-day

News:

Srebrenica survivors on Aleppo 'No lessons learned' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-38303222

Politics:

10 Crucial Decisions That Reshaped America - Nothing about the most dramatic campaign in memory was a foregone conclusion. The inside story of the pivotal choices that got us to President Trump. -
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/2016-presidential-election-10-moments-trump-clinton-214508

Maine's Immigrants Boost Workforce Of Whitest, Oldest State In U.S. -
http://www.npr.org/2017/04/20/524536237/maines-immigrants-boost-workforce-of-whitest-oldest-state-in-u-s

A hard Brexit is the last thing Japan wants - https://www.ceps.eu/publications/hard-brexit-last-thing-japan-wants

The End of the Anglo-American Order - https://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/magazine/the-end-of-the-anglo-american-order.html?_r=1

How to win a referendum - http://www.politico.eu/article/how-to-win-a-referendum-brexit-inside-story-vote-leave-campaign/ Even if you didn't vote in the EU referendum, or couldn't vote in it, this is very interesting.

Science:

World's hottest borehole nearly complete - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-38296251

A Possible Break in One of Evolution's Biggest Mysteries -
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2016/12/whale-passport/509756/

New spider species resembles Harry Potter 'Sorting Hat' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-38325099

Tetrapod Triumph! Solving Mystery Of First Land Vertebrates -
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/deadthings/2016/12/05/tetrapod-triumph-solving-mystery-of-first-land-vertebrates

Sport:

Olympia Horse Show 2016: Charlotte Dujardin and Valegro prepare to bow out -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/equestrian/38306494

Boxing:

Jerome Wilson: Coma boxer 'feared something bad might happen' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/boxing/38248752 I feel I should add that he's out of the coma and doing relatively fine.

Football:

Johan Cruyff remembered by Bob Wilson - https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/dec/11/johan-cruyff-remembered-bob-wilson-football-obituary

Formula 1:

'Here's my CV!' Drivers - and Lukas Podolski - joke with Mercedes over vacancy -
http://www.eurosport.co.uk/formula-1/here-s-my-cv-drivers-and-lukas-podolski-joke-with-mercedes-over-vacancy_sto5975524/story.shtml
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Back to several parts because of absence last Sunday.

Language:

How brothers became buddies and bros - https://blog.oup.com/2016/04/brothers-buddies-bros-oed-update/

Law and Order:

Should Waney Squier have been struck off over shaken baby syndrome? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37672451

Literature:

Can song lyrics ever be poetry? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37637797

Miscellaneous:

Do footballers need lessons on sexual consent? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37642436

Hollie McNish: The things new mothers aren't always told - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37630561

The Wide, Strange World of Modern Mummification - http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-wide-strange-world-of-modern-mummification

'England's darling' and Scotland's saint - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-36701131

The Woman Who Survived the Lowest Body Temperature Ever - http://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-woman-who-survived-the-lowest-body-temperature-ever

Yom Kippur, Donald Trump, and Apologizing Like You Really Mean It - https://medium.com/@jelenawoehr/yom-kippur-donald-trump-and-apologizing-like-you-really-mean-it-75320f3211df From before the last US election

Fussy-eating toddlers 'not the fault of parents' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37642587 Which anyone who knew young me and my poor unfortunate mother could tell you, but it's important that people know.

How can a company repair a damaged reputation? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37630983

My final year at Oxford, when I felt punished for having ME -
https://www.theguardian.com/education/2016/oct/18/oxford-university-punished-me-students-expelled-ill

Music:

Kings of Leon: 'We had to leave our comfort zone' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37654801

How Shakin' Stevens' new album led him to the brother he never knew -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37628772

Politics:

Why do we need new parliamentary boundaries? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37661581

What if only goats voted in the US election? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-trending-37645141 From before the last US election

US election: My secret life as a Texan Trump supporter - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37618233 From before the last US election, and not from a Trump supporter, but from someone suffering from an email address typo.

Troubled Families - anatomy of a policy disaster - http://notthetreasuryview.blogspot.co.uk/2016/10/troubled-families-anatomy-of-policy.html

Sport:

Golf:

Gary Player on Rory McIlroy, Tiger Woods and how to stay healthy at 80 -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/golf/37685650

Technology:

Jennicam: The first woman to stream her life on the internet - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37681006
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Films:

Why a Bollywood film has been accused of distorting history - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-37273221

Health:

These charts show how much of your life you will spend being sick -
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/worldviews/wp/2015/09/19/these-charts-show-how-much-of-your-life-you-will-spend-being-sick/?utm_term=.fc4a52ceae55

What is the food that can really improve your eyesight? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37281200

'I know cannabis is illegal, but it is medicinal' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-37318935

Language:

What I learned about languages just by looking at a Turkish typewriter - https://medium.com/@mwichary/what-i-learned-about-languages-just-by-looking-at-a-turkish-typewriter-fc840aab1b0a

Miscellaneous:

Starting university: What to bring, who to avoid - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-37297449 Some of this is reasonable, some of it, not so much.

Vogue: Nine down-to-earth discoveries I made at the fashion bible - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37292067

Fabric closure: What next for the UK's club scene? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-37297353 Or the further death of UK nightlife

What Is A Data Scientist And Should We Instead Be Talking About Data Teams?
- https://www.forbes.com/sites/kalevleetaru/2016/08/25/what-is-a-data-scientist-and-should-we-instead-be-talking-about-data-teams/#c5e8c7259ea6

Illness forces 12% of workers to quit before pension age - TUC - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37272164

Why the former USSR has far fewer men than women - http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/08/14/why-the-former-ussr-has-far-fewer-men-than-women/

Science:

Puberty calorie burn fall 'could explain obesity rise' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-37297812

DNA confirms cause of 1665 London's Great Plague - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-37287715 As I had to explain to a friend of the time, yes, Y. pestis was the main suspect, but this is the first proof.

What's the evidence for the gluten-free lifestyle? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37292174

Meet the Greater Honeyguide, the Bird That Understands Humans - http://www.audubon.org/news/meet-greater-honeyguide-bird-understands-humans

Sport:

Cycling:

Tour of Britain: How cycling is helping flood-hit Cumbria recover - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-36885273

Football:

FFP forces Inter to effectively split into two teams - http://www.eurosport.co.uk/football/serie-a/2016-2017/ffp-forces-inter-to-effectively-split-into-two-teams_sto5822073/story.shtml There ain't no sneakiness like Inter sneakiness

Kosovo ready to rock the boat in Finland despite eligibility confusion -
https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/sep/04/kosovo-world-cup-2018-qualifier-finalnd

Paralympics:

Team USA should dominate the Paralympics. So why doesn't it?
- https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/sep/06/paralympic-games-brazil-us-athletes-disability

Rio Paralympic Games: Why bookies won't be taking many bets - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-37256061

Links

Nov. 14th, 2014 05:51 pm
redfiona99: (Thinking)
Art:

The blind sculptor who thinks everyone should touch art - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-29837275

History:

Government to 'retire' some of its WW1 debt - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29844961

The interesting bit to me comes later on in the story "The continued existence of the war bond debt illustrates the lasting shadow cast by World War One. According to the UK Treasury there are currently 11,200 registered holders of the bonds. Winston Churchill first issued “4% Consols” in 1927 when he was Chancellor partly to refinance bonds from the First World War. In addition to the war bonds, some of the debt being refinanced by the Treasury dates back to the 18th Century. One of these bonds was issued by William Gladstone in 1853 to consolidate the capital stock of the South Sea Company, which was founded in 1711. The South Sea Company collapsed during the South Sea Bubble financial crisis of 1720, leaving behind it a lot of debt."

Windscale Piles: Cockcroft's Follies avoided nuclear disaster - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cumbria-29803990

Language:

This 81-Year-Old Wrote a Dictionary to Save Her Tribe’s Dying Language - http://www.ryot.org/native-america-wukchumni-dictionary-language-extinction/855101 Just ignore the editorialising about the death of English because, horror of horrors, new neologisms are entering the language.

Law and Order:

How Louisiana Became The World's 'Prison Capital' - http://www.npr.org/2012/06/05/154352977/how-louisiana-became-the-worlds-prison-capital

Miscellaneous:

Meet the metal detectorists saving marriages - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29800160 Other people are apparently as bad as I am for losing jewellery. Their's is just more important ;)

The Adventures of the World's Greatest Counterfeiter - http://www.gq.com/long-form/the-great-paper-caper Via @TwistedSifter on twitter.

How to Buy Food: The Psychology of the Supermarket - http://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/how-to/article/supermarket-psychology Via @TwistedSifter on twitter.

How Different Groups Spend Their Day - http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/31/business/20080801-metrics-graphic.html?_r=0 The results of the American Time Use survey 2008. Via @TwistedSifter on twitter.

Five Ways to Lie with Charts - http://nautil.us/issue/19/illusions/five-ways-to-lie-with-charts

What lies beneath London? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-29566275 From deep-level air raid shelters to the colossal Crossrail construction, beneath London lies a labyrinth of tunnels. BBC News delved underground to visit some of the capital's rarely seen subterranean spots.

Watch a Japanese Kokeshi Doll Emerge From a Spinning Block of Wood - http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/10/watch-a-japanese-kokeshi-doll-emerge-from-a-spinning-block-of-wood/

Baroness Trumpington profile: From Lloyd George to the Lords - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27888144 She has worked at Bletchley Park, served as a headmaster's wife, mayor of Cambridge, a government whip and as a health minister. Besides this, she famously flicked a V-sign to her colleague Tom King during a Lords debate.

Who The Hell Keeps Calling Me? - http://digg.com/2014/when-gamergate-hits-the-wrong-target Or the gamergate idiots can't even dox the right people. Via [livejournal.com profile] nwhyte.

Science:

Geneticists tap human knockouts - http://www.nature.com/news/geneticists-tap-human-knockouts-1.16239 - Sequenced genomes reveal mutations that disable single genes and can point to new drugs. Although part of me wants to agree with the commenter on inthepipeline who pointed out that these aren't knockout mutations.

Ebola crisis: A village fights back in Sierra Leone - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-29899630 Or, yet more evidence that local knowledge is vital.

Why NASA Blew Up a Rocket Just After Launch - http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141030-first-person-rocket-explosion-antares/ A National Geographic staffer's on-scene account of the Antares rocket failure.

Sports:

Two football/free speech articles:

FA made £350,000 from Twitter fines in just three years - https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/fa-made-%C2%A3350-000-from-twitter-fines-in-just-three-years-101858229.html

Pornhub sponsored team banned from football league - https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/pornhub-sponsored-team-banned-from-football-league-145621037.html#more-id

Football:

Rayo Vallecano fans produce brilliant, Simpsons-themed protest banners - https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/early-doors/rayo-vallecano-fans-produce-brilliant--simpsons-themed-protest-banners-151633262.html#more-id Or, the Rayo Vallecano fans would like for their matches to not always be the Monday night match.

Formula 1:

Formula 1: Where does all the money go? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29905081 Really interesting if you've got even a passing interest in F1, and it explains why the gap between the big teams and the rest never seems to get any smaller. (And when it does, it's because Ferrari have stuffed up, again. Why can you not hire engineers as good as your lawyers, Ferrari?)

Caterham & Marussia struggles highlight need for cost-cutting - FIA - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/29841569 We've been saying this for years.

BBC pundit slams ‘disgraceful’ and 'unfair' Formula One - https://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/blogs/motorhead-uk/jordan--formula-one-is--unfair--and--disgrace-165218934.html#more-id

Links

Oct. 3rd, 2014 04:32 pm
redfiona99: (Thinking)
Animals:

Urban kingfishers making a home on London's waterways - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/in-pictures-29204055

US reroutes flights around Alaska beach in attempt to avoid walrus stampede - http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/oct/01/walrus-alaska-beach-trampled-death Walruses are the latest victims of global warming (via [livejournal.com profile] nwhyte)

The freedivers who swim with whales - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29209139

Archaeology:

Greeks captivated by Alexander-era tomb at Amphipolis - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-29239529

Temple of Mithras: How do you put London's Roman shrine back together? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-29309824

Beyond Angkor: How lasers revealed a lost city - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29245289

Data Visualisations:

Mapping Murder - http://imgur.com/gallery/fo63erj - American homicide rate per 100,000 people (2012) I just really like the way they've visualised the data.

Map: Most Popular Female Names by State - http://i.imgur.com/DQ2Jhp3.gif From 1960 - 2012 Useful for the writers out there.

Map: Most Popular Male Names by State - http://i.imgur.com/xQeel1x.gif From 1960 - 2012 Useful for the writers out there.

History:

Day out at the gallows and other bygone photographic oddities - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29246071 - Selections from Victorian and Edwardian era photography from the Woodhorn Museum and Northumberland Archives.

The UK was home to 250,000 Belgian refugees during World War One, the largest single influx in the country's history. So why did they vanish with little trace? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-28857769

Language/Dialects/Etc:

Why is the Birmingham accent so difficult to mimic? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29307916

The rich: Exactly what does the terminology mean? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15822595

Miscellaneous:

Battle horse roundabout in Tewkesbury 'best in Britain' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-gloucestershire-29407943

Don’t Be Ugly By Accident! - http://blog.okcupid.com/index.php/page/8/ - Or which photographs (including manufacturer, time and device) make you more likely to get OK Cupid hits.

Taboola: The internet firm at the forefront of 'click-bait' - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29322578 Interesting stuff, certainly more interesting than the click-bait they produce.

Does job success depend on data rather than your CV? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29343425 Or companies doing ever wierder things to choose candidates.

Trying to improve childhood survival rates in Africa - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-29045065

Games for doctors - how the computer games industry is turning its attention to helping doctors improve their performance - http://www.bmj.com/content/349/bmj.g5642

Wasabi: Why invest in 'the hardest plant to grow'? - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-29082091

The father of 26 children who's helping to preach birth control - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29258844

Buddha seems to bring tranquility to Oakland neighborhood - http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/johnson/article/Buddha-seems-to-bring-tranquillity-to-Oakland-5757592.php

The NSA claimed that it was only collecting metadata—a fact we now know is false—but even metadata can tell an intimate story - http://www.scottogle.net/my-most-intimate-self-portrait.html

Science:

Plutonium: The scary element that helps probe space's secrets - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-29274491

Can Memories Be Implanted and Then Removed? - http://www.newyorker.com/science/maria-konnikova/can-memories-implanted-removed

Terry Fox's cancer now highly curable researcher says - http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/terry-fox-s-cancer-now-highly-curable-researcher-says-1.2765316 Or science, we're working on it.

Sport:

Football:

Premier League: Chelsea and the madness of the loan game - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29280337 In short, Chelsea are up to something and whether it works or not could change how the Premier League does business (possibly turning it's business model closer to that of Italy).

Enner Valencia: West Ham striker on milking cows and Green Street - http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/29354623
redfiona99: (Thinking)
I had a whole post written up about next season's MotoGP roster but it has vanished into the ether. I will endeavour to reconstruct it.

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I, like everyone else, think that the Cal Crutchlow to Ducati thing might be a really bad idea for Cal. My logic is slightly different than everyone else's, but then again, I'm not a Brit so I remember Dovi smoking Cal on the same equipment last time they were in the same team together. And I think that was talent, not inexperience on Crutchlow's part. I think if he loses to Dovi again on the same bike, it'll do damage to Cal's chances of getting a decent bike* next time round.

I also think it's a boneheaded manoeuvre from Tech 3, I realise that they can't actually get rid of Bradley Smith (who is not as good as the BBC would have you believe) but Pol, bless him**, is only just coming up from Moto2 and how much can Bradley Smith teach him?

But, and this is where that impromptu interview the BBC managed to get with Cal Crutchlow at the British GP may have been slightly more revealing than Crutchlow had intended, where else could Crutchlow have gone. Basically, after the Honda and Yamaha factory teams, Tech 3 are the best. Ducati are the only other manufacturer team***. Gresini and LCR are good but satellite teams and I can see why they'd be less attractive than the team Ducati, even though I think either is a better option in results terms.

The other person this mucks about is poor old Aleix Espargaro (see the note that goes with **). I mean, if I were Herve Poncheral, I'd rather have had Aleix than Pol just for the experience edge.

* Because there are many things that Ducati is, and a decent bike is not one of them. And Cal is not Casey Stoner, he cannot, in the words of Charlie Cox "ride it like he stole it".

** Pol Espargaro is my baby. I am not reasonable on the topic of either of my adorable Espargaro boys.

*** Even if Suzuki come back, it'll be their first year, there are better places for Cal to be.

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In an amusing factlet for the Canadian French speakers on my flist - The "official" French TV transliteration for Vladimir Putin is Poutine. This may explain French/Russian relations at the minute.

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