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• I’ve Been Single Too Long: Yearnings of an Overheated Imagination

  
  Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities — Authority: 427
  I’ve Been Single Too Long: Yearnings of an Overheated Imagination I’ve Been Single Too Long is a shadowy, dream-like 3-minute short film directed by Shane Davey, which was commissioned for a special showcase at the Tate Modern Museum in Britain.  Whether a declaration of yearning or an admission of an ...
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• Curry King Sir Gulam Noon calls for curbs on extremist imams

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 612
  Britains most prominent Muslim businessman, who was trapped inside a burning hotel in the Mumbai terror attacks , is calling on the government to toughen measures against extremist preachers. Sir Gulam Noon, one of Labours most generous donors, says the door is being left open for foreign imams to radicalise ...
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• Pub fined £8k for Wi-Fi copyright infringement

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 658
  A pub owner has been fined £8,000 because someone unlawfully downloaded copyrighted material over their open Wi-Fi hotspot, according to the managing director of hotspot provider The Cloud. WRH permalink
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• Womans leg amputated by mistake following false cancer diagnosis

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 658
  Word to the wise: Be careful of what doctors tell you to cut off following a cancer diagnosis. Submitting to cancer surgery can cost you an arm... or a leg. Increasingly, cancer surgeons are recommending that woman have their healthy breasts surgically removed as a way to prevent cancer -- even when those women have ...
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• Lord Mandelson faces probe over his favours to oligarch

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 658
  Lord Mandelson is facing a fresh inquiry into accusations that he did improper favours for his Russian billionaire friend, Oleg Deripaska. A German MEP has demanded that the European Commission investigate what she claims is the Business Secretarys conflict of interest when he twice lowered aluminium tariffs during ...
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• Pound Posts Weak Performance on Growth Outlook

  
  Forex News — Authority: 140
  The Pound reverted a winning trend in the beginning of the week to plunge and lose versus most of the majors towards Friday’s session end, as stocks and commodities fell globally decreasing attractiveness for the U.K.’s currency, which is also facing a downgrade in its GDP forecasts figures.(...) ...
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• Hidden threat from al-Qaeda sleeper cells

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 612
  Counter-terrorism police and Whitehall officials believe dozens of extremists could have arrived here by posing as students or legitimate visitors. They are concerned both by the relatively lax checks that are made on the visitors before they arrive and by the ease with which they can outstay their visas ...
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• WWI, Chemist Dr. Chaim Weizmann and Israel

  
  PA Pundits - International — Authority: 490
  American Minute with Bill Federer During World War I, Britain was ineffective manufacturing explosives, until a breakthrough in synthesizing acetone was made by Jewish chemist Dr. Chaim Weizmann, who was born NOVEMBER 27, 1874. In gratitude, Britain issued the Balfour Declaration, establishing a Jewish ...
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• MNP on Isle of Man is very quick indeed!

  
  PhoneArea.net — Authority: 158
  MNP (Mobile Number Portability) on the Isle of Man (a little Island that’s somewhere between Great Britain and Ireland) is very fast indeed – if I said to you as…
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• MNP on Isle of Man is very quick indeed!

  
  PhoneArea.net — Authority: 158
  MNP (Mobile Number Portability) on the Isle of Man (a little Island that’s somewhere between Great Britain and Ireland) is very fast indeed – if I said to you as…
  2 days ago

• Recession is even worse than feared: Chancellor predicts steepest slump ever

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 658
  The recession is proving even deeper than feared, Alistair Darling will admit in next months Pre-Budget report. The Chancellor will forecast the steepest annual slump since modern records began. WRH permalink
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• Peers to get £3,000 pay rise in new plan to help restore public confidence after expenses scandal

  
  WHAT REALLY HAPPENED — Authority: 658
  Peers will get a £3,000-a-year pay rise simply for turning up at the House of Lords. They will be paid a £200 daily flat fee for attending debates or committees under a review of their allowances. But critics warned this would allow unscrupulous members to clock in and clear off without doing a full days work, as ...
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• Ukulele Festival of Great Britain: Friday Links

  
  Ukulele Hunt — Authority: 131
  The Ukulele Festival of Great Britain is going to take place in Cheltenham on 19th and 20th June next year. The bill is rumored to include GUGUG, Uke Box and Ukulelezaza. And staying in Great Britain, Jake Shimabukuro will be performing with Bette Midler at this year’s Royal Variety Performance . John ...
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• Letter from Europe: Russia Plays by Its Own Rules in Murder Case

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
  The anniversary this week of Alexander V. Litvinenkos death recalled the much broader themes evoked by his killing: justice, impunity and international accountability in modern Russia.
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• Trends: The Union Jack

  
  Hatch: The Design Public Blog — Authority: 424
  While I’m thankful that our forefathers got rid of those pesky British taxes that didn’t have representation and all, I am always a sucker for a Union Jack. I think my favorite use of it lately was the quilts featured on Man Shops World by Becky Oldfield. Here are a few more dreamy shots of the U.K.’s flag ...
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• World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Artifacts’ Value Is Higher

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 906
  The British Museum says the largest Anglo-Saxon gold and silver hoard ever found has been valued at more than $5.4 million after initial evaluations put the value at roughly a quarter of that.
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• Just in case you have no idea what this is about…it boils down to “look smart, dress smart, talk and walk smart”.

  
  Funny Emails — Authority: 145
  The young people laughed when the ATM asked them if they required “some moolah for ya sky rocket”. The machine, in Spitalfields, was one of five Cockney cash dispensers from East London to Barnet that began dispensing “moolah” yesterday morning.Bank Machine, which runs 2,500 ATMs across the country, was aiming ...
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• iTunes tagging comes to London iPod nano owners: a European first

  
  Family Learning Center — Authority: 161
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• a-matter-of-loaf-and-death-3

  
  Et Cetera: Publick and Privat Curiosities — Authority: 427
  A Matter of Loaf and Death: Big Trouble at the Mill A Matter of Loaf and Death is an award-winning, delightful clay-animated short film directed by Nick Clark , a four-time Academy Award-winning English filmmaker of stop-motion animation.  The film, starring the much-loved duo Wallace and his faithful dog ...
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• US Colleges Teach Anti-Israel, Pro-Iran Courses Thanks to Alavi

  
  Muslims Against Sharia — Authority: 612
  An Iranian front organization is donating huge sums to American academic institutions who employ pro-Iran, anti-Israel professors and speakers, according to back-to-back reports by the New York Post and New York Times . Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been donated to the prestigious Columbia ...
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