●Xenophobia: latest – BBC story pluss excellent blog link for up to date news

13Oct08

“South African civic organisations are demanding an inquiry….”
●UNHCR ‘failed’ S Africa migrantsby Martin Plaut

South African civic organisations are demanding an inquiry into the United Nations refugee agency’s response to May’s xenophobic violence.
The UNHCR has not fulfilled its mandate to refugees and displaced people under international law – Lawyer Fatima Hassan
LINK – to article
(Story by Martin [...]

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●World Wide Web – too full of misinfomation [ie loads of old twottle & rubbish] so says creator of www://Tim Berners-Lee [Sir]

15Sep08

Some feared that firing up the LHC [Large Hadron Collider] would create a black hole and/or doom the Earth
The internet needs a way to help people separate rumour from real science, says the creator of the World Wide Web. [heard on BBC world radio this morning - in the news]
Talking to BBC News Sir Tim [...]

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●Zapiro: So what’s all the furore about? Freedom of expression for starters – that’s what!

10Sep08

Zapiro says his cartoons of Jacob Zuma are all based on quotes that are ” out- landish, chauvinistic and ignorant things about aids, women and the rule of law……” uttered by Zuma.
Even though this particular cartoon is so shocking to look at – whether we agree with it or not – is the [...]

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Tags: AIDS, BBC, bigotry, CENSORSHIP, COURAGE, court, FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION, furore, POLITICS, SATIRE, sexism, sueing, WOMEN, zapiro, ZUMA

●At last the games are over – will Amnesty & BBC be blocked again?

24Aug08

Cartoon by Morten Morland – curtecy Times on line
An architect told me that the birds nest stadium is a technical marvel but utterly not green – the power it requires to run would power the whole of Cape Town!
Naaaa it can’t be
The architects are a couple of Swiss chaps – Herzog & De [...]

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●China: Olympics kick off show – was amazing!

08Aug08

All Photos: Telegraph online Reuters/Afp/Getty/
Very bad form not to show the names of these brilliant photographers!

Photo:Getty – BBC Online

LINK:: more brilliant pics @ telegraph on line
LINK: Getty Images – sport [very slow to upload page as it's so large]

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Tags: BBC, brids nest, CHINA, fire works, OLYMPICS, PHOTOS, SPORT, STADIUM

●ARE YOU A GRUMPY OLD SOD AT TIMES? HELP IS AT HAND – ANGER MANAGEMENT PODCAST

19Jul08

Why do you think that the anger and rage levels are souring around us?
Maybe they aren’t where you live – do tell where you are!
I caught an excellent program on BBC radio yesterday – Health Check – all about anger – and there is a booklet that you can download in a flash to give [...]

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● Can you imagine living in this room for 16 years? Prisoner 46664 did – N.Mandela

18Jul08

During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to this struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all people live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which [...]

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●BBC: If your internet browser is NOT the latest version – you’re a sitting duck – your computer is at risk

17Jul08

There are 1.5 billion people who use the internet and 600 million have outdated browsers – so says an IT super geek who has done the research. [BBC world radio science/technology program I heard last night]

Almost half the online population is at risk because users have not installed security updates to their browsers, says [...]

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●BBC – Have Your Say asks: Has South Africa forgotten its history?

31May08

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Tags: ANC, APARTHEID, ASYLUM, BBC, DISPLACE, HISTORY, POLITICS, REFUGE, REFUGEES, TOURISM, WORLD CUP 2010, XENOPHOBIA

●Cape Town – miserable conditions – cold, wet & very windy @16:40 live Webcam

28May08

Thoughts go out to all the xenophobia refugees/displaced people – 80,000 of them – what a fiasco……
[80k from BBC World Service Radio News]
Click on image for a live update
see what the weather is doing right now in Cape Town – South Africa

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●RUSH HR TO WORK – A 30SEC STROLL TO THE OFFICE – UP THE GARDEN PATH

24May08

London, Chelsea Flower Show, silver winner – Designer Jane Button
[BBC - Magazine]
Now this is the kind of office I’m going to have!
[And a gardener to look after it]

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●“IS THE SUN SETTING ON IMPERIAL AMERICA?” GORE VIDAL SAYS USA IS NEAR IRRELEVANT ON WORLD STAGE

24May08

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Tags: BBC, ELECTIONS, GORE VIDAL, HARDTALK, IMPERIALISM, OPINION, POLITICS, STEPHEN SUCKER

●XENOPHOBIA & THE BLACK ON BLACK VIOLENCE IN JOHANNESBURG? WHAT THE BLEEP IS GOING ON IN SOUTH AFRICA?

20May08

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Tags: BBC, CAPE TOWN, DISPLACEMENT, FOOD PRICES, INFLATION, JOHANNESBURG, PETROL, POVERTY, SOUTH AFRICA, VIOLENCE, XENOPHOBIA

●CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW – I THINK I CAUGHT THE MONARCH ON HER SOLO WALK ABOUT ON WEBCAM 2

19May08

2009 CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW links
2009 May 19 – 23
home page
http://www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/shows/chelsea2009/index.asp
webcams
WEBCAMS UP & RUNNING [17th May '09]
Watch the show being set up
http://www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/shows/chelsea2009/live.asp
18th? = PRESS DAY
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2008 – 2008 – 2008 – 2008 – 2008 – 2008 – 2008 – 2008 – 2008

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●BBC WORLD DEBATE ON TV – ‘How Accountable is Business?’ Can openness and profitability go hand in hand?

17May08

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