Quality
29.08.2010
In his first newspaper interview since becoming the government\'s axeman-in-chief, Danny Alexander says making tough economic decisions does not make him any less of a Liberal Democrat On Thursday morning, Danny Alexander called a taxi to take him from his Highland home in Aviemore to the train station. During the journey, the driver turned to the politician – now chief secretary to the Treasury – and told him: "You must need skin like a rhino for your job." From the furthest reaches of Scotland to the coastal towns of southern England, people can see that it has been a tough few months for the Liberal Democrat MP who has been catap... 
Treasury secretary Danny Alexander defends budget cuts as coalition comes under fire
28.08.2010
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'Plan B' would widen the bore hole to reach the miners CNN International Copiapo, Chile (CNN) -- Mining engineers in Chile say they have come up with a "Plan B" that could halve the time it will take to rescue the 33 miners trapped inside a mine since August 5. Walter Herrera, quality control and risk manager for Chilean ... ...
'Plan B' would widen the bore hole to reach the miners - CNN International
Telegraph.co.uk 25.08.2010
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Consultant, former software quality assurance analyst drops Lake Bluff 3BD Blockshopper Ms. Shorey is a consultant and an experienced trainer, software quality assurance analyst, and web content editor in Chicago area. ... and more »
Consultant, former software quality assurance analyst drops Lake Bluff 3BD - Blockshopper
Blockshopper 23.08.2010
Director general must convince critics he is the right man to lead the corporation through a turbulent period Mark Thompson\'s rise to the upper echelons of the BBC began in 1997 when he delivered an impromptu speech to an audience of media executives about the virtues of public service broadcasting. More than a decade on, if he is to convince his critics inside and outside the BBC that he is the right man to continue leading the corporation through a turbulent period, the director general will need to repeat that feat on a far bigger s...
Make or break for Mark Thompson as BBC boss prepares MacTaggart lecture
19.08.2010
Child poverty is rising in Wales. With Whitehall having no political incentive to help with the coming austerity, it can only get worse The assembly government in Wales has just closed its consultation period for its new child poverty strategy. Among the third sector and children\'s organisations, there is a deep-rooted sense of pessimism that much of the hard work of the last decade is at risk of unravelling. Despite policy commitments and strategies in the last decade, child poverty is once again on the rise. From 2003 – for a three-year period only – child poverty sta...
Child poverty: a looming crisis in Wales | Helen Wilkinson
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Facebook's Spanish-Language Market Marked by Fragmentation, but Promises ... Inside Facebook (blog) ... are as relevant as country markets — if not more so — because linguistic translation is the first, and in some cases, only step in content ... and more »
Facebook's Spanish-Language Market Marked by Fragmentation, but Promises ... - Inside Facebook (blog)
25.08.2010
Rowan Williams speaks to the African Anglican bishops: not exactly truth to power The Archbishop of Canterbury\'s presence in Kampala is an occasion for diplomacy. His host, Archbishop Henry Orombi of Uganda, has gone further than almost any other senior Anglican in formally denouncing him as a heretic. The Ugandan church is deeply implicated in a bill that would introduce the death penalty for homosexuals . Homophobia is here a recognised tool in church intrigues: Pastor Robert Kayanja, one of the most successful prosperity gospel ...
The tank parked on Rowan's foot | Andrew Brown
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Akorbi Founders Featured in Dallas Business Journal Profile Marketwire (press release) "As the global marketplace expands, the need for localization and translation services for industries across the board is essential to fulfill business ... and more »
Akorbi Founders Featured in Dallas Business Journal Profile - Marketwire (press release)
19.08.2010
Carol Ann Duffy and others pay tribute to a \'generous, gentle genius\' known for the variety and inventiveness of his work Called "poetry\'s true son" by Carol Ann Duffy, Scottish poet Edwin Morgan has died aged 90. Winner of the Queen\'s Gold Medal for Poetry, Morgan was known for the range and variety of his writing. Equally at home translating poetry from many languages (he won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize for his version of Jean Racine\'s Phèdre), experimenting with concrete poetry , writing on topics f...
Edwin Morgan, Scotland's national poet, dies aged 90
