She won't die wondering

The Domino Effect: Greece to trigger another 1848?

Tue Dec 9, 2008 9:27 AM EST

Several cities and towns all over Greece have been rioting ever since Saturday saw Greek police shoot dead a 15 year old boy in Central Athens.

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europe, shooting, revolution, government, greece, world-news, riots, economic-crisis, 1848, year-of-revolution

Obama: Billion Dollar Man

Seeded on Fri Dec 5, 2008 12:51 PM EST (Stupid News Daily)

Last night, Obama's aides released new information showing nearly $1 billion raised for his campaign and other election-related efforts.

campaign, funds, election, mccain, obama, us-news, satire, aides, palin

1694 and all that

Seeded on Fri Dec 5, 2008 11:51 AM EST (Telegraph)

I was anticipating with relish the prospect of interest rates being slashed to a level not seen since 1694.

business, britain, economy, interest-rates, money, finance, cartoonist, cartoon, bank-of-england

Economy 'is overriding priority'

Seeded on Wed Dec 3, 2008 7:45 AM EST (BBC News)

Fighting the economic downturn is the government's "overriding priority" for the year ahead, the Queen has said. In a slimmed down legislative programme, the government will attempt to prevent another banking crisis and protect depositors.

britain, politics, queen, government, legislation, uk, uk-politics, uk-economy, queens-speech, welfare-bill

The British Obama and Clinton Rolled Into One?

Tue Dec 2, 2008 5:16 AM EST

Last night I was listening to a radio phone-in about whether there will ever be a black British Prime Minister.

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politics, community, fundraising, government, kenya, bill-clinton, tony-blair, barack-obama, gordon-brown, labour

U.K. Pound Plunges.

Seeded on Mon Dec 1, 2008 1:32 PM EST (Bloomberg.com)

The U.K.

business, britain, money, finance, pound, uk, sterling, financial-crisis, pound-plunges

HSBC Confirms 500 UK Jobs To Go

Seeded on Mon Dec 1, 2008 10:31 AM EST (BBC News)

Banking group HSBC has confirmed it is cutting 500 jobs across the UK. HSBC said none of the positions were customer facing, and that it hoped that some of the affected employees would be able to move to other roles.

business, britain, job-cuts, unemployment, banks, banking, hsbc, uk, financial-crisis, credit-crunch

8 things about Shepherds Bush, London, England

Sat Nov 29, 2008 12:47 PM EST

You are TAGGED:

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britain, london, england, united-kingdom, meta, west-london, shepherds-bush, 8-things-about-where-you-live

(Fiction) Velvet Divorce: I am not lovely and I am not touching

Fri Nov 28, 2008 12:51 PM EST

I cut myself tonight. I hadn't done it in ages. I don't know how it came about. Well, I suppose I do. I helped mum out and she bought me a bottle of wine because she knows that is what I love more than her.

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drunk, blood, suicide, wine, drinking, alcohol, depression, fiction, short-story, creative-writing

Own Brand or Name Brand?

Wed Nov 26, 2008 12:12 PM EST

Today the House of Commons held an emergency debate on Monday's pre budget report. As it was George Osborne who had called the debate, he had the opening speech.

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shopping, frugality, budgeting, money-saving, home-garden

Ban on calling elderly patients 'love'.

Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:37 AM EST (BBC News)

Calling older patients "dearie" or "love" is set to be ruled out as offensive by new guidelines from the Nursing and Midwifery Council.

nurse, health, elderly, conservatives, patient, love, ban, policy, age-concern

10 Simple Steps to SEO your Writing Online

Seeded on Wed Nov 26, 2008 6:09 AM EST (Textual Ecstasy)

1. Define the Object: If you're talking about SEO optimised writing take the extra words to say so each time. Your primary search term needs to be repeated and restated in many ways.

business, online, marketing, writing, format, language, words, style, seo, search-engine

Doctor Who 45 Years of Time and Space

Seeded on Tue Nov 25, 2008 6:07 PM EST (Kasterborous)

45 years ago... a day of portentous significance in the annals of English speaking culture.

entertainment, bbc, doctor-who, radio-times

10 Major Marketing Spectacles: Win or Whoops

Seeded on Tue Nov 25, 2008 10:59 AM EST (The Bottom Line Vine)

Any press is good press right? Wrong! Making a complete spectacle out of yourself or your brand will get you attention, but is it the kind of attention you want.

business, campaign, starbucks, paris-hilton, marketing, advert, calvin-klein, disco

(Fiction) Lady Claus

Tue Nov 25, 2008 5:43 AM EST

This is for this writing exercise: (With thanks to Sandie Seward for the new title :))

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children, christmas, gender, santa, fiction, short-story, grotto, writing-exercise, santa-story

Darling Interview: "House of Commons Like A Football Match"

Tue Nov 25, 2008 4:20 AM EST

This morning, in the light of yesterday's pre budget report, Alistair Darling was interviewed on Talksport radio by former footballer Alan Brazil and recently retired cricketer Ronnie Irani-the new Paxman and Dimbleby.

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football, politics, cricket, sport, house-of-commons, chancellor, alistair-darling, pre-budget-report, talksport, alan-brazil

Darling's £20bn Fiscal Stimulus.

Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:14 PM EST

Today Alistair Darling presented his pre budget report to the House of Commons and to the world. He stated his central objective is to respond to the consequences of the global downturn on the U.K.

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economy, politics, uk, house-of-commons, alistair-darling, pre-budget-report, vince-cable, george-osbourne

Labour's Biggest Financial Test Yet

Seeded on Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:50 PM EST (BBC News)

The worst economic outlook since the early 1990s will be the bleak backdrop to the pre-Budget report. Its has taken on the air of an emergency Budget and will be the most important financial statement delivered since Labour came to power in 1997.

budget, politics, government, uk, gordon-brown, labour, alistair-darling, credit-crunch, pre-budget-report

Using Google Earth to help students grapple with a 2000-page Chinese historical novel

Seeded on Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:57 AM EST (FITS Newsletter)

Romance of the Three Kingdoms is a classic Chinese historical novel that was written in the fourteenth century. It focuses on events that occurred near the end of the Han Dynasty and during China's Three Kingdoms era. Dr.

technology, book, google-earth, novel, depauw, asian-studies

Pictures of UK November Snowfall

Seeded on Sun Nov 23, 2008 11:23 AM EST (BBC News)

Headline does exactly what it says on the tin. Pretty pictures of the snowfall in the UK this month.

snow, world-news, uk, pictures

8 Things You Don't Know About Autumn St John

Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:39 AM EST

1. Post these rules before you give the facts. 2. Players start with eight random facts/habits about themselves. 3. People who are tagged need to write their own blog about their eight things and post these rules. 4. tag your article as meta; 8 things and Uncheck ALL OF NEWSVINE.

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meta, 8-things

The Future of Newspapers

Seeded on Sat Nov 22, 2008 10:09 AM EST (Richard Brennan)

The growth of rival mediums radio, television and internet has caused newspapers to face competition. According to Media Guardian, newspaper circulations are declining year on year by -2.7% for daily papers and -3.6% for Sunday papers.

media, business, competition, revenue, newspaper

(Semi-fiction) Strictly Dialogue

Sat Nov 22, 2008 8:32 AM EST

Inspired by the children's charity Barnados writing a dialogue made up of real comments left on newspapers' websites, I have written a dialogue made up of real posts on Strictly Come Dancing message boards and forums.

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forums, strictly-come-dancing