Tuesday, September 16, 2014

A Huge Injustice At The Heart Of The Scottish Independence Referendum: A Majority Of Those Affected Get No Vote


A Huge Injustice At The Heart Of The Scottish Independence Referendum: A Majority Of Those Affected Get No Vote


As Scotland prepares to vote on whether it will become an independent country on Sept. 18, the polls show the two sides, Yes and No, are evenly split. The 58.7 million people of the United Kingdom who are not Scottish are belatedly waking up to the fact that their country could easily be torn apart, ...


До незалежной Шотландии - 3 дня. Затем смена флага и большой кидок всех, кто с долларом...


Вот здесь на английском можно почитать про варианты флагов, как изменится флаг UK после отделения Шотландии: Will This Be the U.K.'s New Flag? With a referendum on Scottish independence coming later this year, Britain may have to re-think the Union Jack. Один из вариантов: А вот этот пост был написа ...


Frank-N-Furter Taxi Cabs (Ireland) & 1982 Sci-Fi


Willie Duffy A drunk taxi driver tried to kill me in Ireland, but I’m still here. The greatest part of that – in hindsight – was one of the women sitting in the back of the vehicle yelling “Willie! We’ve all got children!” which caused him to laugh exactly like Tim Curry (after he’d just hacked Meat ...


Kickstarter is now accepting projects from Ireland and Scandinavia


Folks looking for crowdfunding in Norway, Denmark, Sweden and Ireland just got a lucky break: Kickstarter is expanding its international reach. Starting today, creators in Ireland and Scandinavia will be able to submit projects to the crowdfunding...


Looking for accommodation


Thread Starter Looking for accommodation Follow 54 minutes ago 54m ago Hi everyone, I recently got a place at Kingston Uni for pharmacy in clearing. I am from Ireland and I cannot find a place to stay. Is anyone looking for a flatmate, even for a couple of weeks? I am a 1st year female student looki ...


2014 Food and Wine Festival Booth Preview: Hops & Barley and Ireland Marketplaces


This week, all! The 2014 Epcot Food and Wine Festival kicks off THIS WEEK! It seems like we’ve been counting down, bringing you previews, and talking about it forever, so it will be so fun to hit the ground and begin trying all of the new dishes and returning favorites! And this year, the festival h ...


The Liebster Award!


I’m ashamed to say that I have been nominated for this before, and just never got around to it… whoops.. This is the Liebster Award. It’s basically like those chain letters that circulated as preteens. Lol, remember them? ANYWAY, the word “liebster” has several definitions: dearest, sweetest, kindes ...


Japanese and Film studies??


Thread Starter Japanese and Film studies?? Follow 21 minutes ago 21m ago I am currently in lower sixth (in Northern Ireland) and I was looking for different university courses I might be interested in. The course for joint Japanese and Film studies looked really good and I have always been intereste ...


Shenanigans and What Have You


It's been a hectic couple of weekends, each at opposite ends of the country. Just after my last post, my friend Jian from high school in Baltimore, currently doing Science in Zurich (I am very much in awe at having a friend who does real-life Science for a living), came to visit for a few days. This ...


State Street Global Advisors Ireland Limited: Form 8.3 - Iluka Resources Limited


State Street Global Advisors Ireland Limited: Form 8.3 - Iluka Resources Limited FORM 8.3 IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL DISCLOSURE UNDER RULE 8.3 OF THE IRISH TAKEOVER PANEL ACT, 1997, TAKEOVER RULES, 2007 (AS AMENDED) DEALINGS BY PERSONS WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT ...


First Anglican woman bishop appointed in Britain and Ireland


Britain and Ireland got their first Anglican woman bishop this week following the appointnment of the Rev. Pat Storey to the diocese of Meath and Kildare, Ireland. The 53-year-old Storey grew up in the Northern Ireland city of Belfast and is married to the ...


Northern Ireland Unionist Ian Paisley's journey ended in power sharing, despite his decades of anti-Catholicism


They breed like rabbits and multiply like vermin. The death of Ian Paisley, on Sept. 12, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, was not a front page story even in the New York Times. Yet, the former Democratic Unionist Party leader, as well as former head of the ...


Kathy Ireland Goes Barefoot for Miss America


Kathy Ireland is many things. A highly successful model and fashion designer. An entrepreneur and actress (remember Necessary Roughness?). And, as we all learned from Sunday night's Miss America pageant on ABC, she's also not afraid to chose comfort over ...



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