h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/06/french-report-sexualisation-of-children

Former minister wants ban on beauty contests for under-16s and children's lingerie in wake of 10-year-old's Vogue spread



See also http://libertescheries.blogspot.com/2012/03/minimiss-lenfant-est-une-personne.html [fr] for the Vogue cover, and a more legally oriented account on a mini-miss pageant ban.

Rebekah Brooks finally gets her collar felt:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14178051

Olympics missile sites considered for Blackheath and Shooters Hill. The UK MoD said it had taken military advice to identify sites to base the defence systems to protect the skies over London in the event of an attack. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17351164

Emails from dead man's account spook loved ones
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-17348635

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Guatemalan ex-soldier given 6,060 years for 1982 massacre
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-17355899

The end of an era, a sign of the times.
http://tinyurl.com/7ncqrd6

~jwf~

an utter tragedy, in my opinion.

Sade made more money than Lady Gaga or Adele in the States last year. That makes me happy.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2012/mar/13/sade-adele-2012-us-money-list

re Brittanica :

Anhaga,
At the time it became US based, I remember thinking it was an utter tragedy but now? Not really - a little sad maybe, but after all, it's Britannica in name only...
At a cost of $1,300 I wouldn't buy one today (though for what it is, that cost is really quite small) ...
... and as that article said, as soon as it's published it's out-of -date.

The family copy didn't survive our emigration for some reason as yet unexplained - maybe I should give thanks to squigs for reminding me - or hmm, maybe not.

The on-line cost isn't so bad either - US$70 /year - if you're that way inclined.

Hollywood sueing one of my local pub's because of its name:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2114365/The-battle-Middle-Earth-Enterprises--British-pub-called-The-Hobbit-20-years-sued-Hollywood-giant-use-name.html

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Don't text and drive:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/03/14/montreal-text-message-fatal.html?cmp=rss

I see the apocalypse is on its way (Britannica no longer in print, but somebody beat me here to report it.)

Another earthquake, btw. Tokyo. 7.1, they say right now.

"I see the apocalypse is on its way"


Porklips Now:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrnNeIIumJg

Cows worldwide to mourn superstud Jocko the bull

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/03/14/us-france-bull-jocko-idUSBRE82D0W920120314?feedType=RSS&feedName=oddlyEnoughNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FoddlyEnoughNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Oddly+Enough%29&utm_content=Google+UK

Metropolitan Police officers assaulted autistic boy

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-17366756

Really?

"Really?"



Yes.

And a matter that affects this researcher (end of an era also)
http://www.fortunecity.com/
That was my home page for many,many years .

Ref Post 12971.
You should have double checked the date on that quake.
clicking on further info yields
a date in 2009.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/us2009kcaz.php

todays quake was magnitude 5.7
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0008gvl.php

"I've slept With 1000 Women" Claims Corrie Star.

William Roche.

By his looks, his listless emotional and intellectual poverty and his lack of any positive demeanor, he's exaggerated the number by a factor of about 1000, and all he did was actually sleep.
If he managed to do anything more than that, he's not just a slut, but a very boring yet nasty one, who misuses women.

http://www.mirror.co.uk/

>>Metropolitan Police officers assaulted autistic boy

It's certainly very sad that he was subjected to disability discrimination and false imprisonment.

There are some facts I'd like to know; why were the police called, unless it was a fairly serious situation which was out of control? How should they have dealt with this boy, given "he was much too big and strong" for them and he "could not swim but had no fear of the water nor indeed any knowledge of its danger".