Category: Society
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Floods catastrophe in England
They are the worst floods in modern history, says a breaking news report on Sky News. The flood crisis grows as rivers rise, says a BBC News report. All the TV news has nothing but reporting on the growing catastrophe…
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England under water
Seeing the rain pouring down outside my window again this morning really gives me pause for thought after watching what can best be described as disaster videos on TV last night. The flooding across England over the past three days,…
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Credible reporting on Second Life from Newsweek
The July 30 edition of Newsweek magazine has a pretty good series of features about Second Life. Unlike an impression I get from reading some other mainstream media reporting on Second Life recently, it’s clear that reporter Jessica Bennett has…
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David Miliband’s potential interactive platform
So, will new Foreign Secretary David Miliband continue the blog he started early last year while at DEFRA? According to political blogger Ellee Seymour: There is a chance that David Miliband might write a Foreign Office blog once he has…
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Different flavours of English
Watching the lunchtime Sky News, I was struck by a new (to me) abbreviation to describe an event – 21/7. This is to do with three men convicted today of planning suicide bomb attacks on the London transport system in…