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, (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Although the weather was gloomy, the teams of Swindon were still enthusiastic to win 'The Best of the West' football tournament, last Saturday. All of the teams tried their best and finally, the results were in and the mayor gave out the trophies. The runners-up were the ' Toothill Soldiers'. Second were 'Youth-First' and finally, in first place, was 'West'. After a great game there was a penalty 'kick-off'...
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Labourlist (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
By Richard Lane / @politicana Today, a comment like this from an elected official would pass without mention. We now live in a society of relative tolerance and acceptance and firm legal protections for gay men and women. But when Lord Chris Smith stood at a rally in Rugby in 1984, 25 years ago this week, and came out as the first openly gay parliamentarian he was taking a leap into the unknown. As...
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Rome of the West (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
MATTHEW AT Fallible Blogma posted the results of his “Support a Catholic Speaker Month”. He writes: First there was the Favorite Catholic Speakers Poll of 2009 where over 3000 of you voted ( results here ). From that sprang Support a Catholic Speaker Month. The goal was to create a rising Catholic tide on the internet that lifts all boats (websites, speakers, and all those who participate...
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Baltimore Sun (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
New panel is intended as city voice of veterans Led by Richard Lane of the National Association of Black Veterans, members of the 555th Parachute Infantry Regiment from the Korean War walk to the Black Soldiers Statue at City Hall to place a wreath as part of Veterans Day ceremonies. Lane was sworn in Wednesday as chairman of Baltimore's new City Veterans Commission.
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
Openings in Mississippi levees could build new land in sinking deltaDiverting sediment-rich water from the Mississippi River below New Orleans could generate new land in the river's delta in the next century.The land would equal almost half the acreage otherwise expected to disappear during that period, a new study shows.For decades, sea-level rise, land subsidence, and a decrease in river sediment...
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MSNBC.com: Today (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
The attorney for Richard Heene— now suspected of staging the incident that had the nation thinking his 6-year-old son was trapped in a runaway balloon— said that his clients are ready to turn themselves in. "Do not do the perp walk," Richard Lane urged police. "That's child abuse."
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Labourlist (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
By Richard Lane / @politicana UPDATE: Moir says the record number of complaints to the Press Complaints Commission was the result of an "orchestrated campaign" against her and that it is "mischievous in the extreme to suggest that my article has homophobic and bigoted undertones". UPDATE: As you can see from the image, advertising has been pulled from this article on the Daily...
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USA Shopping Online @ 2dayplaza.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
Maotherium asiaticus is the name Chinese and American researchers gave to a newly discovered fossil species, which lived in the Liaoning Province of China some 123 million years ago. The chipmunk-sized creature was found in the Yixian Formation, a very rich fossil bed that had yielded countless amazing discoveries over the years. In addition to being completely new, the mammal also holds some clues...
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Red Orbit (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
Ancient soil biota decreased in size by up to 46 percent during period 55 million years agoAncient soil-inhabiting creatures decreased in body size by nearly half in response to a period of boosted carbon dioxide levels and higher temperatures, scientists have discovered.The researchers' findings were published in the October 5, 2009, early online edition of the journal Proceedings of the National...
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USA Shopping Online @ 2dayplaza.com (Free subscription) | 10/07/2009
A new scientific study has determined that soil-dwelling creatures that inhabited the world some 55 million years ago evolved to be a lot smaller than they had been before, largely due to the increased global temperatures during the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM). This is among the first studies to investigate such a correlation, and experts say that the influence the environment had on the...
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What Does The Prayer Really Say? (Free subscription) | 09/30/2009
My friend Patrick Madrid posted a story about a fellow in St. Louis, MO, a Catholic, who has a crucifix on display in his grocery store. Freedom hating and generally obtuse "atheists" are complaining. You know… the more I hear arguments of so-called "atheists", the less I think they are really "atheists". Anyway… My friend Richard Lane brought [...] Post...
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Labourlist (Free subscription) | 09/19/2009
By Richard Lane President Obama yesterday announced that the United States would scrap its planned deployment of a sophisticated missile defence system in Eastern Europe. The move had been predicted for some time but the clumsy timing of the announcement was not missed by many, coming on September 17th, the...
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Futurelawyer (Free subscription) | 09/16/2009
Find Bank Routing Numbers. Good friend, and newest Futurelawyer advertiser, Richard Lane, at LaneGuide, the premier bank information site on the web, has just published this free tool that will enable you to locate routing numbers for any bank. You...
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Labourlist (Free subscription) | 09/12/2009
By Richard Lane / @Politicana Gordon Brown last night offered a heartfelt apology to World War II hero Alan Turing, who was forced to undergo chemical castration by the courts after a conviction for ‘gross indecency’ in 1952. Turing famously worked at Bletchley Park during the Second World...
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Science Daily (Free subscription) | 09/10/2009
Natural history collections of plants and animals not only tell us about the world as it was, they can also help shape its future, says Richard Lane
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