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Beer of the Week - Nov 22 - Deuchars IPA

Booze Reviews (Free subscription) | yesterday

Price: $ 2.60 Beer, Ale, 4.4% Alcohol/Vol. Sugar Content : 3 Made in: Scotland, United Kingdom By: Caledonian Brewing Co. Ltd. LCBO Tasting Note Medium amber colour, lacy mousse; aromas of toasted grains, dried herbs, classic IPA nose; dry, crisp, yet creamy, and herbal; long, refreshing and bitter finish. This week I picked up an IPA from Scotland made by Caledonian Brewing called Deuchars IPA , located...

A New Slide Show

Hamilton in Scotland (Free subscription) | yesterday

Greetings to you all! Let me start off by apologizing for not posting anything lately, but we haven't been doing too many new and completely amazing things over the past month. The biggest thing to happen was the visit my Mom and Dad made during the October break. They were here for about a week, and spent 4 days with us here in Scotland. So we enjoyed showing them around the sights, which included...

ME, CFS, XMRV,ESA, MPs, MSP

ME and me (Free subscription) | yesterday

One of the more irritating by-blows of an illness is a surfeit of acronyms. My ME or CFS is now thought to be caused by the XMRV retro-virus. I'm quite ill, and I can't work - but apparently I'm not ill enough that the UK Government considers me eligible for Employment Support Allowance. The only treatment I have been offered was a brush with Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, not a treatment that is well...

Ioane ruled out of Scotland clash

News.com.au (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Australia have suffered a setback on the eve of the rugby Test against Scotland in Edinburgh, with outside centre Digby Ioane ruled out with a shoulder injury.

Rugby player Blair ruled out for Scots

France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Mike Blair, Scotland's back-up scrum-half, has been ruled out of Saturday's Test against Australia after failing a fitness test on an injured ankle. The Edinburgh number nine suffered the injury in last Saturday's 23-10 win over Fiji after coming on to replace co-captain Chris Cusiter. Blair will be replaced on the bench by Gloucester's Rory Lawson.

Wallabies won't get off Scot-free

Sydney Morning Herald (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009

Australia must get over their last-minute draw with Ireland if they are to continue their domination of Scotland, writes Greg Growden in Edinburgh.

Devolution Matters

Syniadau :: The Blog (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

I've just come across a new blog by Alan Trench called Alan certainly seems well qualified to blog on this subject. Here is how he describes himself: I am an academic, associated with the University of Edinburgh and the Constitution Unit at University College London. I am also a solicitor admitted in England and Wales, now non-practising. My work on devolution has concentrated on intergovernmental...

UK: Taliban Must Be In Government

FreeThoughtManifesto (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009

UPDATED ON:Wednesday, November 18, 2009 00:30 Mecca time, 21:30 GMT Courtesy Of Al Jazeera Britain's foreign secretary has suggested that senior Taliban figures be given positions in the Afghan government to bring an end to the violence in the country. At a meeting of Nato's parliamentary assembly in Edinburgh, Scotland on Tuesday, David Miliband said that history suggested many Taliban members could...

• UK: Taliban must be in government - Muslims Against Sharia

Jack Layton lives in the UK....

GayandRight (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009

Could you imagine Churchill saying the Nazis should have some cabinet members'?? Britain's foreign secretary has suggested that senior Taliban figures be given positions in the Afghan government to bring an end to the violence in the country. At a meeting of Nato's parliamentary assembly in Edinburgh, Scotland on Tuesday, David Miliband said that history suggested many Taliban members could be persuaded...

• The CHUTZPAH to Believe in Representative Democracy - The Rehearsal Studio

Mr Hain ,he says NO

Valleys Mam (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

There is bad blood after Peter Hain stood fast and vetoed Edinburgh as the seat of the permanent secretariat of the British and Irish council. Hain was representing the UK Government at the meeting. Why I wonder! Hain claimed there had to be a total consensus on the decision and simply refused to agree to it. In the first round of voting, Edinburgh received 5 votes, the Isle of Man 2 and Cardiff 1....

Wise warning

Blether with Brian (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

It is a small, but thoroughly worthwhile, step for a man. Giant leaps may take a little longer to arrange. I am talking, admittedly somewhat obliquely, of Alex Salmond's visit to Euro Finance week in Frankfurt . There he will meet the president of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, plus other eminent financiers and politicians. His visit, of course, comes in the aftermath of the tribulations...

Major Row Between Westminster and Holyrood

SUBROSA (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009

British-Irish council representatives of Scotland, Northern Ireland, the Irish Republic, the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey all voted for the permanent secretariat of the council to be based in Edinburgh. Guess who vetoed the move? You're right, the Welsh Secretary Peter Hain ( pictured above ), who was representing the UK, at a meeting of the BIC on Friday in Jersey. Listen to this for an excuse...

Grove aims to be centre of attention against Fiji

France 24 (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

Young centre Alex Grove will win his first Scotland cap this weekend to end half a century of family sporting frustration. And the Worcester centre will dedicate his big-stage debut to the soccer star grandad who was snubbed because he moved from his homeland. Grove will line up against Fiji in the November Test opener at Murrayfield and the proudest fan in the Edinburgh stadium will be Ron Wylie,...

Letters: Lack of commitment to our world heritage sites

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/14/2009

Jonathan Glancey's article ( Bath keeps its world heritage status – just , G2, 11 November) appropriately looked at world heritage issues relating to central Bath, but did not draw attention to the real and current threats to Bath's landscape setting. A proposal to build a new park-and-ride, on meadows 200m from the world heritage site boundary, and visible from the Cotswold area of outstanding...

Douglas Campbell obituary

The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009

Scots Shakespearean actor with strong links to Canada and the US The actor Douglas Campbell, who has died aged 87, made a significant impact in theatre on both sides of the Atlantic. A working-class boy from Scotland who rose to play lead roles at the Old Vic, he later became a distinguished and revered actor in Canada. Like his mentor, the director Tyrone Guthrie, he believed passionately in the...

Leinster vs Edinburgh Rugby Rugby | Heineken Cup LIVE STREAMING

onlysports | 01/25/2009

Leinster vs Edinburgh Rugby Rugby | Heineken Cup LIVE STREAMING

Leinster vs Edinburgh Rugby Rugby | Heineken Cup LIVE STREAMING

onlysports | 01/25/2009

Leinster vs Edinburgh Rugby Rugby | Heineken Cup LIVE STREAMING

Can't sail, won't sail!

John Shaw | 01/03/2009

Hello, Sailor Fancy being Robin Knox-Johnston for the weekend? Sure, but the kids would need some training in how to climb the mast and the wife would have to be introduced to the galley (just kidding!). Circumventing the Isle of Wight might be a goo...