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The Guardian (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Make sure the centrepiece of your Christmas table isn't a complete turkey (unless you really want one) with our guide to the pick of the UK's producers. Food blog: Know more? Tell us about your suppliers Alex Renton - Scotland Earthy Food Market Earthy Foods and Goods is a warehouse-style food market on Edinburgh's south side, specialising in free range, organic and local produce. You can order from...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Australia finished their grand slam tour, and 2009, on a winning note with a convincing 33-12 victory over Wales at the Millennium Stadium here on Saturday. The Wallabies had seen dreams of a grand slam dashed by a 20-20 draw with Ireland and hopes of an unbeaten tour disappear with last week's shock 9-8 loss to Scotland at Murrayfield. But here they were slick as they had been error-prone in Edinburgh,...
France24 (Free subscription) | 11/28/2009
Alan MacDonald says that making his Scotland debut against Argentina on Saturday in the same line-up as his oldest and dearest friend will make the Murrayfield fixture extra special. Flanker MacDonald enters the big stage as the Scots bid for a rare Autumn series clean sweep and his maiden appearance coincides with the return of chum Ben Cairns in midfield. MacDonald said: "Ben and I have been...
Rock on the Streets (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
The 2010 SXSW Music Festival is fast approaching with only about four months to go. The week-long festival is once again retuning to Austin, Texas next year from March 17-21. To get attendees pumped up for next years event organizers have revealed the first couple hundred acts to play the fest. Among the acts announced are The Boxer Rebellion , The View , Riverboat Gamblers , and We Are Scientists...
The Daily Swarm - Headlines (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
SXSW : Aa (Brooklyn NY) Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso UFO (Osaka JAPAN ) A Classic Education (Bologna ITALY ) Alpha Rev (Austin TX) Amaral (Madrid SPAIN ) And So I Watch You From Afar (Belfast IRELAND ) Apostle of Hustle (Toronto ON) Arms (Brooklyn NY) Ólöf Arnalds (Reykjavik ICELAND ) Art vs Science (Surry Hills NSW ) A Shoreline Dream (Denver CO) Nicole Atkins and The...
Austinist (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Highlights include Yellow Fever, Harlem, We Are Scientists, Solid Gold, Soulico, San Saba County, Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson, Riverboat Gamblers, Plants and Animals, Princeton, Pink Nasty, Pivot, Monarchs, The Middle East, Japandroids, Headdress, Colin Gilmore, Frightened Rabbit, Fanfarlo, Deer Tick, Dappled Cities, Contra Coup, Best Fwends, Ólöf Arnalds, Arms, A Shoreline Dream,...
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
A physicist and poet who undertook pioneering work on turbulence My friend David Summers, a physicist and poet who has died aged 62 after a sudden heart attack, undertook groundbreaking work on turbulence, which is of great importance to engineers: reducing it is a central preoccupation in many design processes. Born in Victoria, British Columbia, Dave was a precious child of relatively elderly immigrants...
Booze Reviews (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
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...
Hamilton in Scotland (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
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 and me (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
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...
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.
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.
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.
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...
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...
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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...
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