Posted By:  h2cm Posted On:  Sep 11, 2008	BBC R4 Today - NHS productivity
Following the post yesterday - Don't waste energy - use a care plugin... - there was an item this morning on BBC R4 Today : 0815 A report published by the Office for National Statistics suggests that NHS productivity has been falling by 2% a year. Martin Weale of the National Institute of...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jul 16, 2008	THE POWERLESS POWERS
Reflections of Fidel: THIS is a serious subject. The summit meeting of leaders of the eight most highly industrialized powers on the planet took place July 7-9 at a mountain retreat on the banks of the Toyako, a lake formed inside a volcanic crater located in the north of the island of...... [view]

Posted By:  kamalkumar Posted On:  Mar 1, 2008	Letter to Jon Williams, Editor of BBC
Dear Jon, Tell me, do you represent a British Media or an International Media? Who are your audience? Are they only the British People? Are they only the people who have extreme interest and respect to the British Royal Family? Are they only the people who compromise their news experience for...... [view]

Posted By:  artingrid Posted On:  Jan 23, 2008	First Class photography at BBC Tyne site
Greenhead Down the hill from Walltown to the village of Greenhead. The sheep of College Farm form a welcome committee. Photo by Joan Thirlaway Visit the BBC tyne site for great photos and else... ... [view]

Posted By:  motorphilia Posted On:  Jan 16, 2008	Audi A8 TDI - Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson attempts to drive 800 miles on a single tank of gas.
Jeremy Clarkson takes an Audi A8 Diesel across Great Brittan in an 800 miles trek from London to Edinburgh on one tank of gas . . . this means he will be averaging 40 mpg in a car that can go from 0-60mph in 6 seconds and has a top speed of 150mph. We need these cars in the USA badly! ...... [view]

Posted By:  motorphilia Posted On:  Dec 28, 2007	Top Gear: The Ariel Atom — This is the Atom
Now available for sale in the United States! This car is as close to owning a street legal formula one race car sa you can get. Race bred design and truly uncompromised performance. Designed with a clean sheet of paper, but drawing on a 100 year heritage, the Atom is a completely unique...... [view]

Posted By:  motorphilia Posted On:  Jan 9, 2008	BBC One - Comic Relief - Ricky Gervais with Bono
Ricky Gervais does a spot for BBC 1’s Comic Relief . . . wait through to the end, it’s worth it! ... [view]

Posted By:  betzster Posted On:  Dec 12, 2007	BBC Writer Blasts Dvorak
» BBC Writer Blasts Dvorak and all Critics of “Holy” OLPC Program Dvorak Uncensored: General interest observations and true web-log. ... [view]

Posted By:  adamclare Posted On:  Jan 3, 2008	100 Things We Didn’t Know Until 2007
100 things we didn’t know last year is a year-end list put together by the BBC, and it’s a fun list. I read all 100! Some selections from the list: 1. Coach travel is the safest form of road transport in the country. 6. Dishcloths are purged of 99% of their bacteria during...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jun 21, 2007	BBC Reports: ‘We are biased’
BBC has found itself to be ‘biased’ by a report commissioned by BBC itself. But of course we already knew. As the Sunday Times (UK) very aptly puts: There are some things you do not need an official report to tell you - that John Prescott thinks he is a babe magnet, that President Mugabe...... [view]

Posted By:  scoutbanana Posted On:  Jan 22, 2007	who do you think you are? (identity, constructivism, and colonialism)
I am not an African, I am not an American, I am not white, I am not black, I am not a Michigander, I am not a catholic, I am from no country, I am of no nation. I like to consider myself a global citizen, a person of the world. The constructed boundaries of countries hold no bearing in my mind, I...... [view]