Full Paddy writes:
There a lot of financial buzzwords and terms used by people who have no idea what they are talking about (mainly lazy journalists and overpaid politicians) but what do they actually mean? This site helps expain many of them in plain English.
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“What is going on and why isn’t anyone stopping the murder that is going on in Homs every day.”
Marie Colvin, of the Sunday Times, who was killed in Syria, reporting on the bloodshed in Homs this week on CNN.
From beyond borders:
Throughout her career she has covered many conflicts around the globe, most recently Tunisia, Egypt and Libya in the grips of the Arab spring. Although her area of speciality is the Arab and Persian world, she has also worked in Chechnya, Kosovo, Sierra Leone and Sri Lanka, where she was injured in an ambush by government soldiers. She is a passionate advocate of on the frontline war reporting, stating “Our mission is to report the horrors of war with accuracy and without prejudice”. She has won the British press award for “Best Foreign Correspondent” twice, for her work in reporting the conflict in Yugoslavia, Iran, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe; the International Women’s Media Foundation award for “Courage in Journalism” for her coverage of Kosovo and Chechnya, and the Foreign Press Association’s Journalist of the Year award.
Sunday Times Journalist Marie Colvin Killed In Homs (Telegraph)
Via @Themediatweets
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edwLjEB-rAY
Apparently they dropped the ‘of Mars’ part of the title so people wouldn’t be put off as it’s sci-fi. Despite having four armed, green skinned, blue blooded aliens in the trailer.
Release Date (Ireland): March 9
The Newsboy Cap for CAT: $68 from Etsy seller Cat Atelier, who sez:
It is made of a soft black/grey herringbone wool blend in the classic newsboy shape, with a very slight slouch to the side. The brim snaps down to the crown, so it can be worn unsnapped (poufed up) if you want. There is a small herringbone cover button on top, as all proper newsboy caps will have. It is held on the head with a light elastic under the chin. The cap is fully lined with cotton, and crafted with utmost care.
In the photos, Toki Nantucket is wearing the herringbone Newsboy Cap with a black turtleneck and a striped shirt, which will be available soon in separate listings.
We can’t wait.
Privatisation of public services is “the road back to autocracy” that will leave a hollowed-out state bereft of anything to attract the support of citizens, President Michael D Higgins declared in London last night.
President Warns Of Privatising Assets (Irish Times)
The Government is to announce a list of State assets to be sold later today and outline how much will be raised.The announcement will be made by Public Expenditure and Reform Minister Brendan Howlin.The list of State assets for sale is expected to include parts of ESB and Bord Gáis.
The Privacy Pop bed tent $200:
Privacy Pop is the new product that has changed the way that kids and teenagers, college students, and anyone that has to share a room lives. The unique design of this exclusive bed tent gives users unprecedented privacy, even when they share a room with one or more people.
Of course you know what this thing will be used for.
That’s right.
Reading the Beano at night with a torch.
Michael Madsen with Rick O’Shea at the JDIFF Reservoir Dogs Q&A at the IFSC last night.
(Pix: Oisin)
