Real democracy still missing
Source: Open Democracy
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-17 01:59:02 -0700 | political-news
During the campaign leading to the referendum, many pressure groups were formed to defend the Council's constitutional draft. The same groups then pressured the government and parliament to ratify the proposals. In the political arena, new political parties were formed...
Weekend TV: 'SNL,' 'Simpsons,' 'Billboard Music Awards'
Source: USA Today Life
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-23 22:54:44 -0700 | entertainment-news
EDT May 15, 2013 See what's worth watching, or what might not be, in prime time this weekend. Saturday Night Live NBC, Saturday, 11:30 ET/PT The NBC late-night landmark ends its 38th season with Ben Affleck as the host and...
Go Fish (Somewhere Else): Warming Oceans Are Altering Catches
Source: National Public Radio
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-23 23:10:29 -0700 | green-news
Climate change is gradually altering the fish that end up on ice in seafood counters around the world, according to a new study. "The composition of the [global] fish catch includes more and more fish from the warmer areas, and...
United's Russell announces retirement
Source: The Bellingham Herald
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-15 10:29:09 -0700 | sports-news
United defender Robbie Russell announced his retirement from soccer after 13 years in the game so that he can pursue a career in medicine. Russell spent four productive years with Real Salt Lake from 2008-11, including a place in RSL's...
Prep T&F: Bulldog boys complete the sweep
Source: The Daily Register
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-23 23:16:24 -0700 | sports-news
Murray qualifies for state tournament Back in the fall, the Harrisburg High School football team captured the crown for the Southern Illinois River to River Ohio Conference. As expected, the boys' basketball team turned the trick this past winter...Harrisburg head...
Azetic Star impresses
Source: The Hindu
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-14 07:49:27 -0700 | business-news
Azetic Star, Ace Angel Star, Secret Punch, Nabisco and Icelander impressed when the horses were exercised here on Tuesday morning (May 14). Inner sand: 600m: Spiritual Star (Mrs. Silva), Hillsboro (Selvaraj) 39.5...Murioi (Sreekanth), Quick Enough (Deep Shanker) 1-30, 1,200/1-17.5, 1,000/1-5.5.,...
Faroe herring sanctions welcomed
Source: BBC
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-23 23:44:28 -0700 | business-news
The measures could stop the import of herring into the EU from Faroe and prevent Faroese herring boats landing. The commission is also preparing legal advice on similar sanctions for mackerel on both Iceland and Faroe. Faroe withdrew from internationally-agreed...
A kiss for the beauty queen! Jeremy Clarkson embraces former Miss World Linda Petursdottir after a ...
Source: Daily Mail
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-12 05:14:19 -0700 | entertainment-news
12 May 2013 It may sound like the start of a bad joke, but it by the looks of things Jeremy Clarkson does have quite a bit in common with a beauty queen. The pair were spotted laughing and sharing...
Provisions: Perfecting campsite cooking
Source: Sacramento Bee
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-12 01:22:15 -0700 | allnews
But this book, written by an avid camper and a dietitian/cookbook author, aims to change the pork-and-beans reputation of cooking under the stars. There's even a section about foraging for wild "edibles" and how to make primo camp-stove coffee. Fleet...
Provisions: Perfecting campsite cooking
Source: Sacramento Bee
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-12 01:22:15 -0700 | allnews
But this book, written by an avid camper and a dietitian/cookbook author, aims to change the pork-and-beans reputation of cooking under the stars. There's even a section about foraging for wild "edibles" and how to make primo camp-stove coffee. Fleet...
BOISE'S BUILDING BLOCKS: Warm Springs water that's 'right from Hades'
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-11 23:39:11 -0700 | allnews
The historic Boise Warm Springs Water District is warming Boiseans, as it has done for more than a century awebb@idahostatesman.com Many people ask Del Eytchison the same question: "Aren't you afraid that building is going to fall on you?" Eytchison,...
BOISE'S BUILDING BLOCKS: Warm Springs water that's 'right from Hades'
Source: The Idaho Statesman
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-11 23:39:11 -0700 | allnews
The historic Boise Warm Springs Water District is warming Boiseans, as it has done for more than a century awebb@idahostatesman.com Many people ask Del Eytchison the same question: "Aren't you afraid that building is going to fall on you?" Eytchison,...
Why are moms in America lagging?
Source: CNN
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-11 22:00:55 -0700 | health-news
And most of Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. They all place in the top 20 of Save the Children's annual Mothers' Index. But motherhood in sub-Saharan Africa is a very tough proposition. The region has all 10 of...
The Blagger's Guide To: Children's books in translation
Source: The Independent
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-11 11:17:30 -0700 | entertainment-news
Suggested Topics Once upon a time, two bookish parents one German-American and one French went looking for the books that they had loved when they were little, in order to read them to their own children. But no English translations...
Baltasar Kormakur Directs ‘2 Guns' in the U.S.
Source: The New York Times
Reykjavík :: Iceland | updated 2013-05-10 13:44:16 -0700 | entertainment-news
A Director Who Doesn't Fake It The New York Times A scene from The Deep, a tale of an Icelandic's sailor's ordeal directed by Baltasar Kormakur. Published: May 10, 2013 The Icelandic director Baltasar Kormakur made his international reputation with...
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