Robert Fripp & Andy Summers
Robert Fripp & Andy Summers – I Advance Masked video
bizarre or what?
fripp solo project
30 september business news
US fears of economic wobbles
US markets have fallen after one of the first economic snapshots of September posted a surprise decline in output.
The poor data came from the Institute for Supply Management’s (ISM’s) business barometer for Chicago, which unexpectedly shrank this month.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/8283016.stm
however
UK FTSE index sees best ever 3 months
The FTSE [...]
internet gains freedom from US control
The US government has relaxed its control over how the internet is run.
It has signed a four-page “affirmation of commitments” with the net regulator Icann, giving the body autonomy for the first time.
Previous agreements gave the US close oversight of Icann – drawing criticism from other countries and groups.
The new agreement comes into effect on [...]
world bank and ‘upbeat’ environmental rescue
the world bank has published a report detailing costs and prospective actions to deal with global climate change. they have an ‘upbeat’ approach that includes economic growth!
and i thought producing and distributing more engineering works would contribute to climatic damage!
Consumerism and over-polulation remain the twin problems, and dabbling with details is all very well, but [...]
Barclays bank expanding September 2009
UK (and foreign) banking news:
Arguably the best UK ’survivor’ of the banking catastrophe last year, Barclays Bank, is set to but more foreign financial businesses. The Times newspaper has the whole story
quote – “BARCLAYS is days away from agreeing a deal to buy Citigroup’s credit card business in Portugal, in the first phase of [...]
Mozart: Mass in C minor, Kyrie and Gloria in excelsis Deo videos
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756 – 1791.
Mass in C minor, K. 427.
Kyrie (Andante moderato: Chorus and Soprano)
Monteverdi Choir.
Miah Persson: soprano.Ann Hallenberg: mezzosoprano.Helge Rönning: tenor.Peter Mattei: baritone.
Conducted by John Eliot Gardiner.
Mozart: Mass in C minor, Kyrie / John Eliot Gardiner
Gloria: Gloria in excelsis Deo (Allegro vivace: Chorus)
Monteverdi Choir.
Miah Persson: soprano.Ann Hallenberg: mezzosoprano.Helge Rönning: tenor.Peter Mattei: baritone.
Conducted by [...]
The Good Beer Guide 2009
a special read for Paddy o’Table!
The Good Beer Guide
Brief Description
Features reviews and information on 4,500 recommended pubs. This guide contains a ‘Breweries Section’ which lists the breweries – micro, regional and national – that produce real ale in the UK, and the beers that they brew.
More Information
* ISBN 13: 9781852492663 [...]
wind farms and wild birds health
news from Scotland
Some of Scotland’s rarest birds are being displaced by wind turbine developments, a study has suggested.
Hen harriers and golden plovers were among the birds found to be breeding in fewer numbers close to wind farm sites.
RSPB Scotland, which part-funded the study, said the findings showed turbines should not be sited near vulnerable bird [...]
25th September 2009
International trade co-operation
The current British Prime Mininister, Gordon Brown, is hoping to gather support for formalised international economic co-ordination.
“Without concerted action there is a danger of years of low growth and low employment,” Mr Brown told Sky News.
His comments come as a US official said the G20 would now become a permanent body [...]
Goat Races held
As it is of my understandment, OneOne is visiting someone by the name of Dee Eyewhy. While he is the absent your humble friend Amur will provide the affairs that are of currency.I am thanking you.
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