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<title>BBC News | Business | UK Edition</title><description>The latest BBC Business News: breaking personal finance, company, financial and economic news, plus insight and analysis into UK and global markets.</description><link>http://64.15.136.122/myfeed/blog/default/worldnews_UK - all</link><language>en-gb</language><copyright>Copyright: (C) British Broadcasting Corporation, see http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/help/rss/4498287.stm for terms and conditions of reuse</copyright><lastBuildDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 10:40:19 GMT</lastBuildDate><docs>http://www.bbc.co.uk/syndication/</docs><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>BBC News</title><url>http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/img/bbc_news_120x60.gif</url><link>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/business/default.stm</link></image><item>
<title>Afghan girl, 15, tortured by in-laws for resisting prostitution</title><description><![CDATA[Case of Sahar Gul shocks Afghans, but rights activists say serious abuses against females are still common A 15-year-old Afghan girl who was severely tortured for months by her in-laws to force her into prostitution will be sent to India for medical treatment, an Afghan official has said. Sahar Gul's mother-in-law and sister-in-law have been arrested and her husband is being sought, said interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi on Monday. The case has shocked Afghans, though rights activists say serious abuses against women and girls in the conservative society are common. President Hamid Karzai has said that whoever used violence against Gul will be punished. According to officials in north-eastern Baghlan province, Gul's in-laws kept her in a basement for six months, ripped her fingernails out, tortured her with hot irons and broke her fingers. Police freed her last week after her uncle tipped them off. The public health and women's affairs ministers visited Gul, who is in a Kabul hospital. "It is a violent act that is unacceptable in the 21st century," Sediqi told reporters. "We are thankful [to] Sahar Gul's uncle." He added that "if the police had not arrived in time she may have died". Gul was married about seven months ago. Jawad Basharat, spokesman for the provincial police chief in Baghlan, said an arrest warrant had been issued for her husband, who is serving in the Afghan army. "After police found out about the small girl Sahar Gul they took action and found her in the basement of the house in very bad condition," Basharat said. "Her nails were pulled out, she has injuries in all parts of her body, there are signs of burning on her body, she was suffering from different kinds of injuries." He said that her mother-in-law and other members of the family were reportedly involved in "criminal activities", which he said included prostitution and selling alcohol. According to preliminary reports, Basharat said they tried to ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[A 15-year-old Afghan girl who was severely tortured for months by her in-laws to force her into prostitution will be sent to India for medical treatment, an Afghan official has said. Sahar Gul's mother-in-law and sister-in-law have been arrested and her husband is being sought, said interior ministry spokesman Sediq Sediqi on Monday. The case has shocked Afghans, though rights activists say serious abuses against women and girls in the conservative society are common. President Hamid Karzai has said that whoever used violence against Gul will be punished. According to officials in north-eastern Baghlan province, Gul's in-laws kept her in a basement for six months, ripped her fingernails out, tortured her with hot irons and broke her fingers. Police freed her last week after her uncle tipped them off. The public health and women's affairs ministers visited Gul, who is in a Kabul hospital. "It is a violent act that is unacceptable in the 21st century," Sediqi told reporters. "We are thankful [to] Sahar Gul's uncle." He added that "if the police had not arrived in time she may have died". Gul was married about seven months ago. Jawad Basharat, spokesman for the provincial police chief in Baghlan, said an arrest warrant had been issued for her husband, who is serving in the Afghan army. "After police found out about the small girl Sahar Gul they took action and found her in the basement of the house in very bad condition," Basharat said. "Her nails were pulled out, she has injuries in all parts of her body, there are signs of burning on her body, she was suffering from different kinds of injuries." He said that her mother-in-law and other members of the family were reportedly involved in "criminal activities", which he said included prostitution and selling alcohol. According to preliminary reports, Basharat said they tried to force her into prostitution and she did not agree. "This was one of the reasons that they detained her in ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/02/afghan-girl-tortured-by-inlaws</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/02/afghan-girl-tortured-by-inlaws</guid><author></author><category>world</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:45:27 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325508327000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/1/2/1325504161279/Sahar-Gul-was-rescued-by--007.jpg"/><enclosure length="2" type="WORLD_POLITICS" url="Hamid Karzai"/><enclosure length="2" type="CITY_WORLD" url="Kabul"/><enclosure length="3" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="Afghanistan"/><enclosure length="2" type="PEOPLE_FAMOUS" url="Police"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/world/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>Gary Ablett, Liverpool and Everton FA Cup hero, dies at the age of 46</title><description><![CDATA[• Ablett lifted FA Cup with Liverpool in 1989 and Everton in 1995 • 'Our thoughts are with Gary's wife Jacqueline and children' Gary Ablett, the only man to win the FA Cup with Liverpool and Everton, has died following a long battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of blood cancer. He was just 46. The Liverpool-born defender died on New Year's Day having been diagnosed with the illness in the summer of 2010 while working as an assistant to Roy Keane at Ipswich Town. Among the many to pay tribute to Ablett was Michael Owen, who wrote on Twitter: "So sad to hear the news that Gary Ablett has passed away today aged 46. He played for some great clubs and had a career to be proud of. RIP". The Labour MP and Everton fan, Andy Burnham, also wrote: "So sad to hear about Gary Ablett. Achieved rare feat of playing for, and being loved by, both clubs. A measure of the man he was. RIP." Ablett, who also played for Birmingham City, Blackpool and had a short spell in America, won two league titles and the 1989 FA Cup for Liverpool in an Anfield career spanning 147 games. He joined the club as an apprentice in 1983 and was handed his first-team debut by Kenny Dalglish three years later, initially establishing himself at left-back in the 1987-88 title-winning campaign before featuring more regularly at centre-half and winning the league once more in 1989-90. The Liverpool manager said today: "The most important thing just now is to pay our respects to Gary, his wife Jacqueline, the two boys and his wee girl. It's a sad, sad day for his family and everyone connected with Liverpool Football Club. Obviously he had a long battle and I'm sure it was a lot of suffering and a lot of pain for him, but the only thing you can say is at least he won't be suffering any longer. "I gave Gary his debut and remember him scoring on his first start at Anfield against Nottingham Forest. He was a really good servant to the football club not only as a player, but also as ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Gary Ablett, the only man to win the FA Cup with Liverpool and Everton, has died following a long battle with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, a form of blood cancer. He was just 46. The Liverpool-born defender died on New Year's Day having been diagnosed with the illness in the summer of 2010 while working as an assistant to Roy Keane at Ipswich Town. Among the many to pay tribute to Ablett was Michael Owen, who wrote on Twitter: "So sad to hear the news that Gary Ablett has passed away today aged 46. He played for some great clubs and had a career to be proud of. RIP". The Labour MP and Everton fan, Andy Burnham, also wrote: "So sad to hear about Gary Ablett. Achieved rare feat of playing for, and being loved by, both clubs. A measure of the man he was. RIP." Ablett, who also played for Birmingham City, Blackpool and had a short spell in America, won two league titles and the 1989 FA Cup for Liverpool in an Anfield career spanning 147 games. He joined the club as an apprentice in 1983 and was handed his first-team debut by Kenny Dalglish three years later, initially establishing himself at left-back in the 1987-88 title-winning campaign before featuring more regularly at centre-half and winning the league once more in 1989-90. The Liverpool manager said today: "The most important thing just now is to pay our respects to Gary, his wife Jacqueline, the two boys and his wee girl. It's a sad, sad day for his family and everyone connected with Liverpool Football Club. Obviously he had a long battle and I'm sure it was a lot of suffering and a lot of pain for him, but the only thing you can say is at least he won't be suffering any longer. "I gave Gary his debut and remember him scoring on his first start at Anfield against Nottingham Forest. He was a really good servant to the football club not only as a player, but also as reserve-team coach. He served the club proudly and credibly. It's very sad for everybody." Under Dalglish's replacement as Liverpool ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/02/gary-ablett-liverpool-everton-dies</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/02/gary-ablett-liverpool-everton-dies</guid><author>Andy Hunter</author><category>sports</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:45:19 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325508319000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2012/1/2/1325502077818/Gary-Ablett-007.jpg"/><enclosure length="2" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="America"/><enclosure length="21" type="CITY_WORLD" url="Liverpool"/><enclosure length="2" type="CITY_WORLD" url="Stanley"/><enclosure length="4" type="SPORTS" url="Football"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/sport/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>Is the &apos;nonsense celebrities say&apos; report good for science?</title><description><![CDATA[Sense About Science's report isn't just a cheap snigger at stupid people, but it may obscure other problems – and other solutions Every year Sense About Science publishes a report on celebrity science . You may have read about it on Comment is free last week . And every year it makes me wince. I'm sceptical of its impact on the public understanding of science, and think it plays into the same kind of lazy journalism it seeks to admonish. Sense About Science has done great work on libel reform , and their recent Ask for Evidence campaign has a lot of potential. I wish it would stand by these: stick up for thorough, critical science journalism and work on an evidence-based approach to the way science is used in society. I do understand the frustration that drives Sense About Science to compile such a report. It isn't just a cheap snigger at stupid people. The story that Nicole Polizzi says the ocean is salty because it's full of whales' sperm got the report a lot of attention this year, but countering Michele Bachmann's claim that the HPV vaccine causes mental retardation is a slightly different matter (there is no evidence of this, by the way, though there is plenty that cervical cancer kills people). As is the positive description of celebrity science they end this year's report with: the Duchess of Cornwall's warnings over diet and bone health Still, I'm sceptical. Yes, the report gets media coverage, but that's not the same as saying it actually does anything to improve the public use of science. I also want evidence that these celebrity comments on science make much difference to the public understanding of science in the first place. It's tempting to imagine we're lead by celebrities, but public attitudes to science, as with anything else, are usually a matter of smaller, complex, less flashy actions. This summer, there was some hype about a "Brian Cox effect" on physics applications, but look at the timings involved and ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Every year Sense About Science publishes a report on celebrity science. You may have read about it on Comment is free last week. And every year it makes me wince. I'm sceptical of its impact on the public understanding of science, and think it plays into the same kind of lazy journalism it seeks to admonish. Sense About Science has done great work on libel reform, and their recent Ask for Evidence campaign has a lot of potential. I wish it would stand by these: stick up for thorough, critical science journalism and work on an evidence-based approach to the way science is used in society. I do understand the frustration that drives Sense About Science to compile such a report. It isn't just a cheap snigger at stupid people. The story that Nicole Polizzi says the ocean is salty because it's full of whales' sperm got the report a lot of attention this year, but countering Michele Bachmann's claim that the HPV vaccine causes mental retardation is a slightly different matter (there is no evidence of this, by the way, though there is plenty that cervical cancer kills people). As is the positive description of celebrity science they end this year's report with: the Duchess of Cornwall's warnings over diet and bone health. Still, I'm sceptical. Yes, the report gets media coverage, but that's not the same as saying it actually does anything to improve the public use of science. I also want evidence that these celebrity comments on science make much difference to the public understanding of science in the first place. It's tempting to imagine we're lead by celebrities, but public attitudes to science, as with anything else, are usually a matter of smaller, complex, less flashy actions. This summer, there was some hype about a "Brian Cox effect" on physics applications, but look at the timings involved and it's all a bit more complex. That's not to say Cox (or Bachmann) doesn't have impact, just that I worry that a focus on things celebrities ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/02/sense-about-science-report-celebrities</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/02/sense-about-science-report-celebrities</guid><author>Alice Bell</author><category>science technology</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:45:09 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325508309000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/6/17/1308305199813/Alice_Bell.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/1/2/1325504779059/Michele-Bachmann-007.jpg"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/science/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>David Cameron&apos;s new year message</title><description><![CDATA[Full text of the prime minister's statement This will be the year Britain sees the world and the world sees Britain. It must be the year we go for it – the year the coalition government I lead does everything it takes to get our country up to strength. The coming months will bring the global drama of the Olympics and the glory of the diamond jubilee. Cameras and TV channels around the planet will be recording these magnificent events. It gives us an extraordinary incentive to look outward, look onwards and to look our best: to feel pride in who we are and what – even in these trying times – we can achieve. Of course I know that there will be many people watching this who are worried about what else the year might bring. There are fears about jobs and paying the bills. The search for work has become difficult, particularly for young people. And rising prices have hit household budgets. I get that. We are taking action on both fronts. I know how difficult it will be to get through this. But I also know that we will. We've got clear and strong plans to bring down our deficit, which gives us some protection from the worst of the debt storms now battering the eurozone. We have gained security for now – and because of that, we must be bold, confident and decisive about building the future. I know much needs to change. We've got to do more too to bring our economy back to health. So we've set out big plans for the transformation of our infrastructure, starting now – with better roads and railways, superfast broadband and new homes. And while much of Europe's economy is struggling, other parts of the world are growing. There are huge opportunities for our businesses all over the planet. I'm determined to get out there and seize them. I am determined to do the bold things it will take to sort out public services, too. Too often our schools aren't up to scratch, our hospitals aren't always clean enough and our police don't catch criminals. Brilliant and committed people work ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[This will be the year Britain sees the world and the world sees Britain. It must be the year we go for it – the year the coalition government I lead does everything it takes to get our country up to strength. The coming months will bring the global drama of the Olympics and the glory of the diamond jubilee. Cameras and TV channels around the planet will be recording these magnificent events. It gives us an extraordinary incentive to look outward, look onwards and to look our best: to feel pride in who we are and what – even in these trying times – we can achieve. Of course I know that there will be many people watching this who are worried about what else the year might bring. There are fears about jobs and paying the bills. The search for work has become difficult, particularly for young people. And rising prices have hit household budgets. I get that. We are taking action on both fronts. I know how difficult it will be to get through this. But I also know that we will. We've got clear and strong plans to bring down our deficit, which gives us some protection from the worst of the debt storms now battering the eurozone. We have gained security for now – and because of that, we must be bold, confident and decisive about building the future. I know much needs to change. We've got to do more too to bring our economy back to health. So we've set out big plans for the transformation of our infrastructure, starting now – with better roads and railways, superfast broadband and new homes. And while much of Europe's economy is struggling, other parts of the world are growing. There are huge opportunities for our businesses all over the planet. I'm determined to get out there and seize them. I am determined to do the bold things it will take to sort out public services, too. Too often our schools aren't up to scratch, our hospitals aren't always clean enough and our police don't catch criminals. Brilliant and committed people work in public services - but somehow the system stops ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jan/02/david-cameron-new-year-message1</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2012/jan/02/david-cameron-new-year-message1</guid><author></author><category>politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:45:02 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325508302000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/1/2/1325502815582/Camerons--new-year-messag-007.jpg"/><enclosure length="2" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="Libya"/><enclosure length="1" type="PEOPLE_POLITICS" url="Liberal-Conservative"/><enclosure length="2" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="Afghanistan"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/politics/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>Salford student murder accused appears in court</title><description><![CDATA[Man accused of killing Indian student Anuj Bidve gives his name as 'Psycho' and is remanded in custody for 24 hours The man accused of murdering an Indian student in Salford on Boxing Day has appeared in court and given his name as "Psycho Stapleton". Anuj Bidve, 23, described as a "promising and clever" student, was shot once in the head at around 1.30am on 26 December. He died a short time later in hospital. He was with a group of fellow Indian students visiting Manchester for Christmas when he was murdered. On Monday, Kiaran Stapleton, 20, from Ordsall, Salford, was remanded in custody for 24 hours at City of Manchester magistrates court. Shortly before the hearing began, four armed officers dressed in black stood in each corner of the court. Stapleton, who was handcuffed, was then brought into the dock and asked for his name. He replied: "Psycho. Psycho Stapleton." The defendant, wearing a grey T-shirt and grey jogging bottoms and flanked by two police officers, then confirmed his date of birth. Ben Southam, prosecuting, said: "He appears charged with murder. That's a matter that can only be dealt with at the crown court by a judge under section 115 of the Coroners and Justice Act." He added: "He will be sent to Manchester crown court in due course." There was no application for bail. Bidve was studying for a micro-electronics postgraduate qualification at Lancaster University. The student arrived in the UK in September after completing an electronics degree at Pune University. The killing generated national and international shock, especially in the victim's home country. His father, Subhash Bidve, has been critical of the way the British and Indian authorities have handled the case. He found out about his son's death on Facebook at home in Pune, India, before police in the UK could contact him. Two officers from Greater Manchester police have since flown to India to meet the Bidve family. Hundreds of people plan to attend a ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The man accused of murdering an Indian student in Salford on Boxing Day has appeared in court and given his name as "Psycho Stapleton". Anuj Bidve, 23, described as a "promising and clever" student, was shot once in the head at around 1.30am on 26 December. He died a short time later in hospital. He was with a group of fellow Indian students visiting Manchester for Christmas when he was murdered. On Monday, Kiaran Stapleton, 20, from Ordsall, Salford, was remanded in custody for 24 hours at City of Manchester magistrates court. Shortly before the hearing began, four armed officers dressed in black stood in each corner of the court. Stapleton, who was handcuffed, was then brought into the dock and asked for his name. He replied: "Psycho. Psycho Stapleton." The defendant, wearing a grey T-shirt and grey jogging bottoms and flanked by two police officers, then confirmed his date of birth. Ben Southam, prosecuting, said: "He appears charged with murder. That's a matter that can only be dealt with at the crown court by a judge under section 115 of the Coroners and Justice Act." He added: "He will be sent to Manchester crown court in due course." There was no application for bail. Bidve was studying for a micro-electronics postgraduate qualification at Lancaster University. The student arrived in the UK in September after completing an electronics degree at Pune University. The killing generated national and international shock, especially in the victim's home country. His father, Subhash Bidve, has been critical of the way the British and Indian authorities have handled the case. He found out about his son's death on Facebook at home in Pune, India, before police in the UK could contact him. Two officers from Greater Manchester police have since flown to India to meet the Bidve family. Hundreds of people plan to attend a candlelit memorial service for the student in Ordsall Lane, Salford, at 6pm on Monday, while hundreds more are expected at a peace ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/02/ukcrime</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/02/ukcrime</guid><author>Sam Jones</author><category>national</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:44:55 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325508295000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/1/2/1325506680279/Anuj-Bidve-007.jpg"/><enclosure length="2" type="EVENTS" url="Boxing Day"/><enclosure length="5" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="England"/><enclosure length="2" type="CITY_WORLD" url="New Delhi"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/uk/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>Erica Wilson obituary</title><description><![CDATA[Leading light in the world of needlework and embroidery who was determined to repopularise handicrafts in America through her shops, books and television shows Erica Wilson, who has died after suffering a stroke aged 83, was an unlikely public presence in the US, a posh-voiced Briton with needle in hand, on a mission to repopularise handicrafts in mechanised, industrialised America. For over 60 years, she proselytised through books and on television: her series was filmed in the studio next to the one where Julia Child taught America to cook; Wilson shared some of Child's enthusiastic style and all of her ambition to demystify and democratise what had become arcane skills. Wilson never considered needlework an elite occupation, recalling that, aged about six, she had experimentally stitched a crinolined lady, with yarn stolen from an aunt. The daughter of an army officer, she was born in Tidworth, Wiltshire, and enjoyed sewing lessons in the Scottish and English schools of her wandering childhood. Her mother suggested that embroidery was her metier, and that she should study at the Royal School of Needlework in London. Wilson was so gifted a pupil that she became a teacher. She would have stayed there, restoring robes and embellishing church vestments, had she not been recruited in 1954 by an American who intended to set up a school of needlework in New York State. Wilson sailed across the Atlantic on a year's contract with a trunk of wool threads "thinking I was going to Indian country, where such things wouldn't be available" (they were, and anyway Wilson was an inspired improviser), and found on the other side first hundreds, then thousands, of housewives, returned to the home after the second world war, condemned to leisure in their easy-to-run kitchens, and all longing to learn classy accomplishments.". She taught at the Cooper-Hewitt (New York's national design museum) and in her Manhattan apartment for a measly $3 an hour; her mimeographed diagrams for learners became ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Erica Wilson, who has died after suffering a stroke aged 83, was an unlikely public presence in the US, a posh-voiced Briton with needle in hand, on a mission to repopularise handicrafts in mechanised, industrialised America. For over 60 years, she proselytised through books and on television: her series was filmed in the studio next to the one where Julia Child taught America to cook; Wilson shared some of Child's enthusiastic style and all of her ambition to demystify and democratise what had become arcane skills. Wilson never considered needlework an elite occupation, recalling that, aged about six, she had experimentally stitched a crinolined lady, with yarn stolen from an aunt. The daughter of an army officer, she was born in Tidworth, Wiltshire, and enjoyed sewing lessons in the Scottish and English schools of her wandering childhood. Her mother suggested that embroidery was her metier, and that she should study at the Royal School of Needlework in London. Wilson was so gifted a pupil that she became a teacher. She would have stayed there, restoring robes and embellishing church vestments, had she not been recruited in 1954 by an American who intended to set up a school of needlework in New York State. Wilson sailed across the Atlantic on a year's contract with a trunk of wool threads "thinking I was going to Indian country, where such things wouldn't be available" (they were, and anyway Wilson was an inspired improviser), and found on the other side first hundreds, then thousands, of housewives, returned to the home after the second world war, condemned to leisure in their easy-to-run kitchens, and all longing to learn classy accomplishments.". She taught at the Cooper-Hewitt (New York's national design museum) and in her Manhattan apartment for a measly $3 an hour; her mimeographed diagrams for learners became the basis of a correspondence course. Her vocation began to bring in an income. At a fancy dress ball (naturally she had made her own costume) she met the ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/02/erica-wilson</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/2012/jan/02/erica-wilson</guid><author>Veronica Horwell</author><category>entertainment</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:44:47 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325508287000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/1/2/1325506506885/Erica-Wilson-at-her-shop--004.jpg"/><enclosure length="5" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="America"/><enclosure length="5" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="United States of America"/><enclosure length="2" type="CITY_WORLD" url="London"/><enclosure length="3" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="England"/><enclosure length="2" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="Australia"/><enclosure length="9" type="CITY_WORLD" url="New York"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/culture/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>Problems pile up in Kenya&apos;s election year</title><description><![CDATA[Despite being east Africa's biggest economy, Kenya is accused of failing to deliver on promises at home Karibu Kenya hakuna matata ," – Welcome to Kenya, there are no problems. So goes the traditional greeting for visitors to east Africa's top tourist destination. But Kenyan wags have come up with a new version: " Karibu Kenya, hakuna matata, hakuna maji, hakuna stima, hakuna gas" – Welcome to Kenya, no problems, no water, no electricity, no gas. This sarcastic take on the well-known slogan reveals the frustration felt by many in a country that is flexing its military muscles on the regional stage, but failing to deliver on promises at home ahead of critical elections in 2012. Kenyans will go to the polls, most likely in December, to choose a new president and parliament. The last election in 2007 brought the country to the brink of civil war amid accusations of fraud. Around 1,300 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. Few analysts are willing to take a punt on whether the 2012 polls will be disrupted by the same toxic mix of ethnicity, politics and greed. Kenya is still struggling with these old demons, but also facing new pressures. Recent military incursion into Somalia has compounded a sense of uncertainty and insecurity. Heavy rains have displaced thousands, ruined crops, caused power blackouts and turned Nairobi into a gridlocked quagmire. There was a shortage of water in some places and for weeks, in an unrelated scarcity, cooking gas was unavailable. The rains and floods, coming as drought continued to bite in the north, laid bare the weaknesses of east Africa's biggest economy, which has long been at the mercy of endemic corruption and government lassitude. "The economy has been blinking amber all year," said Aly-Khan Satchu , an independent Nairobi-based analyst. "The current account deficit has crossed 10%, putting us on a par with Greece and Swaziland." The World Bank has revised down growth estimates, and the Kenyan ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[" Karibu Kenya, hakuna matata," – Welcome to Kenya, there are no problems. So goes the traditional greeting for visitors to east Africa's top tourist destination. But Kenyan wags have come up with a new version: " Karibu Kenya, hakuna matata, hakuna maji, hakuna stima, hakuna gas" – Welcome to Kenya, no problems, no water, no electricity, no gas. This sarcastic take on the well-known slogan reveals the frustration felt by many in a country that is flexing its military muscles on the regional stage, but failing to deliver on promises at home ahead of critical elections in 2012. Kenyans will go to the polls, most likely in December, to choose a new president and parliament. The last election in 2007 brought the country to the brink of civil war amid accusations of fraud. Around 1,300 people were killed and hundreds of thousands displaced. Few analysts are willing to take a punt on whether the 2012 polls will be disrupted by the same toxic mix of ethnicity, politics and greed. Kenya is still struggling with these old demons, but also facing new pressures. Recent military incursion into Somalia has compounded a sense of uncertainty and insecurity. Heavy rains have displaced thousands, ruined crops, caused power blackouts and turned Nairobi into a gridlocked quagmire. There was a shortage of water in some places and for weeks, in an unrelated scarcity, cooking gas was unavailable. The rains and floods, coming as drought continued to bite in the north, laid bare the weaknesses of east Africa's biggest economy, which has long been at the mercy of endemic corruption and government lassitude. "The economy has been blinking amber all year," said Aly-Khan Satchu, an independent Nairobi-based analyst. "The current account deficit has crossed 10%, putting us on a par with Greece and Swaziland." The World Bank has revised down growth estimates, and the Kenyan shilling sank to a record low against the dollar in October, pushing food and fuel prices higher. The central bank ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/02/problems-kenya-election-year</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jan/02/problems-kenya-election-year</guid><author>Clar Ni Chonghaile</author><category>world</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:40:27 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325508027000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/1/2/1325501405543/Children-walk-beside-a-ma-007.jpg"/><enclosure length="2" type="COMPANIES" url="World Bank"/><enclosure length="6" type="CITY_WORLD" url="Nairobi"/><enclosure length="2" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="Swaziland"/><enclosure length="3" type="CITY_WORLD" url="Washington D.C."/><enclosure length="2" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="Greece"/><enclosure length="19" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="Kenya"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/world/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>Federico Macheda joins QPR on loan from Manchester United</title><description><![CDATA[• Striker signs loan deal until end of season • 20-year-old is Neil Warnock's first January signing The Manchester United striker Federico Macheda has joined Queens Park Rangers on loan until the end of the season. The 20-year-old becomes Neil Warnock's first signing of the January transfer window and will wear the No33 shirt at Loftus Road. Macheda had a similar spell with Sampdoria in Serie A last season and hopes to gain valuable first-team experience during his time in west London. "There is a lot of competition at Manchester United, there are some very good strikers there," Macheda said. "But I am still young and I need to get more experience in the Premier League. I am here to train hard firstly and then I hope to play a big part in the games." Macheda is eligible for Monday's Premier League match with Norwich and is looking forward to playing with his new team-mates. "I was attracted by the challenge and by the players that QPR brought in during the summer," he said. "There are some very big players at the club now and I am really looking forward to training and playing with them. I also know the fans are very, very passionate." Macheda revealed that Rio Ferdinand, the brother of the Rangers defender Anton, advised him to link up with Warnock's side. "I spoke with Rio and he told me that QPR is a very good club and that if I did come here it would be good for me and would help me to develop as a player," he said. "I am looking forward to this challenge. Now I want to work hard for the team and for the fans." The former Lazio striker came to the public's attention when he scored an injury-time winner on his United debut against Aston Villa in April 2009. Macheda scored a further four goals for United but his first-team chances have been limited, which Warnock believes makes the loan deal a "great opportunity for both parties". "Federico is not getting a regular game at United quite obviously because of the ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Manchester United striker Federico Macheda has joined Queens Park Rangers on loan until the end of the season. The 20-year-old becomes Neil Warnock's first signing of the January transfer window and will wear the No33 shirt at Loftus Road. Macheda had a similar spell with Sampdoria in Serie A last season and hopes to gain valuable first-team experience during his time in west London. "There is a lot of competition at Manchester United, there are some very good strikers there," Macheda said. "But I am still young and I need to get more experience in the Premier League. I am here to train hard firstly and then I hope to play a big part in the games." Macheda is eligible for Monday's Premier League match with Norwich and is looking forward to playing with his new team-mates. "I was attracted by the challenge and by the players that QPR brought in during the summer," he said. "There are some very big players at the club now and I am really looking forward to training and playing with them. I also know the fans are very, very passionate." Macheda revealed that Rio Ferdinand, the brother of the Rangers defender Anton, advised him to link up with Warnock's side. "I spoke with Rio and he told me that QPR is a very good club and that if I did come here it would be good for me and would help me to develop as a player," he said. "I am looking forward to this challenge. Now I want to work hard for the team and for the fans." The former Lazio striker came to the public's attention when he scored an injury-time winner on his United debut against Aston Villa in April 2009. Macheda scored a further four goals for United but his first-team chances have been limited, which Warnock believes makes the loan deal a "great opportunity for both parties". "Federico is not getting a regular game at United quite obviously because of the quality of the squad they've got," he said. "Everybody in the league is in envy of what Sir ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/02/federico-macheda-qpr-manchester-united</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2012/jan/02/federico-macheda-qpr-manchester-united</guid><author></author><category>sports</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:40:19 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325508019000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2010/10/7/1286449806453/Federico-Macheda-006.jpg"/><enclosure length="2" type="CITY_WORLD" url="London"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/sport/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>Ed Miliband is not the leader of the opposition</title><description><![CDATA[Dead economic ideas are still walking in Westminster. But elsewhere, people are showing the courage and vision we need "I pondered […] how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat," wrote William Morris, the socialist artist and craftsman in A Dream of John Ball in 1888, "and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name." Perhaps he can be half-forgiven the lack of gender awareness for making such an acute political observation. He could have added that the struggle is never over. Morris and contemporaries such as John Ruskin, who famously said "there is no wealth but life", cast a critique of economic systems that fetishise money and its accumulation as relevant now as in the 19th century. Protest is restless. We've come through the insurgence of last century's labour movement to its ossification in the modern, technocratic Labour party, to the birth and urgent rebirth of the green movement in the face of climate change, and from the animated grassroots protests of the last decade against summits of heads of state, the World Bank, IMF and WTO to the creative campaigning reinventions of the last few years. Does that mean nothing has changed fundamentally? I don't think so. Before the systemic financial crisis of 2008, however energetic the protest, the economic establishment at all levels maintained a tribal belief in their rightness. But now, that is no longer true. The former Soviet Union collapsed apparently with little warning because those deep within its apparatus ceased to believe in it. What shape will a similar evacuation of emotional and intellectual faith in neoliberal economics take? What can be seen on the UK's streets and around the world is a determination more toward social experimentation than the search for an alternate, but equally hermetically sealed political philosophy to replace existing ones. UK ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA["I pondered […] how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat," wrote William Morris, the socialist artist and craftsman in A Dream of John Ball in 1888, "and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name." Perhaps he can be half-forgiven the lack of gender awareness for making such an acute political observation. He could have added that the struggle is never over. Morris and contemporaries such as John Ruskin, who famously said "there is no wealth but life", cast a critique of economic systems that fetishise money and its accumulation as relevant now as in the 19th century. Protest is restless. We've come through the insurgence of last century's labour movement to its ossification in the modern, technocratic Labour party, to the birth and urgent rebirth of the green movement in the face of climate change, and from the animated grassroots protests of the last decade against summits of heads of state, the World Bank, IMF and WTO to the creative campaigning reinventions of the last few years. Does that mean nothing has changed fundamentally? I don't think so. Before the systemic financial crisis of 2008, however energetic the protest, the economic establishment at all levels maintained a tribal belief in their rightness. But now, that is no longer true. The former Soviet Union collapsed apparently with little warning because those deep within its apparatus ceased to believe in it. What shape will a similar evacuation of emotional and intellectual faith in neoliberal economics take? What can be seen on the UK's streets and around the world is a determination more toward social experimentation than the search for an alternate, but equally hermetically sealed political philosophy to replace existing ones. UK activists who set up annual "climate camps" explored self-organisation, eschewed charismatic leaders and, with virtually ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/02/ed-miliband-dead-economic-ideas</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/jan/02/ed-miliband-dead-economic-ideas</guid><author>Andrew Simms</author><category>politics</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:40:02 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325508002000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2011/6/30/1309455896465/simms.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/1/2/1325503465025/Houses-of-Parliament-007.jpg"/><enclosure length="2" type="COMPANIES" url="World Bank"/><enclosure length="9" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="England"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/politics/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>Buckingham Palace exhibition to put sparkle into Queen&apos;s diamond jubilee</title><description><![CDATA[Royal Collection puts on show of diamonds, including many of the Queen's personal jewels, to mark her 60 years on throne Buckingham Palace is to house a dazzling exhibition of diamonds to mark the Queen's 60 years on the throne. In a tribute to the monarch's diamond jubilee, the Royal Collection is putting on a celebration of the precious gemstone, charting its association with British monarchs during the last 200 years. The exhibition, which will be the focal point of the palace's 2012 summer opening, will include an unprecedented display of some of the sovereign's personal jewels. Among the items on show will be the Girls of Great Britain tiara, which the Queen wore at the state banquet for the Turkish president in November. It was a wedding present to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, later to become Queen Mary – the Queen's grandmother – on behalf of the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland in 1893. Originally crafted with upright pearls around the top and a bandeau base, it was altered in 1920 by Queen Mary who replaced the pearls with diamonds and removed the base. It is one of the Queen's favourites and is known as "Granny's tiara", being a wedding present from her grandmother in 1947. It is said to be very light and easy to wear. Many of the pieces that will be on display at the palace have undergone transformations over the years, having been recut or used in new settings depending on the fashion or the preferences of the queens or princesses who wore them. Visitors will also see the impressive necklace and earrings worn by the Queen at her coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in 1953. The collet necklace is formed of 25 large graduated, cushion-shaped, brilliant-cut diamonds and a central drop-shaped pendant of 22.48 carats. It was created in 1858 for Queen Victoria – the only other British monarch to celebrate a diamond jubilee – from a Garter badge and ceremonial sword. The impressive detachable diamond drop, known as the Lahore stone, was ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Buckingham Palace is to house a dazzling exhibition of diamonds to mark the Queen's 60 years on the throne. In a tribute to the monarch's diamond jubilee, the Royal Collection is putting on a celebration of the precious gemstone, charting its association with British monarchs during the last 200 years. The exhibition, which will be the focal point of the palace's 2012 summer opening, will include an unprecedented display of some of the sovereign's personal jewels. Among the items on show will be the Girls of Great Britain tiara, which the Queen wore at the state banquet for the Turkish president in November. It was a wedding present to Princess Victoria Mary of Teck, later to become Queen Mary – the Queen's grandmother – on behalf of the Girls of Great Britain and Ireland in 1893. Originally crafted with upright pearls around the top and a bandeau base, it was altered in 1920 by Queen Mary who replaced the pearls with diamonds and removed the base. It is one of the Queen's favourites and is known as "Granny's tiara", being a wedding present from her grandmother in 1947. It is said to be very light and easy to wear. Many of the pieces that will be on display at the palace have undergone transformations over the years, having been recut or used in new settings depending on the fashion or the preferences of the queens or princesses who wore them. Visitors will also see the impressive necklace and earrings worn by the Queen at her coronation ceremony in Westminster Abbey in 1953. The collet necklace is formed of 25 large graduated, cushion-shaped, brilliant-cut diamonds and a central drop-shaped pendant of 22.48 carats. It was created in 1858 for Queen Victoria – the only other British monarch to celebrate a diamond jubilee – from a Garter badge and ceremonial sword. The impressive detachable diamond drop, known as the Lahore stone, was originally part of the Timur ruby necklace. Over time, the necklace, which was also worn at the coronations of Queen Alexandra and Queen ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/02/queens-diamond-jubilee-palace-exhibition</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2012/jan/02/queens-diamond-jubilee-palace-exhibition</guid><author></author><category>national</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:39:55 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325507995000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/1/2/1325505171866/Girls-of-Great-Britain-ti-007.jpg"/><enclosure length="2" type="CITY_WORLD" url="Lahore"/><enclosure length="2" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="Tanzania"/><enclosure length="6" type="CITY_WORLD" url="Victoria"/><enclosure length="4" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="Great Britain"/><enclosure length="2" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="Ireland"/><enclosure length="2" type="CITY_WORLD" url="Cape Town"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/uk/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>From the archive, 3 January 1982: The belle as businessman</title><description><![CDATA[Originally published in the Observer on 3 January 1982: Angela Carter reappraises Gone with the Wind Look, if you can't see what's so irresistible about Clark "Jug Ears" Gable of the Jack o' Lantern grin, then much of the appeal of Gone with the Wind goes out the window. Furthermore, if Vivien Leigh's anorexic, overdressed Scarlett O'Hara seems to you one of the least credible of Hollywood femme fatales, most of whose petulant squeaks are, to boot, audible only to bats… And, finally, if you can't see anything romantic AT ALL about the more than feudal darkness of the Old South, then you are left alone with the naked sexual ideology of the most famous movie ever made in all its factitious simplicity. Macho violence versus female guile, bull v bitch. The first time I saw this meretricious epic, it was the 50s, on one of the many occasions when they dusted off the reels and sent it on the road again to warp the minds of a new generation. Though I was but a kid in short pants, then, with zilch consciousness, truly I thought it stank. But I was of that generation whose sexual fantasies were moulded by Elvis Presley and James Dean. Presley, white trash with black style, in his chubby, epicene and gyrating person himself the barbarian at the gates of Tara – talk about irresistible, how could even Scarlett have resisted had Elvis pleaded with her to let him be her teddy bear? As for Dean – impossible to imagine him carrying a girl upstairs. I used to fantasise about doing that to him I still think it stinks, this movie famous for being famous: that reduces the American civil war to the status of spectacle (the Hollywood attitude to war, which reaches its apogee in Apocalypse Now ); that advertises the masochistic pleasures of tight-lacing – did you notice how often Mammy is depicted brutally compressing Scarlett into her corset? But, goodness me, how enjoyable it is! I curled up in my armchair, giggling helplessly, weakly muttering: "Break his kneecaps," about ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Look, if you can't see what's so irresistible about Clark "Jug Ears" Gable of the Jack o' Lantern grin, then much of the appeal of Gone with the Wind goes out the window. Furthermore, if Vivien Leigh's anorexic, overdressed Scarlett O'Hara seems to you one of the least credible of Hollywood femme fatales, most of whose petulant squeaks are, to boot, audible only to bats… And, finally, if you can't see anything romantic AT ALL about the more than feudal darkness of the Old South, then you are left alone with the naked sexual ideology of the most famous movie ever made. Macho violence versus female guile, bull v bitch. The first time I saw this epic, it was the 50s, on one of the many occasions when they dusted off the reels and sent it on the road again to warp the minds of a new generation. Though I was but a kid in short pants, with zilch consciousness, truly I thought it stank. But I was of that generation whose sexual fantasies were moulded by Elvis Presley and James Dean. How could even Scarlett have resisted had Elvis pleaded with her to let him be her teddy bear? As for Dean – impossible to imagine him carrying a girl upstairs. I used to fantasise about doing that to him. I still think it stinks, this movie famous for being famous: that reduces the American civil war to the status of spectacle (the Hollywood attitude to war, which reaches its apogee in Apocalypse Now); that advertises the masochistic pleasures of tight-lacing – did you notice how often Mammy is depicted brutally compressing Scarlett into her corset? But, goodness me, how enjoyable it is! I curled up in my armchair, giggling helplessly, weakly muttering: "Break his kneecaps," about every five minutes, sometimes more often. Whose kneecaps? Well, Ashley Wilkes's, obviously! But it is Rhett Butler's kneecaps that seem ripest for the treatment. That Rhett and his travelling salesman's lines: "You need to be kissed often, by somebody who knows how to do it." This is the ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2012/jan/02/archive-the-belle-as-businessman-1982</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2012/jan/02/archive-the-belle-as-businessman-1982</guid><author></author><category>entertainment</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:39:47 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325507987000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2012/1/2/1325506885675/GONE-WITH-THE-WIND-FILM---005.jpg"/><enclosure length="2" type="PEOPLE_FAMOUS" url="Elvis Presley"/><enclosure length="4" type="CITY_WORLD" url="Hollywood"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/culture/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>Miami Heat burn the Bobcats in perfect start to NBA season</title><description><![CDATA[• Charlotte Bobcats turned over again by rampant Miami • Chris Bosh leads the way in 129-point NBA season high The Miami Heat mauled the Charlotte Bobcats 129-90 on Sunday to improve to a franchise-best 5-0 start to an NBA season. Needing a pair of Dwyane Wade last-second game-winners to defeat Charlotte and Minnesota in back-to-back games last week, the Heat buried the Bobcats early in the rematch. "We came into the game with a very heightened sense of having the ability to concentrate," the Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "It speaks to our guys' professionalism." Miami built a 28-point lead by half-time to effectively kill the game as a contest in front of their home crowd. Chris Bosh led the way with 24 points and 10 rebounds and Wade added 22 as Miami continued their impressive start to the season. Beaten by the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA finals last June, the Heat have exploded from the blocks at the start of the compressed 66-game campaign. Their 129 points signified an NBA high for the fledgling season, sharing the wealth among their big-name players and compiling 33 assists for the game. LeBron James, who entered the contest averaging 33 points per game, played just 28 minutes and chipped in 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists. DJ White had a team-high 21 for the Bobcats (1-3) who suffered their third straight loss and second to the Heat in four days. Charlotte were powerless as the Heat scored the first six points of the game and breezed to an early 17-4 advantage in the first. It only went downhill from there for the Bobcats, who shot just 38 per cent from the field. "That was a high school team in a professional game," said the Charlotte forward Corey Maggette, who finished with two points and missed all six of his shots from the field. Bosh scored 20 first-half points, although plenty of Miami players got in on the action. The rookie point guard Norris Cole finished with 16 points and nine assists while the team shot 60 per cent from the floor in a ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[The Miami Heat mauled the Charlotte Bobcats 129-90 on Sunday to improve to a franchise-best 5-0 start to an NBA season. Needing a pair of Dwyane Wade last-second game-winners to defeat Charlotte and Minnesota in back-to-back games last week, the Heat buried the Bobcats early in the rematch. "We came into the game with a very heightened sense of having the ability to concentrate," the Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "It speaks to our guys' professionalism." Miami built a 28-point lead by half-time to effectively kill the game as a contest in front of their home crowd. Chris Bosh led the way with 24 points and 10 rebounds and Wade added 22 as Miami continued their impressive start to the season. Beaten by the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA finals last June, the Heat have exploded from the blocks at the start of the compressed 66-game campaign. Their 129 points signified an NBA high for the fledgling season, sharing the wealth among their big-name players and compiling 33 assists for the game. LeBron James, who entered the contest averaging 33 points per game, played just 28 minutes and chipped in 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists. DJ White had a team-high 21 for the Bobcats (1-3) who suffered their third straight loss and second to the Heat in four days. Charlotte were powerless as the Heat scored the first six points of the game and breezed to an early 17-4 advantage in the first. It only went downhill from there for the Bobcats, who shot just 38 per cent from the field. "That was a high school team in a professional game," said the Charlotte forward Corey Maggette, who finished with two points and missed all six of his shots from the field. Bosh scored 20 first-half points, although plenty of Miami players got in on the action. The rookie point guard Norris Cole finished with 16 points and nine assists while the team shot 60 per cent from the floor in a dominating display that sent a message to the whole league.]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jan/02/miami-heat-nba-charlotte-bobcats</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/jan/02/miami-heat-nba-charlotte-bobcats</guid><author></author><category>sports</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:35:19 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325507719000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Sport/Pix/columnists/2012/1/2/1325506930790/Chris-Bosh-of-the-Mimai-H-007.jpg"/><enclosure length="9" type="SPORTS" url="NBA"/><enclosure length="2" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="United States of America"/><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/sport/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>From the archive, 2 January 1922: The New Year Honours</title><description><![CDATA[Originally published in the Manchester Guardian on 2 January 1922 There have been New Year Honours Lists which made you feel, above all, what huge sum must have been taken in gate-money at the entrances of the various mansions of this paradise. The one issued to-day will not, perhaps, convince all the cynics that pay-gates have been completely removed. But it does look as if many very respectable men had got in on the free list, as the theatres say, and these distinguished deadheads – as the theatres say, again – give the whole roll of honour an engaging air of purity, and even of tenderness for science and the arts. The big thing of the list is, of course, Sir James Barrie's Order of Merit. Sir James Barrie has charmed us all so completely that we can hardly have the heart to ask, even of our own bosoms, whether any other novelist or dramatist, besides Mr. Hardy, ought to hold this highest of British official distinctions while Mr. Conrad has not yet got it. In the fine art department it would seem credible that there may have been some confusion in the official mind between the two Royal Academicians named Shannon, for the expert in painting highly marketable portraits of the best feminine dresses of his period is made a belted knight while the Shannon who has helped to keep things stirring in British art for thirty years is, apparently, not referred to. It was a better shot to dignify Miss Ethel Smyth. Quite apart from her musical labours, anyone who can write such diverting reminiscences, and break a lance so joyously in public controversy, ought to be allowed any affix or suffix to her name that she would prefer. Mr. Du Maurier and Mr. Hawtrey are both capital actors and notoriously amiable men. We are not sure that anyone who has such a delicious occupation as success in an art ought to be given any of these New Year's Day delights and consolations while there are men and women among us labouring for the common good at tasks intrinsically so charmless as those of the banker, the railway booking ...]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[There have been New Year Honours Lists which made you feel, above all, what huge sum must have been taken in gate-money at the entrances of the various mansions of this paradise. The one issued to-day will not, perhaps, convince all the cynics that pay-gates have been completely removed. But it does look as if many very respectable men had got in on the free list, as the theatres say, and these distinguished deadheads – as the theatres say, again – give the whole roll of honour an engaging air of purity, and even of tenderness for science and the arts. The big thing of the list is, of course, Sir James Barrie's Order of Merit. Sir James Barrie has charmed us all so completely that we can hardly have the heart to ask, even of our own bosoms, whether any other novelist or dramatist, besides Mr. Hardy, ought to hold this highest of British official distinctions while Mr. Conrad has not yet got it. In the fine art department it would seem credible that there may have been some confusion in the official mind between the two Royal Academicians named Shannon, for the expert in painting highly marketable portraits of the best feminine dresses of his period is made a belted knight while the Shannon who has helped to keep things stirring in British art for thirty years is, apparently, not referred to. It was a better shot to dignify Miss Ethel Smyth. Quite apart from her musical labours, anyone who can write such diverting reminiscences, and break a lance so joyously in public controversy, ought to be allowed any affix or suffix to her name that she would prefer. Mr. Du Maurier and Mr. Hawtrey are both capital actors and notoriously amiable men. We are not sure that anyone who has such a delicious occupation as success in an art ought to be given any of these New Year's Day delights and consolations while there are men and women among us labouring for the common good at tasks intrinsically so charmless as those of the banker, the railway booking clerk, and the statistician throned on high among the aerial ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/jan/02/archive-the-new-year-honours-1922</link><guid>http://www.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/2012/jan/02/archive-the-new-year-honours-1922</guid><author></author><category>entertainment</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:34:47 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325507687000</timestamp><source url="http://feeds.guardian.co.uk/theguardian/culture/rss">The Guardian</source></item>
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<title>Starting the year with a splash! Tom Felton and his gorgeous girlfriend strip off to try out some moves on a pair of jet skis</title><description><![CDATA[  The pair spent their day on the glorious beach- with Jade showing off her deepening tan and enviable figure in an extremely low cut black swimming costume.Showing her off! Tom Felton wore a wide grin as he walked across a Miami beach with his girlfriend Jade Olivia on New Year's Day]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Last updated at 12:13 PM on 2nd January 2012 It's difficult to imagine a better way to blitz away the remains of a New Year hangover than with an exhilarating ride on jet skis in Miami. And for lucky Tom Felton and his stunning girlfriend Jade Olivia , it was clearly the perfect way to welcome 2012. The young couple looked in fine spirits as they spent their day on the glorious beach- with Jade showing off her deepening tan and enviable figure in an extremely low cut black swimming costume. Tom conscientiously made absolutely sure that Jade's life jacket was securely fastened before they set off on their wave riders. Though Jade took an early lead, Tom soon sped ahead, looking rather pleased with himself as he did so. After drying off in the sun, Tom obligingly posed for a photo with a young fan. Safety first: Their instructor showed Tom his emergency armband to stop the ski in an emergency It appears that though he has gained a fraction more colour than he had previously, unlike his girlfriend Jade Olivia Tom is just not picking up the sun as he might wish. Tom was famously forbidden from getting a tan during his tenure on Harry Potter, to maintain his authentic Draco Malfoy pallor. The 24-year-old looked his usual pale self, while Jade is browning up nicely with a gorgeous caramel tan. They have been dating for over three years after meeting on the set of Harry Potter, where Jade worked as a stunt co-ordinator assistant. The star tweeted a picture of himself in character from his upcoming project, Labyrinth. He captioned the shot: 'Happy New Year from all the team from #Labyrinth who kindly let me tweet a new exclusive pic of Trencavel x' Tom is starring as as Raymond-Roger de Trencavel, Viscount of Carcassonne, in the upcoming mini-series. The real Viscount of Carcassonne died in 1209 a martyr, trying to protect his Cathar citizens from genocide. Tom has clearly been enjoying his time on set, and posed over the weekend: 'tweeted a 'Miss all the friends i made on labyrinth in Cape ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2081193/Tom-Felton-gorgeous-girlfriend-strip-try-moves-pair-jet-skis.html?ITO=1490</link><guid>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-2081193/Tom-Felton-gorgeous-girlfriend-strip-try-moves-pair-jet-skis.html?ITO=1490</guid><author></author><category>entertainment</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:30:37 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325507437000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F511BDF00000578-743_634x794.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F51149E00000578-44_306x652.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F50FD7B00000578-539_306x652.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F50FD9700000578-391_634x555.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F51145E00000578-143_634x354.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F50FE7B00000578-446_634x328.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F51147600000578-196_634x545.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F51066000000578-440_634x561.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F5117D800000578-825_634x813.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F50FE3300000578-38_306x525.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F50FE6300000578-953_306x525.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F51068C00000578-936_634x774.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F511BCB00000578-943_634x775.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F51148A00000578-708_634x721.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F50FECB00000578-695_634x878.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081193-0F51295400000578-744_634x734.jpg"/><enclosure length="2" type="PEOPLE_FAMOUS" url="Harry Potter"/><enclosure length="1" type="SPORTS" url="Golf"/><enclosure length="1" type="CITY_WORLD" url="Cape Town"/><source url="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/index.rss">Daily Mail</source></item>
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<title>Liverpool and Everton favourite Ablett dies after 16-month battle against cancer</title><description><![CDATA[  Former Liverpool and Everton defender Gary Ablett has died after a long battle against cancer. He was 46. Ablett lost his 16-month fight against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on Sunday night.Passed: Gary Ablett has died after 16-month cancer battle]]></description><content:encoded><![CDATA[Last updated at 12:02 PM on 2nd January 2012 Former Liverpool and Everton defender Gary Ablett has died after a long battle against cancer. He was 46. Ablett, who had a season as Stockport manager in 2009-10, lost his 16-month fight against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma on Sunday night. 'On behalf of Gary Ablett's family the LMA has today confirmed that Gary passed away peacefully last night following a hard fought 16-month battle against non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,' said an LMA statement. 'Respected throughout the game by players, coaches and managers alike Gary will be sadly missed. The LMA's thoughts and condolences are with Gary's wife Jacqueline and children.' Former Liverpool manager Roy Evans told Sky Sports News: 'It's a big shock. Obviously we know Gary's been ill for a while. It's a really sad day.' Recalling Ablett as a player, Evans added: 'He was good at everything he did as a player. He made a big contribution to the game. 'He went into coaching and stamped his personality onto that and was doing a very good job, certainly at youth level. I remember he had bit of a difficult first spell at Stockport, but overall he's had a great career in football, he's a big loss to the sport.' David Fairclough, who played for Liverpool between 1974 and 1983, added: 'He was a lovely lad, he always conducted himself in the right way. He was great with people, always personable. What always came through with Gary was his attitude was just always very, very right.' Ablett took up a coaching role with Ipswich in July 2010 but was taken ill while at the club's training ground and was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. 'Liverpool Football Club were today saddened to learn of the death of former player Gary Ablett,' said a statement from the Reds. 'The staff of Liverpool FC would like to send our condolences to the family and friends of Gary.' A statement from Everton said: 'Everyone at ...]]></content:encoded><link>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2081222/Gary-Ablett-dies-aged-46.html?ITO=1490</link><guid>http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-2081222/Gary-Ablett-dies-aged-46.html?ITO=1490</guid><author></author><category>sports</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:30:30 GMT</pubDate><timestamp>t1325507430000</timestamp><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081222-0F51544100000578-702_468x329.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081222-0F515CF700000578-567_468x286.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081222-0F51551100000578-566_306x423.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081222-0F516D7900000578-782_224x423.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01/02/article-2081222-0F516C0500000578-221_224x423.jpg"/><enclosure length="0" type="image/jpeg" url="http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2012/01_01/Ablett0201_100x200.jpg"/><enclosure length="1" type="COUNTRIES_WORLD" url="Germany"/><enclosure length="17" type="CITY_WORLD" url="Liverpool"/><enclosure length="2" type="SPORTS" url="Sky"/><enclosure length="1" type="SPORTS" url="Football"/><source url="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/index.rss">Daily Mail</source></item>
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