Eileen Atkins - World-of-Newave.info http://answers.world-of-newave.info/eileen-atkins.htm Latest news and articles about Eileen Atkins en-us Copyright (c)2004-2008.§/Newave SARL. All rights reserved. webmaster@world-of-newave.com (Webmaster) Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:04:04 GMT Sun, 23 Nov 2008 19:04:04 GMT Newave Lisa XML Engine v1.0 - http://www.world-of-newave.info/about.htm 60 http://www.world-of-newave.info/images/wi8831.gif World-of-Newave.info - Knowledge and Informational Database http://www.world-of-newave.info/ 88 31 {ENTERTAINMENT > PUBLICATIONS AND MEDIA} - TV satire wins four Emmy honours http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/entertainment/publications-and-media/tv-satire-wins-four-emmy-honours-20080986633.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/entertainment/publications-and-media/tv-satire-wins-four-emmy-honours-20080986633.htm Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:20:48 GMT 30 Rock dominates the comedy side of the US TV Emmy Awards, while Dame Eileen Atkins wins for Cranford. News.Bbc.Co.Uk TV satire wins four Emmy honours {new window}   News.Bbc.Co.Uk - 30 Rock dominates the comedy side of the US TV Emmy Awards, while Dame Eileen Atkins wins for Cranford.
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]]> Arts > Entertainment > Publications and Media {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Child protection stifled by £30m computer system - report http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/child-protection-stifled-by-30m-computer-system-20081146012.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/child-protection-stifled-by-30m-computer-system-20081146012.htm Wed, 19 Nov 2008 00:13:26 GMT A government computer system intended to improve the handling of child abuse cases has led to social workers having to spend more than 100 hours for every case filling out forms, cutting the time they have to make visits.Reports by two universities have revealed that the Integrated Children's System (ICS), launched in 2005 following the death of Victoria Climbié, is so laborious it typically takes more than 10 hours to fill in initial assessment forms for a child considered to be at risk. A "core assessment" takes a further 48 hours on average, according to government-commissioned research by York University. The system, which cost £30m to implement, creates deadlines that further restrict the time available for family visits.Concern about the system comes as Haringey council faces two government inquiries into the handling of the case of 17-month-old Baby P, who died from more than 50 injuries despite being under a child protection order. Last night the council's Labour cabinet met for the first time since the story emerged. The Liberal Democrats on the council called for the resignations of councillor Liz Santry, cabinet member for children and young people, and the council leader, George Meehan.Meehan last night issued a "heartfelt and unreserved apology" on behalf of the council to "those who knew and cared for the well being of Baby P; those residents of Haringey who feel let down by the actions of the child protection agencies in our area; and the wider public."We are very sorry for the events which led up to the death of Baby P; sorry for the suffering he endured; sorry for the failure of all the child protection agencies involved to protect him, to save his life. We are truly sorry," he said.He defended the borough's social workers who, he said, "have continued to do their best, often in very difficult circumstances". He called on the public "to recognise that denigrating their service does nothing to improve child protection".Meehan added: "There has, however, been failure by all the agencies involved to protect this little child from the pain and suffering which led to his death; and for that we are truly and genuinely sorry."Earlier, Ed Balls, the secretary of state for children, schools and families, unveiled new laws aimed at protecting vulnerable children.The NSPCC called on the directors of children's services in 150 English local authorities to examine all their child protection plans and identify by Christmas those children in greatest danger.But the pressure on social workers, effectively tied to their desks by bureaucracy, reveals systemic problems in child protection. "Workers report being more worried about missed deadlines than missed visits," said Professor Sue White, who is studying five child protection departments for the University of Lancaster. "The [computer] system regularly takes up 80% of their day."ICS replaced a system where social workers wrote case notes in narrative form, which many argue made it easier for different officials to quickly pick up the details of complex cases. In the review by the University of York of the first authorities to adopt the system, the use of tick boxes was criticised because of "a lack of precision that could lead to inaccuracy". It added that the system "obscured the family context". The level of detail demanded by ticking boxes "sacrificed the clarity that is needed to make documentation useful," it concluded."If you go into a social work office today there's no chatter, nobody is talking about the cases, it is just people tapping at computers," said White. One social worker interviewed by White's team said: "I spend my day click- clicking and then I'll get an email from someone else - say a fostering agency- asking for a bit more information on a child: 'Could we please have a pen picture of the three children'. It's horrendous. "It's impossible to get a picture of the child," said another. "It's all over the place on the computer system ... That coupled with the number of people involved in the case makes my life very difficult."Eileen Monroe, an expert on child protection at the London School of Economics, said some local authorities are petitioning the government to allow them to drop the system. "The programme is set up to continually nag you, and the child's misery just doesn't nag as loudly."Baby PChild protectionPolitics and technologyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds Guardian.Co.Uk Child protection stifled by £30m computer system - report {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - A government computer system intended to improve the handling of child abuse cases has led to social workers having to spend more than 100 hours for every case filling out forms, cutting the time they have to make visits.Reports by two universities have revealed that the Integrated Children's System (ICS), launched in 2005 following the death of Victoria Climbié, is so laborious it typically takes more than 10 hours to fill in initial assessment forms for a child considered to be at risk. A "core assessment" takes a further 48 hours on average, according to government-commissioned research by York University. The system, which cost £30m to implement, creates deadlines that further restrict the time available for family visits.Concern about the system comes as Haringey council faces two government inquiries into the handling of the case of 17-month-old Baby P, who died from more than 50 injuries despite being under a child protection order. Last night the council's Labour cabinet met for the first time since the story emerged. The Liberal Democrats on the council called for the resignations of councillor Liz Santry, cabinet member for children and young people, and the council leader, George Meehan.Meehan last night issued a "heartfelt and unreserved apology" on behalf of the council to "those who knew and cared for the well being of Baby P; those residents of Haringey who feel let down by the actions of the child protection agencies in our area; and the wider public."We are very sorry for the events which led up to the death of Baby P; sorry for the suffering he endured; sorry for the failure of all the child protection agencies involved to protect him, to save his life. We are truly sorry," he said.He defended the borough's social workers who, he said, "have continued to do their best, often in very difficult circumstances". He called on the public "to recognise that denigrating their service does nothing to improve child protection".Meehan added: "There has, however, been failure by all the agencies involved to protect this little child from the pain and suffering which led to his death; and for that we are truly and genuinely sorry."Earlier, Ed Balls, the secretary of state for children, schools and families, unveiled new laws aimed at protecting vulnerable children.The NSPCC called on the directors of children's services in 150 English local authorities to examine all their child protection plans and identify by Christmas those children in greatest danger.But the pressure on social workers, effectively tied to their desks by bureaucracy, reveals systemic problems in child protection. "Workers report being more worried about missed deadlines than missed visits," said Professor Sue White, who is studying five child protection departments for the University of Lancaster. "The [computer] system regularly takes up 80% of their day."ICS replaced a system where social workers wrote case notes in narrative form, which many argue made it easier for different officials to quickly pick up the details of complex cases. In the review by the University of York of the first authorities to adopt the system, the use of tick boxes was criticised because of "a lack of precision that could lead to inaccuracy". It added that the system "obscured the family context". The level of detail demanded by ticking boxes "sacrificed the clarity that is needed to make documentation useful," it concluded."If you go into a social work office today there's no chatter, nobody is talking about the cases, it is just people tapping at computers," said White. One social worker interviewed by White's team said: "I spend my day click- clicking and then I'll get an email from someone else - say a fostering agency- asking for a bit more information on a child: 'Could we please have a pen picture of the three children'. It's horrendous. "It's impossible to get a picture of the child," said another. "It's all over the place on the computer system ... That coupled with the number of people involved in the case makes my life very difficult."Eileen Monroe, an expert on child protection at the London School of Economics, said some local authorities are petitioning the government to allow them to drop the system. "The programme is set up to continually nag you, and the child's misery just doesn't nag as loudly."Baby PChild protectionPolitics and technologyguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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]]> Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > News and Media {LITERATURE > CYBERPUNK} - Bill threatens lien, penalty to elderly, blind homeowner who owes one cent http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/bill-threatens-lien-penalty-to-elderly-blind-homeowner-20081117521.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/bill-threatens-lien-penalty-to-elderly-blind-homeowner-20081117521.htm Tue, 18 Nov 2008 18:34:54 GMT South Attleboro, MA -- home of the brightest, most sympathetic city employees in the whole town! South Attleboro resident Eileen Wilbur's bill from the city is for one penny. The city sent Wilbur a letter dated Nov. 10 stating that if the 1 cent balance is not paid by Dec. 10, the city will assess a lien of up to $48 on Wilbur's next property tax bill. "They wasted taxpayer money on the letter," Wilbur said, noting the 42-cent charge for a stamp. City Collector Debora Marcoccio said the bill was sent out along with more than 2,000 others as the city tries to recoup outstanding balances before resorting to putting liens on property. A computer automatically printed the letters for any account with a balance remaining, and they were not reviewed by staff before being sent out, Marcoccio said. "It would be fiscally irresponsible for me to have staff weed through the bills and pull out any below a certain amount," Marcoccio said. " And what would that amount be?" City wants her cent (Via The Agitator)... Boingboing.Net Bill threatens lien, penalty to elderly, blind homeowner who owes one cent {new window}   Www.Boingboing.Net - South Attleboro, MA -- home of the brightest, most sympathetic city employees in the whole town! South Attleboro resident Eileen Wilbur's bill from the city is for one penny. The city sent Wilbur a letter dated Nov. 10 stating that if the 1 cent balance is not paid by Dec. 10, the city will assess a lien of up to $48 on Wilbur's next property tax bill. "They wasted taxpayer money on the letter," Wilbur said, noting the 42-cent charge for a stamp. City Collector Debora Marcoccio said the bill was sent out along with more than 2,000 others as the city tries to recoup outstanding balances before resorting to putting liens on property. A computer automatically printed the letters for any account with a balance remaining, and they were not reviewed by staff before being sent out, Marcoccio said. "It would be fiscally irresponsible for me to have staff weed through the bills and pull out any below a certain amount," Marcoccio said. " And what would that amount be?" City wants her cent (Via The Agitator)...
Bill threatens lien, penalty to elderly, blind homeowner who owes one cent - Boing Boing {...}
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]]> Arts > Literature > Genres > Cyberpunk {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Simon Jenkins: Officialdom cannot hammer straight the crooked timber of mankind http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/simon-jenkins-officialdom-cannot-hammer-straight-20081114819.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/simon-jenkins-officialdom-cannot-hammer-straight-20081114819.htm Fri, 14 Nov 2008 00:11:58 GMT Surprise, surprise. How we all hate the nanny state - until nanny takes a day off. Then we want nannies galore. We want nannies with whips, nannies with locks, keys and public inquiries. Labour, Liberal or Tory nannies are suddenly the order of the day. The response to the case of 17-month-old Baby P has been a classic of incoherent social comment. The media, which normally excoriates every case of local authority meddling and red tape, has torn into Haringey council for failing to spot a dreadful case of child abuse. Every paper salivated over the most ghoulish photographs.The leader of the opposition, David Cameron, went berserk at the dispatch box and wrote expressing "outrage that yet another child was left to slip through the safety net to their death". This born-again statist regarded authority as being asleep on the job. A Whitehall taskforce is to be set up, and "a nationwide review of child protection procedures" instituted.This is a reprise of the ballyhoo that went up after another child, Victoria Climbié, died in Haringey in 2000, when the demand was "never again". It led to the Laming report of 2003 which, like all such lawyer's reports, made an impossible number of recommendations (108). This rolled the pitch for blaming a council for "not implementing in full", and thus leaving the way open for yet another inquiry.I carry no can for the performance of the social and health workers in Haringey, or for the doctors and the police in the case. Everything about it seems to have been tragic. But from the litany of errors revealed at the Old Bailey this week, it seems clear that failures were not of procedure.Lord Laming himself accepts that his recommendations were implemented. The central one was that children's services be joined up in "multi-disciplinary support for children at risk" under a system of children's trusts. The council vigorously defended itself as having "appropriate communication within and between agencies".What went wrong appears to have been our old friend, the crooked timber of mankind. The saga began with an inadequate mother and the strange and evil men in her life, sadistic or careless towards the child and cunning in their ability to cover up their misdeeds. Such concealment is never easy to detect in an otherwise dysfunctional family.Infanticide is an extremely rare crime in Britain, rarer by far than of old, but it does occur. The media's search for people to blame, other than the killers, reflects a strange obsession with securing an absolute avoidance of risk through ever tighter government control of personal and family life. Yet when such interference is visited on ordinary citizens they are enraged.Following the Climbié case, every social services department in the land went into panic mode at the sight of any bruise on a child. Massive injustice was undoubtedly done in taking children from their parents into the often appalling care of the state.A friend of mine took her infant to hospital after it had, literally, fallen down stairs, and spent the next two months fending off attempts by the local council to take the child into care, for the sole reason that this mother lived alone.As each case report was fed into the computer, with none of the nuance that might have come from proper relations with a social worker, the woman was besieged by inspectors from one agency after another. As a result she has no intention of seeking medical attention for her child from the NHS again. Those wanting their medical records stored on a government computer must be mad.Baby P did not lack for attention or bureaucratic coordination, being seen 60 times by social and health workers. Each one meticulously recorded their concern. A doctor noted that the baby should "not be allowed home", but did not follow up on that. Another failed to diagnose a broken back. Others did not see that bruises were covered up by being smeared with chocolate. All appear to have conformed to Laming's procedures.As the social work professor Harry Ferguson wrote in this paper yesterday, Baby P appears to have been a classic instance of administrative diktat superseding human intuition. The system becomes "too bureaucratised, too much about information management and not enough about focusing on core tasks and complex relationships with families". As the London School of Economics' Eileen Munro said on the radio: "Haringey had a beautiful paper trail of how they failed to protect this baby."The implication must be that Baby P died for the same reason that street crime rises, educational performance stagnates, and mortgage debts go haywire. When the human element in any frontline service gives way to quantifiable process, something crucial is lost. The belief has long been bred in the bone of the children's minister, Ed Balls, that any computer can solve the world's ills at the click of a mouse. It is a dangerous lie.Panorama next Monday has surveyed children's departments across Britain. It reaches the grim conclusion that many social workers spend 60% of their time in front of computer screens, time that should be spent with families. Like policemen who sit in cars, it is the surest way to fail a service.In every walk of life, the computer screen has become a professional comfort blanket. It distances carers from the sensibility of clients. It demotes the value of informal contact with colleagues. Provided the screen has been filled and the boxes ticked, officialdom regards itself as in the clear. Risk is eliminated not by personal application but by process.The Baby P case appears to be the result of individual human failings all along the way. But the outcome will be to make social and health workers more obsessed with preventive intervention. Ever more children will be taken away from their parents because that is what the computer says. Ever more reports will be sent to ever more terminals and ever less time will be spent trying to understand problem families. Another attempt will be made to hammer the crooked timber straight.The new Haringey inquiry will doubtless honour Balls's conclusion, that Baby P must have resulted from "systemic failure and management issues". To him, it is inconceivable that the fault might lie with individuals under the cosh of his department's compliance culture. Nobody would dare suggest that it has simply become too easy for poor workers to do a bad job and too difficult to sack them.Certainly nobody will suggest that the next Laming inquiry should be an inquiry into the apparent failure of the last. Yet by loading administration on to social workers, Laming made it more not less likely that children will continue to die at the hands of inadequate parents. No amount of control that is tolerable in a free society can ensure that a Climbié or a Baby P will "never happen again".In personal services there is never a substitute for a well-trained professional in continuous contact with a problem client. Anything that deflects attention from that central purpose will merely ensure that more children suffer.simon.jenkins@guardian.co.ukSocial careEconomicsChild protectionClimbié inquiryguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds Guardian.Co.Uk Simon Jenkins: Officialdom cannot hammer straight the crooked timber of mankind {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - Surprise, surprise. How we all hate the nanny state - until nanny takes a day off. Then we want nannies galore. We want nannies with whips, nannies with locks, keys and public inquiries. Labour, Liberal or Tory nannies are suddenly the order of the day. The response to the case of 17-month-old Baby P has been a classic of incoherent social comment. The media, which normally excoriates every case of local authority meddling and red tape, has torn into Haringey council for failing to spot a dreadful case of child abuse. Every paper salivated over the most ghoulish photographs.The leader of the opposition, David Cameron, went berserk at the dispatch box and wrote expressing "outrage that yet another child was left to slip through the safety net to their death". This born-again statist regarded authority as being asleep on the job. A Whitehall taskforce is to be set up, and "a nationwide review of child protection procedures" instituted.This is a reprise of the ballyhoo that went up after another child, Victoria Climbié, died in Haringey in 2000, when the demand was "never again". It led to the Laming report of 2003 which, like all such lawyer's reports, made an impossible number of recommendations (108). This rolled the pitch for blaming a council for "not implementing in full", and thus leaving the way open for yet another inquiry.I carry no can for the performance of the social and health workers in Haringey, or for the doctors and the police in the case. Everything about it seems to have been tragic. But from the litany of errors revealed at the Old Bailey this week, it seems clear that failures were not of procedure.Lord Laming himself accepts that his recommendations were implemented. The central one was that children's services be joined up in "multi-disciplinary support for children at risk" under a system of children's trusts. The council vigorously defended itself as having "appropriate communication within and between agencies".What went wrong appears to have been our old friend, the crooked timber of mankind. The saga began with an inadequate mother and the strange and evil men in her life, sadistic or careless towards the child and cunning in their ability to cover up their misdeeds. Such concealment is never easy to detect in an otherwise dysfunctional family.Infanticide is an extremely rare crime in Britain, rarer by far than of old, but it does occur. The media's search for people to blame, other than the killers, reflects a strange obsession with securing an absolute avoidance of risk through ever tighter government control of personal and family life. Yet when such interference is visited on ordinary citizens they are enraged.Following the Climbié case, every social services department in the land went into panic mode at the sight of any bruise on a child. Massive injustice was undoubtedly done in taking children from their parents into the often appalling care of the state.A friend of mine took her infant to hospital after it had, literally, fallen down stairs, and spent the next two months fending off attempts by the local council to take the child into care, for the sole reason that this mother lived alone.As each case report was fed into the computer, with none of the nuance that might have come from proper relations with a social worker, the woman was besieged by inspectors from one agency after another. As a result she has no intention of seeking medical attention for her child from the NHS again. Those wanting their medical records stored on a government computer must be mad.Baby P did not lack for attention or bureaucratic coordination, being seen 60 times by social and health workers. Each one meticulously recorded their concern. A doctor noted that the baby should "not be allowed home", but did not follow up on that. Another failed to diagnose a broken back. Others did not see that bruises were covered up by being smeared with chocolate. All appear to have conformed to Laming's procedures.As the social work professor Harry Ferguson wrote in this paper yesterday, Baby P appears to have been a classic instance of administrative diktat superseding human intuition. The system becomes "too bureaucratised, too much about information management and not enough about focusing on core tasks and complex relationships with families". As the London School of Economics' Eileen Munro said on the radio: "Haringey had a beautiful paper trail of how they failed to protect this baby."The implication must be that Baby P died for the same reason that street crime rises, educational performance stagnates, and mortgage debts go haywire. When the human element in any frontline service gives way to quantifiable process, something crucial is lost. The belief has long been bred in the bone of the children's minister, Ed Balls, that any computer can solve the world's ills at the click of a mouse. It is a dangerous lie.Panorama next Monday has surveyed children's departments across Britain. It reaches the grim conclusion that many social workers spend 60% of their time in front of computer screens, time that should be spent with families. Like policemen who sit in cars, it is the surest way to fail a service.In every walk of life, the computer screen has become a professional comfort blanket. It distances carers from the sensibility of clients. It demotes the value of informal contact with colleagues. Provided the screen has been filled and the boxes ticked, officialdom regards itself as in the clear. Risk is eliminated not by personal application but by process.The Baby P case appears to be the result of individual human failings all along the way. But the outcome will be to make social and health workers more obsessed with preventive intervention. Ever more children will be taken away from their parents because that is what the computer says. Ever more reports will be sent to ever more terminals and ever less time will be spent trying to understand problem families. Another attempt will be made to hammer the crooked timber straight.The new Haringey inquiry will doubtless honour Balls's conclusion, that Baby P must have resulted from "systemic failure and management issues". To him, it is inconceivable that the fault might lie with individuals under the cosh of his department's compliance culture. Nobody would dare suggest that it has simply become too easy for poor workers to do a bad job and too difficult to sack them.Certainly nobody will suggest that the next Laming inquiry should be an inquiry into the apparent failure of the last. Yet by loading administration on to social workers, Laming made it more not less likely that children will continue to die at the hands of inadequate parents. No amount of control that is tolerable in a free society can ensure that a Climbié or a Baby P will "never happen again".In personal services there is never a substitute for a well-trained professional in continuous contact with a problem client. Anything that deflects attention from that central purpose will merely ensure that more children suffer.simon.jenkins@guardian.co.ukSocial careEconomicsChild protectionClimbié inquiryguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Simon Jenkins: Officialdom cannot hammer straight the crooked timber of mankind | Comment is free | The Guardian {...} Simon Jenkins: Social workers under the cosh of compliance culture have less time than ever to understand problem families {...}
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]]> Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > News and Media {EUROPE > MUSEUMS} - Turner Prize Nominee Comes To Chichester's Pallant House Gallery http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/arts-and-entertainment/museums/turner-prize-nominee-comes-to-chichester-s-pallant-20081122217.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/arts-and-entertainment/museums/turner-prize-nominee-comes-to-chichester-s-pallant-20081122217.htm Thu, 13 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT Turner prize nominated artist Goshka Macuga has loaned two works to Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, to coincide with the current Eileen Agar exhibition. 24hourmuseum.Org.Uk Turner Prize Nominee Comes To Chichester's Pallant House Gallery {new window}   Www.24hourmuseum.Org.Uk - Turner prize nominated artist Goshka Macuga has loaned two works to Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, to coincide with the current Eileen Agar exhibition.
Turner Prize Nominee Comes To Chichester's Pallant House Gallery - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage {...} 24 Hour Museum is the UK's official guide to over 3,000 museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage attractions. 24 Hour Museum offers daily arts news, exhibition reviews, listings and in-depth online trails, as well as having a comprehensive, fully searchable, database of over 3,000 cultural institutions. {...}
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]]> Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > Arts and Entertainment > Museums {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - Large, Sunny 3BR / 2BA in Anza Vista with View of Downtown (western addition) $3300 3bd http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/large-sunny-3br-2ba-in-anza-vista-with-view-of-downtown-20081190222.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/large-sunny-3br-2ba-in-anza-vista-with-view-of-downtown-20081190222.htm Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:12:13 GMT Contact Eileen at eileenleary@hotmail.com Rent: $3,300 – Security Deposit - $3,300 – Pet Deposit - $200 Private Garages available – can fit two cars inside one outside. Owner pays water/hot water and garbage This Unit is located next to Kaiser Hospital, very close to USF and California Pacific. Located in the quite undiscovered Anza Vista neighborhood (just a few blocks from Lower Pac Heights & Presidio Heights/Laurel Heights) • Downtown Views from the living room and one of the bedrooms • Totally Remodeled with new granite countertops, working fireplace • New bathrooms, new modern appliances and fixtures. • 3 Bedrooms (one master with private bathroom) • Very Large eat-in kitchen- lots of room for a table and chairs • Large living room with working fireplace • Beautiful interior landscaped garden • On site laundry, on site Management • Cat Welcome Centrally located near Geary and Divisadero - walk to Trader Joe's, Laurel Village, the panhandle, upper Haight, the Fillmore District, Japan Town, etc. Close to shopping and Safeway, one block to transportation #38 & #22, #43, 10 minutes to financial district. Neighborhood attractions include the Presidio steps, Gourmet Laurel Village, The Center at Masonic Av. & Geary, Trader Joe's, Alta Vista Park. Sfbay.Craigslist.Org Large, Sunny 3BR / 2BA in Anza Vista with View of Downtown (western addition) $3300 3bd {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Contact Eileen at eileenleary@hotmail.com Rent: $3,300 – Security Deposit - $3,300 – Pet Deposit - $200 Private Garages available – can fit two cars inside one outside. Owner pays water/hot water and garbage This Unit is located next to Kaiser Hospital, very close to USF and California Pacific. Located in the quite undiscovered Anza Vista neighborhood (just a few blocks from Lower Pac Heights & Presidio Heights/Laurel Heights) • Downtown Views from the living room and one of the bedrooms • Totally Remodeled with new granite countertops, working fireplace • New bathrooms, new modern appliances and fixtures. • 3 Bedrooms (one master with private bathroom) • Very Large eat-in kitchen- lots of room for a table and chairs • Large living room with working fireplace • Beautiful interior landscaped garden • On site laundry, on site Management • Cat Welcome Centrally located near Geary and Divisadero - walk to Trader Joe's, Laurel Village, the panhandle, upper Haight, the Fillmore District, Japan Town, etc. Close to shopping and Safeway, one block to transportation #38 & #22, #43, 10 minutes to financial district. Neighborhood attractions include the Presidio steps, Gourmet Laurel Village, The Center at Masonic Av. & Geary, Trader Joe's, Alta Vista Park.
Large, Sunny 3BR / 2BA in Anza Vista with View of Downtown {...}
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Category: Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals

]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Business and Economy > Real Estate > Rentals {LITERATURE > CYBERPUNK} - Charlie on the M.T.A. in French http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/charlie-on-the-m-t-a-in-french-2008113757.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/arts/literature/genres/cyberpunk/charlie-on-the-m-t-a-in-french-2008113757.htm Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:00:48 GMT I'm Learning to Share was kind enough to share this delightful and gentle version of the Kingston Trio's 1959 hit folk song, M.T.A., by French singer Eileen Grayam. There's a dearth of information out there regarding 'Eileen Grayam' and The Storytellers, but one possible theory suggests that this Eileen could be the same American-born yé-yé girl Eileen who recorded in France in the 1960's and had a hit with her French-language version of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Were Made For Walking' in 1966. 'Charlie on the M.T.A.' in French: Eileen Grayam - Le Metro de Boston b/w Michel Previously on Boing Boing: ? Nick Reynolds, RIP... Boingboing.Net Charlie on the M.T.A. in French {new window}   Www.Boingboing.Net - I'm Learning to Share was kind enough to share this delightful and gentle version of the Kingston Trio's 1959 hit folk song, M.T.A., by French singer Eileen Grayam. There's a dearth of information out there regarding 'Eileen Grayam' and The Storytellers, but one possible theory suggests that this Eileen could be the same American-born yé-yé girl Eileen who recorded in France in the 1960's and had a hit with her French-language version of Nancy Sinatra's 'These Boots Were Made For Walking' in 1966. 'Charlie on the M.T.A.' in French: Eileen Grayam - Le Metro de Boston b/w Michel Previously on Boing Boing: ? Nick Reynolds, RIP...
Charlie on the M.T.A. in French - Boing Boing {...}
Published: November 6, 2008, 12:00 am - Indexed: November 7, 2008, 8:32 am - Page Size: 43KB
Category: Arts > Literature > Genres > Cyberpunk

]]> Arts > Literature > Genres > Cyberpunk {NORTH AMERICA > LODGING} - PERFECT GETAWAY FOR 2-AVAIL. VETERAN'S WKEND. W/BEACH ACCESS & HOT TUB (Anchor Bay/Gualala) $125 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/travel-and-tourism/lodging/perfect-getaway-for-2-avail-veteran-s-wkend-w-beach-2008116195.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/travel-and-tourism/lodging/perfect-getaway-for-2-avail-veteran-s-wkend-w-beach-2008116195.htm Mon, 03 Nov 2008 03:55:44 GMT Enjoy this perfect getaway for two on the Southern Mendocino Coast without breaking the bank.The Tree House is a large sunny studio nestled in the redwoods with a little ocean view. It’s a short walk to restaurants, shopping and the beautiful Anchor Bay Beach. Get a tan on the big sun deck or take a nice relaxing soak in the hot tub. Amenities include: queen size bed, full kitchen, cable TV/DVD, CD player, propane bbq, hot tub and linens. Everything you need is here! Prices: $125/night plus 11% bed tax. Checks and cash only. Restrictions: no pets, no kids, no smoking. Come check out the best deal on the coast! It’s only a half tank of gas away from almost anywhere in the Bay Area! It’s beautiful here whether it’s sunny or stormy, you’ll love it! For more information email Eileen at emkingshill@yahoo.com or call (707)884-1541. website www.treehousefor2.com AVAILABILITY: Nov. 3-13, Nov. 16-21, CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS STILL AVAILABLE Sfbay.Craigslist.Org PERFECT GETAWAY FOR 2-AVAIL. VETERAN'S WKEND. W/BEACH ACCESS & HOT TUB (Anchor Bay/Gualala) $125 {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Enjoy this perfect getaway for two on the Southern Mendocino Coast without breaking the bank.The Tree House is a large sunny studio nestled in the redwoods with a little ocean view. It’s a short walk to restaurants, shopping and the beautiful Anchor Bay Beach. Get a tan on the big sun deck or take a nice relaxing soak in the hot tub. Amenities include: queen size bed, full kitchen, cable TV/DVD, CD player, propane bbq, hot tub and linens. Everything you need is here! Prices: $125/night plus 11% bed tax. Checks and cash only. Restrictions: no pets, no kids, no smoking. Come check out the best deal on the coast! It’s only a half tank of gas away from almost anywhere in the Bay Area! It’s beautiful here whether it’s sunny or stormy, you’ll love it! For more information email Eileen at emkingshill@yahoo.com or call (707)884-1541. website www.treehousefor2.com AVAILABILITY: Nov. 3-13, Nov. 16-21, CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS STILL AVAILABLE
PERFECT GETAWAY FOR 2-AVAIL. VETERAN'S WKEND. W/BEACH ACCESS & HOT TUB {...}
Published: November 3, 2008, 3:55 am - Indexed: November 3, 2008, 11:31 am - Page Size: 5KB
Category: Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Travel and Tourism > Lodging

]]> Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Travel and Tourism > Lodging {EUROPE > NEWSPAPERS} - Traditional WI way of cooking is the new fad diet for credit crunch times http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/newspapers/traditional-wi-way-of-cooking-is-the-new-fad-diet-20081046536.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/newspapers/traditional-wi-way-of-cooking-is-the-new-fad-diet-20081046536.htm Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:54:02 GMT We've had the Atkins the Cambridge diet and the GI plan now the WI has entered the fray as a Women's Institute campaign has found a way to reduce waistlines. Telegraph.Co.Uk Traditional WI way of cooking is the new fad diet for credit crunch times {new window}   Www.Telegraph.Co.Uk - We've had the Atkins the Cambridge diet and the GI plan now the WI has entered the fray as a Women's Institute campaign has found a way to reduce waistlines.
Traditional WI way of cooking is the new fad diet for credit crunch times - Telegraph {...} We've had the Atkins, the Cambridge diet and the GI plan - now the WI has entered the fray, as a Women's Institute campaign has found a way to reduce waistlines. {...}
Published: October 31, 2008, 3:54 pm - Indexed: November 1, 2008, 9:51 am - Page Size: 45KB
Category: Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > News and Media > Newspapers

]]> Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > News and Media > Newspapers {SCIENCE > ENVIRONMENT} - Minister bows to calls on climate change bill http://articles.world-of-newave.info/science/environment/minister-bows-to-calls-on-climate-change-bill-20081067621.htm http://articles.world-of-newave.info/science/environment/minister-bows-to-calls-on-climate-change-bill-20081067621.htm Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:00:00 GMT The government is to announce tomorrow that it will include rapidly growing aviation and shipping emissions in Britain's commitment to curb its carbon footprint by 80% by 2050.Ed Miliband, the energy and climate change secretary, will bow to pressure from environmentalists and rebel Labour MPs by announcing he will accept an amendment to include these emission sources in the climate change bill which is due to become law next month.The decision not to include aviation and shipping, which account for 7.5% of all emissions, was seen as a gaping hole in the government's legislation, which is the first measure of its kind in the world. Up to 86 MPs threatened to back an amendment in the Commons tomorrow, tabled by Elliot Morley, a former environment minister, to include these sources. The government has not been able to calculate exactly which emissions from international flights and shipping lanes will be attributable to Britain's carbon footprint. But even if an international agreement is not reached, acceptance of the amendment will force Miliband to explain where Britain stands on curbing aviation and shipping emissions.Environmentalists were delighted with the decision. Friends of the Earth executive director Andy Atkins said: "The final piece of the jigsaw is in place. The world's first climate change law will also be a world-class climate change law. "The climate change law is a victory in the fight against climate change and a victory for the hundreds of thousands of people who have campaigned to make this happen. People from right around the UK demanded a strong law. The government have listened." Thom Yorke, Radiohead frontman and supporter of The Big Ask, a campaign to urge the government to take the strongest line possible on climate change, said: "It is a massive step forward for us all, as now we can engage in trying to fight climate change directly as a nation. And it came about simply because hundreds of thousands of people on the ground hassled their MP... Guardian.Co.Uk Minister bows to calls on climate change bill {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - The government is to announce tomorrow that it will include rapidly growing aviation and shipping emissions in Britain's commitment to curb its carbon footprint by 80% by 2050.Ed Miliband, the energy and climate change secretary, will bow to pressure from environmentalists and rebel Labour MPs by announcing he will accept an amendment to include these emission sources in the climate change bill which is due to become law next month.The decision not to include aviation and shipping, which account for 7.5% of all emissions, was seen as a gaping hole in the government's legislation, which is the first measure of its kind in the world. Up to 86 MPs threatened to back an amendment in the Commons tomorrow, tabled by Elliot Morley, a former environment minister, to include these sources. The government has not been able to calculate exactly which emissions from international flights and shipping lanes will be attributable to Britain's carbon footprint. But even if an international agreement is not reached, acceptance of the amendment will force Miliband to explain where Britain stands on curbing aviation and shipping emissions.Environmentalists were delighted with the decision. Friends of the Earth executive director Andy Atkins said: "The final piece of the jigsaw is in place. The world's first climate change law will also be a world-class climate change law. "The climate change law is a victory in the fight against climate change and a victory for the hundreds of thousands of people who have campaigned to make this happen. People from right around the UK demanded a strong law. The government have listened." Thom Yorke, Radiohead frontman and supporter of The Big Ask, a campaign to urge the government to take the strongest line possible on climate change, said: "It is a massive step forward for us all, as now we can engage in trying to fight climate change directly as a nation. And it came about simply because hundreds of thousands of people on the ground hassled their MP...
Minister bows to calls on climate change bill | Politics | The Guardian {...} Green campaigners hail 'world-class' legislation as shipping and aviation to count in emission targets {...}
Published: October 27, 2008, 12:00 am - Indexed: October 27, 2008, 2:48 pm - Page Size: 75KB
Category: Science > Environment

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