Martin Amis - World-of-Newave.info World-of-Newave.info http://www.world-of-newave.info/ 2008-12-02T11:30:05Z Latest news and articles about Martin Amis Copyright (c)2004-2008. All rights reserved. {MOTORSPORTS > FORMULA ON} - Waterloo 16 Birmingham and Solihull 52 Early morning Bees training sessions were key to their fog-affected eight try victory at Waterloo according to assistant coach Eugene Martin. The Sharmans Cross Road side cruised to a convincing victory at National Division Two whipping boys Waterloo in a 70-minute encounter following referee Luke Pearce’s decision to bring proceedings to a premature end due to the heavy fog. The Bees’ http://articles.world-of-newave.info/sports/motorsports/auto-racing/formula-on/waterloo-16-birmingham-and-solihull-52-2008127503.htm 2008-12-01T10:12:19Z 2008-12-01T10:12:19Z Rugbynetwork.Net http://www.rugbynetwork.net/main/s425/st136831.htm Waterloo 16 Birmingham and Solihull 52 {new window}   Www.Rugbynetwork.Net - Early morning Bees training sessions were key to their fog-affected eight try victory at Waterloo according to assistant coach Eugene Martin. The Sharmans Cross Road side cruised to a convincing victory at National Division Two whipping boys Waterloo in a 70-minute encounter following referee Luke Pearce’s decision to bring proceedings to a premature end due to the heavy fog. The Bees’
Unofficial Coventry Rugby - Waterloo 16 Birmingham and Solihull 52 {...} Early morning Bees training sessions were key to their fog-affected eight try victory at Waterloo according to assistant coach Eugene Martin.The Sharmans Cross Road side cruised to a convincing | Unofficial Coventry Rugby : Unofficial Coventry news and views {...}
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]]> {MOTORSPORTS > FORMULA ON} - Former power lifter is putting Bees in good shape HIGH-FLYING Bees are in perfect shape to strong arm their way back into the First Division - thanks to former power lifter Eugene Martin. The Kiwi muscle man joined the Solihull outfit as Russell Earnshaw’s No 2 in the summer and with the head coach away on England Sevens duty, took control of Birmingham & Solihull for the first time at Waterloo yesterday. In just a few months with the club, http://articles.world-of-newave.info/sports/motorsports/auto-racing/formula-on/former-power-lifter-is-putting-bees-in-good-shape-2008123541.htm 2008-12-01T10:12:10Z 2008-12-01T10:12:10Z Rugbynetwork.Net http://www.rugbynetwork.net/main/s425/st136832.htm Former power lifter is putting Bees in good shape {new window}   Www.Rugbynetwork.Net - HIGH-FLYING Bees are in perfect shape to strong arm their way back into the First Division - thanks to former power lifter Eugene Martin. The Kiwi muscle man joined the Solihull outfit as Russell Earnshaw’s No 2 in the summer and with the head coach away on England Sevens duty, took control of Birmingham & Solihull for the first time at Waterloo yesterday. In just a few months with the club,
Unofficial Coventry Rugby - Former power lifter is putting Bees in good shape {...} HIGH-FLYING Bees are in perfect shape to strong arm their way back into the First Division - thanks to former power lifter Eugene Martin.The Kiwi muscle man joined the Solihull outfit as | Unofficial Coventry Rugby : Unofficial Coventry news and views {...}
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWS AND MEDIA} - Acting Met chief could step aside in Damian Green leak row The man tipped to become the new Metropolitan police commissioner was last night understood to be considering whether he should apply for the job, after a barrage of criticism from politicians on all sides over the arrest of the shadow Home Office minister Damian Green. Sir Paul Stephenson, as acting head of the Met, ultimately sanctioned the arrest of Green over his role in publishing documents allegedly leaked to him by a mole in the Home Office. His decision, described by one senior officer as "totally catastrophic", has led to a furious reaction from the Conservative party leader, David Cameron, the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and members of the cabinet, who are understood to be divided over the issue. The deadline for applications for the top job at the Met is noon today and Stephenson is understood to be wondering whether the post is worth the flak. "He is a man who does angst over things quite a lot and he will be thinking very hard about this," said one source. Senior members of the cabinet have expressed deep disquiet over the treatment of Green, who was detained by police for nine hours last Thursday and forced to give a fingerprint and DNA sample. Some ministers voiced unease on the margins of a cabinet meeting in Leeds on Friday. They believe the police's behaviour was heavy-handed and gave the impression that the state was attempting to block the opposition from holding the government to account. Other ministers said that the police had good grounds to question Green. Harriet Harman, the leader of the Commons, admitted yesterday that she was "very concerned indeed" about what had happened, although the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, refused to apologise and insisted the police were independent. Today Jack Straw, the justice secretary, said that Smith was right not to apologise for what had happened to Green. "If any home secretary had offered an apology, there would have then been a huge furore about the fact that the home secretary was prejudging the actions and activities of the police without an investigation," Straw said in an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Straw said that if the Tories were unhappy about what had happened, they could complain to the independent police complaints authority. He also said that he was "pretty certain" that, once the affair was over, parliament would review the procedures that led to Green's office at the House of Commons being searched by police. The Tories intensified pressure last night by revealing further details of the police questioning of Green, who was arrested on suspicion that he had procured leaked documents from Chris Galley, a 26-year-old junior civil servant. Police allegedly accused the MP of "grooming" the young civil servant, in what was seen as an attempt to prove that Green had broken the law by offering inducements to procure leaked documents. A Tory source said that Green was furious at the use of a word with such horrendous connotations. "This was clearly designed to provoke Damian. This is typical of the cack-handed way the police have handled this." Such revelations will add to the pressure on the Met, and specifically Stephenson, who was seen as the favourite to succeed Sir Ian Blair as the new commissioner. He is understood to have had a furious row with Johnson on Thursday after telling him of the impending arrest. A Scotland Yard source yesterday denied that anyone had been bugged as part of the inquiry, after speculation that the police had listened in to calls between Green and the civil servant accused of leaking documents to him. Police sources stressed that they were investigating whether Green had aided, abetted and encouraged the civil servant to procure the information. Senior officers were split over whether the MP should have been investigated or arrested at all, it emerged yesterday. Some within Scotland Yard viewed the issue as a disciplinary one for the civil service, and not a criminal matter at all. Publicly the Met is defending its actions, saying there was nothing unusual about the use of 20 officers to carry out searches and the arrest of Green. "There were four addresses, five officers for each address," the source said. "The investigation is ongoing. That is all we are saying." There was also a row brewing between the Crown Prosecution Service and the police. The Guardian has been told that the CPS was involved in the decision by Bob Quick, the Met's assistant commissioner of specialist operations, to arrest Green. But the CPS angrily denied it was party to the decision to arrest, saying: "We were involved only in the preliminary stages of the investigation." It emerged that the arrest had not been sanctioned by the new director of prosecutions, Keir Starmer. A spokesman for the CPS said that Starmer had only been informed shortly before detectives swooped. This is crucial to another growing row ? the decision by the Commons serjeant at arms, Jill Pay, and the Speaker, Michael Martin, to allow police to search Green's office. Pay reportedly gave the go-ahead after police told her that the DPP had given his approval to the arrest. Martin is due to make a statement on Wednesday. Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary, said the police might have misled Pay. "One way of reading the contradictory explanations between the sergeant at arms and what the DPP has said is that the police misled her. That's a very serious issue which needs to be looked into," he told Sky News. A spokesman for Martin said: "The Speaker will be speaking to the house when the house returns."Damian GreenConservativesPoliceLondon politicsLondonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/acting-met-chief-could-step-aside-in-damian-green-2008124751.htm 2008-12-01T09:02:28Z 2008-12-01T09:02:28Z Guardian.Co.Uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/dec/01/damian-green-stephenson Acting Met chief could step aside in Damian Green leak row {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - The man tipped to become the new Metropolitan police commissioner was last night understood to be considering whether he should apply for the job, after a barrage of criticism from politicians on all sides over the arrest of the shadow Home Office minister Damian Green. Sir Paul Stephenson, as acting head of the Met, ultimately sanctioned the arrest of Green over his role in publishing documents allegedly leaked to him by a mole in the Home Office. His decision, described by one senior officer as "totally catastrophic", has led to a furious reaction from the Conservative party leader, David Cameron, the mayor of London, Boris Johnson, and members of the cabinet, who are understood to be divided over the issue. The deadline for applications for the top job at the Met is noon today and Stephenson is understood to be wondering whether the post is worth the flak. "He is a man who does angst over things quite a lot and he will be thinking very hard about this," said one source. Senior members of the cabinet have expressed deep disquiet over the treatment of Green, who was detained by police for nine hours last Thursday and forced to give a fingerprint and DNA sample. Some ministers voiced unease on the margins of a cabinet meeting in Leeds on Friday. They believe the police's behaviour was heavy-handed and gave the impression that the state was attempting to block the opposition from holding the government to account. Other ministers said that the police had good grounds to question Green. Harriet Harman, the leader of the Commons, admitted yesterday that she was "very concerned indeed" about what had happened, although the home secretary, Jacqui Smith, refused to apologise and insisted the police were independent. Today Jack Straw, the justice secretary, said that Smith was right not to apologise for what had happened to Green. "If any home secretary had offered an apology, there would have then been a huge furore about the fact that the home secretary was prejudging the actions and activities of the police without an investigation," Straw said in an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme. Straw said that if the Tories were unhappy about what had happened, they could complain to the independent police complaints authority. He also said that he was "pretty certain" that, once the affair was over, parliament would review the procedures that led to Green's office at the House of Commons being searched by police. The Tories intensified pressure last night by revealing further details of the police questioning of Green, who was arrested on suspicion that he had procured leaked documents from Chris Galley, a 26-year-old junior civil servant. Police allegedly accused the MP of "grooming" the young civil servant, in what was seen as an attempt to prove that Green had broken the law by offering inducements to procure leaked documents. A Tory source said that Green was furious at the use of a word with such horrendous connotations. "This was clearly designed to provoke Damian. This is typical of the cack-handed way the police have handled this." Such revelations will add to the pressure on the Met, and specifically Stephenson, who was seen as the favourite to succeed Sir Ian Blair as the new commissioner. He is understood to have had a furious row with Johnson on Thursday after telling him of the impending arrest. A Scotland Yard source yesterday denied that anyone had been bugged as part of the inquiry, after speculation that the police had listened in to calls between Green and the civil servant accused of leaking documents to him. Police sources stressed that they were investigating whether Green had aided, abetted and encouraged the civil servant to procure the information. Senior officers were split over whether the MP should have been investigated or arrested at all, it emerged yesterday. Some within Scotland Yard viewed the issue as a disciplinary one for the civil service, and not a criminal matter at all. Publicly the Met is defending its actions, saying there was nothing unusual about the use of 20 officers to carry out searches and the arrest of Green. "There were four addresses, five officers for each address," the source said. "The investigation is ongoing. That is all we are saying." There was also a row brewing between the Crown Prosecution Service and the police. The Guardian has been told that the CPS was involved in the decision by Bob Quick, the Met's assistant commissioner of specialist operations, to arrest Green. But the CPS angrily denied it was party to the decision to arrest, saying: "We were involved only in the preliminary stages of the investigation." It emerged that the arrest had not been sanctioned by the new director of prosecutions, Keir Starmer. A spokesman for the CPS said that Starmer had only been informed shortly before detectives swooped. This is crucial to another growing row ? the decision by the Commons serjeant at arms, Jill Pay, and the Speaker, Michael Martin, to allow police to search Green's office. Pay reportedly gave the go-ahead after police told her that the DPP had given his approval to the arrest. Martin is due to make a statement on Wednesday. Dominic Grieve, the shadow home secretary, said the police might have misled Pay. "One way of reading the contradictory explanations between the sergeant at arms and what the DPP has said is that the police misled her. That's a very serious issue which needs to be looked into," he told Sky News. A spokesman for Martin said: "The Speaker will be speaking to the house when the house returns."Damian GreenConservativesPoliceLondon politicsLondonguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
Acting Met chief could step aside in Damian Green leak row | Politics | guardian.co.uk {...} Man tipped to be next Metropolitan police commissioner understood to be considering whether he should apply after barrage of criticism over Tory arrest {...}
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]]> {NORTH AMERICA > RENTALS} - Walk to UCB - Delaware @ Martin Luther King Jr (berkeley) $2250 3bd Three-bedroom, two-bathroom, private deck, available now. Move-in cost, first month rent plus $3500 security deposit. Water and garbage included, coin laundries. Smoking and pets are NOT allowed. Please call 650-212-6888 for an appointment. 1831 Delaware Street, 1D Berkeley, CA 94703 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/business-and-economy/real-estate/rentals/walk-to-ucb-delaware-martin-luther-king-jr-berkeley-2008123261.htm 2008-12-01T06:41:29Z 2008-12-01T06:41:29Z Sfbay.Craigslist.Org http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/apa/940029834.html Walk to UCB - Delaware @ Martin Luther King Jr (berkeley) $2250 3bd {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - Three-bedroom, two-bathroom, private deck, available now. Move-in cost, first month rent plus $3500 security deposit. Water and garbage included, coin laundries. Smoking and pets are NOT allowed. Please call 650-212-6888 for an appointment. 1831 Delaware Street, 1D Berkeley, CA 94703
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]]> {NORTH AMERICA > LODGING} - WATERFRONT WINE COUNTRY available Christmas & New Years (russian river) $295 3bd SUMMERLAND CABIN: RUSSIAN RIVER WINE COUNTRY ========================================================== Waterfront retreat on Russian River in the Sonoma wine country. Nestled within the Russian River Valley wine region. Summerland is on over 2 acres of, and is only 60 miles north of the city. It is adjacent to Healdsburg, Sebastopol, Guerneville and Jenner. A large hot tub overlooks the river and is surrounded by towering redwoods. There is a private seasonal beach, 2 levels of decking, towering redwoods, fruit trees, views for days. More info and photos at: http://www.SummerlandCabin.com/ CHECK DATES AND PRICES ONLINE ONLY: http://summerlandretreat139.rentalavenue.com/resdesk/prop_bookitnow01.php?prid=1 AMENITIES -------------------- 3 Bedrooms, sleeps 6 (1 queen, 2 doubles) 1-1/4 Baths High Speed WiFi Internet Private Seasonal Beach Gas BBQ Dining room for 6 Fully stocked kitchen Microwave, Stove, Oven, Refrigerator Coffee Maker, Blender, Toaster Riverfront Location 2 Acres, Fruit Orchard, Wild Blackberries 3 large Decks w/Outdoor dining area CD Stereo System Cable & TV/VCR/DVD combo w/Small video collection Fireplace/Wood burning stove Bedding, towels, everything provided. More info and rate details. Online reservations only: http://www.SummerlandCabin.com/ Availability & Reservations made online at: http://summerlandretreat139.rentalavenue.com/resdesk/prop_bookitnow01.php?prid=1 (key words: xmas, new years, year, christmas, holiday, exchange, timeshare, trade, healdsburg, oceanfront, ocean, somoma, coast, guerneville, thanksgiving, thanks giving, guernville, sebastopol, wine tasting, winery, hotel, lodge, retreat, house, home, cabin, cottage, motel, place to stay, vineyard, jenner, tomales bay, redwoods, gernville, summer, fourth of july, 4th, kayak, canoe, fishing, camping, memorial day, labor day, easter, B&B, Bed, Breakfast, martin luther king) http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/travel-and-tourism/lodging/waterfront-wine-country-available-christmas-amp-2008129651.htm 2008-12-01T00:59:40Z 2008-12-01T00:59:40Z Sfbay.Craigslist.Org http://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/vac/939719417.html WATERFRONT WINE COUNTRY available Christmas & New Years (russian river) $295 3bd {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - SUMMERLAND CABIN: RUSSIAN RIVER WINE COUNTRY ========================================================== Waterfront retreat on Russian River in the Sonoma wine country. Nestled within the Russian River Valley wine region. Summerland is on over 2 acres of, and is only 60 miles north of the city. It is adjacent to Healdsburg, Sebastopol, Guerneville and Jenner. A large hot tub overlooks the river and is surrounded by towering redwoods. There is a private seasonal beach, 2 levels of decking, towering redwoods, fruit trees, views for days. More info and photos at: http://www.SummerlandCabin.com/ CHECK DATES AND PRICES ONLINE ONLY: http://summerlandretreat139.rentalavenue.com/resdesk/prop_bookitnow01.php?prid=1 AMENITIES -------------------- 3 Bedrooms, sleeps 6 (1 queen, 2 doubles) 1-1/4 Baths High Speed WiFi Internet Private Seasonal Beach Gas BBQ Dining room for 6 Fully stocked kitchen Microwave, Stove, Oven, Refrigerator Coffee Maker, Blender, Toaster Riverfront Location 2 Acres, Fruit Orchard, Wild Blackberries 3 large Decks w/Outdoor dining area CD Stereo System Cable & TV/VCR/DVD combo w/Small video collection Fireplace/Wood burning stove Bedding, towels, everything provided. More info and rate details. Online reservations only: http://www.SummerlandCabin.com/ Availability & Reservations made online at: http://summerlandretreat139.rentalavenue.com/resdesk/prop_bookitnow01.php?prid=1 (key words: xmas, new years, year, christmas, holiday, exchange, timeshare, trade, healdsburg, oceanfront, ocean, somoma, coast, guerneville, thanksgiving, thanks giving, guernville, sebastopol, wine tasting, winery, hotel, lodge, retreat, house, home, cabin, cottage, motel, place to stay, vineyard, jenner, tomales bay, redwoods, gernville, summer, fourth of july, 4th, kayak, canoe, fishing, camping, memorial day, labor day, easter, B&B, Bed, Breakfast, martin luther king)
WATERFRONT WINE COUNTRY available Christmas & New Years {...}
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWSPAPERS} - After Trainspotting and zombies, a teaboy millionaire is tipped to win Boyle an Oscar An uplifting yet grimly realistic tale of a young chai-wallah scraping a life out of poverty was last night being talked of as an Oscar contender after it took three awards at the British independent film awards (Bifas).Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, the story of a Mumbai teenage boy who astounds all around him by doing well on the Indian Who Wants To Be a Millionaire quiz show, won best film, best director and best newcomer for its British lead.In a night when honours were spread about, there were also three wins for Hunger, Steve McQueen's unflinching portrait of Bobby Sands and the hunger strikes; two for Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky; and one for In Bruges, Martin McDonagh's comedy about two Irish assassins sent to Belgium.But Boyle was the talk of the night. The former artistic director of the Royal Court theatre is already on many pundits' Oscar prediction lists after a film career which has seen him happily flip genres: from Edinburgh heroin addicts in Trainspotting to Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach to zombies in 28 Days Later.Last night he was named best director at the Bifas and Slumdog Millionaire was best film. The film's young lead, Harrow-born Dev Patel - best known to British audiences as Anwar in E4's Skins - won best newcomer.Slumdog Millionaire, written by The Full Monty's Simon Beaufoy, tells the story of a Mumbai street child. As he does well on the quiz show, flashbacks chronicle his life, the realities of which Boyle does not flinch from showing.Boyle's film, a third of which is spoken in Hindi, opens in the UK on January 9 but has already gone down well on the festival circuit and opened to fantastic reviews in the US.A Rolling Stone critic said: "What I feel for this movie isn't just admiration, it's mad love."USA Today was similarly won over: "The beautifully rendered and energetic tale celebrates resilience, the power of knowledge and the vitality of human experience. Horrifying, humorous and life-affirming, it is, above all, unforgettable." The Los Angeles Times declared it "the best old-fashioned audience picture of the year".The Turner prize-winning artist Steve McQueen, who represents the UK at next year's Venice Biennale, won the best debut director award for Hunger and the film's cinematographer Sean Bobbit, won best technical achievement. Leading man Michael Fassbender won best actor for his astonishing - not least in the 33lbs of weight he had to lose - performance as Sands.Hunger is not a film for a cheery romantic night out. It shows the reality of the dirty protests in the Maze prison in stomach-churning detail. Nothing from the Sands story is stepped away from: the brutality, the torture and the alarming effects starvation has on a man's body.At the other end of the movie spectrum, Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, which follows a relentlessly cheerful London teacher called Poppy, won two acting awards. Eddie Marsan won best supporting actor for his role as the crazed racist driving instructor, and Alexis Zegerman won best supporting actress as Poppy's best mate, Zoe.The well-fancied In Bruges, featuring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as a pair of chalk-and-cheese killers sent by their psychotic boss (Ralph Fiennes) to Bruges, came away with the best screenplay award for its writer and director Martin McDonagh. It was the playwright's film debut.Vera Farmiga won best actress for her role in concentration camp drama The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas, while the Israeli animation Waltz With Bashir won best foreign film.At the ceremony in Old Billingsgate Market, London, special awards were also given out. The actor David Thewlis was rewarded for his outstanding contribution to British film, while Michael Sheen - best known for being able to pass himself off as Kenneth Williams, Tony Blair and David Frost - was given the Variety award.It was the 11th Bifa ceremony, with the awards seeming to grow in stature each year. Co-directors Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, said: "It's been another stellar year for independent film in Britain, as represented by the diverse spread of nominations across the board.The winnersBest film Slumdog MillionaireBest director Danny Boyle, Slumdog MillionaireBest debut director Steve McQueen, HungerBest screenplay Martin McDonagh, In BrugesBest actress Vera Farmiga, The Boy in the Striped PyjamasBest actor Michael Fassbender, HungerBest supporting actress Alexis Zegerman, Happy-Go-LuckyBest supporting actor Eddie Marsan, Happy Go LuckyMost promising newcomer Dev Patel, Slumdog MillionaireBest achievement in production The EscapistRaindance award Zebra CrossingsBest technical achievement Sean Bobbitt, cinematography for HungerBest documentary Man on WireBest short Soft Best foreign Waltz With Bashir Outstanding contribution to British cinema David ThewlisVariety award Michael SheenSpecial Jury prize Joe DuntonDanny Boyleguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/newspapers/after-trainspotting-and-zombies-a-teaboy-millionaire-2008121821.htm 2008-12-01T00:07:10Z 2008-12-01T00:07:10Z Guardian.Co.Uk http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2008/dec/01/slumdog-millionaire-independent-film-awards After Trainspotting and zombies, a teaboy millionaire is tipped to win Boyle an Oscar {new window}   Www.Guardian.Co.Uk - An uplifting yet grimly realistic tale of a young chai-wallah scraping a life out of poverty was last night being talked of as an Oscar contender after it took three awards at the British independent film awards (Bifas).Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire, the story of a Mumbai teenage boy who astounds all around him by doing well on the Indian Who Wants To Be a Millionaire quiz show, won best film, best director and best newcomer for its British lead.In a night when honours were spread about, there were also three wins for Hunger, Steve McQueen's unflinching portrait of Bobby Sands and the hunger strikes; two for Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky; and one for In Bruges, Martin McDonagh's comedy about two Irish assassins sent to Belgium.But Boyle was the talk of the night. The former artistic director of the Royal Court theatre is already on many pundits' Oscar prediction lists after a film career which has seen him happily flip genres: from Edinburgh heroin addicts in Trainspotting to Leonardo DiCaprio in The Beach to zombies in 28 Days Later.Last night he was named best director at the Bifas and Slumdog Millionaire was best film. The film's young lead, Harrow-born Dev Patel - best known to British audiences as Anwar in E4's Skins - won best newcomer.Slumdog Millionaire, written by The Full Monty's Simon Beaufoy, tells the story of a Mumbai street child. As he does well on the quiz show, flashbacks chronicle his life, the realities of which Boyle does not flinch from showing.Boyle's film, a third of which is spoken in Hindi, opens in the UK on January 9 but has already gone down well on the festival circuit and opened to fantastic reviews in the US.A Rolling Stone critic said: "What I feel for this movie isn't just admiration, it's mad love."USA Today was similarly won over: "The beautifully rendered and energetic tale celebrates resilience, the power of knowledge and the vitality of human experience. Horrifying, humorous and life-affirming, it is, above all, unforgettable." The Los Angeles Times declared it "the best old-fashioned audience picture of the year".The Turner prize-winning artist Steve McQueen, who represents the UK at next year's Venice Biennale, won the best debut director award for Hunger and the film's cinematographer Sean Bobbit, won best technical achievement. Leading man Michael Fassbender won best actor for his astonishing - not least in the 33lbs of weight he had to lose - performance as Sands.Hunger is not a film for a cheery romantic night out. It shows the reality of the dirty protests in the Maze prison in stomach-churning detail. Nothing from the Sands story is stepped away from: the brutality, the torture and the alarming effects starvation has on a man's body.At the other end of the movie spectrum, Mike Leigh's Happy-Go-Lucky, which follows a relentlessly cheerful London teacher called Poppy, won two acting awards. Eddie Marsan won best supporting actor for his role as the crazed racist driving instructor, and Alexis Zegerman won best supporting actress as Poppy's best mate, Zoe.The well-fancied In Bruges, featuring Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson as a pair of chalk-and-cheese killers sent by their psychotic boss (Ralph Fiennes) to Bruges, came away with the best screenplay award for its writer and director Martin McDonagh. It was the playwright's film debut.Vera Farmiga won best actress for her role in concentration camp drama The Boy in The Striped Pyjamas, while the Israeli animation Waltz With Bashir won best foreign film.At the ceremony in Old Billingsgate Market, London, special awards were also given out. The actor David Thewlis was rewarded for his outstanding contribution to British film, while Michael Sheen - best known for being able to pass himself off as Kenneth Williams, Tony Blair and David Frost - was given the Variety award.It was the 11th Bifa ceremony, with the awards seeming to grow in stature each year. Co-directors Johanna von Fischer and Tessa Collinson, said: "It's been another stellar year for independent film in Britain, as represented by the diverse spread of nominations across the board.The winnersBest film Slumdog MillionaireBest director Danny Boyle, Slumdog MillionaireBest debut director Steve McQueen, HungerBest screenplay Martin McDonagh, In BrugesBest actress Vera Farmiga, The Boy in the Striped PyjamasBest actor Michael Fassbender, HungerBest supporting actress Alexis Zegerman, Happy-Go-LuckyBest supporting actor Eddie Marsan, Happy Go LuckyMost promising newcomer Dev Patel, Slumdog MillionaireBest achievement in production The EscapistRaindance award Zebra CrossingsBest technical achievement Sean Bobbitt, cinematography for HungerBest documentary Man on WireBest short Soft Best foreign Waltz With Bashir Outstanding contribution to British cinema David ThewlisVariety award Michael SheenSpecial Jury prize Joe DuntonDanny Boyleguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2008 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
After Trainspotting and zombies, a teaboy millionaire is tipped to win Boyle an Oscar | Film | The Guardian {...} Danny Boyle's story of Mumbai teenage boy wins best film, best director and best newcomer at film awards {...}
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]]> {NORTH AMERICA > WEATHER} - Short Term Forecast - Martin (Minnesota) Short Term Forecast Issued At: 2008-11-30T09:20:00 Expired At: 2008-11-30T11:15:00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/ http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/minnesota/weather/short-term-forecast-martin-minnesota-20081133737.htm 2008-11-30T10:14:26Z 2008-11-30T10:14:26Z Weather.Gov http://www.weather.gov/alerts/MN.html#MNZ091.MPXNOWMPX.092000 Short Term Forecast - Martin (Minnesota) {new window}   Www.Weather.Gov - Short Term Forecast Issued At: 2008-11-30T09:20:00 Expired At: 2008-11-30T11:15:00 Issuing Weather Forecast Office Homepage: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/mpx/
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]]> {EUROPE > NEWSPAPERS} - TV chef James Martin's stepmother wins damages over 'ugliest woman ever met' jibe The television chef James Martin has been forced to pay his former stepmother damages and pulp copies of his autobiography after branding her "the ugliest woman I have ever met." http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/europe/united-kingdom/news-and-media/newspapers/tv-chef-james-martin-s-stepmother-wins-damages-over-20081123642.htm 2008-11-28T19:38:02Z 2008-11-28T19:38:02Z Telegraph.Co.Uk http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/3534534/TV-chef-James-Martins-stepmother-wins-damages-over-ugliest-woman-ever-met-jibe.html TV chef James Martin's stepmother wins damages over 'ugliest woman ever met' jibe {new window}   Www.Telegraph.Co.Uk - The television chef James Martin has been forced to pay his former stepmother damages and pulp copies of his autobiography after branding her "the ugliest woman I have ever met."
TV chef James Martin's stepmother wins damages over 'ugliest woman ever met' jibe - Telegraph {...} james martin,sarah beth briggs,autobiography,chef,ugliest ,damages, Celebrity news, latest celebrity news, breaking celebrity news, celebrity news uk, gossip, society, Kate Middleton, Prince Harry, Prince William, David Cameron, Helen Mirren, Fabio Capello, Sienna Miller, Hugh Grant, Celebrity news,News Topics,News {...}
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Category: Regional > Europe > United Kingdom > News and Media > Newspapers

]]> {NORTH AMERICA > LODGING} - MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WEEK RENTAL-OLYMPIC VILLAGE INN 01/18-25,2009 (hayward / castro valley) $95 This is info. on the unit, we are trying to sell the week but need to rent it out during Martin Luther King week. Olympic Village Inn wants $199.00 mid week and $299.00 during the weekend. You can cheek there web site on this. If you book the week we will not sell the week until you have used it. This is a Winter Kitzbuel timeshare week for sale at the head of Olympic Valley close to the Squaw Valley Ski Resort. A week means that you can reserve one week each year to either use or rent the room. You can all year use the facility and amenities, there is a new multipurpose building that has a full kitchen, workout room, game room and a lot more. This one time fee of $250.00 from all the owners and has been paid. Includes maid service, free ski shuttle, heated swimming pool, 5 hot tubs (and terry robes). Use of snow shoes in winter and bicycles in summer. There is also a nice discount for owners who want to use more than their one week, its called bonus time. This one bedroom with a living room sleeps up to four people. Kitchen, two tv's,CD,DVD, refer etc. The location of the facility is very close to the base of Squaw Valley ski resort at the head of Olympic Valley. The week is a floating winter week, this is a winter high red week. You can exchange this week for anywhere in the world. Check on Google type in RCI for more info. Also on Google type in Olympic Village Inn for more info. regarding this beautiful resort and check out the timeshare resale prices. This property is Deeded for life and can be passed on to others. I the seller will pay your closing costs. The maintenance fees are $581 annually and have been paid for up to July 2009. This resort is well maintained and the staff are wonderful, our family also ownes a summer week. Best offer if reasonable. I can be reached by email or phone. (510)828-5240 Dennis Email- fourday@comcast.net JUST LOWERED THE PRICE $500.00 http://articles.world-of-newave.info/regional/north-america/united-states/california/metro-areas/san-francisco-bay-area/travel-and-tourism/lodging/martin-luther-king-jr-week-rental-olympic-village-20081142537.htm 2008-11-27T04:58:23Z 2008-11-27T04:58:23Z Sfbay.Craigslist.Org http://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/vac/935803881.html MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WEEK RENTAL-OLYMPIC VILLAGE INN 01/18-25,2009 (hayward / castro valley) $95 {new window}   Sfbay.Craigslist.Org - This is info. on the unit, we are trying to sell the week but need to rent it out during Martin Luther King week. Olympic Village Inn wants $199.00 mid week and $299.00 during the weekend. You can cheek there web site on this. If you book the week we will not sell the week until you have used it. This is a Winter Kitzbuel timeshare week for sale at the head of Olympic Valley close to the Squaw Valley Ski Resort. A week means that you can reserve one week each year to either use or rent the room. You can all year use the facility and amenities, there is a new multipurpose building that has a full kitchen, workout room, game room and a lot more. This one time fee of $250.00 from all the owners and has been paid. Includes maid service, free ski shuttle, heated swimming pool, 5 hot tubs (and terry robes). Use of snow shoes in winter and bicycles in summer. There is also a nice discount for owners who want to use more than their one week, its called bonus time. This one bedroom with a living room sleeps up to four people. Kitchen, two tv's,CD,DVD, refer etc. The location of the facility is very close to the base of Squaw Valley ski resort at the head of Olympic Valley. The week is a floating winter week, this is a winter high red week. You can exchange this week for anywhere in the world. Check on Google type in RCI for more info. Also on Google type in Olympic Village Inn for more info. regarding this beautiful resort and check out the timeshare resale prices. This property is Deeded for life and can be passed on to others. I the seller will pay your closing costs. The maintenance fees are $581 annually and have been paid for up to July 2009. This resort is well maintained and the staff are wonderful, our family also ownes a summer week. Best offer if reasonable. I can be reached by email or phone. (510)828-5240 Dennis Email- fourday@comcast.net JUST LOWERED THE PRICE $500.00
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WEEK RENTAL-OLYMPIC VILLAGE INN 01/18-25,2009 {...}
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Category: Regional > North America > United States > California > Metro Areas > San Francisco Bay Area > Travel and Tourism > Lodging

]]> {ISSUES > BIAS AND BALANCE} - Politico ignored Martin's response to NRSC allegation that he is "soft on crime" In a November 24 Politico article, staff writer Josh Kraushaar reported that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has aired a campaign advertisement attacking Georgia Democratic senatorial candidate Jim Martin as "soft on crime." But Kraushaar did not note that the Martin campaign responded to the NRSC's attack ad with an ad of its own, in which Martin notes that his daughter was kidnapped when she was 8 years old and states, "That's why I fought so hard to crack down on violent crime and lock up violent criminals." Kraushaar did mention the Martin ad in a November 24 post on his Politico blog, The Scorecard. The Martin campaign released the ad and an accompanying press release on November 22, in response to the NRSC's ad, which accuses Martin of opposing legal protections for children, and an ad from the independent group Freedom's Watch, which states that Martin is "one public leader [who] failed to look out for Georgia families." The Martin campaign press release stated: In a new ad released today, Jim Martin responds to [incumbent Sen.] Saxby Chambliss' false, personal attacks on Martin's record protecting children. The truth is that Jim Martin has always fought to protect children and families, because he knows what it's like to have a child come face-to-face with violent crime. Martin's daughter Becky was kidnapped when she was eight years old. Fortunately she was let go, but Martin never forgot the way Becky trembled when she came face-to-face with her kidnapper in court. Over his 18-year tenure in the state legislature and during his service as Commissioner of Georgia's Department of Human Resources, Martin built a reputation as a leading advocate for children. From the Politico's November 24 article: The Chambliss campaign has raised about $4 million since the runoff campaign began, and the Republican National Committee has loaned $2 million to the National Republican Senatorial Committee to help fund the runoff. The NRSC has already aired two ads attacking Martin for being a tax-and-spend liberal and soft on crime. But what keeps Chambliss operatives up at night is that the runoff -- with its emphasis on turnout -- has little to do with either candidate's performance and more to do with their own efforts to rally the base. "My dog could have been on the ballot and would be in exactly the same position Jim Martin is today," said Tom Perdue, Chambliss' longtime political consultant. "Martin was the beneficiary of an Obama wave that swept the country. As a person, as a candidate, he's the most insignificant opponent in all my 30 years of politics. Nobody knows who he is." http://articles.world-of-newave.info/society/issues/business/media/bias-and-balance/politico-ignored-martin-s-response-to-nrsc-allegation-20081159225.htm 2008-11-25T17:36:37Z 2008-11-25T17:36:37Z Mediamatters.Org http://mediamatters.org/items/200811250008 Politico ignored Martin's response to NRSC allegation that he is "soft on crime" {new window}   Mediamatters.Org - In a November 24 Politico article, staff writer Josh Kraushaar reported that the National Republican Senatorial Committee (NRSC) has aired a campaign advertisement attacking Georgia Democratic senatorial candidate Jim Martin as "soft on crime." But Kraushaar did not note that the Martin campaign responded to the NRSC's attack ad with an ad of its own, in which Martin notes that his daughter was kidnapped when she was 8 years old and states, "That's why I fought so hard to crack down on violent crime and lock up violent criminals." Kraushaar did mention the Martin ad in a November 24 post on his Politico blog, The Scorecard. The Martin campaign released the ad and an accompanying press release on November 22, in response to the NRSC's ad, which accuses Martin of opposing legal protections for children, and an ad from the independent group Freedom's Watch, which states that Martin is "one public leader [who] failed to look out for Georgia families." The Martin campaign press release stated: In a new ad released today, Jim Martin responds to [incumbent Sen.] Saxby Chambliss' false, personal attacks on Martin's record protecting children. The truth is that Jim Martin has always fought to protect children and families, because he knows what it's like to have a child come face-to-face with violent crime. Martin's daughter Becky was kidnapped when she was eight years old. Fortunately she was let go, but Martin never forgot the way Becky trembled when she came face-to-face with her kidnapper in court. Over his 18-year tenure in the state legislature and during his service as Commissioner of Georgia's Department of Human Resources, Martin built a reputation as a leading advocate for children. From the Politico's November 24 article: The Chambliss campaign has raised about $4 million since the runoff campaign began, and the Republican National Committee has loaned $2 million to the National Republican Senatorial Committee to help fund the runoff. The NRSC has already aired two ads attacking Martin for being a tax-and-spend liberal and soft on crime. But what keeps Chambliss operatives up at night is that the runoff -- with its emphasis on turnout -- has little to do with either candidate's performance and more to do with their own efforts to rally the base. "My dog could have been on the ballot and would be in exactly the same position Jim Martin is today," said Tom Perdue, Chambliss' longtime political consultant. "Martin was the beneficiary of an Obama wave that swept the country. As a person, as a candidate, he's the most insignificant opponent in all my 30 years of politics. Nobody knows who he is."
Media Matters - Politico ignored Martin's response to NRSC allegation that he is "soft on crime" {...} The Politico reported that the National Republican Senatorial Committee has aired a campaign ad attacking Georgia Democratic senatorial candidate Jim Martin as "soft on crime" without reporting that Martin's campaign released an ad of its own, in which Martin rebuts the allegation, noting that his own family has been victimized by violent crime. {...}
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Category: Society > Issues > Business > Media > Bias and Balance

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