| British identity: the state of the union In this jubilee year, the Queen will commemorate 60 years reigning over a changing Britain. Now, with talk of Scottish independence in the air and preparations for the Olympics under way, 100 UK... | |
| Coast Guard boating classes offered later this month The Coast Guard Auxiliary of Edmonds, Washington Flotilla is hosting two boating classes for experienced and novice boaters. The Weekend Navigator, is an 11-week course that begins Feb. 14 on... |
| 'Chronicle' is No. 1 movie: $22M The surprise hit received an average ';B'; CinemaScore grade, with generations divided on the found footage factor: Audiences under 18 gave the movie a ';B+';, while audiences... |
| 'I never qualified for disability benefit, yet I'm still called a faker' At 24, Holly Ferrie has to cope with disruption to her life on a scale few of her age could recognise. A complex and as yet not fully diagnosed arthritis-related condition causes her almost constant... |
| Rock and Sports Mingle at Rolling Stone's Superbowl Party anniversary fell on the date of the event, Rolling Stone’s Super Bowl party brought the worlds of sports and music together with film and television stars for a one-of-a-kind, high-energy... |
| Terms of nursing regulator review to be set amid concern over quality of care Terms of an inquiry into the way nurses and midwives are regulated will be announced this week after checks found "significant weaknesses" in the handling of complaints... |
| Local sports roundup: Lancers split hockey games, Vipers lose, Essex blanks Comets The men's hockey team at the University of Windsor extended its winning streak to four games with a 5-2 victory over the Brock Badgers at Windsor Arena Saturday.Ryan Green, Brett Oliphant, Evan... |
| Heavenly Lifestyle Package at Jasmine Spa Lifestyle Package'. Giving details about the promotion, Peter Mansourian, General Manager, Grand Millennium Dubai, said, "Wellness is as much a state of mind as it is a sense of physical... |
| 'SNL': More stripping than comic Joseph Gordon-Levitt ) appeared in no less than four other sketches in which they had him shirtless, thrusting, or both. While it’s a little tough to complain about the sight of the hunky actor... |
| Sports briefs: Utah State’s Michael Smith named MVP of Players All-Star Classic COLLEGE FOOTBALL o Utah State's Michael Smith ran for 124 yards and a touchdown to lead the North to a 24-19 victory over the South in the Players All-Star Classic on Saturday at War Memorial... |
| Madonna: The royal 'W.E.'? , the new movie directed by Madonna, quite rise to that level of mythical debate. Lisa didn’t like the film at all; I didn’t like it…very much (though I thought it showed promise).... |
| Super Bowl: 10 halftime memories Naturally, Prince doesn't do anything unless it's utterly dramatic, and his Super Bowl debut was no different. In this case, he performed a medley including Queen's ''We Will... |
| Super Bowl? Nah, what else is on? Image Credit: Nick briggs/PBS This Sunday, NBC will begin its coverage of Super Bowl XLVI at noon ET (the actual game begins six hours later). How are other channels trying to lure you away?... |
| Puppy Bowl: Did you know...? Image Credit: Kim Holcombe/Animal Planet Some people love Super Bowl Sunday for the big game. Others, for the commercials and the chip-n-dip selection. But a bunch of you look forward to the... |
| GeekDad Puzzle of the Week Answer: Stair Wars This week we have two answer nodes when certainly there's only one answer. Help? Image: moyogo/Flickr It’s cold enough that rather than arks, people in greater Denver are building... |
| Counterpoint: Why the New Star Wars Volkswagen Super Bowl Ad Is NOT a Travesty The end of the cantina scene in the new Volkswagen ad. It might not always be clear to our readers, but GeekDad’s writersdon’t always agree on everything. So, in the interest of... |
| Qatar 2022 head to open MEED Sports Forum on... Qatar 2022 Secretary General Hassan al-Thawadi will deliver the keynote address to open the first MEED Sports Business Forum at the Grand Hyatt Hotel, Doha on 5... |
| North Korean accordion students take on A-ha It's a chirpy version of that 1980s A-ha standby, "Take On Me," performed by…Accordion players.In North Korea.The five musicians were filmed at the Kum Song School in the... |
| Peggy, 80, runs fitness classes A fitness instructor who is celebrating her 80th birthday says she had no plans to retire. Peggy Sullivan leads weekly aerobic classes at a sports centre in Rhondda Cynon Taf, where she is an... |
| ‘Biggest Loser' Family Promotes Fitness In Tyler By COSHANDRA DILLARDStaff WriterFormer reality television personalities Phillip and Amy Parham will make stops in East Texas this week for their Community Autism Resources Forum and Family Fitness... |
| From Medical Problems To Marathons: A Tyler Paper Reporter’s Fitness Journey In May 1998 a simple chore of picking up a generator from a jobsite near Laredo resulted in a lower back injury that required a double fusion. That nine-hour surgery was the beginning of four... |
| A feast of seven fishes ), which consists of seven different seafood dishes.The seven fishes, generally thought to represent the seven sacraments, could vary greatly, I was told, but always included a calamari salad. This... |
| Brews of the Bowl There are a lot of questions surrounding the Super Bowl. Will Tom Brady's near record 5,200-yard passing season help guarantee the Patriots the win? Will Eli Manning step out of his elder... |
| UPI Sports Calendar for Sunday, Feb. 5 © 2012 United Press International, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Any reproduction, republication, redistribution and/or modification of any UPI content is expressly prohibited without UPI's... |
| A Google-a-Day Puzzle for Feb. 5 Our good friends at Google run a daily puzzle challenge and asked us to help get them out to the geeky masses. Each day’s puzzle will task your googling skills a little more, leading you to... |
| AUDIO: Denise Lewis at son's school sports day Olympic athlete and gold medal winner Denise Lewis talks about retirement from athletics, being a mum and getting a bit too competitive at her son's school sports day. Denise Lewis was speaking... |
| Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department Classes Cheer Classes will be offered by the Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department. Learn chants, cheers, dance, routines, and other fundamentals of cheerleading. This class combines fitness with... |
| iPad 3 Rumor: Will Apple's Forthcoming Device Sport a Keyboard Option? As Garner clearly stated that the iPad would soon satisfy the needs of an ARM MacBook, it's quite likely that Apple's forthcoming tablet may be launched with a keyboard dock option like... |
| 'SNL': Channing Tatum on deck Lord Cecil Wyndemere . Unless, of course, Tatum wanted to take on the task of playing Wyndemere. (Which would be a helluva sight, wouldn’t it?) While it’s doubtful the hunky star will... |
| Man injured in Myall Lakes boating accident A 24-year-old man was injured in a boating incident on the mid north coast yesterday.About 9pm four men were riding in a ski boat along the Myall Lakes Broadwater, near Bombah Point, when the boat... |
| Mum on the road... in a 44-ton lorry The scene is a familiar one to parents around the country, only this isn't the weekly shop, and the vehicle she is trying to negotiate into the space is not a family estate car but a 45ft,... |
| Roasted baby tomato and clam pasta 500g/1lb baby plum tomatoes 2 garlic cloves, crushed 2 tbsp extra-virgin olive oil 1 tbsp dried oregano Freshly ground black pepper and sea salt 25g/1oz unsalted butter 1 red onion, halved and... |
| The Insider: Make the most of decorative jewellery My usually organised friend Abi emailed, cross with the unsightly clump of jewellery stuffed in her drawer. "I need organised storage," she wrote. "And as many pieces are like mini... |
| Grilled lemon lobster and oven fries Don't worry: you don't need a live lobster for this; using tails means you achieve the desired effect without the guilt. Definitely a dish to make if you're out to... |
| Mussels, leeks and thyme 25g/1oz unsalted butter 2 leeks, white part only, halved and thinly sliced 2 celery stalks, finely diced 2 garlic cloves, crushed 4 flat-leaf parsley stalks 30g/1oz thyme leaves, chopped 150ml/... |
| Agenda: Clarks; Soko; David Lynch; Jack White; The Thirsty Bear Give 'em the old razzle-dazzle with these bronze brogues by Clarks - perfect not only for being bang on spring's metallic trend but also for burnishing the spirits during the cold and... |
| Tom & Henry Herbert: 'I thought you had to chop up mint with a knife and fork' Tom (right in picture): Helping my dad put jam in doughnuts in the family bakery. If I did a good job, I was allowed to jam the last one on my own. I'd always double-jam it, so jam oozed down my... |
| How To Be Beautiful: Cleansing with oils The appearance of a new one is, then, pretty remarkable. Not that there is anything novel about what's in the bottle - oils have been around as long as life itself. But cleansing skin and hair... |
| Style shrinks: Our experts analyse Nick Nolte's grizzled living-room look Gemma Hayward: Ah, I see Mr Nolte has been taking headgear tips from our style icon Kate Moss. A fedora is a classic choice which happens to be a fashionable one, too. It's a shame this photo... |
| Quo Vadis, 26-29 Dean Street, London W1 All of which could be rather irritating for the paying customers, I imagine. I've been at new openings when civilians were practically pushed aside in the rush to bestow free extra dishes and... |
| One For The Road: A roomy student car that eats up the miles Student cars are a perennial problem and, as with insurance, much depends on the individual. Sam tells me that insurance for him on a 2.0 Mondeo is 1,000, which makes the budget for his next car,... |
| Meat trade emissions equal to half of all Britain's cars If everyone in the UK went vegetarian or vegan it would have the same environmental benefit as talking half of all cars off the road, according to new research. Scientists have calculated the impact... |
| Rewind radio: Smiley's People; Sport and the British; Nicky Campbell comics), ironic (Banksy and anyone else who's ever drawn a picture of a blank-faced, violent figure of authority with a smiley badge on its uniform).The presenter was art critic Alastair Sooke,... |
| Peter Seeberger: we can treat malaria for less Artemisinin is the most effective malaria treatment yet discovered. Peter Seeberger has found a way to to make it from the waste products of its current... |
| This much I know: Marjorie Wallace I've had to use a lot of Scottish grit. I've always had quite a sense of mischief, which has kept me going. My excellent staff at Sane quite often say: "Hang on, Marjorie, have you... |
| The way we eat now: Victorian puddings return The cake in Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was marked in currants with "EAT ME". A century and a half later, we are following in Alice's... |