Pundits are predicting today that 25,000 local council jobs are likely to be lost, thanks to the state of Government finances. So, the Cabinet has wheeled out its "big guns" to take on this report, produced by a BBC survey.
On BBC Radio 4 this morning, Communities Secretary John Denham gave what must go down as one of the worst interviews ever...though I suspect you know of others....! He was asked by the presenter (and economist with excellent connections), Evan Davies, what figures should local councils be thinking of when they produce their financial plans for 2011.
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Today's Sunday Times suggests that children are spending too much time using technology. The article is completely biased and one-sided. How do I know? Well, on Thursday the Sunday Times reporter called me twice to discuss some American research and to check if it was applicable to the UK. The resulting article, however, fails to mention anything on the positive side.
If you look at the Sunday Times article you will see several quotes suggesting that children need to spend less time with technology. Only the final sentence of the story offers any glimmer of positivity.
I'm not bothered that I'm not quoted. What bothers me is that as a former Sunday Times writer myself, who was continually pressed to ensure my articles were balanced, this story is so obviously and completely one-sided. It is the kind of article the Daily Mail would be proud of.
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Spam, junk email, call it what you like, around 90% of all emails are unwanted. Dealing with them costs time and money. We are now
spending around a total of one hour each day sorting through emails so we can find the real ones amongst the rubbish. There are, of course, dozens of spam filters around. Some work well - but cost money. Others work well, but all they really do is divert spam messages to another folder in your email system. So, this pile of unread emails sits looking you in the face, potentially diverting your attention once again. What you need is a system that removes the spam before it gets to you. True there are some excellent services that do that, but the ones that are any good cost you money and need you to change your email settings at your server. What is needed is a spam filter that enables you to retain control over your email settings, which stops all spam before it gets to your inbox and which is free of charge. Here's what you do. ... (Read whole news on source site)
Spam, junk email, call it what you like, around 90% of all emails are unwanted. Dealing with them costs time and money. We are now spending around a total of one hour each day sorting through emails so we can find the real ones amongst the rubbish.
There are, of course, dozens of spam filters around. Some work well - but cost money. Others work well, but all they really do is divert spam messages to another folder in your email system. So, this pile of unread emails sits looking you in the face, potentially diverting your attention once again.
What you need is a system that removes the spam before it gets to you. True there are some excellent services that do that, but the ones that are any good cost you money and need you to change your email settings at your server.
What is needed is a spam filter that enables you to retain control over your email settings, which stops all spam before it gets to your inbox and which is free of charge.
Here's what you do.
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My phone has just rung and as I answered it I received a recorded message announcing: "Do not hang up. This is an important announcement; it is not a sales call."
I was then told that the UK has a serious problem because most people have not written a will and that I should press button 5 to speak to a UK-based adviser about this situation.
Realising it clearly was a sales call and that the company had already committed two legal errors (their first was because my number is listed on the Telephone Preference Service) I decided to press button 5.
"Hello, my name is Andrew, how can I help you?" asked the cheery voice at the other end.
I asked if I could speak to his supervisor. "I am the supervisor," he said.
So, I asked to speak to his boss. Apparently he was out.
"Could you tell me the name of your company then?" I asked.
"Why?"
"Well I'd like to know who I am dealing with," said I.
And I added I also wanted their address so I could write in and complain.
Microsoft's boss, Steve Balmer, was seemingly ecstatic yesterday when he announced the deal between his company and Yahoo. Apparently, according to Microsoft, this tie-up is going to create a whole new Internet revolution. Well, we shall see...!
Yahoo will now use the recently developed Microsoft Bing system to provide its search engine. Meanwhile, Microsoft will use Yahoo to drive forward its advertising. The deal is for ten years and in spite of this apparently adventurous plan, Yahoo shares fell 12% and Microsoft shares remained unchanged. Financiers are not seeing a "revolution" then.
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