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Come on Nick, stop pretending you are early a bed.
Time shifting means you have four hours on the night.
Report in please to ATC.
http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/Hotel_Review-g298484-d4961665-Reviews-Ibis_Moscow_Centre_Bakhrushina-Moscow_Central_Russia.html
Carry on. As you were.
I'm really proud of them
http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/danielhannan/9203573/Those_EPP_extremists_and_fascists_in_full/
and ConHome's pieces the Party of European Socialists,
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2009/05/labours-unsavory-allies-.html
http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2009/10/labours-unsavoury-allies-part-two.html
seem appropriate. :-)
edit: of if true not a myth i guess
Oh, wait, it's because the Guardian is just a left wing Daily Mail.
Difficult choice.
Quarantines and areas with no infections were set up.
The Ibis is the Bakhrushina St one - Avery has sent earlier notes that recommend the area for sightseeing. I hope to explore tomorrow after my meetings (inter alia with a world bobsleigh champion who is also a former arm-wrestling champion and a vegan who disapproves of animal tests) - for now I can only say the area looks interesting and the staff are outstandingly nice.
BBC News (UK) @BBCNews 1m
Tuesday's Telegraph front page - "Iran's Lockerbie bombers" #tomorrowspaperstoday #bbcpapers
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YouGov/Sun poll tonight - Labour lead at seven points: CON 32%, LAB 39%, LD 8%, UKIP 13%
Fascinating subject. In particular his chimp pig hypothesis. It would make good telly if someone hasn't done it already. Failing that they should give him a spot on 'Thought for the day'. Shake things up a bit.
However the study of Zombies cannot be considered normal by any rational means. I mean to study a state of unbeing that doesn't exist in nature, is to my mind more than a little irrational; its plain madness.
Mind you there is the case I suppose in the unbeing, barraco barna.
http://www.itv.com/news/2014-03-10/barraco-barner-woman-hits-back-after-global-ridicule/
"The frightening part about all this is not that we will find the debris of Flight 370; but rather that we won't. If we never find the debris, it means some entirely new, mysterious and powerful force is at work on our planet which can pluck airplanes out of the sky without leaving behind even a shred of evidence.
If there does exist a weapon with such capabilities, whoever control it already has the ability to dominate all of Earth's nations with a fearsome military weapon of unimaginable power. That thought is a lot more scary than the idea of an aircraft suffering a fatal mechanical failure."
" ...nor should anyone doubt that the industrial policy of an independent Scotland, based on undercutting Corporation Tax by 3%, will be anything other than disastrous for employment in the cities and regions of north of England. "
Labour now accepting that business taxes reduce employment?
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BREAKING: Cheryl Cole signs a mega-bucks deal to return to The X Factor. Full exclusive story in @TheSunNewspaper tomorrow.
Finally I get you....are you ready for a partial update on Dulwich Labour race?
I expect you will be well looked after by your hosts during the rest of the visit. My great sporting contact in Moscow was Vladislav Tretiak, the ice hockey goal-keeper whom I see is now head of their ice hockey federation. I have never shaken bigger hands!
Memorable but unexpected things to do. Go to a Russian Orthodox service. I am not sure of the church calendar, but the concierge at the hotel might be able to help.
Check the concerts at the Moscow conservatoire and Tchaikovsky Hall (also in Tverskaya!) and see if anything or anyone special is performing. The Bolshoi is also worth checking but it will break the bank if you order tickets yourself. If your hosts offer bite their hands off.
The Tretyakov Gallery is impressive but needs a lot of time. Lots of 'Victorian' birch forests though which is not to everyone's tastes. The Repin portraits are worth seeing though. A Russian sauna is an experience but only if your hosts have access to the real McCoy out in the old party dacha. You won't get the real thing commercially (or it will be more like what you get in the UK which is not what I mean).
Feeling hungry in the middle of the night, but not adventurous, then the American Bar and Grill is full and thriving and relatively cheap (again off Tverskaya). No surprises with the food but people watching unequalled.
If you are hosting a dinner (unlikely I suspect as your hosts are most unlikely to allow you to do it) then the Boyarsky restaurant in the Metropole Hotel is a very pricey but fun experience (OK food but fabulous gypsy music minstrels).
If you are invited to a dinner at home by your guests remember to take flowers. Roses can be bought at most arcades of kiosks. Russians being superstitious will insist on an odd number and the right colour (red is safe, yellow an insult!).
If you want to watch the excessive consumption of the oligarch's families go to the underground shopping mall in Manezh Square (by the tomb of unknown soldier beneath the Kremlin walls. GUM if you have never been is worth a stroll. Runs alongside Red Square opposite Lenin's tomb.
Resist international food if given a choice and ask for a typical Russian restaurant which is not oligarch aimed.
Otherwise, get into that taxi!
Seeing it tomorrow. Have always been pleasantly surprised by Wes Anderson movies.
Reminder: ward branches can do 2 nominations. They can add a third nomination for a BAME candidate if the none of the first 2 noms were for a BAME candidate.
I don't have info on the BAME nominations (except for one ward) but we may consider it a sort of third choice unless members have some not so straight forward way of acting (like "as I've a third nom for a BAME, I start voting for 2 white ladies even if my favourite candidate is BAME").
Anyway, in terms of first 2 nominations from ward branches....
Fiona Twycross received nominations from 7 wards: East Dulwich, Village, Knight’s Hill, Coldharbour, Herne Ville, Gipsy Hill, College.
Helen Hayes received nominations from 5 ward branches: College, Village, East Dulwich, Thurlow Park, Knight’s Hill
Sally Prentice has 1 ward, Coldharbour.
Amy Lame also has at least 1 ward.
As the constituency has 8 wards, there should be 16 nominations in totals (excluding BAME additional nomination)....so there are 2 other nominations (Thurlow Park, Herne Ville or Gipsy Hill)
Shortlisting was yesterday....Twycross, Hayes, Prentice and Lame made it...not sure who (if) else
I'm 100% behind Amy Lame - she's even better than Dora!
Now forgive me for being a little curious but how is it with this beacon to economic progress which London has apparantly become in the last decade the UK's productivity performance is so poor and in particular that services productivity (what with the London economy being overwhelmingly services based) is lower than it was seven years ago.
Another need for Emperor's New Clothes / Wizard of Oz similies perhaps ?
The other 4 have a website devoted to the selection
http://www.fionatwycross.org/
http://www.helenhayes.org.uk/
http://www.amylame.com/
http://www.sallyprentice.org.uk/
http://www.city-journal.org/html/14_1_oh_to_be.html
You could go on an organised tour but you would miss the real city.
An intrepid independent traveller could hire a translator/guide and a car and driver and would be fine. If you avoid the obvious places for targeting ads at foreigners, then neither translator nor driver would be expensive. Prepare in advance and they may even be able to find you an apartment too which would be much cheaper than staying in an hotel.
The classified ads in The Moscow Times (English language) would be a good place to start. English speaking students at MGU (Moscow State University), for example, often earn extra money for translation and guide work. Semi retired English teachers also advertise. Generally Muscovites like these will move heaven and earth to help you.
Moscow is one of the most expensive cities in the world, but unlike others in this group, it can also be quite cheap. You just need to know where and how to buy. For example a renovated apartment aimed at an expat would be marketed at $5,000 per month (+/- $1000). Nearly the same flat (less bling but clean and comfortable) could be got for $500-$1000 per month.
Have you ever been to Liverpool?
Hills are paying 5 places at 1/4 odds in the Supreme Novices.
The overround on their book is 130% for the win, 383% for the place. Since they are paying 5 places does this mean their book is essentially over-broke on the place side and thus there must be some value there ?
I'm sure there's tonnes of other calculations for Cheltenham like this but just thought I'd point it out as a starter for 10.
Do my calculations sound correct too ?
I dont think Canal Street has much to offer to the lesbians of Leeds.
Poptastic and its choice of music proves that!
Although I've dressed up as the Indian from the Village People in San Francisco, nothing tops a good night out in Poptastic, headbanging to Kylie or Tiffany's I Think We're Alone Now
Not even a hint of hubris, is there?
You'd be getting rid of the Scousers and have lots of lovely countryside in the middle.
It would be approximately in the centre of England as well.
Or as we have a 'Robin Hood' airport why not rename them in touristy fashion:
London Beatles (aka Liverpool)
London United (aka Manchester)
London Shakespeare (aka Birmingham)
http://toffeeweb.com/fans/beingblue/religion.asp
http://www.merseyreporter.com/new-liverpool/Waterfront_jpg.jpg
Developer's stated aim: "to rival cities such as Dubai, Vancouver, New York and Shanghai."
His conclusion was that we'd be best to focus on regional capitals like Manchester, Birmingham, Newcastle, Nottingham etc rather than spreading investment too thinly to the Barnsleys of this world. It makes sense.
I say again, there was a distinct tendency for Catholics to support Everton over Liverpool.
I lived in London for six years, and have to go down there for meetings a few times each year, and also visit my brother there. I know what it is like.
There are far nicer cities to live in Europe (I particularly took to Berlin during last summers tour), and far more pleasant places to live in the UK.
But each to their own.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/09/how-to-justify-russian-aggression.html
Particularly on the lazy points about there being a minority of fascists among the Ukrainian protesters. It's just an attempt to muddy the water to excuse inaction. "Yes, that girl is getting raped, but she once shop lifted and the guy has genuine reasons to be upset that we told her to leave him..."
Now who does that make the fool ?
And the really funny thing is that Londoners are too smug to realise that they're being made fools of.
Where is your evidence that Londoners have a lower standard of living?
They have the highest disposable income, which is one measure - how are you measuring it?
http://www.debtadvisorycentre.co.uk/advice/a-look-at-disposable-incomes
You say this but my job doesn't exist outside London. I recall that you are a doctor, so can work where you choose. I rather love London, but it's not for everyone, and I suspect your picturesque village (or wherever you live) suits you as London suits me.
Speaking anecdotally, as neither a football supporter nor a practising Catholic, I can say that among my extended family of about 20 persons, who are mostly both, there is not one Liverpool supporter, and several of them mutter about the "anti-Catholicism" and "Freemasonry" associated with the club. I repeat, however, that this is anecdotal...
But while Londoners do get paid more than non-Londoners (although not that much more) the cost of living there, in particular housing, is significantly higher.
From personal anecdote my old uni friends who moved to London have far lower living standards than those who didn't.
While in PBland NPMP had a posh bungalow in a posh suburb of Nottingham whilst NPXMP rents a flat above a shop in London.
Not to mention SeanT and his one bed Camden town flat ;-)
London incomes are skewed upwards by the greater number of professional people living there but if you compare the living standards a Londoner has compared with a non-Londoner doing the same job the non-Londoner will be better off.