A Carta

Eton’s commitment to public service is a danger to us all

Edit The Guardian 30 Jul 2016

True, some thought it odd, given what a great school it was, that David Cameron did not know the meaning, when asked by David Letterman, of Magna Carta, but since then the stream of Latinisms emitted by Boris Johnson – last heard chuntering “obiter dicta” at an unimpressed press conference – has confirmed that a classical education isn’t everything ... Closest was Ed Llewellyn OBE (his “pocket Talleyrand”) ... Not all Etonians, then ... ....

Diego Forlán: ¿Vale Paul Pogba 120 millones de euros? El centrocampista del Juventus vale lo ...

Edit The National 29 Jul 2016

Si Paul Pogba va a costar 120 millones de euros, imagínese cuánto hubiera tenido que pagar el Manchester United por Paul Scholes. El centrocampista es el mejor jugador con el que he jugado, y con diferencia. Scholes no tuvo necesidad de marcharse y el United tuvo suerte ... Simplemente me fui. Hoy las cosas han cambiado y se espera que los jugadores publiquen una carta abierta dando las gracias a los aficionados y a su antiguo club ... ....

65 Years of Saving Refugees' Lives

Edit Huffington Post 28 Jul 2016

George Szirtes' mother was a woman who understood persecution. She'd survived two Nazi concentration camps and lost almost her whole family ... initially Austria and later Britain ... a multi award winning poet ... As a result, in an unremarkable room in Geneva and after weeks of legal wrangling, 26 nations, vowing to never to make those mistakes again, adopted the Refugee Convention - the Magna Carta of international refugee law ... ....

Commentary: Time for Democrats to embrace tax reform

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 27 Jul 2016

By Pete Sepp. Democratic party leaders have their work cut out ... 8. Late last month, Democratic leaders began drafting the Magna Carta of those efforts. the party's official policy platform, a blueprint of priorities for the months, and likely years, ahead ... Less clear is how to achieve those goals ... ....

We Should Challenge Our Political Perspectives On Truth It Is Not Nearly As Relevant As ...

Edit Huffington Post 27 Jul 2016

Who do we believe? Which expert is right? Who's forecast will prove most reliable? If your anything like me you find yourself asking these questions repeatedly during every major political moment. We search for truth, all of us ... That argument puts everyone down ... Since the Magna Carta we have been on a path of slow moving democratic decisions and relaxing social attitudes towards devolution of power, human rights and liberal values ... ....

U.N. Committee: Philippines Must Provide Access to Modern Contraceptives, Legalize Abortion in Certain Circumstances > (Center for Reproductive Rights)

Edit Public Technologies 27 Jul 2016

... and 030, to clarify that women have a right to contraceptive information and services as guaranteed in the RPRHA and the Magna Carta of Women; Repeal articles 256-259 of the country's penal code in order to decriminalize abortion and legalize it on grounds of rape, incest, serious threats to the life or health of the mother and fetal impairment....

Pot, pipelines, pelts dominate new e-petition system

Edit Canada Dot Com 26 Jul 2016

British Columbia and Alberta lead the charge in the updated tradition that dates back to the Magna Carta ... ....

Nominations being accept for non-profit volunteers awards

Edit Conway Daily Sun 26 Jul 2016

CONWAY — Mount Washington Valley Promotions has announced that the seventh anual Mount Washington Valley Non-Profits' Volunteers of the Year Awards ceremony will be held on Sunday, Sept. 25, at 7 p.m ... 26 ... Year 1 ... Year 2 ... Gerrie Beck, Beth Carta-Dolan, Sam and Betsey Harding, Linda Hastings, Dan and Judy Kennedy, Betsy Kent, Russ and Joan Lanoie, Leslie Mallett, Sally and David Olsen, Paula Ouimette, Dot Seybold and June and Miles Waltz ... ....

This Week in Billboard Chart History: In 2010, Eminem & Rihanna Ruled the Hot 100

Edit Billboard 25 Jul 2016

Your weekly recap celebrating significant milestones from more than seven decades of Billboard chart history. July 25, 1981. Yacht rock ruled, as Air Supply sailed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 with "The One That You Love." Although it's the Australian duo's sole No. 1, the pair arrived with seven consecutive top five smashes in 1980-82 ... Jay-Z debuts atop the Billboard 200 with Magna Carta… Holy Grail, marking his 13th No ... 8 ... ....

A Brief History of the Long Wait for Frank Ocean’s Next Album

Edit Time Magazine 25 Jul 2016

The world has been waiting for a new record from Frank Ocean for what feels like a lifetime—though in fact it’s only been four years. Here’s everything that’s happened in the world of Ocean’s music since his first album dropped. July 10, 2012 ... Dec. 12, 2012 ... Feb. 19, 2013 ... April 24, 2013 ... Ocean is featured prominently on the track “Oceans” from Jay Z’s 12th studio album, Magna Carta Holy Grail....

Cabinet audit: what do Theresa May’s new hires mean for government?

Edit New Statesman 25 Jul 2016

The New Statesman team looks at the politics and policy behind the new Prime Minister’s cabinet appointments ... Liam Fox, International Trade Secretary ... ... When I interviewed him in May, Davis warned that any attempt to withdraw the UK from the European Convention on Human Rights would be defeated by himself and “a dozen” other Conservatives (a group known as the “Runnymede Tories” after the meadow where Magna Carta was sealed) ... Getty ....

Science of Summer: Not too small, not too tall: Engineer researches perfect campfire

Edit Canada Dot Com 24 Jul 2016

This summer, Postmedia’s Tom Spears brings you the often offbeat science behind the season that calls us to go outdoors. It’s all part of a series we call the Science of Summer ... All the same shape, he found ... Title ... It turned into an interview that ranged from Magna Carta to sports to the academic freedom that allows him, as a university professor, to investigate a question just because it made him curious as he was cooking dinner....

Jay Z's new album 'might be done'

Edit NME 22 Jul 2016

Hip-hop artist Jermaine Dupri has claimed that Jay-Z's follow-up to 2013’s ‘Magna Carta Holy Grail’ "might be done" already ... “I’ve spoken to Hov, even at the Beyonce concert,” Dupri said ... ....