EXCELLENT FUTURE - Smart Links 26 April 2012, Apr 26, 2012

 "Commentary on free speech, France, picking great basketball players, monopoly capitalism, and absurb public sector rules"

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London Korean Links, Apr 26, 2012

 "Having now enjoyed three of Song Il-gon’s films this month, we now reach the KCC’s 100th screening, Song Il-gon’s Always, followed by Q & A with the director himself. At the Apollo Piccadilly, this evening at 6:30pm. Song Il-gon: Always (오직 그대만) (2011) Starring: So Ji-sub, Han Hyo-joo Running Time: 105 min. (ENG Subs) Screening [...]"
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THE ARTS Desk - Beautiful Minds, BBC Four, Apr 26, 2012

 "Apart from the fact that it’s a razor-sharp piece of writing, what most delights and impresses me about Richard Dawkins’ The God Delusion is how it gets under people’s skin. It has generated several books in fevered opposition to it and, needless to say, countless abusive emails land in the poor man’s inbox every day. If it wasn’t such a lucid, incisive and relentlessly powerful piece of work I doubt it would have got such fierce and sustained opposition."
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SBS - Nadal starts Barcelona title defence, Apr 26, 2012

 "Rafael Nadal began his title defence at the Barcelona Open on Wednesday with a 6-1 6-2 defeat of compatriot Guillermo Garcia-Lopez, who had defeated the king of clay two years ago in Thailand.
Top seed Nadal, champion at the Real Club de Tenis in six of the last seven editions - he missed 2010 with knee trouble - claimed his 30th match victory in a row at his home event.
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THE ARTS Desk - Interview: 10 Questions for Norah Jones, Apr 26, 2012

 "Norah Jones is back. New haircut, new sound, new producer. The first of these, while very nice, needn't concern us too much. The second, meanwhile, is largely a result of the presence of the third, the ubiquitous Brian “Danger Mouse” Burton, who is working so hard these days I'm starting to suspect there might actually be two of him: Danger and Mouse."
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BBC Sport - Valencia v Atletico Madrid, Apr 26, 2012

 "Atletico Madrid coach Diego Simeone has warned his side against complacency in the second leg of their Europa League semi-final at Valencia."ALEXANDER LANGUAGE SCHOOLS

KHAAMA - Canadian troops may remain in Afghanistan past 2014, Apr 26, 2012

 "Stephen Harper is leaving the door open once again to extending Canada’s military participation in the costly Afghanistan war.
Under questioning from Opposition Leader Thomas Mulcair in the House of Commons Wednesday, Harper said Ottawa will “examine all options” if asked to leave a contingent of special forces in the war-ravaged country after spring 2014."
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CAMDEN News Journal - OIL AND TROUBLE? - Author aiming to deconstruct the hidden ideologies of modern life, Apr 26, 2012

"This is a magnifying glass of a manual that examines the small print found between the lines of modern life.
Dr Eliane Glaser, who lives in Parliament Hill Fields, is an associate researcher at Birkbeck University and her book, Get Real, offers a guide to spotting the snake-oil salesmen who dominate our lives."
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SKY News - Postecoglou becomes new Victory coach, Apr 26, 2012

"Just four days after leading Brisbane Roar to back-to-back A-League championships, Ange Postecoglou has been confirmed as Melbourne Victory's new coach.
Postecoglou, 46, joined the Victory on a three-year deal on Thursday after rewriting the A-League record books at the Roar.
The former Socceroo and South Melbourne playing great has won four national titles as a coach - two in the old National Soccer League with South and two with the Roar."
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BETTOR - Webb Simpson confirms to make his appearance in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, Apr 26, 2012

"Webb Simpson, last year’s runner-up at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, has once again confirmed to take part in the $6.4 million event, slated to start from Thursday, April 26, 2012.
Simpson lost to Bubba Watson in the sudden-death playoffs last year after carding a par on the second extra hole against Watson’s birdie."
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YAHOO News - "We don't have that sort of power," Murdoch tells inquiry, Apr 26, 2012

"LONDON (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch is used to slipping into Downing Street by the back door for discreet meetings with prime ministers, but there was no such privacy on Wednesday when he faced a grilling about his political influence in the full glare of the world's media"
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NY DAILY News - True music and TV giant Dick Clark dies, Apr 25, 2012

"Dick Clark, whose “American Bandstand” made him rich, famous, influential and sometimes controversial by marrying rock ’n’ roll with television, died Wednesday morning at the age of 82.
His agent, Paul Shefrin, said he suffered a massive heart attack. He had struggled with health issues since suffering a a serious stroke in 2004."
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THE GUARDIAN - John Golding obituary, Apr 25, 2012

 "John Golding, who has died aged 82, packed into his life separate but intertwined careers as artist and historian of modern art. Soon after he had completed his doctoral dissertation on cubism at the Courtauld Institute of Art, London, it was published as Cubism, A History and an Analysis, 1907-1914 (1959), and has stood ever since as the clearest exposition of that extraordinary era in the history of the art of the 20th century"
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WTOP - Dick Clark, TV and New Year's Eve icon, dies at 82, Apr 25, 2012

 "LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dick Clark stood as an avatar of rock `n' roll virtually from its birth and, until his death Wednesday at age 82, as a cultural touchstone for boomers and their grandkids alike.
His identity as "the world's oldest teenager" became strained in recent years, as time and infirmity caught up with his enduring boyishness. But he owned New Year's Eve after four decades hosting his annual telecast on ABC from Times Square. And as a producer and entertainment entrepreneur, he was a media titan: his Dick Clark Productions supplied movies, game shows, beauty contests and more to TV, and, for a time in the 1980s, he boasted programs on all three networks"
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Jeffrey WN - Chandler dies at 70; part of family that built The Times, Apr 25, 2012

"Chicago Tribune 2012-04-20: Jeffrey Chandler, an influential member of the family that built the Los Angeles Times and the last person with the Chandler name to play a significant role in the newspaper's ownership, has died. He was 70. Chandler, who had been a radio station owner and real estate developer in the San Diego area, died Sunday at his home in Rancho Santa Fe after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer, his family announced. Long a maverick who sought to return The Times to its conservative roots, Chandler was one of three representatives of his family on the Tribune Co. board of directors who forced a sale of the company to a... more »
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ENTERTAINMENT - Jonathan Frid, Actor in ‘Dark Shadows’, Dies at 87, Apr 25, 2012

"(TORONTO) — Jonathan Frid, a Canadian actor best known for playing Barnabas Collins in the 1960s original vampire soap opera “Dark Shadows”, has died. He was 87.
Frid died Friday of natural causes in a hospital in his home town of Hamilton, Ontario, said Jim Pierson, a friend and spokesman for Dan Curtis Productions, the creator of “Dark Shadows.”"
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NY TIMES - Stanley R. Resor, Vietnam War Army Chief, Dies at 94, Apr 25, 2012

"Stanley R. Resor, who as secretary of the Army from 1965 to 1971 oversaw the troop buildup in Vietnam, investigated the massacre of civilians by American soldiers at My Lai and laid the groundwork for the all-volunteer Army, died on Tuesday at his home in Washington. He was 94."

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NY TIMES - George Rathmann, Chief of Amgen, Dies at 84, Apr 25, 2012

 "George B. Rathmann, who was the first chief executive of Amgen and helped build it into the world’s largest biotechnology company, died on Sunday at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 84."




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NY TIMES - George Rathmann, Chief of Amgen, Dies at 84, Apr 25, 2012

 "George B. Rathmann, who was the first chief executive of Amgen and helped build it into the world’s largest biotechnology company, died on Sunday at his home in Palo Alto, Calif. He was 84."
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NY TIMES - Charles W. Colson, Watergate Felon Who Became Evangelical Leader, Dies at 80, Apr 25, 2012

"Charles W. Colson, who as a political saboteur for President Richard M. Nixon masterminded some of the dirty tricks that led to the president’s downfall, then emerged from prison to become an important evangelical leader, saying he had been “born again,” died on Saturday in Falls Church, Va. He was 80"
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