Taylor Swift: 'My Confidence Is Easy To Shake'
NPR Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:07 PM PST
At 22, Swift is one of the biggest commercial forces in pop music. She tells NPR's Guy Raz that she's stopped worrying about whether her songs are too personal: "If I let my fans into my life and my feelings," she says, "it turns out they have all those things, too, and it kind of connects us." |
Japan lives on borrowed money as hi-tech dream dies
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:04 PM PST
Panasonic, Sharp and Sony have lost too much of their technological edge and mass appeal - as well as billions in solar panel making factories Sharp made my first hi-fi. These days the Japanese electronics brand is etched on my microwave oven. They both cost around £70. There was probably a fat profit margin selling stereos in 1978 when they cost more than half the average weekly wage, and not ... |
College Football: Proposal for Four-Team Playoff Format
Bleacher Report Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:02 PM PST
Hello, college football fans! We have two more seasons to go in the current BCS system before the new four-team playoff format begins . Four teams are unbeaten as of November 4, 2012; the change comes two seasons too late. The SEC and the Big 12 proposed the "Champions" Bowl to be played between members of the two conferences in prime time on New Year's Night. The site has yet to be determined ... |
The common knee issue you’ve never heard of
Albany Democrat-Herald Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:00 PM PST
Your knee hurts and you can’t remember injuring it â€" in fact, it’s hard to remember when the pain started exactly. And the pain is kind of all over â€" the front part of the knee, around the kneecap â€"but it feels more deep, like it’s coming from inside. It’s strange, too, that the pain is worst when you first stand up after sitting for a while, and it kind of gets better after a few steps. It’s ... |
A cure for America's corruptible voting system | Naomi Wolf
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 04 Nov 2012 11:58 AM PST
Too many of us buy into the myth of US democracy. In fact, the 'secret ballot' could use of dose of daylight and transparency When I went to vote last week in New York City, using an absentee ballot (because I will be out of the country on election day), I had a surreal experience that was also very ordinary: I marked my ballot â€" put it, as advised by the nice man behind the counter, into a ... |
Ian Holloway leaves Blackpool to become Crystal Palace manager
Guardian Unlimited Sun, 04 Nov 2012 11:58 AM PST
• Holloway will replace Dougie Freedman at Selhurst Park • 'I just see this as too good an opportunity to turn down' Crystal Palace have confirmed Ian Holloway as their new manager on a four-and-a-half-year contract. Holloway has left Palace's fellow Championship side Blackpool to fill the vacant position at Selhurst Park, with the Eagles having allowed Dougie Freedman to join Bolton last month ... |
3rd quarter: Bears 31, Titans 12
WGN TV Chicago Sun, 04 Nov 2012 11:52 AM PST
A point of emphasis for the Chicago Bears leading up to Sunday’s road game against the Tennessee Titans was tuning up an often-sputtering offense that too often has relied on the defense to give it a kick-start. |
Restaurant: The Table Cafe, London SE1
The Observer Sun, 04 Nov 2012 11:48 AM PST
'I don't doubt the kitchen's ability and commitment, but I'm far from wowed. Perhaps I've gone with too high hopes' Gwyneth Paltrow celebrated her 40th birthday recently at the River Cafe . Why should we care? Well, I care: it's testimony to the continued relevance of this seminal restaurant that it can still drag the A list all the way to deepest, darkest Hammersmith. Blossoming in the ... |
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