The leader of a Muslim youth organisation and several senior politicians today condemned Prince Harry for a video diary in which he describes an Asian member of his platoon as "our little Paki friend".The prince, who is third in line to the throne, made the comments in footage shot while training as an officer at the Sandhurst military academy in 2006, a year after being forced to make a public apology for wearing a Nazi swastika at a fancy dress party. Last night, St James's Palace issued a public apology for the latest incident, saying: "Prince Harry fully understands how offensive this term can be, and is extremely sorry for any offence his words might cause."
The leader of a Muslim youth organisation and several senior politicians today condemned Prince Harry for a video diary in which he describes an Asian member of his platoon as "our little Paki friend".
The prince, who is third in line to the throne, made the comments in footage shot while training as an officer at the Sandhurst military academy in 2006, a year after being forced to make a public apology for wearing a Nazi swastika at a fancy dress party. Last night, St James's Palace issued a public apology for the latest incident, saying: "Prince Harry fully understands how offensive this term can be, and is extremely sorry for any offence his words might cause."
Prince Harry's racist remark about a Pakistani member of his army platoon has prompted widespread criticism. The prince issued an apology after the News of the World published a video diary in which he calls one of his then Sandhurst colleagues a "Paki". An Army spokesperson said it took the allegations "very seriously" and were investigating. Cabinet minister John Denham said it was "offensive" and the Ramadhan Foundation called the prince a "thug". St James's Palace said he had used the term about a friend and without malice. In a statement the Army said: "The Army does not tolerate inappropriate behaviour in any shape or form," a spokesperson for the force added. "All substantive allegations are investigated. This specific case will be dealt with in line with normal Army procedures."
Prince Harry's racist remark about a Pakistani member of his army platoon has prompted widespread criticism.
The prince issued an apology after the News of the World published a video diary in which he calls one of his then Sandhurst colleagues a "Paki".
An Army spokesperson said it took the allegations "very seriously" and were investigating.
Cabinet minister John Denham said it was "offensive" and the Ramadhan Foundation called the prince a "thug".
St James's Palace said he had used the term about a friend and without malice.
In a statement the Army said: "The Army does not tolerate inappropriate behaviour in any shape or form," a spokesperson for the force added.
"All substantive allegations are investigated. This specific case will be dealt with in line with normal Army procedures."
Not to mention homophobic comments etc etc Ad astra per aspera
St James's Palace said he had used the term about a friend and without malice
So it's OK if the friend calls Harry an ignorant, overbred, pale-faced wanker?
(Vive la République!)
But then again, Harry is the son of a man notoriously thick and a mother who was stupid beyond belief, so it's not surprise that, despite all the advantages on earth, he turns out to be a stupid and smug liitle git. The English upper classes are warnings about the dangers of in-breeding, don't marry your cousins kids !! keep to the Fen Causeway
The youngest Briton to climb Everest has died in an avalanche while ice-climbing in the French Alps. Rob Gauntlett, who reached the mountain's 8,840m summit in May 2006, just after he turned 19, was killed yesterday, along with a close friend.
The youngest Briton to have climbed Mount Everest has been killed, along with a second British climber, in an accident in the French Alps. Rob Gauntlett, of Petworth, Sussex, reached the summit of Mount Everest when he was just 19 in 2006 and was highly regarded in the climbing world. His mother Nicola Gauntlett said the 21-year-old's family were "devastated". She said he and his as yet unnamed friend had been ice-climbing in Chamonix when there was a "big fall".
The youngest Briton to have climbed Mount Everest has been killed, along with a second British climber, in an accident in the French Alps.
Rob Gauntlett, of Petworth, Sussex, reached the summit of Mount Everest when he was just 19 in 2006 and was highly regarded in the climbing world.
His mother Nicola Gauntlett said the 21-year-old's family were "devastated".
She said he and his as yet unnamed friend had been ice-climbing in Chamonix when there was a "big fall".
At last it can be shown. Two days before the medallion man of British politics gets a gong for advancing world peace, The Independent on Sunday has obtained the art work for the congressional gold medal awarded to Tony Blair in 2003, but not, so far, actually minted and presented. The medal - unlike the standard Ruritanian presidential medal of freedom that Mr Blair will receive from his old buddy George Bush on Tuesday - allows the recipient "input" into its design. This may, in the case of Britain's own pretty straight kinda guy, have been a mistake.
At last it can be shown. Two days before the medallion man of British politics gets a gong for advancing world peace, The Independent on Sunday has obtained the art work for the congressional gold medal awarded to Tony Blair in 2003, but not, so far, actually minted and presented.
The medal - unlike the standard Ruritanian presidential medal of freedom that Mr Blair will receive from his old buddy George Bush on Tuesday - allows the recipient "input" into its design. This may, in the case of Britain's own pretty straight kinda guy, have been a mistake.
'Our ultimate weapon is not our guns, but our beliefs'. Huh? Ad astra per aspera
Bang head on wall? Or just laugh at the ridiculous image the toady has had cast of himself?
Fifty years from now no one under the age of thirty will remember who he the hell Blair was.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's first billboard running solely on wind and solar power is ready to make its debut in the capital of all billboards -- New York's Times Square. Wind whistling between the neighborhood's skyscrapers should keep the giant billboard lit constantly, said the manufacturer, Japanese copy and photo giant Ricoh Company Ltd. The "Eco-Board" weighs 35,000 pounds (15,800 kg) and will be powered by 16 vertical wind turbines and 64 solar panels.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's first billboard running solely on wind and solar power is ready to make its debut in the capital of all billboards -- New York's Times Square.
Wind whistling between the neighborhood's skyscrapers should keep the giant billboard lit constantly, said the manufacturer, Japanese copy and photo giant Ricoh Company Ltd.
The "Eco-Board" weighs 35,000 pounds (15,800 kg) and will be powered by 16 vertical wind turbines and 64 solar panels.
Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research. While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2 Boiling a kettle generates about 15g. "Google operates huge data centres around the world that consume a great deal of power," said Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard University physicist whose research on the environmental impact of computing is due out soon. "A Google search has a definite environmental impact."
While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2 Boiling a kettle generates about 15g. "Google operates huge data centres around the world that consume a great deal of power," said Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard University physicist whose research on the environmental impact of computing is due out soon. "A Google search has a definite environmental impact."
Giant plasma TVs face ban in battle to green Britain
Energy-guzzling flatscreen plasma televisions will soon be banned as part of the battle against climate change, ministers have told The Independent on Sunday. "Minimum energy performance standards" for televisions are expected to be agreed across Europe this spring, they say, and this should lead to "phasing out the most inefficient TVs". At the same time, a compulsory labelling system will be drawn up to identify the best and worst devices.
Energy-guzzling flatscreen plasma televisions will soon be banned as part of the battle against climate change, ministers have told The Independent on Sunday.
"Minimum energy performance standards" for televisions are expected to be agreed across Europe this spring, they say, and this should lead to "phasing out the most inefficient TVs". At the same time, a compulsory labelling system will be drawn up to identify the best and worst devices.
Pravda reports that Earth on the Brink of an Ice Age - Google will bail us out?
Boiling a kettle of water requires 1000W for a minute or so (say 50kJ). A computer is a 50-100W device that you use for 1s for your search, plus Google's capacity, which I doubt is more than the calculation capacity of a computer for a second. So we're talking 100-300J here. In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
But this is press release science.
On the positive side, Google is moving forward with alternative power for their centers; their own solar, their own windmills, their own rivers and dams... Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.
Frank Delaney ~ Ireland
Britain's high street fashion giant Primark was at the centre of a storm last night over allegations that illegal immigrants paid just over half the minimum wage had been employed to make fashionable knitwear for one of the firm's bestselling ranges.Primark announced yesterday that it had launched an inquiry after an investigation by the Observer and the BBC revealed that Manchester-based garment firm TNS Knitwear may have breached key employment and immigration laws. Breaches of the legislation could lead to fines of up to £10,000 for each illegal worker and potential prosecution for tax evasion and employment law abuses.
Britain's high street fashion giant Primark was at the centre of a storm last night over allegations that illegal immigrants paid just over half the minimum wage had been employed to make fashionable knitwear for one of the firm's bestselling ranges.
Primark announced yesterday that it had launched an inquiry after an investigation by the Observer and the BBC revealed that Manchester-based garment firm TNS Knitwear may have breached key employment and immigration laws. Breaches of the legislation could lead to fines of up to £10,000 for each illegal worker and potential prosecution for tax evasion and employment law abuses.
"We are extremely concerned about the very serious allegations made against our supplier TNS Knitwear and against TNS's unauthorised subcontractor, Fashion Waves."
Vertical disintegration buys you plausible deniability. Must be among the first rules of retailing. It's a worldwide phenomenon that's difficult to escape. Some form of liability has to be put into place for retailers that do not have thorough supply chain management, IMO. That or they are levied to pay for better government oversight.
In a few days, a robot vehicle no bigger than a golf cart will complete its analysis of a small patch of red Martian soil. Then it will turn south to continue a journey that will become the longest overland trek ever made on another world. Opportunity is one of a pair of six-wheeled robots that have been trundling across Mars since 2004. In that time, Opportunity and its partner, Spirit, have uncovered vital information about the planet's past and shown that, although apparently sterile and barren today, Mars was once Earth-like, with a thick atmosphere and plenty of water.The small probes, which will mark their fifth anniversary on Mars this month, have helped to transform our knowledge of the Red Planet. Yet each was designed to survive there for only three months, a startling 20-fold increase in operating life that was hailed by scientists at Nasa last week.
In a few days, a robot vehicle no bigger than a golf cart will complete its analysis of a small patch of red Martian soil. Then it will turn south to continue a journey that will become the longest overland trek ever made on another world.
Opportunity is one of a pair of six-wheeled robots that have been trundling across Mars since 2004. In that time, Opportunity and its partner, Spirit, have uncovered vital information about the planet's past and shown that, although apparently sterile and barren today, Mars was once Earth-like, with a thick atmosphere and plenty of water.
The small probes, which will mark their fifth anniversary on Mars this month, have helped to transform our knowledge of the Red Planet. Yet each was designed to survive there for only three months, a startling 20-fold increase in operating life that was hailed by scientists at Nasa last week.
Worker ants in colonies with a queen are physically attacked by their peers if they try to reproduce, a study says. In ant society, workers normally give up reproducing to care for the queen's offspring, who are also their brothers and sisters. The researchers found that chemicals produced by the sneaky ants gave away their fertility status.
Worker ants in colonies with a queen are physically attacked by their peers if they try to reproduce, a study says.
In ant society, workers normally give up reproducing to care for the queen's offspring, who are also their brothers and sisters.
The researchers found that chemicals produced by the sneaky ants gave away their fertility status.
I saw a similar number announced somewhere... Here it is: Economy projected to shrink 202%
