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DWP civil servants put off strike
DWP civil servants put off strike
01/28/2004 09:05 AM
Thousands of civil servants in the Department for Work and Pensions
will not strike on Thursday after all.
Civil servants in new action
Civil servants in new action
07/06/2004 06:54 AMMore than 100 civil servants in Londonderry stage a second walk-out
over suspension of colleagues.
Civil servants to strike over pay
Civil servants to strike over pay
04/12/2004 08:52 PMThe civil services faces what is believed to be the biggest industrial
unrest in its history amid a series of walkouts over pay.
Civil servants stay out over pay
Civil servants stay out over pay
04/13/2004 11:47 PMAlmost 100,000 workers continue a 48-hour walkout in what is thought
to be the biggest industrial action in civil service history.
Fraser in civil servants broadside
Fraser in civil servants broadside
05/06/2004 07:15 AMOfficials are accused of misleading MSPs over the new parliament
building's cost by Lord Fraser.
Holyrood civil servants defended
Holyrood civil servants defended
05/26/2004 05:45 AMThe role of civil servants in managing the Holyrood project is
defended on the final day of the Fraser Inquiry.
Civil servants accept pay deal
Civil servants accept pay deal
09/13/2004 10:54 AMCivil servants in Northern Ireland accept a pay offer from the
government, voting against an all-out strike.
Brown axes 104,000 civil servants
Brown axes 104,000 civil servants
07/12/2004 10:38 AMGordon Brown announces a huge cull of civil service jobs, which he
says will fund higher spending on frontline services.
Civil servants 'will be suspended'
Civil servants 'will be suspended'
02/12/2004 03:22 PMThe government says it will suspend staff who take industrial action
against the terms of their employment.
Civil servants in Holyrood probe
Civil servants in Holyrood probe
09/18/2004 07:18 AMAn independent investigator is to rule on whether civil servants
should face action over the Holyrood building project.
Senior civil servants to strike
Senior civil servants to strike
03/14/2005 06:04 PMThousands of senior civil servants vote to strike for the first time
since 1981 over plans to increase the pension age.
First Impression: Rodent(ured) Servants
First Impression: Rodent(ured) Servants
09/14/2004 05:38 AM"If you shove people into rat
mazes, then you're going to get rat-sized
mentalities."-Jocelyn Talbot
, Vice President, Monster
Civil servants make strike threat
Civil servants make strike threat
06/09/2004 09:15 AM
UK's biggest civil service union warns the government it faces
industrial action over plans to cut 40,000 jobs.
Civil servants face strike ballot
Civil servants face strike ballot
09/12/2004 09:20 AM
Almost 300,000 civil servants will be balloted for a one-day national
strike
against government plans to cut jobs.
Open Source Software for 500,000 civil
servants possible after OGC / Sun deal
Open Source Software for 500,000 civil
servants possible after OGC / Sun deal
12/10/2003 04:31 AM
PublicTechnology.net Dec 10 2003 3:53AM ET
Wireless internet training for Dublin
civil servants
Wireless internet training for Dublin
civil servants
08/16/2004 06:28 AM
Silicon Republic Aug 16 2004 11:07AM GMT
UK Civil Servants download 2 Million+
Porn Images
UK Civil Servants download 2 Million+
Porn Images
08/27/2004 01:56 PM
UK tabloid The
Sun is reporting that 227 UK Civil Servants in the Department for
Work and Pensions (DWP) have been disciplined for downloading
pornographic images whilst at work. The Sun reports that some 2
million images were viewed, as well as some involving child
pornography / abuse. Of the 227, 16 were sacked, one has been
prosecuted, and the rest have been able to continue their jobs at the
Government department.
Liberal Democrat Steve Webb (Lib Dem DWP Spokesperson) believed that
the government should introduce a 'zero-tolerance' policy across all
departments when it came to pornography. "Any public servant who
accesses porn sites at work should lose their jobs" Webb
commented.
A spokesperson for the DWP said that regular checks took place on
staff computers for pornography; any staff caught would be
investigated. However, they also commented that many investigations
into pornographic material was due to staff inadvertently clicking a
link that brought them to the page, rather than an intentional action.
The Sun claims the most recent check was sparked off after a DWP
employee was caught watching porn at work.
View: The Sun
Read full story...
Civil servants unamused by spoof terror
website
Civil servants unamused by spoof terror
website
07/28/2004 01:25 PM
Manchester Online Jul 28 2004 5:01PM GMT
The Kingdom Of God Is Within You
The Kingdom Of God Is Within You
06/17/2004 10:14 AM
Dear Leo, Dear Mohandas "The longer I live
-- especially now when I clearly feel the approach of death -- the
more I feel moved to express what I feel more strongly than anything
else... the doctrine of the law of love unperverted by sophistries.
Love... the highest and indeed the only law of life".
The Kingdom of God Is Within You (full text available) is Leo Tolstoy's tractatus of
"Christianity Not as a Mystic Religion but as a New Theory of Life", a primer
of (among other things) the doctrine of non-violence. Among the
many fans of the 1894 book was an impr
isoned Hindu barrister, a "half-naked
fakir" if you want, a certain Mo
handas K. Gandhi
who was fascinated by "t
he independent thinking, profound morality, and the
truthfulness" of the b
ook. So he ended up writing fan letters to the great Russian man:
who warmly wrote back to his young Indian "friend and
brother". The old wise Christian
anarchist literary giant and the shy, insecure young man who sparked a revolution: to paraphrase another
wise, badly-dressed , pacifist old man,
"Generations to come, it may be, will scarcely believe that such
men ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth."
possum kingdom
possum kingdom
06/17/2005 04:28 PM
I signed, and Anne helped me pack, label, and stamp the remaining
fundraiser book orders this weekend. We just got...
End of the Animal Kingdom
End of the Animal Kingdom
12/21/2003 01:19 PM
It turns out the wackily ponderous movie made in Pompignan last
year (shooting of which complained about here, brief review by
Herself of hometown showing here) isn’t
going straight to TV after all – we’d heard it was going
to show on Arte sometime around now – it’s been rele
ased in cinemas.
If you’re near a major French city and possessed of nothing
better to do, you can head out see our very own little red-haired kid
in his star turn as “little red-headed kid in
schoolhouse”, Noël the vigneron as “guy in baseball
cap”, the old guy on a bicycle leading his white horse down the
main street as he does every day, lots of purdy haute
garrigue scenery, and much else besides, in a largely
unsatisfying study of longing, sensuality, death and sheep.
It’s not that bad. In many ways it’s like a two-hour
love letter to our little village.
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
01/03/2004 07:20 PM
I finally got around to reading Cory Doctorow's novella, "Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom." It's quite good, and he's got it posted for free on his
Web site (in no less than 17 different formats). You may know
Doctorow know from Boing Boing
fame.
If you've been to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney
World in Orlando, the book will mean more to you because it
revolves around the park. It's set in a future where bodies are
cloned and if you die, you just restore a clone from backup.
Consequently, you lose everything since your last backup. I have to
admit that I'll never look at backups quite the same way again.
Another central concept (borrowed from blogrolls, perhaps), is
"Whuffie." There is no money in this world, everything is bought by
reputation. The more people like you, the more Whuffie you have, the
more power you have. When you meet someone new, you "ping their
Whuffie," to see if they're worth your time.
The actual plot revolves around The Haunted Mansion at the Magic
Kingdom and the "ad hoc" political groups that have formed to manage
them like little countries. The group managing the Hall of Presidents has designs
on taking over The Haunted Mansion. Intrigue ensues.
It's short — you can put it away in a couple of hours. It's
winning some great sci-fi awards as well. Worth checking
out.
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Books on MP3: Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom
Books on MP3: Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom
04/13/2004 05:10 PM
I watch the Internet Archive's Open Source Audio area for
material that could be used for legal remixes including spoken word
audio.
In wonderful news, this morning's postings include Andrew Levine's audio reading of the
first chapter to Cory
Doctorow's Down and Out in
the Magic Kingdom. The book had been available online under a
somewhat restrictive CC in text format for a while but Cory recently
loosened the reins and the artistic community seems
to be responding.
Honors for Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom
Honors for Down and Out in the Magic
Kingdom
12/14/2003 11:01 PM
My novel, Down and Out in the
Magic Kingdom, has made the Amazon and Chapters/Indigo editors' picks lists
for best science fiction novels of 2003. Also, it's only three
recommendations short of making the preliminary Nebula ballot (any
SFWA members out there who dug the book?). Oh yah, and the Livejournal
people are considering adding
Whuffie to their system. Killer news, all 'round.
(Thanks, Amanda and Bo and Micah!)
Pickup Games, Vol. 4 - Kingdom of
Loathing
Pickup Games, Vol. 4 - Kingdom of
Loathing
06/17/2004 07:33 PM
MATT GALLANT -- Today's pickup game is
a web game— that is, one implemented entirely through HTML and
Javascript that's generated by a lot of clever server-side scripting
and database manipulation. It's Kingdom of Loathing, a turn-based RPG.
The main focus of the game is humor, with send-ups of popular RPG
conventions, as well as internet culture. But unlike a lot of other
comical games you can play over the internet, the game underneath the
humor is actually very full-featured and has a lot of content. A lot
of very funny content.
Click the MORE link below, or suffer a joyless life bereft of
comfort or understanding, like a dog in a museum.
Does Google Hold the Key to the Internet
Kingdom?
Does Google Hold the Key to the Internet
Kingdom?
09/16/2002 08:41 AM
Google is considered to be the search engine with the largest reach on
the Internet.
Indeed, the company's ever-expanding breadth, depth and consumer reach
lead to the
question: How does Google's role as a major gateway to Internet
content affect users?
"Divided Kingdom" by Rupert Thomson
"Divided Kingdom" by Rupert Thomson
06/24/2005 07:30 PM
Part literary fiction, part social satire, this genre-bender from the
author of "The Book of Revelation" offers a unique look at modern
Britain.
"there is homosexual behavior in the
animal kingdom"
"there is homosexual behavior in the
animal kingdom"
02/10/2004 03:20 AM
Tocando fondo en el Magic Kingdom
Tocando fondo en el Magic Kingdom
06/24/2004 09:39 AM
There's a collaborative project underway to translate my novel Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
into Spanish. The core volunteers have put their efforts to date on a
Wiki so that others can play along.
Link
(¡Gracis, Francisco!)
A Reality TV Twist as Kingdom Bares Its
Secrets
A Reality TV Twist as Kingdom Bares Its
Secrets
04/15/2004 02:31 AM
New York Times Apr 15 2004 6:55AM GMT
Unpopular in the Animal Kingdom? Try
Borrowing Another Cologne
Unpopular in the Animal Kingdom? Try
Borrowing Another Cologne
05/17/2004 07:35 PM
With a few aromatic manipulations, scientists have made male harvest
mice that were once entirely unappealing to some females, more
alluring.
Saudi's Al-Jubeir: Al Qaeda Weakened in
Kingdom
Saudi's Al-Jubeir: Al Qaeda Weakened in
Kingdom
06/19/2004 04:48 PM
Reuters via Wired News Jun 19 2004 7:43PM GMT
Masai, Whites and Wildlife: No Peaceable
Kingdom
Masai, Whites and Wildlife: No Peaceable
Kingdom
09/22/2004 02:28 AM
Masai herders in Kenya have begun cutting fences and marching their
livestock onto the private ranchland of white settlers, where wildlife
thrives.
Osler's Bob Bell moving to the United
Kingdom
Osler's Bob Bell moving to the United
Kingdom
03/24/2005 11:38 PM
Canadian Healthcare Technology Mar 25 2005 4:17AM GMT
His Former Kingdom for a Parking Spot
(Los Angeles Times)
His Former Kingdom for a Parking Spot
(Los Angeles Times)
07/13/2004 05:13 AM
Los Angeles Times - RIGA, Latvia — The conqueror stands
conquered in a parking lot.
Apple Holds Keys To Music Kingdom
Apple Holds Keys To Music Kingdom
06/19/2004 11:01 PM
I have seen the future of music on the net -- and it works. It's the
Apple iTunes store. By John Naughton, The Observer (via MyAppleMenu)
Sun Strikes Software Deal With United
Kingdom
Sun Strikes Software Deal With United
Kingdom
12/08/2003 01:10 AM
Reality TV Takes a Twist as a Kingdom
Bares Its Secrets
Reality TV Takes a Twist as a Kingdom
Bares Its Secrets
04/14/2004 10:28 PM
In shooting a television series about the animal world, who has better
access than the animals themselves suitably equipped?
Comcast sees magic kingdom in deal
(SiliconValley.com)
Comcast sees magic kingdom in deal
(SiliconValley.com)
02/12/2004 03:33 PM
SiliconValley.com - Pity Disney Chief Executive Michael Eisner. First
Steve Jobs packed up Pixar Animation Studios and left the Mouse House
in a huff. Now the cable guy is banging on the door with a $50
billion check in his hand.
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