The Evening Standard (London, England) back issues from October 2007:
Turner Prize greatest hits ; From Hirst's cow to Perry's pots, 25 years of winners in one unique show
Oct 01, 2007; ... THE Turner Prize has caused controversy for nearly a quarter of acentury, with works such as Damien Hirst's cut-up cows and MartinCreed's on-off light. Now visitors to Tate Britain will be able to remind themselveswhat all the fuss was about. Nearly all the key works by the ...
This month is Odyssey.(Science Scoops)
Oct 01, 2007; ... And the winner is ... Jordin Sparks! Did you guess that this month's digitized cover photo is of the American Idol overnight singing superstar? We thought her photo was appropriate for this issue because, in a way, celebrity steals one's identity. Her famous self now belongs to all of us ....
Watch what you eat.(Science Scoops)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Some primary and secondary schools across the nation and abroad are keeping track of when and what kids eat by employing the science of biometrics--using unique physical characteristics, such as fingerprints, hand geometry, or the irises of eyes, as ...
World's first dark-sky park.(Science Scoops)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Natural Bridges National Monument in southeast Utah was rated as one of the darkest national parks in the country in a recent study conducted by the National Park Service. Now don't go running for your flashlights, because the darkness is desirable. It ...
The buzz is on!(Science Scoops)
Oct 01, 2007; ... The way kids are tuning in to cell phones these days is a real turnoff for adults. And the latest craze is "Teen Buzz," an uploadable, cell-phone tone with a pitch too high to be heard by most discerning adults. Now for the irony: Compound Security in Britain created an ...
Tight sound.(Science Scoops)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A laser focuses light into a beam so intense that it does not spread out with distance. imagine doing the same thing sound. That's essentially what American Technology Cot (ATC) in San Diego, California, has done. Think of it this way: A ...
Digital fingerprints.(Science Scoops)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Worried about preserving your identity online? Well, according to a report in Science News, the way you type may soon be used to tighten security and reduce online fraud. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Whenever you browse a Web site or type a message, you leave behind a ...
Can it happen to you? Something is wrong. Your best friend won't speak to you, and this boy you hardly know keeps giving you weird looks.(Identity Theft)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Did I do something?" you finally ask your friend in the school library. "I can't believe you posted that on my wall," she says, "It's so mean!" "What?" You're completely confused. As she explains, you log onto a ...
The biometric body.
Oct 01, 2007; ... YOU'LL NEED A TICKET and your fingertip to travel through the turnstiles at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida. A scanner captures an image of the index finger for guests aged 10 and up. Then a computer calculates a number from minutiae points on the image. It compares that result with ...
Fingered!
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SNIDELY LEACH AND SLUG VARMINT ARE SO SHADY THAT THEIR SUNGLASSES HAVE SUNGLASSES. Wanted in ten states for a string of crimes, including pick pocketing, bank robbery, and computer hacking, Leach and Varmint are numbers four and five on the FBI's Most ...
Fake fingers.(Activity to Discover)
Oct 01, 2007; ... Elmer's Glue is only one common material that can be used to make a fake finger! Can you figure out which five substances listed here could be used to fool some scanners? Clay [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Candle [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...
Knock, knock: who's there? You? Who are you?
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Look at a picture of yourself as a baby; then look in the mirror. Do you look the same? Do you even remember being that baby? Your skin might look similar but it has actually replaced itself every 27 days since the photo was taken. A dimple in ...
Your secret spy name.(Activity to Discover)
Oct 01, 2007; ... If someone asks, "Who are you?" you usually tell them your name. You don't hold up your fingerprints or point at the shape of your ears. But very few names are unique. (How many John Smiths do you think there are in the United States? Answer: about 50,000!) Haven't you always wanted your ...
TBI: identity thief.
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The "signature injury" of the war in Iraq is invisible: traumatic brain injury (TBI)--brain injury resulting from violent shaking or a blow to the head. Thousands of soldiers injured in Iraq have been treated for brain trauma, while many thousands more ...
Eye-dentity: Iris recognition is giving a new to personal identity. See this cutting-edge science. Then try it yourself!(Activity to Discover)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] How can you tell an ordinary airline passenger from an international spy? Or an everyday banking customer from a dangerous cyber-hacker? That's easy. Just look into their eyes using a new identity technology called iris recognition. This ...
A good look in the mirror: the science of identifying "me".
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The time: Monday morning, 7:05 a.m. The place: Your bathroom mirror. You've noticed something alarming. Overnight the pattern of your bed's blanket has been pressed onto your cheek. Frantic, you rub the embarrassing mark to make it disappear ....
Robot see, robot do.
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In 1970, Gordon Gallup used mirrors to test the identity awareness of chimpanzees. Now in 2007, the chimp test is used on robots. These robot tests do more than measure a machine's identity awareness. They may also tell us a thing or two about ourselves. ...
Uniquely identical.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Do you know someone who is a twin? What do you think it's like to be a twin? Have you ever wished you had a twin to blame for those times you got in trouble? Or a twin to share your secrets with? Even though twins can be very similar, even identical, your twin is not another you. ...
Do you smell?
Oct 01, 2007; ... Shower all you want, but you'll never wash off your smell, a.k.a. odortype. That's because your odortype comes from immunity-building molecules inside your body. These molecules enter your sweat and mix with skin-dwelling bacteria to make your one-of-a-kind smell. Other people's noses ...
Career watch: working in biometrics.
Oct 01, 2007; ... Do you spend long amounts of time staring at the whorls on your fingertips or studying the shape of your hands? Have you ever been captivated by a pair of uniquely colored eyes? Are you a computer whiz who also enjoys math? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, you may have a ...
It's all in the cards: smart cards carry your identity in a wafer-thin sheet. So get smart--then create an intelligent ID of your own!(Activity to Discover)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AT FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY, IT ISN'T JUST THE STUDENTS WHO ARE SMART. If you go to college there, you'll do everything--from paying your tuition to attending football games, doing laundry, and eating at the dining hall--using a plastic card. It's a "smart ...
Find the RFID chips.(Brain Strain)(Radio Frequency Identification)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Brown family has installed Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) chips in all of their favorite gadgets, tools, and electronics. These chips help the Browns keep track of their things, but they also make it easy for you, a spy armed with an RFID ...
Feeding the lion.(Short story)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Mark sat at the back of the school bus, hunched over his glowing RFID scanner. He pressed the touch-sensitive screen, which felt slick as a snake's skin, and aimed the scanner at the other students on the bus. Raw data scrolled smoothly across the screen. ...
Star chart.
Oct 01, 2007 ... The monthly All-Sky Chart depicts the sky (minus the Moon) as it appears at 7:00 p.m. (your local daylight-saving time) on Oct. 15. Useful all month (except for planet positions), the chart is also accurate for 8:00 p.m. on Oct. 1 and 5:00 p.m. (your local standard time) on Oct. 31. ...
The milky way at its very best.(STARGAZING Comic)(Cartoon)
Oct 01, 2007; ... GREETINGS, GREETINGS, FELLOW STARGAZERS! EVERY OCTOBER, THE MILKY WAY IS AT ITS BEST FOR VIEWING--RIGHT AFTER SUNSET. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] IF IT'S REALLY CLEAR OUT, AND YOU'RE FAR FROM CITY LIGHTS, THE MILKY WAY WILL LOOK LIKE A FAINT RIBBON OF LIGHT. ...
Life, the universe & chickens.(Ask Dr. Cy Borg)
Oct 01, 2007 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Dear Dr. B, Are we alone in the universe? If so, do Superhumans exist? Andy, Web post Great question, Andy. First, let's say that there are some 100 billion galaxies in the universe, each with 200 to 300 billion stars. ...
You've got mail!
Oct 01, 2007 ... In the February 2007 Science Scoop "Xena Gets Busted," we asked readers to let us know what you think about the dwarf planet Xena's new name, Eris. We also asked if you liked the name change for her satellite, Gabrielle, now known as Dysnomia. Eris is the name of the Greek goddess of ...
It's All in Your Head: A Guide to Your Brilliant Brain.(Kids' Picks)(Brief article)(Book review)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's All in Your Head A Guide to Your Brilliant Brain by Sylvia Funston and Jay Ingram Illustrated by Gary Clement (Maple Tree Press, 2005) Your brain works hard for you, so perhaps it's time for a tune up. As you read this book, ...
Fingering the giraffe.(Animal Angles)
Oct 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If someone told you that a giraffe had finger-old prints, you'd take one look at its hoofed feet and shake your head in disbelief. But giraffes actually do have their own version of fingerprints, even though they don't have fingers! Giraffes ...
LONDON ON THE CHEAP
Oct 01, 2007 ... The Kooks and Jarvis Cocker A secret Oxfam store, London TheKooks launch Oxjam -- a month-long, countrywide festival to raisemoney for Oxfam -- by performing a free acoustic set in a secretOxfam store somewhere in London tonight. The DJ for the evening?Jarvis Cocker, no less. Look out ...
MEET ME AT...
Oct 01, 2007 ... Champor Champor -Weston Street, SE1. . www.champorchampor. com You could easily miss Champor Champor tucked away behindLondon Bridge. Tables are hidden in corners, meaning couples can sitjust close enough for that first date without being too cramped. Lapsang-souchong smoked ...
CRITICS' CHOICE
Oct 01, 2007 ... FIVE BEST FILMS Michael Clayton (1, 11mins) George Clooney isexcellent as a corporate lawyer who finds his conscience when hisfirm defends a chemical company against a law suit they deserve tolose. .1to Yuma (1, 1mins) James Mangold's good-looking western hasChristian Bale as the ...
BOOK NOW
Oct 01, 2007 ... War Horse National's Olivier Theatre. From )October. Tickets Pounds 1- Pounds .. ,www.nationaltheatre.org.uk Based on the novel by author MichaelMorpugo, the story follows the fate of Joey, a horse in the FirstWorld War. As with the National's winning production of ...
Kylie, python skin and a fashion frenzy
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TERROR POLICE NEARLY SHOT TUBE DRIVER ; Met 'blunders' over Menezes killing
Oct 01, 2007; ... POLICE marksmen almost killed a Tube driver and a fellow officerin the chaos that ended in the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, acourt heard today. The Met attempt to follow and stop the 27-year-old, who waswrongly suspected of being a terrorist, was so badly planned and runthat ...
TERROR POLICE PUT THE PUBLIC AT RISK ; (1) Met accused over Menezes killing(2)' Mistakes at every stage' of Met operation in Stockwell
Oct 01, 2007; ... LONDONERS were put at risk by the botched police operation thatended in the death of Jean Charles de Menezes, a court heard today. The 27-year-old Brazilian was shot dead at Stockwell Tube afterbeing mistaken for a terrorist in a police operation that wasdescribed as a "disaster" ...
LONDON WEATHER
Oct 01, 2007 ... TONIGHT: 14C (58F) ...
Egypt-on-Thames
Oct 01, 2007 ... Walking on water: a five-tonne ft model of Anubis, the jackal-headed god of ...
Renault offer Alonso way out after bust-up Sport Sport ; FORMULA ONE
Oct 01, 2007; ... LEWIS HAMILTON'S war of words with Fernando Alonso reachedboiling point today as the Spaniard admitted he did not want them tobe teammates next season. And Alonso's outburst came as Renault confirmed they would havetheir former driver back. That could happen within weeks if ...
ICC in row 'cover-up'
Oct 01, 2007 ... CRICKET'S governing body, the ICC, were today accused of a"Watergate" style cover-up over the Darrell Hair affair. Hair was barred from umpiring top matches after his involvementin the forfeited Oval Test match between ...
England on the ropes after Monty is dropped ; CRICKET
Oct 01, 2007; ... ENGLAND axed star spinner Monty Panesar today and then struggledto contain Sri Lanka's exciting strokeplayers in the first one-dayinternational in Dambulla. Sanath Jayasuriya hit 41 off 35 balls and skipper MahelaJayawardene scored 66 as the home side totalled 269 for seven ...
Alonso Ashton: I'm 100 per cent ready for England call
Oct 01, 2007 ... Alonso Ashton: I'm 100 per cent ready ...
England stars banned from sledging the Aussies ; RUGBY
Oct 01, 2007; ... ENGLAND have banned their players from sledging Australia in thebuild-up to Saturday's World Cup quarter-final in Marseilles. However, Sir Clive Woodward has urged them to "have a go back" atthe Aussies, who branded the defending champions "boring" and"pathetic" and claimed they ...
CITY LIFE
Oct 01, 2007 ... Day of the jackal: no public procession in ancient Egypt would beconducted without Anubis or jackal-headed god of the dead to marchat its head. So as the Oprepares to welcome the exhibition, ...
I can see the writing on the wall for graffiti
Oct 01, 2007; ... ONE OF my favourite London libraries has just beendecommissioned. Actually, it was a wall, in a small street off BrickLane, which was knocked down recently. On it, over weeks and monthsand years, local kids, nocturnal bards and lairy outsiders hadsprayed, scribbled and stuck on an entire ...
CHESS
Oct 01, 2007 ... Kiril Georgiev v Bartosz Socko, European championship, Dresden ..... After a tough, evenly contested game both grandmasters werementally tuned to small advantages. White (to move) is a pawn down,while his passed d. pawn is menaced by Black's rook and knight. Spectators predicted1 ...
'I've seen the corpses: no one should pay that price for a 6 skirt' ; With high street chains using slave labour to slash prices, fashion has become an ethical issue. Here, Safia Minney, head of green style label People Tree, reveals the industry's dirty tricks and the real reason Jane Shepherdson left Topshop
Oct 01, 2007; ... SOME people think nothing of spending 600 on a handbag, thenboast about only spending 6 on a Primark dress," Safia Minney,founder of ethical fashion label People Tree, tells me. "But I thinkit is changing. I think Mrs Middle England didn't really understandthe whole labour rights issue ...
I'm 100 per cent ready for England challenge ; (1) Dean Ashton, fully fit after breaking his leg, says he's excited about his future thanks to the work of physio John Green, reports Ken Dyer(2) EXCLUSIVE
Oct 01, 2007; ... HIS manager Alan Curbishley has pleaded for him to be given moretime but Dean Ashton insisted today that he is ready to answerEngland's call. The West Ham striker, who has scored three goals infour games following his comeback from a year out with a badlybroken ankle, believes the "sky ...
No smoke, no smut ; OPERA Carmen Coliseum
Oct 01, 2007; ... ENGLISH National Opera's new Carmen, conducted by Edward Gardnerand starring Alice Coote, was certainly original. No sexual energy,no cigarette factory, no smoke, no castanets, no Seville, no smut,no intensity. Add to this a gipsy heroine who refuses to dance and a vapidstaging ...
Polly fills in for the drum ; POP PJ Harvey Royal Festival
Oct 01, 2007; ... ALWAYS different, always the same might sum up the career ofPolly Jean Harvey, whose dizzying South Bank retrospective took inabrasive guitar music, thudding electronica and sparse pianoballads. Dressed in an elegant white gown, Harvey's appearance initiallyseemed at odds with ...
A few of her favourite blings ; POP Gwen Stefani
Oct 01, 2007; ... "THERE'S a No Doubt record coming next," promised Gwen Stefaniduring the first of what ought to be many London solo shows. Pretending to be Madonna has been fun but the peroxide pop sirenwill soon return to her ska punk roots with her old band. She certainly gave the pop life ...
Boothroyd will keep a cool head
Oct 01, 2007 ... WATFORD'S Tommy Smith believes Aidy Boothroyd (right) will not berushed into any snap reactions despite dropping two points againstBlackpool. The league leaders went ahead through Adam Johnson but Dan Shittugave away a penalty, which Wes Hoolahan converted. The striker said: ...
US atheists find a god in Dawkins ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Oct 01, 2007 ... AMERICA'S non-believers are being given a voice by Britain'sleading atheist. Professor Richard Dawkins is leading a campaign tochallenge the dominance of religion in ...
700 replica guns seized under ban ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Oct 01, 2007 ... THOUSANDS of pounds worth of replica guns are to be destroyed ina ban which comes in today. An Ealing importer handed over 700 gunsafter being told it is now an offence to manufacture, ...
Warhol's cans in the soup with rebranding ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Oct 01, 2007 ... CAMPBELL'S Condensed Soup brand is to disappear from British shopshelves. It will be re-named Batchelors Condensed ...
Amy's beehive is fashion buzz word ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Oct 01, 2007 ... AMY Winehouse's beehive hair has become the most copied stylethis year. The classic Sixties look, taken to extremes by cartooncharacter Marge Simpson, has been ...
Private schools warn over 'rottweiler' Ofsted
Oct 01, 2007; ... PRIVATE schools are in danger of losing their freedom ingovernment moves to end their independence, a leading headteacherwarns. Bernard Trafford, chairman of the Headmasters' andHeadmistresses' Conference, representing 250 of Britain's top fee-paying schools, said today that ...
'Worst pupil' gets top marks at Rugby
Oct 01, 2007; ... A TEENAGER from one of London's most deprived boroughs who hadbeen called "the worst pupil in his school" is now enjoying life atRugby public school. Marcus Kerr, 13, is now boarding at the 440-year-old schoolthanks to a former prison governor. Ray Lewis, who founded the ...
Call to review divorce law after huge payouts
Oct 01, 2007; ... BRITAIN'S top family judge has called for a review of the law onhow assets are divided in divorce cases. Sir Mark Potter, president of the Family Division and head ofFamily Justice, said it was time for a shake-up of the law in thewake of a string of high-profile divorces. He ...
Small fashion stores from House of Fraser ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Oct 01, 2007 ... DEPARTMENT store chain House of Fraser is working on plans for anew small-store fashion format in an expansion drive. Chairman Don McCarthy said the stores would be branded HOF andfocus ...
Rock falls to a new low as bid hopes fade further ; BANKING
Oct 01, 2007 ... SHARES in strife-torn Northern Rock crashed to a new low of14412p at one point today as hopes of a takeover faded and oneleading analyst slashed his price target from 300p to just 100p. Sandy Chen of stockbroker Panmure Gordon said he now expected theformer building society to make ...
Race to be greenest generator warms up ; UTILITIES
Oct 01, 2007; ... THE battle to become Britain's greenest power producer warmed uptoday as Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) announced plans to cleanup its generation portfolio with the potential of running intobillions. With the likes of British Gas-Centrica, E.On-Powergen, Npower andScottish ...
Cat fails to put up a fight on return
Oct 01, 2007; ... WHAT started as a fine weekend for Sheikh Mohammed's Godolphinoutfit ended in disappointment in New York last night when thereturn to action of Discreet Cat saw him finish a well-beaten thirdat Belmont Park. Having seen Ramonti take his third Group 1 prize of the seasonwhen ...
BRIDGE
Oct 01, 2007 ... The deal comes from the .... Spingold in the USA, with Cayne facing Mahaffey. At the othertable North bid .NT over .C, going down when East led the ace ofhearts and cleared the heart suit. Here West led the nine of heartsagainst .S and declarer missed a chance of making the ...
Sale to end feast on crisis in debt ; CONSUMER
Oct 01, 2007 ... SHARES in insolvency firms feasting on the tens of thousands ofpeople seeking to avoid bankruptcy collapsed today as one warnedthey may have killed the goose that laid the golden egg. Debtmatters, a specialist in individual voluntary arrangements(IVAs) for those whose borrowings ...