The Evening Standard (London, England) back issues from November 2007:
FORMER chief of the intelligence services... [Derived headline]
Nov 01, 2007 ... FORMER chief of the intelligence services, Sir Richard Dearlove,was heckled by students when he lectured on "Intelligence and theMedia - can we trust journalists with public security?" at the LSElast night. "I came here to talk about the subject of my talk. I'm not going to cover ...
SHADOW schools secretary Michael Gove... [Derived headline]
Nov 01, 2007 ... SHADOW schools secretary Michael Gove on Gordon Brown'sleadership: "The principle that Cabinet Government should mean thatable representatives of different traditions and philosophies withina party are all represented at the top table the principle thatAttlee, Wilson and Callaghan all ...
CITY SPY
Nov 01, 2007 ... SOME decidedly plum City slickers pitched up at Boisdale ofBishopsgate and tucked into the Haggis canapes at a charity auction,appropriately enough for Action Against Hunger, raising Pounds19,000. Food writer Bill Knott made a rousing speech, standing on amakeshift podium constructed out ...
CITY SPY
Nov 01, 2007 ... COULD Wife Swap be the saviour of TV firm RDF Media after thefiasco of a Year with the Queen? RDF says in its annual results thatrevenue from its US operations has more than doubled to Pounds 9.5million in the six months between February and July of this ...
CITY SPY
Nov 01, 2007 ... IAIN Ferguson, the bearded boss of Tate Lyle, is defiantlyignoring demands for him to go. He says: "The board has expressed total confidence in ...
LOCAL LONDON
Nov 01, 2007 ... A NEW shuttle service has been launched from central London toairports. Dot2Dot, run by National Express, is a minibus servicerunning door-to-door between 600 hotels and Heathrow and ...
LAST week I noted that a new cul de sac in Brixton was named... [Derived headline]
Nov 01, 2007 ... LAST week I noted that a new cul de sac in Brixton was namedMajor Close after the former PM, although Sir John Major seemedunaware of this. When I asked Lambeth council why it didn't call itJohn Major Close, a spokesman explained it has to follow guidelinesfrom the London Fire Brigade ....
FORMER chief of the intelligence services... [Derived headline]
Nov 01, 2007 ... FORMER chief of the intelligence services Sir Richard Dearlovelectured on "Intelligence and the Media can we trust journalistswith public security?" at the LSE last night. "I came here to talkabout the subject of my talk. I'm not going to cover questions outside the ring of ...
This month in odyssey.(SCIENCE SCOOPS)
Nov 01, 2007; ... The physical world is filled with twists and spirals. From the mathematical fractals on our cover, to the spinning dust devils on the planet Mars, twists can be beautiful and practical. The double helix shape and supercoiling of the DNA molecule enable it to tightly pack an enormous amount ...
Dust devil shocker!(SCIENCE SCOOPS)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] If you're from the mid- or southwestern United States, dust devils--little whirlwinds--are almost a ho-hum occurrence, especially during hot and dry summer months. Although dust devils look like miniature tornadoes, their formation is completely different ....
The big boom.(SCIENCE SCOOPS)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Astronomers have found the biggest and brightest supernova to ever be recorded. The giant exploding star, which appeared in NGC 1260--a galaxy in the constellation Perseus some 240 million light-years distant--shined about five times brighter than any of ...
The next big boom on earth.(SCIENCE SCOOPS)
Nov 01, 2007; ... It's happening. Just as you read these words, the world's largest volcano--Mauna Loa, on the Big Island of Hawaii--is swelling. And just like trapped gas in your stomach, the time will come when it all will come belching out. To try and better understand just when and where this belching ...
How to date an old timer.(SCIENCE SCOOPS)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] No, this scoop isn't about romancing someone from the Stone Age. But it is about figuring out how to date an old star--a burning sun, now a galactic fossil, born near the dawn of time. Meet HE 1523-0901, a relatively bright telescopic star in ...
Spirals in the sky.(SCIENCE SCOOPS)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Want to see one of the largest twisted objects in the universe? Just go out side at night and look up! All the stars you see are in our galaxy, known as the Milky Way. It doesn't look very twisted from Earth because we are inside it--just as you can't tell ...
Dr. Mobius speaks! An interview with Clifford A. Pickover.(PEOPLE TO DISCOVER)( Clifford A. Pickover )(Interview)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Some people say that scientist and futurist Dr. Clifford A. Pickover can be a little bit "twisted." And they're right! In a good way, that is. In addition to receiving dozens of patents for his high-tech inventions and writing scores of best-selling ...
Mobius magic.(ACTIVITY TO DISCOVER)
Nov 01, 2007 ... I don't know about you, but this interview has left me feeling a little twisted, to be sure! So let's try some Mobius strip science. <Pre> You'll Need: Sheet of white paper Yellow highlighter (or any color that you have) Scotch tape Pen Two different colored pencils ...
The great garbage patch.
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Imagine turning yourself into a thumb-sized plastic action figure and squeezing inside an empty soda bottle. Then imagine some dimwit tossing the bottle out of a car window and into the mighty Columbia River in Oregon. Where would you go? What would you ...
Twisted surgery in Flatland.(BRAIN STRAIN)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Flatland is a world in two dimensions, not three like our Earth. Citizens of Flatland can only move forward, backward, left, or right. They can never go over or under anything, or look up or down. Each person looks like a square lying on a flat plane. As a ...
The supercoiling of DNA: a dramatic re-enactment.
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You're about to re-enact an actual, important event--one that happens every moment of every day in each of the trillions of cells in your body. For this performance you'll need three props: A wide rubber band, some scissors, and a pen. Together, you and ...
Slipstream.(Fictional work)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Greetings! Rez Umwich here. I'm from the Eighth Dimension. I know--I know. You're not buying it. Right? But it remains so. It's difficult for anyone in the lower dimensions, say the Fifth on down, to comprehend. But even you Earthlings in the Fourth Dimension know there are higher ones. At ...
Winds of the von Karman Vortex street.
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] A 14th-century painting sparked a 20th-century discovery. As a young man, aeronautical engineer Theodore von Karman saw a painting of Saint Christopher carrying baby Jesus across a stream. Von Karman noticed swirls, also called vortices, in the water ...
Scientists explain what artists see.(ACTIVITY TO DISCOVER)
Nov 01, 2007 ... You'll Need: Bucket Water Blue food coloring Talcum powder or yellow corn meal Pencil The vortex street is a natural phenomenon observable by anyone, not just 14th-century artists. Nature creates vortex streets so ...
What's knot to like?
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SOMETIMES IT SEEMS AS IF WE RE LL TIED UP IN KNOTS. OR ARE WE? Welcome to the world of knot theory mathematics. Understanding some of the questions is a cinch. Finding the answers gets wonderfully knotty. Say It's (K)not So! ...
Try a new twist.(ACTIVITY TO DISCOVER)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Spiral shapes are everywhere--from the microscopic double helix of cells' DNA to the giant swirls of spiral galaxies. Now create your own spirals with these "twisted" activities. You'll Need: 24-inch piece of embroidery cotton or thin satin cord 7-foot ...
The Kansas killer!
Nov 01, 2007; ... Screaming and spinning, a massive, wedge-shaped tornado descended on Greensburg, Kansas, like an ax. Most twisters are only a few hundred yards across and remain on the ground for a few miles. But the Kansas Killer was monstrously different. When it struck the evening of May 4, 2007, the ...
Do the twist! Some animals are seriously gnarly--parts of their bodies spiral around, or they twist and shout or survival. Let's do the twist with this horde of fascinating creatures.
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Bubble Trap! It's widely known that whales sing. But did you know that they blow bubbles? For nearly a century, researchers have watched feeding humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) form curious bubble structures. Now, after monitoring ...
Kilometers, careers & other headaches.(Ask Dr. Cy Borg)
Nov 01, 2007 ... Dear Dr. B, Where do you have a headache? Obviously in your head, but in the brain or in your muscle? That always confuses me when I have a headache, and then it just makes the headache worse when I try to figure it out! Amanda, Web post Well, Amanda, I'm fortunate ...
Star chart.
Nov 01, 2007 ... The monthly All-Sky Chart depicts the sky (minus the Moon) as it appears at 6 p.m. on Nov. 15. Useful all month (except for planet positions), the chart is also accurate for 7 p.m. on Nov. 1 and 5 p.m. on Nov. 30. To use the All-Sky Chart, first use a compass to find the ...
Meteor watching it's easy!(Stargazing)(Cartoon)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Watch Jack Horkheimer: StarGazer, the award-winning international television series. Call your local PBS station for show times. StarGazer is a production of WPBT Miami, produced in cooperation with the Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit Planetarium. For scripts of this month's ...
You've got mail!(Letter to the editor)
Nov 01, 2007; ... Dear ODYSSEY, You rock! You are the greatest magazine ever! When I got my first issue I was amazed at how interesting it was. No wonder you've won all those awards. The Brain Strain in the March 2007 issue was challenging. I did not get it. I also liked the part in "Stargazing ...
Boomerang!
Nov 01, 2007 ... The narwhal s horn helps explain the unicorn legend. Think of some other traditional mythical creatures: dragons, phoenixes, and fairies are only a few examples. What real animals may have inspired someone to imagine your favorite fantasy creature? Send your response (including ...
Scientific Goofs: Adventures Along the Crooked Trail to Truth.(Kids' Picks)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Scientific Goofs: Adventures Along the Crooked Trail to Truth by Billy Aronson (W.H. Freeman & Co., 1994) Have you ever made a goofy mistake on a science project, then hit yourself on the head when you discovered it? Well, don't feel bad. ...
A tooth with a twist.(Animal Angles)
Nov 01, 2007; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Do you believe in unicorns? Probably not. Scientists now believe that the mythical creature--famous for its long, straight horn with a spiral twist--may have a history partly based in reality. In fact, the legend of a horse with a long, twisted horn most ...
Bus fares frozen or cut? Pull the other one, Ken ; The Mayor's much trumpeted fares cut is a sleight of hand that masks the true situation - that even with huge subsidies, London transport is the most costly in the world
Nov 01, 2007; ... BACK in old Russia, a penniless Jewish peasant lived with hisentire family in a single-room hut. One day, desperate, he went tosee his rabbi. "You've got to help us, rabbi," he said. "There's 14of us in there we can't take it any more." "My son," said therabbi, "I will help you. Get ...
Johnson gives guide for Pounds 50m 'deep clean'
Nov 01, 2007; ... CLEAN hospitals are not an "optional extra" and must be "ourfirst demand", Health Secretary Alan Johnson told NHS staff today. He and Chief Nursing Officer Christine Beasley set out howmanagers should implement the "deep cleaning" of wards as promisedby Prime Minister Gordon Brown ....
Race chief orders probe as white Britons lose out on homes and work
Nov 01, 2007; ... Things are THE row over immigration reignited today amid claimsthat white Britons are losing out to foreigners on jobs and homes. Equalities chief Trevor Phillips announced he is launching a full-scale investigation into allegations that immigrants are allowed tojump the housing ...
A new crisis for Sir Ian Blair
Nov 01, 2007 ... TODAY'S verdict that the Metropolitan Police was guilty ofputting the public at risk in events that led to the shooting ofJean-Charles de Menezes is a huge setback for the force and itschief, Commissioner Sir Ian Blair. The killing was a tragicaccident, described by the judge as an ...
Migrant homes
Nov 01, 2007 ... TREVOR Phillips, chairman of the Equality and Human RightsCommission, has long established himself as a fresh thinker on raceand community cohesion. Addressing the Local Government Association,which has called for an emergency Pounds 250 million fund to copewith pressure from immigration ...
Pilot of plane that dropped Hiroshima bomb dies at 92 ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2007 ... GENERAL Paul Tibbets, the commander of the mission that droppedthe atom bomb on Hiroshima, has died at 92. General Tibbets waspilot of the B-29 Enola Gay named after his mother that dropped a20-kiloton bomb on the Japanese city, killing 80,000 peopleinstantly, on 6 ...
'No officer set out to kill an innocent man' ; Sir Ian Blair defends his force and heads back to work
Nov 01, 2007; ... MET chief Sir Ian Blair vowed to fight on today in the face ofcalls from senior politicians for his resignation. The guilty verdict is the latest in a string of controversies tosurround the Commissioner in his two-and-a-half year tenure as headof Scotland Yard. Faced with ...
Car driver unlawfully killed six in level crossing crash ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2007 ... A DRIVER who parked his car on a level crossing, derailing a high-speed train, committed suicide and was responsible for the deaths ofsix others, a jury decided today. Chef Brian Drysdale, 48, died nearUfton Nervet, Berkshire, after taking his Mazda 323 onto the ...
MENEZES: MET CHIEF GUILTY ; Pounds 175,000 fine for shootingIan Blair: I will not resign
Nov 01, 2007; ... SIR Ian Blair and the Met were found guilty this afternoon ofendangering the London public over the death of Jean Charles deMenezes. The series of errors that led to firearms officers killing aninnocent man was due to the way the force was run, the judge at theOld Bailey ...
Gerry McCann takes his first steps back towards normal life
Nov 01, 2007; ... GERRY McCANN returned to work today vowing that the search forMadeleine goes on. He will do three half-days a week but have no contact withpatients at Glenfield Hospital in Leicester until senior colleaguesbelieve he can cope fully. The 39-year-old consultant cardiologist ...
BG joins in oils' slide with a dive to Pounds 587m ; ENERGY
Nov 01, 2007; ... BG TODAY made it a hat-trick of Britain's major oil and gascompanies to deliver a fall in profits for the third quarter of theyear. Following a 45% slump at BP and an 11% dive at Shell, BG todaysaid its operating profits fell 14% to Pounds 587 million, includinga raft of ...
Recovering Astra hit by copycat challenge to Crestor ; HEALTH
Nov 01, 2007; ... UK pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca was today rattled by a movefrom a Canadian maker of copycat drugs to launch a cheap version ofCrestor, one of its key products. Cobalt Pharmaceuticals told US regulators it had found a legalloophole that means it can start making a cheap version ...
Mills regrets axing farce
Nov 01, 2007 ... TOTTENHAM director Keith Mills today said he regretted the waythe club sacked Martin Jol and brought in Juande Ramos, writesMatthew Beard. The Dutchman, who is being linked with a move to PSV Eindhoven,knew his reign was effectively over once Spurs officials were caughtmeeting ...
Fergie: Jose will be back in the big time ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2007 ... SIR ALEX FERGUSON is sure Jose Mourinho's next job will be inSpain or Italy after talking to the former Chelsea head coach. The Manchester United boss said: "Jose is ...
Taylor is appointed new Stevenage boss ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2007 ... SACKED Crystal Palace boss Peter Taylor was today named managerof Blue Square Premier side Stevenage Borough. The former England Under-21 coach, who had a short ...
Minister: Terry's wages are obscene ; Sports chief Sutcliffe hits out at Blues skipper's pay
Nov 01, 2007; ... SPORTS Minister Gerry Sutcliffe today condemned the amount ofmoney being paid to England captain John Terry and described hisChelsea salary as "obscene". The Sports Minister said that by taking a Pounds 135,000 weeklywage, the player was typical of the growing alienation between ...
Lily Cole joins star cast working on Gilliam's latest film project ; NEWS IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2007 ... MODEL Lily Cole and Evening Standard Theatre Awards best newcomerwinner Andrew Garfield are to star in a new film by former PythonTerry Gilliam. Filming on The Imaginarium Of Doctor Parnassus beginsin London next month, it was announced ...
Unilever beats costs pressure ; CONSUMER
Nov 01, 2007; ... PRICE increases helped consumer goods giant Unilever lift salesand profits as it battled commodity costs. The Anglo-Dutch group, which makes goods such as Dove soap, PGTips tea and Ben Jerry's ice-cream, said third-quarter sales were4.5% higher at e10.24 billion and profits up 24% ...
Feed price rises knock Domino's ; CONSUMER
Nov 01, 2007; ... EXPECT a hike in your takeaway pizza price soon after the cost ofmozzarella rose by more than Pounds 1000 a tonne in the past fourmonths and flour prices almost doubled. Domino's is the latest food company to warn that sharp rises ingrain and animal feed prices will hit ...
Dally: I'm sorry for book row
Nov 01, 2007; ... LAWRENCE DALLAGLIO today apologised for his attack on Englandhead coach Brian Ashton. The Wasps back-row was scathing about the coach in hisautobiography, claiming the World Cup squad felt like a "pub team"and that Ashton didn't have the skills needed for his job. But ...
Injured Hingis is set to call it quits again ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2007 ... MARTINA HINGIS is expected today to announce her retirement fromtennis for a second time, due to injury and health problems. The former world No1 has called a press conference at the samehotel ...
Under-fire Els hits back at Monty in European Order of Merit row ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2007 ... ERNIE ELS today dismissed Colin Montgomerie's criticism of hisdecision to miss the Volvo Masters. Monty implied that the European Order of Merit meant little tothe South African (right), who is playing at the Singapore Open thisweek rather ...
Murray gives a master class as he storms into last eight ; SPORT IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2007 ... ANDY MURRAY was delighted with his display as he kept up hischarge for a place in the Masters Cup with a 6-4, 6-2 victory overFabrice Santoro at the Paris Masters today. The British No1 is now in the quarter-finals his ...
Germans to launch Eurostar rail rival
Nov 01, 2007; ... GERMAN trains could rival Eurostar services between London andthe Continent, it was revealed today. Deutsche Bahn, Germany's national train company, has lodged aformal application to use the Channel Tunnel and high-speed railline into St Pancras International. The service ...
MET CHIEF IS GUILTY OVER TUBE KILLING ; Pressure on Ian Blair to quit after dramatic verdict on Menezes
Nov 01, 2007; ... SIR Ian Blair was this afternoon found guilty over the shootingdead of Jean Charles de Menezes. The Office of the Commissioner of the Met was convicted underhealth and safety legislation of exposing the public to risk in theway officers carried out the operation. Mr de ...
'I tried to save bus stop victim's life'
Nov 01, 2007; ... A MOTHER told the Old Bailey today how she left her bed in adesperate attempt to save the life of a blood-soaked victim of a busstop stalker dying in the street. Mother-of-two Bernadette Fuller told the jury how she heard theagonised last moans of stricken gap-year student Marsha ...
Picture is gloomier as credit crisis bites ; ECONOMICS
Nov 01, 2007; ... STORM clouds were gathering over the British economy today asfurther evidence emerged that the credit crunch and higher interestrates threatened growth. Figures showed manufacturers and High Street retailers sufferedtheir worst month for nearly a year in October while the ...
Wobble in US as spending slows ; IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2007 ... FEARS grew for the health of the US economy today as figuresshowed consumer spending rose at a snail's pace last month. The 0.3%increase was far smaller than economists had expected and ...
Nephew closes in on margins target ; IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2007 ... PERENNIAL bid target Smith Nephew, maker of artificial limbs andwound dressings, today said it is on course to raise profit marginsby 1% a year by the end of 2010. It is already ahead of that in ...
Exxon dented by output slowdown ; IN BRIEF
Nov 01, 2007 ... EXXON MOBIL, the world's biggest company, today posted itsbiggest fall in quarterly profits in more than three years afterequipment and power failures slowed production. Third-quarterprofits fell to $9.41 billion ...
Fire sparks the recall of electric G-Wiz cars
Nov 01, 2007; ... THE G-Wiz electric car was being recalled today after one burstinto f lames. GoinGreen, the Southall firm that imports the Indian-made Pounds7,299 vehicles, said the move was a precautionary measure. Owners of the vehicles, which can be recharged from a householdplug, include ...
Climate-change heatwaves 'to kill thousands in Britain'
Nov 01, 2007; ... WITHIN 30 years Britain could suffer regular heatwaves that killthousands, lead to a crime rise and hit the British economy, the MetOffice warned today. In a grim outlook under climate change, an expert said businesseswould have to adapt swiftly or go to the wall. Dr Matt ...