One Day , which tells the story of two almost-lovers over 20 years, should have worked. But despite great actors and bestselling source material, it definitely doesn’t: The film “seemed so promising given its pedigree,” which includes Anne Hathaway, Jim Sturgess, and director Lone Scherfig, writes Betsy Sharkey in the Los…
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At first, scientists were baffled by the orange goo that washed ashore in Alaska. Then they announced it was tiny eggs . Now they’re saying that’s wrong: It’s actually fungal spores, the Los Angeles Times reports. Microbiologists in South Carolina linked the material to the spores that turn plants orange with…
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Congratulations, people of Portland! (Or, if you’re of a super-strict moral fiber, then shame on you, people of Portland!) Dating site OkCupid has tapped into their data to determine which cities across the U.S. have the most promiscuous residents. By analyzing how many people have profiles with “Casual Sex” marked as a type of relationship
Continue reading …Another sign that rebels are tightening their grip on Moammar Gadhafi: An international agency says it plans to evacuate thousands of foreign workers from Tripoli, reports Reuters . The foreigners are mostly Egyptians who have no easy way out now that rebels have closed in on the capital and shut highways….
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Kazuma Obara became the first photojournalist to gain unauthorised access to the power plant Christine Oliver Mark Rice-Oxley
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Communities secretary labels proposals for tax on expensive property – championed by Lib Dems – a ‘very big mistake’ Eric Pickles, the communities secretary, has highlighted a rift in the government’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition by describing proposals for a so-called “mansion tax” on expensive property as “a very big mistake”. He said that the idea, which is being actively championed by Liberal Democrats, would hit “many ordinary middle-class families” because of the high property prices in some areas of the country. “We as a government have got to understand middle-class families put a lot into this country and don’t take a lot out. It would be a very big mistake to start imposing taxation on the back of changes in property values, particularly with big regional variations,” he told The Daily Telegraph. “People will suddenly find themselves in a mansion and they hadn’t realised it was a mansion. If it is only going to be mansions, the kind of thing you and I would regard as a mansion, it ain’t going to raise very much.” Before the election the Lib Dems proposed a so-called “mansion tax” worth 1% on homes worth more than £2m. The proposal did not make it into the coalition agreement. But it has not been forgotten and in his speech to the Lib Dem conference last year, Vince Cable, the business secretary, said that, given the difficulty of raising taxes on income in a world of mobile labour, “a progressive alternative is to shift the tax base to property and land”. In his budget in March George Osborne, the chancellor, said the government would be be “redoubling our efforts to find ways of ensuring that owners of high-value property cannot avoid paying their fair share”. Conservative ministers played down the significance of this announcement, but Lib Dems have presented this as evidence that a “mansion tax” of some kind is still on the agenda. Some Tories are in favour too. In an article in the Guardian this week, Tim Montgomerie, editor of the ConservativeHome website, backed the proposal. Liberal-Conservative coalition Tax and spending Eric Pickles Liberal Democrats Tax Andrew Sparrow guardian.co.uk
Continue reading …Communities secretary labels proposals for tax on expensive property – championed by Lib Dems – a ‘very big mistake’ Eric Pickles, the communities secretary, has highlighted a rift in the government’s Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition by describing proposals for a so-called “mansion tax” on expensive property as “a very big mistake”. He said that the idea, which is being actively championed by Liberal Democrats, would hit “many ordinary middle-class families” because of the high property prices in some areas of the country. “We as a government have got to understand middle-class families put a lot into this country and don’t take a lot out. It would be a very big mistake to start imposing taxation on the back of changes in property values, particularly with big regional variations,” he told The Daily Telegraph. “People will suddenly find themselves in a mansion and they hadn’t realised it was a mansion. If it is only going to be mansions, the kind of thing you and I would regard as a mansion, it ain’t going to raise very much.” Before the election the Lib Dems proposed a so-called “mansion tax” worth 1% on homes worth more than £2m. The proposal did not make it into the coalition agreement. But it has not been forgotten and in his speech to the Lib Dem conference last year, Vince Cable, the business secretary, said that, given the difficulty of raising taxes on income in a world of mobile labour, “a progressive alternative is to shift the tax base to property and land”. In his budget in March George Osborne, the chancellor, said the government would be be “redoubling our efforts to find ways of ensuring that owners of high-value property cannot avoid paying their fair share”. Conservative ministers played down the significance of this announcement, but Lib Dems have presented this as evidence that a “mansion tax” of some kind is still on the agenda. Some Tories are in favour too. In an article in the Guardian this week, Tim Montgomerie, editor of the ConservativeHome website, backed the proposal. Liberal-Conservative coalition Tax and spending Eric Pickles Liberal Democrats Tax Andrew Sparrow guardian.co.uk
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