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Watchukinusa:
November is now Movember, the annual month-long charity event during which men around the world grow moustaches to raise money and awareness for men’s health.
In Washington DC, the growing efforts have spread down Embassy Row. For a second year the British, Australian, and New Zealand Embassies will compete on who can raise the most money under the “Embassy Mo’s on Embassy Row”...
October 2011
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Horror Movie Lessons for Economic Policy Makers →
ukinusa:
Financial crises can seem like horror movies. Peter Matheson, chief economist at the British Embassy in Washington, writes that economic policy makers might take some lessons from the genre. More ›
Watchukinusa:
Who can govern the ungovernable?
In this podcast, Richard Burge, the CEO of Wilton Park hosts a discussion with John Duncan, senior UK diplomat and Special Representative for the London Conference on Cyberspace, and Ben Hammersley, Editor at Large of Wired magazine. The speakers discuss why the UK government is holding an international conference on cyberspace, an environment...
Get involved in the debate about the future of... →
ukinusa:
The wider cyberspace community will be able to take part in the debate by contributing their views in the run up to and during the Conference to help inform the discussion at the Conference.
You have an opportunity to ask senior representatives from government, business and civil society your questions about the future of the web.
How to ask your question -
Via Twitter: Tweet...
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September 2011
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Watchukinusa:
Foreign Office Minister Alistair Burt on MSNBC’s Morning Joe
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The Rise of Urban Farming
csmonitor:
Urban homesteading is on the rise. Cultivating a corner of the yard or the back deck into a tangle of edible things has become one small way to regain purpose and control in an unpredictable time.
From Boston to Seattle, from beekeeping to chicken coops to prepping preserves, modern homesteaders are taking food production into their own hands.
> READ: The rise of urban...
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Press Statement on the case of Mr Troy Davis →
ukinusa:
The British, German, French, Belgian, Irish and Greek Consulates-General in Atlanta, Georgia issued a joint statement on the case of Mr Troy Davis.
The British, German, French, Belgian, Irish and Greek Consulates-General in Atlanta, Georgia would like to draw attention to the September 19 statement (full text) issued by the European Union on the case of Mr Troy Davis. While we...
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“We have to be on guard that we don’t spend so much time worrying about...”
– Powell: Don’t Let Terrorism Change ‘Who We Are’ - NPR
August 2011
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Foreign Secretary to answer your questions on... →
ukinusa:
The Foreign Secretary will answer questions about UK policy on Libya ahead of the conference that the Prime Minister will attend in Paris on Thursday. You can send your questions via Twitter today using the hashtag #askfs.
The Foreign Secretary will answer as many questions as possible from 2pm BST on 31 August through twitter using his Twitter account @WilliamJHague.
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Share your travel tips with the Foreign Office →
ukinusa:
The Foreign Office is calling on the public to provide travel tips as British nationals prepare to go abroad for the August bank holiday weekend.
Record your top travel tip using Audioboo and tweet it using the hashtag #mytraveltip. We’ll share the best of the advice from our official travel advice twitter account @fcotravel.
The tips can be anything from a surprising law or custom...
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Watchsamreich:
On the five-year anniversary of me working at CollegeHumor, my dad finally does a video.