Published on
05/03/2009 at
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Tags: Book, booksellers, information, initiative, Ireland, personal enrichment, publishers, reading, St. George, today, UK, world, world book day, worldwide celebration.
Its World Book Day today 5th March 2009.
World Book Day was designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and is marked in over 100 countries around the globe. The origins of the day we now celebrate in the UK and Ireland come from Catalonia, where roses and books were given as gifts to loved ones on St. George’s Day – a tradition started over 80 years ago. For international information about World Book Day, please click here.
World Book Day 2009 in the UK and Ireland will take place on Thursday 5th March. Please note that this date applies to the UK and Ireland only. The initiative is so well established in schools here that we want to make sure that the Day happens in term time to really make the most of this opportunity to celebrate books and reading. Most other countries hold World Book Day on 23rd April every year.
World Book Day is a partnership of publishers, booksellers and interested parties who work together to promote books and reading for the personal enrichment and enjoyment of all.
So later i will be grabbing a book, and having abit of a read. 
Published on
06/10/2008 at
3:00 PM. in
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Tags: america, Blog, credit, credit crunch, independance, mcain, money, obama, Politics, president, USA, world.
Well all this talk of a credit cruch is not good, its all because of greedy people that we are in this mess, and the main culprits are the greedy americans, but it always seems to be the americans fault. They never get things right, we could argue compared to the rest of the world america is still a young country, yet im sure they have made more mistakes that most other countries.
Also another thing i dont understand whats with the pomp and money that goes into the presidential rally, they are wasting money, i know its for the presidentency of american, the big old USA. But really is all neccessary. All in all i lay the blame of current credit crunch at the americans. Would it be different if us British hadnt been kicked out, and the american independence never happened, now that is an interesting question indeed?
A football tournament played by teams of robots has kicked off in Germany. The 10th annual RoboCup, being held in Bremen, will see more than 400 teams of robots dribbling, tackling and shooting in an effort to become world champions.
Machines compete in 11 leagues including those designed for humanoid and four-legged robots.
The organisers of the tournament hope that in 2050 the winners of the RoboCup will be able to beat the human World Cup champions.
“RoboCup 2006 is the first step towards a vision,” said Minoru Asada, president of the RoboCup Federation.
“This vision includes the development of a humanoid robot team of eleven players, which can win against a human soccer world champion team.”
Read the Rest At the BBC News Page
