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Concentration of Power in the General Assembly (Right Angles)

Fri, 18 Jul 2008 12:49:32 GMT

JLF’s Mitch Kokai has an interesting blog posting over in The Locker Room about a News & Observer editorial on the unwise concentration of power in too few people at the General Assembly. In this most recent case, the discussion is about House Speaker Joe Hackney. However, earlier in the session, we saw a crystal [...]

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Clinton, Obama, McCain: the Hackney Connection (Rupa Huq's home on the web)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:44:42 GMT

As far as who they are, some bloggers like to flash it all about - like Iain Dale and erm to an extent me. Others are more mysterious. It took Micheal White on Newsnight to out Guido Fawkes as Paul Staines. Also in the second category is E8 Voice. Well after he kindly linked to me yesterday I can exclusively reveal that the man behind the blog is actually one Anthony Painter, author , journo and Hackney...

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Art Review: Games & Theory @ South London Gallery (Londonist)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:30:42 GMT

Games & Theory, installation view, South London Gallery 2008.Photo by Andy Keate. Peckham. The mere mention of this seemingly blighted borough is enough to send some running for the hills. Much in the same way as mentioning Hackney in the 1980s would do. But this just makes its treasures more special. We aren't ashamed to say we are fans of Peckham . South London Gallery , created in the mid...

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Hackney blocks bill on legal fee recovery (News & Observer)

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:30:00 GMT

House Speaker Joe Hackney said Wednesday that he does not support legislation that would make "reasonable" legal fees automatically payable to those who win public records suits against state and local governments. He told a House committee chairman not to run the legislation, which passed the Senate by a unanimous vote on Monday.

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MP calls for new law to remove religious discrimination from public services (PinkNews.co.uk)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:43:36 GMT

Public servants should not be allowed to discriminate on the grounds of their beliefs, Hackney North and Stoke Newington MP Diane Abbott said today.

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Hackney Publications Partners with SRLA to Bring the Sports Law Newsletter, Sports Litigation Alert, to College Students at Reduced Rate (Business Wire)

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:21:00 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Hackney Publications, publisher of Sports Litigation Alert -- the industry’s only bi-weekly sports law newsletter,

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Hackney Empire - Autumn 2008 (IndieLondon)

Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:31:15 GMT

HACKNEY Empire’s new season kicks off with Forty , written by and starring Angie Le Mar – from Saturday, August 2 to Sunday, August 17, 2008. Read more It’s followed – from August 19 to August 23 – by the Olivier Award-winning Gone Too Far! , Bola Agbaje’s perceptive play about identity, history and culture in a world where respect is always demanded but rarely freely given. Presented by the...

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Echo columnists: MY son, a Liverpool Hackney cab owner/driver, was doing a Beatles tour recently. (Liverpool Echo.co.uk )

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

MY son, a Liverpool Hackney cab owner/driver, was doing a Beatles tour recently. by Steve Harrison, Liverpool Echo He had a couple from the USA in his cab, the gentleman was 78 years old. Cab drivers are told to be helpful to tourists, so he parked his cab and helped the gent to look at something of interest for a few moments.When he came back to his cab a parking ticket was on it. The man was...

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Ray Lewis goes into hiding as big questions remain (Tory Troll)

Mon, 14 Jul 2008 07:48:00 GMT

Ray Lewis has been pulled from tomorrow's Home Affairs Committee meeting where he was due to answer questions on teen violence in the capital. The news that he will not be attending comes after he failed to turn up to a meeting at Petchey Academy in Dalston, Hackney last Tuesday. The school were due to decide whether he should continue in his role as a governor. He also pulled out of presenting...

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ECT: It was the turning point for me (icWales)

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 23:00:00 GMT

MELBA HACKNEY was always the one who could cope in her family. But a series of crises pushed her mental health to the edge.

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The erosion of liberties (EU Referendum)

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:40:00 GMT

In his main tale today, Booker recounts how metric martyrs Colin Hunt has been singled out for "harassment" by Hackney Council officials, in a classic example of how low-grade these jobsworths have become. This is part of the ongoing saga which started last September when Hackney's trading standards officials seized two sets of imperial scales from a stall in Ridley Road market they thought...

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ARK FISH RESTAURANT (DOS HERMANOS)

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:39:00 GMT

And don't you scream or make a shout It's nothing you can do about Hands up who’s heard of Ark Fish Restaurant ? Ok, Ok you can all put your hands down. Nobody likes a smart arse you know. It’s a new one on me anyway. What if I said Sea Shell of Lisson Grove or Faulkner’s of Hackney ? We’ve all heard of those. Well, the good people who run the Ark Fish Restaurant previously

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The Labour councillor who sticks up for Guantanamo and extraordinary rendition (Liberal Democrat Voice)

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 18:14:50 GMT

Never let it be said that leading Labour Hackney councillor and ultra party loyalist Luke Akehurst is unafraid to stick up for even the most unpopular of causes. Leaving aside his support for the current government, Cllr Akehurst has declared on his blog: I am in favour of extraordinary rendition and Guantanamo Bay Although, to be [...]

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An interesting view of the changes in Hackney (antiminke)

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:21:10 GMT

... the milk float' will visit Gillett Square with a range of organic vegetables and fruit with Hackney-grown produce plus stalls selling diverse African and Caribbean fresh foods and juices."...

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Harlequins - The Nomad Years (Sportnetwork)

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:40:05 GMT

The Harlequins story begins in 1866 as Hampstead Football club. Although matches were almost certainly played by Hampstead in black and gold during the 1886/87 season the clubs first recorded result was on the 16th November 1867 with a defeat by 3 goals to nil by Clapton at Hackney Down. The Hampstead Rugby club lasted only for a short time as an entity.

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Londons black majority churches launch violent crime awareness project (Christian Today)

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:24:05 GMT

Hackney Independent Black Minority Churches BMC in London are calling on the community to unite in the fight against gangs guns drugs and knife crime

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GIG REVIEW: Neon Neon (Backstage Pass)

Fri, 11 Jul 2008 13:20:59 GMT

Neon Neon Cargo, Sunday July 6th Review by Chris Todd Does anyone remember the mid-90's hard techno track 'Hackney Council are a bunch of c*nts'? Well, ten years on and Hackney Council continue to live up to their reputation....

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Launch of Me and the Dead by Katy Evans-Bush (Elizabeth Baines)

noreply@blogger.com (Elizabeth Baines) — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 10:45:00 GMT

Well, at the risk of reinforcing horrid northern stereotypes, I can report that I fled a freezing Manc on Tuesday and was whisked in only two hours to the comparatively balmy world of London and the urbanity of Treadwell's bookshop in Covent Garden, where fabulous Baroque in Hackney blogger Katy Evans-Bush was launching her keenly awaited Salt book of elegant, witty and moving poems. The room...

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East London’s Hackney gets UK’s first ever £5 ATM (PSFK Trend: PSFK)

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:39:58 GMT

In the past, you’ve only ever been able to withdraw £10 from Britain’s cash machines ($20) but Hackney, in East London, is to get the UK’s first ever machine to dispense a lower denomination on… ... continue reading

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It's my understanding that Speaker Hackney (BlueNC - Comments)

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 22:08:59 GMT

probably doesn't want to see the law changed - but you can be sure the Realtors are working overtime to pressure him from all directions. Please take time to write your representative today. For the beaches.

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