Saturday 19 May 2012

Thursday 17 May 2012

NPR Music Proposes 20 Albums Everyone Loves (Podcast)


Can't We All Just Get Along? Our Search For The Albums Everyone Loves

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May 16, 2012
When the NPR Music team started talking about the 25th anniversary of Paul Simon's Graceland,we soon realized everyone on staff agreed it was one of the all-time great records. That doesn't happen very often, especially in a group of people with such divergent tastes in music.
This discovery got us thinking: Is it possible to form a top ten list of records everyone can agree on? The kinds of records that, if you put them on at a party, everyone would say, "turn it up!"
So we need you to vote. We've started by nominating 20 albums that we think will be loved by everyone who listens to them, and we want you to tell us whether YOU feel that love. To keep this running through the summer, we'll need more suggestions for albums that might fit the bill.Keep voting, and by August we hope to have a final list we can agree on.
A big quest like this one needs a big kickoff, so for this week's show Bob and Robin play a few selections they and the rest of the NPR Music team think everyone will love. Bob and Robin are also joined by folk singer Glen Hansard, who throws Bob Marley's Exodus into the ring.
We don't even scratch the surface of the surface with this show. But we hope to get the discussion going by fitting in as much in as possible, from quiet, emotional folk, and psychedelic funk, to high-strutting, head-banging rock.

Mladic Trial delayed due to failure of prosecutors to disclose evidence

You can read the full report on the BBC page including a short video clip of Mladic. I've also linked to a few BBC news podcasts covering the trial.



It has been an embarrassing day for international justice. As grieving relatives sat through the chilling detail of the worst atrocity on European soil since World War II, it emerged that the prosecution had failed to disclose thousands of pages of evidence that should have been shared with the defence.
Gen Mladic's lawyers told the court they need six more months to process those documents.

  • 16 May PM The trial of Ratko Mladic

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    Mladic trial opens in the Hague / Witnesses coerced, says Liberia's Charles Taylor / The pliosaur who suffered painful arthritis.

  • 16 May 12 AM Mladic Trial Begins

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    Mladic to face charges of genocide/ Truth Commission in Brazil/ New drug in Russia/ Carlos Fuentes

The World Tonight - Wednesday 16th May 2012

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UK economic growth forecasts have again been revised downwards - David Cameron has warned that the crisis in the eurozone is affecting British economic prospects and urged the eurozone to move quickly to resolve the crisis over Greece. And, the former Bosnian Serb general, Ratko Mladic, has gone on trial, accused of genocide and crimes against humanity.






Wednesday 16 May 2012

20 Best Smartphones in the world today

techradar has a handy list of the best smartphones around today.

20. HTC Wildfire S
19. HTC ChaCha
18. HTC Rhyme
17. Google Nexus S
16. Sony Ericsson Experia Mini/Pro
15. iPhone 4
14. Samsung Galaxy Note
13. Blackberry Curve 9360
12. Orange Monte Carlo
11. Sony Experia Arc S
10. Motorola Razr
9. HTC Desire S
8. Nokia lumia 800
7. Samsung Galaxy Nexus
6. Blackberry Bold 9900
5. Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray
4. Sony Experia S
3. HTC Sensation XE
2. iPhone 4S
1. Samsung Galaxy SII









Mladic Trial Begins & Truth Commission in Brazil (BBC News Podcast)

Tuesday 15 May 2012

Chance of Accident Increases the more teenagers are in a car

A study in America has shown that the chance of an accident when a teenager is driving increases by the number of other teenagers in the car. 

Hear the summary of the report from Albert Mohler, it's the final article in the podcast.