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| Abdolahi had published an open letter to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on his blog, Webnegar, and found himself facing six months in jail and a fine of one million rials. When his pregnant wife wrote about this on her own weblog, she too had her computer seized and was taken to prison.
And then as other bloggers commented on these arrests, they were in turn imprisoned, with Arash Sigarchi getting a 14-year sentence on charges of spying and aiding foreign counter-revolutionaries. This has not gone unnoticed in the blogosphere: earlier this year, the Committee To Protect Bloggers announced Free Mojtaba and Arash Day, for two of the more recent arrests, and reported 10,000 visitors.
This scrutiny is one way in which bloggers are trying to stick together, and the feeling is that even mentioning incidents where blogging has been restricted helps in a small way: banners and links to keep the issue alive.
Not so long ago, many blogs were not unlike LiveJournal diaries: all personality quizzes and LOLs, but the form is versatile, it’s developed, and some bloggers are getting serious. Very serious.
And outside of the West, that change has been fast. A good example is given by Dinesh Wagle, who set up Nepal’s United We Blog! resource. He writes about how things have changed since King Gyanendra sacked the government (click here for the BBC’s Q&A on the crisis):
Bloggers at United We Blog! who were blogging about their dating, family gatherings and fascination with Google desktop search suddenly found themselves one morning without internet connection in the whole country. When the Internet service resumed 8 days after the February 1 royal takeover, they sensed the urgency of blogging about things other than dating: how newspapers have been severely wounded by the censorship, how pro-democracy demonstrations are taking place in different parts of the country.
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Since then, posts at United We Blog! have been more forthright and greater in scope: one entry, in fact, concerns the Iranian bloggers mentioned above and begins:
Iran is a country being ruled by Islamic fundamentalists. Nepal is a country being ruled by royalist fundamentalists. Our situation is not different.
Just as blogs provided a different kind of reportage on life in Iraq since 2003 (examples include Baghdad Burning and Where Is Raed?), so has it been possible to follow dating free online service site in Nepal, such as the army arriving at the TV stations, shootings at protests and the King’s Peace Bond financial experiment.
Many Nepalese bloggers choose to remain anonymous, such as “Kathmandu” of Radio Free Nepal, while Wagle now wonders about his role as “the Salam Pax of Kathmandu”, and takes umbrage at mainstream media describing Nepal as “one of the world’s poorest and most backward nations”, retorting:
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has no boundaries and it has to do nothing with money. A beggar could very well imagine himself being another Bill Gates.
Is it worth the risks? The bloggers think so, and are clear that their audience is not just the wired Nepalese, estimated as 300,000 of a 23 million population: they too want to forge links with blogs abroad and “raise issues in cyberspace where powerful and influential people of the international community do visit”.
They’d also like some tech support. Blogs are immensely useful for independent journalists, since they require little technical savvy, are often hosted abroad, and link together in ways which help to spread the world. The main con against these pros is that the available blogging tools are, unsurprisingly, not written in Nepalese.
As well as reducing the ease of entry, this also means that the tools play havoc with some characters from the alphabet used in Nepal, but things may be about to change.
In Iran, Hossein Derakhshan who blogs at Editor: Myself, tweaked blogging software to make it work in Farsi, leading to a rich world of Persian weblogs, including Mansour Nasiri’s Photoblog, The Lonely Rave and How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Write The Blog.
The NGO Reporters Sans Frontiers is trying to work on this, as well as free married dating service other censorious states in their Freedom Blogs Awards. This being the blogosphere, it’s not just the Iranian and Persian regimes that are disgruntled by RSF’s efforts: Bloggledygook gives a sense of those who are questioning the organisation’s funding and tarring them “neo-con crusaders” for criticising the same countries that the White House is thought to have issues with.
On the ground, though, this is likely to make little difference. As the tools become more usable, they’re open to all: supporters of Ayatollah Khamenei and King Gyanendra can blog too. And with Google News, which doesn’t generally carry weblogs, including reports from United We Blog!, the stakes are a lot higher. In places like Nepal and Iran, the big questions about weblogs are questions about the future of a free press. It’s enough to make you forget about “Comments Spam” for a moment.
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1. C3PO and R2D2 do not speak to each other off-camera because the actors don’t get on.
2. Driving at 159mph - reached by the police driver cleared of speeding - it would take nearly a third of a mile to stop.
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3. Disposable nappies account for 2.5% of annual household waste.
4. Archbishop Desmond Tutu watches Footballers’ Wives.
5. A booming market for soya beans for cattle feed is the main driver of rainforest destruction.
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6. Ann Widdecombe decorated her ministerial office in the 1990s with two posters - a foetus in an free asian dating online
message, and Garfield the Cat’s “The Diet Starts… Tomorrow”.
7. Pope John Paul II performed an exorcism in 2000 on a teenager, according to the Archbishop of Loreto, the Most Rev Gianni Danzi.
8. Alex Best, former wife of George, never liked football.
9. A holiday for a family of four to Disney World in Florida, with all the travel and consumption involved, releases 2,415,000g of carbon dioxide.
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10. Jonathan Dimbleby proposed to Bel Mooney in a Wimpy.
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Britain’s rock map is redrawn- I hope the BBC won’t be using this one to display the weather on.
David,
UK
Re your story re-dressing the 4×4 debate,
how about balancing it out with a link to 4×4prejudice.com a site which attempts to dispel many of the rumours surrounding the 4×4=evil debate.
Christian B,
Truro, UK
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Re US ‘could win over Muslim world’. Hmmm, respect, a bit of humility, listening… sounds like a radical plan, but it’s just crazy enough to work. And if it’s successful with the Muslim world, perhaps the US government will try this approach with other countries as well…
Pamela,
Vancouver, Canada
Re: 7 days quiz. I thought I’d stayed up on election night for all the exciting results… MP Robert Kilroy Silk (veritas)….? Shurely shome mistake!
Laura-Jane,
Oxford
The quiz has been amended. Apologies.
I am currently reading The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy for the first time and am truly amazed by Douglas Adams’ accidental, yet uncanny, foresight. Originally thought up in the 70’s, it not only has the researchers for the Guide in the book send their reports back to the publishers via something called the “SubEthaNet” (remarkably like the internet), it also mentions a “race of hyperintelligent pan-dimensional beings”, whose favourite passtime is “Brockian Ultra Cricket” described as “a curious game which involved suddenly hitting people for no readily apparent reason and then running away.” So those who claimed “Happy Slapping” originated in south London are wrong: it originated on the other side of the galaxy!
David, Maesteg,
South Wales
What or who are mukluks was
the question. Rabbit skinned boots worn by Rooneys girlfriend was the answer.
Actually mukluks were originally Seal Skin or Bear Skin which was (is) expertly crafted in Alaska, by Alaskan Native Craftsmen (Inuit et al). The rabbit skin is a recent change to the original idea to accommodate those that desire the look without having to walk around in fishy-smelling footware
C. A., Anchorage,
Alaska
Given the London Eye’s recent eviction notice, let’s hope the makers of the updated Monopoly board haven’t fixed it to its spot too firmly…
John Russell,
London, UK
At five past eight tonight, it will be 20:05 20.05.2005 - one good reason for not being American!
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London
Come on Monitor! Natch is a word, not a phrase.
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the free market, big business, religion or British institutions). And at the same time you’ve shown you knew nothing of the quite well-known blue anti-bullying bracelets, launched last November. To avoid future embarrassment, please refer to Do you know your awareness bracelets. And please don’t say natch again.
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“Even the president of the United States sometimes must have to stand naked,” said Bob Dylan many moons ago. A glance at the front page of today’s Sun reveals that so must former presidents of Middle Eastern states - well almost. The paper splashes “world exclusive shots” of the former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in his prison cell, including a front page picture of him in his underpants. It goes on to draw comparisons between Saddam’s former life of luxury and the humble conditions in which he now lives as a prisoner awaiting trail. Anyone with a passing knowledge of the Geneva Convention’s rules for keeping prisoners of war will no doubt be horrified at this spectacle.
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It’s time for the caption competition. Here are the winning entries.
This week it’s the Queen with Cree Chief Alphonse Bird in Regina, Canada, during her eight-day state visit to Saskatchewan and Alberta.
6. Robert Agasucci, London, UK
PETA’s 25th anniversary celebration got off to a bad start.
5. Stuart Young, London, UK
Charlie Falconer’s attempt to modernise the Lord Chancellor’s dress had gone seriously wrong.
4. Bill, Halifax
Celebrity Love Island still fails to attract the viewers.
3. Mal Wilkinson, Heesle, East Yorkshire
Speed dating in Saskatchewan gets off to a shaky start.
2. Joe, Sheffield, UK
“One can get oneself clean, one can have a good meal, one can do whatever one feels…”
1. Jon, Toronto, Canada
And suddenly the Queen remembered that Camilla had complained how she had nothing to wear for Ascot this year.
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Kudos to WebUser magazine, which in its current issue correctly identifies the Paper Monitor as one of the “hidden gems” of the BBC website. This comes a few weeks after the Monitor itself was described in the Sunday Times as a “gem of interactivity”. A theme seems to be emerging.
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Table Manners, 18 May)! Perhaps Tony Blair would like to buy me a house with a dining room in order to achieve this, or even a kitchen or living space big enough to fit a dining table in! Until then, I’m afraid it’s the sofa and terrorising the neighbours afterwards for us…
Rebecca Bond,
Hastings, E.Sx
Re: Piano Man, the film…shame it’s already been done, 18 May. Perhaps I should also remind you of the opening of Jane Campion’s The Piano, in which a mute woman turns up on a distant beach with her piano.
Colin Edwards,
Exeter, UK
Re: Water vole slide ‘can be halted’, 18 May. This seems to be plain cruel. I hope scientists are leaving dear Ratty with his swing and roundabout.
Andy Bowes,
Harrogate, UK
Re: Formula Won, in which you invited analysis of the formula that stated Wednesday was the ideal day to make resolutions. Aside from the fact that a formula needs an equals sign (I am assuming the final “x” is meant to read “=” as “s” is meant to be the final result), there seems to be a major error in the calculation. If there is zero opportunity, or zero motivation to keep a resolution, logic tells us it simply will not be kept. However, if we believe this calculation, there is still a chance of us succeeding in keeping a resolution we have no desire or opportunity to keep if it is a sunny bank holiday. May I suggest S = (MxO)x(1+Bh(H+R)) as a more appropriate model? I have assumed, of course, that Bh is a scaling factor based on the inverse of the time until the bank holiday, rather than a simple proportional multiple of the time to go.
Rob,
Sheffield, UK
“M x O + Bh (H+R) x S” - equals what? That’s just a number. They might as well tell us the answer is 42…
Stuart Moore,
Cambridge, UK
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Apart from the revelation that the dog who plays Lucky in the “More Than” TV commercials has died (write your own joke), today’s Mirror is getting worked up about how rubbish Celebrity Love Island (CLI) is. Star TV reviewer Jim Shelley goes for it with both barrels, much in the style of George Galloway, deploying bold, capitals, sarcasm and invective.
“CLI could, at a stretch, have been palatable for a week” he writes. “But FIVE weeks. NINETY minutes a night. Adult dating free online personals services
hours for the first episode. It’s suicide. I’ve seen shorter Steven Spielberg movies. They spent 2million on the set, 150,000 for Kelly Brook, 100,000 for Abi Titmuss. Meanwhile it’s said Paul Danan negotiated a price through his own agent - Thomas Cook. Even the theme tune is rubbish.”
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3G advert is set to break new ground, 18 May? Well, if it reaches my brand spanking new 3G phone it certainly will break new ground. With lousy 3G reception, poor download speeds, and laughable video calls I am totally underwhelmed by the 3G experience.
Tina McPhail,
Glagow, UK
To Matthew in manchester (Monitor letters, Tuesday), who says his long-lost friends can keep in touch with him via his blog. How will they know where to look? Apart from running a search on internet under your name I can’t see how they’d find your blog. You need to advertise your confidence-boosting blog in local papers. Maybe do a leaflet drop in your local area?
Martin,
Scarborough
Can one get the same perspective as on the new 3-D BBC weather forecast by standing at the top of the Eiffel Tower?
Jason S,
Southampton, UK
In Galloway claims Iraq oil victory, it says: “Lying to Congress can result in a year in prison in the US.” Please can we have an equivalent law about lying to Parliament? It would have been fantastic to see Michael Howard take his election campaign claims against Tony Blair to court.
Stuart Moore,
Cambridge, UK
Re: ‘Respect’ key for Blair’s third term, 17 May. Thankfully George Galloway is in the US, so he’ll have missed that one.
Ben Hill,
Cardiff, Wales
Re: Quote of the Day, Wednesday. Who else thiks Freddie Star has left it way too late?
Sue,
Loughborough
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Formula Won - a regular update on unlikely formulas which make it into the news.
You know the type of thing - a formula for finding how likely it is to be sunny on your birthday, a formula for how likely it is your toast will fall butter-side down, a formula for calculating if the same film will be shown on both outward and return flights.
So now here comes another entry. Today, 18 May, is the ideal time of year to make and keep a resolution. (It’s come from Cardiff University’s Cliff Arnall, who earlier in the year published the formula showing 24 January was the most depressing day.)
This formula is based on the principles that resolutions stand a better chance when it’s sunny and when the “feelgood” factor is on the increase - ie early summer near Bank Holidays.
So it claims that M x O + Bh (H+R) x S, where M is motivation, O is opportunity, Bh for proximity to a bank holiday, H is for the increasing hours of daylight, R for reflection time, and S for success.
Mathematically-minded Monitor readers are, as usual, invited to inspect the algebra and submit their thoughts, using the form on the right.
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Today’s front pages
Two nice lines from the papers about George Galloway’s remarkable appearance before US Senators. The Guardian’s Oliver Burkeman adapts one of Mr Galloway’s own phrases, which the committee heard had been famously said by the MP to Saddam Hussein. “Whatever else you made of him,” Burkeman writes, “when it came to delivering sustained barrages of political invective, you had to salute his 100 dating free online single site
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Christopher Hitchens, who also had an encounter with Mr Galloway yesterday, writes in the Mirror: “On spotting your own correspondent, Mr Galloway shouted that he was a People specialty dating site
ex-Trotskyist popinjay and useful idiot’, some of which was unfair.”
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Weblog Watch, 16 May, you asked if blogs had got anything to say. My blog is abosolute rubbish, I have to admit. The photos are pretty and I can change the colour of the fonts I use, but that’s about it. The only advantage running the blog has is that all of the people I once knew but now don’t see can check up on how I am, and realise that they are infinitely more successful than I. My blog is an online confidence boost for friends lost, and I’m happy to render the service.
Mathew,
Manchester, UK
Re: R.I.P. Weather symbols, 16 May. As the BBC had to buy the software for its new weather forecast from New Zealand, are we sure the shafts of light are not from Sauron’s Fish Eye?
Pete,
UK
So the Daily News Quiz (17 May) tells us that teenagers spend the most on gyms and dieting. I think you’ll find that the parents actually spend the most, not their offspring.
Ann C,
Orpington, UK
In Monday’s comments What should be in the Queen’s Speech?, it appears Ben Drake has inadvertently contradicted himself: “Free nursing and personal care for all elderly people in need, no means testing.” How does he intend to discover if they truly are in need without means testing of a sort?
Jon,
Bristol
Earlier today the Monitor went walkabout, leaving only this note: Page Not Found. So I tried, but BBC reception said they didn’t have anyone there called Not Found and were therefore unable to page him. What am I to do?
Jeremy, London
Note to Jeremy: Apologies for technical problems earlier today.
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Today’s amazing revelation, thanks to the Sun, are the TV tastes of Nobel Peace Prize winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Asked what he likes to watch at his home in South Africa, the 73-year-old said: “Footballers’ Wives. I like that. And Corolation Street. sic”
Meanwhile, there’s more insight for the Monitor about what it, as part of the BBC, likes and dislikes (seeing as it doesn’t know its own mind). Yesterday, you will remember, a Daily Mail columnist gave a long list of the BBC’s likes (Palestinians, Irish republicanism, drugs and a “host of social issues”) and dislikes (America, the free market, big business and religion). Today, thanks to a Telegraph letter-writer things are becoming even clearer. “For all its xenophobic hatred of America,” writes Mike Gilding of Huntingdon, “it is ironic that the BBC political cabal most resembles Creationist Christians. Both have backed themselves into ideological corners (anti-market and anti-evolution respectively) that are rendered progressively more ridiculous by events. Both react by trying to rewrite the evidence. The BBC is now in the state that the Ulster Defence Regiment reached. The solution should be the same.”
Woah! Too many positions on religion and Northern Ireland! Any more will cause a short circuit somewhere inside the Monitor.
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Universities getting Mumps advice, 16 May). It makes me shiver. Surely you could find a less explicit picture that would deliver the same message?
Sarah,
Bristol
In the Piano Man story (Fantastic response to Piano Man, 16 May) it is claimed that the music written by the mystery man was “genuine”. As opposed to that nasty, fake music currently doing the rounds presumably?
Simon Ellis,
Stirling, Scotland
Sharon Stone says single women can “have it all”, Back to basis for Sharon Stone, 16 May). Well yes, of course. But a few million dollars in the bank to pay for child care and other incidentals, does take the edge of some of the problems most would face.
Robin,
Herts UK
Re last week’s riddle, someone who comes from Llanfairpwllgwyngyll can hardly afford to complain about a riddle that goes: Wjf hnfction mv jlpblly tzht!
Henri,
UK
Re: Monday’s Paper Monitor: I suppose the BBC won’t be positive about Glazer, an American, exploiting the free-market to purchase a British Institution which has become big business, then.
S Murray,
Chester, UK
What’s “almost” imperceptible about these Sudoku witticisms?(Monitor letters, Friday
Jonathan,
Liverpool
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This was entitled “Degrading”, and read: “Welcome back uo uhe yfekly tjddle. Wjf hnfction mv jlpblly tzht. Ylh gswzgs ox juwvxru. Dkqp lvtj!”
The solution was that the original text should read: “Welcome back to the weekly riddle. The election is finally over. The answer is corrupt. Well done!”
The encoding works as follows: The first pair of words are in plain text, the second pair have their first letters incremented by one, the third pair have their first letters incremented by two and their second letters by one, the fourth pair have their first letters incremented by three, their second letters by two and their third letters by one and so on.
The winner was Sasha Rathbone, Edinburgh, who writes: “This is the first riddle I have ever solved. Must be because I’ve just finished my degree.”
Wrong answer from P, Epsom, with: “Here’s a solution you can make yourselves : get a big tub of ‘juwvxru’ and crush. Stir into warm water and there you have it…Primary School Food Tech all over again. (A suitably random answer to a suitably random riddle)”
And this from Stewart Meyer, Llanfairpwllgwyngyll: “The answer is corrupt. You may think the same applies to the election. I couldn’t possibly comment…”
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The Monitor often scratches its chin, wondering about the world. What should it think about Uzbekistan, for instance. What’s the best way to stop anti-social behaviour? Is it cruel to torture a Dalek?
But now Melanie Phillips in the Daily Mail has provided a handy dating free online woman
guide to what the BBC thinks about everything, which the Monitor intends to keep for easy reference. “With a very few honorable exceptions, the BBC views every issue through the prism of left-wing, secular, anti-Western thinking… It has a knee-jerk antipathy to America, the free market, big business, religion, British institutions, the Conservative party and Israel; it supports the human rights culture, the Palestinians, Irish republicanism, European integration, multiculturalism and a liberal attitude towards drugs and a host of social issues.” Phew. The Monitor had no idea, but will find this list very useful in future.
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The US has admitted it will miss its 1 January target date to implement the controversial Cafta free trade pact with six Central American nations.
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Cafta (Central American Free Trade Agreement) aims to remove trade tariffs between the US and the other members.
Opponents in the US say it will put American jobs and industries at risk.
The other Cafta members are Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic.
The US is now looking to write Cafta into law for 1 February or 1 March.
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Cafta was approved in the House of Representatives by just two votes in the summer.
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Ferry operator Caledonian MacBrayne has announced that a controversial new Sunday service on the Sound of Harris crossing will begin this weekend.
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CalMac said the seven day service was the most appropriate way of fulfilling its responsibilities.
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South Harris councillor Morag Munro accused CalMac of throwing the best dating online senior
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However, Historic Scotland stepped in and offered up Stirling Castle’s Great Hall at a “greatly reduced rate”.
The concert on 13 December, which involves 150 pupils in four choirs and a full orchestra, has already sold out.
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Christmas is on the way and there are some fantastic venues to skate at, whether you’re shopping or sight-seeing.
There are loads of indoor ice rinks up and down the country too that are open all year round, the National Ice Skating Association has details.
Check our list of the best venues below and the links on the right for more information.
Don’t forget to wrap up warm and a spare pair of socks might be a good idea too!
LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREA
Somerset House
One of the grandest venues in London, just off the Strand, you can skate outside within the House’s 18th Century courtyard. At night the building is dating directory online site submit
creating a festive feel right in the heart of the city. This is popular so book in advance.
Dates: 22 November 2006 - 28 January 2007.
Cost: Adults 10-15, children 7.
Natural History Museum
Combine a trip to the nearby museums (Natural History, Science, V&A) with a skate on a 1,000 square metre rink which is very kid-friendly. There’s a junior rink and ice marshals to give you a helping hand. Again booking ahead is worthwhile.
Dates: 9 November 2006 - 21 January 2007
Cost: Adults 10.50 - 12, children 7.50.
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Tower of London
If you fancy a slice of history with your skating then the Tower of London might be the ticket. The moat is transformed into a rink and sessions last an hour.
Dates: 25 November 2006 - 14 January 2007
Cost: Adults 10, children 7.50.
Greenwich
Set at the Royal Naval College, another grand venue awaits if you’re checking out the local markets or the observatory.
Dates: 2 December 2006 - 14 January 2007
Cost: Adults 9.50, children 7.
Canary Wharf
Outdoor skating is also happening in the cityscape amongst the dating ethnic of Canary Wharf. The rink is open for three months at Canada Square Park. You could close your eyes and pretend it was downtown New York.
Dates: 18 November 2006 - 18 February 2007
Cost: Adults 10, children 7.
Kew Gardens
On the way to Richmond and beside the banks of the Thames, Kew Gardens offers a online dating service business
setting to ice skate. If you’re visiting the gardens then it would be plain rude not take to the ice and burn off the slice of cake from the Orangery.
Dates: 25 November 2006 - 7 January 2007
Cost: Adults 10.
Hampton Court Palace
A bit further out of town but perfect if you’re visiting Henry VIII’s famous home.
Dates: 4 December 2006 - 14 January 2007
Cost: Adults 9.50, children (U12) 7.50.
Windsor
With the Queen’s residence as a backdrop, Alexandra Gardens is home to a 880 metre square rink for six weeks. The ice holds 240 skaters an hour from 10am to 10pm.
Dates: 26 November 2006 - 8 January 2007
Cost: Adults 9.50, children 7.50.
REST OF THE UK
Cardiff
The Winter Wonderland Open Air Ice Rink outside Cardiff City Hall gives visitors the opportunity to skate or watch from a heated terrace. School groups can go for as little as 2.50 a child with teachers free.
Dates: 16 November 2006 - 7 January 2007
Cost: Adults 7.50, children 5.50.
Glasgow
George Square makes for a stunning backdrop adjacent to the city chambers and skaters can bask in the glow of the city lights. If that’s not warm enough get hold of the mulled wine on offer.
Dates: 25 November 2006 - 24 December 2006
Cost: Adults 6-8.50, children 5-6.
Edinburgh
If you can’t feel festive under Edinburgh Castle then the rink at East Princes Street Gardens probably isn’t for you. This is the eighth year Edinburgh’s Winter Wonderland has been on show.
Dates: 24 November 2006 - 7 January 2007
Cost: Adults 8.50, children 7.50. Off-peak tickets are cheaper.
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Bristol
The Mall at Cribbs Causeway is just north of Bristol, but offers a perfect rest from Christmas shopping.
Dates: 16 November 2006 - 6 January 2007
Cost: Adults 5-7.50, children 4-5.50
Manchester
Piccadilly Gardens is the setting for a brand-new outdoor skating rink.
Dates: 17 November 2006 - 7 January 2007
Cost: Adults 7.50, children 5.
York
In the shadows of the Clifford’s Tower, outdoor ice skating makes a return to the Eye of York. There’s 600 square metres to dance around and accompanying DJs.
Dates: 18 November 2006 - 7 January 2007
Cost: Adults 7.95, children 6.50.
Cornwall
The Eden Project’s winter festival, A Time of Gifts, offers an open-air ice rink which is open for business right through the year.
Cost: 4 for 40 minutes.
Warwick
Warwick Castle boasts not just a ice rink but a 60-metre ice slide too.
Dates: 2 December 2006 - 7 January 2007
Cost: Adults 6-10, children 5-7
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But only 12 venues were confirmed when the calendar was announced - a round on 15 August is still to be confirmed.
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The Irish Rugby Football Union may look elsewhere if the four Welsh clubs continue to harbour hopes of an Anglo-Welsh Cup.
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There is talk of another separate cup competition and moves by Italian giants Benetton Treviso to get in on the act.
“It would be a way of moving Italian rugby forward,” said Craig Green.
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“Development wise it would be easier for me to stimulate players because at the moment there are only two or three teams capable of winning the Italian League,” said Green a former All Black World Cup winner.
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The main gripe for both the Irish and Scottish is that next season the Celtic League appeared to have got everything in place with free dates covering the autumn internationals and the Six Nations.
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The proposals under consideration are that there will be four groups of four then semi-finals and final.
Two weekends in September and the first weekend in January have been earmarked which would clash with Celtic League matches.
While the Irish did not exactly jump into the Celtic League ethos with open arms, they have fully embraced it for lot for next season with Heineken Cup qualification included.
The next meeting of the Celtic League in early May should be interesting.
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Calzaghe was originally meant to make the 13th defence of his title in Newcastle on 24 May.
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Calzaghe has been out of the ring since defeating Tocker Pudwill in two rounds last December in Newcastle, and admits the constant set-backs are frustrating.
“I’m going to be a little ring rusty,” he told BBC Sport. “I’m at the peak of my condition and at the peak of my career at the moment, but I’m not fighting often enough.
“I boxed in December - an easy win against Pudwill - and I wanted to get straight back into the ring.
“Unfortunately, it hasn’t been a lucky year for me so far. But let’s hope things go well - knock this guy out on 28 June and take my frustration out on him.
“Then I’ll hopefully fight again in September and then in December.”
A host of other Welsh fighters will be fighting on the Calzaghe undercard.
Enzo Maccarinelli will challenge for the vacant WBU cruiserweight title, while Jamie Arthur, Gavin Rees, Tony Doherty, Gary Lockett, Bradley Pryce and Scott Gammer will have non-title bouts.
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