Fingers Lost in Art Class Tragedy 2009-10-12
Posted by clype in Health, Humanities.Tags: art, burns, giles, health and safety, HSE, plaster of paris, school accident, tragedy
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Giles Visual Arts School has been ordered to pay 19 000 GBP after a 16-year-old girl lost most of her fingers when she put her hands in a bucket of ‘plaster of Paris’ during a school art lesson.
The teenager was attempting to make a sculpture of her own hands during a lesson in 2007-01 when the horrific accident happened, Boston Magistrates’ Court in Lincolnshire was told. (more…)
Drums Ban For Collins 2009-09-11
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Health, Humanities.Tags: drumming, genesis, music, percussion, phil collins
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Former ‘Genesis‘ rocker Phil Collins will never play the drums again — after years of performing left him with an agonising spinal injury. (more…)
George High Fashion for Glasgow 2009-07-11
Posted by clype in Glasgow, Humanities, Money, Scotland.Tags: ASDA, clothing, fashion, George, George Davies, Glasgow, M&S, next, Per Una, shop, store
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Design ‘guru’ George Davies has picked Glasgow as the Scottish home of his new independent clothing chain.
- The retail expert co-founded ‘Next‘, is responsible for the ‘Marks and Spencer’ upmarket ‘Per Una’ range, and designed ‘George at Asda‘.
Now he is set to launch ‘affordable luxury’ brand ‘GIVe’ in seven UK cities, with Glasgow hosting the only Scottish site. (more…)
Planning a New Paris 2009-03-13
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Europe, Humanities.Tags: Architecture, design, Paris, urban renewal
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Ten of the world’s leading architects on 2009-03-12, Thursday, detailed their plans to dramatically transform the French capital into a Grand Paris, in what has been described as the most complex city project ever. (more…)
The Riverside Museum of Transport, Glasgow 2008-11-16
Posted by clype in Glasgow, Humanities, Money, Scotland.Tags: Architecture, Hadid, Museum
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![[Graphic of The Riverside Museum of Transport Glasgow from above]](http://clippednews.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/glasgow_museum_transport.jpg "gThe Riverside Museum of Transport Glasgow")
Seven clipped stories chronologically charting the progress of ‘The Riverside Museum’ (the new museum of transport for Glasgow). From the initial report late in 2004 (Museum of Transport, Glasgow, Scotland) through to the summer headlines of 2007 (Shock call to scrap city’s £74m transport museum), and then the follow-ups in October and November (Good news for Zaha as work on Transport Museum looks set to begin and Work begins on city’s £74 million Riverside Museum), and the the actual starting (First turf cut for Riverside Museum project) and just before last Christmas, work starts properly (Riverside development gets under way in Glasgow), to today’s latest sponsorship fund-raiser (Glasgow’s ‘Guggenheim’ starts to take shape). (more…)
Black Puppy Police Outrage 2008-07-02
Posted by clype in Humanities, Intolerance, Scotland.Tags: adverts, dogs, islam, muslims, offensive, police, rebel
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Muslims outraged at police advert featuring cute puppy sitting in policeman’s hat
A postcard featuring a cute puppy sitting in a policeman’s hat advertising a Scottish police force’s new telephone number has sparked outrage from Muslims. (more…)
No Waiting in Robo Restaurant 2008-04-09
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Europe, Humanities, Science.Tags: automation, design, engineering, fast food, Nuremberg, restaurant, robot, sci-fi
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A German inventor and chef has dispensed with the need for waiters by designing an automated restaurant.
The restaurant, in Nuremberg, has proved such a success that its owner says it’s booked up for weeks. (more…)
Sex Lost In Translation 2008-04-08
Posted by clype in Articles of Interest, Europe, Humanities, Intolerance.Tags: gender, translation
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A row has broken out over the translation of a best-selling novel after a feminist tried to make some of the characters female. (more…)
Taken to Court for Fixing Clock 2007-12-20
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It is one of Paris’s most celebrated monuments, a neoclassical masterpiece that has cast its shadow across the city for more than two centuries.
But it is unlikely that the Panthéon, or any other building in France’s capital, will have played host to a more bizarre sequence of events than those revealed in a court last week. (more…)
