For nearly two years now – thanks to the generosity of the Atkin Foundation – ICSR has given young leaders from Arab countries and Israel the opportunity to come to London for periods of four months to develop their ideas on how to further peace and mutual understanding in the Middle East. Against the background of current events, debate and constructive dialogue between Israelis and Arabs seem more important than ever – especially among those who are likely to occupy positions from which they can shape politics and public opinion in the Middle East. For this reason, we have started recruiting Atkin … Continue reading The Atkin Fellowship for Arab-Israeli Dialogue — NOW RECRUITING

Wine From openSUSE Wine is an open-source implementation of Windows API for Linux. This enables you to run your favorite Windows programs on Linux.Wine makes Linux “pose” as Windows. Unlike VMWare, Xen and others which pretend to be a computer, on which you then run the real Microsoft Windows as you would on a physical machine, Wine instead just pretends to be Windows, by offering applications the Windows API and functions they use, and mapping them to the corresponding Linux API. Given that Wine pretends to be Windows, and Windows is complex and convoluted, this posing works only to a … Continue reading Use your Windows software on Linux

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Don’t be fooled by the love-in between the Hugh Grant and Colin Firth of politics – this is a Left-wing coup By Melanie Phillips The sense of disorientation following last week’s tumultuous events and the formation of a coalition government has far from abated. People are still trying to work out the contours of this most unfamiliar political landscape. We don’t know if this is a temporary phenomenon or if a great political realignment is under way. Lib Dem grandees and others have come out against the coalition – on the grounds they couldn’t stomach an alliance with ‘unprogressive’ Conservatives … Continue reading Another reason to support the New Government – Melanie Phillips is against it!

The Saïd Foundation Child Development Programme Officer Recruiter: Saïd Foundation Job Title: Development Programme Officer Job Description: Part time development professional required to implement our grant making programme for children in Palestine, Lebanon and Jordan. The Saïd Foundation is a UK registered charity that works in the Middle East and the UK to bring positive and lasting change to the lives of children and young people. We now seek a Child Development Programme Officer to implement a well established grant making programme which currently focuses on the themes of education and disability. The Officer will be responsible for making recommendations … Continue reading Saïd Foundation Job Offer – London

I-Fairy robot weds Japanese couple Machine with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails presides over wedding of Kokoro employee and robotics professor Jay Alabaster and agencies, Tokyo guardian.co.uk, I-Fairy and the happy couple. Photograph: Yuriko Nakao/Reuters Almost everyone stood when the bride walked down the aisle in her white gown, but not the wedding conductor, because she was bolted to her chair. The nuptials at this ceremony were led by I-Fairy, a 4ft seated robot with flashing eyes and plastic pigtails. The wedding today was the first to be led by a robot, according to the manufacturer, Kokoro. “Please lift the … Continue reading Should iFairy robot replace Mullahs, Priests, Rabbis and Gurus?

Wielding swords in Samurai Camp is the new aerobics for Japanese women Leo Lewis in Tokyo Aerobics is for wimps, marathons are for the uncommitted and kickboxing is yesterday’s game. If you really want to vanquish your flab, no exercise can compete with an hour of vigorous feudal massacre. Welcome to Samurai Camp, a fitness regime that fuses ritualised 16th century swordsmanship, an imaginary bloodbath and throbbing techno music — and which has captivated 21st-century Japanese woman. The traditional katana swords may be plastic and the slaughter imaginary, but as The Times discovered, when it joined a session, the sweat … Continue reading The reason why Japanese women are not fat

Answer the lesbian question, Ms Legal Eagle Andrew Sullivan thetimes.co.uk <!– –> The nominee to be the next justice of the Supreme Court has no opinion on anything. Well, that’s not entirely true. She did believe in providing free coffee for students when she was dean of Harvard Law School. She once publicly protested against the ban on honest homosexuals serving in the US military — but that is genuinely the only controversial statement she has ever made in public. How do such people exist? Well, the truth is they have existed on the career ladder for the US Supreme … Continue reading Obession with sexuality clouds judgment

Killer fungus is no mystery to Afghan poppy growers Afghanistan’s opium producers believe they are victims of a biological attack by the United States Nushin Arbabzadah guardian.co.uk Will resentment among Afghanistan’s poppy farmers drive them into the arms of the Taliban? Photograph: Reuters Reports of a “mysterious” fungus that has damaged opium poppy crops in Afghanistan have hit international headlines but on the ground the “mystery” is an open secret. Helmand farmers interviewed by BBC Pashto service for the early morning news programme a couple of days ago were convinced that “they” had deliberately destroyed the crops. The pronoun “they” … Continue reading Afghanistan’s opium producers believe they are victims of a biological attack by the United States