...hanks to my wife Rebecca for all her help, support and professional proofreading services. Thanks also to my Mum, Dad, Brother and, in fact, my enti... ...ar Lane, but those who were close by ran for their lives. Inside the coach, the world was red, orange and black. Several of the passengers had been... ... Saturday 11 June Brent Valley General was one of the tallest hospitals in the world. Built in 1976, it stood 150 metres and 36 storeys tall – tal... ...ent,” continued Mrs Randerson, “and I’m sure you are aware that the eyes of the world are on this hospital right now. We have had many reporters te... ...her. “Oh, not you. I didn’t mean you. I meant the others, and that.” “Like the BBC? I know the feeling. They’re so boring, aren’t they? ITV are as... ...no remote control either. A nurse had switched the set on for her and left it on BBC 1, so she was stuck with horse racing. Fortunately her phone wa... ...es. This had all happened in the nine minutes before the ambulance and emergency services had 44 arrived. There was no CCTV footage, and no eye... ...ht Jasmin, and then realised how amusing ‘Glennis and Dennis’ sounded. “Are you BBC?” asked Mrs Randerson keenly. Jasmin could feel her throat thic... ...s father, but he always felt the need to remind him that he had retired from the service twenty years ago. “You shouldn’t have left them there, Rog....

...sion. The Pew Research Center published in December 2002 a report titled "What the World Thinks in 2002". "The World", was reduced by the pollsters... ... out of 15 countries regarded the conduct of the USA in Iraq as a greater threat to world peace that Iran's nuclear ambitions. The distinction forme... ...es in only 7 of 14 countries had favorable views of Americans. "People around the world embrace things American and, at the same time, decry U.S. ... ... vacuous eloquence. As a result, while tottering regional governments still pay lip service to the values of Capitalism, the masses are enraged and ... ...'In a democracy, malpractices are bound to occur ... corrupt dealings in government services lead ... to close personal associations, the men respon... ...another Turkmen empire, based in Aydin. The people of Aydin were mercenaries at the service of competing factions in Byzantium (Thrace versus Const... ...nt with Baghdad to rehabilitate some of its crumbling oil fields. According to the BBC, Lukoil also inked unusually favorable production-sharing ag... ... need also be mentioned." Still, the Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine, and the BBC have all reported recently that the streets of Baghdad are t... ...to be. Infant mortality figures are suspect as are most other Iraqi statistics. The BBC interviewed an Iraqi defector whose two year old daughter wa...

...y much as a one minute old baby does. The contract between him and his mother is a service provision contract. She provides him with goods and serv... ...further in time and space to the post-natal period? Contracts to provide goods and services (always at a personal cost to the provider) are the com... ...id. But to deny anyone his capacity to materialize his potential and the goods and services that he needs to do so – after a valid contract was ent... ...ction. But whether an event or action is an achievement or not also depends on the world itself, the substrate of the actions. An achievement must ... ...rred) – there would be no meaning to the word achievement. In an entropic, stagnant world – no achievement is ever possible. Moreover: the mere occ... ...bly contrasted with a fuzzy "they". While hate speech has been largely outlawed the world over, these often counterfactual dichotomies between "us" ... ...or, a channel, a voice, and the very depth of our souls. Home On June 9, 2005 the BBC reported about an unusual project underway in Sheffield (in ... ...ically speaking, passionate love closely imitates substance abuse. Appearing in the BBC series Body Hits on December 4, 2002 Dr. John Marsden, the h... ...sed model of falling in love. Each stage involves a distinct set of chemicals. The BBC summed it up succinctly and sensationally: "Events occurrin...

...y much as a one minute old baby does. The contract between him and his mother is a service provision contract. She provides him with goods and serv... ...further in time and space to the post-natal period? Contracts to provide goods and services (always at a personal cost to the provider) are the com... ...id. But to deny anyone his capacity to materialize his potential and the goods and services that he needs to do so – after a valid contract was ent... ...ction. But whether an event or action is an achievement or not also depends on the world itself, the substrate of the actions. An achievement must ... ...rred) – there would be no meaning to the word achievement. In an entropic, stagnant world – no achievement is ever possible. Moreover: the mere occ... ...bly contrasted with a fuzzy "they". While hate speech has been largely outlawed the world over, these often counterfactual dichotomies between "us" ... ...or, a channel, a voice, and the very depth of our souls. Home On June 9, 2005 the BBC reported about an unusual project underway in Sheffield (in ... ...ically speaking, passionate love closely imitates substance abuse. Appearing in the BBC series Body Hits on December 4, 2002 Dr. John Marsden, the h... ...sed model of falling in love. Each stage involves a distinct set of chemicals. The BBC summed it up succinctly and sensationally: "Events occurrin...