Jürgen Klopp rallies neutrals to support 'special' Borussia Dortmund. Rolls-Royce chief Mark King resigns. The head of Rolls-Royce's aerospace division has resigned just four months after being promoted to lead the division beset by bribery and corruption allegations.
The aircraft engine maker said Mark King, who joined the company in 1986, would leave at the end of June. Before taking on the role in January, King had led the civil aerospace division, which is at the centre of bribery allegations relating to contracts in China, Indonesia, and other markets. Rolls-Royce to provide engines for SriLankan Airlines refit. Rolls-Royce is expected to provide the engines for a multi-billion dollar refitting of SriLankan Airlines planes – but this must not influence the UK's diplomatic position over human rights in the south Asian country, campaigners say.
The deal has emerged at a time of mounting controversy over Sri Lanka's hosting of the biennial Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November, despite allegations that it is intensifying a crackdown on critics and increasing human rights abuses. The British government has remained tight lipped over whether David Cameron will follow the lead of the Canadian prime minister, Stephen Harper, who is poised to boycott the summit unless he sees progress from Sri Lanka in addressing human rights concerns.
Quoting "diplomatic sources in London", the report said that David Cameron's Government was "weighing in favour of trade as part of its foreign policy pursuits". Boards of Canada fan puts 'clue' record up for auction – asking $5,000. Two weeks after finding the record that gave the first clue about Boards of Canada's new album, a US student is putting the disc up for auction.
Pleading for money to "help me start out on my own", the seller has already attracted drawn bids of $4,000 (£2,500). On Record Store Day on 20 April, a Boards of Canada fan stumbled across a strange 12-inch vinyl record at New York's Other Music record shop. The hidden dangers of legal highs. For most of the last decade, an average of four or five new legal drugs came on to the market each year.
Trade was steady – government efforts were focused on fighting the spread of illegal substances. And then mephedrone appeared on the scene: cheap, legal and available online. By 2010, the drug, now dubbed meow meow by journalists, had become the fourth most popular drug on the market, after marijuana, cocaine and ecstasy. Web censorship: the net is closing in. Every state in the world has its own laws, cultural norms and accepted behaviours.
As billions of people come online in the next decade, many will discover a newfound independence that will test these boundaries. Don't Shoot the Messenger » Japan’s Looming Singularity. Author: Edward Hugh · · Share This Print by Claus Vistesen and Edward Hugh According to Wikipedia, in complex analysis an essential singularity of a function is a “severe” singularity near which the function exhibits extreme behavior.
Snowman's view of tigers at play Longleat Safari Park. Why Rolls-Royce is seen as engine of recovery for UK economy. On a damp evening at Heathrow airport, the roar of Rolls-Royce engines is the dominant sound as dozens of planes land and take off with the aid of technology made by the industrial group.
For all the disquiet over Britain's supposed loss of manufacturing prowess, at least one of British industry's biggest names is an international force. Such is its industrial star power, David Cameron hosted a cabinet meeting at Rolls-Royce's Derby headquarters this year and Ed Miliband singled it out as one of Britain's "genuine" wealth creators in his critique of predator businesses.
Seen up close on the tarmac, the Rolls-Royce engine is less intimidating than it sounds. A Virgin Atlantic engineer shows how, for all the technical wizardry on display, these machines operate on basic principles. Delhi gang-rape: in India, anger is overtaking fear. When I first went to Delhi some 30 years ago I stayed in some flophouse.
Men knocked on my door all night. They wanted two things. Sex and Johnnie Walker. I barricaded myself in, got out my Swiss army knife and my hat pin. The hat pin was to come in most useful especially on public transport. Nonetheless I fell in love with India, for India is not one country but several. Django Unchained – first look review. Jamie Foxx and Leonardo DiCaprio in Django Unchained.
Q: What do Skyfall, The Dark Knight Rises and a hamburger have in common? A: See below. As 2012's bum end approaches, I've been getting up to speed with some of the thrilling cultural phenomena that somehow passed me by, months after everyone else got bored of them.
My life's been one big catch-up channel. It's not just idle curiosity: I'm preparing an end-of-the-year TV show, so I have to digest this stuff quickly: Homeland. Gangnam Style. The dog that won Britain's Got Talent. Brand new items in my mental trolley. Report raises ethical concerns about human enhancement technologies. Drugs and digital technologies that will allow people to work harder, longer and smarter are coming soon, say scientists and ethicists, so we need to decide now how best to ensure they are used properly.
The comments are published on Wednesday in a report on human enhancement in the workplace written by experts from the Royal Society, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the British Academy and the Academy of Medical Sciences. Human Enhancement and the Future of Work considers everything that could be said to improve a person's ability to do work, including so-called smart drugs, which can enhance memory and attention, as well as physical and digital enhancements such as bionic implants or the ever-improving computer technology to store and access information. Genevra Richardson, a professor of law at King's College London and chair of the steering committee that produced the report, said she defined "human enhancements" as technologies that improved a person beyond the norm.
World's fastest number game wows spectators and scientists. As I mentioned in a previous post, a million Japanese children every year learn the abacus, which they call soroban. Decriminalise drug use, say experts after six-year study. A six-year study of Britain's drug laws by leading scientists, police officers, academics and experts has concluded it is time to introduce decriminalisation. The report by the UK Drug Policy Commission (UKDPC), an independent advisory body, says possession of small amounts of controlled drugs should no longer be a criminal offence and concludes the move will not lead to a significant increase in use. Eric Hobsbawm: Socialism has failed. Now capitalism is bankrupt. So what comes next? The 20th century is well behind us, but we have not yet learned to live in the 21st, or at least to think in a way that fits it.
That should not be as difficult as it seems, because the basic idea that dominated economics and politics in the last century has patently disappeared down the plughole of history. Germany's Wolfgang Schäuble at 70 – still at heart of efforts to save eurozone. How a smartphone could become an endangered cicada detector. Germany: the accidental empire. Germany: the new stereotypes. Nuclear fusion – your day has come. The Joint European Torus (Jet) at Culham, Oxfordshire. Photograph: AFP/Getty Images Every year, one typical coal-fired power station devours several million tonnes of fuel and produces even more carbon dioxide.
UK windfarms generate record amount of power. Britain's windfarms broke a new record on Friday by providing over four gigawatts of power to the National Grid – enough to light and heat more than 3m British homes. Fusion power: is it getting any closer? A star is born. And, less than a second later, it dies. How Germany's south became the backbone of a vibrant economy. Germany's savers feel resentment and guilt over pressure to end euro crisis. Japanese firms close offices in China as islands row escalates. BAE's supermerger sends shockwaves round the world. Can MDMA help to cure depression? Tamils to be deported despite clear torture evidence. Vince Cable: pure laissez-faire economics does not work. Nokia and Microsoft pin hopes on new handset as smartphone wars intensify. Wind power study says opponents' claims are unfounded. Banking crisis could make engineering jobs more attractive, says recruiter.
China threatens to burst Australia's iron ore bubble. Arctic sea ice levels to reach record low within days. Prince Harry's naked antics – a triumph for Britain?