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Facing Autism in New Brunswick (Free subscription) | 07/09/2008
Scotland on Sunday reports that Raun Kaufman is off to Scotland to sell parents of autistic children on his Son-Rise program. The article quotes several voices urging caution with respect to Son-Rise and Mr. Kaufman's claim including Dr Richard Mills, director of independent charity Research Autism: "Anecdotal reports of recovery are not evidence. There have been no independently conducted,
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The Independent (Free subscription) | 14/08/2008
As an Australian, brought up in one of Britain's former colonies, I grew up with a view of Europe as a place of ancient, stable and unchanging institutions, and had been unaware of the recent pace of constitutional and cultural change in contemporary Europe; notably in Scotland with devolution and the establishment of the Scottish Parliament, but more widely throughout Europe itself.
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SOCIALIST UNITY (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
So what are we to make of the leader of the Scottish Labour Party, Wendy Alexander, wanting a referendum on Independence as soon as possible? Vince Mills, a Labour left winger from Scotland discusses this in yesterday's Morning Star. Wendy Alexander epitomises everything that is rotten with the Labour Party, for example, as Vince points out: ” In [...]
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Morethanseven (Free subscription) | 04/04/2008
I’m just back from another great few days in Scotland for The Highland Fling. The biggest difference for me this year was I was lucky enough to be one of the speakers. Amongst such internet luminaries as Simon Willison, Norm, Chris Mills, Christian Heilman, Aral Balkan and Paul Boag I presented on a few web [...]
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Times Online (Free subscription) | 28/03/2008
Greenock is on the south bank of the Clyde, 22 miles west of Glasgow. Shipbuilding was the town's bread and butter from the 18th century until the 1920s, when the industry suffered in the Depression. Cloth manufacturing played a major role in the town's history, as did grain mills and breweries. The new industries around the town's borders are largely microchip and electronics companies, although container...
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ABC TV (Free subscription) | 26/12/2007
A Cockney boy evacuated to Scotland during the war uncovers the plans of an espionage ring. CAST: Alastair Sim, John Mills, Jeanne de Casalis, George Cole, Carla Lehman DIR: Anthony Asquith (1941)
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BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 28/11/2007
News and Observer Under the Dome - See Comments on their blog The Halifax County Board of Elections has dismissed an election protest by Scotland Neck Mayor Robert Partin, who claimed voter fraud in a predominantly black precinct in town. Partin was defeated by James Mills, who said he will be sworn in as the first African-American mayor of Scotland Neck. The board did find one questionable provisional...