The Glasgow Effect: Archive

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Jan 26th

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Sep 10th

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“Hurricane Katia off the east coast of the US could cause stormy weather to hit...”

– BBC News, 9.9.11

Sep 9th

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“In Mac OS X 10.7, known as Lion, Apple went with the “shake things up”...”

– Upgrading to Lion Means Embracing the iPad, David Pogue, NYT, 20 July 2011

Aug 7th

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Jun 30th

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“Remember when civil servants, teachers, nurses, doctors and lollipop ladies...”

Jun 30th

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Jun 28th

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“On an average wage today, half a second of work will pay for an hour of light....”

– Why rational optimism beats ephemeral happiness, The Australian, 22 June 2011 Janet Albrechtsen summarizes Matt Ridley’s argument. (ht: sully)

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Alex Salmond announces sectarianism bill delay →

“New anti-sectarian legislation has been delayed by six months, the first minister has announced.” BBC News, 23 June 2011 Sometimes politicians do listen - and sometimes even Rangers and Celtic fans can agree… The proposed “anti-sectarian” laws were a dog’s dinner and would have made a laughing stock of the Scottish criminal justice system…

Jun 23rd

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“The reasons for the high Scottish mortality between 1950 and 1980 are unclear,...”

– A controversial new report (1.9mb) from the Glasgow Centre for Population Health suggests that policies from the Conservative Government in the 1980s, aimed at deliberately weakening Scotland’s indiustrial heartland, may have led to the “Glasgow Effect”. This may explain, they...

Jun 23rd

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Jun 22nd

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Jun 21st

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Men & Women all ages wanted in Glasgow for World... →

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Jun 20th

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Anonymous asked: just an FYI:

the tilted kilt is perhaps the most often mocked chain of anything ever in america, and it's definitely not taken seriously by anyone. even the people who work there.

Jun 19th

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Jun 17th

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BBC News - Brad Pitt to film horror movie in... →

Glasgow City Council said that this film shoot, which is taking place in August, will be the biggest-ever in the city.

Jun 17th

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Jun 9th

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Jun 9th

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“Across England and Wales spring rainfall was 86.9mm - the driest since 1893,...”

– More evidence of anti-Scottish bias from the BBC News / Met Office cabal. Not all areas of the UK are suffering from the dry weather as Scotland saw three times the average amount of rain this spring. Source: BBC News, 8 June 2011

Jun 8th

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Glasgow: The city where they die young | UK news |... →

What they call the “Glasgow effect” has puzzled health professionals for years. Glaswegians die earlier, whether it be from heart disease, abuse of alcohol or drugs, or cancer, than anywhere else in the UK. Yet nobody knows why. Liverpool and Manchester have near identical areas with the same social problems: a history of industrial decline, engrained deprivation, and high,...

Jun 8th

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Jun 8th

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“No matter how emotional you are feeling that day, it is never okay to start...”

– #LFMF

Jun 8th

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Jun 5th

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The Hollows - I Need The News Amazing track...

Jun 4th

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Jun 4th

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Kinky jet stream means may misery for soaked Scots →

May was an exceptionally wet month in Scotland, according to provisional figures from the Met Office… The rainfall of 186mm was more than twice the figure for an average year, although it followed a very dry April… BBC Scotland forecaster Christopher Blanchett said: “It was a very wet May for parts of Scotland thanks to a succession of low pressure systems sweeping into us. ...

Jun 4th

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