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	<title>Can you make a million from your ISA allowance? </title>
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	<description><![CDATA[About 100 people are thought to have done it so far &mdash; produced a tax-free ISA fund worth over &pound;1m. They have mainly achieved it by investing their full allowance in each of the 25 years since Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) and their predecessors, Personal Equity Plans (Peps), came into being. So, if you have not yet invested, is it too late? 
 That depends on your age &mdash; but if you are still several years from retirement you may still have time. Relatively few investors begin these plans before age 40. According to Chelsea Financial Services, only ten per cent of ISA clients are below this age &mdash; but once they reach it, investment takes off: 20 per cent of Chelsea's clients are in their 40s and 30 per cent are in their 50s. Encouragingly, a couple in which both partners invest their full ISA allowance each year could arrive at &pound;1m together within 22 years, according to Rathbone Unit Trust Managers. And, thanks to the power of compound interest, a si...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:01:25 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Is crowdfunding the future of publishing?</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The tale of Unbound Books, start-up publisher of the year in 2011 and shortlisted for independent publisher of 2012, has a promising beginning. It starts, like so many good things, in a pub. 
 "You had three writers frustrated about the percentage of a book's cover price that goes to the publishers," says John Mitchinson, co-founder of Unbound [with Justin Pollard and Dan Kieran], and self-described "author, publisher and amateur pig farmer". "We wanted to do something satisfying, that offered the writer better rewards, and generated a closer relationship between reader and writer," he adds. 
 And, you may be wondering, once they've finished bringing about world peace, how exactly do they do that? The answer is disarmingly simple: Unbound deploys new technology to embrace an old business model &mdash; subscription publishing . Mitchinson cites Dr Johnson's raising subscriptions (of more than &pound;1,500, a fortune in the 18th century) to fund the writing of the definitive Englis...]]></description>
	<category>Books</category>
	<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:01:10 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>The new collectables: Olympic memorabilia</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Past Olympic Games memorabilia are collectable in their own right: from a simple steward's badge from London 1908 (sold in 2010 for &pound;3,525) to 1992 gold-medal winner Chis Boardman MBE's bike (sold that year for &pound;25,000). Last year's Games have garnered a huge amount of collecting interest &mdash; which is rare for items so new. The official online auction last August featured sporting equipment and other 'one-of-a-kind' collectables, from an Opening Ceremony Mary Poppins costume (winning bid &pound;1,005) to a torch autographed by Sir Bradley Wiggins (&pound;13,000). Amazingly, the opportunities keep coming &mdash; another official two-day sale took place at the end of April this year in Coventry with 80 more items on offer. We've highlighted some of the winning bids. 
 Follow Jamie at facebook.com/jamiebreesetv . 
 Value of London 2012 memorabilia pictured above (L-R): 
 Official London 2012 match football (used), &pound;160 
 Opening Ceremony scarecrow, &pound;2,0...]]></description>
	<category>Collectables</category>
	<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 01:01:13 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Gadgets: June 2013</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[Camera Demon helmet mount If filming your action-person exploits with a helmet-mounted video camera is your thing, this bracket, which sticks firmly to your safety helmet, could save you from buying such a camera. Instead, you can mount your regular camera, most of which these days shoot video. A big DSLR would be too heavy and ungainly, but a compact works fine &mdash; so long as you don't mind having a camera on your head. The Camera Demon costs around &pound;25. camerademon.com 
 Music Fidelity EB-50 headphones A fine new in-ear headphone from a British audio company, Musical Fidelity. The &pound;150 EB-50 is its first headphone and its looks aren't unlike those of its British competitor, the punchy Atomic Floyd SuperDarts we featured here last year. The EB-50 has a softer, subtler signature some may find a little flat and want to ramp up the treble a little on their sound source. No reason why not to do that. Whatever, you'll enjoy a vastly better experience than with the head...]]></description>
	<category>Tech And Gadgets</category>
	<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 01:02:44 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Investing in student accommodation</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[For professional property investors, student accommodation was until recently regarded as a quirky alternative to more solid options such as shops, offices, or buy-to-let apartments. Not any more. For the last two years, property purpose-built to house students has emerged as the UK's best-performing asset class in the rankings compiled by researchers IPD, with latest figures showing a 12 per cent return in fewer than 12 months. 
 There's certainly been an explosion of interest in student property. Last year, according to property services and investment group Jones Lang LaSalle, investment and transactions in the UK alone amounted to more than &pound;2bn, leading Philip Hillman, head of its student property team, to pronounce: "Student housing is increasingly a global asset class." 
 What's driving investment is the relentless rise in student numbers worldwide - from 98 million in 2000 to 165 million in 2011 and forecast to reach over 263 million by 2025, according to JLL. Incre...]]></description>
	<category>Property</category>
	<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 01:00:42 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>The 20 hour rule: how to learn a new skill fast</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[In less than a year, I learnt six new skills: yoga, computer programming, touch-typing, the ukulele, windsurfing and the oldest and most complex board game in the world. I'm not a genius or freak of nature. I'm not naturally talented. I didn't quit my day job. I didn't drop everything and spend every hour of every day studying. I didn't ignore my family. 
 My available practice time averaged around 45 minutes each day. Between running my own business and raising my young daughter, I don't have the luxury of large quantities of spare time. That's why I created a new method to learn new skills quickly. I want to keep learning and growing, even though free time is difficult to find. Skills that began as a complete mystery became comprehensible in a matter of days, often hours. It didn't take long to go from knowing absolutely nothing to performing reasonably well. 
 How long did each skill take to learn? 
 In my experience, everyone has something that they've always wanted to learn...]]></description>
	<category>Books</category>
	<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 01:01:18 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>How can I get my new food business noticed?</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[I've just set up my own luxury gourmet food business. While I'm fairly up-to-date with the latest social networking sites, are there other ways I can boost my advertising without too much outlay ? 
 This business is obviously setting itself apart by being a gourmet, luxury product . You can speak about how great it is until the cows come home, but the best way to get the message out there (particularly when it comes to food) is for people to taste the product. So, for example, if you're looking to go into the corporate market or to attract people who have money to spend on luxury food, then consider approaching a firm of accountants or lawyers and suggest a free food-tasting evening. You could ask them to bring along some of their clients, too.&nbsp; 
 You have to think about who your customers are and where you can find them. At a festival? An exhibition? Then approach those places and see if you can set up tasting sessions there. 
 People spend a lot of time on advertising tha...]]></description>
	<category>Dear Deborah</category>
	<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 01:01:09 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Pet theories: Sheila Flavell</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[After stints as a policewoman and a flight attendant, Sheila Flavell went back to university, got herself a double Masters and then became the first employee of a fledgling IT services company called FDM. That was back in 1990. Today, she's both COO and part-owner of FDM Group, which has offices around the world and hires more IT graduates annually than any other company in the UK. She's also a passionate promoter of jobs for women in the IT sector. 
 Sheila lives near Brighton with her family and eight-year-old golden labrador Tigerlily. "Like any workaholic with a dog, I consider myself lucky," she says. "Thanks to Tigerlily, I always have to tear myself away from my work and head to the beach for a walk or a run. For her, my laptop is just something that stops playtime."&nbsp; 
 There are many things that Tigerlily has taught her, says Sheila, including loyalty, trusting one's instincts, persistence... and giving 110 per cent to any project: "When Tigerlily does something &mda...]]></description>
	<category>Pets</category>
	<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 01:00:46 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Masters of the small car: the Fiat 500L and 500x</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The old Fiat 500 was a cute-as-a-kitten baby car that was even smaller than the classic Mini. Its tiny footprint was designed for Italy's cramped medieval streets and its low price reflected the impecuniosity of post-war Italians. Yet it was expected to be many cars in one. In 1957, when the old 500 was launched, Italians could not afford more than one Fiat. The 500 had to do it all. 
 It was well suited to the town, of course. But, come summer, 500s were frequently loaded with a family's chattels (including chickens in cages) as they went to visit mamma in the south. Anyone who holidayed in Italy in the late 50s to early 80s will be familiar with the sight of baby Fiats labouring on southbound roads, overloaded like latter day wagons-heading-west. And it didn't just double as a pint-size family holdall (such cars are now known as mini MPVs). There were racing and rally versions too. 
 Fast-forward 50 years and it's a different story. You don't see new Fiat 500s packed like rag-a...]]></description>
	<category>Cars</category>
	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jun 2013 01:02:38 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Growing an ear: how 3D bio printing could change the world</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[I like to carry spare batteries in case my alarm clock stops working and spare pens because I never seem to have one when I need it, and I also have a spare USB stick attached to my key ring. But on my trip to the US recently, I went to get a spare ear &mdash; and that's not something I thought I would ever find myself writing. I came to have my ear scanned, the cells scraped from it and a biologically exact copy printed off in front of me. I came to see not just the start of a new science but the start of a whole new industry and a whole new range of possibilities. 
 There is a technological revolution happening in the laboratory of an American university that could have the largest impact on mankind of any scientific breakthrough ever. At Cornell University in New York, they are developing a 3D bio printer that is now able to print a human ear and may in the future be able to print all kinds of organs. What is unique about the development is that they are not just printing life-...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jun 2013 01:01:27 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Business lessons from history: Marco Polo</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The life of a travelling businessman is, on the face of it, a romantic one: travel the world, meet interesting people, experience new cultures, attend the odd presentation and make some cash while having fun. At least, that's the theory. 
 Back in the 13th and 14th centuries, the godfather of this adventurous tribe laid down the blueprint for business travel &mdash; one that still stands scrutiny today. Humans had been travelling in order to trade since they could communicate but, simply by keeping a diary, Marco Polo has become 'the man' in his chosen field. 
 Marco journeyed all the way from Venice to China and back again. So what, you might think&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;with a fair tail wind I could do that in a couple of days, with time for a quick dinner in Shanghai. Marco, of course, didn't possess the tools of the modern traveller, and had access to neither a top quality airline nor an Audi estate for the motorway bits. In fact, it took him 24 years to make the round trip. Imagi...]]></description>
	<category>Business Lessons from History</category>
	<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 01:01:04 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Imagineering: how a theme park is created</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[It isn't enough any more for a major movie franchise to be accompanied by the usual merchandise and video game. What any self-respecting blockbuster needs these days is an eponymous theme park ride. And it's big business. 
 This summer, for example, Universal Studios in Florida will be launching Transformers: The Ride, to add to similar installations in their Singapore and Hollywood theme parks. Guests don 3D glasses and travel in small open-topped cars through sets populated by giant cinema screens and large-scale replicas of the shape-shifting robots that give the series its name. The screens come alive with 3D movement and explosions, with visuals in pin-sharp definition. At the end of the ride, the slightly befuddled guests are then funnelled through a gift shop. DVDs of the movie are on sale as well as the toys on which the ride is based. And so much is crammed into the four-minute attraction that you can't see it all the first time round. Ker-ching go the cash tills as the g...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:16:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>How to build a theme park in 10 steps</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[1. Blue sky "Each of the design phases is like a 3D building block in a 3D storybook," says Peter McGrath. The first stage involves the designers brainstorming ideas about what the attraction could involve. They try to be as free-thinking as possible and the direction of their discussion is mainly driven by the type of technology they want to use, the story they want to tell or the geographical location of the attraction. The ideas are often written on Post-it notes, which are grouped into themes on a wall to narrow down the strongest directions. The discussion is still highly conceptual at this point.&nbsp; 
 2. Storyboarding The designers choose the strongest ideas and then take them to the concept design phase. This centres on the creation of storyboards, which are a series of hand-drawn illustrations showing what will be the key moments in the attraction. "Like the movie industry, you start doing big broad idea vignettes but then also refine it into smaller story ideas," says...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:13:49 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>10 tips on attracting a younger market</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[1. Be relevant Truly understanding what makes youth tick has to be at the core of everything you do. Think about how they live, what their aspirations are, how they spend their time. This is critical if you are going to make a connection. Listen and learn. Don't presume to know what's best for them. 
 2. Be imaginative Today's "millennial generation" is living through a time of unprecedented creativity in technology, the arts and media. They know how to spot the real deal, and they are always looking for the next big thing. Have something great to say and they'll tune in.&nbsp; 
 3. Be innovative Innovation is key. And in the youth market it's about more than new products for the latest device &mdash; it's about creating opportunities for engagement that add value to the relationship with the consumer. That might mean apps, or games or web features. Or it might mean original, well-made content. Or it could be a combination of them all. Think about the experience, rather than the...]]></description>
	<category>10 tips</category>
	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:50:21 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Gamification: is life set to become one big game?</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[How did this happen? One day I'm quite happily minding my own business, liking something on Facebook now and then, posting the odd photo, tweeting occasionally, doing nothing whatsoever on Google+ and having silly chats on Instagram with the same group of about eight friends. And then suddenly I'm engaged in an all-out social media offensive &mdash; posting every article I've written or event I've been involved in the very minute it gets published online, linking to everyone left right and centre, namedropping @influentialtypes, hashtagging #strategically. Somehow I have been sucked into &lsquo;the game'. 
 Actually I know exactly what happened. I was challenged to a Klout competition. 
 For the uninitiated, Klout is the self-appointed "standard measure of online influence". It takes a good look at everything it can glean from your presence on the internet and scores you a number out of 100. Barack Obama has a very high Klout score of 100, so we can glean from this that he is abo...]]></description>
	<category>Henrietta Thompson</category>
	<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 09:42:45 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Book review: Tipping Sacred Cows</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ Tipping Sacred Cows&nbsp; by Jake Breeden 
 Wiley, &pound;17.99 
 We all know that concepts such as collaboration, creativity, passion and preparation are vital in the workplace. But now here comes Jake Breeden to tell us that in fact these noble ideals can have negative and even destructive consequences. Creativity, for example, can become just an outlet for narcissism. Passion can turn into obsession. Breeden has coached business leaders all over the world, so he knows what he's talking about. And he writes well, too. This is a very sensible book that offers plenty of good, practical advice about examining behaviour we often take for granted.&nbsp; 
 Rating: 4/5 
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	<category>Books</category>
	<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 01:01:32 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Luxury gadgets: the £6,900 mobile phone</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[It may be an age thing, or a reaction to the sheer tonnage of electronic stuff I get sent, but I am becoming increasingly partial to mechanical watches. The materials, craftsmanship and miracle of a little machine that can store energy for days at a time and leak it out in a perfectly regulated stream &mdash; all combine to give me real pleasure. 
 My favourite, though, a beaten-up 1969 Longines my father owned, keeps rubbish time. I mentioned this to a watch-loving friend who admired it recently. She gave me a pitying look and explained that good watches don't always keep great time. The thinking is that if you're the type of poor sod who has to be everywhere exactly on time, your life probably isn't going well enough to afford a fine watch and you'd be better suited to an accurate one from a petrol station. 
 I have realised since that much great technology isn't feature-laden or complicated. A Leica M9 camera, for instance, has no autofocus and manual focusing so tricky I can'...]]></description>
	<category>Tech And Gadgets</category>
	<pubDate>Tue, 28 May 2013 01:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Car Q&amp;A: Johan de Nysschen, president of Infiniti</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[South African Johan de Nysschen is the head of Infiniti, the premium carmaker owned by Nissan. He joined Infiniti last year from Audi, where he worked for 19 years, most recently as president of Audi in America. Launched into the US market in 1989, Infiniti has built a strong following. Sales in Europe and Asia, however, remain weak. 
 Q: Why has Infiniti struggled outside America and what can you do to fix it? A: We have been totally US-centric. We have been over-reliant on big SUVs and have less than 60 per cent of the global premium market covered. Our new cars will be in more markets and have global appeal. &nbsp; 
 Q: What will be special about them? A: We are going to present ourselves as the seductive alternative in the premium sector, supported by great design, technology and quality craftsmanship including fit and finish. We don't want to challenge the Germans in volumes. We will use their success against them. The original idea of an aspirational premium brand was the v...]]></description>
	<category>Cars</category>
	<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 01:02:25 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Dashboarding</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[This development in BPM ( Business Performance Management ) uses complex visual arrays to MMM (&lsquo; measure, monitor and manage ') multiple KPI s ( key performance indicators ) simultaneously. The on-screen displays, first used in gaming devices and now incorporated in the so-called dashboard approach , include gauges, dials, charts and other graphics and allow the user to read off metrics , fine-tune settings and calibrate values, resembling the dashboard of a high-performance vehicle or plane. Although the buzzphrase executive dashboard that surfaced around 2010 may neutrally describe interfacing with the latest apps it can also be controversial, as members of the organisation who don't find themselves in the driving seat and don't have a background in analytics feel that it's pretentious, implies a spurious purpose, and that such techniques play a key role in excessive monitoring and surveillance. Dashboard was at number 57 in a list of the top 100 overused buzzwords compiled...]]></description>
	<category>Bizwords</category>
	<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:04:49 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Does taking a step back from a difficult task really work?</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[A common piece of advice for those dealing with a knotty issue will be to take a step back from the situation and create some psychological and physical distance from the problem at hand. Such advice can be helpful &mdash; and not just when it comes to solving complex problems. Recent evidence suggests that when it comes to selling products and services, asking your customers to take a step back when evaluating your product might actually speed up their decision making. 
 In order to test how distance affects perceptions of how difficult or easy a task is, participants in a study were asked to read aloud a series of words that appeared randomly on a computer screen. Some of the words were made up and hard to pronounce, while others were straightforward. Immediately after reading out each word, people were asked to rate how difficult they found it to pronounce. The results showed that when it came to the difficult words, those asked to lean back in their chairs to create more physi...]]></description>
	<category>Trends</category>
	<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 01:00:54 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Money messaging: Africa&apos;s mobile money transmission</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[There are few financial trends that start in Africa and are exported to the UK but 'money messaging' is one of them. And most of us will probably be doing it within the next few years. The most immediate advantage of this developing technology is that anyone who owns a smartphone can transfer money instantaneously to any other smartphone user. So, if your 16-year-old daughter goes out for an evening, spends all her money and rings up calling for help, you can transfer &pound;20 to her account that she can then withdraw from a cash machine within seconds. Or if you want to pay your window-cleaner and do not have the readies, you can use this system that is now relied upon by a third of adult Kenyans.&nbsp; 
 And then there is the colleague whom you sponsored to run the London Marathon or the dinner out with friends where one person pays and you owe them &pound;43.70. The new technology &mdash; now being pioneered in the UK by Barclays and O2 &mdash; means we no longer have to rumma...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 16:33:24 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>The new collectables: celebrity hair</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[There is a long history of hair collecting, which goes back to the Victorians. Today, it can be big money. Amazingly, in 2007 &pound;58,000 was paid at auction in the USA for a lock of hair belonging to Che Guevara. You can currently purchase a plastic jar, signed by teen idol of the moment Justin Bieber, containing his hair for &pound;35,000 (or a single strand for &pound;49.95). For the sports fan, a single strand from the iconic racehorse Red Rum will cost &pound;179.95. Both come from Paul Fraser Collectibles. Other desirable hair has come from Lord Nelson, several US presidents, John Lennon, Elvis Presley and Marilyn Monroe.&nbsp; 
 The strange tale of Justin Bieber's hair Back in February 2011, American teen sensation Justin Bieber had his floppy mop of hair cut into a more 'streetwise' crop (see left). He gave some of the clippings to talkshow host Ellen DeGeneres, who auctioned them for charity on eBay, raising $40,668. The rest of the hair was donated by Bieber to the edu...]]></description>
	<category>Collectables</category>
	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:55:44 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Rio gets ready for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[The traffic is backed solid. Amid a cacophony of car horns, taxi drivers shrug and turf customers out into the steamy night a block or two away from Pra&ccedil;a Floriano in the heart of Rio. So what huge event has prompted police to barricade the roads leading to the dramatically illuminated Theatro Municipal, a landmark of eclectic architecture that mostly stages ballet, choral works and classical music? 
 Tonight Rio has rolled out the red carpet for the Laureus World Sport Awards, sport 's very own 'Oscars', in a ceremony hosted by Hollywood stars Morgan Freeman and Eva Longoria. Legends of all ages and diverse achievements stroll along the VIP walkway to a beat played out by samba musicians: Nadia Comaneci, Boris Becker, Ilie Nastase, Emerson Fittipaldi, Victoria Pendleton, Lord Coe, Jessica Ennis, Michael Phelps and Felix Baumgartner, the man who last autumn set the world record for skydiving 39km to Earth. 
 Why in Rio? Because the city has set itself firmly at the centre...]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 11:25:44 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Book review: How Stella Saved the Farm </title>
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	<description><![CDATA[ 
 How Stella Saved the Farm: a tale about making innovation happen 
 By Vijay Govindarajan and Chris Trimble 
 Pan Macmillan, &pound;12.99 
 Hoping to follow in the footsteps of best-selling business parables such as Who Moved My Cheese? and Our Iceberg Is Melting comes a self-styled "wild and woolly yarn" about making innovation happen. The story involves a farm run by animals that is threatened by a hostile human takeover. It may not be a literary masterpiece to rank with Animal Farm , but the book does have a certain charm, even if it makes you feel a little as if you've regressed to childhood. Especially as key points are written in bold , just to make sure you get the message. 
 Rating: 3/5&nbsp; ]]></description>
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	<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 01:02:09 GMT</pubDate>
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	<title>Gadgets: May 2013</title>
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	<description><![CDATA[B&amp;O BeoPlay A9 wireless stereo system The one-piece, &pound;1,700 A9 from those great Danes at B&amp;O must be the most eccentric in a crowded market for such devices, spanning from boring but effective to odd, like the Bowers and Wilkins elongated rugby ball, the ubiquitous Zeppelin. The A9 looks like a satellite dish made by tree-huggers but is whoompingly powerful, with 480W to fill the biggest space with fine quality stereo hifi. You can send it music by AirPlay and control it by waving a hand around. bang-olufsen.com 
 Kingston DataTraveler HyperX Predator You can never, illness notwithstanding, be too thin or too rich, they say, but what I say is you can never back up your data too much. The DataTraveler HyperX Predator USB flash drive by Kingston, the hard drive people, is the smallest serious capacity backup drive there is, compatible with both USB 2.0 and USB 3.0 systems. It comes in a &pound;712 512Gb size, with an identical (bit more expensive) 1Tb model out imminen...]]></description>
	<category>Tech And Gadgets</category>
	<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 15:00:42 GMT</pubDate>
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