Archive for April, 2008
6,000 visits a day
April 9th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
Yesterday the number of visitors to my web site exceeded 6,000. Thank you so much for your interest and support. Please encourage relatives and colleagues to have a look at the site.
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The closure of post offices
April 9th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
The last two months has been one of the toughest periods of my professional life as I have experienced the wrath of customers faced with the likely closure of their post office in London. Some 169 offices – one in five – is scheduled for closure and I have spoken at many public meetings attended […]
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Will we find the Higgs boson particle?
April 8th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
The Higgs boson is a sub-atomic particle whose existence is theorised but not yet proven. A boson is a particular type of particle and Higgs is Peter Higgs, emeritus professor of physics at the University of Edinburgh, who first postulated the existence of this particle in 1964. Why is the particle important? It is the […]
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Reforms start in Cuba
April 7th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
This weekend, I finished writing up a 15-page narrative of our rcent holiday in Cuba (some photographs will follow later) and you can read this here. Today the “Guardian” has a full-page feature on the mild reforms in the Cuban economy just announced by new president Raul Castro. The conclusion of the article is as […]
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London in the snow
April 6th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
On Friday, here in London, it was mild enough for me to have lunch on our garden terrace for the first time this year. But, two days later, what a contrast. We rarely have snow in London and, when we do, it is in January or February. This morning, in early April, we woke up […]
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The American presidential election (25)
April 4th, 2008 by Roger Darlington
I haven’t blogged much recently about the US primaries because there haven’t been any actual polls. The final ten primaries are as follows: 22 April: Pennsylvania primary, 158 pledged delegates 3 May: Guam caucus, 4 delegates 6 May: Indiana primary, 72 delegates; North Carolina primary, 115 delegates 13 May: West Virginia primary, 28 delegates 20 […]
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How much water do you need?
April 3rd, 2008 by Roger Darlington
I’ve always been amused by people who claim that we need to drink lots of water every day because it clears out toxins or gives you energy. The latest research would suggest that there is simply no evidence to support the need for lots of water. For me, drinking glass after glass of water is […]
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The RAF at 90
April 1st, 2008 by Roger Darlington
As a lifelong aviation enthusiast, I could not fail to note that today is the 90th anniversary of the formation of the Royal Air Force. I have always been well aware of the importance of 1 April to the RAF because, in the biography that I wrote of my wife’s father, I noted that his […]
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