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0741 A review of the papers. 0743 For those planning it, one hope London 2012 will help inspire our next generation of elite athletes. But today's guest editor Lord Coe is worried about what he calls a "waterfall" of competing influences - a world of "reality TV and instant fame" that mean it's harder than ever to convince young people that competitive sport is worthwhile. Our reporter Tom Bateman has been meeting athletes and coaches to find out more. 0749 Thought for the Day with Canon Duncan Green, head of multi-faith chaplaincy services for the 2012 Olympic Games 0753 Today is the seventh Boxing Day since the ban on hunting in England and Wales was brought in by the last government. Many people will be out today for the traditional hunts. The RSPCA's David Bowles and the Countryside Alliance's Alice Barnard debate if this shows the ban isn't doing any good, or that it isn't doing any harm. 0810 London is facing a day of strike action by Tube drivers. Transport for London tried to get it stopped in the courts but failed. Mick Whelan, general secretary of the train drivers' union Aslef and London Underground's Howard Collins outline their cases. 0816 The 1980 Moscow Olympics cemented Lord Coe's place as one of Britain's greatest middle distance runners. Seb Coe returned to the Moscow stadium that hosted the 1980 games. He was accompanied by our sports presenter Garry Richardson, to walk the track for the first time since winning gold there. 0827 Sports news with Jonathan Legard. 0833 Can science bring sporting success? It's a question that interests today's guest editor Lord Coe, whose father Peter coached him to two Olympic gold medals with a novel scientific approach to training and fitness. Sebastian Coe invited Jose Mourinho onto the programme to talk about his ideas and also about his view of English football. 0840 The business news with Simon Jack. 0843 One of our guest editor Sebastian Coe's passions is to read. There's a vast array of books about sport: most fairly ghastly; some brilliant. But what about when sport appears in books which aren't - ostensibly - about sport? Can something as physical and as visual as sport belong in the higher echelons of great fiction? Sports correspondent Tim Franks has been reading up. 0850 Lord Coe rounds up his programme and we play out with some live festive music, courtesy of members of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra. Tuesday 27th December Guest edited by Mo Ibrahim, the British-Sudanese mobile phones entrepreneur and philanthropist featuring the prize established to combat corruption in African countries, a trip to the islands of Cape Verde to see the prosperous side of Africa and a look at ancient Nubian culture which lives on today. 0616 The business news with Lesley Curwen with a discussion on whether the economic crisis of 2011 has been as bad as that in 2008 with Pippa Malmgren, former adviser to President George W Bush, former Chancellor Alistair Darling and Richard Lambert, former head of the CBI. 0651 This year saw an urgent appeal for food aid in the horn of Africa, where famine was declared. A poignant time then for our guest editor, Mo Ibrahim, to pose the question why can't Africa feed itself given that we are told about 12% of the world's arable land is in the African continent. East Africa correspondent, Will Ross, has been looking into the challenges faced by farmers in Kenya. 0709 A centre-left think tank is warning that Britain's economy is facing a "bleak" new year, with a real risk of return to recession during 2012. The Institute for Public Policy Research's (IPPR) Tony Dolphin and entrepreneur Will Davies discuss what is in store for the economy in 2012. 0714 The business news with Lesley Curwen. 0716 Our guest editor, Mo Ibrahim, played a key role in growing Africa's mobile communications industry and it is now estimated that half of Africa's one billion people own a mobile. Mo Ibrahim was keen to explore the implications for the continent's media landscape: has the ubiquity of mobile phones reduced the relevance of the traditional media? He asked Amadou Mahter Ba, co-founder of the African news website allafrica.com, to investigate. 0723 Mo Ibrahim was keen to include on his programme some of the voices of young people from the African continent. Here are some young South Africans on their hopes for the future. 0725 It is being reported that changes to the health service will pave the way for NHS hospitals to earn up to half of their income from private work. Roy Lilley, independent health policy analyst and former chair of an NHS trust, reflects on the implications. 0729 Sports news with Rob Bonnet. 0735 The Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership is awarded to an African leader who governs well in terms of delivering security, health, education and economic development for their people. Evan Davis caught up with Dr Ibrahim at this year's prizegiving event in Tunis, together with two past winners, Festus Mogae, the former president of Botswana and Joaquim Chissano, the former president of Mozambique. 0744 A review of the papers. 0747 An 18-year-old man has been stabbed to death in London, on one of the UK's busiest shopping streets. The victim died outside the Foot Locker sports shop on Oxford Street, near the junction with Stratford Place. The BBC's Rebecca Barry reports. 0749 Thought for the Day with Bishop Angaelos, General Bishop of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the UK. 0752 French citizens who live outside their home country are to get their own representatives for the first time with eleven MPs to be elected next year on behalf of the two and a half million strong French expatriate community. There will be MPs for the US and Canada, Northern Europe, and North and East Africa. British expat Brian Cave and now lives in France and Labour peer, Lord Lipsey debate if it is time the UK followed suit. 0810 This year the Mo Ibrahim Foundation awarded its Prize for Achievement in African Leadership to Pedro Pires, the former president of Cape Verde, a 10 island republic less than 600 kilometres off Africa's western coast, a quiet regional success story. Evan Davis went to Cape Verde to find out what is behind this small republic's success. 0826 Sports news with Rob Bonnet. 0835 A professor of fertility studies at Imperial College London has told the Independent newspaper of the "scandalous exploitation" of people trying for an IVF baby. Professor Robert Winston explains why he thinks the market is driven by greed on the part of the clinics and desperation on the part of the would-be parents. And Professor Alison Murdoch, head of Newcastle Fertility Centre, gives her reaction. 0841 Our guest editor Mo Ibrahim is very proud of his Nubian heritage. But who are the Nubians? Sudan correspondent James Copnall has been finding out. 0847 It is being reported that Syrian army tanks are being pulled out of the troubled city of Homs, where civilians were reported to have been killed by the security forces yesterday. An anonymous activist in Homs describes what has been going on in Babr Amr, the neighbourhood where the violence has been at its worst. 0850 The business news with Lesley Curwen. 0851 More voices of young people from the African continent on their hopes for the future, this time from Tunisia. 0852 Dr Mo Ibrahim has tried to use his programme to present a different picture of Africa. He sits down with Evan Davis to talk about why he chose to focus on that. Wednesday 28th December Guest edited by the artist Tracey Emin, featuring a return to her hometown of Margate, the economic importance of art, and whether people still aspire to be teachers. Also on the programme, the funeral has begun of North Korea's leader Kim Jong-il who died ten days ago. 0615 The business news with Lesley Curwen on a report which predicts unemployment will reach rise once again in 2012. 0644 Our guest editor, artist Tracey Emin returned to her old school because it was from the art department there that she believes she got the spirit that made her an artist. The school is King Ethelbert in Birchington just outside her home town of Margate in Kent, and since 2008 it has been a visual arts specialist school. She met four current students, Ashleigh, Amy, Ollie and Bella in a cafe in Margate to find out the thoughts of young artists today. 0653 During World War II about 5,000 soldiers deserted from the Irish armed forces to enlist with the British Army but because Ireland was officially neutral in the war when the deserters returned the Irish government placed them on a blacklist which barred them from most jobs. John Waite reports on growing calls in Ireland to resolve what many regard as a historic injustice. 0709 Anti-government demonstrators have been out in force in the Syrian city of Homs as Arab League observers begin a peace mission. But with the UN reporting over 5,000 people killed since protests began in March, Ausama Monajed advisor to the secretary general of the Syrian National Council addresses scepticism at whether the Arab League has the ability to end the violence. 0712 The quality of food offered up to patients in hospitals is an issue close to our guest editor Tracey Emin's heart as towards the end of his life her father was confined to hospital but could not eat the food served to him there. She asked health correspondent Jane Dreaper to investigate why our institutions have such a problem providing good food. 0722 The business news with Lesley Curwen. 0724 Sports news with Rob Bonnet. 0731 Tens of thousands of people who were flooded in 2007 could find it impossible to get cover for their homes and businesses unless a new agreement is reached between Insurers and the government. Harriett Baldwin MP for West Worcestershire and Nick Starling, director of general insurance at the Association of British Insurers debate the flaws in the current insurance system. 0740 Tracey Emin is a big radio fan and wanted to celebrate the voices she loves to tune in to. Frank Skinner reads Lord Byron's When We Two Parted. 0741 A review of the papers. 0744 Our guest editor today Tracey Emin thinks the quality of food served to patients in many hospitals is a real cause for concern and was keen to hear from the chef and restaurateur Heston Blumenthal, who has been involved in a project seeking to make hospital food more palatable. The Today programme's Sarah Montague spoke to him about it. 0749 Thought for the Day with The Right Reverend James Jones, Bishop of Liverpool. 0752 Tracey Emin believes the visual arts have a key role to play in our country's economic growth. Sir Nicholas Serota, director of the Tate galleries and Gregor Muir, executive director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) examine how much potential there is for the visual arts to contribute to the growth of the economy. 0810 The state funeral of North Korea's former leader Kim Jong-il is underway in the capital Pyongyang. World affairs editor John Simpson has been watching the ceremony. 0814 Today's guest editor Tracey Emin returns to Margate on the Kent coast where she spent most of her childhood. Most recently she's been a staunch supporter of the town's new Turner Contemporary gallery and believes it has and will play a significant role in Margate's economic regeneration. She went to find out how do people in Margate today feel about their town. 0826 In the second instalment of Tracey Emin's celebration of voices she loves to hear on the radio, author Jeanette Winterson reads William Blake's The Divine Image. 0830 Sports news with Rob Bonnet. 0833 The quality of hospital food is one of the subjects our guest editor has chosen to focus on. Health minister Simon Burns responds to the concerns highlighted by Tracey Emin. 0840 The business news with Lesley Curwen. 0843 Tracey Emin is reflecting her love of radio by getting some of her favourite voices to read some poetry. Broadcaster Sue MacGregor reads a poem by the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy: Your School. 0845 Do we give teachers the respect we should and if not how much do portrayals of teachers in the media have to do with it? That's one of the questions our guest editor Tracey Emin wanted us to look at and asked the Today programme's Sanchia Berg to investigate. 0850 The funeral is under way for Kim Jong-il, the North Korean leader who armed his nation with nuclear weapons and condemned many of his people to starvation through economic ineptness. John Everard was British Ambassador to North Korea from 2006 to 2008 reflects on the implications of this public outpouring of grief for the former leader. 0856 Tracey Emin talks about why she chose to focus on the topics she did during her stint as guest editor on the Today programme. Thursday 29th December Guest edited by the former banker and businessman Sir Victor Blank featuring a look at leadership in business, politics and sport including an interview with former South African president FW de Klerk and how philanthropy is alive and well today. 0615 The business news. Guest editor Sir Victor Blank wanted to explore the question of how you grow a culture of giving in Britain. Sir Tom Hunter, the businessman and philanthropist, who founded and later sold the retailer Sports Division, amongst other ventures, and Nick Jenkins, the global chief executive of the international children's charity ARK, and founder of the greetings card company Moonpig.com talk to Lesley Curwen about their commitment to philanthropy. 0646 Our guest editor today Sir Victor Blank hails from Manchester and has very fond memories from his youth of Old Trafford and his team Manchester United. He went back to Old Trafford to meet up with former Man United striker Denis Law and the team's chief executive David Gill. 0709 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has said his new year gift to the Russian people will be "an honest presidential election". But his opponents are sceptical. Moscow correspondent Steve Rosenberg reports. 0712 Sir Victor Blank believes that we communicate less in modern day society. He asked the BBC's technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones to investigate whether innovations such as email and social media have hindered, rather than helped, communication. 0717 The business news with Lesley Curwen. 0719 There has been a spate of political dramas in recent times including The Iron Lady, Enron and The Ides of March. Dr Tiffany Jenkins, director of arts and society programme at the Institute of Ideas and Bidesha, writer and broadcaster, discuss how relevant they are in the modern age and whether they have any power to make a difference. 0724 Sports news with Rob Bonnet. 0731 Sir Victor Blank has taken a keen interest in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians for many years. The Today programme's Sarah Montague met with former prime minister and current envoy to the Middle East, Tony Blair to talk about the role that political leadership could, or should, play in the region's conflict resolution. 0738 Today the last battery hen in Britain is being re-housed as from the first of January 2012 it will be illegal to keep hens in battery cages. Jane Howarth, founder of the British Hen Welfare Trust, outlines the challenges remaining as not all countries are adhering to the EU-wide ban. 0741 A review of the papers. 0744 What does Christmas mean to you if you're not Christian? Our guest editor Sir Victor Blank asked the Today programme's Sanchia Berg to talk to people who give their time to others on Christmas Day, even though this festival is not part of their religious belief. 0749 Thought for the Day with Chief Rabbi Lord Sacks. 0752 At least one in four NHS patients would be better off being treated at home under new community-based services, according to the body that represents NHS providers and commissioners. NHS Confederation chief executive Mike Farrar explains how the public needs to stop viewing hospital care as the best form of provision. 0810 What motivates a leader to take action that isn't necessarily in their own political, personal or class interest? It's a question that intrigues our guest editor Sir Victor Blank and one that he wanted us to put to his friend FW de Klerk, former president of South Africa. 0823 A report from Barnardo's has criticised credit providers who charge families on low incomes up to two-and-a-half times more to rent basic household items such as cookers, fridges and washing machines than it would cost to buy them from a high street provider. Anne Marie Carrie, chief executive of Barnardo's, outlines their findings. 0827 Sports news with Rob Bonnet. 0833 One of the themes our guest editor Sir Victor Blank has chosen for his programme is what makes a good leader. He asked his friend Sir Michael Parkinson to ponder the question with former England cricket captain Michael Vaughan. 0841 The business news with Lesley Curwen. 0844 The government's preferred way to fund the arts is to follow the philanthropic model favoured in America. Guest editor Sir Victor Blank is a champion of philanthropy and sees the Oxford Philomusica, which has long been independent of regular government funding, as a model to follow. Nicola Stanbridge reports. 0848 Sir Victor wonders whether the eurozone crisis is down to a lack of good leadership. Bronwen Maddox, editor and chief executive of Prospect Magazine and Lord Owen former British Foreign Secretary discuss if the current crisis is more of a political rather than a financial one. 0853 Former banker and businessman Sir Victor Blank reflects on his time as guest editor. Saturday 31st December Guest edited by the comedian Stewart Lee, Today's programme features a look at whether the music we love should be used in TV adverts, the optimum audience size, and Norse myths. Musical accompaniment is provided by avant-garde trombone player Alan Tomlinson. 0709 An introduction to today's guest editor, the award-winning comedian, writer and director Stewart Lee. 0711 Opposition activists in Syria say security forces have opened fire to try to stop tens of thousands of protesters from demonstrating in front of Arab league observers. Middle East correspondent Jon Donnison reports from Beirut. Read the news story 0713 What is the link between a disgraced and rehabilitated property tycoon, a Sky News journalist, two golfers and Helena Bonham Carter? BBC correspondent Angus Crawford takes a look at the New Year Honours list. Read the full list of honours 0716 According to a report by the Royal College of Physicians, young people visiting sexual health clinics should be warned about their attitude towards drinking. Report author Dr Simon Barton discusses the findings. 0719 While many detect an increasing hostility to organised religion in British culture, our guest editor Stewart Lee is intrigued by the consistently positive spin vicars have received in recent years. He asked the BBC's religious affairs correspondent Robert Pigott to investigate. 0724 Sports news with Jonathan Legard 0731 The advent of instant, online consumer appraisals of everything from live shows to music, books, hotels and restaurants has transformed the review process. Stewart Lee, who often uses some of his worst reviews in his publicity material, discusses the fate of the professional critic with Kate Copstick, chief comedy reviewer for The Scotsman who is a regular judge at the Edinburgh Fringe and Matt Trueman, a theatre blogger and critic who writes the Guardian's Noises Off round-up of theatre blogs. 0739 The paper review. 0742 Big stage, stadium and festival performances are more popular than they have ever been, but is there an optimum audience size, beyond which you fail to get your point across? Today's guest editor Stewart Lee, who thinks big venues can be tricky the more complicated your material, discusses the idea with the big venue comedian Tim Minchin and cult performer and small venue fan Billy Childish. 0748 Thought for the day with the writer Rhidian Brook. 0752 Trading Standards officers have issued an alert for fake vodka which is potentially very serious - the contents of the fake bottles can kill or blind you. Cllr Paul Bettison, from the Local Government Association, outlines the dangers. 0755 An avant-garde trombone interlude. 0810 This Christmas, the songs of respected bands and artists such as Bob Dylan, The Pixies and Steve Earle have been cropping up in unlikely places - in ad breaks during Downtown Abbey and Coronation Street. Today's guest editor Stewart Lee wonders whether attitudes have changed towards letting your music be used in TV adverts. Arts Correspondent Colin Paterson investigates. 0814 The cousin of the boys convicted for the manslaughter of Damilola Taylor, Chris Preddie, has been awarded an OBE in the New Years Honours list for his youth work. Damilola's father says he is totally against him being given the award. Chris Preddie tells the programme how he has turned his life around after his brother was shot dead. 0820 Today's guest editor Stewart Lee wasn't keen to suggest a guest for our Thought for the Day slot, but instead offered an Alternative Thought for the Day for his programme from writer Alan Moore. 0830 Security forces in Syria are being accused of using nail bombs and live rounds to quell widespread demonstrations throughout the country and activists say at least 35 people were killed in cities which are being visited by Arab League observers. Correspondent, Mike Thomson has been talking by phone to Syrian people caught in the conflict and Dr Chris Phillips, a Syrian analyst from Queen Mary University in London, analyses the situation. 0839 The paper review. 0841 Today's guest editor is intrigued by how certain narratives - such as the Nativity story - can provide solace even for those who do not believe them to be true. It is something he thinks comes through in AS Byatt's novel Ragnarok, a book which retells the Norse myths she was "obsessed" with as a child. Stewart met the author and asked her whether when she was growing up - during World War II - the gods in the Norse myths resonated with her more than Christianity. 0847 Stewart Lee, today's guest editor, commissioned a rare interview with one of his favourite musicians, the front man of band The Fall, Mark E Smith. 0853 Stewart Lee reflects on his time as guest editor and avant-garde trombonist Alan Tomlinson provides a musical close to the programme. Directory: files files -> Answer True False 2 points Question 2 files -> Integer programming and game theory files -> 4 Integer Programming files -> Bpa vehicle Window Repair Scenario #1 task: Procure vehicle window relacement. 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