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contract deals for the eventual winners so even the best performers could be booted off if they thought the controversy would get more people on the phone - I reckon the book was based on the reality of these shows. I hate them all. __________________ All information contained in my posts is purely for entertainment purposes and not to be construed as advice of any kind I can recommend Chart Throb, it's a great expose of the TV talent show system, I read Cowell tried to get Elton to tell him who his leak was. Another good one is Pop Babylon by Imogen Edward Jones, she had a lot of insider leaks. They do deliberately put through really bad crazy people just so the public can take the piss out of them, they also turn away hundreds of good singers, because they have already seeded their own contestants who have been headhunted for the show, before the auditions begin. The thousands of people you see waiting for auditions in the early stages have been herded up to create an impression of mass hysteria, and propagate the idea that any joe off the street can be a star. In these stages, the victims sing to members of the production staff, who pick the most ugly and mental to send through for Simon and his shills to slaughter in public. The real contestants, the final twelve never queue for auditions. Don't believe me?! Look at Ablisa. Why were they picked to perform | ID | ID DF | 3,076,118 |
dong doesn't even get it. She spent all the capital already! If you really truly 100% want change for Pacifica, vote for Spano. If you want more hippie, dirty, dusty bankrupt city, with a broken down infrastructure and roads falling apart, sewer system failing and one lawsuit or big El Nino winter away from total collapse vote for the other candidates. Remember the hippies are 100% responsible for the destruction of the town. For the last 30 years everyone had the idea how to "fix pacifica" but it has been the same old grants and handouts. Well people the Federal Government and State have no money. The county laughs at Pacifica cause they know they can not govern the city. If the town has to file bankruptcy, the hippies will just run and hide and not come out. Or they will blame it on Prop 13 like Fred Howard does. Or the State closing the Redevelopment Agencies. Pacifica, deserves much much better then the dirty, dusty, broken down city it has become. In fact our council man who flew the coup and quit, used to say, "it was a shithole" Pacifica's Economic Plan Submission and comment policy Want to share an article or opinion? Unlike some other Pacifica blogs, Fix Pacifica won't bury viewpoints we disagree with. Send your submission, along with your name, to fixpacifica@gmail.com . People may comment anonymously, but any comments that degenerate into 1) personal attacks against individual blog participants; 2) incomprehensible gibberish; or 3) attempts | SP | SP IT | 3,174,453 |
the hearse [or whatever is the intention] [At this point we might talk about any box for donations in the foyer and any memorial book that is to be signed, and issue an invitation to the social gathering to be held after the funeral.] Jane's spirit and her life were a part of the spirit and the life of the people who were close to her and with her death I guess there is a part of us too, that dies We mourn for her but we mourn also for that part of ourselves which, with Jane's death, is now behind us But there is something also that remains Because Jane's influence has not ended with her physical death Her warmth and her love and her values were given out and shared around and they have become a living part of the people who were close to her So Jane is not just part of the past each of you carries something important of her with you into the future We think, today, of those who were closest to Jane. Lives which have been closely tied together cannot be separated without pain So our thoughts today are particularly with Bruce Jane's husband And we think of the children [names ] And the grandchildren [names] [It is useful in fact to name all the closest people, whether related or not.] We think of those who were closest to Jane We think also of all the other people who have over the | LY | LY PR | 1,743,528 |
How to Stay Focused When All You Want to Do is Give Up So you feel like giving do you? You're not alone. Everyone goes through this in life. For some, it is a daily occurrence, which ultimately leads to giving up. For others, the feeling of giving up strikes just as often, but when it does strike they push through it. Take a guess at which group of people are successful and are able to achieve anything they put their minds to. This is why learning how to stay focused is paramount, especially in the face of adversity when nothing seems to be going to plan or going you way. Staying focused is not hard, it is simple. You just have to remember a few things. How to Stay Focused -- 3 Steps 1.Ask Yourself Why Am I Doing This? For every task you undertake there must be some sort of end goal in mind. There may be some things that you actually want to do, such as losing weight. While others you would rather not be doing, such as working against the clock to meet a deadline for work. In either case, there is an end goal in mind. You clearly want to lose weight in order to have a body you can be proud of; something like that is easy to push through. On the other hand, working to meet a deadline can be hard to push through. But again, an end goal exists, although it may | HI | HI HT | 3,275,272 |
We all know that you have hit it big when you are successful with search marketing on Google. This is a totally important concern since all of the recent post-Panda algo changes. There have been many things to take place and people are trying to determine what needs to be done. Then you will run into the people who always manage to be doing bad. Then you will find the type of people who want to skip all of the hard work to find success immediately. But, Google is consistently finding all of these loopholes and is proactive about making them ineffective. If you want to rank with search marketing the key is to share your content with others. This is not anything that can be eliminated from the mix because Google is never going to stop updating its algo. They are thinking that if your content is valuable and of high quality, then people will share it and talk about it. There could be something true about this concept. So be certain that you content is practical. If you have been paying attention to search marketing, then you know that Google is churning things up. This concerns SEO and all the various tactics that marketers have been using for so long. People doing SEO the old way will have to change up or stop doing SEO. All anyone can do is abide by what they want and remember that Google wants to remove control. Actually, if you have been | IP | IP DS | 3,324,883 |
any faster than Long on modern processors). If you need to store floating point numbers (i.e. decimal fractions) other than money use Double, or Single if you are sure that the accuracy and/or size required are compatible with Single. If you need to store money use Currency (aka decimal). Of course if you are storing your data in a database then obviously you need to take into account what data type is used in the database, in which case you don't really have a choice at the VB6 level. Hmm, yeah, I think you're right. It appears that in VB6 the "decimal" datatype is just an odd kind of Variant. Probably should avoid it. How about Currency? Also, doesn't VB6 come with online help? Surely you can find out these kinds of things just by looking through that? The help that came with it is now even more valuable, since Microsoft no longer have it on their website! Edit: Just dug out some old MSDN library CDs: Note At this time the Decimal data type can only be used within a Variant, that is, you cannot declare a variable to be of type Decimal. You can, however, create a Variant whose subtype is Decimal using the CDec function. Currency (scaled integer) 8 bytes -922,337,203,685,477.5808 to 922,337,203,685,477.5807 Decimal 14 bytes +/-79,228,162,514,264,337,593,543,- 950,335 with no decimal point; +/-7.9228162514264337593543950335 - with 28 places to the right of the decimal; smallest non-zero number is +/-0.0000000000000000000000000001 - User-defined (using Type) Number required by elements The | ID | ID DF | 140,912 |
far, but I am also glad the ending is how it is. However, what is your opinion on the kid, I seriously had no idea why the hell the kid was the AI, I think a keeper would have been more fitting. I also think this kid is the reason so many people are annoyed with the ending - I think it's brilliant regardless. I wasnt too bad with the ending I dont mind the doom and gloom but I would of wanted a bit more clarification with what happens to my crew and other people (kinda like in the end of FNV it is explained) plus some of my choices to have impacts and I didnt like that kid but apart from that I really enjoyed the game and it is one of my all time favourites. I think this Dark Energy ending sounds like a load of old balls. Hugely glad they went with the option they eventually chose. I wouldn't go that far, but I am also glad the ending is how it is. However, what is your opinion on the kid, I seriously had no idea why the hell the kid was the AI, I think a keeper would have been more fitting. I also think this kid is the reason so many people are annoyed with the ending - I think it's brilliant regardless. Personally I don't think the kid was the kid - it makes more sense to me that this was merely the | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 471,430 |
are heading for trouble (Karunatilleka 1999, p. 40). The current global financial crisis has some significant similarities with the 1997 Asian financial crisis. This is proof that there are still a few lessons yet to be learned to prevent future crisis from happening. The most important lesson that keeps recurring as a major "mistake" in almost every financial crisis is aptly expressed by Vallorani (2009). The lesson that was not learned is that speculative spending, fuelled by risky loans, leads to asset bubbles, and bubbles always burst. The Asian bubble burst in 1997. The .com bubble burst in 2000. The US real estate bubble burst in 2008. It seems to be part of human nature to chase what is hot, to chase the next "I can't lose" investment, to not want to be left out when everyone else is making easy money. When greed takes over, bubbles are built. Unfortunately, when they burst, they take everyone with them (Vallorani 2009, p.18). ContentsIntroduction1.2 Methods used to help protect cold-water corals1.3 Are the maps used for cold-water coral research reliable?Economic IssuesAlternatives: Law LegislationEnvironmental Issues AlternativeBibliography Introduction 1.1 Cold-water corals, in the past decade, have become one of the most fascinating ecosystems on Earth. Cold-water corals feed on microscopic plants, which live inside their body and provide food for [...] Share this: ContentsIntroduction Media advertisingDirect marketingConclusionReferences Introduction E-Business is one of the most emerging buzz words in today's business sector because it is designed to facilitate the individual and business community so that | IN | IN RA | 3,058,508 |
Canada and her culture, don't. If Canada asks you to be a part of her heritage then that's what you do. Generations of Canadians have built a Society which is democratic and one of the best on the planet. Stay in your pooh hole and pledge allegiance to whatever you wish we already have enough people who think Canada is a great welfare state. Loading comments... Let's inject some facts here. Most recent polls says that a plurality of Canadians would prefer a Canadian head of state and getting rid of the Monarchy. This is not always a majority in the polls because many people answer they don't know or are indifferent, but there are more people who prefer to see the monarchy go than see it remain, despite a positive opinion of the current Queen. The only reason the monarchy will remain - and I think it will - is that people don't care enough about it to go through the constitutional debates. The system is set-up to reinforce the status quo, and I don't see enough people who care to get unanimity across the 10 provincial legislatures and federal legislature. My loyalty in order of priority is to my family and friends, and then my principles. I'm not even a Canadian nationalist, so good luck getting me to be "loyal" to the Queen. I never swore an oath of fealty or bended the knee. And Quebec, like France, have a lot of good ideas - one of them | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 176,481 |
coming into the district from the state, Graham said. For Benson, running the district means balancing two spending principles: historic and zero-based. Operational costs, such as utilities, are based on known "historic spending patterns," whereas staffing and programming are zero-based. Those costs are under the microscope when administrators begin to seek efficiencies. "We try every year to look very closely at our zero-based budget side to see where we can become more efficient," he said. Maske, whose purview centers on the district's 21 elementary schools as well as early learning programs and middle school professional development, doesn't hesitate to justify those personnel expenditures. "We believe that a highly trained staff member is a valuable resource for our students," she said. "They are a valuable, valuable resource, and we want to make sure that we are providing the best instruction we can for all of our students." DECISIONS In this March 2012 file photo, dozens of signs surround Polk Elementary School in Cedar Rapids hoping to save it from closure. (Dallas Houtz, The Gazette) Though that may be the intent, many community members took issue with leaders' methods when they delivered the directive to close Monroe and Polk -- the latter of which had among the district's highest rates of students receiving free and reduced price meals and a passionate outcry of citizens trying to stave off its demise. Graham, though he did not make the final decision, defends the action. "That was a very responsible thing for the district to | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 598,576 |
Jo Yeates: More than one killer? myView WHAT at first looked like a quick murder investigation could now go on for the long haul. Unfortunately, very often these types of murders are unsolved. In the early stages of an investigation when the police have someone who appears to be a suspect, they have a strategic decision to make as to whether to go in early, arrest that person and hope to get an admission. They would hope that any fresh forensic evidence would still be available. It takes a great deal of skill to get that decision right. The decision in the Joanna Yeates case was to act immediately on the evidence and information they had. That has not led to any person being charged. Because her body was frozen, they cannot be sure she was killed where she was found. Their only hope is from information coming in, or forensic evidence leading to a major suspect, or knocking down someone's alibi. That is why they have made such intensive searches for forensic evidence both at the flat where she lived and at the scene where her body was found. They clearly hope to be able to find some DNA, fibres and other forensic links which would tie-in somebody for the crime. It's a long process -- it can take forever to find a match if it's not already in the system. And if someone is a legitimate visitor to her premises and their DNA is found there, it doesn't | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 3,726,238 |
Interview With Jeremy Jeffress I talked with new Blue Jay Jeremy Jeffress last Friday. Unfortunately, for some reason, I had a very loud humming noise on my recording of the talk, making some it impossible to hear some of it well enough to transcribe. So some parts are missing and some wording might be changed. Jeremy seems like a nice guy, soft spoken, just interested in getting a good shot at showing what he can do in the majors. I'm really interested in seeing what he can do with the Jays. Welcome to the Blue Jays. Thanks, I'm very blessed to be here. You are happy for the trade to the Jays? Yes I am, I know a couple of people that from last year that got traded there. I haven't been there, I was supposed to be called up to play in Toronto last year but it didn't happen. But yeah I'm excited. There was something about not having a passport? Yeah, I left my papers out in Arizona where I am now. I didn't get a chance to get them. That's the problem with having to cross a border. And it is right there too, 2 hours from Pittsburgh. You wouldn't think you needed a passport. Until recently you didn't need it. Why didn't you re-sign with the Royals? It's not that I didn't like the Royals, the Royals team, everybody in the clubhouse, all those people were great. I just felt like the team had a lot | SP | SP IT | 3,364,508 |
GREEN WITH ENVY: Plant according to the sun and shade in your yard | | York Guardian During my initial garden consultation, I ask clients how much sun their front or back yard receives. This question is not something most clients consider during their day-to-day lives so usually they will not know the answer or assume their outdoor space is in full sun. Sometimes, a couple will disagree on the amount of sun or shade in their garden. In this situation, I find the answer on my own. When I return to the property to take some initial measurements, I pay careful attention to the sun's direction. You can also do it yourself this summer with these simple guidelines. What time is it? Believe it or not, the intensity of sun changes at different times of the day. Morning sun between seven and eight is less intense than the sun at noon. How much sun the north-east corner of your garden receives will not be the same as the north-east corner of your neighbour's property. Large shade trees and fences will create shadows in your garden at different times of the day. My advice is to check your back garden over four time periods: nine in the morning, noon, 2 p.m., and five in the afternoon to see what the light conditions are in your garden. You can do a sketch on a piece of paper and draw a full circle for sun, a filled in circle for shade and | HI | HI HT | 746,415 |
related to sounds, sound producer maybe, or would have my own business, a store or restaurant. What is Your Biggest Challenge/Achievement? My biggest challenge now is to start studying things that I don't know very well, such as photography and motion graphics. I believe that once I learn how to do it better I'll be able to expand my design boundaries. But the biggest challenge for life is to find the balance between time, family and work. Anything to Say to Other Female Designers? First of all, I think that us women should be glad we live in this decade, when you rarely get frustrated because of sexist restrictions. Secondly, girls don't need to feel better or worse than anybody because of their gender. The risk of the extreme "Girl Power" thought is the belief that you're better than somebody else. Women and men have the same capability. Success depends only on your dedication. Lisa Howey Bio: I am one of those lucky people who get to go to work and love what they do. Designing for the web, a constantly evolving technology, keeps me totally engaged. Portfolio: lisahowey.com Twitter: @LiHowey7 How Did You Get Into the Web Design Industry? I landed my first design job out of college with a company who offers a CMS for independent schools. The creative director saw potential in my design skills and knew that I could learn how to design specifically for web on the job. Do You Think There is a Lack | SP | SP IT | 3,259,252 |
for making my Monday a little bit better. Thanks so much! I am new to this whole blogging world and I wanted a cute button and now I have one. I got very frustrated last night, but I figured out what I did wrong today and everything is peachy:) Having noticed the blog button on many blogs, I was keen to do one for myself but didn't know where to find help. When I googled, I found this site at the top of search results; I didn't have to look beyond, But what's even more amazing is that there are so so many tutorials and I am hungry for such material. I have added this to my Blogroll. I'm sure to e coming back here regularly. Thanks so much. I am so glad I found this. I'm on a WP.com blog and until tonight the only way I could add a button was to have the code in a post and have that link in the side bar. Now the people featured in my weekly recipe link love list can grab a button if they'd like. Thanks so much Amy. I just did this successfully! Woo hoo. I really appreciate you posting this. I wanted to share a tip for creating the blank canvas background... I wanted a white background, but didn't have any images that were suitable for that. So I just got on Picasa and created a collage with one photo (any photo), then cropped a square out | HI | HI HT | 3,158,793 |
off Janice and the driver were immediately on their phones trying desperately to find a local veterinarian. As we drove the dog convulsed, but then settled to the rumble of the engine. There was so much relief. Finally, a veterinarian was found and we were on our way. But as we drove the dog became ever more still. In the cool comfort of the van, within about ten minutes of our leaving the village, he silently passed away. Before Bali's island-wide vaccination campaign, the government (as many governments have done) spread a message of fear, and a solution based on strychnine that was ineffective as it was cruel. And when a community is both terrified and misinformed, it is ripe for the kind of anger and cruelty we observed today. We don't know yet exactly why this poor dog was suffering as it did -- whether it was disease or poisoning. But we can be sure it was one of the two. And we also know that both are unnecessary and preventable. During my time on Bali I have found most Balinese people to be incredibly kind and warm, not at all like the angry posse that harassed us and threatened the dog today. I hope that as dogs are vaccinated, communities grow safer and people are properly informed about rabies, the goodness of the Balinese people will overcome their fear, and dogs will no longer suffer in the manner of the one that died in our van today. -- | IP | IP PA | 640,915 |
the spoil. They made a pile of the dead men four high, laying them crossways as children cross and recross their hands in play, and then, as soon as the heap was completed, Te Whata-horo said to Te Ahuru, "Here is your utu. Is it enough?" Then the Ngati-Kahu-ngunu leaders gave the whole heap to Ngati-Apa. While the feast was going on, Tui, the tohunga, got up and sang another song, in which he described other places that would be taken, and told the names of the chiefs to be killed. So the party, taking his advice, advanced, bent on mischief. They attacked the pa Ota-aue (on the Awa-rua creek, about a mile below Putiki at Whanga-nui), where they captured the inhabitants, and sent them as slaves, under escort, to Rangi-tikei. They also took the Kai-matira pa, now known as Sparrow Cliff, and then travelled on to besiege the strong pa at Pari-kino, named Tuke-a-Maui, which was known to be full of people. It took the war-party several days to effect an entrance, but eventually breeches were made in the palisading by tying flax ropes to the middle of short pieces of wood, throwing them over, and then pulling them down. After this victory the taua retired, carrying with them many slaves, and satisfied that at least one of the taniwha's heads had been considerably damaged. (The old pa, Tuke-a-Maui, stood on the ridge below Kai-tangata, the old name of the pa now called Pari-kino. Pari-kino was a pa on | IN | IN RA | 1,759,871 |
enjoyed Laguna just because it was so physically challenging. I think we've got some garages over there now that we didn't have in the past and they have been trying to update the facility over there to make it more GP-friendly and I would like to see it come back to Laguna. We've actually had some talks with Dorna about it. I would like to see it come back, for sure, and I think so would the public. Q: Would you be involved in some way in resurrecting the US GP? A: Oh, yeah. I'm working with Laguna, being real close to the circuit because I live just up the road from it, I have had contact with Carmelo (Ezpeleta, head of Dorna, the commercial operator of the MotoGP championship), with Dorna, we've had some meetings with them, and he is going to come out and take a look at the facility from what they've been doing and what the future plan is. For sure, I'd be involved, yep. Q: You said you were out at Laguna last Monday in the kart. Safety is increasingly an issue, as it was in your day with various rider meetings, and the riders now have a safety committee - and we may see Suzuka (venue for the Japanese MotoGP) go off the calendar next year because of that. Safety-wise, is Laguna up to scratch or would some things have to be changed for safety from your perspective as a rider? A: There is | SP | SP IT | 500,993 |
the hearse [or whatever is the intention] [At this point we might talk about any box for donations in the foyer and any memorial book that is to be signed, and issue an invitation to the social gathering to be held after the funeral.] Jane's spirit and her life were a part of the spirit and the life of the people who were close to her and with her death I guess there is a part of us too, that dies We mourn for her but we mourn also for that part of ourselves which, with Jane's death, is now behind us But there is something also that remains Because Jane's influence has not ended with her physical death Her warmth and her love and her values were given out and shared around and they have become a living part of the people who were close to her So Jane is not just part of the past each of you carries something important of her with you into the future We think, today, of those who were closest to Jane. Lives which have been closely tied together cannot be separated without pain So our thoughts today are particularly with Bruce Jane's husband And we think of the children [names ] And the grandchildren [names] [It is useful in fact to name all the closest people, whether related or not.] We think of those who were closest to Jane We think also of all the other people who have over the | LY | LY PR | 1,743,528 |
materialistic desires. Such attitudes aren't very attractive to a college that is trying to enroll an interesting and engaged group of students. "I want to be working for a big company." Try to focus more. What type of company? Why? A vague answer isn't going to create a strong impression. "I hope I'll be married with kids." That's fine, but the interviewer isn't really asking about your personal life (in fact, it wouldn't be appropriate for an interviewer to ask about your future plans for family and marriage). Keep focused on career goals that are connected to your college education. So, if asked about your future goals, be honest but also answer in a way that shows you have actually thought about the relationship between college and your future. Here are a couple ways to approach the question: "I want to major in aeronautical engineering and work for NASA." If you know what you want to do, an interview question about your future is easy to answer. However, be sure to elaborate and explain why you want to pursue a certain career path. What got you interested in the field? What do you hope to accomplish in this career? "I don't know what I will be doing, but I know I want to work with people. In college I'm interested in taking classes in sociology and psychology to learn what some of the options are." An answer such as this shows your uncertainty, but it shows that you know yourself, | OP | OP | 512,383 |
But there was none like unto Ahab, which did sell himself to work wickedness in the sight of the Lord,.... Not of any of his predecessors, even those whose families had been destroyed, as his would be, 1 Kings 21:21 . See Gill on 1 Kings 21:20 . whom Jezebel his wife stirred up; to idolatry, revenge, and murder, and to whose will he was a slave, and is one instance of his being a captive to sin, and giving up himself to the power of it. 1 Kings 21:25 , 1 Kings 21:26 contain a reflection on the part of the historian concerning Ahab's ungodly conduct, whereby he brought such an ignominious end upon himself and his house. ??? ??? ?? ??, "only there has not been (one) like Ahab," i.e., there was no one else like Ahab, "who sold himself," etc. ????? for ?????, from ????, to entice, to seduce or lead astray (cf. Ewald, 114, a., and Ges. 72, Anm. 6). ??????, and he acted abominably. Amorites: for Canaanites, as in Genesis 15:16 , etc. 21:17-29 Blessed Paul complains that he was sold under sin, Ro 7:14, as a poor captive against his will; but Ahab was willing, he sold himself to sin; of choice, and as his own act and deed, he loved the dominion of sin. Jezebel his wife stirred him up to do wickedly. Ahab is reproved, and his sin set before his eyes, by Elijah. That man's condition is very miserable, who has | NARRATIVE | NA ON | 685,863 |
about the money magic that happens within an active, thriving list when quality products are routinely introduced to it. The revenue possibilities from an email marketing list are absolutely limitless. Lewis Leake is a part-time affiliate marketer. His main job is a Senior Developer in the IT department of a large regional grocery business. Leake & Co. Inc. is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to amazon.com. | IP | IP PA | 3,291,774 |
Thomas Clarkson Thomas Clarkson is a local hero. A red haired man who stood over 6 feet tall, he spent his long adult life working to abolish the Transatlantic Slave Trade and slavery itself. Born in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire in 1760, the eldest of 3 children of the local headmaster and minister, he studied at the local grammar school and then St John's College, Cambridge. From 1786, he lived and worked in London, in the Lake District and then moved, with his wife Catherine, to Bury St Edmunds in 1803. Finally, in 1816, he came to Playford Hall near Ipswich, where he died in 1846, aged 86. He was buried at Playford Church. (for details of Clarksons life - see below). In an effort to gather hard facts about the Slave Trade, Thomas Clarkson visited many ports and went aboard the trading vessels. One of the first African trading ships Clarkson visited was called the 'Lively'. It was not a slave ship but its cargo had a powerful impact upon Clarkson. The ship was full of beautiful and exotic goods:- carved ivory and woven cloth , along with produce such as beeswax, palm oil and peppers. Clarkson could see the craftsmanship and skill that would have been required to produce many of the items. The idea that their creators could be enslaved was horrifying. Clarkson bought samples from the ship and started a collection that he added to over the years. The collection included crops and spices and raw materials, along | NARRATIVE | NA DP | 221,870 |
will be incorrect for us to follow this interpretation of Shaykh Albani. 2. It should be known that the interpretation by Shaykh Albani and his logical inference of this Hadith cannot be accepted at all, because it goes against other Ahadith in which Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) clearly draws a difference between the salat of men and women, aside from the many verdicts and practices of Sahaba and those after them that were mentioned above. The article states: "The general meaning of the words of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him): "Women are the twin halves of men." Response: 1. This Hadith cannot be used to prove that women are like men in all aspects of Deen. The Ahadith above are sufficient evidence to show that men and women are not equal in all aspects of Deen. The meaning of the above Hadith is that women resemble men with regards to their body constitution. This is because Hawwa (alayhas salaam) was created from Adam (alayhis salam) and thereof the progeny of men and women began. (Ma'arif Al-Sunan, vol 1, pg 374, HM Saeed) 2. Even if we had to accept this "principle" that women are like men in all aspects, then this principle only applies to those cases where there are no proofs indicating to the contrary. In the issue of women's salat, there are many Ahadith in which Rasulullah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) differentiated between the salat of both genders. Surprisingly, this principle is | ID | ID DF | 438,931 |
thing you can really hang your hat on. Joanka Betlej Bio: I am a self taught web designer and developer, based in Cracow, Poland. I have worked in the industry since 2006 (before that I designed several websites for myself and my friends). I love what I do, and never stop doing that. Web design is the last thing I think about before falling asleep and the first thought in the morning. I am curious and constantly learning something new - I do graphic design, XHTML/CSS coding, back end scripting (PHP), database driven websites, design user interfaces - there are so many fascinating things about that! In my free time I love to play with processing and other sorts of software which is somehow leading to digitally generated art. I never intended to show the outcome, but I am thinking about some kind of exhibition in future. Portfolio: eankadesign.com Twitter: @e_anka How Did You Get Into the Web Design Industry? I am an architect, and some time ago I was working in an architectural office. Web design started as a hobby, I just found a tutorial on the net and made a website for myself. Sometime later I entered some web design contests on SitePoint, but I did it for fun and for the challenge rather than for the prize -- I didn't think I could make my living doing the web design. Everything changed when my children were born. I had to decide whether I wanted to make a | SP | SP IT | 3,259,252 |
What does FLAC mean? FLAC is a lossless audio format designed for superior sound quality. FLAC stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec , an audio format similar to MP3, but lossless, meaning that audio is compressed in FLAC without any loss in quality. This is similar to how Zip works, except with FLAC you will get much better compression because it is designed specifically for audio. Who's FLAC for? You're a bit of an audio nerd, you regard 320Kbps MP3s to be inferior, you want DRM free, lossless downloads and you want them now! Sound familiar? Then FLAC is for you. Want to know more? FLAC on Wikipedia janek schaefer - in the last hour Divided into four parts, this piece was commissioned by the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival in 2005 as a site-specific work, performed and recorded in the local town hall. Schaefer himself cites this as his favourite solo album, and it certainly takes in the breadth of his recorded work over the course of its hour-long duration. All manner of instruments were used for the piece: piano, organ and clarinet as well as turntable-derived textures - key sonic components of virtually all Schaefer's work. Schaefer's vocabulary as a composer is as erratic as it is vast: the piece begins with sustained organ chords before shifting into what sounds like recording of cicadas, and then on 'Between The Two', introducing shivering vinyl string loops reminiscent of Philip Jeck at his most grandiose and romantic. An ideal entry into | IP | IP DS | 608,913 |
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that is not uncommon. Another part of this is the type A & B disruptions which may be better left for another day. Thanks for the detailed replies Geoff, I'll have a think about those after work today. Just a point to make about the overall way it comes across. While it's fine for us who are into this stuff, and sympathetic to the difficulties, someone like Svalgaard is going to dismiss it as 'armwaving' or 'special pleading' unless you can find a way to tabulate, analyse and summarise the results from all the 'AM disturbances' within the range of interest. I appreciate your comment that " there are so many permutations that no cycle (trident) would prob look the same." and understand the reasons for it, but nonetheless, some generally applicable heuristic statements have to be laid out which are not contradicted by more than, say, one event in twenty (95% significance), otherwise it carries no weight for reviewers. To be honest Greg, I've not had time to think it through. But my good lady assures me I'm of the hook for the rest of this afternoon, so lets discuss it a bit further. Any thoughts on how this could be tested in a spreadsheet with monthly position data? I think you are a bit quicker on the draw with the equations than I am. Presumably its solving a vector addition and translating that back to spherical co-ordinates? It seems more a case of getting the right data. As | IN | IN RA | 3,787,544 |
and we'll will invite them to participate. Ok so a manufacture is an expert on how well an EBOR works, I will give you that. On the other hand any pit falls that they have with them they are not going to sit and air it out for all to see. Remember they are private companies out to make a profit, so they will always say they are a good thing. And as far as the trucking companies you have brought forward, and did the self imposed EOBR in their own truck. Why some ask? That is an easy one to answer, those companies chose to hire none experienced drivers and found that the EBOR was the easiest way in order to track their rookie drivers and make sure they were doing what the company wanted, an electronic babysitter. So now you say how those trucking companies are experts on the EBOR, maybe but like I said about the manufactures, I will also say about the trucking companies that use them, it comes down to profit. So now they think that all should be like them to level the playing field. So are the trucking companies truly experts I think not. Yes Mr Moderator I have become very distrustful of anything that the FMCSA has to offer lately. The FMCSA has no facts to stand on, but keep yelling it is about safety. So you see where the problem lyes with this for me, you can not no matter how | IN | IN IB | 440,616 |
The level of support for evolution among scientists, the public and other groups is a topic that frequently arises in the creation-evolution controversy and touches on educational, religious, philosophical, scientific and political issues. The subject is primarily contentious in the United States. However, it is also important in other countries where creationists advocate the teaching of creationism as an alternative to evolution , or portray the modern evolutionary synthesis as an inadequate scientific paradigm . The vast majority of the scientific community and academia supports evolutionary theory as the only explanation that can fully account for observations in the fields of biology , paleontology , molecular biology , genetics , anthropology , and others. [ 19 ] [ 20 ] [ 21 ] [ 22 ] [ 23 ] One 1987 estimate found that "700 scientists ... (out of a total of 480,000 U.S. earth and life scientists) ... give credence to creation-science". [ 24 ] An expert in the evolution-creationism controversy, professor and author Brian Alters , states that "99.9 percent of scientists accept evolution". [ 25 ] A 1991 Gallup poll found that about 5% of American scientists (including those with training outside biology) identified themselves as creationists. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Additionally, the scientific community considers intelligent design , a neo-creationist offshoot, to be unscientific, [ 28 ] pseudoscience , [ 29 ] [ 30 ] or junk science . [ 31 ] [ 32 ] The U.S. National Academy of Sciences has stated that | IN | IN EN | 9,994,258 |
Blogs There has been some really good news today , with the Scottish Government announcing big improvements in the financial support of Scottish higher education students in colleges and universities. This is something that we have been campaigning on for over five years now, and is the result of the hard work and campaigning of hundreds of students over the last few years. We can now proudly say that our campaigning has resulted in us having the best system of financial support for higher education students anywhere in the UK . And at the same time today's announcement removes tuition fees for the poorest part-time students - removing an anomaly that we have frequently highlighted the unfairness of. Back in 2007, NUS Scotland came up with the idea of a '7,000 minimum income guarantee', to reflect the fact that students were being forced to drop-out, struggle by or simply never start in education because of the lack of money in their pockets . In 2010 we launched what is still one of the biggest student surveys to ever take place in Scotland, and that resulted in NUS Scotland's Still in the Red report. That report showed really clearly just how much of a financial struggle it is for many students to make ends meet through their studies - forced to work part-time, borrow commercially or to even drop out of their education. It also highlighted that tuition fees were really a big and unfair barrier for part-time students. There was | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 1,468,613 |
and says some 'sharp' stuff (in more ways than one). We try to censor as little as possible; largely because it's tedious to do so. @Host -- you said "We try to censor as little as possible; largely because it's tedious to do so." I'm completely in favour of lack of censorship, one of the things I like about this blog even when people write things to which I strongly object. And yes, you're right that one thing derp and I (and many others here I believe) agree on is preposterously overpriced real estate and the deleterious effects of same. Thanks again for providing a forum where many of us who concur about this can share information, and, not least, vent! I actually have a friend that lives in one of these. Very efficient/minimalist design and layout, but the kitchen space leaves a lot to be desired. There are only two elements and I don't recall seeing an oven [could be wrong though]. The fridge was mini-bar size, but worked for him [the only thing in his fridge was vodka and mix]. Does the place work for him? Yes. Personally, I wouldn't want to be in that space for more than 1-2 years. | IP | IP DS | 477,182 |
at people who miss Carlsberg shirts, fair enough but for what they paid us compared with standard chartered i dont think its a problem in the slightest did we not dump Carlsberg? our deal with standard chartered was announced in september 2009, 8 months before the season ended No, that sets the market price. It's not an incremental market rise, but a significant increase. SC have no way in knowing if its worth it, but they took a risk, hoping our profile in Asia would yield a ROI. Remains to be seen if they feel as generous 3 years down the line. As for Warrior, what "accounts" would those be then? Warrior is a privately traded company (owned by New Balance, which is also privately traded) so its difficult to know exactly what their economic growth is like. However, their manufacturing partners in Asia (such as CRC Sports in Thailand) have forecasted revenue increases of 70% which gives a general indicator as to the boost they have received thanks to being Liverpool's sponsor. I would hazard a guess that their other manufacturing partners in India, Malaysia, China and Indonesia are having similar booms. As to your previous point, there is no such thing as incremental price increases in branding thanks to the monopolistic nature of the Liverpool name. You can't expect gradual price increases in the renegotiated contracts because 1. The price is inflexible for as long as the contract is valid and 2. Given the length of a given | ID | ID DF QA | 391,913 |
Warning over regional unemployment Unemployment will not return to pre-recession levels for another four years, the TUC has warned. A study for the union organisation found that unemployment has continued to rise in some parts of the UK, including Yorkshire and the Humber, the East of England and Scotland, despite falling nationally. The research reveals regional inequalities in the labour market and shows that unless unemployment falls across the country, economic growth will not be spread equally, said the TUC. General secretary Brendan Barber said: "Although overall unemployment has fallen slightly in recent months in a number places there are parts of Britain where it is getting worse. "The long-term damage inflicted by the crash and the Government's ongoing economic mismanagement means that even if current rates of progress continue, it will take years for some areas to get unemployment back down to pre-recession levels. "Unless urgent steps are taken to rebalance the economy and get people back into work at a faster rate, the Government will continue to lose out on billions in tax revenues as a result of unnecessarily high unemployment." The study was published ahead of new unemployment figures on Wednesday. | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 199,738 |
The Greatest Lyrics Cat Power Once I wanted to be the greatest No wind or waterfall could stall me And then came the rush of the flood The stars at night turned deep to dust Melt me down into big black armor Leave no trace of grace just in your honor Lower me down to culprit south Make 'em wash a space in town For the lead and the dregs of my bed I've been sleeping Lower me down, pin me in Secure the grounds for the later parade Once I wanted to be the greatest Two fists of solid rock With brains that could explain Any feeling Lower me down, pin me in Secure the grounds For the lead and the dregs of my bed I've been sleeping for the later parade Once I wanted to be the greatest No wind or water fall could stall me And then came the rush of the flood The stars at night turned deep to dust | LY | LY SL | 159,245 |
JP | 7.30.09 @ 1:14PM Revrend Wright is a Saint and SH Why do you bother coming to conservative boards if are so against them. The problem with you blind followers is that you won't go out there and read both sides of each issue. If you did you would not be so ignorant to the actual facts of the case. The fact that you cannot argue your points with evidence proves you are just too liberal to understand what America stands for. Go back to sucking on the preverbial baby bottle of the liberals. Adam | 7.30.09 @ 3:34PM I love how conservative Americans all pretend to be experts on Socialism and American history. Try again. I spent the first six weeks of my life in the hospital, and the care I received saved my life many times over. What did my mother have to pay for six weeks of preemie icu? Nothing. Except taxes. That is the horror of "Socialized Medicine" in Canada. And I find it fascinating that this country, founded on the principles of reason and rationality can't elect anyone without them arguing over who prays more. Google the Jefferson Bible and learn something about this "Christian" nation. pete | 7.30.09 @ 3:49PM kristin h| 7.24.09 @ 6:44PM I don't think anything good will come from Hussein's policies. everyone is losing. This healthcare sham is no different. Perhaps when people start dying in the E.R.'s waiting room they will come to their sense!! +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ that is | IP | IP | 186,900 |
Why Did Nobody Tell Me Monday September 03 2012 at 01:09 pm Why Did Nobody Tell Me is a collective of anecdotes, experience and lessons learnt from parents who've been there and got the t-shirt. Provocative, funny, indispensable and inimitable, the book draws from the message boards of mumsnet.com (the meeting place for likeminded mums and mums to be) to offer wisdom and commonsense in dozens of bite size dos and don'ts, to lead you through the minefield that is twenty-first-century parenting. Proving that the gurus don't always know best, the shared secrets of mums with hands on will guide you through everything from the first day of school, to letting them eat dirt and why you should never buy them a guinea pig. Whether you're new to parenthood, or have a roost of all ages, there are insightful (and often funny) tips for everyone. Here's 10 golden rules from the book: 1. You don't have to bake with your children 2. Don't fret about milestones 3. Don't buy a guinea pig for your child 4. Ignore unsolicited parenting advice from old biddies on buses 5. Don't give up work for your children 6. Cut all their hair off 7. Let them eat cake 8. Boycott World Book Day 9. Don't hit your kids 10. Put away your mobile, turn off your laptop and don't even think about a BlackBerry or an iPhone For your chance to win 1 of 5 books we have to give away, tell us the | IP | IP DS | 3,692,689 |
Southern Ocean. L Anderson says: 11:04am | 07/01/10 To Jack Thomas , Australian waters baloney, Australia is the only country that recognise it as Australian waters no other country does and that is why the navy doesn't go down there and arrest the Japanese for supposedly illegal whaling kell says: 10:54am | 07/01/10 @ Bob - sigh. You're one of those people who love pointing out other wrongs to justify a wrong they can't be bothered doing anything about. What a lovely world we will end up with if everyone follows your justifications. I'm a vegetarian, so I guess I won't have to worry about your analogy about beef patties! If you do want to discuss the horrifc nature of slaughterhouses - I'm up for that anytime Tim says: 10:47am | 07/01/10 Jack Thomas, maybe thats because they aren't whaling in "Australian" waters. Very few countries recognise our claim over these waters and to compare them to the mainland is silly. The next time a refugee ship lands in the Antarctic, i'll be the first to say they can stay there as long as they want. As Papachango says above, Southern Bluefin Tuna are far more endangered than Minke whales, why aren't you protesting about Australian fishermen? Bob says: 10:45am | 07/01/10 kell: i find the horrific nature of slaughterhouses and the senseless consequences of it far more disturbing than a bunch of eco-nazis trying to play chicken with a whaler, that beautiful and gentle animals such as sheep and | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 102,337 |
objects or events. And the creation of appearances occurs at their observer's centres and nowhere else. Philosopher A.N. Whitehead knew about this. His philosophical work is in essence the outworking of what he called the fallacy of simple location. An object is seen at location D. The centre of that object is located at A. Along the way, points B and C are involved as well. The observer at D projects the object's appearance back upon it's centre, location A. No wonder those who talk about God in a credible and honest sense identify Consciousness/Awareness as God, and the many-levelled universe as the expression, instrument, and object, of God as Consciousness; as the Self-originating consciousness of you and me and all sentient beings. The being, life, mind and behaviour of God is the being, life, mind and behaviour of all beings, taken together as a strictly indivisible unity, the Ultimate Unity and Mystery which transcends its parts as water transcends its elements, hydrogen and oxygen. God as the Whole becomes Self-aware only at His Centre; at your Centre, my Centre, or any other Centre. God's home is at the Centre of His universe. For more along these lines, read the books of D.E.Harding (1909 -- 2007) or visit his website. Robert Penny : 24 Apr 2012 3:26:36pm I have a correction on my last piece. I wrote that I would not address 'reality' in my piece. Well, inadvertently I did address this. I shall briefly elaborate: The observer's observing-self, his | SP | SP TA | 613,615 |
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Sheeran 2005) When I dance with Billy Ruskin in my mind's eye Please let me forget that I'm standing on my own And I am my own best friend and I need me to see That I am more than what is hiding in me Come and show me if you can See I know you're me But I can't seem to understand If you know me, place my hand on mine And we will resurrect the time That we lost when you left my mind It's psycho-paranoia disappearing in time Come and show me what makes you tick I need you to get out of my mind quick When I dance with Billy Ruskin in my mind's eye Please let me forget that I'm standing on my own And I am my own best friend and I need me to see That I am more than what is hiding in me Spark (Ed Sheeran 2005) Take me with you I do declare I love you dearly through here and there What can I do to make you share? What can I do to make you care? The world is harsh I'm stuck in the dark I'll make my mark I've got my spark We'd be together through bad or worse Sending letters we shall converse We could do better but we must first Make amends That depends Will you be my friend? The world is harsh I'm stuck in the dark I'll make my mark I've got my spark | LY | LY SL | 83,871 |
do you think will fare better? The person who is aware of how to protect and increase their portfolio? Or the person who hands it all over to a financial planner intent on charging fees, commissions and more in return for very little market expertise or incentive to turn you a profit? (Of course, there are a handful of good advisers in Australia and if you are lucky enough to have one of these, then well done! But the commission structure of most planning firms keep them from doing you any real good.) The most recent data from the AIHW (Authoritative Information and statistics to promote better Health and Wellbeing) shows that Australian Males are the forth longest living males on the planet, living to an average of 79 years of age. Australian Females have it even better, living to an average of 84 years of age. This means if you retire at age 65, which is the current accepted retirement age, you will still have around 15 to 20 years of life left on this plannet. 15 to 20 years! When you consider what you can do and achieve in just three to five years, 15 to 20 years is a huge revelation. You could do five full degrees. You could raise a child from infancy to adulthood. You could travel the world more than 20 times. You could enjoy many years sipping cocktails on the beach, or walking through lush rain forests, or helping people in need. But | IP | IP PA | 104,892 |
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knot, we will have a joint account that we will manage the bills from, but will still have our own accounts. The money that goes into the joint account will be proportional based on who makes what to keep it fair. We decided to do this because we are both in our 30?s and have some assets. It's easier just to keep everything separate than to combine everything. But who knows, as time goes on, maybe wi'll find out that's not the case! When it comes to splitting costs, I'm more of the don't stress about it, just take turns picking up the tab, and everything will work out in the end. Sharing accounts before marriage is not a good idea! Sure, if it works out, not harm no foul. But, if you split up you can get left with nothing. You also have tied yourself to some one else credit wise. The risk far outweighs the benefit. I definitely think you should talk about finances before marriage, especially any debt you have. I know a guy who got married and only found out after getting hitched that his wife had $100k in student loans and bad credit. Not a good way to start a marriage. However I am hesitant to share financial info while dating. I have never told a girlfriend how much money I make or what kind of assists I have. They get an idea by what I do, but they never know for sure. The only | OP | OP AV | 3,255,559 |
laser or HRT and it was certainly tough but it was my time to do so. I just couldn't keep "her" hidden any longer. All I can say is I used to shave twice a day if I had too and always shaved by feel not look. It took a long time and yes it sucked . I am sure many others have been there too. By the sounds of things though, laser has worked OK for you thus far. The only thing is, and I can't say for absolute certain as I have not done elctro, but I would assume you shouldn't do both on the same hair. Laser works with your 6 week growth cycle and you could goof that up by doing electro on the same hair. I would simply stick with laser unless you find you need electro on some places. And you should try to avoid sun and getting a tan. Light skin is best and winter helps keep the "tan" away. Also, i find with laser that some treatments have been SO SO, even did nothing. And others, have been totally dramatic! I figure I have 2 or 3 treatments left but I will still go for a few more here and there. I shave daily still but its a quick touch that is like a minute. You can't really see anything, I just feel some stubble in spots. Its totally bearable now. But As one of my TG freinds said it best, "hair | ID | ID DF | 304,586 |
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chairing thesis committees myself, years later, that I understand what she meant -- and I wish to hell she'd been able to communicate it to me clearly and unambiguously much earlier in the process. It's about mastering rhetorical strategies, yes, but articulating your own point-of-view and argument in relation to Scary Well-Known People in Your Field. Regularly and often. Way more often than any student thinks is necessary (because, of course, everyone is bound up in his or her argument and doesn't realize how often the argument needs to be rearticulated to an outsider). It's about writing it down, no matter what. It's about drafty drafts that, full of holes or not, mean at least you HAVE a dissertation to revise. | HI | HI HT | 3,210,021 |
and it works. I spent an incredible amount of time deconstructing the visual design of LBP, but fortunately I had some help. I had the immense pleasure of working with Kareem Ettouney, who broke down the elements of the LBP visual style for me. Many of the themes in LBP go back to the core idea that a strong identity is created from clever juxtaposition. Any more, and it turns to mush quickly. Our new themes followed that same idea; we started with a variety of environments that would provide interesting backdrops and expanded from there. We set one in a 1970's night club and combined elements of graphic design and musical instruments from that era to create a space-funk theme called The Space Bass. Another theme, called The Progress Emporium, was set in a 1950's kitchen and played with the mid-century vision of the future that never happened. We juxtaposed visuals from 50's advertising and World's Fair optimism with the reality of objects and materials found in a kitchen of the time. Once those themes are set, it becomes quickly clear if an idea works within the context or if it should be discarded. -------- -------- How did your team handle Sackboy's transition from a user-defined character to a new driving role? The biggest challenges were in working with Sackboy in his new role, as the driver of a kart. We're used to seeing him from the side or facing us, full bodied, with all of his charming expressions | SP | SP IT | 3,094,842 |
of her suggestions: Start with baby steps. Don't sit down and plan a whole month of meals. Plan a week's worth, or three days' worth. When you've successfully completed that much, do it again. It becomes habit and you can extend the planning to however far in advance you think you can stick with. Have your calendar in front of you when you plan. Crockpot meals are good for nights when you are out later. Plan meals with more extensive preparation on nights when you are home for a couple of hours at dinner time. Think of meals as related to each other and integrate prep for one meal into prep for other meals. Bulk cook ingredients ahead of time for the freezer. Plan to use your leftovers in later meals. For example, if you are having roast chicken, plan a chicken soup or a chicken cheese quesadilla for later in the week. Write down five easy to prepare meals that your family likes that don't have perishable ingredients. Always stock these ingredients in your pantry. That way, these meals will be an alternative to ordering pizza even on nights when you don't have a plan. Personally, I've found that writing your meal plans down somewhere, like a notebook or a Word file, and saving them will gradually make your planning easier. Whenever I draw a blank, I flip back a few weeks to help me remember meals we've liked. When I'm stuck in a rut, I'll flip way back | OP | OP OB | 3,194,640 |
who are now complaining about Romney's insufficient credentials on abortion actually sent money to or worked to get Santorum on the ballot or TV or mailings in their state. But even if you knocked yourself out and gave substantial sums to Santorum, the reality of the primary process is that one candidate prevails. As I said, Romney wasn't my preferred candidate, but he's the one we've got. (Santorum, by the way, has endorsed Romney.) AAM, I didn't support Romney in the primaries, either. He was my last choice. But, I think I sold him short; he has impressed me since winning the nomination. But even if I still disliked him, I could never just sit idly by and take a chance on Obama winning a second term. There is too much at stake. I can't even look at my Facebook page right now... People are making fun of Romney with Obama's comment about bayonets and horses and all I want to do is scream "HOW DOES THAT MAKE IT OKAY TO KILL BABIES!?!?!? " Oh, the political commentary on FB is polarized, to say the least. Of course, most of my FB friends are well to the right of the soup spoon, since they are mostly hunters, dog trainers, and such like folks. The only liberals I've 'friended' are the musicians, who sadly tend to be both (1) very liberal and (2) incredibly ignorant on practical matters, including politics (as well as such essentials as how to change a tire | OP | OP OB | 3,220,221 |
Adele, Classic course 18-26 years My Dad is a Kiwi but I grew up in Hong Kong, and did secondary school in Auckland. At the end of my Melbourne University degree last November, I did Outward Bound mainly because my mates raved on and on and on about it, and I wanted to see what all the fuss was about. Also, it was a good excuse for a trip home. The easy option is to tell you straight out, DO OUTWARD BOUND. But the best option is to ask you three questions and share how Outward Bound helped me answer my own. First of all, who are you? If I asked your parents, or mates, who you were, they would be able to answer. But their answers would not be as accurate as your own. As you get older, you realise that nobody really knows anyone else. Even if you and your best friend think you know everything about each other, from her love of pineapple pizza to that completely embarrassing conversation she had with her crush, there will always be hidden parts of another person's identity that you cannot see. The only person you can ever really know is yourself. Only you have witnessed all your experiences, your memories, your hopes and dreams. Only you know what's important to you. Outward Bound encourages you to not only find out who you truly are, but to celebrate being that person! Why? Because, as I learned from my sociology classes at | NARRATIVE | NA PB | 1,775,258 |
Alan end up in a car chase and a touching scene where Alan reveals his true feelings for Celia that he's kept to himself since they met all those years ago. Fear not though, even the touching scenes are dealt with with the amount of sentimentality without coming across as cheesy. The two families around Alan and Celia are from completely backgrounds and the two daughters but heads immediately which, like everything else here is masterfully handled. The title may make it sound a bit like a revamped version of Last of the Summer Wine but in my opinion, Last Tango in Halifax is a real gem and possibly my favourite new drama of 2012. It's been messed about the schedule, originally due after the Olympics, then in early October and now in mid November. It's great that audiences will finally see the series that everyone who attended that screening on a balmy July morning loved but my biggest concern is that it won't get the attention it deserves as it battles with late night Christmas shopping and the return of I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here! Those who tune in though are in for a real treat. There's nothing not to like about Last Tango. The writing is brilliant, the cast are beautifully suited to each role and you believe everything about it. If it takes off as much as I hope it does then Sally Wainwright revealed to me that she's got tons of stories lined | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 1,480,317 |
How to use Flickr favourites as your screensaver in Mountain Lion -- September 4, 2012 Mountain Lion is an improvement on Lion, which I had mixed feelings about when it was released. Unfortunately, however, Apple seems to have decided that RSS is a dead technology, and consequently the handy RSS screensavers have been removed, which means there's no simple way of creating a screensaver out of one's Flickr favourites. Having come up with an effective solution for how to get Flickr favourites as a screensaver in Mountain Lion, I thought I'd share the method for the benefit of those who are not so used to fiddling with the deeper technological aspects of their Mac. I've gone into quite a lot of detail for those who are less technically-minded, but those of a more technical bent can just skip ahead accordingly. Set up the RSS feed Flickr does its best to make this process less than straightforward by not providing large versions of images in its RSS feeds, so we need to use a Yahoo! pipe to generate the RSS feed. Firstly, visit your "Favorites" page on Flickr. To make it easier to see what you're doing, change the "View" to "Square thumbnails". You should then see something like this (only for your own favourites rather than mine, of course). At the bottom of the page you will see a "Subscribe to your favorites" link. Right-click (or Ctrl-click, or two-finger click) on that, and choose the option to "Copy Link" (or | HI | HI HT TS | 3,007,219 |
a deal that includes Ethier. Is Andrew McCuthchen available? After all, there will come a time when the Pirates can't afford him. Since he probably signed a big league contract, I am guessing that Yasiel Puig likely doesn't fall in the category of recently signed players who can't be traded for a year. Get me McCuthchen, and I'd include Puig in the deal, even paying the entire $42 million over the next 6 or 7 years. And, of course, to get Price the Dodgers would likely have to include more than Gordon and Ethier, since the latter would probably be going to the third team. This is all very complicated, and would likely take some creativity, which I'm sure Kasten, and even Colletti, are not lacking. They haven't choked until they are out of it. choke: fail to do something; leave something undone. If they make the play-offs, it's hardly a failure. That's the goal. And I don't buy Atlanta is a better team. If the Dodgers make the play-offs, they will be the hottest team entering the tournament. And if the championship is the thing left "undone", then every team in the league save one are chokers. L.A. will more likely go after free agents won't they? Price, arb eligible, is going to cost the Rays plenty, but it would take Gordon and Lee, plus a couple more top prospects. If Ethier is included, and I am not so sure about that deal as it would be complicated, then | LY | LY SL | 3,251,290 |
Reviews, Parenting and my Ramblings! NCT Sale and the launch of the Nappy Library! by daisytheclothbummum on October 19, 2012 Well, it's that time of the year again and I'm actually quite excited! Tomorrow is my local NCT Sale and I'm going to be there, running my own trade stand! I've done it before, a few months ago, and it really is a lot of fun. NCT sales are a fabulous thing to go to and you can get THE most amazing bargains for your little one. If you shop smartly, you can get his/her wardrobe pretty much kitted out for many years to come, which is a really sensible thing to do in this day and age. But, for me, tomorrow really isn't about shopping. Ok...I'm slightly telling a white lie there as I do have a shopping slot where I can rush around and get my little Monkey Man some bits and bobs. Tomorrow is all about the nappies! I've got an amazing array of demo nappies, which has just been boosted enormously by some lovely companies donating nappies. I'm currently in the process of setting up a Real Nappy Library for my area and will very soon be able to have loan packs that parents can borrow from me. They can try them out for a week to see how easy cloth is to use before they invest in some of their own nappies. It's such a simple concept but one that is proving to be very | NARRATIVE | NA PB | 3,016,094 |
sure you use this EVERY time it is off cooldown. Breath of Fire -- Also a spec specific talent, Breath of Fire along side Keg Smash will be your highest damaging move. As you can see via the tooltip, BoF deals more damage when Dizzying Haze is on the target so make sure you either use that or directly after Keg Smash. However this spells works perfectly in your rotation a long side Keg Smash. As Keg Smash generates two Chi and BoF costs two Chi these spells fit perfectly together like a glove. Provoke lvl 14 -- Your standard taunt spell. I've only really used this in a handful of circumstances though, as I've mentioned, a few shots of Dizzying Haze will send the mob running in your direction regardless of how many hits a DPS character has on it. Between levels 1-25 if you don't use any other spells those above would comfortably see you through a low-level dungeon or ensure you could hold aggro on a group of mobs. Let's take a look at some of the other spells at your disposal: Tiger Palm lvl 3 -- While leveling Tiger Palm will be quite useful but while tanking a low-level dungeon I'd only really recommend using it to dump excess Chi. It has a nice little debuff that stacks 3 times although it's not hugely necessary considering how quickly the mobs will be killed. Roll lvl 5 -- A surprisingly useful spell for avoiding or fleeing damage | IN | IN | 3,697,017 |
Special Cases In some situations, there may be doubts whether a person's baptism was valid. All baptisms are assumed valid, regardless of denomination , unless after serious investigation there is reason to doubt that the candidate was baptized with water and the Trinitarian formula (". . . in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"), or that the minister or recipient of baptism did not intend it to be an actual baptism. If there are doubts about the validity of a person's baptism (or whether the person was baptized at all), then the candidate will be given a conditional baptism (one with the form ". . . if you are not already baptized, I baptize you in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"). "If conditional baptism . . . seems necessary, this must be celebrated privately rather than at a public liturgical assembly of the community and with only those limited rites which the diocesan bishop determines. The reception into full communion should take place later at the Sunday Eucharist of the community" (NSC 37). Another special case concerns those who have been baptized as Catholics but who were not brought up in the faith or who have not received the sacraments of confirmation and the Eucharist. "Although baptized adult Catholics who have never received catechetical instruction or been admitted to the sacraments of confirmation and Eucharist are not catechumens, some elements of the usual | HI | HI | 445,081 |
on your wrecking ball Tend to your flock or they will stray We'll be called for our service come judgment day Before we cross that river wide The blood on our hands will come back on us twice Rise up shepherd, rise up Your flock has roamed far from the hill The stars have faded, the sky is still Sun's in the heavens and a new day is rising You use your muscle and your mind and you pray your best That your best is good enough, the Lord will do the rest You raise your children and you teach them to walk straight and sure You pray that hard times, hard times come no more You try to sleep you toss and turn the bottom's dropping out Where you once had faith now there's only doubt You pray for guidance only silence now meets your prayers The morning breaks, you awake, but no one's there Lyrics Grab your ticket and your suitcase Thunder's rollin' down this track Well, you don't know where you're goin' now But you know you won't be back Well, darlin' if you're weary Lay your head upon my chest We'll take what we can carry Yeah, and we'll leave the rest Big wheels roll through fields Where sunlight streams Meet me in a land of hope and dreams Well, I will provide for you And I'll stand by your side You'll need a good companion now For this part of the ride Leave behind your | LY | LY SL | 80,441 |
THE SCOTTISH EU REGION! 12.09.12, 10:38pm Rule from Brussels is NOT 'Independence', Salmond is the biggest 'Unionist' possible, an EUnionist!, why is he so desperate for EU membership? simple, he knows the Scottish Region needs to get its subsidy from somewhere once soft Johnny England cuts it off!, 'Independence' is the last thing Scotland will be, i suggest Scots look the word up!, still so long as England is rid!. THE EU 12.09.12, 8:45pm The SNP are desperate for Scotland to be in the EU,not because it's any good...but because it would give them more powers..as in dictatorship.They're like a hound salivitating at the mouth...course like Blair,Brown, Cameron and Clegg,not forgetting the present leadership in the Labour party,the SNP know the nation do not want anything to do with the EU or the traitors above who are doing their level best to destroy Britain.Apart from UKIP who in Britain,or rather British patriot,would vote to destroy themselves. | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 534,015 |
south as 52? 36', the Lyttelton Times criticised its captain for inflicting miseries on passengers in the interests of making a fast passage. Conditions Immigrants were subjected to a great variety of conditions en route. Storms in the English Channel or the Bay of Biscay were followed by pleasant sailing in the trade winds. In the equatorial doldrums, awnings were often raised over the decks to provide shade from the incessant sun. Storms were encountered again in the Southern Ocean or Tasman Sea, sending ships tumbling and rolling. Footnotes: Appendices to the Journals of the House of Representatives (AJHR) , 1873, D-11, pp. 91 -- 92. > Back Quoted in Megan Hutching, Long journey for sevenpence: an oral history of assisted immigration to New Zealand from the United Kingdom, 1947 -- 1975 . Wellington: Victoria University Press in association with Historical Branch, Dept. of Internal Affairs, 1999, p. 118. > Back How to cite this page: John Wilson. 'The voyage out - Journeys to New Zealand', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 4-Mar-09 URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/the-voyage-o\\... | NARRATIVE | NA SS | 1,789,587 |
be" says he. "Like hell" says I; he shakes his head in mock dismay, and sleeps in snow For a matter of minutes, waking in an old dream with three women naked on a parched lawn, holding him down in a shallow pine box; he's cold and yelling for help. "Why wouldn't you come; where were you?" "Right here; it's all right, I'm right here." Again sleep, longer, deep enough to send me home. Route 59 is slurred with rain; cars dead along the curbs; the stink of the ward hangs on. The clock on the mantel clangs time and again, the phone wakens the house, a nurse talks from his room: he's confused, thinks he is lost, would I talk him back to sleep, do what I can. "It'll be okay, Henry; it's just a dream, like the box on the lawn; the nurses will get you blankets, and tuck you in, get you more milk, one of those whopping pills; let me talk with her again; you'll sleep, you'll see." -- "My ass" says he. "No thanks" says I; "I saw it this afternoon." He has chosen fifteen from the side of the track, and now the sixteenth; he shakes them in his cupped hands like a man rattling bar dice after his money is gone. They are all about the same: grey, smooth, just as they were a year ago when he'd run four miles before breakfast -- in rain, snow, summer heat, no matter. He watches | LY | LY PO | 337,812 |
Someone like Paul McCartney, who was not raised in the church would never be this irreverent, because he didn't care enough to be. He had nothing to rebel against because it was never forced on him. In reading about their various religious backgrounds, I most identified with Paul and George. Both were baptised Catholics with devoutly Catholic mothers but because of their blue collar, agnostic fathers, the church became of diminished importance as they grew older. This really resonated with me. All readers will find themselves identifying with at least one of these guys, as you read this. Ringo, who's mom was Protestant, had even less religion than Paul or George. Each chapter thereafter, traces the changes they experienced, from "post-Christian,existentialist, agnostics", to Hinduism, Buddism, Zen Buddism, Christianity (John and George), to fully realised...post- Christian,existentialist, agnostics. Except for George of course. Everyone knows the extent of his love for his God, and how he arrived there. This is facinatingly detailed in the book. I have a new respect for George Harrison after reading about his remarkable journey. But that leads me to another point. All four Beatles were on a constant journey. Always learning and growing. Some of the things they found out weren't right, so they moved on until they found what they were looking for. For Paul, it was fundamentalist vegetarianism, based on a respect for the lives of all living beings, home, family,and a return to the values that he learned from his down to earth dad. | IP | IP DS | 449,167 |
the tremor unlikely Andrew Churchyard my dad has hd and i asked th school counselor if there was anyone else that has a parent with hd but she said that i was the only one! i have no idea what to tell my friends because they don't know about my dad. what should i do?! Hi Regan, I'm sorry this answer has taken a long time but I have been away. I think you could start by telling your friends that your Dad is not well, and that he has an illness that affects his brain, which causes parts of his body and his mind not to work properly. You would need to say that there is no cure for the illness and that it gets worse slowly, but that some of the symptoms can be treated with medications to keep him as good as possible. You can say that he will need a lot of looking after, from both the family and from special carers that can come and help him at home. If you feel confident you can tell them it is a genetic illness, caused by a mistake in one gene, which he would have got from one of his parents. Two other things you can do are to give your friends the website address for OurHDSpace and then they can look up the information they want to on that. Also you can contact the HD Association in the state where you live (the phone numbers are | ID | ID QA | 757,081 |
it seems you had already made your mind up to begin with and seem quite set on your opinions. I gave my opinion a few pages back - ask you child what he wants to do etc. but to those people who think its selfish to not do what the other parents want, that is an extremely ignorant viewpoint. Assuming single parents who don't honour the other paren's wishes are just bitter, is pathetic. I consider DS's dads wishes but there's no way I would ever take commands from him from a distance. I will always do what's best for DS and will consider his own thoughts and feelings, but as the main parent who does all the hard stuff, as the parent who is raising him, I will do what suits me thank you very much. Everyone's situation is different - if you have 50/50 custody then you presumably have 50/50 say, taking into consideration what the child wants. If there is an agreed custody arrangement then there should also be give and take to a more or less equal extent. But if the ex ****es off and leaves you to do it all, then they have no right to make requests and expect you to honour them! By the way, if a single parent is bitter, there's usually a good reason for that! Taking it out on/involving the children is not ok but venting it out on an adult forum is fine, and can actually help people a | ID | ID DF | 720,015 |
of human civilisation out of a primitive society dependent on basic biological needs (something which Houellebecq seems to see as being a state our present society has regressed to), to its transition to a patriarchal society based on moral aspirations, and then to one were the seemingly innate simian sexual rivalry of men is ultimately exploited by women to castrate them and take control of sexual reproduction. For Houellebecq, human life is a sexual battle. Darwinisiam should be better described as 'survival of the sexiest', rather than 'survival of the fittest'. He has the honesty and the politically incorrect aptitude to recognise that all our social mores, all our moral codes, ultimately spring from the eternal Darwinian sexual battle to leave as many descendents as possible behind us. 'Contrary to recieved ideas, Words don't create a world; Man speaks like a dog barks To express his anger, or his fear' Feminism, the latest moral religion to sweep the western world, is no more than another attempt to control sexual reproduction in the interests of one particular social group. The only interesting thing about this particular morality is that this time, it has been invented for the benefit of the reproductive organs of women, or at least certain kinds of women. Through the possibility of cloning, Houellebecq explores the hope of a human existance that has escaped from this brutal Darwinian war. Can there exist the possibility of an island, where men and women can live in happiness untouched by the | IP | IP DS | 724,613 |
a holiday apartment right by Okanagan lake in East Kelowna (pretty much opposite Bear Creek Park). Everyday we walked by the lake on the way to the city centre. We were delighted to see beaver and ospreys (we stayed a nature reserve which Ospreys). I used to joke with my kids that we'd seen everything bar Ogopogo. To be honest we thought it a tourist gimmick. 2 days before we left Canada (we left the day of Prince William and Kate's wedding) we walked into town to get info on real estate as we're currently looking/hoping to move to work and live in Kelowna. Not far from the Marina where the water plane is moored (don't know what else you'd call it) I saw from the corner of my eye a large commotion out on the lake-you could hear the water splashing too. Something very large was staying in the same spot but appeared to be rolling/splashing about. You could see the water foaming. It looked dark in colour. About 20 foot or more in length I'd say. By this time my Wife and older boys were watching too. It lasted I recall a few seconds and then disappeared. We thought it gone but then a few seconds later we suddenly saw 2-3 humps (like big tractor tyres) appear much closer to the shore. We watched in utter amazement as these humps made off at great speed out toward the bridge. If I'd run next to it I'd never have | NARRATIVE | NA SS | 217,244 |
Self posts will be removed on sight unless they are discussions based on this subreddit and this one only. Do not link to your own comments please. ProTip: If the comment you're linking to requires some context, just add "?context=x" to the URL, where "x" is the number of previous comments you want displayed. For a detailed explanation on why this is important, please see this thread. Please don't include the subreddit name in your submission title. Our moderation bot includes that information automatically, and doing so only makes the tag show up twice. Bad novelty accounts will be banned. You're bad, and you should feel bad. This is a curated space. The moderators reserve the right to remove posts and comments at their own discretion. If you're having trouble finding your submission, please feel free to message the moderators. Make sure to provide us with a link to the post in question and as long it meets all of the criteria, it will be set free! First, find something mundane to explain. Something that really isn't that hard to figure out, but fuck it if people are going to figure it out. That's where you come in turbo. Make several line breaks, that makes it easy to read. Bam, cleanliness is next to godliness. Format that shit, make sweet love to that text. You know who people love? Maddox, you're goddamn right. Do an impression of him, cause you know, it's the flatteriest form of sincerity or something like | ID | ID DF | 216,169 |
or beauty of relationship or character(s). In the former category my favorites included "Because I Made You So," "Her Father Disapproves," "Sometime Soon," and "Different on the Inside." In the latter category they included "For You" (which I found so moving that after reading it I felt compelled to put the book down for a while to let the story soak in), "Dirty Disgusting You," and "All Ways." There was, of course, overlap between these two elements (indeed, in most of the stories I experienced both of them; the list above simply encompasses those I found to be my particular favorites), and the story that was possibly my overall favorite in the collection was the one in which for me, both of these modes of appeal were at their climax: the utterly sexually arousing as well as intensely moving "Just Be Good." Shortly into reading The Things That Make Me Give In, I found myself thinking upon finishing a story, "That one was one of my favorites," only to find that I loved the next story as much or even more. I truly, highly recommend this book, and I commend the author on a beautifully executed erotic work of art. In The Things That Make Me Give In, Charlotte Stein tells fifteen stories that no one else could tell. Only she has the right voice for these quirky, super-compelling erogenous tales; only she holds the key to these inhibited but bold, self-conscious but passionate characters. Who are these people? They | IP | IP DS | 217,365 |
therefore, you are doing the right thing by listening to him and trying to make changes for his benefit. Try to explain to your ex that if he makes a few changes, his relationship will only improve and your son will start enjoying contact again. Best regards Harjit Sarang Q. I hope you can help. I am writing on behalf of my partner who has a gorgeous son with his to-be-ex wife. He currently pays double the amount that the CSA recommends on their website for maintenance. We actually can't afford to fund our own place to live for this reason (we currently live with family). He will do anything for his son, and it breaks his heart to only see him every other weekend (but he's not allowed to see him more). We would both happily see him more than that. In the mean time the mother wants more money, because his parental contact is less, and says her solicitor told her she should be getting a third of his gross income towards their son. He goes to private school (which they get a discount for) and have a house together which she and his son live in. She also wants to have more than 50% for the profit of the house. My partner would give his son any amount of money he needed, but meanwhile it feels a little like his ex is just trying to get all the money she can. The ex will never divulge how | ID | ID QA | 537,582 |
little flaws I never was Too insecure To try your bras 'Cause that's the kind of girl I am Yeah, that's the kind of girl I am 'Cause that's the kind of girl I am The kind of girl I am... Remember when we moved the furniture around? All around us the house burned to the ground with no sound That night you gave me twelve roses in a vase You took my hand and pulled me closer to your face One on the shoulder one hand around your waist And I could taste Upon your lips The human race You said that's the kind of girl I am Yeah, that's the kind of girl I am 'Cause that's the kind of girl I am The kind of girl I am... Cynical to the end Destitute to the end Comical to the end Scared and wild Pull you closer and you're pulling back the claws Effect and cause You put your life Between the jaws 'Cause that's the kind of girl I am Yeah, that's the kind of girl I am 'Cause that's the kind of girl I am The kind of girl I am... All Over You Nothing you can say Can make me stay away today Because I'm all over you, you tease I'm in your hair and in the air you breathe All over you We are the spinning stars This burst of light and heat is ours And I'm all over you like naked skin So | LY | LY SL | 704,923 |
script. In the function documentation, it lists dependencies on third-party packages. Those third-party packages, in turn, both have clear documentation on how to install them (and thankfully, are also actively supported, have great developers, and active mailing lists). -- Geoff Oxberry ? Jun 19 at 10:19 As some comments have suggested, this approach has long been developed in the R community by building on Sweave and more recently, knitr . Obviously this approach has the disadvantage of being language-specific at the moment, but the advantage that its regularly used in academic papers. Use of Sweave in real publications The Journal of Biostatistics encourages these submissions, and places a kitemark letter "R" on academic papers in which the reproduciblity editor has been able to run the code and data and get these results. Of course more commonly Sweave/knitr users submit just the final output to most journals, with the personal confidence that the methods indeed reproduce the results. Likewise sweave is often used to create slides for professional talks, etc. Useful features To be useful in practice, such a system should have certain features. With a critical mass of users, many of these are well-developed in knitr . A few highlights: Caching. Writing in a format such as markdown or latex that must be compiled to see the output makes this including the code impossible when results cannot be cached. Clever caching in knitr actually makes debugging intensive code much easier than working in pure R , since it is not | ID | ID QA | 290,311 |
Pages Tuesday, October 4, 2011 Blog overload - I think I lost the plot there for a moment I think I might've lost the plot there just recently. You see, Digital Parents , an online blogging community here in Australia, are hosting their second blogging conference in March 2012. There's been talk of sponsorship to pay for you to get there, blogging about it, guest speakers, a trade show etc etc. I actually thought hey, I could do this . I found myself writing project plans and check lists on how I was going to achieve all of this. I actually got excited about the idea of going to an interstate conference, something that I did from time to time with my work, before kids. I've seen a few blog posts today about the overuse of social media, spending less time doing but more time spent on the computer and the amount of time you spend blogging compared to commenting. I enjoy reading and commenting on blogs and would prefer to do that. The light bulb went flashing madly today and I said "NO"! No more. This is just craziness. If I wanted to do all of this, I'd be doing it as a full time job and getting paid for it. I'm a Mother first and foremost, not a blogger. I'm a cook, a wife, a friend, a daughter, a sister, a carer of two dogs and a person who loves life and wants to get healthy. I don't | NARRATIVE | NA PB | 639,025 |
said: "When you prostrate, press some of your flesh to the ground, for women are not like men in that." This was narrated by Abu Dawood in al-Maraaseel (p. 118) and by al-Bayhaqi (2/223). This hadeeth is mursal, which is a category of da'eef (weak). Response: 1. The issue of woman's salat is purely a fiqhi issue and has to be dealt with in the light of what the Fuqaha state. They were masters in understanding the meanings of the Ahadith as stated by the great Muhadith and student of Imam Bukhari, Imam Tirmizhi (rahimahullah). The Fuqaha of all four mazhahib accept "Mursal" ahadith, but obviously with certain conditions (Athar Al-Hadith al-Shareef). Therefore, it will totally incorrect to blatantly state that " This hadeeth is mursal, which is a category of da'eef (weak)" indirectly inferring that this Hadith cannot be accepted. We do not wish to go into the discussion of "Mursal" ahadith, since this is not the purpose of this article. However, all the narrators of the above Hadith are reliable and there is no reason to reject it as stated in I'laau Al-Sunan (vol 3, pg 26, Idara Al-Quran) The article states: In al-Musannaf (1/242), Ibn Abi Shaybah narrated some reports from some of the salaf which suggest that there is a difference in the way women and men sit (in prayer), but the only evidence that counts is the words of Allaah and His Messenger (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him). Then he narrated from | ID | ID DF | 438,931 |
Its been another 2 weeks past by and for me personally its been mostly filled up with long days spent outside trying to tackle the landscaping. I was concerned that summer is on its way and I really wanted to establish some sort of garden before it got too hot! Yeah right... what a crazy load of weather we have all experienced, first the wind. Drove me barking mad I might say, then the cold snap, or was that with the wind.. and then a hot spell. I tell you my vegetable garden has truly suffered for it and my wee little seedlings are mostly shriveled up and died. I feel rather sensitive about it as its part of the big picture! however I will just have to start again... Despite the small hick up I have planted over 150 grasses and they have totally transformed the front of my house. I did get out last weekend and was very excited about heading to Depot for a bite to eat before heading out for some fun in the city. Okay I must confess I am a total fan of Al Browns restaurant Depot, the food the atmosphere and the bloody marys combine for an outstanding experience. I love the menu and never leave out the Mexican carnitas, slow pulled pork, slaw and salsa Verde.. lip smacking good! we followed with scallops, a meat platter and many many more just to name a few. if you haven't been GO! and its | HI | HI RE | 3,867,253 |
USA and making brownie points with his fellow despots in SA(can anyone from SA tell me why when every ?elected? official becomes president they change the consititution........rheotorical question of course). Equador now has to live with their actions and their new house guest. The UK in my simple American mind has always been a leader in diplomacy and will best serve this issue allowing it to fester like an infected wound. Ultimately it will come to a head. With ecuador making this a political statement, it would have been more effective if it happened in SA but they made the statement in the UK as a guest of the UK and Great Britain is not bound by any law, internationally of domestic to grant assange diplomatic status as he is not a diplomat. UK will wait this out. Correa, in his weekly televised broadcast to the Ecuadorian nation yesterday, clearly gave his opinion that although a woman says ?NO? this would not necessarily be a valid reason for a suspected rapist to be indicted in Ecuador. He was, of course, referring to the alleged sexual ?exploits? of Julian Assange in Sweden. So it seems that it is not advisable for our daughters to spend their ?gap? year in Ecuador - just in case! I was reading 35# and was thinking'this is rubbish' and,nevertheless,continued to finish the whole of the post.Then,I re-read it and looked at the two parts,on the subject of defence,and then on the subject of asylum.I thought about | NARRATIVE | NA DP NE | 565,510 |
Important: Your credit card will NOT be charged when you start your free trial or if you cancel during the trial period. If you're happy with Amazon Prime, do nothing. At the end of the free trial, your membership will automatically upgrade to a full year for 49. Fulfilment by Amazon (FBA) is a service Amazon offers sellers that lets them store their products in Amazon's warehouses, and Amazon directly does the picking, packing, shipping and customer service on these items. Something Amazon hopes you'll especially enjoy: FBA items are eligible for FREE Super Saver Delivery and for just as if they were Amazon items. Book Description Release Date: 12 May 2011 1968. The year Paris takes to the streets. The year Martin Luther King loses his life for a dream. The year Eleanor Maud Portman is born. Young Elly's world is shaped by those who inhabit it: her loving but maddeningly distractible parents; a best friend who smells of chips and knows exotic words like 'slag'; an ageing fop who tapdances his way into her home, a Shirley Bassey impersonator who trails close behind; lastly, of course, a rabbit called God. In a childhood peppered with moments both ordinary and extraordinary, Elly's one constant is her brother Joe. Twenty years on, Elly and Joe are fully grown and as close as they ever were. Until, that is, one bright morning when a single, earth-shattering event threatens to destroy their bond forever. Spanning four decades and moving between suburban Essex, | IP | IP DS | 781,613 |
takes to get to June hockey. It's relentless. It doesn't end. You don't get that day break even between series. You're moving on and you're pushing and finding ways to win. The experience of playing that late and being rewarded for it, I think it teaches you how to win." Since arriving in San Jose you have made the Stanley Cup Playoffs every year, including twice reaching the Western Conference Finals and twice getting eliminated in the first round. Have your teams performed below expectations based on the personnel you've had? "Well, the answer to that would be yes and no for me. I've spent four years here now, going into year five, and I believe there are two years of, 'Yes, we should have gotten a lot more out of our team,' and there were two years where it was, 'Hey, we got a lot out of our team.' "In Year 1 we won the Presidents' Trophy and were out in the first round against a very good Anaheim team. That was a disappointment. I feel we could have gotten more out of that group. And, last year was tough for us and I believe there was more for us there. "I've spent four years here now, going into year five, and I believe there are two years of, 'Yes, we should have gotten a lot more out of our team,' and there were two years where it was, 'Hey, we got a lot out of our team.'" -- | SP | SP IT | 786,906 |
Who wouldn't want a broken time machine, for free? Come and take a look at the vagaries and intimacies of the internet! Full of onstage joy and backstage drama, the musical Dreamgirls tells the rags-to-riches tale of a 1960s girl group, loosely based on The Supremes. Young, black, and with talent to burn, the hopeful divas Effie, Deena, and Lorrell fantasize about playing the Apollo Theater. After getting their big break, The Dreamettes seem unstoppable -- until rivalry and betrayal enter the group. Share their elation and tribulations on the road to stardom, told through the unforgettable sounds of Motown . Irreverently witty and outright uproarious , Avenue Q is the musical story of Princeton, a bright-eyed college graduate who arrives in New York City looking for love, a job, and his purpose in life. The only neighbourhood he can afford is the multicultural Avenue Q, where Sesame Street -esque puppets rub shoulders with humans. Part felt, part flesh, Avenue Q is packed with songs that are surprisingly poignant and only occasionally PC. | IP | IP DS | 189,069 |
6) reinforces the idea that simplicity can be liberating. Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Library Journal British playwright Bennett here proves himself to be a master of fiction as well. Rosemary and Maurice, long-married but childless, return from a night at the opera to find that they have been divested of all their possessionsDright down to the toilet paper holder. Months later, they find that their habitat had been meticulously re-created in a storage facility. Ostensibly, the story involves finding out the who and the why of such an extraordinary chain of events, but it also exposes the abrasions and contusions, the fabrications and evasions that are common to many marriages. Rosemary is an immediately lovable character. Her innocence and her responses are sometimes laugh-out-loud funny, but her attempts to improve her marriage are also very poignant. This charming novel deserves a place in all fiction collections; one can only hope that Americans will receive it as warmly as their counterparts did. -DJudith Kicinski, Sarah Lawrence Coll. Lib., Bronxville, NY Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc. More About the Author Alan Bennett is a renowned playwright and essayist, a succession of whose plays have been staged at the Royal National Theatre and whose screenplay for The Madness of King George was nominated for an Academy Award. He made his first stage appearance with Beyond the Fringe and his latest play was The Lady in the Van with Maggie Smith. Episodes from his award-winning Talking Heads series have been | IP | IP DS | 280,780 |
started by cutting out a rectangle of fondant and using a small circle cutter to cut half circles from the sides. Next step was to cut small stars Finally I stuck on the stars and used an edible marker to write the ticket details (you will need to do this a few hours or a day later once your ticket is hard) | HI | HI HT | 3,288,483 |
these movies help people recognize that, had they been in these leaders shoes (from childhood), they may themselves have acted in exactly the same ways. Dan Ariely's findings show that all of us, if given a chance, would cheat a little Dan Ariely, author of the excellent new book, The Honest Truth about Dishonesty documents impressive evidence to show that, contrary to what most people believe, the world is not made up of a few really bad apples. Rather, he shows that the world is made up of a LOT of -- and yes, that includes you and me -- slightly bad apples. Dan's conclusion, that all of us cheat a little, is based on the following theory: people are tempted by the economic incentives to cheat, but they also want to hold on to the self-image as honest, upright people. So, what do they do? They strike a compromise. They cheat, but only to the extent that their self-image is not jeopardized. Thus, for example, people given an opportunity to surreptitiously look up the answers to a test do so for a few (but not all) questions. Such cheating allows them to fare better in the test while also maintaining the self-image as an honest person. Similarly, when filling out a travel reimbursement form, people pad up the expenses for only some (and not all) of their taxi rides and dinners. Now, you may think that these small transgressions are harmless because they won't add up to much, but | OP | OP OB | 3,346,172 |
years ago. it doesnt worth it. If you make a quick calculation how much it cost by InMail, it doesnt worth it yet. Especially when you have more than 50 connections. I could rec'd it for someone who start in LinkedIn. I have begun using the premium Linkedin services as of today. The simple reason is that I am trying to reconnect with a bunch of people at the same time and that the default level was not providing me with a sufficient number of introductions at any one point in time. By quickly building my network online I have been able to source different contacts on career opportunities that I wouldnt have been able to do otherwise. The cost is 19.95 per month and could be worthwhile depending on the outcome (hopefully it will ;) ). So far I am a big fan! | OP | OP AV | 709,043 |
The processing of data its analysis and the model into which is fitted creates another subjective reality,which is not the reality that can not be experienced itself called objective reality. As subjective reality is formed from data received and processed, if no data is received from a part of objective reality, no subjective reality analogue of it is formed. Lack of evidence is not proof of non existence.The objective reality of the void is unknown.Without data from that objective reality we have nothing to inform our construction of the subjective reality analogue.It does not mean that the void is without material substance. All we have to comprehend objective reality are models whether produced from theoretical speculation, philosophy, religion, or mathematics.All we can ask of these models for scientific acceptability is do these models fit with observation, are they logical?, are they self consistent?,is there correspondence with science?,can they be used predictively? The number of concepts and assumptions in the physics can be minimized. In the past centuries the large number of different concepts has appeared and again has disappeared. For example, gravitational force, which has appeared in the Newtonian theory of gravitation in the Einstein's theory of gravitation has been replaced with curved space-time. Potential energy as the concept also can disappear from physics, as it is shown in the alternative theory of relativity . It is impossible to comprehend the objective, without reference to the subjective. For example, how might one understand the vacuum without reference to dimension or | ID | ID DF | 444,213 |
quite properly value the high level of simple pleasure and enjoyment they share together, and under the influence of a prohibitionistic system they lack confidence that sexual feeling and celebrative attitudes can be kept in their own pocket through the inner resources of the personality. It is a system in which genuine sexual feeling automatically means at least the threat of promiscuity. Similarly celebrative attitudes cannot be walled off, but flow into addiction or delinquent patterns. This lack of confidence in inner resources follows the model which society has set up for heterosexual relationships, in which prohibition is the only reliable barrier to promiscuity. Male adequacy is equated with promiscuous impulses in a system where women are classified as sex objects unworthy of being partners in the building of zestful pleasure and enjoyment relationships. The only time mature men and women can safely make independently chosen relationships, with strong bonds of comradeship without promiscuous implications, is when one or the other is recognized to be homosexual. 57 The promiscuous implications of homosexual capacity are clearly apparent in the gay community. The way homosexuals meet others of their kind is too often dependent on street cruising or the use of gay bars and gay baths as meeting places. When an individual comes out of the closet he gives up the false struggle to deny the existence of feelings which he has often been familiar with for years, and faces the world with a new sense of honesty and courage in accepting | IN | IN RA | 739,710 |
is the meaning of the "epicentre for groupthink." Out here in the unwashed public arena this thinking group thinks we have not experienced it in our thinking life. But I think it will be pushed onto us when the Digital Health System is pushed onto us for our own health so the government can save money and know more about us for their own health. Do you compute. Run Rabbitt, Run Abbott, run..: 14 Jun 2012 7:16:27am Judging by the above article I suspect that the book Australian Journalism Today is not worth the precious time in acquiring and reading. Let me provide a suscint oveview, which I know many readers of the Drum share as they have often so indicated in their respective postings. So, here goes. The chronically fact impaired Australian journalistic class have largely forgone the discipline of objective and investigative reporting, and have opted, instead, for manufactured truths that serve the interests of political partisanship at best, and activism at worst, and provide outcomes for certain privileged groups. Sadly, the word truth is very unwelcomed in journalistic circles. Saying truth is akin to the rudest form of swearing to these self-appointed dominators of the public conversation. I would imagine that amongst themselves, as they prattle away on their so important insights within the confines of television and radio studios they ask: How dare do the rest of us presume to criticise them, let alone exercise the audacity of seeking to bring them to account for the | SP | SP FS | 24,011 |
writing? ANDREW: Of course! CONFRONT: And your album recently came out, how has the response been? PONTUS: Good! It's nice to see that when you're out on the road. You can see more directly how people are responding to the new songs. Because otherwise, you throw an album out there and then what, you read blogs and comments? But to actually see people reaction to the songs and knowing the lyrics, it's pretty cool. CHRISTIAN: We also saw it grow on people. When we started touring, people didn't know the new songs at all and now, you can see them singing along. CONFRONT: That must be amazing! And how would you compare it to your debut album? PONTUS: It's kind of hard to compare. When we started, I remember one of the first shows we did somewhere in Southern California. It was just announced during the day and maybe a hundred people showed up and thirty of them knew the lyrics! And I was super psyched about that! But it's kind of hard to compare; it's just a different journey. CONFRONT: Well you said that at the beginning, you didn't know what the whole project was going to become. Now that you know that you're popular and that you're going to tour your album, has that changed the writing and recording process for you guys at all? Or did you work the same way as for the first one? PONTUS: The thought that there are listeners out there waiting to | SP | SP IT | 314,567 |
why documentary evidence is so very important, but it will only be available if you've retained that evidence. This paper will examine how we can retain that, possibly crucial, evidence and how a stringent retention policy will not only protect your business but also ensure that retention is not the mammoth task that it may at first seem. Email No-one likes having an overly full mailbox, and it would be ridiculous to suggest that users be required not to delete anything for a specific period of time. Instead emails can be exported from the mailbox for filing in one of the manners we'll discuss later. The easiest way to export an email from Microsoft Outlook is to open it and select File -> Save As->Document Type HTML. See below for a guide to exporting emails from Google Mail. Your electronic working practices policy should specify the format of the filename, but the most practical is usually YYYYMMDD-Doctype_Description-Author.file\\... So an email sent 19 Jul 2011 about an outstanding order might be exported to 20110719_Email_Outstanding_order_from_su\\... This filename format ensures that all documents will be displayed in chronological order by default. If you send multiple emails that day simply append a number to the date, so 20110719 becomes 20110719_1_ etc. Traditional Documents The more traditional types of document might include notes from a conversation, quotes, invoices and reports. It's highly likely that you already opt to retain most of these, but again the filename is very important if you wish to be able | IN | IN | 545,682 |
Related stories Google's showing no signs of slowing its pace of Android development, with Android 4.0 appearing on the Galaxy Nexus late in 2011, followed in July of 2012 by the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean release that arrived powering the super Nexus 7 . But, forward-looking, update-obsessed people that we are, we can't help but imagine how Google's going to maintain the pace of innovation in its next version of its mobile OS, which, if it follows the patterns of previous years, ought to arrive on a new Nexus-brand mobile at the end of 2012. All we know thus far is that Google's working away on the K release of Android, which it's developing under the dessert-related codename of Key Lime Pie. Regarding the version number, it's currently unclear whether the Key Lime Pie moniker will be given to Android 4.2 or Android 5.0, but we'll find out on 29 October . UPDATE: Rumours of a new Nexus handset are trickling in now, as we reported on 1 October 2012 . There's been speculation that this phone will be sporting Key Lime Pie, but sources who spoke to AndroidAndMe claim it'll be running Android Jelly Bean . So what should those Google engineers be putting into Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie? Hopefully some of these things. 1. Performance Profiles It's bit of a fuss managing your mobile before bed time. Switching off the sound, turning off data, activating airplane mode and so on, so what Android 5.0 really needs is | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 23,276 |
a more dimly seen pattern of artificial memories, memories of things reputed to have been said and done in past times which he has not known, in distant places which he has not seen. This outer pattern of remembered events that encloses and completes the central pattern of his personal experience, Mr. Everyman has woven, he could not tell you how, out of the most diverse threads of information, picked up in the most casual way, from the most unrelated sources -- from things learned at home and in school, from knowledge gained in business or profession, from newspapers glanced at, from books (yes, even history books) read or heard of, from remembered scraps of newsreels or educational films or ex cathedra utterances of presidents and kings, from fifteen-minute discourses on the history of civilization broadcast by the courtesy (it may be) of Pepsodent, the Bulova Watch Company, or the Shepard Stores in Boston. Daily and hourly, from a thousand unnoted sources, there is lodged in Mr. Everyman's mind a mass of unrelated and related information and misinformation, of impressions and images, out of which he somehow manages, undeliberately for the most part, to fashion a history, a patterned picture of remembered things said and done in past times and distant places. It is not possible, it is not essential, that this picture should be complete or completely true: it is essential that it should be useful to Mr. Everyman; and that it may be useful to him he will | SP | SP FS | 208,404 |
she showed her hand to me again. The grey warty thing had returned. For a little while, we looked at one another in silence. Then, still wordless, we started again to remove it. In the midst of the operation she spoke suddenly. "'What's that on the side of your face, dear?' Her voice was sharp with anxiety. I put my hand up to feel. "'There! Under the hair by your ear. A little to the front a bit.' My finger rested upon the place, and then I knew. "'Let us get your thumb done first,' I said. And she submitted, only because she was afraid to touch me until it was cleansed. I finished washing and disinfecting her thumb, and then she turned to my face. After it was finished we sat together and talked awhile of many things for there had come into our lives sudden, very terrible thoughts. We were, all at once, afraid of something worse than death. We spoke of loading the boat with provisions and water and making our way out on to the sea; yet we were helpless, for many causes, and -- and the growth had attacked us already. We decided to stay. God would do with us what was His will. We would wait. "A month, two months, three months passed and the places grew somewhat, and there had come others. Yet we fought so strenuously with the fear that its headway was but slow, comparatively speaking. "Occasionally we ventured off to | NARRATIVE | NA SS | 213,878 |
the boat is getting on really well: we're having a lot of fun. 2. We saw baby King penguins, but we haven't seen any other babies yet. 3. We've seen a couple of whales a minke and a southern right whale. I love whales! 4. There are so many different things to do on this adventure, one of my favourties is sitting on the bridge looking out the window. Do you know what the bridge is on the boat? 5. We have seen seals, elephant seals, sea lions, seabirds, penguins and whales. We've been very lucky! SBxx Question from: Hannah Everett to: Christine Bowering dated: 21 Feb Question: Hi. I'm Hannah, from Ohope beach school. Are you having fun? I con't wait for you to return so you can tell us all about it. What is your favourite thing you've done so far? Hope to hear from you soon. Answer: On Thursday 13th February we went and visited Scott Base. We had to pass through McMurdo Base, the American Base. We climbed a hill called Observation Hill and looked over the Ross Sea. At Scott Base we were taken on a tour and saw the original building from the 1950's. We went to Discovery Hut which was built by the explorer Robert Scott. As we left the area in the ship we had to ice-break our way through the sea ice. This was really fabulous as when the ship hit the ice it split and shattered. The crunching sound was | ID | ID QA | 1,775,182 |
and carefully crafted laws can in certain well-defined cases drive change. But with hugely complex, amorphous problems we need time for our moral compasses to reset before we rush in with new privacy laws, laws which risk creating far greater problems - impacting free speech or curtailing innovation through regulation - than they solve. | OP | OP OB | 3,009,069 |
A new collection of poems, Its Halting Measure , has just appeared in June 2012 from Shearsman Books. The collection covers a range of themes but there is a constant preoccupation with the problems and ambiguities surrounding the making of poems, 'our words like scented gardens for the blind'. | LY | LY PO | 3,696,587 |
was waiting, just listening to my new tubes and vinyl. I got up to go to the bathroom and there was a puddle beneath the toilet. It wasn't sewage so that was good but something was leaking. I wasn't dealing with a geyser of poo or some seeping shit disaster. Anything toilet related needs immediate attention, especially if you only have one bathroom. Unless you want to be going out in the yard you have to get someone on it. You don't want to be that guy. Pissing of the deck is one thing. Shitting in the garden is an entirely different thing. I guess I could use the cat box. Maybe then they'd know who's in charge. I called a plumber and apparently the fixture on top of the cast iron pipe that fixes the toilet to the pipe was nothing but rust crumbs. So, the toilet, which I always knew was wobbly was just luckily positioned over the hole most of the time and the screws that held it down we screwed into nothing. Finally what little of the seal was left disappeared and flushed water was leaking out the bottom. Cut to all day Sunday and 800 bucks later my toilet is now locked and sealed onto that pipe and look at what I learned. I knew none of what I wrote before. The plumber also scoped my old ceramic pipes that run down to the sewer and I am happy to report there were only a | OP | OP OB | 688,574 |
does in Figure 6? No, and the R-squared value confirms this. It is 0.873 in Figure 7 compared to 0.995 in Figure 6. Though we would need to take in to account information such as the number of data points collected to make an accurate statistical prediction as to how well the regression line represents the true relationship, we can generally say that Figure 6 represents a better representation of the relationship of absorption and concentration. | HI | HI HT | 46,502 |
his lips to be knocked away by fists pulling steady on the rope they'd hurled over the center beam. And up he rose to the plaster face where they left him upside down to circle the air, blood dripping from his nose, his stole of shoes bumping the silent chest, its painted veins swelling in votive light, his own beginning to pound in his temples; the gathered candles bunching his shadow on the stationed walls, heavy breathing and a strangled voice blurring in his ears, lost in the slow dark turning toward dawn. They've allowed her to stay the night, to sit in a metal chair and guard her husband's sleep, to watch the gauze darken at his throat, the hole in his neck rising pink around the rim. Sometime near dawn, she leaves him and heads for the double doors at the end of the hall; once inside, her fingers fly over the operating table. On the floor she crawls in small circles about the center of the room; she is sure she will find the patch of skin they took. She will know it by the stubble left on the outer side when she shaved him hastily herself this morning. When she finds it, she will go to him. She will hold the wafer up to the window, up to the cleansing sun; she will lick the edges and secure it to the sides of the hole healing open like a nostril. Barebacked and handcuffed to a post | LY | LY PO | 337,812 |
to be given, a text to confirm safe arrival and 2 phone calls a week. He has now decided that he wants her for 17 days instead of the 16 nights i have suggested i drop of at 6pm on the friday and pick up at 10 am on the sunday (17th day) he is demanding til 6pm on the sunday (he then gets her from the Thursday until the Sunday at 6pm) He also has advised that i have to supply the phone for her to call from and that it is not his resonsibility to top up but he is going to cap the time that she can call - and only give a text when arrived in paris and edinburgh - they are going edinburgh to disneyworld, to paris,to holland to edinburgh can you please give your views on the calls and what would be deemed responable for times for the 16 night period A. Hi I am sorry to hear that this is a disagreement. You have a court order in place that seems to be very specific in nature. Details such as who should provide the phone etc have not been included I assume because it is not something that one would foresee a disagreement about. It would be useful to know how old your child is. Does she have her own phone? Ultimately, you need to trust him to keep her safe. If you are unhappy about the times, return to your solicitor and | ID | ID QA | 537,582 |
was helpful, lately I have tried to 'tighten' them up a bit, to be more streamlined towards one specific issue, usually targeted towards people that are having that exact problem. In doing so however, I do not want to alienate people that do not have the background to understand the steps that are being shown and why they would want to do them. It is unfortunate that I cannot give sufficient background training for every example. I wish to, believe me. However due to personal energy/physical limitations, I cannot do so every post and I apologize for that. I do hope the information I provide is helpful still, even if I cannot explain the background in detail every time. I certainly hope so.. In the future, while I will still maintain 'tighter' posts - with specific problems and solutions (most of the time) - I will try to always include at least the reasons behind the choices of steps I am offering. Hopefully this will help many of you out there with this same concern. About GTAM Tips, Reviews, Screenshots, Videos and More, by someone who enjoys games and sharing helpful information! As a former Network Administrator and Instructor teaching computers, I have recently become physically handicapped and unable to work and must now unfortunately put up a Donate button via PayPal. Whether or not you are able to donate, I hope you enjoy the site and you find something that helps you out! Search This Blog Loading... Stay awhile... | HI | HI HT | 3,176,606 |
on Nile at Woolloongabba. The city is back in the limelight for acts of violence and terror probably related to Muslim extremism, this after years of relative calm following a peace accord signed in 2001 by radical Muslim groups and Protestant Christian movements. In the past few days, the port city of Posos in central Sulawesi has been the scene of attacks against Christian-owned buildings. Two missing policemen, who were investigating one recent attack, were found yesterday, stabbed to death, their bodies hurriedly buried. Prime Minister Julia Gillard's fiery speech about sexism and misogyny has even forced the word watchers to take note. Macquarie Dictionary has announced it is broadening the definition of the word "misogyny". As it stands, the reference book says misogyny is a hatred of women, the kind that's pathological. On the same day the Macquarie Dictionary changed its definition of misogyny, and a report claimed Australian women are the most economically empowered in the world, the Women's Electoral Lobby celebrated its 40th anniversary in NSW. The Vatican has distanced itself from a row over Muslims in Europe triggered by the showing at a synod of a video that claims "Europe as we know it will cease to exist". Cardinal Peter Turkson, the president of the Vatican's council for justice and peace -- and seen as a possible future pope -- played the video in a discussion period on Saturday during a synod attended by 262 bishops from across the world. Leave a Reply About Us The | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 3,309,641 |
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