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region explain to their neighbours the pace and scope of their military modernisation, to build confidence and trust. This is not a world in which a containment policy can work or be in our national interests; compared with the Cold War period, our mutual interests are much deeper and ideological differences much less marked." I hope in highlighting these points to give you a sense of the broad framework in which the Australian Government, and the Embassy here in Beijing and our Consulates-General in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Hong Kong, operate with regard to our relationship with China. It was pleasing to see the People's Daily Online picked up these points in its article on Monday also! Along with India, Indonesia, Japan and South Korea, China is singled out in the paper as one of the countries we will make our "initial priorities". As the White Paper states, this is because of their size, economic links and strategic and political influence in the region and globally. Part of this process of prioritisation will involve ongoing consultations across Australian society, to identify opportunities and strengthen our national relationships. The Government also plans for this to lead to the production of comprehensive, publicly-available country strategies for these five countries, which will be tabled in Parliament. The White Paper also notes that we will give immediate priority to the future development of what we call our bilateral architecture with China (and India) -- this is something I strongly support. Overall, Australia and China already | SP | SP FS | 436,493 |
really society driven (think this was mentioned earlier in the thread! ) but when you are older and have children, to flit is not straight forward. oh well, to bed soon. think I will go it alone to relate tomorrow as husband still does not want to go anymore. paid for it though so many help me to talk. Hope Emily you are ok. AKS - do you really want to let go? i think i fool myself that same line - how you doing now? any contact? DS - oh the maybes and sometime in years to come... believe me, if is is not happening now, move away.. only wish I could fully myself - we always live in hope - wish I could offer you more... take care and write soon. Suzzy Hi Suzzy, Please do not feel that you have let me down! There is no right or wrong way. And of all people nobody swings like me from one minute to this the next to that -my gay best friend [GBF] says I am schitsophrenic in the way I go from one to the other. This is how affairs are -this is how love is! My MM said tonight how tired he is too, and distracted. We agreed that we need to talk about things -when we get a chance to be together next. We are in the most heady of phases -where we long to be together, but cannot. My GBF asked what I would | ID | ID QA | 1,428,393 |
of the advantages of the saved fuel costs. You seem to use small unrepresentative countries Switzerland and Denmark to make your points. How much heat recovery could New Orleans use? BTW, electric motors are 90+% efficient in every case I can think of. Gasoline ICE motors 0% to 30% (actual US average @ 15% if you include the vehicle mass. >1% if you consider the mass of the passenger). The CHP for the University of Texas at Austin is 68% efficient and could be higher with new equipment, purposely designed. Low grade heat produces chilled water with absorption cooling. CHPs can be throttled between heat and electricity production, depending upon the demand. A good thing ! Since the C/R ratio drops you need more R to get more C. Yes, lowering EROI accelerates depletion of lower grade materials but not all that much. In the hypothetical example, a world running on 75 mbpd of sweat crude would be equivalent to a world running on 99 mbpd of tar sands and shale oil. The world only have 37 years left of conventional oil 1000 Gb/ 27 Gb/a). Unconventional oil alone would last 50 years(500 Gb Canada, 250 Gb Venezuela, 600 Gb Colorado=1350/27) but derating for EROI it would last (another)37.5 years. EROEI matters because we can't do anything without energy and putting in more energy, into anything, than you get out gets you on a perilous downward slope. Of course, some low EROEI might be of benefit, because of the form | ID | ID DF | 3,274,218 |
you sleep and the world is perfect Ten to one you don't snore Twenty to one you won't hear the front door Hundred to one you don't wake Zero to sixty in three seconds hope my brakes Work Don't ever say I didn't care I lay awake every night with you beside me Your breathing keeps perfect time with my pulse The happiest I've ever been is in these times when I watch you sleep and the world is perfect The happiest I've ever been is in these times when I watch you sleep and the world is perfect Thanks to science we've got love My Wasted Youth My wasted youth I've been thinking about my wasted youth Don't remember much from all your dry vermouth Haven't spoken with nobody from those days back then Except for you and I miss you man As sad as we were it was funny Just where did we steal all our money? Where has everyone gone From that rum soaked dawn? My wasted youth The years washed by in my wasted youth Got drunk most nights, now that's the truth No surprise that nothing meaningful ever came of it Except for this song of impotent regret Now our brothers and sisters have children And I wonder if they're going to listen Now everyone's gone When the dusk turns dawn My doctor said, "it's no good for your heart" But if I remember my heart played no part In anybody's life except through the | LY | LY SL | 704,923 |
woah-oh, If I die in the Kippax Street, woah-oh woah-oh, If I die in the Kippax Street, there'll be ten blue bastards at my feet, Woah-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh. When Jonny goes marching down the wing (O'Shea, O'Shea) When Jonny goes marching down the wing (O'Shea, O'Shea) When Jonny goes marching down the wing the Stretford End will stand and sing, We all know that Jonny's gonna score Wes Brown He's big, he's bad, he's Wesley Brown, The hardest man in all of down, With orange hair beware, Come and have a go if you dare Cantona v1 Who's that friend we have in Jesus, He's our saviour from afar, Who's that friend we have in Jesus, And his name is Cantona, Oooh ahhh Cantona, Oooh ahhh Cantona, Oooh ahhh, oooh ahhh, oooh ahhh Cantona, Oooh ahhh Cantona Cantona v2 We'll drink a drink a drink, To Eric the king the king the king, He's the leader of our football team, He's the greatest, centre forward, That the world, has ever seen There was something in the air that nite, the stars were bright, Hernandez He's scoring goals for you and me, fuck City, Hernandez Though it seemed that we may lose, there's no regret If he had to do the same again, he would our friend, Hernandez If he had to do the same again, he would our friend, Hernandez | LY | LY SL | 1,477,037 |
Well, firstly not as often as you'd think. And secondly there was real significance in that #1 putting ranking for Hanson. Because he'd never done it before -- he had never been first for Putts per GIR. So his biggest win came in the same week that he finally beat a field for putting. Coincidence? Maybe, maybe not. But in conversation afterwards Hanson backed the stats up: "My putting has really improved, especially over the last year, and I think that's the main reason I'm standing here with this beautiful trophy." It's not just his stats last week which indicate he has turned a corner. | NARRATIVE | NA SR | 3,015,838 |
Presbyterian Church There is no question that the parish was interested in reproducing an authentic British church with the intention of having it be the central focus for at least a portion of the townspeople. Trying to extract the love for this type of structure from the largely British population of this town would be as difficult as trying to get them to forget the lyrics to Molly Malone or Bonnie Banks of Loch Lomond. Orangeville Ontario Perkinsfield Carpenter's Gothic Carpenters Gothic is a variation of the Gothic style in wood. It is also known as Fretsaw Gothic. Very popular in Lower Canada, new Brunswich and Nova Scotia, it made its way into the French communities of Northern Ontario like Perkinsfield. Perkinsfield Ontario Precious Blood Sault St. Marie The Gothic revival style continued through the 19th century in church design across Canada largely due to the writings of Ruskin and Pugin. churches are made with local materials but in a traditional European floor plan. Sault St. Marie Ontario BLDG10043 Gothic Revival Extra Reading and Films Books Blumenson, John . Ontario Architecture A Guide to Styles and Terms . 1978 | IN | IN | 113,153 |
is one that he only co-starred in (Geena Davis was definitely the star of Long Kiss Goodnight). Quite humble IMO, and he picked a cracker of a film, too. Commenter Jclowes Location Date and time September 06, 2012, 1:07PM I've always liked Samuel L Jackson as an actor and I love The Avengers movie...but it's a bit sad that Jackson is doing those horrible ads for an international gambling company... I'm almost certain he wouldn't need the money that badly. Commenter Jimmy Location NSW Date and time September 06, 2012, 4:16PM Have to agree Jimmy - advertising betting agencies is in the same league as advertising tobacco. an article for another time perhaps. | SP | SP IT | 765,101 |
contact" three years later. It's one thing to legislate against bullying, as Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty has done with his Safe Schools Act. It's quite another to stop kids from tormenting each other in the first place (the province has provided about $2 million annually [for] Roots of Empathy since 2009). The moneymen behind the outfit spending the most on the Medicare attack ads ... will not show their faces. The money is being spent through a Washington-based group, Americans for Tax Reform (ATR), that calls itself a "social welfare" nonprofit, so it does not need to reveal its donors to the public. This sort of thing has been happening a lot this year in House and Senate races around the country. Candidates have found their modest war chests, filled with checks for $2,500 or less, swamped by outside groups, which have no limits on the donations they can collect. In all, more than $800 million was spent through mid-October on election ads by outside groups, according to the Center for Responsive Politics . Of that total, nearly 1 in 4 dollars is so-called dark money, meaning the identities of the donors remain a secret. Voters watching TV, listening to the radio or receiving direct-mail appeals know only the names of the front organizations that bought the ads. In the past two years, American politics has been transformed by a surge in spending. One fact tells the story: explicit political-ad spending by outside groups in 2012 is on track to | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 333,406 |
your mouth. The moment you realise you're 100% totally skint. I'm nominating these three as the worst emotions known to man. Realising you've got absolutely no money is probably going to be the start [...] Shopping is a great way to relax, blow off some steam or have fun, but when we spend money emotionally, it can have a detrimental effect on our finances. Here are 5 steps to take to curb emotional spending. | HI | HI HT | 3,739,447 |
Upgrade An Old PC To Make It Work Like New The 536,870,912 byte (512x2 20 ) capacity of these RAM modules is stated as "512 MB" on the label. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Upgrade An Old PC To Make It Work Like New Talk to anybody who owns an old PC, and the first thing they will ask you is what parts of PC should I upgrade ? The problem with old PCs actually lies in their configuration, because these PCs use old components which only would have been available in the market when these old PCs were assembled. With new innovations taking place with changing times, these Old PCs are soon rendered incompatible with new software and programs that are designed to suit the latest component configurations running in the market. This incompatibility is indeed the prime cause behind the slowing down of older PCs. So how do you go about increasing the speed of your old PC now? In my opinion, the first place to start would be by increasing the size of RAM. Increasing the RAM size according to the compatibility of your PC's motherboard will definitely speed up your PC. An enhanced amount of RAM will start-up and load programs and games much faster and it won't even cost you a lot if you are running short on your budget. Installing a video card is also not a very costly option which could help in playing your multimedia files much faster. Another key component that may | HI | HI HT | 3,182,847 |
stood up but your legs aren't moving again, but all your wasted time goes to show that your just not giving up | LY | LY SL | 99,692 |
on a trip and you have 1, or 2, or 3, or 4, or 5, or 6, or 7, or 8, or 9, or 10, or 11 months left before your Canadian Passport is no longer valid, YOU ARE PERFECTLY SAFE. It would be a different story if you are trying to renew the passport on the day of the DATE OF EXPIRY. SO, example 1: Your passport expiry date is DEC 17 2013. This means that ideally you should show up with the necessary forms and photo at the passport office in your city, a little ahead of DEC 17 2013, like one week, or one month. ITS UP TO YOU. No problem either way. DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST DAY. example 2: Your Passport expirty date is DEC 2013 (without an exact date) This means that you've got to show up with the necessary papers and photo at the passport office in your city, a little ahead of DEC 2013. Like few days before Decemeber, or one month ahead. ITS UP TO YOU. No problem either way. DONT WAIT UNTIL NOVEMBER 30. MORAL OF THIS STORY. Do not procastinate, and put off renewing your passport on the last day. Everyone please make time to do the renewing a little ahead of the time it expires and you will be fine. In Canada, if you renew your passport a little ahead of the DATE OF EXPIRY, you fill out a simple renewing form, but if you are trying to | ID | ID DF QA | 659,997 |
share this story Young people -- the collegiate and post-college crowd, who have served as the most visible face of the Occupy Wall Street movement -- might be getting more comfortable with socialism . That's the surprising result from a Pew Research Center poll that aims to measure American sentiments toward different political labels. The poll, published Wednesday, found that while Americans overall tend to oppose socialism by a strong margin -- 60 percent say they have a negative view of it, versus just 31 percent who say they have a positive view -- socialism has more fans than opponents among the 18-29 crowd . Forty-nine percent of people in that age bracket say they have a positive view of socialism; only 43 percent say they have a negative view. And while those numbers aren't very far apart, it's noteworthy that they were reversed just 20 months ago , when Pew conducted a similar poll. In that survey, published May 2010, 43 percent of people age 18-29 said they had a positive view of socialism, and 49 percent said their opinion was negative. Indeed, the Pew poll also found that just 46 percent of people age 18-29 have positive views of capitalism, and 47 percent have negative views -- making this the only age group where support for socialism outweighs support for capitalism. Young people have also been among the most involved in the nationwide Occupy movement , whose members have leveled pointed criticism at the capitalist ethos and often | IN | IN | 151,522 |
calling; and texting 15) Do not leave comments on articles nor videos nor audios unless it's designed to move the ball down the field in a game I choose to play 16) Do not automatically say yes -- the default position is no 17) Do not procrastinate when should be having fun -- "Just do it!" 18) Do not read sent messages unless reusing them for a template -- read them *before* sending if at all 19) Do not plan when I should do -- some things take a [expletive adjective] lot longer to plan than to do 20) Do not do when I can profitably delegate 21) Do not generally stay "up-to-date" on anything -- instead catch up when I have and/or want to as opposed to keeping up because I feel obligated Several of you in addition to Tim helped me create ideas for my list. Thank you one and all for participating in this discussion! And, yes, I believe this did move the ball down the field in a game I care about. Great suggestion, Robert, about creating a shortcut to send an email without opening the client! I use a task launcher to start programs ("Launchy") without touching the mouse, so I went a step further with the prompting of your idea. I created the shortcut as you said, named it, "Email", placed it in a folder somewhere named "Shortcuts", added the folder to task launcher, pressed the button to rebuild the Launchy catolog (of programs | OP | OP AV | 442,554 |
Community Justice Initiatives extended an invitation to the Late Fragment team to screen at the historical King Street Theatre in downtown Kitchener as part of National Restorative Justice Week 2008. To end a symposium for professionals in the Restorative Justice field, an art display, and an awards banquet, we screened Late Fragment to an inspired and inspiring audience. After a successful year of festival screenings around the world, it seemed most appropriate to end our year with such an audience. After all, it was the same community workers and Restorative Justice advocates that inspired the story of the film in the first place. Anita Doron, Tina Santiago and Jeff Parazzo, introduced the film and welcomed audience members to join in a performative audience cut. Audience members were eager to participate and braved the hot seat. The credits were welcomed with an enthusiastic applause. The biggest complement we could have ever received came from one audience member: "The film stayed true to the every day work that we do here. Thank you for making this film." | ID | ID QA | 551,050 |
safe havens for true craftsmanship and artisans. I say poo-poo to the woman. I get what you do and why, and most of the people who attend the events at which you seel you hats are in the same boat. At least next time that someone poo-poos your art, you can come back with numbers and maybe THAT will put things into perspective for them. Some of us who love our art would like to to be able to put food on our table for the sake of our art. we take pride in our art and want to share it. I am sorry you have a problem with that. we are tired of factories and companies getting all the money and have done something about it by sharing our work with you so you can appreciate it and not complain because someone charges $80 for a one of a kind pair of socks. In this economy it is easy for people to be shocked to see the price of handmade. The suggestion above about have smaller/easier items available for cheaper along with the more expensive/detailed items. I didn't mean to come across as rude, sorry. This isn't a critique AGAINST her work, I think it's actually fantastic. And, I applaud anyone who makes handmade AND prices it accordingly for both labour and materials that go into making them, because there are several artisans who don't. There is an amazing lack of comprehension of the English language here. Sabrina, my | NARRATIVE | NA PB | 3,269,100 |
SanDIsk's 64GB drive that's the size of your fingertip CES 2011: Storage gets a whole lot smaller SanDisk has shown off its news Solid State Drive at this year's CES and while that might sound like one of the dullest sentences you're read this week, it's the sheer size of it that's impressive. The miniature drive, currently going under the moniker of the iSSD, can store up to 64GB on a drive that is small enough to sit on your finger tip. Drives that small means makes it possible for your phone, camera or other devices to have a massive amount of memory inside without making the device any bigger than it already is. SanDisk tell Pocket-lint that we should start to see devices with this drive in it within the next couple of months. Unfortunately due to agreements with manufacturers they weren't able to tell us which devices they will be. What would you store on a drive that small? Let us know in the comments below. | IN | IN DT | 715,590 |
Jeremiah 29:11. "For I know the plans I have for you," says the Lord. "They are plans for good and not for disaster, to give you a future and a hope." As always, this really made me think. It has so much meaning to me at this moment in my life and I feel that it was used in this book for a reason. God moved Gail to use this verse and it's what I really needed. It has even led me into a study of Jeremiah and I'm learning so much insight. I highly encourage you to pick up A Dream of His Own and check it out. I know you will really enjoy seeing where God brings Quinn, Ava and Brandon. | IP | IP DS | 612,724 |
First Bite Lyrics More Than a Thousand The world of the the dead Sings at your door That's why you can't sleep at night You've haunting this city for too long Hiding underneath the london fog You were bitten first on the darkest of nights. Now you'll be living this life forever And no one is ready for this, and no one is ready for this, But i'm not afraid to die ::::Refrao:::: It's in your eyes, under your skin and i don't understand up in the sky, on the blackest night come down and take my hand. Every minute you live someone dies I swear that I have tried Only to find that I am lost again :::::::::::::: Another night, The streets are filled whit filth and shit They smell like blood and cheap wine You live in the depths of forever but i will find you You live in the depths of forever but i will hunt you down You were bitten first on the darkest of nights. Now you'll be living this life forever And no one is ready for this, and no one is ready for this, But i'm not afraid to die It's in your eyes, under your skin and i don't understand up in the sky, on the blackest night come down and take my hand. Every minute you live someone dies I swear that I have tried Only to find that I am lost again Like an anchor, All i do is drag | LY | LY SL | 138,926 |
most of the bacon fat and place skillet back onto the stove, again on medium heat. Add the butter,shallots & garlic, cook until the shallots soften then add wine. Cook for approximately 4-5 minutes. Stir in the flour until it begins to brown. Add in the milk, stirring until the mixture thickens. When the water is ready, cook the pasta until al dente, drain then toss in olive oil to prevent sticking while you finish the sauce, Add in the Mascarpone and Weissbeir,and cook until the cheese melts, around 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, add in the bacon pieces and pour over the cooked pasta. Serve and top with asparagus spears. 3.1.09 This was a hit with the entire family and for those readers who are familiar with my trials and tribulations of my selective eater children, this is a major hit. I used real cheese, not marble in a dish and my kids loved it, most notably my daughter who rarely strays from marble. *shaking my head* I used bacon and my daughter ate it. I put asparagus on top, this is the best way to present a vegetable with pasta by the way because the kids pick it off and eat it first, don't make the mistake of mixing it in! Keep it clean and fresh on the top. I used white wine in the recipe which gave it an adult tang to the taste and the kids didn't even notice. All of the above add up | HI | HI RE | 3,754,487 |
creates such a unique and beautiful ambience that we felt truly represents one of life's many beauties. To achieve this, we created a multi-touch floor that we then projected an abstract puddle of water onto in front of the Ottawa School of Art, who graciously donated space to us. When people would step on the puddles it would play consecutive notes from the song "Singin' in the Rain" -- the name our project ultimately took -- and it would create visible feedback within the puddle. This setup allowed for an endless amount of possibilities in creating a unique rhythm with friends and/or strangers to explore together. It was a really busy night and we had hundreds upon hundreds of people stopping by and returning to have some more fun with us and to discuss our abstract installation. With the amount of laughter and dancing we saw throughout the night, we think that we were able to capture the spirit of this year's Nuit Blanche, and we're looking forward to the next one. Do you enjoy what you do? Scavarelli: Most definitely. We wouldn't be doing it otherwise. We are looking to blend our desire and passion to be creative, while also including our diverse skill set. This kind of work is still fairly new in Canada, but we think it will get larger as it becomes more visible. Are your projects all based in Ottawa? Scavarelli: So far this is the case, but we are definitely looking to branch out | SP | SP IT | 3,747,626 |
certainly did not try to make out a case that the House of Lords, an unrepresentative assembly, should be able to defeat the will of the people. Now, what did he say? In order to try to make out a case at all he said, "Why not leave the Lords alone? They have been very good." I should like him to answer this question. Does he suggest that because an unjustifiable privilege has not been exercised you ought to wait until it is? If the House of Lords can do what I have indicated, if they can destroy or even prejudice the whole or any of the rest of the legislation of this Parliament, surely, it is not only the right but the duty of the Government to see 244 that that does not take place? It is no argument at all to point to what has happened in the past. The right hon. and learned Member for West Derby said that what happened before 1911 is not relevant. I quite agree. And my view is that what has happened since 1911 is also not decisive. What matters is what will happen in the future, and that is what this Bill is intended to protect. The right hon. and learned Member went on to say that the House of Lords was an excellent Chamber because it had revisory powers, and he tried to get some sympathy for the Lords position by applauding what they had done. Well, I do not | SP | SP IT | 466,997 |
twenties and I honestly can't remember toys being so gendered in those days. I am almost certain that the main toy shops didn't have sections for boys or girls, but grouped things by genre. Also, toys tended to be in bright colours, rather than pink, so that you could easily swap them between girls and boys. When I was little, I remember having miniature versions of a cooker and a washing machine, but they were made out of white painted metal so they looked like mini real appliances. Mind you, I also had a sheriffs hat, knights outfit as well as fairy wings! I wanted to be some kind of hero, waving my plastic sword. I agree entirely that a big part of the issue lies with the manufacturers and the marketers for perpetuating the idea that you have to have a 'boys' and 'girls' version of everything (and there's some blame to be apportioned to the consumers for buying into it too). I do think that the issue of what's made in the first place, how it's packaged and how it's advertised on TV really needs to be addressed. But as you say, HNC , their motive for doing it is clear. They want to sell twice as much to families (and extended families) with children of both genders. It would be very worthwhile to take on the whole issue of gendered / pinkified toys, but I don't know how effective we'd be, at least in the short term, | ID | ID DF | 1,466,404 |
course, even if the political leadership of some territories has acknowledged the inevitability of independence, the territories are still projected as not having indicated an interest in independence. There are also the attempts to further limit the options for the territories to either immediate independence, or continued 'modernized' dependency status. The U.K. , for example, decided around 2003 that it would no longer offer the option of free association. CAR But what's wrong with free association? Didn't the U.K. invent it with the West Indies Associated States in the 1980s? CGC I suppose that the British model was one of the first, if not the first model of free association in modern times, certainly for island dependencies. The British have argued since 2003, however, that free association, as they see it, contains contingent liabilities whereby they would have responsibilities without what they perceive as the necessary administrative controls. CAR That doesn't quite sound like free association to me ---- CGC Indeed. This projection of free association implies that it is simply another form of dependency status. But there are no such 'contingent liabilities' under a true free association model which can be fashioned in a variety of ways as long as it meets the internationally recognized minimum standards of political equality as defined by the U.N. General Assembly in its Resolution 1541 (XV). This obviates any unilateral authority of the larger country which would be in association with a smaller one. Free association is on the basis of political equality, | SP | SP IT | 3,197,685 |
1998? Stewart: 14 Jun 2012 11:22:42pm I thought it had more to do with the fact that he believed that insolence and bluster might defect any criticisms over the fact that his wife is the ALP member for Canberra (elected in 2010, when he got the 7.30 job). I just hope he eventually realises that balance doesn't require you being rude and pushing lines of questioning everyone knows will go nowhere. Wesley Franc: lazarus: 14 Jun 2012 9:19:30am Then don't be a cry baby Lib Supporter, go to where your fantasies can be indulged - any of the Murdoch press. Seems its quite acceptable to have only the right wing loony version of life published there. GrumpyOldMan: 14 Jun 2012 9:34:42am Shebs you are showing your right-wing bias again. The ABC gives plenty of access to right-wing commentators and journalists, like associates of the right-wing IPA, Peter Reith, Piers Akerman and numerous climate change deniers. At the same time there is a striking absence of really left-wing commentators and journalists. The ones you complain about are actually very much in the centre of political opinion. None advocate the extreme left-wing socialist ideals that led to the creation of communist states in the past. Even the Greens are only slightly left of centre, not extreme left-wing as you would have us all believe. The Greens just understand that a sustainable economy DEPENDS on having a sustainable natural environment, something that right-wing political views simply refuse to accept. In that respect they | SP | SP FS | 24,011 |
About Us 2ndcity Studios is a rather eclectic bunch of people who have been drawn together by the innovative and entrepreneurial disposition of the organisation. Our tag line is to "tell an alternative story" and each staff member works this out in different ways. For the organisation, this means that we are seeking to really change the way that Christian Education is done, both here in Aotearoa and across the world. Collectively we believe that in the coming new kingdom, all things are made new. We are not there yet, but this new Kingdom has dawned! But what does this new kingdom actually look like? Let us elaborate: This Studio is a place where learning is key, because to be honest, none of us has the answers. In our studio we look for creative and innovative ways to approach things -- from the design of a product to the way we do payroll. But, we get the fact that for this creativity to really flourish, we each need to hold ourselves to a high standard of integrity and initiative . We call this RIGHT RELATIONSHIP WITH SELF. Our relationships with others make up a large part of who we are. In our Studio, you are part of a family . Just like in a family, we try and be flexible and honest with each other. Our Studio is built on the values of Transparency and Trust . We don't want to micromanage -- we want to empower . In our | IN | IN DT | 3,789,410 |
yours a great, meaningful, helpful set of results and actions. At ESS New York in May , we're doing a pre-conference workshop that will take a deep dive into this process. We'll talk about how you can do this extended processing in several popular search platforms, and will include some representative examples of how you can implement this type of contextual enhancement for several popular search platforms. If you're going to be in New York anyway, come to the workshop! | IP | IP | 3,238,609 |
When it comes to training your puppy, it's important to properly balance the do's with the don'ts. The relationship you set up with your new pet should be based on fairness, kindness, clarity and fun. By placing emphasis on what your puppy is doing right, and focusing on success, you will ensure a positive relationship that lasts a lifetime. DO set training guidelines that are long-term goals, not short-term fixes Look toward the future to determine what is best for your family. If you want your adult dog to stay away from the table during dinner, set up that scenario as soon as you bring your puppy home. As a family, decide on household rules. Posting them on the fridge is a good way to make sure everyone is on board and that the rules are consistent for your puppy. DON'T allow your puppy to rule the roost simply because his cuteness draws you in. If you allow your puppy to race around your living room when he is small, you may be setting him up to assume that's acceptable behaviour when he is older and much larger. Stick to the rules. DO be consistent with your words and actions Use the same words during all stages of training, but especially in the initial stages. Set up successful training situations and follow through. DO teach your puppy to reliably come when called Doing so, you'll not only have the opportunity to give your pet more freedom, you'll be ensuring his | HI | HI HT | 3,750,411 |
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patrol or in convoy treat every Afghan as a potential enemy and fire on anything suspicious - has helped the Taliban to gain recruits. Before 9/11 the connection between the Taliban and al-Qaida was only at the leadership level, and tenuous at best. Now it is pervasive and at the grassroots. Young Afghans are strapping on suicide belts, a technique imported from Iraq - it was never used against the Soviet occupiers two decades ago, and shocks older Afghans as a perversion of their warrior nation's traditions. But it helps to make Isaf and US special forces even more jittery, feeding into the instinct to over-react. Last autumn, British commanders tried to break out of excessive reliance on military force. They made a potentially precedent-setting deal with tribal leaders in the town of Musa Qala by agreeing to withdraw provided the Taliban did not move in. The deal was sabotaged by the Americans and, as on many earlier occasions, Tony Blair failed to stand up to the White House. He let the Musa Qala experiment fizzle out. In Kabul, some western analysts with long experience of Afghanistan are in despair. They argue that Isaf should recognise the trap it is in. Western governments and their electorates will never provide enough troops to secure the south, but the reckless use of air-power to make up for the shortage of ground troops only loses more hearts and minds. The downward spiral of anger and alienation accelerates. The only honest solution is to | IP | IP ED | 92,523 |
a bush revolt against what country people saw as just a new tax. Abbott was the draw card for the function; the special guest speaker. He spoke about climate change and the editor of the local paper was there. CRAIG WILSON, EDITOR, PYRENEES ADVOCATE: He was talking about how the science said that there was this issue called climate change and that it existed, but he came out and said it was crap. LIZ JACKSON: Absolute crap? CRAIG WILSON: Absolute crap. LIZ JACKSON: Is that the words you have recorded in your notes? CRAIG WILSON: Absolute crap. No doubt about it. LIZ JACKSON: Abbott's comment made page five of the local paper and climate sceptics in the Party were delighted. CORY BERNADI, LIBERAL SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Frankly, from a personal perspective, I gave a smile and said, well, you know thank God for that. NICK MINCHIN: Well, I knew that Tony and I had a rather similar view of the issue, so, you know, didn't come as a complete surprise to me. LIZ JACKSON: Tony Abbott says that while driving back to Melbourne, he spoke with Senator Minchin and this crystallised his views. He now accepted that voting for ETS would fracture the Coalition, while opposing it would give them the chance to campaign against Labor's giant new tax on everything. Politically, it was the way to go. NICK MINCHIN: I like to pride myself on keeping my finger on the pulse both of internal opinion and the mood of our | SP | SP TA | 649,285 |
does similar things for the energy grid. Posted by John Bailo about 2 years Ago 1. I already ride a bike and am a member of my town's bicycle advisory board. 2. It's a free country. People can choose to live in density. However, I would say 80 percent of the diatribe is not about how great (some people feel) density is -- it's about how terrible low density is! Yet, when I question people, they mostly have zero experience or appreciation for low density lifestyle. 3. I live actually live in the area of Puget Sound with the second highest density (according toe Arc Maps) -- zip 98030. But I live in a 3 story garden apartment in a big complex amidst many, many other complexes of apartments and condoes. However, there is also a lot of green space. I live near a hub of several bus networks, and I take the Sounder train in to work. Yet, I own my own car and enjoy driving to wherever I want on weekends ...right now I'm in the Renton Starbucks because it's one of the 11 stores that have the Clover brewed coffees. I appreciate that my apartment complex gives way to single family homes and then to horse farms with acreage...I like being able to ride my bike to Southcenter mall on the Interurban and get food at Southcenter. If I seem "over the top" its just that I think alot of you don't give alternative perspectives fair shift. | OP | OP OB | 3,267,341 |
just not So am I close to you anymore if it's over? And there's no chance that we'll work it out That's why you and I ended over U N I And I said that's fine but you're the only one that knows I lied You and I ended over U N I And I said that's fine but you're the only one that knows I lied Everybody said we'd be together forever but I know that I never wanna settle down, come around, break up the love like Lego now Never wanna turn into another like you Sleep with my thoughts and I dance with my views Everything's great, not everything's sure but you live in your halls and I live in a tour bus Now I'm in position to be another stalker like everything I say seems to all sound awkward Like our last kiss it was perfect but we were nervous on the surface And I'm always saying everyday that it was worth it, pain is only relevant if it still hurts I forget like an elephant or we can use a sedative and go back to the day we fell in love on first kiss So am I close to you anymore if it's over? And there's no chance that we'll work it out You and I ended over U N I And I said that's fine but you're the only one that knows I lied You and I ended over U N I And I | LY | LY SL | 83,871 |
of the Moon , and that the star was low on the southern horizon. [ 10 ] The astrolabic quadrant was invented in Egypt in the 11th century or 12th century, and later known in Europe as the "Quadrans Vetus" (Old Quadrant). [ 11 ] In 14th century Egypt , Najm al-Din al-Misri (c. 1325) wrote a treatise describing over 100 different types of scientific and astronomical instruments, many of which he invented himself. [ 12 ] In the 20th century, Farouk El-Baz from Egypt worked for NASA and was involved in the first Moon landings with the Apollo program , where he was secretary of the Landing Site Selection Committee , Principal Investigator of Visual Observations and Photography , chairman of the Astronaut Training Group , and assisted in the planning of scientific explorations of the Moon, including the selection of landing sites for the Apollo missions and the training of astronauts in lunar observations and photography. [ 2 ] | IN | IN EN | 9,992,114 |
blameless." Paul, before his conversion, was not just another person in the Jewish religion. If I can use the term, Paul was no "laymen" in Judaism. He was a leader, and this was his resume; his credentials. In the traditional, institutional Jewish religion this is what mattered: Birth, Blood, Tribe, Heritage and Militance. Paul is telling the Philippians - I had everything that mattered in Judaism. He especially had the zeal: "persecuting the church," and upholding the strict human legalism of the Pharisees. This is the status that Paul enjoyed in the institutionalized Jewish religion. But, as stated with confidence in verse 7 - He gave it all up: "But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ." When Saul of Tarsus witnessed the resurrected Christ on the road to Damascus, there was at some point in that encounter, a personal reassessment. The decision was difficult, the results of personal suffering were predictable - but in hearing the gospel he could clearly see that his advanced status in Judaism meant nothing, in comparison to "the excellence of the knowledge of Christ Jesus." What he found in Christ was far greater than what he had gained among men in the Jewish religion. In his former life he attained status and the esteem of men. Now, he would "attain to the resurrection from the dead." The contextual flow brings us to these words: 12 Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press | OP | OP RS | 39,112 |
colder [Chorus] [Hook:] Why does it seem (Like the hours are much longer, like the day just wont be over- Tell me why) Why do they fly (When you least expect them, always you can never breathe in those days) | LY | LY SL | 720,094 |
process as an actor and about how he's feeling in the movie. He was very open and very willing to answer any question I had, all while he had a smoke with his boots on. I mean this is as old school cowboy as it gets as on his spare time he digs dirt and plants, I mean this is what he does, and it's cool. KT -- Well this was my first time working with him, I know Shawn had worked with him before. He's a legend, you do these indie movies and you hope that you can learn something from people like that. You try to watch their acting process and see what they bring to the table and how they do it. You see the behind the scenes prep so it was great. And it's almost like having a living prop because you have a real zombie hunter, essentially he embodies that, and he stares at you and looks like he wants to kill me literally all the time. So it makes it much easier as an actor to work off something like that SR -- And yeah working with someone of that calibre certainly brings everybody's game up a little bit. And intimidating, nah I know the old bastard so I'm not that intimidated. MJ -- And I must add, everything you guys have said has backed up all of the fine things I have heard about the class act that is Stephen McHattie. Thanks again | SP | SP IT | 487,142 |
for sex earlier this year. In interviews, the two women said they met Menendez around Easter at Casa de Campo, an expensive 7,000 acre resort in the Dominican Republic. They claimed Menendez agreed to pay them $500 for sex acts, but in the end they each received only $100. The women spoke through a translator in the company of their attorney, Melanio Figueroa. Both asked that their identities remain obscured for fear of reprisals in the Dominican Republic. . . . Yes, this is the same Bob Menendez who said Secret Service agents who hired hookers while on the job in Columbia ought to be fired . "If the facts are true, they should all be fired. The reality is is that the secret service not only protects the president of the United States, they represent the United States of America. They were on duty. If the facts are true as we are reading in the press, they shouldn't have a job." Now to be fair, Bob Menendez doesn't represent the United States of America. Heck, he barely represents New Jersey. Unless you mean the illegal alien portion of New Jersey. He definitely "represents" them. Curiously the Star-Ledger hasn't found this story newsworthy. And don't say that's because they're busy covering Hurricane Sandy (they are). But they've still found time to report on the Giants, Rutgers football, the usual spate of murders and shootings in Trenton, Camden, Newark, and beyond, and Nia Gill's complaints that Chris Christie is dragging his | OP | OP OB | 525,128 |
He Had to Get to Omaha Paul struggled for years to overcome his addiction to crack cocaine. Today, he is drug-free and on the path to a new life. Paul came from Texas to Nebraska in search of freedom from his drug addiction. He found it, not where he expected, but at Open Door Mission. Today, he's drug-free and looking forward to a career helping others escape the pull of drugs. When Paul was a child, he and his three sisters lived in a succession of foster homes and orphanages. Their father was in prison, and their mother could not care for them. Paul says that he and his sisters were verbally and physically abused. A nightly ordeal Things didn't get any better when his mom remarried and brought her children back home. Her new husband was abusive, and Paul says, "My mom took the brunt of it. We'd wake up in the middle of the night to discover that he was assaulting her, and we'd have to run next door to call the police. That was pretty much the nightly ritual." Paul found escape in drugs -- especially crack cocaine. He also turned to crime to support his drug habit, and was imprisoned on a felony charge at the age of 18. After serving his time, Paul tried to straighten out. With the help of a Christian minister, he managed to stay off drugs for a few years. He got married, fathered a child, and had a good job. | NARRATIVE | NA DP | 424,104 |
Document Actions Gas market The Ministry has a lead role within government on the regulatory framework for the gas industry. Our work ensures gas is delivered safely, efficiently, fairly, reliably and environmentally sustainably. We monitor and advise the government on: gas governance and industry arrangements to promote a smooth transition to the post-Maui environment In October 2011 an outage of the Maui gas transmission pipeline occurred. The government undertook a review of the outage to ensure that the lessons learned are captured and that appropriate steps are being taken to strengthen the gas system. | IN | IN DT IB | 1,764,265 |
the untaxed sources, reducing our export volumes compared to the levels they would otherwise have attained. In short, unless there is credible, comprehensive action on a global scale, it is difficult to see why we would impose such a tax. There are a number of points commonly used to argue against that conclusion. I want to address six of them. Is Gillard's carbon tax worth the pain? AAP Is the world really acting? The first argument for the carbon tax is that the rest of the world is acting. True, voluntary commitments have been made, but it is uncertain those commitments will be implemented. For instance, while much has been said about China , there is no doubt the subsidies China uses which end up encouraging emissions far exceed any of its measures to reduce emissions. And there is little realistic prospect at this point of significant action by many of our major resource competitors. As a result, it is prudent to take account of the possibility that comprehensive, global agreement will not be reached and factor that into the decision. That makes it all the stranger to see advocates of the precautionary principle acting as risk-lovers when it comes to the carbon tax. Our action will not encourage others A second argument is if we act, this will encourage the rest of the world to follow. Experience suggests that is doubtful, all the more so as it is contrary to the logic of free-riding , frequently invoked both by | IP | IP PA | 212,413 |
season of football. And Per is an intelligent top quality defender who's presence and positioning made an immediate impact the day he joined. We look good across the back now, and having a player of JD's obvious quality challenging for his place can only help that. I wish some of the people who make their mission to slag and jeer our players would fuck off though.. It does nothing for the confidence of our players. I have to agree. I have no idea what the BFG does back there, but he does it very effectively and it makes a real difference to us. Maybe that's the problem? Defenders who quietly and efficiently defend aren't exciting enough for some people? He had a bad season and didn't look confident at all, particularly at RB, so his general play suffered, but he's shown many times he can dribble and pass. JD is an excellent footballer but not a natural defender. "He used to play as a defensive midfielder in his youth for former club toile Carouge FC, but on his arrival at Arsenal was converted to a central defender. He occasionally fills in at full back for Arsenal and played several games in central midfield while on loan to Birmingham City." So he's probably capable of providing backup there, and may be a place in which Wenger could have offered him playing time, especially if we need an anchor style defensive mid for a particular game. Yar only reason Per let's Kos | SP | SP IT | 447,498 |
Real estate transactions tend to be either extremely stressful or very pleasurable experiences. Ask anyone and you will hear opposing views, based largely on the individual's experience with his or her real estate agent. Knowing how to find a good agent seems to be the determining factor in whether an individual will want to buy or sell another piece of property. The best real estate agents are often not those who pepper their faces all over television and print advertisements. The most effective professionals listen to their clients and work ethically and diligently to achieve the desired results. They have a strong knowledge of local market conditions, property inventory, and the latest relevant legislation. Look at the listing signs in the area to identify whose names are on the listings that sell quickly. These professionals get results and they may be more effective than an agent who has a large volume of listings but is not doing anything with them. Many people are not aware that there is a difference between a Realtorr and a real estate agent. Less than 50 percent of all agents have joined the National Association of Realtors and thus may call themselves a Realtorr. The association has a Code of Ethics that Realtorsr must promise to follow. This Code stipulates standards of conduct that exceed current legal requirements. If this factor is important to you, verify whether the agents under consideration are Realtorsr. Agents rely on referrals from satisfied former clients in order to be | HI | HI HT | 3,150,582 |
Say /ARK-TIK/, not /ar-tik/. 5. accessory -- the first C has a "hard" sound. Say /AK-SESS-OR-Y/, not /ass-ess-or-y/. 6. ask -- The S comes before the K. Say /ASK/ not /aks/. 7. asterisk -- Notice the second S. Say /AS-TER-ISK/, not /as-ter-ik/. 8. athlete -- The word has two syllables, not three. Say /ATH-LETE/, not /ath-uh-lete/. 9. barbed wire - Notice the AR in the first syllable. Say /BARBD/, not /bob/. 10. cache -- The word is of French origin, but it does not end with an accented syllable. A cache is a hiding place or something that is being hidden: a cache of supplies; a cache of money; a cache of drugs. Say /KASH/, not /ka-shay/. 12. cavalry -- This word refers to troops that fight on horseback. Say /KAV-UL-RY/, not /kal-vuh-ry/. NOTE : Calvary refers the place where Jesus was crucified and IS pronounced /kal-vuh-ry/.) 13. chaos -- The spelling ch can represent three different sounds in English: /tch/ as in church, /k/ as in Christmas, and /sh/ as in chef. The first sound is heard in words of English origin and is the most common. The second sound of ch, /k/, is heard in words of Greek origin. The third and least common of the three ch sounds is heard in words adopted from modern French. Chaos is a Greek word. Say /KAY-OS/, not /tchay-os/. 15. das -- A das is a raised platform. The pronunciation fault is to reverse the vowel sounds. The word is often | OP | OP AV | 504,110 |
Doing television too, like Letterman, which we did a couple of weeks ago. We have been fortunate enough to be on the show a couple of times before but it never gets old. Standing on stage at the Ed Sullivan Theatre and thinking about all that has happened there, and all the amazing bands that have been on that stage, you know? It's those moments that make it easy to know how privileged we are. SCENE: What can you take away from those experiences? Julian Dorio: We have been very lucky with not only Kings of Leon and The Black Keys, but other bands like Drive-by Truckers, The Hold Steady and Band of Skulls... We are constantly soaking up and absorbing all that surrounds us. It's interesting to watch bands like that play arenas, on that scale. We learn a lot musically from song writing and performing, and other things like how they take the stage or leave the stage or how they make set lists from watching them. For us, it's like free school. They have so much experience, and in addition to that, we learned a lot off of the stage: how they handle themselves as a band, how they work with their crew or openers, and fans. For most of those bands, it was a priority to make us feel welcome and that is admirable. It is contagious too, as we want to treat bands the same way when we are lucky enough to be in the | SP | SP IT | 3,379,550 |
to come true And I can't wait to see what you'll do With all of this love that I'm saving for you All of this love Can't wait to see what you'll do with all of this love All of this love that I'm saving for you All of this love that I'm saving for you | LY | LY SL | 1,400,941 |
Reflections on following Christ in our contemporary world and discerning ones vocation. "Don't be afraid, dear friends, to take the 'alternate' path indicated by true love: a sober and solid lifestyle, with loving, sincere and pure relations, an honest commitment to studies and work, and the profound interest in the common good." Pope Benedict XVI to the young pilgrims gathered in Loreto, Italy Saturday, October 6, 2012 "It is not good for man to be alone.": Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) It is not good for man to be alone. These words spoken by God at the very dawn of creation bring forth a singular truth regarding the human condition. Communion and relationship are at the very root of what it means to be human. In one sense this should come as no surprise as we are made in the image and likeness of God who is a communion of persons - Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God is not a "far-away and high loneliness" but rather a living relationship of three Persons. It can be said that God does not live alone and therefore man and woman are not meant to live alone. We are meant for communion and communion, solidarity and support are the root of every human vocation. By living communion (whether that be the communion of friendship, of discipleship, of the common good, of church, of witness) we are being brought to that ultimate communion which will be the union of the human family with | OP | OP RS | 3,211,917 |
- a corporation housing prisoners for profit. Drug seizures alone made 6 Billion Dollars (Profit) in the last reported year, and 67% of everyone in jail (State and Federal - in the USA) is there for a non-violent drug offense. To exemplify this issue: 3 years ago a girl was killed a couple of blocks from my house by a murderer on parole from prison; the parole board stated they had to release him to make bed space for drug offenders that are required to be in prison longer than the murderer (by federal law). Lastly, to make this point - the National Motorist Association reports that in 2006 local governments made $7.5 Billion Dollars from traffic tickets, while the US DOT reports that accidents per capita has not changed since 1967 (the first reported year). A: The system of laws is a set of rules, by which a society agrees to abide, that allows them to function as a group. This is a fundamental principle of civilization. The agreement to behave in a certain way allows us to do more, because we are not constantly having to defend ourselves or our property. Laws are a formalized version of this agreement, and are necessary because of the complexity of our society. If you lived in complete isolation, laws would be unnecessary, because you would have no interaction with others. As soon as someone says "This is mine", they would have to defend it or rely on the other people agreeing | ID | ID QA | 82,946 |
I'm always wary of remakes and True Grit is a case in point. It's just an entertaining, two dimensional western. The actors are strong but fail to make their characters sufficiently complex. Kim Darby frankly annoyed me with her chiselled determination more resembling Mt Rushmore than a young adult beset by conflicting loyalties and barely supressed self doubt that enriches a performance and invites audience empathy. Jeff was quite OK but with too many gravelly wiseacres. jak Jones : 12 Feb 2011 12:00:02pm ((True Grit))[[10]] Its the story that makes it and the actors that bring it too life then the cohens third. Awesome movie. Margaret. IMHO Its only in the last decade or so that films are being made how they should be due to technolodgy. I cannot watch the old films due to the unrealism of special effects andd social constraints that affect interpretation and the often poor customes e.g. clean cowboys. watch the old version!!! forget it. John Wayne, Sinatra and the like = bad memories Stephen Saunders : 12 Feb 2011 11:12:01am ((True Grit))[[6]] There seems to be an unwritten code that the ordinary Coen movies have to be praised as much as the good ones. This is quite an ordinary Coen movie, craftsmanlike and mostly enjoyable, but rather losing its way by the third reel. I couldn't see that Hailee Steinfeld was such a great 'find', although she was not always assisted by the wordy dialogue that the Coens served up to her. Aunt Peg | SP | SP IT | 314,872 |
and satirizing American excesses. "Is it fair to say that your games are satires of American culture?" asks Suellentrop. "I think it's fair to say that they are set in a world that is a satire of American media culture," replies Houser. The real question is, why are there still no bearded main protagonists? I mean 3 male leads, not one of 'em is sporting a face rug. Hell even the hillbilly is "chic" stubbled, why can't we have a grizzled bearded lead? I think Rockstar are anti-beard, they made a biker expansion pack and there was still no beardage >:( (This is mostly humour, in-case the flammable nature of the comments section is sparked) | SP | SP IT | 727,661 |
the farm Chorus ain't no closin time ain't no cover charge just country boys and girls gettin down on the farm | LY | LY SL | 606,785 |
about La Manga ...here. | HI | HI RE | 228,246 |
and roads became. The problem with the roads near the airport is that cars are just getting off the highway, so I seemed to be the only one travelling less than 80km/h. In order to get to my terminal I had to cross four lanes of fast-moving cars. I felt like I was playing a game of Frogger , but fortunately I wasn't in a hurry so I waited long enough until there was enough of a gap for me to cross. Then as I was approaching my terminal something bad happened. I was riding on the right shoulder when all of the sudden the road I was on merged with another two-lane road to my right. I was now stuck in between two roads with dozens of cars racing past each side of me. I now had a choice: Stop and back up, shit my pants, or take control. I opted not to shit my pants. That wouldn't make for a very pleasant flight. So I stuck my right arm out as far and as assertively as I could, and forced two lanes of cars to stop for me. Fortunately the drivers were very polite and applied their brakes and then flashed their lights for me to proceed. So I crossed those two lanes of traffic and got over to the right shoulder where I continued to ride right up to my terminal while shaking my head at the airport for providing such a terrible experience for bicyclists. Shame | NARRATIVE | NA PB | 665,141 |
time ago. I was utterly obsessed like you and basically was in love with a fantasy. Like you I need to learn how to be happy with myself and whole by myself and realize that my happiness does not come from someone else. I read your posts and it reminds me of all the pain and hurt I felt and have been feeling (which actually is why I don't log on much anymore). I am glad to hear that you are seeing a therapist, as I am and it has helped immensely. I've found out a great deal about myself (such as the fact that I have ADD which I never knew) and have explored my reasons for doing so many things. Best of luck with it and best of luck discovering yourself. Believe me, you can do it. I'm in your exact position of now trying to sort out how I feel about my wife and what to do now and how to let go and accept. DS, April and Ivan Thanks for the understanding words. I will respond in full later. But you all mention the word 'Madness' and it is complete and utter madness. Its just absolutely constant. As you will find out my situation is at the point of no return. We have had the month cut off I talked about but also to compound matters my mother in law yesterday decided to pay for a family holiday for five days in Disney Land Paris ... | ID | ID QA | 1,428,393 |
passengers got together and arranged their own excursions in advance. As Jenny said, the shuttles were such a shambles that in the end we were refunded for all shuttles at all ports. Soulac is ok for an hour or so, beach, shops/bars etc, but very small and nothing much there if the weather isn't good. Absolutely nothing at all in Le Verdon, a load of containers and a shed surrounded by scrubland. No, it wasn't well thought out. The excursion costs put off a lot of people, also the long bus rides to any of the wine regions. Hence the unforeseen demand for shuttles to Soulac. We did a trip on the first day but those who booked shuttles at $15 pppd weren't happy at waits running into hours. There were so many complaints they refunded the shuttle costs and then went on to refund all shuttle costs at all ports. I haven't written my review yet, as always I enjoyed being on a Celebrity ship and had an outstanding holiday for the price I paid but I couldn't in all honesty recommend this itinerary to anyone wanting to "immerse" themselves in wine. The ports are just too far from the wine regions, excursion costs are high and all the seminars and tastings onboard the ship come at a price. It is a difficult review to write, as a holiday is was excellent, my reason for going was to take in the Hockney exhibition at the Guggenheim and revisit Porto | ID | ID DF | 3,074,949 |
love (Nothing that I say) She told me to love her (Nothing that I say) | LY | LY SL | 1,470,095 |
community)! In last year's full program discussing PW as James Franklin mentions above in replying to David, I remember some formulations in the comments regarded the first issue. Perhaps this is the kind of evangelism one might expect from a Catholic mathematician-philosopher! Although as he says "belief is not subject to the control of the will in that way", that thinking Alan mentions of "putting oneself in the way of belief" is, I think, literally true and actually choosing to believe. That is, it's probably psychologically naive to assume that you can't "bet yourself, as it were, into a position of belief". It might not work if you do it with cynical self-skepticism. But just as loving/working altruistically for another can create loving feelings, so does spending time performing rituals, bowing to icons, etc (as religion knows). In revising our Matrix, logic dictates the unconscious mind impute that there is a reason for that behaviour, and so the religious belief is reinforced each time. (Likewise, all actions warp our perspective - especially extreme actions like murderers, who would struggle to reexamine their thinking.) christopher : 08 May 2012 5:47:52pm This is my favorite episode!! I really enjoyed it. I cant believe you started with the chinese room argument... that is such a crazy argument. I want to know who wrote the books with all the answers?!! I am listening from Hong Kong via podcast... so I think about this a lot, and its such a bad argument! Jeremy : Janis | SP | SP TA | 613,615 |
the concurrent evidence procedure is to be used should be made as early as possible and, in any event, not less than a week before the listed hearing date. The concurrent evidence procedure Experts' conference The presiding member may direct that the experts who are to give evidence concurrently are to confer prior to the day of the hearing or, as set out in paragraph 19, on the day of the hearing as part of the concurrent evidence procedure. The purpose of the conference is for the experts to identify any areas of agreement and clarify areas of disagreement in relation to the issues before the AAT. The presiding member may direct the parties to prepare a joint written memorandum identifying areas of agreement and disagreement. Where the presiding member has directed the experts to confer, it would be improper for an expert to be given, or to accept, instructions not to reach agreement. Facilities The AAT will ensure that appropriate hearing room facilities are available when concurrent evidence is to be used so that there is sufficient space for the experts to give evidence. The AAT will also ensure that appropriate conference room facilities are available in the event that the presiding member directs the experts to confer. The concurrent evidence procedure This section of the guidelines sets out the way in which the concurrent evidence procedure will generally be conducted in the AAT. The presiding member may determine that a departure from the standard procedure is appropriate in | IN | IN LT | 760,331 |
week in Southern Taiwan overseeing final modifications (T4) to our plastic manufacturing process. As I mentioned in Update 21 , we're working our way through several test builds before Pebble enters Mass Production (MP). Every time we perform another test build, it's a chance to build samples of each part inside the watch. The great news is that all the plastic components (including the most recent lens samples from T4) look, feel and work great. We're sending the tools off for final texturing and polishing now. As we work through environmental tests, we're tweaking and tuning the gluing process that is used to join the main case portion of the watch with the lens. Here's a short video of the computer numerical controlled (CNC) gluing machine that we're using on the assembly line: Roadmap I'm heading to our factory in Dongguan, China on Saturday for 2 weeks of work on the Design Verification (DV) test build. After DV, we have one more test build scheduled in December called Production Verification (PV) before Pebble enters Mass Production (MP). As I mentioned in Update 17 , our assembly line will be set up to manufacture 15,000 Pebbles per week. I know each one of you has a burning desire to see Pebble on their wrist, but I want to caution you that even after we begin MP it will still take us several weeks to manufacture all 85,000 Pebbles. Work on the software development kit (SDK) is progressing well. Since I'm a | IP | IP DS | 259,643 |
Search Blue Muffins for a Long Weekend " Labour Day , also known as Eight Hours Day in Tasmania and May Day in the Northern Territory, commemorates the granting of the eight-hour working day for Australians. It also recognizes workers' contributions towards the nation's economy. It is an annual public holiday and its date varies across the states and territories." Source In reality, Labour Day for most people in Australia just means a long weekend. Yee-hah! To commemorate this auspicious occasion (and also because I had most of the afternoon off) I made muffins. Blueberry ones. Ingredients: (makes 12 medium muffins, 24 mini ones) *Note: I was making this up as I went, so the ingredient amounts are approximate. They worked, thankfully! 1/2 cup Caster sugar 1.75 cups plain flour 1 tbsp baking powder 2 eggs, slightly whisked already 1/2 cup milk A little under half a stick of butter (110g) -- melted lots of vanilla essence (3-5 spoons) lots of blueberries (fresh/frozen...doesn't matter) Oven: 200C Spray a 12-hole muffin pan with cooking spray. Mix dry ingredients (sugar, flour, baking powder) together in a bowl. Whisk wet ingredients (eggs, milk, butter, essence) together for about a minute or two, then add to dry ingredients. Mix 'em together! Not going to lie...I was quite worried when I took picture 3. It came good by #4 though. *phew* At this stage, you can add the blueberries. I used frozen ones. Try not to let the colours run too much. Blue muffins look | HI | HI RE | 73,505 |
you soon when we go for another holiday in Bali. Marziah Omar . All staff were exceptional, we will only ever stay here in Bali. Thank you to you and your staff for making our recent stay at Ulin Villa so enjoyable, we would not hesitate to come back to the Villas. Kind regards, Pam Herron . During our week, we had the pleasure of meeting so many employees and they were all extraordinary in friendliness and efficiency especially Wira on the front office desk. Ulin Villas made my 1st stay to Bali very memorable. The villas were beautifully appointed and the staff always warm and welcoming. I would highly recommend Ulin villas to friends and colleagues. Elisabeth Lack . We are enjoying our stay here at drupardi. thank you for helping us find this place. the staff has been very accomodating. i have a few questions, first what is the reccomended standard for tipping the villa staff at the end of the stay. we depart today and i would like to leave grtuity but not sure how much is acceptable, second do you have any reccomendations on couple spas in nu sa dui. thanks, James Manzella . I was wondering if any of these... completely beautiful properties... are for sale? Specifically through your agency, I really like how your site is organized, and would prefer to do business with you rather than another company. Graham Seymour , Texas. | ID | ID | 481,373 |
Oh! If you want a raise in pay, I'll tell you what to do Go and ask the boss for it and he will give it to you He will give it to you, my boys, he will give it to you A raise in pay, without delay, oh, he will give it to you Ohhh, put it on the ground, spread it all around Dig it with a hoe: it will make your flowers grow For the men who own the industries I'm shedding bitter tears They haven't made a single dime in over thirty years In over thirty years, my boys, in over thirty years Not one thin dime in all that time, in over thirty years The cost of living ain't so high, I told my wife Miranda This talk of living being hard is Rooshian propaganda It's Rooshian propaganda, boys, just Rooshian propaganda From Molotov to Simonov, just Rooshian propaganda It's fun to work on holidays, or when the day is done; Why should they pay us overtime for having so much fun? For having so much fun my boys, for having so much fun. Pay overtime would be a crime for having so much fun. Ohhh... The men who own the industries, they own no bonds and stocks They own no yachts and limousines, or gems the size of rocks. They own no big estates with pools, or silken B.V.D.'s, Because they pay the working man such fancy salaries. Ohhh.... | LY | LY SL | 1,424,607 |
be a noble strategy in terms of software sharing, it is a condition that is typically unacceptable for commercial use of software. As a consequence, software bound by the GPL terms can not be included in the kernel or "runtime" of OpenBSD, though software subject to GPL terms may be included as development tools or as part of the system that are "optional" as long as such use does not result in OpenBSD as a whole becoming subject to the GPL terms. As an example, GCC and other GNU tools are included in the OpenBSD tool chain. However, it is quite possible to distribute a system for many applications without a tool chain, or the distributor can choose to include a tool chain as an optional bundle which conforms to the GPL terms. NetBSD Much of OpenBSD is originally based on and evolved from NetBSD, since some of the OpenBSD developers were involved in the NetBSD project. The general NetBSD license terms are compatible with the Berkeley license and permit such use. Material subject only to the general NetBSD license can generally be included in OpenBSD. In the past, NetBSD has included material copyrighted by individuals who have imposed license conditions beyond that of the general NetBSD license, but granted the NetBSD Foundation license to distribute the material. Such material can not be included in OpenBSD as long as the conditions imposed are at odds with the OpenBSD license terms or releases from those terms are offered on a discriminatory | IN | IN LT | 289,849 |
Saul wrote: Well that's my point. The UK does have a lot of speed cameras but I have never been flashed yet and I have been driving over 30 years so I was driving when they were introduced. Clearly you are far more speed limit abiding than me! I have driven all over Europe. France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Italy, Poland, Ukraine and the ONLY place I get flashed is Switzerland? I guess that was bad luck. I have never been flashed here in CH yet, but since I have a car with a CH plate I make sure that I stick to the limits religiously (I don't fancy the steep speeding fines here!), if I want to drive fast I do that in Germany (I'm not far from the border) where there are long stretches without any speed limits at all. P.S: Maybe it would be best to move this speed camera discussion to the "Chill Out Room"? Hi, Prepal lists EX5s at $803 and EX5Rs at $572, so an EX5 for $400 is a steal, and you are getting one of the most powerful synths on the planet! Like all synths it has a few foibles, but after 12 years of ownership I am still in love with mine and would never be without an EX5! Derek wrote: Hi, Prepal lists EX5s at $803 and EX5Rs at $572, so an EX5 for $400 is a steal, and you are getting one of the most powerful synths on the planet! | ID | ID DF | 3,147,395 |
stores today to buy a salad bowl and you a huge assortment of plastic and glued-together, mass produced wooden bowls. I make by hand solid, one piece bowls which I trust to be in fine shape for future generations with minimal care. Piers I appreciate the input from the folk music world. As traditional crafts people we are often expected to appear in traditional dress from some bygone age yet we are living and working in the 21st century. I find appearance is important and says a lot about who we are, first impressions count. If I am going to meet a minister I get a haircut and wear my suit, because I know he will be wearing a suit and it creates empathy. If I am demonstrating craft I find a leather apron works wonders, it is almost like a badge of office. The public immediately decide I am a professional craftsperson if I wear a leather apron. Richard, Steve, I agree, we are in the lucky position of being able to choose the best of technology from all periods. About Me This blog is an eclectic mix of traditional woodworking, other traditional crafts and associated ramblings about the future of crafts in our daily lives, details about me and my work on my web site www.robin-wood.co.uk | OP | OP OB | 538,225 |
Resolved Question Why did the rest of the world let the USA military invade Iraq.? As I understand George Bush committed a war crime by invading Iraq. He said that they had WMD's but they didn't. He said the were responsible for 911 but they (Iraq) weren't. So can someone tell me why the UN executed Saddam Husein for crimes against humanity but George Bush doesn't even have to explain his actions to the UN. Best Answer - Chosen by Voters The world isn't stupid enough to declare war on us and we have NATO on our side. The US and it's allies invaded Iraq because Saddam violated 19 resolutions as well as the ceasefire agreement placed after the 1st Gulf War. Plus George Bush and Tony Blair(UK) did not commit a war crime in a war that has been going on for decade during the Gulf War Ceasefire Agreement. FYI, Saddam was executed by his own people, not UN and NATO. The Iraq War was NOT a new war and started by US as many Anti-Americans claim to be. Saying the Iraq War was a new war shows lack of knowledge on that situation. The 1st Gulf War was started by Saddam when he invaded Kuwait in August 2, 1990 in order to steal their oil fields. After 2 days of fighting, The Kuwait's army was defeated and Iraq manage to occupy Kuwait. The 1st Bush administration decided to ask the UN for help. After Iraq invasion of Kuwait | ID | ID QA | 214,708 |
also volunteer to help groom dogs once a month at the animal shelter in return for a nice link off their resources page. I'd create a service where I worked with local high school and college students who'd drive to help elderly people bathe their dogs and submit this as a press release in order to get some news links. I'd also make sure the local AARP or Senior Services agencies knew about this service and linked to it on their websites. The Hard Part So now that we know what to look for, how do we get links on these sites? Ask for it: The most argued-about tactic that I write about is emailing and asking for a link. Many people point out that they ignore these types of emails, but we get plenty of links this way. I'm not suggesting that you limit yourself to this method but from my experience, it is a successful way to build some great links. Use broken link building tactics: If a link on a site points to a page that no longer exists or a site that isn't in operation any longer, most webmasters do appreciate being informed of that, especially on authority sites with large communities as those webmasters really do want to give their users a good experience, and broken links aren't good experiences. Produce something interesting or useful and promote it: If you're rehashing the same topic as everyone else, you probably aren't going to generate a ton | HI | HI HT | 3,205,827 |
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a party that had such radical ideals such as seceding from this great country? because she doesn't want the public to know. anyone who has been to alaska or lived there knows it is manned by outcasts and renegade types that do their own type of justice once you get outside of the larger urban areas...yeah, the urban areas do align with laws and things but hell, most of them carry guns to and from work anyways and that is the way the believe in settling disputes outside of city limits. she doesn't want you to know who she really is and once the veil of secrecy is lifted you will see that not only would she like to ban books, take away my rights to choose but she will have big brother invading every crack you own...count on it bubbas... freedom? hell...bush/cheney has already started chipping away at our freedoms, palin? hell, we will be earmarking alot more things for alaska IF mccain wins. Posted by: hemnebob | September 10, 2008, 8:59 am 8:59 am Palin's political mentor (Hickel) is an AIP member (per Newsweek), Palin's husband is/was an AIP member (now "undeclared"), AIP leader Lynnette Clark thought Palin was a member (until McCain denied it), AIP Vice Chairman Dexter Clark told Southern Secessionists in 07 that Palin was a member and they too should "infiltrate" the other parties, Palin attended several of AIP's conventions and spoke live at 1 or more, and taped a speech to the 08 | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 163,670 |
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it?s tough, but there are perks to it too. It?s a fun place and there is just a great atmosphere around the university.? NCAA well-represented with the Senators Condra is not the only product of the NCAA system currently playing a key role for the rebuilding Senators. In light of recent injuries and pre-deadline trades, general manager Bryan Murray has revamped the roster with players from the American collegiate system. Former University of New Hampshire forward Bobby Butler has appeared in 33 games this year, and forward Jesse Winchester is now in his third full season with the team after attending Colgate University. Highly-coveted French centreman Stephane Da Costa, who just completed his second season with Merrimack College, is also in the line-up. He made his NHL debut April 2 against the Toronto Maple Leafs. In addition, the Senators currently have nine players in the organization with an NCAA background who have yet to make an appearance at the NHL level. ?I think [Bryan Murray] realizes that we?ve had a few more years to mature,? Condra said. ?As a college recruit, you?ve grown up a bit and have been on your own so hopefully that maturity carries over into some character. When you have a team full of character you have some building blocks to start a good squad.? Nice article. I like the part Condra said about growing up fast. It seems college kids, particularly the ones who stay for 3 or 4 years and perform well, come out | ID | ID DF | 648,680 |
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that eventually they might see the great stuff everyone shares and become a regular. I know many poets who speak at conferences and schools already do this, but making a conscious effort to market is a great idea, Ed. The world needs more pleasure, thoughtfulness, sharing and fun, etc. And I think Poetry Friday hits many marks! Oh and do like poet Janet Wong....go to a site like Burkins and Yaris and mention Think Kid Think!!! Weave it into comments on great blogs for teachers.(I am not talking shamless promotion here, though.) Teachers would love this stuff once they got into it!! Blogs need to be searchable for busy teachers in order to integrate to fullest advantage and I don't know how hard that is to accomplish. (Google is not fail safe!) Sort of like Syliva and Janet's Poetry Friday Anthology which by the way was a big hit at my session since I had 5 copies for door prizes from Janet and Sylvia that went to grateful teachers..... who had to share something poetry-related in order to win!! So thanks to all the poets around these parts who contributed to that great resource for teachers. Another way to get the word out!! There is also a great e-book version which I assume you all know about especially thanks to Renee's amazing post a couple of weeks ago. The Problem Statement : If you remove the contributors, that leaves a roughly 3:2 ratio of readers to contributors. Are we satisfied? | LY | LY PO | 3,275,318 |
signs saying "full to capacity" last night, after so many people crowded on to the street to see hit author Dave Eggers talk about his new book and sign copies. I know he's a bit of a cult celebrity, but come on, this is hardly the latest Harry Potter -- it's a non-fiction account of a Muslim bloke who lived through Hurricane Katrina with the help of a canoe. Then there's Family, an intriguing shop that celebrates local underground talent, selling writing by a bunch of old drunks like Charles Bukowski and a generation of DIY-published new ones. I'm currently reading Bukowski's Post Office for the third time, lost in his reckless journeys around this very town weighed down by anger, hangovers and a sackful of letters that he hurls at his ungrateful customers and the schmucks who employ him. And then there's the wonderful and enormous Book Soup, stocking 60,000 hand-picked titles on that same Sunset Strip where Hugh Grant hand-picked his prostitute. These shops are seriously cool places to hang out -- some stay open until midnight on Fridays, full of hip young things with their nose in a book. Imagine! And people say that books are dead. If bookshops are thriving like this in LA, surely they can thrive anywhere. Ah, but what about the Kindle, you might ask, and all the other electronic book devices that are coming to kill off humble papyrus and steal our souls. Well, yes, change is the only constant and electronic | OP | OP OB | 499,641 |
Time to Stand Up to the Gun Nuts The week Wisconsin's new concealed carry law passed, "no guns allowed" signs started going up all over town. I'll never forget the first morning I saw the picture of a gun with a line through it posted on the front door of my daughter's day care center. Seeing those signs in the windows of restaurants, offices, and the toy store across the street from the Capitol was a shock. But the more of them I saw, the more they seemed to mark little islands of sanity in a society that has been taken over by the gun nuts. The week after the movie theater massacre in Colorado, I was on Wisconsin Public Radio with a conservative who suggested that people should boycott businesses that post no-guns signs. Not only did he reject the idea that we should consider limiting access to assault weapons and magazines that fire hundreds of rounds of ammunition at a time, he insisted that public opinion is on the side of letting people carry military-style guns wherever they go. Like other Republicans, including Wisconsin's attorney general J.B. Van Hollen, he suggested that the real problem in Colorado was that there weren't more people carrying guns into the movie theater, so they could shoot back. This extreme, dystopian view of the world would be laughable if it were not, increasingly, the way we now live. Ever since 1994, when the NRA successfully targeted Democrats in swing districts who had | OP | OP OB | 756,053 |
Everyone who comes makes us larger. [21] Repetitive appeals of this kind did not make a strategy for producing a powerful Trotskyist movement. They flew in the face of Trotsky's own pleas of 1933 and 1936 for a sense of proportion, but they were also an anticipation of the 1938 decision to launch a Fourth International in the hope of holding the revolutionary forces together. James shared an international illusion that successive labour movement defeats left workers looking for an alternative. Hence Fight had the tone of a paper merely drawing attention to the obvious. The Labour Party, it declared, would only bring disillusionment. "The sooner this happens the better. To be disillusioned with Labour Party reformism is the first step to revolutionary clarity". [22] When confronted by the London Busmen's Strike, Fight observed that the behaviour of the LPTB and union officials "occasions no surprise". "The mere substitution of, say, Bevin by Papworth would achieve nothing", it warned. [23] Fight and the Marxist Group did not deceive themselves that they were a party. But they believed that coming disaffection from established parties would lead people to look for one [24] : the Fourth International had to maintain an independent presence so that it could be found. Other Trotskyists, engaged in entry work, had, in Fight 's view, a futile task. The ILP had reached the limit of its leftward swing in early 1935. "To think that the ILP, as a party, can be won for revolutionary Marxism, is, in | NARRATIVE | NA HA | 3,123,991 |
in August, the belief that victims of rape and incest should not be allowed to get an abortion is not held by mainstream Republicans. Seventy-six percent of Republicans believe that abortion should be legal in cases of rape and incest, along with 90 percent of Democrats and 81 percent of independents. Democrats have quickly tried to tie Mourdock's remark to Mitt Romney and other Republican candidates. The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee came out with a new ad on Thursday afternoon using Mourdock's comments. It's part of a new $1.1 million ad buy in Indiana and will be running until Election Day. CORRECTION: This article originally stated that Richard Mourdock is one of at least 15 GOP Senate candidates who oppose abortion for rape victims, but the correct number is 13. Although the Republican National Coalition for Life has endorsed Senate candidate George Allen and Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.), they have both said that they're not opposed to abortion in cases of rape, incest, or to protect the life of the mother. ************************* What's happening in your district? The Huffington Post wants to know about all the campaign ads, mailers, robocalls, candidate appearances and other interesting campaign news happening by you. Email any tips, videos, audio files or photos to openreporting@huffingtonpost.com . Click here to leave a comment. HuffPost High School welcomes a lively, thoughtful debate in the comment section. Keep in mind that the articles here are penned by young authors, so please keep criticism respectful, and help us to | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 42,935 |
Stephen Hough is a concert pianist by night, but his daytime interests include theology, art, hats, puddings... and writing about them. His website is www.stephenhough.com and he is @houghhough on Twitter. Does it have to be cold at Christmas? We are told by scholars that Christ was probably born in September, so it would not have been that cold in Bethlehem, in the cave, in the manger, amongst the oxen and asses. The feast was moved closer to the Winter Solstice as a way to incorporate existing religious practice from pre-Christian culture and as a happy metaphor for Light coming into the world. Each day after Christmas gets a little longer. By the time the Victorians got hold of it the connection between deepest winter and Christmas was firmly set in the imagination. I was in Singapore last month and as people walked along Orchard Road in T-shirts and shorts, bathed in sweat, the beautiful blue and white Christmas lights were an evocation of snow and ice. They looked 'refreshing' as my companion in the car commented. Indeed: and they looked 'authentic'. But the powerful symbolism of a cold Christmas is more than the visual whiteness of snow and ice ('In the bleak Mid Winter'); it touches what the cold does to us. Frigid temperatures force us indoors, huddled next to fires, hands cupped around hot mugs of reviving liquids. They make the hugs we give to friends body- as well as heart-warming. They make the carols we sing outdoors | OP | OP OB | 625,114 |
the start of something new And I'll throw it all away And watch you fall into my arms again And I'll throw it all away And watch you fall, now You are the earth that I will stand upon You are the words that I will sing And I've thrown it all away And watched you fall into his arms again And I've thrown it all away And watched you fall, now And take me back, take me home Watch me fall down to earth Take me back For this is the start of something beautiful You are the start of something new The City (Ed Sheeran 2011) This city never sleeps, I hear the people walk by when it's late Sirens bleed through my windowsill, I can't close my eyes Don't control what I'm into This tower is alive, the lights that blind keep me awake Hood up and lace untied, sleep fills my mind Can't control what I'm into London calls me a stranger, a traveller This is now my home, my home I'm burning on the back street Stuck here sitting in the backseat I'm blazing on the street What I do isn't up to you If the city never sleeps then that makes two The pavement is my friend, it will take me where I need to go I find it trips me up and puts me down This is not what I'm used to And the shop across the road fulfils my needs and gives | LY | LY SL | 83,871 |
debt and was fiscally sound until the banking crisis hit them. Ideology isn't going to save Mitt. What happened to your skewed polls that showed Obama with double-digit leads? Did the media tuck-tail and realize that the public figured out the scam and the polls magically tightened up again to a tie? Posted by: Larry | October 2, 2012, 11:04 am 11:04 am "You are in error as usual..Spain was paying down its debt and was fiscally sound until the banking crisis hit them." Posted by: vampire mitt | October 2, 2012, 11:04 am Spain didn't PROPOSE an austere budget until April of this year. Posted by: Larry | October 2, 2012, 11:07 am 11:07 am i hope mitt takes the gloves off and lays it all out there.i would go off script and confront the protected one who will get nothing but softball questions. cnn reported this morning that up to 300 mexicans were killed as a result of fast and furious that obama is covering up. thats a great leader for you...and to think latinos trust this guy. get real. Posted by: catman | October 2, 2012, 11:12 am 11:12 am No......Obama will have the taxpayers pay their fine for breaking the law?????? What kind of dictatorship do we now have, anyway?????? Posted by: Rick McDaniel | October 2, 2012, 11:13 am 11:13 am The data is readily available to anybody who wishes to see it. Austerity has killed economic growth and kept unemployment high everywhere it's been | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 281,020 |
I was so impressed with Andes, you make a real chocolate mousse for the topping -- not just mix in chocolate with fake whipped oils. They took the time to create a recipe that you can easily make without using fake ingredients. You can pre-buy a crust for this, but the only thing I didn't quite understand is how this recipe would fit into those shallow pre-made pies. I used my 9 inch deep dish pie plate and this fits perfectly. So in my version, make your own crust. Take the crumbs and melted butter and combine. Press into your 9 inch pie plate, creating a bottom and sides. Put into the fridge to firm up while you make the rest of the pie. Take 1/2 cup of the chips and mix into your softened ice cream then spread onto your pie crust. Place this into the freezer. Melt the rest of your baking chips in a saucepan over medium heat with 1/2 cup whipped cream, stirring constantly. Remove from the heat and then stir in the egg yolks well. Place back onto the stove and heat for another 3-5 minutes, until the mixture started to thicken, stirring it every now and them. It's really important NOT to let this mixture boil at this point. Remove from the heat and cool to room temperature. Whip the last cup of whipping cream until stiff peaks form and then fold into the chocolate mixture. This is why you absolutely cannot have that | HI | HI RE | 229,513 |
can to help you. Sorry if I've rambled on a bit. Please take care and also let us know how you and your granddad are getting on. Best wishes to you and you family, regards Brian You havent rambled on at all, its nice to have people replying to me and making me feel less alone, im glad to hear about your recovery! I know its not his fault but part of me wishes id done more to make him go earlier and im full of anger that i dont know how to express. My grandad has gone in for an operation today to clear his food pipe which was being blocked by the tumour, so we are now waiting for news about how the op went if all goes well hopefully he will be able to eat again and put some weight back on. You are completley right with the way im feeling about talking to my family, its such a stressful time especially for my mum that i dont feel she will be able to cope if i tell her how i feel. Hope your grandad's op helps him to eat again. A worrying time for all the family but glad he is able to have treatment and my thoughts are with you. By the way when I get angry I write it all down and then throw it away. Don't know why but I find this helps to clear my mind an d then I concentrate on | ID | ID DF | 6,872 |
AIRREX digital management is by far the easiest air management to install. as far as reliabilty it is very reliable and have not had any issues with it . I would place it second to Accuair and the best Pressure based system in the market. AS far as kits go... it should come with everything you need from compressors tanks valves wires hoses.. I know your in africa do you guys use NPT threads there or British threads... AIRREX has British threads .. Tire wear.. here is how you do this.. it has nothing to do with people running skinnier tires .. they do that on a wider wheel so they can get that stanced look and somehow stuff the tire into to fender.. With air and what we do is set your ride to your everyday ride hight.. take the car to get aligned at that height.. so no if your not a auto leveling set up you just log down the pressure you aligned the car at. and drive it at that height it was aligned at.. if your an auto level system just hit the switich to your everyday drive height.. this way your alignment should be at were it was set. Thank you so much for the advice guys.. last set of questions. What happens in the event of failure? A bag gets punctured, line ruptured etc? Eight08, I'm definately taking your advice. As to what car, i'm going to install air on my 2006 Audi | ID | ID DF | 3,362,827 |
The Wendy girl will live longer than you; the Never bird will live longer than you; the wayward thing will be taken to wife (unlike you, who will never be taken to wife ), and she too will live longer than you. Shoot her down, shoot her down, you say. And down comes the Wendy bird, and down comes the Peter bird to say who has done this? And you're shut up in your little house again, and all around you, the various fairy birds a-dying, a-falling away from the Neverland, hanging cocoon corpses in Never trees for the Never worm, for the Never bees. | LY | LY PO | 611,407 |
persuasion; that takes some political capital. MR. : I have to just -- a quick word on Law of the Sea before we move on. Two things: One, we actually didn't have gridlock in our administration. We did persuade the -- all of the parts of the government that we were in favor of the Law of the Sea Convention. The president actually listed it at the top of his treaty priority list. We tried to get it through the Senate, and then we got caught in gridlock in the Senate. I led our efforts to try to secure Senate approval. I am hopeful that now, frankly, with the -- Senator Specter switching parties and we've got 60 to cut off cloture, that President Obama will in fact, as David said, make that his top priority. Nonetheless, I suspect his legislative people are going to come to him and say, gee, Law of the Sea, is that really -- do we really want to have a blood bath over this treaty on the Senate floor? The Obama administration has two wars going on; one it's trying to end, the war in Iraq, and one it's ramping up to some extent in Afghanistan. So we can't speak about the next war, yet -- I guess we all hope. But where do things stand in terms of the United States using force around the world? How much does the current administration plan on involving international institutions, feels bound by international law when | SP | SP TA | 3,231,326 |
in place, these actions left us with no scouting setup over the early summer transfer window. * FSG claim that they didn't offer the manager's job to Roberto Martnez when it was clear to all the world that they did. They then vow to put in place a continental-style management structure with a head coach working underneath a technical director (Segura) and a sporting director (supposedly, Louis van Gaal or similar), then abandon this at the insistence of a 39 year-old manager with one Premier League season at a newly promoted club behind him. This decision ultimately sees Segura leave, at more contractual expense to the club. * FSG publicly state that LFC would be able to compete with any club in the world in the transfer market. They then proceed to instruct their newly appointed manager that players would have to be sold, before new ones could come in, primarily to reduce the club's vast wage bill. They then refuse funding for Rodgers to bring in his first and primary target Sigurdsson, on the notion that his wage demands were too high. Rodgers then proceeds to lower the wage bill as instructed, and is allowed to specualte on the relatively low deal costings of Borini & Allen, but is ultimately forced to let one of three senior strikers at the club leave on loan 27 hours before the transfer deadline, on the promise of being able to sign an adequate replacement, before then being advised of FSG's refusal to | IP | IP PA | 3,081,123 |
what did I think? I said yes, I was interested. I also told him I knew the tour was already booked, they were on the eve of announcing it, and it was time to sign the deals. I told him to send over the contracts so I could review them and started pressing management for details. Several days later, I was able to get management on the phone who told me they decided to use someone else...I know it's odd, no, you didn't miss anything. It happened just like that. In an effort to preclude any sloppy misinformation, I made the announcement that I would not be participating in the rumored reunion dates several days before they made their announcement. Q: If Faith No More tours again and if they asked would you make an appearance, kind of like when Chuck did a couple of songs? Would love to watch you perform songs like 'Malpractice' or 'Jizzlobber' would be awesome! A: Thanks Sean. I know the fans want the real thing, and I was prepared to have a real dialogue about doing a run together. Unfortunately, it didn't happen. As for a random appearance, I do not feel that would do anyone justice. Q: If you could use Bill and Ted's phone booth to go back in time to the 'Angel Dust' era, would you do anything differently to make sure you and FNM were heading in the same direction? If so, what? A: Number one thing: limit journalist access | SP | SP IT | 352,261 |
did. Should some "kindred spirit" ask about his "fate," that of the one who describes the dead "in these lines," an old "swain" (shepherd) might describe his last days. If so, he would have seen, with "another" person, the narrator's bier carried towards the church and his epitaph "Grav'd on the stone" (116). Only a ghost would know, with certainty, that "The paths of glory lead but to the grave" (36). Little wonder that the poem ends with the swain's invitation to the "kindred spirit" to read the text of the narrator's own epitaph. The narrator ghost gave "all he had, a tear," and did get the only good he wished for, "a friend." He affirms the value of friendship above all other goods in life. His wish is granted by the kindred spirit who seeks out his lost companion. Critics have gone to some lengths to explain the narrator's address to himself as "thee" (93). Some believe Gray slipped and meant "me" instead (despite "thy" at 96). Others argue that the dead narrator is "the' unlettered muse," the so-called "stonecutter-poet" who wrote simple epitaphs with "uncouth rhymes" (79-81), although the dead youth's knowledge of "Fair Science" (119) clearly rules that out. Still others believe that Gray himself is the narrator, but his age at the poem's completion was 35, hardly a youth. The "Elegy" is spoken, not by Gray but by a dramatic persona. The simplest explanation is that the poem is a ghost's monologue with the living about | LY | LY PO | 599,815 |
and Lewis got past me. It was my own mistake. I would have overtaken him sooner to get the place back if I could have done. I was not waiting for the last or second last lap; I just didn't have the speed. I had to wait until he ran out of tyres. "Then I got the chance. I tried to get closer and closer but I was not fast enough earlier on. If Lewis had not got past me I would have had a better chance against Fernando, but it's one of those things; if you make a mistake you pay the price." Raikkonen was also a close second to Sebastian Vettel in Bahrain. The Lotus driver finished third in the Spanish Grand Prix but was rapidly closing on the leading pair at the chequered flag. His time will come. We know he has the class and the car has performance necessary to do so. It works better on high wear tracks on hotter days. Fortunately a couple of the races coming up are often warm affairs, and then we back overseas again where some of those races are traditionally hot. He'll string it together, I'm sure. Lets not forget that this is his first season back after two off, in which a lot has changed in the sport. He's also racing in one of the closest and most competitive fields the sport has seen for a long time, if not ever. I think Spa has Kimi's name on | NARRATIVE | NA SR | 772,494 |
about keeping an elite few in power to stick the boot in everyone elses faces and fear no uprising. Which makes your bid for the presidency disgusting and shows you are just jealous that Michelle Obama has a staff of 20 slaves and you don't! LOL! Warren is a very smart man, who clearly understands money better than the politicians and most economists. Last year, he helped edit a paper I wrote, that unfortunately wasn't published. So I'll share it with you, here: Is It Time For a FICA Holiday? Traditional thinking has produced an economic disaster, which the same traditional thinking cannot solve. As the U.S. and world economies slip into recession, we must remember this ultimately is a bookkeeping crisis. The housing "market" was destroyed, but not the actual houses. They still exist. Nothing real has been destroyed. Instead, we are starved for money. . This problem should be easier to remedy than a food shortage, water shortage or wartime destruction, because a money shortage can be cured by the simple expedient of adding money -- something the federal government is uniquely empowered to do. . We propose a FICA payroll tax "holiday," whereby the U.S. Treasury will make our Social Security and Medicare payments for us. This will add about $10 billion per week to our take-home pay, and another $10 billion to business income, both of which urgently are needed. When we eliminate this partly double, severely regressive tax, we will give consumers the income they | IP | IP DS | 266,529 |
of non-Jewish Israelis by Israel and condone the brutality and viciousness of the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Are you a sheep in wolf's clothing or a wolf in sheep's clothing? The people of Qana, South Lebanon must be thrilled to have the one, two combination of Peres, Olmert as keepers of the peace and guardians of democracy while they wonder what the next round of self defence will rain upon them from the skies. It is an indictment of Israel that a war criminal is elevated to Head of State to replace a common criminal under investigation for rape. "We, the Jewish people, have never and will never reconcile ourselves to murder, to falsehood, to mastery, to slavery, to discrimination, to exploitation, to surrender or to stasis. Since we established the state, we must maintain these principles in our country." Kid of ironic, that, given the on-the-ground reports we get from the area. But its a warning for us all -- if we assume that he sincerely believes this and the reality is just the inevitable consequences for the need of Security in this age of the Global War on Terror... Oh Mr. Peres how often do you think we will swallow your hypocrisy? You and Israel continue to play this game of Labor and Likud back-and-forth never responding to UN resolutions; 242 and 338 to name just a few. Have you forgotten how Israel leads the world in failure to adhere to UN resolutions? Meanwhile your AIPAC and | SP | SP FS | 407,552 |
rhinestone brooch, a hat, or a 1940s handbag, little vintage touches are a great way to get some instant fabulous into your outfit. Step it up a notch If you're ready to step it up, you could start incorporating some vintage garments into your regular wardrobe to give it some edge. If you want to wear vintage and still look "of the moment", take note of what the current trends are and seek out similar items in vintage stores. Take inspiration from hip, vintage-wearing celebrities like Sienna Miller, Agyness Deyn, Alexa Chung, Kate Moss, Chloe Sevigny, Rachel Bilson (the list is long!), and experiment with mixing vintage with modern elements: layer a "Mad Men" sheath dress with a slouchy cardigan and tights to de-formalise (yes that's a word!) it; team a lace trimmed Peter Pan collar blouse with skinny jeans; wear a giant arran sweater with tweed cuffed shorts and over-the-knee socks; or a 50s beaded cardigan with a flirty mini skirt and patterned tights. To be honest I'm struggling to write this section because I have no idea about modern fashion. But you get the picture! Above, Rachel Bilson and Casey of Elegant Musings combine vintage with modern for a look that's so 'now'. Modern with a vintage twist Which brings us to more familiar (to me) territory. If you like the look of vintage styles but don't want to go all-out, you might choose to go down a route of a vintage/modern style, that is, modern pieces - | HI | HI HT | 3,008,377 |
hoping its not going to get through Scrutineering. but if it does... it will not last long LOL A turbo in the back of the car? You have to be kidding! Stupiest car mod I've heard in a while!!! WTF! There's just so much wrong with such a setup!! Airflow, Oil lines, HEAT FFS (burnouts will cause serious heat) and the length of the lines - i.e. pressure loss. GAH what a tool. I feel sorry for the poor people who own the car's that he's worked on and probably ruining.... A turbo in the back of the car? You have to be kidding! Stupiest car mod I've heard in a while!!! WTF! There's just so much wrong with such a setup!! Airflow, Oil lines, HEAT FFS (burnouts will cause serious heat) and the length of the lines - i.e. pressure loss. GAH what a tool. I feel sorry for the poor people who own the car's that he's worked on and probably ruining.... this is the reason why we had a falling out. mat and i wanted to do things right.. he has this hole if it looks shit its cool thing... oh and he was the biggest tight as as well. anyway enough about him. ill leave the rest of this dedicated to the car... But we are going to drag race against his car... if it gets let onto the track lol | ID | ID DF | 568,265 |
reverse. Simply that we should not fool ourselves. It has always been hard to win a change worth having, and it will soon get harder. Comments Well we'll see how Chinese style authoritarianism works in the EU when they buy what's left of Germany-on-the-Med, sorry I mean Greece :P In all seriousness I honestly think the role of twitter has been overrated. The Arab Spring last year was based on decades of repression. Social media might have oiled a spring but it was going to happen soon regardless Authoritarian men have learned the lessons of the Arab Spring well. They are exploiting the sinister potential of the new technologies to ensure that the net-literate activists never surprise them again. Western companies are eager to oblige them. Any surprises there? Not Western companies only but Western Governments are happy to bend backwards to tyrants and despots. At the same time Western politicians are learning how to manipulate and spy on their own electorates. Britain and the US are the best examples of pioneering anti-democratic governments in the 21st Century. The traditional response of human rights activists has been to force the west to behave with at least a minimum of morality. I worry they will not win their arguments in a recession. It is, however, interesting to note that it is still fatal to be caught red handed. Even Hitler was careful to play the plausible deniability game and it would be interesting to speculate whether he would have got anywhere | NARRATIVE | NA NE | 220,844 |
sine wave is wrong & is more akin to the saw tooth wave! This ITF instructor further states " General Choi has taken his variation of this idea and labelled it 'sine wave.' But he did not come up with this type of movement. I actually tell my students this and the ones who train with other ITF instructors always suffer apoplexy!", he also goes onto say "Examples of similar ideas to sine wave are in wing chun, Ed Parkers kenpo (he has his own term for it 'the marriage of gravity' )and of course people like DSI are talking about 'the wave form' as a 'player to the game.' If you get a chance to check out the much advertised martial arts & fitness video 'power punching' the theory put forward is also a similar idea to the sine wave. "! All good food for thought! There are more points to note here: As I said previously, sine-wave was not 'pushed' until recent years, however, a slight dropping of body weight into techniques has been. This is not the same as the 'bobbing' motion (as it has been described) that is so overly emphasised in sine-wave based patterns now-a-days. Further more, if you look at good original pattern practitioners/original masters you will notice a slight drop into techniques anyway, a natural motion that develops through training, whether emphasised or not, which is more in-line with the original sine-wave concept introduced in 1983. I think instructors are over-emphasising the actual | IN | IN IB | 443,708 |
have more than 30 government-to-government dialogues and other mechanisms where we discuss the many and varied aspects of our relationship with our largest trading partner. These generally work well and add value and depth to the understanding we have of each other, and contribute to the outcomes we both seek to achieve. What we are now seeking to do is overlay those existing arrangements with a framework which will give us greater high-level direction for our political, strategic, economic and financial relationship. On the economic front, the White Paper expects an average annual real economic growth rate in China of seven per cent between this year and 2025. This is the pace of growth that leads to a doubling of China's economic size every decade or so. In the defence sphere, we seek to deepen our cooperative relationship; already we have around 60 separate individual defence-related activities each year with China. By way of example: - the Australian Defence Force and the PLA, along with the New Zealand Defence Force, are today, as we speak, in the middle of our second humanitarian assistance and disaster relief joint exercise in Brisbane, Australia. This follows on from the first of these held in Chengdu in November 2011; - following HMAS Ballarat's visit to Shanghai in May this year, which included what is termed a naval "passage exercise" with a Chinese frigate, we will shortly welcome to Australia three PLA-Navy ships for a reciprocal visit as they return from anti-piracy operations in the | SP | SP FS | 436,493 |
Washington Dermatologic Society. Dr. Finzi has been featured on Good Morning America , The Today Show , and A&E, andhas contributed to articles in The Washington Post , Los Angeles Times , and US News & World Report , among others. Description William Shakespeare famously wrote that "a face is like a book," and common wisdom has it that our faces reveal our deep-seated emotions. But what if the reverse were also true? What if our facial expressions set our moods instead of revealing them? What if there wereactual science to support the exhortation, "smile, be happy?" Dermatologic surgeon Eric Finzi has been studying that question for nearly two decades, and in this ground breaking book he marshals evidence suggesting that our facial expressions are not secondary to, but rather a central driving force of, our emotions. Based on clinical experience and original research, Dr. Finzi shows how changing a person's face not only affects their relationships with others but also with themselves. In his studies using Botox, he has shown how inhibiting the frown of clinically depressed patients leads many to experience relief.This work is a dramatic departure from the neuroscience-based thinking on emotions that tends to view emotions solely as the result of neurotransmitters in the brain. Part absorbing medical narrative, part think piece on the nature of emotion, this is abold call for us to rethink the causes of unhappiness. Contents Authors ERIC FINZI, MD, is the medical director and president of two dermatology practices in the | IP | IP DS | 731,064 |
allowed him to earn 50 million during his career. So, unless you can be 100% certain (which I would argue you can't) that you've entirely maximized your position you must remain unified. Fehr is actually quite reasonable, even during the strikes he went through, most legal decisions sided with the players. He's painted in a negative light without due cause if you ask me, and has definitely shown deference and respect to the opinion of the players. Alternatively it takes someone who has been in the bubble and now is outside the bubble to see the signs that those in the bubble are hurting themselves. Showing unity by holding out has no inherent value itself, especially when it's costing you money every day you do it. You have to weigh the potential benefits of holding out further against the costs. That's what Recchi is doing and just because he doesn't come to the same conclusion Phillips is, doesn't mean he is a traitor to the cause. In a few months it may turn out that his advice is much better than any of Donald Fehr's advice. If you review the history of labour agreements in sports you'll generally find the best organized and unified side will come out on top. If someone had broken the unity of the players in earlier disputes in both baseball or hockey, we'd be looking at players in much worse positions. That history should be respected, and to do what Recchi is doing is both | ID | ID DF | 442,221 |
set up a new business called Britain Thinks, which will be trying to get under the skin of the contexts that our clients are operating in, in terms of the national mood, where ordinary members of the public are, and applying that to the business dilemmas that our clients have. We'll be doing focus groups, we'll be doing polling, we'll also be wanting to set up and have people sponsor debates around some of the big issues of our time, issues that will affect commercial clients. Would you work for Labour again? Possibly. To be honest with you I'm enjoying looking at stuff from the outside at the moment. But you never say never, do you? Deborah Mattinson's book, Talking to a Brick Wall: How New Labour, stopped listening to the voter and why we need a new politics, is published by Biteback at 17.99 Follow us on Have your say Please do not complete the following form field for security reasons. Please add your comment. You can include links, but HTML is not permitted. Your email address will not be displayed on the site. All comments are moderated. | SP | SP IT | 160,432 |
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