It does make some sense. Although Reykjavik itself is hilly in places, there are flat sections, particularly on the outer edge of town [so I remember] but whether the bicycle paths are worth this money is another thing: The City of Reykjavík is planning to contribute ISK 4 billion (USD 34 million, EUR 25 million) [...]
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You’re right – it’s a flood, a very old flood but what’s it a flood of and where? Yes, of course you got it: On January 15, 1919, Boston suffered one of history’s strangest disasters: a devastating flood of molasses. The “Great Molasses Flood” tore through the North End and deposited so much gooey residue [...]
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All those advantages explain why President Obama has exponentially expanded the program. After five years of use under George W. Bush, such drones had killed around 400 suspected terrorists in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Under President Obama, in less than three years, Predators have taken out more than 2,200.
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1. Obama in a pickle over Keystone “This project represents a collision of multiple national interests and multiple political interests,” said P.J. Crowley, who served as spokesman for the State Department during part of the review process. “Energy security and environment normally go together, but in this case they are somewhat at odds. All have [...]
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Just another sunny day: Click pic to zoom In the photograph Thomas Hoepker took on 11 September 2001, a group of New Yorkers sit chatting in the sun in a park in Brooklyn. Behind them, across brilliant blue water, in an azure sky, a terrible cloud of smoke and dust rises above lower Manhattan from [...]
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This is a topic which needs posting on and I’m gathering material right now. Consider this post a comment on how I became interested. Like you, I get many requests to link to this, support that and advertise something else but one which was of some interest was a letter from a National Center concerning [...]
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“If the world often seems unfair to people who believe in fate, this is because fatalists can come to believe they cannot change or improve. But if there is fate, it is fated that we make our own lives.”
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After years as a predominantly vaudeville and silent film theater, the Palace began showing major motion pictures after it was sold to the Loew’s theater chain in 1934. The sale brought the theater’s first name change, from Poli’s Palace to Loew’s Poli. The name change didn’t affect the theater’s popularity — in August of 1939 [...]
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There are not all that many years remaining in my life and I’d like to use them wisely. An article sent to me by Chuckles just wasted 10 minutes of those remaining years and I’ll never get those 10 minutes back. One commenter put it this way: I honestly can’t make any sense of this [...]
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We march from public school, straight into jobs as bankers, we march into public office, Oh, how the masses thank us! We march into the City, we march because we’re ……born to. What? Oh…….I thought you said the Harrow march. with apologies to Kate Fox for nicking her poem ……and on a more serious note [...]
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“Th[is] monumental collection was produced in 1944 by Harold N. Fisk, who drew in a rainbow of colors the path of past and current flows as the mighty river changed course and flooded over time. For a full size .zip file (197MB!) of the maps, head to the ERDC.”
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Time to look once more at the state of play. Michele Bachmann seems to be fading fast, losing ground to Perry, the news that she’s outspending what’s coming in is not good in voters’ eyes and unfortunately she’s been portrayed as crazy, whereas she’s just feisty.
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… just not a lot to actually report on at this moment. Possibly it will become an “as and when” now- nothing has altered, two convicted killers roam free, next step is the Hellman report and then the Cassation months later. This is going to take some time.
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“Once, they asked the wise man, ‘Is he who gives you a wild tiger in a jade box being truly generous?’ The Great Sage replied, ‘How should I know?’”
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Live blogging: Signing off now from the RS election. 21h01: http://resultats.lesprimairescitoyennes.fr/ 20h49: Lemonde.fr: Since I am the head of the PS I had only one goal, that one of us is elected. François Hollande is our candidate, primaries have made it even stronger. I will put all my energy and all my strength to make [...]
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America’s Cup World Series 2011-2012 (various dates and locations around the world) America’s Cup World Series 2012-2013 (various dates and locations around the world) Louis Vuitton Cup: 04 July – 1 September 2013 America’s Cup Match (Finals): 7-22 September 2013
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Over at Orphans of Liberty at 15:00 Karma – good stuff. First, I do believe there’s a karmic and also practical reason for reducing the angst in society. If you look across western society now, what characterizes it? The falling away from the Judaeo-Christian underpinning and thus all the stress, short temperedness, demoralization etc. as [...]
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This might go on for some time. There were three of us in a cafe – the Turkish woman serving the delicacy to me, the aging biker being served a burger and cappuccino and … er … me. She said her son had come home from school all excited, from religious education class in fact [...]
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Sadly, there is only one team in this World Cup playing World Cup standard rugby. That team should go on to a richly deserved win next week. Well done to them. Pity Wales could not take on NZ because that would have been exciting.
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A selection of French comments from various papers and commenters # “It was the most unpleasant semi-final in the history of world Rugby,” Marc Lièvremont acknowledged with a smile. “We won it but it was a modest triumph. It’s known from where we came and it is necessary to pay homage to the Welsh who [...]
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In no particular order:
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It’s better to travel alone than with a fool. But what may two fools do? Yet even silence cannot make a wise man out of a fool, wherever he travels.
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… is that the cat who chewed your new shoes?
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In case my father’s still gazing on tonight [I'm on my best behaviour], here are a few more from Tauber:
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