I’m going to run a post at 21:00 each Wednesday and Sunday, in which maybe a paragraph only will appear or maybe a tome.
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I know this Christie excerpt has been quoted a few times but it’s a goody: “You say your life is your own,” went on Mr Satterthwaite to her, “But can you dare to ignore the chance that you are taking part in a gigantic drama under the orders of a Divine Producer? Your cue may [...]
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So now you know.
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“I believe the technical term for this project is a shemozzle,” says Andrew Davies, a “top defence strategist” in Australia. The country’s A$600 million (US$582M) purchase of anti-submarine torpedoes from Europe took 12 years. Now that they’ve finally been delivered, military planners have found the user manuals are only available in Italian and French. Thus, [...]
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For what we are about to receive, may the Lord make us truly thankful Your humble blogger is officially destitute. There’s not a lot coming in and it’s an ongoing battle, mainly with utilities companies, to stay in the black and yet I am in the black, by about £7 a month, with no credit [...]
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Update: Lord T was running a vid at OoL but two things are preventing it – the BT downtime and something wrong with youtube on the vid. Not to worry – here is s partial transcription: We need to be able to face reality like adults. [At that Reno air disaster] there was not a [...]
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Joseph Heller would be proud. Original post
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That the Mail should misreport the verdict, that the whole media show won the day, that so many were making ignorant and wilfully misleading statements, then accusing others of slander, that key questions were not even addressed, despite a request, in the interests of justice, that they should have been, that only one fraction of [...]
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Folks, these are the times we live in. The evidence of her guilt was very clear but that’s hardly the point. This decision was based on just two points from 400 pages of the Massei Report, not on the sum of the evidence. Meredith’s death therefore remains unavenged, the Kercher family went through all that [...]
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Via IPJ, this is nothing unexpected from Geithner but it is a surprise it got out to the meida this way. Or is it a surprise? Are we moving into the era of the new honesty? I keep referring to the whistleblower Svali from 2000 and she said then that part of the spin she [...]
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If you’re at a loose end or just want to see some pretty pics: Geo Photo Album Visit here to get an official geotechnical photo album from the University of California, Davis. They have images on loads of categories including compaction, erosion, excavations, and much more. You can also learn more about each professor’s work.
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Let’s allow the engineers to have their bit of fun first: I’ve worked in a variety of situations over the decades, everything from construction to skunk works geekery, and it is my experience that those who have only the experience of the educational system and knowledge work have no idea how to cooperate. They [...]
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This is my second last statement on the appeal – the decision is announced tomorrow, Monday. I’ll follow that up with a short, one paragraph statement, once it’s delivered. No further comment is envisaged from me at this blog until/unless there is new judicial process undertaken on the matter. There are two issues for me, [...]
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This is the last time they met [before the Grand Final], in the last round of the home and away and you can see the skills on display:
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I’ve been to Venice but three times and loved it. Once was even in bad weather. I’m just wondering if the Piazza San Marco is under water daily or if this above only happens infrequently? Could anyone give me any info on this?
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Sources used are City of Art, Wiki, George Buehler, K Bismark, Wooden Boat Forum, Navsource, History Navy, MBBW and Prints-4-all. There is a type of design I absolutely adore and the Dreadnought encapsulates much of it – the swift lines, chunky bridge/wheelhouse with vertical windows, the woodwork everywhere and the classic rigs. Others admire the [...]
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My main political statement for today is at Orphans of Liberty, on the Wall Street protests, to be published at 15:00: I mean – really! Just look at this comment which was green-arrowed: “Bankers are capitalist pigs. They like a free market, free to skim anyone they can put their hands on.” – EC, US [...]
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More grist for the mill: Critics have long questioned the usefulness of the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), which was established under the Kyoto Protocol. It allows rich countries to offset some of their carbon emissions by investing in climate-friendly projects, such as hydroelectric power and wind farms, in developing countries. Verified projects earn certified emission [...]
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England 16 Scotland 12 How sweet, how very sweet. 12 – 6 down, with me at work in a sea of women, trying to find the score – finally someone walked in and said Scotland were up and killing England. Groan:
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This was where they killed it off near the end. This was one of the biggest blockbusters for a long time. The best team of the past five years, my little lot, Geelong, were up against the mongrels, the bad boys, the ManU of the AFL, with the army of neanderthal supporters, strutting around like [...]
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