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n the end, the creators will prevail, as it has always been. the of gaining yOUR release from the hostage situation may not be what you might think it is. butt of course, most of US don't know, or care what a precarious/fatal situation we're in.

some memories we'll dream of forgetting;

for example; the insidious attempts by the felonious corepirate nazi execrable to block the suns' light, interfering with a requirement (sunlight) for us to stay healthy/alive. it's likely not good for yOUR health/memories 'else they'd be bragging about it?

we're intending for the nazis to give up/fail even further, in attempting to control the 'weather'.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=video+cloud+spraying

meanwhile, the life0cidal philistines continues on their path of death, debt, & disruption for most of US;

gov. bush denies health care for the little ones

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/bush.veto/index.html

whilst demanding/extorting billions to paint more targets on the bigger kids

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/12/bush.war.funding/index.html

all is not lost/forgotten/forgiven

whilst (yOUR elected) president al gore (deciding not to wait for the much anticipated 'lonesome al answers yOUR questions' interview here on /.) continues to attempt to shed some light on yOUR foibles;

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3046116.ece

still making his views known worldwide, whilst many of US keep yOUR heads firmly lodged up yOUR infactdead.asp(s) hoping (against overwhelming information to the contrary) that the party LIEn scriptdead pr ?firm? fairytail hypenosys scenario will never end.

for each of the creators' innocents harmed in any way, there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/us, as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile, will not be available after the big flash occurs.

'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet. help bring an end to unprecedented evile's manifestation through yOUR owned felonious corepirate nazi glowbull warmongering execrable.

consult with/trust in yOUR creators. providing more than enough of everything for everyone (without any distracting/spiritdead personal gain motives), whilst badtolling unprecedented evile, using an unlimited supply of newclear power, since/until forever. see you there?

by a handful of greed/fear/ego based murderous corepirate nazi felons.

in the end, the creators will prevail, as it has always been. the of gaining yOUR release from the hostage situation may not be what you might think it is. butt of course, most of US don't know, or care what a precarious/fatal situation we're in.

some memories we'll dream of forgetting;

for example; the insidious attempts by the felonious corepirate nazi execrable to block the suns' light, interfering with a requirement (sunlight) for us to stay healthy/alive. it's likely not good for yOUR health/memories 'else they'd be bragging about it?

we're intending for the nazis to give up/fail even further, in attempting to control the 'weather'.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=video+cloud+spraying

meanwhile, the life0cidal philistines continues on their path of death, debt, & disruption for most of US;

gov. bush denies health care for the little ones

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/bush.veto/index.html

whilst demanding/extorting billions to paint more targets on the bigger kids

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/12/bush.war.funding/index.html

all is not lost/forgotten/forgiven

whilst (yOUR elected) president al gore (deciding not to wait for the much anticipated 'lonesome al answers yOUR questions' interview here on /.) continues to attempt to shed some light on yOUR foibles;

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3046116.ece

still making his views known worldwide, whilst many of US keep yOUR heads firmly lodged up yOUR infactdead.asp(s) hoping (against overwhelming information to the contrary) that the party LIEn scriptdead pr ?firm? fairytail hypenosys scenario will never end.

for each of the creators' innocents harmed in any way, there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/us, as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile, will not be available after the big flash occurs.

'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet. help bring an end to unprecedented evile's manifestation through yOUR owned felonious corepirate nazi glowbull warmongering execrable.

consult with/trust in yOUR creators. providing more than enough of everything for everyone (without any distracting/spiritdead personal gain motives), whilst badtolling unprecedented evile, using an unlimited supply of newclear power, since/until forever. see you there?

whois it that said that trolls cannot evolve?

yet, most of US appear to not know, or care?

some memories we'll dream of forgetting;

for example; the insidious attempts by the felonious corepirate nazi execrable to block the suns' light, interfering with a requirement (sunlight) for us to stay healthy/alive. it's likely not good for yOUR health/memories 'else they'd be bragging about it?

we're intending for the nazis to give up/fail even further, in attempting to control the 'weather'.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=video+cloud+spraying [google.com]

meanwhile, the life0cidal philistines continues on their path of death, debt, & disruption for most of US;

gov. bush denies health care for the little ones

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/bush.veto/index.html [cnn.com]

whilst demanding/extorting billions to paint more targets on the bigger kids

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/12/bush.war.funding/index.html [cnn.com]

all is not lost/forgotten/forgiven

whilst (yOUR elected) president al gore (deciding not to wait for the much anticipated 'lonesome al answers yOUR questions' interview here on /.) continues to attempt to shed some light on yOUR foibles;

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3046116.ece [timesonline.co.uk]

still making his views known worldwide, whilst many of US keep yOUR heads firmly lodged up yOUR infactdead.asp(s) hoping (against overwhelming information to the contrary) that the party LIEn scriptdead pr ?firm? fairytail hypenosys scenario will never end.

for each of the creators' innocents harmed in any way, there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/us, as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile, will not be available after the big flash occurs.

'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet. help bring an end to unprecedented evile's manifestation through yOUR owned felonious corepirate nazi glowbull warmongering execrable.

consult with/trust in yOUR creators. providing more than enough of everything for everyone (without any distracting/spiritdead personal gain motives), whilst badtolling unprecedented evile, using an unlimited supply of newclear power, since/until forever. see you there?

whois it that said that trolls cannot evolve?

we 'evolve' because yOUR creators designed us to do so. any other notion is misleading.

as is (misleading/deceptive) the corepirate nazis' attempt to block the suns' light, interfering with a requirement (sunlight) for us to stay healthy/alive.

we're intending for the nazis to give up/fail even further, in attempting to control the 'weather'.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=video+cloud+spraying [google.com]

meanwhile, the life0cidal execrable continues on its path of death, debt, & disruption for most of US;

gov. bush denies health care for the little ones

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/bush.veto/index.html [cnn.com]

whilst demanding/extorting billions to paint more targets on the bigger kids

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/12/bush.war.funding/index.html [cnn.com]

whilst president al gore (deciding not to wait for the much anticipated 'lonesome al answers yOUR questions' interview here on /.) continues to attempt to shed some light on yOUR foibles;

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3046116.ece [timesonline.co.uk]

still making his views known worldwide, whilst many of US keep yOUR heads firmly lodged up yOUR infactdead.asp(s) hoping (against overwhelming information to the contrary) that the party LIEn scriptdead pr ?firm? fairytail hypenosys scenario will never end.

for each of the creators' innocents harmed in any way, there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/us, as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile, will not be available after the big flash occurs.

'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet. help bring an end to unprecedented evile's manifestation through yOUR owned felonious corepirate nazi glowbull warmongering execrable.

consult with/trust in yOUR creators. providing more than enough of everything for everyone (without any distracting/spiritdead personal gain motives), whilst badtolling unprecedented evile, using an unlimited supply of newclear power, since/until forever. see you there?

whois it that said that trolls cannot evolve?

whois it that said that trolls cannot evolve?

as is the corepirate nazis' attempt to block the suns' light, a requirement for us to stay healthy/alive.

we're intending for the nazis to give up/fail even further, in attempting to control the 'weather'.

http://video.google.com/videosearch?hl=en&q=video+cloud+spraying

meanwhile, the life0cidal execrable continues on its path of death, debt, & disruption for most of US;

gov. bush denies health care for the little ones

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/bush.veto/index.html

whilst demanding/extorting billions to paint more targets on the bigger kids

http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/12/bush.war.funding/index.html

whilst president al gore (deciding not to wait for the much anticipated 'lonesome al answers yOUR questions' interview here on /.) continues to attempt to shed some light on yOUR foibles;

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3046116.ece

still making his views known worldwide, whilst many of US keep yOUR heads firmly lodged up yOUR infactdead.asp(s) hoping (against overwhelming information to the contrary) that the party LIEn scriptdead pr ?firm? fairytail hypenosys scenario will never end.

for each of the creators' innocents harmed in any way, there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/us, as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile, will not be available after the big flash occurs.

'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet. help bring an end to unprecedented evile's manifestation through yOUR owned felonious corepirate nazi glowbull warmongering execrable.

consult with/trust in yOUR creators. providing more than enough of everything for everyone (without any distracting/spiritdead personal gain motives), whilst badtolling unprecedented evile, using an unlimited supply of newclear power, since/until forever. see you there?

whois it that said that trolls cannot evolve?

as though it were ever going to happen? what an inconvenient truth it is that he is no longer joined at the hype with the corepirate nazi execrable?

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3046116.ece

still making his views known worldwide, whilst many of US keep yOUR heads firmly lodged up yOUR infactdead.asp(s) hoping (against overwhelming information to the contrary) that the scriptdead pr ?firm? fairytail hypenosys will never end.

for each of the creators' innocents harmed in any way, there is a debt that must/will be repaid by you/us, as the perpetrators/minions of unprecedented evile, will not be available after the big flash occurs.

'vote' with (what's left in) yOUR wallet. help bring an end to unprecedented evile's manifestation through yOUR owned felonious corepirate nazi glowbull warmongering execrable.

consult with/trust in yOUR creators. providing more than enough of everything for everyone (without any distracting/spiritdead personal gain motives), whilst badtolling unprecedented evile, using an unlimited supply of newclear power, since/until forever. see you there?

whois it that said that trolls cannot evolve?

Also here, here and here. It was probably done more than once.

eurogamer reports from gamesindustry who reports from The Times.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article3018315.ece

The windmills they are planning are very large- 850ft or so (Ref:http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/environment/article3022277.ece). The large diameter of the blades means that the period of rotation will be very low, resulting in no chopped up birds. The risk of bird strikes will be similar to that of a similarly tall antenna or building.

ever do manage to sneak Software Patents past the EU Parliament

Or widen the approach to enforce US-law: US says it has right to kidnap British citizens

CC.

According to ABC News and several other news outlets, authorities have tracked the hacker attacks back to China.

This is not too surprising, since several recent high profile hacker attacks have originated from china targeting various countries around the world. It's nothing new that China is continuing to hack into our top secret and sensitive installations.

In the coming days, you can expect China to adamantly deny any involvment, just as they have when earlier this year the German, UK, Australian and US governments have accused them of hacking into top secret installations.

You're kidding right? Google prepared a $4.6 billion bid themselves which just happens to be the benchmark the FCC used as the reserve price. Your crazy if you don't think that AT&T and Verizon are going to fight this tooth and nail. Android is coming and they know it. They have to hold on to the networks themselves or be cut out. No matter how much building an open standards network benefits Google, AT&T and Verizon realize network infrastructure is what's going to make them players in the new game.

So even staying at home won't make you safe

This article's timing is very interesting given all the talk about 'superlorries' in the uk press this week. The 'superlorry' is a 60-tonne vehicles, that will fit 60% more goods than the current big trucks in the UK. The government is considering allowing them in the UK, and according to BBC this morning they are currently on test at some small airport. The haulage companies say if approved they will only operate on motorways, but groups are already concerted about these trucks going through small towns, much like this story. Here is an article from the Times: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/transport/article2943573.ece

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article2788651.ece - Lorry stuck for 3 days due to sat nav route

I think you're thinking of the Duke of Westminster. He's stinking rich, for sure, but not in the same league as these boys.

Now, your Rothschild family - they are incalculably loaded.

Well, I have been reluctant to want to visit the US given the rampant paranoia and siege state that seems to be prevalent down there recently, but this pretty much guarantees I won't ever visit again.

Don't worry about visiting. Our government says it's A-OK to kidnap foreign nationals. See you soon!

Guy Hands aims to snuff out excesses that cost EMI £100m a year

Guy Hands, chairman of EMI, has told potential investors the group's former management squandered around 100 million pounds on corporate excesses. Terra Firma, Hands' private equity firm, is expected to make major changes to senior management and transform the culture of a company considered to be stuck in the glory days of the music business. Industry observers say Hands will try to blame previous management for the firm's woes because he has paid over the odds for a business struggling to cope with a dwindling market.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article2963629.ece
http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/in-winning-emi-is-guy-hands-losing-out-on-other-deals/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/10/08/cnemi108.xml

What if? I'd say it is almost guaranteed.

I'm really hoping this research pans out so we can put this whole abortion issue behind us once and for all, along with the pseudo-Crhisttian hypocrite politicians who publicly jump up and down screaming about this issue to get votes while they behave in genuinely un-Christian behavior in almost every other aspect of their political careers (cutting funding for education, attacking civili liberties, limiting gay rights, starting unnecessary wars, and so on).

Hey, a guy can dream, can't he? :-)

"Amongst 1st world nations, the USA is the only one that has a large portion believing in creationism. The rest of the developed world thinks of it as a joke."

Well, except for England:
    http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article739487.ece

(and many others... you're a bright kid, you can google).

And I suspect in other countries, it's roughly the same. The difference is that in England, they asked the question of people.

But please, don't let facts stand in the way of your dogma. That would be very *unscientific*, right?

"Who? Show me all these boogymen. Show me there are hoardes of people out there sharpening their knives to destroy civilized society. It's a bullshit lie."

"
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2767252.ece

Books calling for the beheading of lapsed Muslims, ordering women to remain indoors and forbidding interfaith marriage are being sold inside some of Britain's leading mosques, according to research seen by The Times.

One book, Fatawa Islamiyah, which urges the execution of apostates, was found in bookshops at Regent's Park mosque and at the huge East London mosque in Whitechapel.

The researchers found hardline material at a quarter of the 100 mosques visited during the project.
"

Of course, I have no illusion that this will in any way change your opinion. The racist and fearmongering Times conjurs illusions to scare people and spread hatred.

In Soviet Russia, they shoot dissidents.
In Putin's Russia, they poison dissidents.

According to a report recently issued by Reuters, the leading political candidate representing the liberal anti-Kremlin Yabloko party has been shot by an unknown assailant. The candidate is now in serious condition in a hospital. This attempted assassination caps a year-long effort, by the Kremlin, to rig the parliamentary election on December 2. Under orders from the Kremlin, banks have refused to accept donations from supporters for deposit in the accounts of opposition parties. Owners of assembly halls have canceled contracts allowing opposition politicians to stage rallies. The police have seized the newspapers of opposition parties in a draconian attempt to prevent them from spreading their message.

In early November, the election-monitoring arm of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) declined to send election observers to Russia to monitor the 2007 parliamentary election. This OSCE decision resulted from (1) the Kremlin's refusing to allow more than 70 OSCE observers to enter Russia and (2) the Kremlin's delaying the granting of visas to them. In 2003, the Kremlin had accepted 400 OSCE observers, but after the OSCE condemned the 2003 election for being unfair, many folks in the Kremlin vowed to stymie OSCE's efforts in future elections.

If you have a pre-existing condition, depending on the condition there almost always is a way to find coverage in the US. (Having dealt with asthma, diabetes, cancer, hbp, and smoking in one family member or another.) If the gov't turns you away? You have to fly to another country to get help. This was popular in London when I lived there.

The efficiency of HMO's have already shown us a way... Prevention costs them less money therefore they pay more willingly for preventative care, which is believed to be the driving force behind the better survivability rates in the US. They also ask for increased rates for certain risky behavior i.e., scuba diving, rock-climbing, competitive athletics, smoking, and obesity, but they still provide care, whereas smokers are often refused care for conditions in socialized medical systems. The medical system dares to refuse them care even though they pay more into the system than the average tax-payer.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article2859623.ece
http://www.news-medical.net/?id=20771
http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:T02b2uvFa7AJ:www.west-dunbarton.gov.uk/clydebank/documents/8_-_Impact_of_Tax.pdf+compare+NHS+cost+of+smoker+to+taxes&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=10&gl=us

The HMO's have a vested interest in providing better, more efficient service than gov't care. I don't know about where you live, but competition is alive and well here in Oklahoma between various healthcare providers. I have seen gov't care first hand as a Marine, and later as a expat in the UK. I was not impressed on either occasion.

Also, HMO's are not the only plans or services available. PPO's, EPO's, HDHP's, and plain ol' cash also work for the gainfully employed. For those who are not, Medicaid, and the various state run programs pick up the slack. Do people fall through the cracks? Sure, but would I rather have the ability to pull myself out of the crack without the gov't workers unions and medical workers associations stepping on my head by decrying the use of private physicians? You bet your ass I would.

Universal healthcare is a sucker's bet. Just as sure as Social Security and perpetual motion are sucker's bets. The only difference is that a lot of us will be able to have our suck at the teat before it runs dry, our children will not be so lucky.

Look at the reforms in the Euro nations regarding healthcare. They are finding the burden is too much for the tax system to bear. Over time they have to cut costs (by cutting benefits) or raise taxes.

As for positives? I can pick and choose my doctor without anyone's approval. I pay a pittance more for the privilege. The emergency room shortage due to flooding caused by low income/no income populace? I can get around that by going to an urgent care facility, of which there are 7 within a 3 mile radius. I don't have to win a lottery to get cutting-edge treatment, I can pay, or I can appeal to many avenues of assistance, including test trials for treatments. (One of which saved my father-in-law in the sixties from a near-death asthma attack, his family had no running water at the time and lived 14 people to a two room farmhouse.)

In socialized medical systems they are suffering from shortages in doctor availability because of the low-rates mandated by the gov't. In the US? We have glut of physicians to choose from. Dentistry? Why do Europeans sing about wanting American teeth? (Quite literally, a phrase to that effect was heard by myself in a little pop-club in London.)

By using a bureaucracy to disseminate treatment you are taking the power of choice away from the individual. That mind set is antithetical to the liberal concept of more freedom an

I assume you're joking but the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill proposed by the British Labour government gave ministers the power to do almost anything except raise extra taxes or create new offences with more than 2 years in jail. Of course there was a robust safety measure - the minister proposing a new measure had to convince himself that it was a good idea.

It's interesting how you failed to mention even one instance of "collateral damage", i.e. where occupation troops kill innocents directly, including women and children.

Example 1
Example 2
Example 3
Example 4

Not to point fingers, but I'm curious as to whether you're simply unaware, or something else held you back.

After which the PS3 fanboys will say the Parental Shutdown feature was stolen from their system:
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article2789073.ece
(Boy Hired Hit Man to Kill Parents for Playstation Punishment)

...but a wake up call.

A must-read eye-opener for all the newbies and Google fanboys: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2688404.ece

With all the privacy issues sane people have with Google now, how can anyone still feel warm and fuzzy about the fact that any admin or manager at Google can read your mail? Don't put your eggs in one basket. Someday Google will be THE evil empire. Remember that Microsoft was cool back in the day when they dethroned the evil IBM. It changed for MS. It will change for Google too. Apple might remain cool because Apple will never be a monopoly. MS and Google are monopolies in their fields, so they are and will be hated. It's only a question of when it will start for Google. The first signs of the start are already there. Fortunately, the main stream begins noticing it.

...but a wake up call.

A must-read eye-opener for all the newbies and Google fanboys: http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article2688404.ece

With all the privacy issues sane people have with Google now, how can anyone still feel warm and fuzzy about the fact that any admin or manager at Google can read your mail? Don't put your eggs in one basket. Someday Google will be THE evil empire. Remember that Microsoft was cool back in the day when they dethroned the evil IBM. It changed for MS. It will change for Google too. Apple might remain cool because Apple will never be a monopoly. MS and Google are monopolies in their fields, so they are and will be hated. It's only a question of when it will start for Google. The first signs of the start are already there. Fortunately, the main stream begins noticing it.

I think he's outdone by the the Chinese gang who took £26billion of fake English notes (in the non-existant £500,000 denomination) to the Bank of England and asked for it in current currency. How stupid do you have to be to take fake, non-existant currency to the Bank of England to convert it to current money? That's the central bank in England, and issues all the currency.

Here in Europe each year we have a bunch of super rich arrogant bastards who also make the roads even more dangerous than they already are..

No shit, however sometimes they get their come-uppance - The Times

Those court findings? That would be the judgment in which

(from The Times)

the judge said many of the claims made by the film were fully backed up by the weight of science. He identified "four main scientific hypotheses, each of which is very well supported by research published in respected, peer-reviewed journals and accords with the latest conclusions of the IPCC".

In particular, he agreed with the main thrust of Mr Gore's arguments: "That climate change is mainly attributable to man-made emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide ('greenhouse gases')."

The other three main points accepted by the judge were that global temperatures are rising and are likely to continue to rise, that climate change will cause serious damage if left unchecked, and that it is entirely possible for governments and individuals to reduce its impacts.

Did you actually read what the judge said? Or did you only read what Fox News said?

The Times covered this in rather good detail. The parts of the film that were considered unfounded:

* That sea levels could rise seven metres 'in the immediate future'
* That atolls in the Pacific had already been evacuated
* That CO2 levels and temperatures are 'an exact fit' - this, said the judge, overstated the case
* That the drying of Lake Chad, the disappearance of snows on Kilimanjaro, and Hurricane Katrina can be directly attributed to global warming
* That polar bears are known to be drowning as a result of melting ice
* That coral bleaching is due to climate change

Note what the judge did not dispute: he agreed 'that climate change is mainly attributable to man-made emissions of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide ('greenhouse gases').' He further agreed that 'global temperatures are rising and are likely to continue to rise, that climate change will cause serious damage if left unchecked, and that it is entirely possible for governments and individuals to reduce its impacts'.

A little embarrassing that "An Inconvenient Truth" was banned in schools in Britain for its inaccuracies. The judge said it met the criteria for political indoctrination.

Man shot in anti-terrorism raid

Altogether, an estimated 250 police officers took part in the raid, in which Abdul Kahar Kalam was shot in the shoulder. The family had 25,000 pounds in cash in their flat.

Terror raid man is held over "child porn on computer".

In its report on the incident, the Independent Police Complaints Commission said that the policeman who shot Mr Kahar had not acted recklessly or maliciously and should not be prosecuted or disciplined. The report said that forensic analysis had shown that he had accidentally shot Mr Kahar at a range of less than two inches during a confrontation on a dark, narrow half-landing.
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The officer, who is a member of an elite firearms unit, was the first of 15 officers into the home. He was wearing a protective suit and gloves, a helmet, ear protectors and a respirator. At the time of the shooting the safety catch on his gun was off. When the gun fired it was in an almost upright position, fastened by a sling and not a normal firing position.

The officer, code-named B6, said that as he went up the stairs in the house he shouted "armed police", but the respirator could have muffled his voice. He reached the half-landing and, the report said, "was aware of two figures approaching at speed. B6 states that he and the two figures came into contact and this caused him to lose his balance and come into contact with the wall."

Yes, we finished paying it off almost a year ago http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/article1264220.ece. But it's a long time since that debt has been so bad that we couldn't afford good food.

Yes because people who undergo psychotic episodes are never violent. [/sarcasm]

Otherwise he said the company could be in breach of Britain's data protection laws by inadvertently revealing private information such as visits to a brothel or hospital. "They would have to be unlucky," he said. "But I bet somewhere along the line they will be unlucky."

mod parent up

there has been vote rigging on a number of tv shows.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article2540055.ece

what safeguards would be put in place to protect these m-votes? worse, smses at very busy times are simply dumped. every new year i get messages a few hours or days late when the mobile phone system is overloaded. or they simply never turn up.

certainly your moral fabric should also recoil in horror if you were to purchase an _american_ laptop.

theres a little police action happening in a small oil-rich country in the middle east that has been shown to have been predicated on fabrication and hubris, clearly against all international law, and has left anywhere between 100,000 and 500,000 dead ( not to mention many more displaced ).

whats more, even long term public figures are publicly acknowledging it was entirely about the oil: link , literally bush and co invaded a sovereign nation in order to take control of that nations natural resources.

now, if you can overlook this little indiscretion, i'm sure you can also manage to overlook one sovereign state ( china ) _not_ intervening in another sovereign states' affairs ( burma ).

just buy the lenovo.

In Japan, they had to pass an act of parliament to prevent DragonQuest games from being released on a week day. Too many people were ditching from work or school to buy and play the game.

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/whats_on/listings/article704332.ece

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Read this http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article413114.ece

Times article: http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article2500469.ece

""A song on iTunes in Britain will set you back 79p, in Europe it is 99 cents, or 69p. In the US, it is 99 cents again, which translated into our money is 50p, although the difference with the States, but not Europe, is that sales tax is excluded and when that is factored in the price is more like 55p. And the pennies add up. Last year the value of music sold at retail in the UK was £1.75 billion, and digital ran at 6 per cent of the total. Lets assume that Apple dominates digital sales and accounts for 4 per cent of the whole market: that represents roughly £43.9 million.""

He also mistakenly referred to Australians as "Austrians" in the same speech.

Poor George. He can't help it. He was born with a silver foot in his mouth.
--Ann Richards

Rumble trumps all! Think of the exercise we'll get from a heavier controller. We'll have another Wii situation :-)

The company [SpiralFrog] aroused interest last fall after it announced its licensing deals with Universal Music and performing rights organization Broadcast Music Inc. But the company missed its early 2007 launch and instead underwent an executive shuffle that ended with the ouster of then-CEO Robin Kent. [Joe Mohen, SpiralFrog's founder,] has attributed delays to the time-consuming process of obtaining rights from music publishers and other technical issues."

It is unclear why Mr Kent was asked to leave the company, though a source close to the company said that it was because of differences between him and Mr Mohen, whose management style Mr Kent found "unacceptable".

"It was a kangaroo court - there seemed to be no rhyme or reason to it," the source said.

From The Times http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/article642575.ece Parents and teachers are forcing some schools to dismantle wireless computer networks amid fears that they could damage childrens health. Professor Sir William Stewart, chairman of the Health Protection Agency, said that evidence of potentially harmful effects of microwave radiation had become more persuasive over the past five years. His report said that while there was a lack of hard information of damage to health, the approach should be precautionary