I work for EY in the UK and the dress code is smart casual (whatever the hell that means) Most of us just go shirt & suit, or shirt & chino type trousers.
The shipyards closed because you can get a ship built for a third of the price in Korea, and the unions wouldn't let the yard owners rebuild with newer equipment as it would involve less manpower. (Clydebank and John Brown's yard a prime example) The steel works closed because the cost of British steel was higher than that from overseas, and with the mines the government wanted to close the most uneconomical pits and focus investment on the remaining borderline ones. Unfortunately the NUM decided they would challenge them, as they had done in the 70's by holding the country to ransom. Thatcher said no more and stood her ground for over a year. By that time the pits had become totally uneconomical and so even more closed.
"And if you don't deal with that full history... well you get Japan and east Germany."
Are you having a laugh? East Germany had their manufacturing base systematically packed up and sent back to the Soviet Union as reparation, they had over 40 years of having the system watch their every move as the soviets were determined that they never become a threat again, and the population was told at every stage exactly why this was happening.
Now Japan, they got a free pass and you don't have to look beyond the US to see why
You boys could really do with reading up on UK law, mere possession of these guides is now a criminal offence, although I'm not sure if it's a strict liability offence or not.
"The existing law will remain in place while we carefully consider the judgement "
Su-fucking-perb! If I ever get nicked and found guilty of an offence I'll be sure to use that one as I wave two fingers at the Judge.
As we have seen only this week over here the Police are out of control, the Government are scared of them and it is slowly dawning on people we have just sleep walked into a police state.
The cops turn up at your door, seize computer equipment, lets be honest you aren't going to get your kit back for a good year at least, even if your innocent. While they have it they can demand all passwords, failure to comply gets you up to two years. Then they get to take your DNA and fingerprints. If you match up at any crime scene you better have a decent alibi son, "cos the Database don't lie". (Just don't mention the Shirley McKee case)
I think you could do with reading the actual definitions of communism and authoritarian government and not the differences.
We have NOT seen a true communist government anywhere yet, but we have seen totalitarian states - just because they say they are communist doesn't mean they are, or would you suggest that North Korea is truely a Democratic Republic?
Just because someone happens to refer to themselves as Scottish (and what's with the quotes, Scotland is a nation in a political union with England, forming part of the United Kingdom) does not mean that they are "the typical moronic anti-English separatists whose voices are unfortunately getting ever louder."
I would even go so far as to say that you are allowing your own prejudice to colour your view of someon who refers to themselves as Scottish
To be honest I finally binned my old Philips box last year when the house went all cable - I got it back in late 99/early 2000 as aprt of the OnDigital setup here in the UK
Here in the UK the reputation of some of the nationalities can be summed up as follows:
Aussies - Loud, but nothing you can't deal with, borderline alcoholics, willing to get the job done as soon as. Frequently complain about the weather
South Africans - Loud, arrogant sods - Why did they all leave to come and work in 'this rainy shithole' - you'll never get a straight answer. Can also be spotted by the conversation starter of "Wheneyes" as in "Wheneyes back in Cape Town"
Kiwis - Often mistaken for Aussies, but eventually their inability to stop stroking woollen garments comes to the fore.
Brits - Lazy, opinionated, unfit, wondering why we work 40 hrs a week when we could have sat on the dole instead.
FYI - Magna Catra was a set of restrictive demands placed upon he crown by the barons/nobility in response to the excesses of King John - Arbitrary detention without means of a trial and such like.
It was an English document and has no bearing on Scots Law.
Oh yeah, and it was repealed by the Pope soon after it was signed...
I think you'll find that China has been dealing with Islamic insurgency in the western provinces for quite some time - They don't tend to advertise it much, and they do tend to respond with something stronger than handwringing and a months notice of any air attack.
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I work for EY in the UK and the dress code is smart casual (whatever the hell that means)
Most of us just go shirt & suit, or shirt & chino type trousers.
The shipyards closed because you can get a ship built for a third of the price in Korea, and the unions wouldn't let the yard owners rebuild with newer equipment as it would involve less manpower. (Clydebank and John Brown's yard a prime example)
The steel works closed because the cost of British steel was higher than that from overseas, and with the mines the government wanted to close the most uneconomical pits and focus investment on the remaining borderline ones. Unfortunately the NUM decided they would challenge them, as they had done in the 70's by holding the country to ransom. Thatcher said no more and stood her ground for over a year. By that time the pits had become totally uneconomical and so even more closed.
Until you film it, the law says (UK) that anyone filmed in a sexual content, under the age of 18, is deemed to be CP
Join the army, get married, pay taxe
"And if you don't deal with that full history... well you get Japan and east Germany."
Are you having a laugh?
East Germany had their manufacturing base systematically packed up and sent back to the Soviet Union as reparation, they had over 40 years of having the system watch their every move as the soviets were determined that they never become a threat again, and the population was told at every stage exactly why this was happening.
Now Japan, they got a free pass and you don't have to look beyond the US to see why
What you should do is write a strongly worded rebuttal denying any wrongdoing and push it back to them.
Ignoring can leave you open to a summary judgment by default
Not sure your statement about the BoE buying Gilts is true, given the UK is outwith the Eurozone.
Could you please cite your information, given the whole Quantative Easing scenario is based on using new money to buy Gilts.
Maybe under US law, but here in the UK the courts have no problem accepting evidence no matter how it was obtained.
You do realise this was a rig operated by TransOcean, subcontracted to BP.
The fault lies with the rigs owners and operators.
That article is out of date, the Gaming Act of 2007 superceded the Gaming Act of 1845 and bets with a bookmaker are now legally recoverable.
[Citation needed]
You boys could really do with reading up on UK law, mere possession of these guides is now a criminal offence, although I'm not sure if it's a strict liability offence or not.
Yeah, we're fucked
Yet there have been Predator drone strikes in Pakistani territory for over a year now....
Not exactly surprising...
"The existing law will remain in place while we carefully consider the judgement "
Su-fucking-perb! If I ever get nicked and found guilty of an offence I'll be sure to use that one as I wave two fingers at the Judge.
As we have seen only this week over here the Police are out of control, the Government are scared of them and it is slowly dawning on people we have just sleep walked into a police state.
The cops turn up at your door, seize computer equipment, lets be honest you aren't going to get your kit back for a good year at least, even if your innocent. While they have it they can demand all passwords, failure to comply gets you up to two years. Then they get to take your DNA and fingerprints. If you match up at any crime scene you better have a decent alibi son, "cos the Database don't lie". (Just don't mention the Shirley McKee case)
Which bit is breaking the law? And under which jurisdiction?
DCMA might prevent you circumventing stuff like that in the US, but here in the UK I'm not aware of any comparable ban on a workaround like this.
I think you could do with reading the actual definitions of communism and authoritarian government and not the differences.
We have NOT seen a true communist government anywhere yet, but we have seen totalitarian states - just because they say they are communist doesn't mean they are, or would you suggest that North Korea is truely a Democratic Republic?
Agreed, the assumption that if they didn't have the subsidised childcare would automagically appear in improved salaries just would not happen.
Just because someone happens to refer to themselves as Scottish (and what's with the quotes, Scotland is a nation in a political union with England, forming part of the United Kingdom) does not mean that they are "the typical moronic anti-English separatists whose voices are unfortunately getting ever louder."
I would even go so far as to say that you are allowing your own prejudice to colour your view of someon who refers to themselves as Scottish
To be honest I finally binned my old Philips box last year when the house went all cable - I got it back in late 99/early 2000 as aprt of the OnDigital setup here in the UK
Here in the UK the reputation of some of the nationalities can be summed up as follows:
Aussies - Loud, but nothing you can't deal with, borderline alcoholics, willing to get the job done as soon as. Frequently complain about the weather
South Africans - Loud, arrogant sods - Why did they all leave to come and work in 'this rainy shithole' - you'll never get a straight answer. Can also be spotted by the conversation starter of "Wheneyes" as in "Wheneyes back in Cape Town"
Kiwis - Often mistaken for Aussies, but eventually their inability to stop stroking woollen garments comes to the fore.
Brits - Lazy, opinionated, unfit, wondering why we work 40 hrs a week when we could have sat on the dole instead.
Umm, the Red Cross waw commonly used by all beligerants during WWII to denote a medical transport.
FYI - Magna Catra was a set of restrictive demands placed upon he crown by the barons/nobility in response to the excesses of King John - Arbitrary detention without means of a trial and such like.
It was an English document and has no bearing on Scots Law.
Oh yeah, and it was repealed by the Pope soon after it was signed...
I think you'll find that China has been dealing with Islamic insurgency in the western provinces for quite some time - They don't tend to advertise it much, and they do tend to respond with something stronger than handwringing and a months notice of any air attack.
You are talking shit.
As the other comment here asked, put up or shut up, citation needed
Could you please get it through your skull that just because Vista has a sticker price of $200 for a boxed copy, that is NOT what an OEM pays.
Think of it more like airline seating, same end prodct, but the price varies depenfing on what the vendor feels it can charge.