This is Imran Khan. One of the finest cricketers the world has ever seen. He's up there with Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards (and the whole West Indies team, let's face it), the Chappells (OK, Ian and Greg, not Trevor), Thommo and Lillee.
And with the price of gold so high, I've seen lots of little gold-buying kiosks popping up in the shopping centres. Problem is that most of the gold rings in Australia are 9k, unless you know what you are looking for.
I have resisted the little suggestions for an eternity ring ("what, has it been that long already?") and my observations are based on other women, not my saint of a wife. We even went cheap on the wedding (and proud of it!).
The price of the diamonds may go down, but the amount of money you are required to spend on your wife to demonstrate your love for her will remain fixed. Bigger diamond, more diamonds, platinum band, all these options are open to her to make sure you don't spend less on her than she expects. And she expects you to spend enough on her that you notice the cost. Not enough to cause resentment, but enough to delay discretionary and hobby purchases for yourself for anything up to year or so, depending on the occasion (e.g. an eternity ring).
This will elevate her status amongst her peers, confirming to them and her family that she made the right choice in a lifetime mate: someone who has the financial wherewithal to make these purchases and someone who has an emotional attachment to her that's strong enough to actually do it. It will also increase her financial self-worth, giving her something she can personally contribute to the family (at high emotional cost) in times of great need, or something of intrinsic and emotional value she can hand on to favoured descendants. At worst, she can flog it off if you separate.
Buy these things for her, and be happy with your lot. With luck, you may get a blowjob on your birthday.
If it's the title of a series, surely the smart thing would have been to disallow a trademark for "Book Title" and allow one for "Author's Name's Book Title". That would have allowed him sufficient coverage, and given other authors the ability to use the same title without confusion.
They may be using an iPad as part of the 'content creation process', but loading dailies and previsualisations, scripts and shooting notes are all "content consumption", not actual creation.
I make videos for a living and I'd love more iPad action, but it just doesn't fit that well. Even scripts are better on paper. At least you can scribble on them.
In my institution, there is a projects to roll out iPads to certain personnel. Most of the tasks performed will be record retrieval, but some will be data entry. That may be considered 'content creation', but it's no more advanced than an electronic form with all the heavy lifting happening on servers.
Another vote for the Marantz. I have just arranged a boardroom's AV installation, and this was the only bullet-proof (idiot-proof) system. It's rack-mounted (i.e. invisible), controllable from the AMX touch panel and integrated into the whole system. The secretary can hit 'record' at the start and 'stop' at the end without leaving her seat and it all happens magically. The AV fitout is about $90 000 installed so the Marantz - while not cheap - is just a tiny part of it.
Like the other guy said, if they can't afford it, they don't really want it.
Now if Lumpy could recommend something idiot-proof and AMX-controllable for me to record the visuals from the matrix switcher I'd be happy...
We've had DUI roadbloacks in Australia for years - since the 80s IIRC. It's so easy that no-one (except the drunk drivers) bats an eyelid. You stop, roll down the window, blow in the bag (they might even have one you just speak into these days) and you're on your way. I wish they'd put them outside pubs. The biggest hassle for me is if I'm on my bike because I have to take my helmet off.
As for those "sobriety tests" I see all the time on 'Cops', no-one else in the world understands them and why you don't just have a roadside breathalyser test.
I'm an Apple-tragic but I don't have an iPhone. I'm using a gen 2 Nano because it's tiny (well it was when it was released), fits in my motorbike jacket nicely and has great battery life. I've had it for over 5 years and I use it 5 days a week. For a phone, I'm using some old Nokia thing that's missing two buttons but is otherwise unkillable and much more pocketable than an iPhone or similar.
This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob_GX50Za6c) shows Steve Jobs describing how powerful computers can be for the human race ('a bicycle for our minds') so it makes sense to teach kids how to get on that bike and ride.
The ALP acknowledges it. The Libs have a similar database. This is like the filing cabinet for correspondence in the local member's office, but electronic.
The Age is friendly to the government*. Maybe they aren't friendly to the police.
(The Age and other Fairfax papers are generally considered to be friendly to the ALP and the Greens. The ALP is currently in power federally. At the time The Age published the story, the ALP was also in power in Victoria, though they were recently replaced there by the Liberals. The story was about the state ALP database, though it is widely acknowledged that the Libs also use a database system to collate information they gather from correspondence and surveys.)
My wife helps out at school regularly. She takes part in reading groups, maths exercises, PMP, sports things, chapel and other activities as well as chaperoning a small gaggle of kids when their mothers are late to pick them up. The teachers welcome her assistance.
She has also had robust discussions with some teachers about our children's progress (or lack thereof) in some areas and the absence of timely and meaningful feedback that she needs to help work on particular skills at home with the kids. Some teachers are wary at first, but all come around and are grateful for the feedback.
She has also seen plenty of examples of parents who don't give a shit, don't help at school or at home and act surprised when their little geniuses ain't that bright.
In 1998 Cadbury applied to register purple packaging as a trade mark. Registration would give the chocolate manufacturer the exclusive right to use purple packaging on chocolate and it could take infringement action against other traders using purple in the same or similar fashion. For its application to be accepted by IP Australia, Cadbury had to show that consumers recognised chocolate in purple packaging as being a Cadbury product. This took some time and it was not until 2003 that the application was accepted. Other traders were then given the opportunity to object to it being registered.
And you know what - they're right. Chocolates in a purple box - the exact purple Cadbury uses - makes me think it is Cadbury and if I'm in the mood for choccies, I'm drawn to those products as I think they are what I want. Then it turns out they're some generic stuff cleverly packaged.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYkRF_FmD40
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Obscure? Heathens!
This is Imran Khan. One of the finest cricketers the world has ever seen. He's up there with Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards (and the whole West Indies team, let's face it), the Chappells (OK, Ian and Greg, not Trevor), Thommo and Lillee.
And with the price of gold so high, I've seen lots of little gold-buying kiosks popping up in the shopping centres. Problem is that most of the gold rings in Australia are 9k, unless you know what you are looking for.
I have resisted the little suggestions for an eternity ring ("what, has it been that long already?") and my observations are based on other women, not my saint of a wife. We even went cheap on the wedding (and proud of it!).
The price of the diamonds may go down, but the amount of money you are required to spend on your wife to demonstrate your love for her will remain fixed. Bigger diamond, more diamonds, platinum band, all these options are open to her to make sure you don't spend less on her than she expects. And she expects
you to spend enough on her that you notice the cost. Not enough to cause resentment, but enough to delay discretionary and hobby purchases for yourself for anything up to year or so, depending on the occasion (e.g. an eternity ring).
This will elevate her status amongst her peers, confirming to them and her family that she made the right choice in a lifetime mate: someone who has the financial wherewithal to make these purchases and someone who has an emotional attachment to her that's strong enough to actually do it. It will also increase her financial self-worth, giving her something she can personally contribute to the family (at high emotional cost) in times of great need, or something of intrinsic and emotional value she can hand on to favoured descendants. At worst, she can flog it off if you separate.
Buy these things for her, and be happy with your lot. With luck, you may get a blowjob on your birthday.
And the US has Bozo Courts.
If it's the title of a series, surely the smart thing would have been to disallow a trademark for "Book Title" and allow one for "Author's Name's Book Title". That would have allowed him sufficient coverage, and given other authors the ability to use the same title without confusion.
They may be using an iPad as part of the 'content creation process', but loading dailies and previsualisations, scripts and shooting notes are all "content consumption", not actual creation.
I make videos for a living and I'd love more iPad action, but it just doesn't fit that well. Even scripts are better on paper. At least you can scribble on them.
In my institution, there is a projects to roll out iPads to certain personnel. Most of the tasks performed will be record retrieval, but some will be data entry. That may be considered 'content creation', but it's no more advanced than an electronic form with all the heavy lifting happening on servers.
You realise Apple patented these things in the 2000s, a few hundred years before DS9?
Another vote for the Marantz. I have just arranged a boardroom's AV installation, and this was the only bullet-proof (idiot-proof) system. It's rack-mounted (i.e. invisible), controllable from the AMX touch panel and integrated into the whole system. The secretary can hit 'record' at the start and 'stop' at the end without leaving her seat and it all happens magically. The AV fitout is about $90 000 installed so the Marantz - while not cheap - is just a tiny part of it.
Like the other guy said, if they can't afford it, they don't really want it.
Now if Lumpy could recommend something idiot-proof and AMX-controllable for me to record the visuals from the matrix switcher I'd be happy...
Photoshop on a 10" screen with that's nowhere near pro level and anaemic graphics acceleration. Why in God's name would you subject yourself to that?
>>My take on it is that the outside was ready, not the inside.
That's almost certainly true. MS shouldn't have had a product launch until they had a product to launch.
We've had DUI roadbloacks in Australia for years - since the 80s IIRC. It's so easy that no-one (except the drunk drivers) bats an eyelid. You stop, roll down the window, blow in the bag (they might even have one you just speak into these days) and you're on your way. I wish they'd put them outside pubs. The biggest hassle for me is if I'm on my bike because I have to take my helmet off.
As for those "sobriety tests" I see all the time on 'Cops', no-one else in the world understands them and why you don't just have a roadside breathalyser test.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_mrNQBLSMU
Bands of Rubber? What a silly name. Who'd ever... oh, wait...
http://fieldnotesbrand.com/2009/12/04/use-485-for-fn-09-band-of-rubber/
If you know shouting "Fire" is likely to cause injury to others
Like if you're in charge of a firing squad or something :-)
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In no point in recorded history, or in the estimation of past CO2 levels, has the level of CO2 ever been 10 times the current amount.
Ohhhhhh, THAT Dikstar's algorithm. Yeah. I know THAT one. I thought you meant the OTHER one which, like, no-one cares about.
I don't like the gannet. They wet their nests.
I'm an Apple-tragic but I don't have an iPhone. I'm using a gen 2 Nano because it's tiny (well it was when it was released), fits in my motorbike jacket nicely and has great battery life. I've had it for over 5 years and I use it 5 days a week. For a phone, I'm using some old Nokia thing that's missing two buttons but is otherwise unkillable and much more pocketable than an iPhone or similar.
This video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob_GX50Za6c) shows Steve Jobs describing how powerful computers can be for the human race ('a bicycle for our minds') so it makes sense to teach kids how to get on that bike and ride.
The ALP acknowledges it. The Libs have a similar database. This is like the filing cabinet for correspondence in the local member's office, but electronic.
The Age is friendly to the government*. Maybe they aren't friendly to the police.
(The Age and other Fairfax papers are generally considered to be friendly to the ALP and the Greens. The ALP is currently in power federally. At the time The Age published the story, the ALP was also in power in Victoria, though they were recently replaced there by the Liberals. The story was about the state ALP database, though it is widely acknowledged that the Libs also use a database system to collate information they gather from correspondence and surveys.)
My wife helps out at school regularly. She takes part in reading groups, maths exercises, PMP, sports things, chapel and other activities as well as chaperoning a small gaggle of kids when their mothers are late to pick them up. The teachers welcome her assistance.
She has also had robust discussions with some teachers about our children's progress (or lack thereof) in some areas and the absence of timely and meaningful feedback that she needs to help work on particular skills at home with the kids. Some teachers are wary at first, but all come around and are grateful for the feedback.
She has also seen plenty of examples of parents who don't give a shit, don't help at school or at home and act surprised when their little geniuses ain't that bright.
Cadbury trademarked the colour purple.
From IP Australia (Government website)
In 1998 Cadbury applied to register purple packaging as a trade mark. Registration would give the chocolate manufacturer the exclusive right to use purple packaging on chocolate and it could take infringement action against other traders using purple in the same or similar fashion. For its application to be accepted by IP Australia, Cadbury had to show that consumers recognised chocolate in purple packaging as being a Cadbury product. This took some time and it was not until 2003 that the application was accepted. Other traders were then given the opportunity to object to it being registered.
And you know what - they're right. Chocolates in a purple box - the exact purple Cadbury uses - makes me think it is Cadbury and if I'm in the mood for choccies, I'm drawn to those products as I think they are what I want. Then it turns out they're some generic stuff cleverly packaged.