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I've installed open-ssh-server on my home computer(running Lubuntu 12.04.1) in order to connect to it from school. This is how I've set up the sshd_config file:
# Package generated configuration file
# See the sshd_config(5) manpage for details
# What ports, IPs and protocols we listen for
#Port 22
Port 2222
# Use these options to restrict which interfaces/protocols sshd will bind to
#ListenAddress ::
#ListenAddress 0.0.0.0
Protocol 2
# HostKeys for protocol version 2
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
#Privilege Separation is turned on for security
UsePrivilegeSeparation yes
# Lifetime and size of ephemeral version 1 server key
KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
ServerKeyBits 768
# Logging
SyslogFacility AUTH
#LogLevel INFO
LogLevel VERBOSE
# Authentication:
LoginGraceTime 120
PermitRootLogin no
StrictModes yes
RSAAuthentication yes
PubkeyAuthentication yes
#AuthorizedKeysFile %h/.ssh/authorized_keys
# Don't read the user's ~/.rhosts and ~/.shosts files
IgnoreRhosts yes
# For this to work you will also need host keys in /etc/ssh_known_hosts
RhostsRSAAuthentication no
# similar for protocol version 2
HostbasedAuthentication no
# Uncomment if you don't trust ~/.ssh/known_hosts for RhostsRSAAuthentication
#IgnoreUserKnownHosts yes
# To enable empty passwords, change to yes (NOT RECOMMENDED)
PermitEmptyPasswords no
# Change to yes to enable challenge-response passwords (beware issues with
# some PAM modules and threads)
ChallengeResponseAuthentication no
# Change to no to disable tunnelled clear text passwords
#PasswordAuthentication yes
# Kerberos options
#KerberosAuthentication no
#KerberosGetAFSToken no
#KerberosOrLocalPasswd yes
#KerberosTicketCleanup yes
# GSSAPI options
#GSSAPIAuthentication no
#GSSAPICleanupCredentials yes
X11Forwarding no
X11DisplayOffset 10
PrintMotd no
PrintLastLog yes
TCPKeepAlive yes
#UseLogin no
#MaxStartups 10:30:60
#Banner /etc/issue.net
Banner /etc/sshbanner.net
# Allow client to pass locale environment variables
AcceptEnv LANG LC_*
Subsystem sftp /usr/lib/openssh/sftp-server
# Set this to 'yes' to enable PAM authentication, account processing,
# and session processing. If this is enabled, PAM authentication will
# be allowed through the ChallengeResponseAuthentication and
# PasswordAuthentication. Depending on your PAM configuration,
# PAM authentication via ChallengeResponseAuthentication may bypass
# the setting of "PermitRootLogin without-password".
# If you just want the PAM account and session checks to run without
# PAM authentication, then enable this but set PasswordAuthentication
# and ChallengeResponseAuthentication to 'no'.
UsePAM yes
#specify which accounts can use SSH
AllowUsers onlyme
I've also configured my router's port forwarding table to include:
- LAN Ports: 2222-2222
- Protocol: TCP
- LAN IP Address: "IP Address" displayed by viewing "connection information" from right-click menu of system tray
- Remote Ports[optional]: n/a
- Remote IP Address[optional]: n/a
I've tried various other configurations as well, using primary and secondary dns, and also with specifying remote ports 2222-2222. I've also tried with TCP/UDP (actually two rules because my router requires separate rules for each protocol).
With any router port forwarding configuration, I am able to log in with
ssh -p 2222 -v localhost
But, when I try to log in from school using
ssh -p 2222 onlyme@IP_ADDRESS
I get a "No route to host" message. Same thing when I use the "Broadcast Address" or "Default Route/Primary DNS". When I use the "subnet mask", ssh just hangs. However, when I use the "secondary DNS" I recieve a "Connection refused" message.
Someone please help me figure out how to make this work.


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In today's global environment, survey results provide massive amounts of data not only to make decisions about how PPQ and cooperators will respond to specific pest issues, but also – and ever more frequently - to describe immediate pest status to senior level federal and state policy makers, agricultural stakeholders and trading partners.
Federally sponsored plant pest, disease and noxious weed survey initiatives take many forms. All initiatives provide vital information – presence or absence, geographical distribution, population density, etc., which PPQ and cooperating agencies use to 1) ensure prompt response, including eradication projects, for pest outbreaks, 2) ensure sound management strategies for pests that have established themselves in the country and 3) demonstrate to trading partners that agricultural commodities meet import requirements.
This environment forces PPQ to build data management systems that can consolidate and translate data into quality information and provide that information, at the right time, to these key regulatory partners and stakeholders in the plant protection and agricultural trade environment.
PPQ has developed the Integrated Plant Health Information System (IPHIS) with the above needs in mind. When fully developed, IPHIS will provide an environment and process to gather quality information from all core functions of PPQ (survey, regulatory, diagnostics, and control) in a timely or "real-time" manner, and make that information available to key regulatory partners and stakeholders. PPQ's long term vision is to utilize IPHIS as the point of entry for all emergency and domestic program related agricultural activity.

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Delcam's latest CAM developments on show in Singapore
Delcam will demonstrate the latest developments in its complete range of CAM software in partnership with Shonan Design at the MTA Singapore exhibition to be held from 9th to 12th April. Programs on show will include PowerMILL for high-speed and five-axis machining; FeatureCAM for quick and easy feature-based CAM programming; PartMaker for turn-mill equipment and Swiss-type lathes; the Delcam for SolidWorks integrated CAM system; and ArtCAM for artistic applications.
The most important new option in the next release of PowerMILL will be the new Vortex strategy for high-speed area clearance. Vortex, for which Delcam has a patent pending, has been developed by the company specifically to gain the maximum benefit from solid carbide tooling, in particular those designs that can give deeper cuts by using the full flute length as the cutting surface. It can be used for two- and three-axis roughing, three-plus-two-axis area clearance and for rest machining based on stock models or reference toolpaths. Like other Delcam roughing strategies, Vortex toolpaths are calculated to give more efficient machining by following the shape of the part and so keeping air moves to a minimum.
FeatureCAM was the world's first feature-based programming software when it was launched in 1995. Constant development since then has ensured that the system has retained its leadership in programming speed and ease of use, while an increased range of strategies has been added to provide more efficient toolpaths giving greater productivity on a wider range of machines, including lathes, mills and mill-turn machines. The main change to the 2013 FeatureCAM product family has been the introduction of three levels of 3D machining functionality. FeatureMILL 3D Lite is a new option offering single-surface machining with a basic range of strategies that provides an introductory product for companies moving into 3D machining for the first time.
PartMaker pioneered the field of CAM software for multi-axis turn-mill centres and Swiss-type lathes. The software offers a vast array of robust post-processors and machine-simulation files for virtually every machine model from all the leading builders. The 2013 version will feature a totally revamped surface-machining module offering PartMaker users some of the most powerful CAM machining algorithms on the market today for a variety of manufacturing platforms, including turn-mill centres, bar-fed mills and Swiss-type lathes.
Delcam for SolidWorks is a fully integrated CAM system for SolidWorks that combines the benefits associated with PowerMILL and FeatureCAM. It provides PowerMILL's exceptional speed of toolpath calculation, plus the advanced strategies for high-speed and five-axis machining, to ensure increased productivity, maximum tool life and immaculate surface finish, while also offering the same strong focus on ease of use as FeatureCAM. The 2013 release includes a new entry-level 3D milling option, plus many of the enhancements made to the 2013 version of FeatureCAM on which it is based. As a Gold Partner CAM product, it is, of course, fully compatible with the latest release of SolidWorks.
The new release of ArtCAM Pro will make it much easier to create complex designs, especially those that include repeated elements that are similar but not identical within the design. This new way of working, which is called 'Free Relief Modelling', allows previously-created reliefs to be identified and swiftly moved, rotated, rescaled and copied, either individually or as part of a group. The overall result is much more natural than simply duplicating a single shape across the design, while also being much quicker than modelling each item individually.
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The post-season honors continue to accumulate for members of the Pratt High School softball team. After nine Lady Greenbacks were named to all-league teams by the Central Kansas League, four of those took it to the next level by being named 4A All-State by the Kansas Softball Coaches Association.
It was apparent throughout the season that Pratt High had one of the best batteries in Class 4A, and junior southpaw Brittnee Hill and her catcher, sophomore Savanah Buntemeyer, were each rewarded with unanimous selections to the 4A first team.
In addition, junior shortstop Lauren Rambat was tabbed as a 4A first team infielder, and junior outfielder Bailey Gillig was also named to the first team 4A.
With four first team all-4A players returning to the squad next year, PHS head coach Mike Forshee once again has a lot to look forward to.
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Main Navigation
Home Page
Our Stallions
Our Mares
For Sale
Contact us
Welcome to our farm
we are very proud to be offer 2 of our keepers for sale
Welcome to Kastle Rock Gypsy Farm, located in beautiful eastern Ontario, Canada. We pride ourselves on striving to produce quality Gypsy Vanner Horses. We also take great pride in showing the versatility of the Gypsy. We show our horses in Dressage, Eventing, Driving, (Single & Pairs), Western Gaming, Trail Riding & Pleasure. We also can be seen in local events, like parades, fairs & exhibitions. We also welcome visitors to the farm, to experience the unprecedented temperament & beauty of the Gypsy Vanner.
We are proud to offer our facilities to incoming boarders with both indoor & outdoor boarding, we also have individual & group turnout available. We are also proud to offer our Gypsys in a leasing program.
Kastle Rock Gypsy Farm is located on 40 acres, with 25 acres pasture & 10 acres of winterized paddocks, each with their own heater water feeders & shelters.
We have an 80 X 185 indoor arena. With an outdoor dressage/driving/cross-country field in the works.
It's time to own your own Gypsy Vanner, you CAN afford it. We are having a massive herd reduction sale. Mares, stallions, colts & fillies. We have all ages, all levels of training, riding & show experience. Please email for more information. We are also proud to announce we offer interest free payment plans. Us helping you make your dreams become reality.
FOR SALE: Kastle Rock's Scarlett Sunset
FOR SALE: Kastle Rock's Gywneth
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I have come across this phrase a time or two and can't seem to make any sense out of what it means.
As a web developer and in the context of this graphic, I have a little idea what it may mean, but I'm not sure...
I've usually heard this as "eat paste", but "eat glue" is probably the same thing, especially judging from the informative graphic.
This refers to doing something passively stupid, and hearkens back to the kid in grammar school who merely sat at his desk eating paste while things happened around him (or her).
The graphic is depicting the Internet Explorer web browser as the dumb kid who has, by inaction, removed himself from the battle over web standards, which is hotly being fought between Firefox and Chrome. With the release of IE9, I'm not sure how applicable this is anymore. In any case, IE is represented as being content to just be what it is (with still a majority market share) while the other browsers fight it out for what's left.
It's not very flattering to Microsoft, certainly, but it also suggests that it might be better to be the dumb kid who wins than the smart kids who fight each other.
Thank you for your interest in this question.
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The 6 Most Popular Crime Fighting Tactics (That Don't Work)
It's hard for people to think rationally about crime. If five children die in a tornado, it's barely a headline, but if those same five kids die at the hand of a serial killer, it's a nationwide crisis, and mothers start attaching tracking devices to their daughters. When death comes at the hands of a fellow human being, the panic and rage get cranked up to 10.
So it's hard to talk people out of laws that sound like they're tough on crime, because damn it, those criminals have to pay, and the people arguing on the other side are probably just a bunch of bleeding hearts anyway. Who cares if the statistics say ...
#6. Drug Dogs Are Inaccurate ... and Racist
If you're a product of the American public school system or you just travel a lot, you've probably faced at least one situation featuring a law enforcement official with a drug dog, sniffing around your belongings to see if you're holding. Maybe you've taken a look at the happy pooch sniffing about and remembered that holy shit you have a half eaten Slim Jim in your backpack and braced yourself for the inevitable cavity search.
But the dog didn't bat an eyelid at the scent of your meat snack. See, dog noses are goddamn incredible. If it's drugs they search for, then that's the only thing they'll react to. That's why many districts spend as much as $36,000 per year to have K-9 units sweep their schools. Which is a shame, really, considering that drug dogs are accurate less than half the time.
"Just hand over the jerky and I'll pin it on the fat kid, alright?"
And we don't mean that the dogs miss a lot of drugs. They don't. We mean they result in a lot of innocent people getting searched. About 56 percent of the time, when the dog says, "Search this dude's cavities and trash his car, that man is as evil as a vacuum cleaner!" the person has done nothing wrong. What's more, they appear to be racially biased: If the person being sniffed is Latino, the success rate drops to 27 percent. The other 73 percent of the time, they're getting thoroughly and embarrassingly searched for doing nothing at all, just because a dog said so.
West Midlands Police
And yet dogs always insist they're colorblind.
Of course, it's not the dog that's racist, not really. However, its handlers might be another matter. And they may have no idea that they're influencing the dog.
To understand how that could work, it all goes back to a 20th century horse called Clever Hans that could perform arithmetic. Clever Hans was a huge hit until scientists eventually revealed that the horse was just picking up cues from his handlers and, shockingly, had no real understanding of mathematics. Many decades later, Dr. Lisa Lit at UC Davis bumped into the story and started wondering whether the concept was applicable to bomb and drug dogs.
And, if she's anything like us, spent a good half hour giggling over the concept of drug horses.
So Lit set up a room complex where the dogs would be presented with multiple scents of interest (read: sausages everywhere), but no actual drugs or explosives. However, the handlers were told that they were looking for the real thing, and also that the areas with conflicting scents were marked in a certain way. The results were condemning: Only 21 out of 144 searches accurately reported nothing of interest. There were a total of 225 alerts from the dogs, each one of them a false alarm. In areas with the fake marking that the trainers were told about (and were therefore extra wary of), the dogs were twice as likely to give a false positive.
"I'm pretty sure these guys are innocent, but whatever, you're the dude with kibble."
Yes, even with all their nasal superpowers, at the end of the day, dogs are hierarchical creatures. They tend to love and respect the shit out of their handlers, and if the handler gets anxious, the dog notices it and reacts accordingly. So if the handler thinks that the guy in the van looks like one of those Mexican dope smugglers, well ...
#5. Car Chases Are More Dangerous Than Criminals
Few things are more inherently dramatic than a good old-fashioned car chase. Hairpin turns, bemulleted maverick cops firing out the window at a vanload of bad guys, ramping off conveniently placed flatbeds, smashing through fruit stands, pedestrians jumping out of the way at the last minute ... we all know the drill, and we all love the drill.
It all makes for one hell of a spectacle in the movies. And the best thing is, in real life they can be even crazier.
"Stop! You're under arrest for illegal window tinting!"
Which, incidentally, brings us back to the subject of those pedestrians.
If the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration can be trusted, real pedestrians are far less dexterous than their movie counterparts. In fact, at least a third of all fatalities in high speed chases tend to be innocent bystanders, just going about their day. We're talking over 360 people per year, just flat out run over by cops and robbers who watch way too many movies. Well, that's the official record, anyway. Geoffrey Alpert, a professor of criminology at the University of South Carolina and an expert on police chases, believes the actual number may be three to four times higher.
Your water yoga skills don't translate to car-dodging bullet time.
See, you're only counted as a pursuit-related fatality if you die during the chase. If the suspect's pickup skidded on your balls and you opt to get in a couple of hours' tasteful whimpering before buying the farm, you're not making it into the official statistics.
But it's all the criminals' fault, right? What are the cops supposed to do, let a serial killer get away just because chasing him might kill some random dude on the sidewalk?
"Suspect moving south on Primrose. All units, do not pretend to be Bullitt."
Well, see, that's the thing. Billy Truckonyournuts there probably wasn't even all that dangerous until the cops tried to stop him -- a good portion of the criminals engaging in car chases are guilty of nothing more serious than property crime or, we kid you not, unpaid parking tickets.
The officials have started recognizing the problem, which is why cities like Milwaukee have changed their police guidelines to only allow chases if the suspect is wanted for a violent crime. So far, it seems to be working -- chase-related injuries have been more than halved, and the number of pursuits resulting in crashes dropped from 25 to 12 over a six-month period. Wait, they used to average one violent car chase a week in Milwaukee? What the hell is going on there?
#4. Drug-Free Zones Keep Dealers Close to Schools
Whatever your stance on narcotics might be, you probably agree that they're not for children. So even if you lived in a libertarian utopia where drugs could be sold on every corner, there would still be places you'd want to see them banned -- schools, libraries, playgrounds, etc. Nobody wants to see 9-year-olds winning black tar heroin at Chuck E. Cheese's.
If you stare into the abyss for too long, the mouse will stare back.
Lawmakers agreed with this, of course, and implemented laws imposing harsh additional penalties for anyone caught selling drugs near schools and other places frequented by kids. If you can't stop them from selling drugs completely, you can at least encourage them to do it far away from the little ones. Makes sense. In theory, anyway.
The problem is that in order to differentiate a "drugs BAD" area from the surrounding "drugs kinda not OK, we guess" areas, someone needs to set actual borders of the drug-free zone. The particular border distance the authorities picked was 1,000 feet from the premises, which sounds pretty reasonable on paper ... until you think about just how many schools and other kid-frequented zones there are in any urban area. Each of those is itself a "don't sell drugs here" zone, plus a ring of about three city blocks in every direction. At which point you will probably find yourself on the border of another drug-free zone. When you map out all of the intersecting circles, basically every city is one giant, pulsating mass of overlapping drug-free zones.
Leaving drug dealers very few options.
Which, of course, completely defeats the purpose. The dealers couldn't abide by the zoning rules even if they wanted to, because the zones are freaking everywhere. Researchers in New Jersey have concluded that only 9 percent of drug deals are committed outside a school zone's drug-free limits. In Massachusetts, 80 percent of drug deals happen within a zone. Not because the dealers are all selling to kids, but because the zones are unavoidable (only 1 percent of those sales involved a minor). So they're right back where they were before: The penalty for selling right on the baseball diamond is the same as selling anywhere else, so what does it matter?
In the eyes of the law, this is identical to that needle-strewn alley behind your local Safeway.
Yet, if you go to voters and suggest shrinking the drug-free zone to make them work as a deterrent again, you know exactly what you're going to hear in response: "What, you want the drug dealers to be allowed to sell closer to our children? Why don't you just personally inject every baby with crack?"
"Studies are showing that 90 percent of babies have chronic confidence issues."


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Team: Leavenworth volleyball
Last year's record: 11-17
Coach: Josh Padilla
Coach's record: first year
Key returnees:
Michelle Tennant, junior outside hitter
Mahogani Gant, sophomore outside hitter
Sydney Moon, junior setter
Brittany Bosarge, junior defensive specialist
Newcomers to watch:
Micha Frasher, sophomore outside hitter
Amber Cromeenes, sophomore middle hitter
Laura Payne, junior defensive specialist
Team Outlook: STRENGTHS — Under a new regime, the Lady Pioneers have focused on strengthening their physical conditioning and mental toughness for the upcoming season.
WEAKNESSES — With juniors and sophomores dotting its lineup, Leavenworth will lack varsity experience within its ranks. Thus, depth will be a test throughout the year.
Coach says: "I believe we are going to surprise a lot of teams in our conference. This is definitely not the same Pioneers the Sunflower League saw last season. Ball control and control of game tempo have been a large part of our focus for the offseason. In addition, the girls have worked very hard in improving their physical attributes and volleyball IQ; all of which translates into increased levels of performance on the volleyball court."
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This review was posted on Ciao a year ago. I'm re posting this review as a dedication to my county . This country went through a lot in the past and I'm sure it will stay strong whatever happens.
There are so many cities and destinations which come to our mind when we think about THE best city. I've been to so many interesting places however none of them can beat my favourite city "Beirut".
Some people may scorn upon my decision of choosing Beirut but this choice is down to two aspects. The first aspect is this city, Beirut, has picked itself up after so many tragedies while the second aspect is the most important one to me which is there is no place like home.
Some people may agree with my choice, others will never consider this part of the world as their favourite place as the majority still think of it as a dangerous and gloomy place. However the majority do not know that it is always buzzing with life hence it being named the "Switzerland of the East". From clubbing to shopping Beirut is one of the only cities with natural beauty to have it all.
If I were to describe the city of Beirut as a person, I would say that Beirut is strong, determent and open minded. I'm going to explain my love for this city in the next few lines.
== Why Beirut? ==
This city is unique in many ways; its location on the Mediterranean Sea is one of the factors that make it so special. The people are so warm and welcoming even though there is still instability surrounding the country. I also have to mention the weather, the country is also known as the "country of 300 sunny days."
Although I spent all of my childhood abroad, I love the city for what it is, regardless of the political and social problems It had faced in the past, it is still special due to the fact that it can offer many things.
== Beirut, a city with a view ==
It might be a city, it might be the biggest city in Lebanon and the busiest but Beirut was and still is a city with so many natural places to visit.
I liked sitting on the rocks of al Rouche and watch the sunset, the view is just breath-taking and so relaxing. The golden beaches are to die for , the warm water and lovely sunshine gave me a lovely tan I couldn't get anywhere else. Yes sometimes it's extremely hot and the electricity plays up a lot but somehow this city has still managed to get a special place in my heart.
== Beirut, the crazy city ==
This city is so mad during rush hours; I just stop and watch how crazy it goes. The Lebanese people are unique, they are multitaskers, they can drive, talk, look at their mobile phones and still manage to get safely to the place they want. Beware of taking a taxi with a wacko driver; he's probably as reckless yet as fast as Jason Statham in Transporter 3.
Beirut is the city of entertainment, it reminds me of Las Vegas since it is lively and bubbly and in my eyes Beirut may even out pip Las Vegas. Unlike many areas where nightclubs are usually for younger people, older/ more mature people won't find themselves isolated as there is a mix of young and old people and if you don't believe me you'll have to go to Jemeyzeh to see for yourself! It is an amazing place and an unforgettable experience.
Theatres are open till very late, music festivals are held constantly. The city is illuminated, it never been dark even with its darkest war days!
== Finally a nice little poem will tell you why Beirut is my favourite city. ==
A Beautiful City on the Mediterranean Sea
A city which can welcome you and me,
The fact that there is such a cultural diversity,
Ranging from the mall to the university
This is the reason why this is the city for you and me.
Speaking English, Arabic, French and Francophone
The people can greet you with a nice cup of tea
Quite very happily.
From shopping places as far as the eye can see,
To the countless bees and cedar trees
Beirut is the city for you and me.
Have fun at the city for modest fees
From eating snacks and burgers for as little as 99p
Or enjoying yourself at Jemeyzeh in a wild party
Beirut is the city for you and me
Whether your name is Bob or Lee,
Whether you like the quiet or like parties
Beirut has it all, so let me see,
Who shall join me and make Beirut their favourite city?
Beirut is my favourite place , it has that special charisma about it.
Hi everyone! First of all I just want to thank all of you who have made me feel very welcome to Dooyoo.. It's like a little dooyoo family. I never even thought about joining a website like this before until I found this one and it's probably one of the best things I've done. I might not be the best at writing reviews but I love being able to share my experiences with you all so hopefully it may come on useful one day. I have only been on this website a few weeks and I spend around an hour each day on here and I love reading all of your reviews especially for beauty as I love make up! So here's a little bit about me if you'd like to know
I'm 20 years old and I live with my parents. I have a full time job as an admin assistant in the travel industry. I have 2 beautiful little sisters and an older sister and the most amazing new phew who means the world to me. In my spare time I like to watch DVDs my favourite are
My week with Marilyn
Sex and the city
I like to read and watch make up tutorials online. I am a qualified beautician however I'm still unsure on what I want to do but I'm sure I'll figure that out later.
So that's just a little bit about me but overall thankyou to everyone for your support and your welcomes!
Now that homeopathic remedies have been elevated to level 1 status, I was wondering whether, in keeping with the principles involved, will the shortest possible review, containing the most diluted content, be worth the most dooyoo miles?
Arguably the true homeopathic review should come with instructions to be shaken 1000 times, but I have a feeling that this may result in a rash of defunct laptops. Whilst this might serve to boost our flagging economy, I can't help feeling that the price is scarcely worth paying.
In summary, would I recommend this approach to review writing? Probably not, at least not if you want to maintain a rating above "Not Useful in any way, shape or form". However, it would at least retain the clarity of form following function, with the review being no less useless than the product reviewed.
Finally, I offer my own generic review for homeopathic remedies, which you are welcome to adapt for your own use:
"Expensive. Doesn't work."
Hey guys, since i have been on here for quite a while since September and got a little bit bored tonight, so I thought I would write 50 facts you may or may not know about me so this could take a little while so let's get started.
1. I'm 22 years old.
2. I have lived in South, East and North London within 3 years of living in London.
3. I love the clothing brand Jack Wills, I used to work there as well, in the London Selfridges store, only for a month sadly.
4. I love theatre
5. I love fashion
6. I love make-up, as you can probably tell from my reviews
7. I once got a casting call, to star in Skins series 7 to work with Jack O'Conell who plays Cook, but sadly I had to turn that down due to my final university exams taking place in the week of filming. Sucked :(
8. I have auditioned for various films and TV shows since I was 12. They include Pride and Prejudice (the Keira Knightley one), 5th Harry Potter film and Doctor Who.
9. I really want to write a blog
10. My first concert was an unsigned band, called TwentyTwenty, earlier this year they spilt up, really heartbreaking and I got to star in one of their music videos in 2012, for a song called 'Trouble' check it out on youtube, I'm holding my arms around the guitarist ;)
11. I have a big collection of handbags. I'm just like any girl really.
12. I have a degree in drama
13. I love shopping. Clothes shopping I mean.
14. London is my second home.
15. I had a trial shift at The Dorchester in London, so I worked there for a day. Sadly I didn't get hired.
16. I really want a pug
17. I hate custard
18. I eat chocolate everyday. Yum.
19. The most I have spent on a dress was probably £200 but it was for a ball and so worth it!
20. The Most I have spent on shoes was probably £90, and I can only wear them once a year. I'm terrible sometimes.
21. I have only been in two relationships .
22. I have been dumped and dumped someone. Ouch.
23. I love going to polo events. Yes, I am quite posh.
24. I love going to the races, so Ascot, Newmarket, Cheltenham. Love the excuse to dress up.
25. I love Ted Baker.
26. I am currently, as of January 2014 I am giving up alcohol for a month for cancer research. Please visit me link and sponsor me! I want to reach £300 by the end of this month!
27. I have also ran a marathon for charity
28. I love animals.
29. My top three favorite films have to be : The Dark Knight, Moulin Rouge and War Horse.
30. I love British films like Love Actually, Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral.
31. I saw Lion King on stage for my 18th. It was amazing
32. I have seen War Horse on stage and yes I cried my heart out.
33. A film that makes me cry the most is 'The impossible' I was crying within the first 15-20 minutes and cried for a good hours.
34. I have seen David Tennant twice on stage. I have also seen Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart on stage as well.
35. I served the author Jacqueline Wilson, a Canape before. Pretty sweet.
36. I served Princess Beatrice at an event, when working as a waitress
37. I once bumped into Paul O'Grady at work
38. I have been to two celebrity fashion launches/clothing lines. First one was Kate Moss' final Topshop one in 2010 and the other was Tulisa for Bank in 2012.
39. I have seen the Rolling Stones perform twice, I have also seen Jennifer Lopez, Lionel Ritchie, JLS, The Saturdays, Kaiser Chiefs, Eliza DooLittle, The Wanted, Starboy Nathan, Lawson, Parade and Ben Montague
40. I have seen Little Britain Live. I saw their last show one day after my 15th birthday in 2006 n London at Hammersmith Appollo. I couldn't stop laughing, Hadn't laughed so much in my life. I met them afterwards as well! Awesome 15th!
41. I have attended the Sylvia Young Theatre School (part time) I did that for a year.
42. I love my pimms in the summer.
43. My favorite pubs/bars in London are All Bar One and The Star of Bethnal Green. The Star of Bethnal Green have a street party they hold on Bank holiday in May which is sweet if the weather's nice.
44. I drink a stupid amount of Pepsi Max. I even have a rubbish bag full of them I'm that bad.
45. I got paid to Listen to Coldplay do a sound check. Working isn't that bad after all!
46. I have worked at both the olympics and paralympics. Best experience of my life.
47. I hate spots. Ugh why do they exist?
48. My guilty pleasure is watching Jeremy Kyle
49. My weakness is buying a stupid amount of clubbing/going out dresses.
50. I wrote this because I was bored. Nah, really just like I said at the beginning, I've been here a while so I'd thought I'd say Hi.
Hope you learnt something, and see you in my next review.
So it's less than a month to go until
Christmas Day and I am, for the first time in five years, actually quite looking forward to it!
The last four Christmases have been lonely and sad and have involved me pretty much being on my own wondering if it was always going to be like this, but this year I have a man in my life! And I must say I am quite looking forward to it this year. I am looking forward to us going out together to get a tree, something I have not done since 2007. I am looking forward to having someone to actually buy gifts for and put then under the tree. I'm looking forward to waking up with someone on Christmas morning and feeling like I am having a normalish Christmas Day this year.
I know Christmas is just one day, so it isn't just that, I am looking forward to the whole of the 2 week break over Christmas and new year with my new man. And seeing in the new year with him too.
Eek, I've not been this excited in years!
Too early for Christmas chat?
I get really excited about Christmas. I love everything about it from the decorations to the food but most of all I like the fact that it is a time when you make a bigger effort to see friends and family. As times have gone on and money has got tighter I actually feel like I Enjoy Christmas more. Sounds a little crazy? But I feel that I pay more attention to what I am buying people rather than just buying them "stuff" to cover a set amount of money that we felt we had to spend. Nowadays I actually get to work on Christmas Presents in advance and have been looking for gift ideas this month and will start buying things from start of Sept onwards.
There's no doubt everyone has less money these days but we didn't want to cut anyone off the present list, so instead we have an idea of the type of things we would like to get them and shop around. I use the Amazon App a lot and if I have a gift idea I find the item and pop it in my basket and watch for the price to reduce. You just need to open the app and look at your basket and Amazon update the top of the page if any prices go up or down. When it gets to a good price I buy it. I also like to keep my Tesco Vouchers for Christmas and if anyone has asked for a bottle of something I use them to buy this. I also sign up to news letters from my favourite websites and as soon as they have a sale I have a look and see if there's anything that I would like to get friends/family. I tend to keep away from "seasonal" gifts such as summery clothes etc but you can still get great gifts appropriate for Christmas on many sites like Debenhams, House Of Frasers and Matalan. If I am in the supermarket and I see a good deal on Chocolates or something that is already on my list to get, I will pick them up when they go on offer as they have a really long sell by date on them too.
I make the Christmas dinner for my family and my husband and we always have a lovely meal. His parents go to his brothers houses (as they all have kids) and we see them on New Year's instead which works well. In previous years I had been known to buy a turkey that would feed double the amount of people and way to many "extras" were always getting popped in the basket. Realistically I wasn't ever going to offer any one Christmas pudding and speciality top of the range brandy cream followed by a coffee liqueur, as no one at our dinner actually likes it but they would all still find their way in to my trolley. We would also start bulk buying fancy crackers and cheese and boxes of chocolates. That no one ate (since we were stuffed after dinner and everyone got edible gifts anyways so ate them) so come Jan when we were stony broke we would be munching on fattening extravagant items just to get rid of them. So now we look at what we actually need and make a proper list before we hit the shops and we actually check the cup boards before we go out. Things like cranberry sauce in jars and packets of bread sauce have really long shelf life's (unopened). So when we did a quick store cupboard check last year at the start of Dec we realised we actually had a jar of Cranberry Sauce that wasn't going to go out of date for another 4 months and 2 packets of bread sauce with another 2 months left on them. We also checked to see if we had any roasting bags left (we did, as the year before we hadn't checked so already had 2 packs in there with just one out of each). So when we hit the shops we are ready and ONLY buying what we really need. We also have a quick look over the diary and see what we have been invited to. If it is a house party we get our alcohol in when it is on the special Christmas deals and take advantage of any 2 for 1 or lowered priced mixers. If you need to buy a bottle of diet pepsi on the way to a house party you are going to pay 3 times as much if you have to stop at a local shop or garage. I also like to make my own crackers and used to pay around £20 for kits that come with empty crackers, now I just buy a set of regular luxury/large crackers in Jan that have gone in the sale and pop them up the loft. When it hits around Oct I get them down and start filling with my own treats. They open easily at the end and even if they have to be totally deconstructed a spot of Pritt stick or a new bit of ribbon gets them back together. That saves me so much money and everyone still gets the standard hat, joke and party favour but there is also my own personalised gifts inside too.
I used to go to town on this area. New outfit for every night out and new bags, shoes, accessories. But now I go to the wardrobe and have a look at what I own. If I bought it I must like it, yeah? So why not wear it again? So now I do. I do occasionally buy new dresses etc if I see something I really love but I no longer torment myself trawling the shops on foot and online searching for that perfect outfit as I have now realised I have a load at home, perfect for the occasion, it's not as if this is the first Christmas I have dressed for!! Haha
We try to make sure and still get out and about but now use sites like 5pm to book set priced meals (so we can work out our budget) and again sign up to a load of new letters from our favourite restaurants to take advantage of any offers they have over the festive period. We try to take advantage of options that offer a lunch deal at a much lower price than a dinner deal. For example many places offer a 3 course Christmas lunch up to 4pm at much cheaper price than a 3 course dinner that starts at say 5pm, usually it is the exact same menu so we book that at 3.30 and take advantage of the cheaper lunch price and we are still in the restaurant when the dinner people come in, so it's not really that early and we then head off for the likes of a Christmas movie or extra drinks with the money we have saved. We also like to go for a wander round the Christmas markets and since we have already got all the presents in, we don't have the hassle of purchasing anything other than some food and drinks, so can often get something to eat and a couple of foreign beers/mulled wines for less than £12 per person. A lovely festive night out.
Sometimes when I tell people that I have cut back financially at this time of year they seem to think it's depressing or sad. It's not! It simply means we put more thought and time in to looking for the perfect gifts and we buy what we can afford and don't get in to debt for excess purchases. We are usually all done with the shopping by Mid Nov for gifts and the 3rd week in Dec for food dependant on availability, so no stresses of last min shopping not arriving on time. We can sit back and relax and can actually go to all of those wonderful nights out. No need to say "oh sorry we can't make it, we are out shopping the next day so need to be fresh" or "we can't afford it, all our money had gone on presents". Planning out means we can spend time looking in to what we buy and that is fun to me and money we save can go on other treats such as those nights out or even in to a fund for a holiday later in the year. These days we are not left with loads of food and no one goes without thoughtful and wonderful gifts, but we do have less stress and far more fun.
Sorry if that's all a bit too much Christmas chat this early in the year but it's on my mind already and I hope some of it was useful to you. If any like-minded Santa's Helpers fancy sharing their tips and advice I would love to hear it!
Ho Ho Ho xxx
Hii, I'm pretty new here, so I'm just about finding my way around, but I can already safely say I'm addicted. Looking in the Dooyoo Lounge, there's quite a few introductions and questionnaire type posts. Not sure about the questionnaire yet but if anyone'd like to hear my version, just drop me a line and I'll see what I can do. Always aiming to please, is me..!
Anyway, I thought I'd try something a little different; a day in the life of me. Most of you will probably find this horrifically boring but this is me.. So here goes..
Well, most mornings involve me waking up at 6am to get hubby up for work, as his alarm just isn't enough! Today was no different. Once he's fed, watered and gone, off I trot back to bed!
Actually getting up will then mean talking to the bump, known as Podge from here on in... This'll go on all day, really; he helps me make the most important decisions in my day-to-day life, such as what colour socks to wear and how many spoons of sugar I'll need in my coffee to wake me up. Today, we decided on 2. :)
What can I say..I had a late night.. in the sense that it was so bloomin' hot that even my electric fan on full power couldn't keep me cool!
Load up the computer, have a quick scout over my inbox for anything interesting, and now the all-important DooYoo gets a look in too.
Simple toast for brekkie then off shopping with Dad today. I need to round up the last of the baby stuff and he needed to do some general shopping. Reviews now in my mind most of the time.. if I can get wifi in a shop, I'll be on Dooyoo there and then on my mobile!
And my father is the most obsessive man I've ever known when it comes to finding a bargain. I swear I've been around every single Cash & Carry that North Wales has to offer..my poor feet!
Lunch was an egg mayonnaise sandwich, of which the packet I kept incase the brand's up on here, not to mention the share-bag of Nandos Peri Peri crisps (shared, of course). It just makes me want to write reviews on 'everything' I've bought..! And as I sat in the car, I started taking notes and beginning reviews to post up afterwards: seeing as I can't drive, I might as well make myself useful. I promise not to bombard everyone though!
Coming out of Tesco, 'Rain again' comes on Radio 2. And then as though Mother Nature herself were listening, it started raining for the first time in weeks. How ironic! Plus side: I don't have to water the garden, today. :D
And then I get home to find I've been awarded 2 crowns! Wowee. I never expected that, especially so soon.. Thanks for whoever nominated me. I'll do my best to keep you informed on my opinions and experiences, however weird, embarrassing or funny, as of course, to the consumer every little thing is important to know, before you start spending your hard-earned cash!
All in all, I'd say today has been a good day. :)
Everything about me!
As it is my 200th review on Ciao (crazy, I know, it seems like I only joined yesterday!) I thought I would do a 'review' that was a bit different as...it is all about me! I have wanted to do a 'review' like this for a while and my 200th review seemed like a good point. I hope I don't bore anyone with this, if so please click off this 'review' but if you have any questions about university, psychology courses, me, blogging etc just leave me a comment or message in my guest book.
Heather Nixon (no middle name unfortunately, although if I had to choose one it would be Sophia).
*Age and residence:
20 (21 this August, almost time to bust out the zimmer frame!). England - but I wish it was Italia!
*If I had to choose labels for myself it would probably go like this:
Sister, student (although not for much longer), vegetarian, blogger, reviewer, petite person, Mancunian, Atheist, Psychology nerd, animal lover, foodie, niece, friend, beauty addict, shopaholic, travel lover, tattooed, coffee and technology junkie, shy, almost university graduate.
*Favourite food?
Pasta, I have loved pasta since I was a toddler and I haven't stopped - I currently adore making my own green pesto to use with pasta.
*Favourite place to visit?
I LOVED Venice when I went a couple of years ago and I would definitely go again - I recommend it to everyone. Rome, Nice, Athens, Barcelona and Taormina (Sicily) are also gorgeous places to visit.
*If you could change one thing about your appearance what would it be?
Definitely my height, I am only 4ft 10 - petite I know.
*Favourite season?
Summer - although I am not too keen on the whole shorts/pasty pale legs that come with summer though!
*Favourite things about university?
Learning, meeting new people and getting a First at the end of it - although I am dreading graduation that takes place in 6 days!
*Worst thing about blogging?
I have been blogging for just over a year now and I love it! Although one of the worst things, in my opinion, about blogging in general is the 'follow for a follow' comments where someone clearly hasn't read your post and just wants more followers.
*What are your hobbies?
I love reading, shopping, studying (I am such a nerd), singing, cooking, travelling, Music/Films, meeting up with friends, playing assassins creed on my xbox, blogging and photography.
*Do you believe in the supernatural?
Definitely, not! Although I do like to watch some supernatural tv shows such as Haunted Collector - entertaining and scary but I do not believe in any kind of ghosts etc.
*Style icons?
I love French style, I think it is so chic, sophisticated and timeless. I also love basic, simple Scandinavian style too. My modern style icons include: alexa chung, clemence posey, Elizabeth olsen, Sienna miller etc.
*Do you want to get married or have children in the future?
No to both!
*Are you a collector/hoarder?
Definitely not, I am always throwing things away or selling them - I only keep very sentimental items or things I have picked up on my travels.
*Favourite movies?
The Mummy (cringe I know but I love it), the harry potter films and most films with Will Ferrell in!
*Occupations you wanted to have as a child/teenager?
I didn't really think about jobs at all as I child but as a young teenager I either wanted to be a photographer, psychologist or immunologist - a bit of a mix I know.
*Can you swim or ride a bike?
Yes to both - although I haven't done either in a while.
*Earliest memory?
Disneyland Paris when I was about 5/6 and picking out my Ariel money box and watching the parade.
*What is your go-to hair style?
Ponytail or a bun - my hair is super long (down to my hips almost) and it is really quite thick so I can only really tie it up or straighten it. I can't wait to get it cut after graduation.
*Who is your favourite actor, actress, director?
I would say that my favourite actor is probably johnny depp and not just for the hotness that is jack sparrow but because his range of movies is vast and I love the combination of johnny depp and director tim burton (dream team!). My favourite actress is probably either Rachel Weiss, Angelina jolie or Emily deschanel.
*Favourite TV series?
Bones, Dexter, The Big Bang Theory, The Borgias, The Tudors, Game of Thrones (love!) and a lot more!
*Favourite game series?
Assassins creed, I LOVE it! I cannot wait for assassins creed 4 in the autumn.
*Favourite drink?
Non-alcoholic = coffee, I love it especially lattes, cappuccinos and iced coffee.
Alcoholic = cherry liquor, Kopparberg cider and rose wine
Well, there you have it, my relatively short and sweet 'getting to know me' review - I hope your not in a boredom coma now and after reading please keep in mind that my answers to these questions will differ to other peoples but everyone is different! Thanks for reading x
I've only just joined Dooyoo and it seems like an amazing community. I am so happy I found this website and have something else to do on the internet other than scroll down Facebook newsfeed
Eye Colour: Brown
Job: Currently unemployed but in full time education
I really really want a job at the moment but no where will hire me! I've had so many interviews and unfortunately keep getting turned down.
Hair Colour: Dark brown
Do I have any brothers and sisters? I have 4 sisters and one brother
Cat or Dog sort of person? CATS! Definitely cats. I have an obsession with cats.
Phobia's: Spiders are scary.
Phone/Computer Wallpaper? A picture of trees that I took on my phone and a picture of Blackpool promenade that I took as my desktop background.
My Favourite type of food? ITALIAN. ITALIAN. No more questions asked!
My Best and Worst Personality trait? I'd like to think I'm pretty caring and nice to be around. Worst I'm a bit too loud sometimes
My all time favourite top 3 films?
Source Code
Scott Pilgrim vs the World
Easy A
My all time favourite top 5 tv programmes?
American Horror Story
True Blood
Two Pints
Favourite Artists?
Worst Habit: Smoker
Hobby: Film making
Best Present I have been given? My video camera!
Best Show/Concert I have been too? KE$HA!
Facts about me: I taught myself how to code when I was 10 years old!
I've been on Dooyoo since last year and people always rate my reviews. I thought id tell the Dooyoo community a bit about me...
Eye Colour: Brown
Job: Work as an Assitant Manager in a retail shop.
Do I enjoy it? Its ok, It is a good way to meet new people as it is my gap year. It gives me some financial stability for University this year too!
Hair Colour: Dark brown with one random red streak!
Do I have any brothers and sisters? Yes I have one younger sister.
Cat or Dog sort of person? I love Dogs we have an adorable chocolate lab.
Phobia's: Snakes, The dark, dying and the bath plug noise.
Phone/Computer Wallpaper? Mila Kunis on my phone and Novatech background on my Laptop.
Why these wallpapers? I love Mila Kunis who doesn't?! And I'm borrowing my Auntie's work laptop so I didn't want to change the background.
My Favourite type of food? This is a hard one but I would have to say being half Maltese I would say Maltese food. Ravioli and Maltese Macaroni.
My Best and Worst Personality trait? I'd like to think I'm pretty caring and nice to be around. Worst I'm jealous but that can be good because it shows I care.
My all time favourite top 5 films?
Les Miserables
The Notebook
Pitch Perfect
My all time favourite top 5 tv programmes?
Him and Her
Being Human
Waterloo Road
Favourite Artists? Hands down Cheryl Cole, Cold Play, Calvin Harris, and Rihanna.
Best Holiday I have been on?
New York.
Next Holiday:
Malta or France
Worst Habit: Smoker
Hobby: Judo and Hockey
Best Present I have been given? Sat Nav and dvd's.
Best Show/Concert I have been too? Girls Aloud at The O2.
Facts about me: Half Maltese, Black Belt in Jujitsu and born 6 weeks early.
A bit about me
Well ive seen this on another Reviewers page, so id thought id join in the fun and let you know a little bit about myself.
1)How old are you?
2) Colour of my eyes?
3) How tall are you?
4) Hair colour?
Brown - but greying (Marriage)
5) Any brothers or sisters?
One older brother
6) Do you prefer cats or dogs?
7)What job do you do?
Telecoms Engineer - fix phone lines
8) Do you like your job?
One of those lucky ones who can say yes to this
9) Favourite dessert?
Plain vanilla ice cream - boring but yummy
10) Food that I loathe?
Broccoli - urgh
11) Sweet or Savoury?
Defo sweet, no savoury, no sweet. Hard question lol
12) The last 2 films I have watched
Braveheart (favourite) and Valkyrie
13) Song I can't get out of my head?
The Beatles - I Me Mine
14) Favourite Programme?
Two and a Half Men
15) Next Holiday
16) Favourite Country?
USA - but only been to Florida
17) Favourite beach holiday?
18) Favourite hobby?
Listening to music
19) The last thing that made me laugh?
Our 8 month old kitten -lying on her back, asleep, with legs akimbo
had a bit of fun reading through some of these and thought I'd do one too.
1) What is the wallpaper on your computer screen? Why did you choose it?
A picture from my Photography collection of the Roman Colosseum. I chose it because it's a really beautiful picture and I put it there as a reminder of how talented I am so that when I start to forget I remember what I'm really good at (film/photography) so it's like a booster since I'm on the computer everyday.
2) Mexican food, Chinese food, Indian food, Italian food, French food or American?
It's has to be Chinese for me I just love it and nothing beats a buffet or takeaway of Chinese. :)
3) Do you have any tattoos?
Yes I have on on my rib cage which is very meaningful to me because it is like a memorial for my sister who lost her life at just 6 years old. It has r.i.p her name and r.i.p nan a diamond which represent how precious they both were and 2 roses one for each of them it's not complete yet but hope to complete it very soon. It was rather painful hence why it isn't finish yet lol.
4) Do you have any siblings?
I have 6 sisters (1 passed away) and two brothers.
5) Have you ever broken a bone?
Nope, I'm unbreakable ;)
6) Do you believe in superstitious things such as breaking mirrors?
Nope I find them all a joke and don't take stuff like that seriously
7) Do you like those 'end of the world' movies?
I love them, I think they are brilliant especially if the acting is really good it makes it all feel so surreal.
8) Do you eat more fruits or vegetables? What's your favourite fruit and vegetable?
I eat more vegetables and I like broccoli and cabbage and carrots all the horrible stuff that people run away from lol.
9) Who were you most likely to play during school nativities?
I always played the one in the background that does very little. Was not very confident back then.
10) What's your opinion of the dentist?
I don't get why people hate them so much to be fair they are not really that scary to me.
11) Have you ever had a speech impediment?
12) If you had to choose, what is the worst movie you've ever seen?
Well I really think this would be impossible just to pin point one because there are quite a few movie that were awful that I have watched.
13) Do you like meeting new people?
I like meeting new people so long as they are nice people.
14) If you could, which celebrity would you date?
Probably rapper T.I or Justin Timberlake
15) What would you take with you on a deserted island?
A loaded cruise ship wouldn't want to stay there forever lol
16) Do you know how wide your hips are in exact inches?
have no idea but I am very curvy so probably alot of inches.
17) What would you say is the worst part of high school?
The false sense that the way the school environment is will last for ever. I think people in school believe school is the be all and end all of life and don't realise what they do then will effect them forever and also it is OK to be yourself and you find very few kids that believe this because of the way the school environment is. I think that is the worse part of school basically it doesn't teach you about life outside of school.
18) How old will you be on your mother's 68th birthday? Is that old to you?
I'd be 44 and yes it seems rather old to me but then at the same time it seems like a good age because my mum will be able to see me have kids and watch them grow up and have their own kids to.
19) Ever thought you were dying of something?
Nope I don't get sick to often never mind think I'm dying.
20) Have you ever wanted to be a doctor?
Well not really a doctor that saves people more like a plastic surgeon. Don't ask I think it was about the same time I was obsessed with Nip/Tuck the TV show.
21) If you were dying who would you say goodbye to first??
My sisters and mum
22) Do you like to babysit children?
Nope not enough time in my life for babysitting if I'm honest
23) Do you often forget where you put things?
Yes then I realise they are in my hand lol.
24) Do you go on a lot of holidays?
Yes all the time went on 4 holiday last year but they were all family holidays so really want to start venturing out on my own and seeing other things that not everyone in my family would enjoy as much as me.
25) Have you ever met someone with the same biggest fear as you?
Don't think I have ever had a discussion with anyone about their fears before so wouldn't even know if I had.
26) Would you rather write with a pen or pencil? Why?
Pen definitely can't actually remember the last time I used either since I seem to type everything all the time.
27) Where was the best school trip you ever went on?
Treginnis Farm in primary school that trip was amazing had so much fun and it was my first time away from home alone.
28) Are you a controversial person?
Yes definitely, I like voicing my opinion, I'm a good judge of character so I see right through people especially 2 faced, mix up, bitchy, fake people so it's very easy for me to know who to bother with I will be civil with everyone but I'm sorry me and you could never be friends if you are any of the above words. I'm not a slave to society and do what I want regardless of what anyone thinks of me.
29) What would you say your average word per minute count is on a keyboard?
50-60 probably.
30) What was your favourite and least favourite subject in school?
Favourite was Drama least favourite was PSHE which was a pointless watse of time because I did nothing every lesson.
31) Do you bite you nails?
Nope never have my nails grow faster than a werewolfs lol.
32) When was the last time you went to the library?
I go there all the time at college so Thursday. I'm pretty nerdy lol
33) Do you like fiction or non-fiction books more?
34) Do you treat others as you'd like to be treated?
yes I treat everyone as I would like to be treated but only people that truly show interest in me and actually care about me get the best of me. But I definitely am civil will everyone in a nice way
35) What type of child were you?
very sporty
36) Are you someone who likes to get into arguments and fights a lot?
Nope never argue with people because I just say what needs to be said and I'm done as long as I have got my point across the situation needs to go no further.
37) Do you swear a lot?
Not really tbh
38) If you had to get another tattoo, what would it be and where?
finish my first one off first lol
39) What's your favourite TV show?
There are way too many but Dallas has got to be top of the list at the moment season 2 starts the end of jan.
40) Does personality weigh out the sense of good looks?
Personality is very important but chances are if someone doesn't look like your type of guy you are not going to want to get to know them in that way.
41) What is your favourite thing in your bedroom?
My Xbox
42) If you could change one thing about you what would it be?
Nothing I am proud of the way I am and not 1 thing will ever change that.
43) Do you have any regrets? If so what are they?
I'm not going to lie I have a few things that have had a huge impact on my life that I regret but they have put me in a place where I know who I am and where I want to get in life.
44) What colour hair do you have?
Black with a bit of brown
45) What colour eyes do you have?
46) Favourite sound?
47) Favourite quote?
"You must be the change you wish to see in the world" I love this quote from Gandhi because it speaks a thousands words. I think I live by this quote and always do something about what I want to be different if I have a chance to.
48) Are you trying to achieve something at the moment?
Trying to win a film festival :) I'm currently producing a film in which I hope to enter in a or some film festivals later this year. Trying to get my driving license, get into uni and finish college with the best grades I can get. This year is all about dreaming big for :)
49) If you could do one thing for someone what would it be?
I would take one person of the streets and give them a home . I've given out a load of burgers, fries, sweets, drinks and food to many homeless people but that just isn't enough more needs to be done if I had the chance I would not have anyone homeless.
50) What would you change?
I would get rid of the snow because it is a big inconvenience to my life right now lol.
What is the best Christmas present?
In my view what it is doesn't really matter it is how you remember the gift or event and how long this memory stays with you.
Two very different Christmas memories stay with me today, years after they took place. The first was when I was about nine years old and my sister was about five. 'Father Christmas' always left a sack of presents at the end of our bed and in the morning we would lug this bulging beast into my parent's room and open the presents on their bed.
On particular Christmas we woke in the night and were so excited that we must have put on the light, then opened all the presents in our beds. The one that springs to mind was my sister's present which was a child's slide projector that showed mini film strips. We were so thrilled with this and gave ourselves a film show from our beds, hidden under our mosquito nets. Obviously we ten realised what we had done and guilt overcame us. We 'carefully' re- wrapped the gifts and pt them back in our sacks and then went back to sleep.
The next day we went through to my parent's room and feigned surprise at the gifts as we unwrapped them but Mum said, " I think someone has already unwrapped these!!" we confessed. It is still something we laugh about forty years on when my sister and I talk about Christmas.
The second gift we all remember as causing the most fun and hilarity was one year when my Gran (about 90 at the time) had put together a parcel full of old cracker gifts, and bits and pieces bought from her church sales. The idea she said was we all had to take a ticket and then as your number was pulled out you could choose from the gifts. You could also swap as in choose a gift someone else had already taken. It was quite complicated but we began this game as instructed. The gifts included a shower cap, a small colouring in book (some already coloured), and other strange oddments. The point is the items were irrelevant but we had a most hysterical time swapping the gifts and laughing about Gran's collection of oddities. My two children were quite young and the rest of us were adults but I honestly don't think anyone has ever give our family a gift that has brought so much fun and amusement ever before or since.
It was especially nice as I was back home from Australia, my parents were both still alive and well and it was one of those 'Dickensian', Christmas card memory with the deep snow outside, the tree all lit and we had a real traditional turkey meal. It was probably the last real family Christmas we ever had with my parents at home and the memory will stay with us all for years to come. We only have to mention Gran's jumble sale parcel to have us all rolling around holding our sides with the same silly giggling as on the day.
We don't exchange big presents. I always gave all the children a stocking which i made for each of them with chocolates and fruit and nuts in them. They remember that more than their main gifts each year. I think it is the family traditions that make memories. The photo we take in front of the fire of the five of them growing up and changing over the years. We have now added in partners and grandchildren into that tradition. Despite the fact that all of our own children are over 5 they still ask for the stockings!! So it is not about the size or expense of the gift but more the meaning, memory and family tradition behind it.
So in answer to the question it is not the actual gift but the memory that goes with the gift that gives the most lasting pleasure and therefore becomes the best present.
Thanks for allowing me to share these memories and make me smile thinking about them all over again. I just hope my children have as happy and simple memories of some of the childhood Christmases.
This is my 1,000th review! In this time I have made friends on Dooyoo, used the site to make the best consumer decisions, and racked up quite a few dooyoo miles, virtually all of which have gone to buy Birthday and Christmas gifts for my sons or books for them. So I want to begin this by saying thank you to everyone!
I wanted this review to be special - but couldn't find a good category to place it - so I have stolen the general category. I decided to write this after a good friend and fellow dooyoo member complimented me on seeing the best in people. I've been told this most of my life. My Mother used to ask me if I would ever learn and I would cheerfully reply "No - I don't want to". This was in reference to helping someone who didn't really need help - but better to help 100 who do not need help, then to turn your back on one who did. I told my Mother what the person had done was irrelevant - I did what I felt I was right at the time and would continue to do so. Shortly afterwards she bought me a pair of rose coloured glasses which I wore for many years and everyone who knew me said suited me perfectly. In fact I'd really fancy another pair.
But while it may look as if I am walking around with my head in the clouds - I am not blind. I see the horrible things going on every day as clearly as everyone else does. If I can help - I will. If not - I choose not to dwell on it. I imagine everyone has a sad story to tell, and my life has not always been filled with sunshine and light. If I were to tell my full story I doubt many would believe it - I have given into despair at one point in my life though - and things were pretty bleak - until I pulled myself up and became heavily involved in volunteer work - and eventually found happiness in making others happy - and then by complete surprise bordering on a miracle, I did what the doctors told me was not possible. I carried my oldest son to term , and although I lost the next, I also carried his brother. Now I have two beautiful sons who are the light of my life and no matter what else I may have or lack - I consider myself blessed by God to have been given such a wonderful gift. Horrible things have happened. No matter what you do in life - bad things will happen - we all suffer - but darkness does make the light brighter. I don't discuss terrible things and I choose not to think about them, I choose to turn away and see the good instead - this applies to people as well as to memories. Funny enough, with most people, if you can ignore the bad and only see the good - you find the good coming out more and more. Likewise - I remember all those I have lost, but I remember laughter and jokes, not funerals or sorrow - but enough about me.
What I really wanted to share is a story I heard when I was very young. It is very old story and not copyrighted so I feel it is OK to paraphrase it, although it appears all over the web - I do not want to cut and paste it into a review, but if it interests you - please look up the full version. The story was told by a man known as Rabbi Haim of Romishok. It is called the Allegory of the Spoons. In this story the teacher is given a view of hell. It looks like a lovely place actually, huge tables filled with all the most wonderful foods to eat - but tortured souls in this place are starving. Each persons elbows are bound with splints and while they can see and smell the wonderful foods, they can not reach a spoon to their mouths, so they starve. Heaven looks exactly the same as hell. the same tables, the same wonderful foods, the same bindings on the arms preventing people from feeding themselves. But in Heaven everyone is happy and well fed. The difference here is that each person lifts food from the table and feeds his neighbour. His neighbour then returns the favour. In this story Heaven and hell are what we make of them. I believe life is like this as well. We can choose to give in to suffering and despair - or we can choose to focus on the good things - and help each other where we can. We create our own heaven - or we drown in our own private hell.
Of course there are bad people, and most people will be hurt at some point, but if we spend our life thinking about that hurt, and expecting everyone else to hurt us - we never see the wonderful possibilities all around us. OK so maybe you are skint - wealth is relative. I am quite sure that anyone on this site would be wealthy by standards of many living in third world countries. We may be poor, but we have homes to live in food to eat - and if you are reading this review - you can afford the luxury of a computer or other Internet capable device. I'm sure many would love to trade places.
Perhaps you are lonely. If you have never experienced loneliness you are a very lucky soul. But there is always some way in which you can interact with others. Volunteer - help someone else - if you can not experience joy on your own just yet - experience the joy of making others happy. I imagine most of us want love in our lives - and I know many can feel that it is hopeless. Personally, love took me by surprise long after I had given up on looking for it. I've heard people say you can't find love if you are not rich, good looking etc... but it is rubbish. Most women put making them laugh as one of the most attractive features on a man - but so is kindness and confidence. Bitterness is a real turn off though - and I'm sure that applies to men as well as women. If you look for the best in everyone else - most of the time you will find something. I can't tell you how many children in our group were meant to be real trouble makers. I always expected the very best from them, and I think some appreciated someone expecting them to wonderful kids. They never let me down. And if you keep looking for the best in everyone you meet, in time, you'll find someone to look for the best in you. My husband may not be perfect - and I most certainly am not. But I will only see the best in him and he is pretty close to perfect in my eyes. Whether he feels the same - I can't say but we have had many happy years together.
If I sound like Pollyanna, I am not. As I said I won't discuss the bad things, I've seen my share of hell - but I will not acknowledge it. I let my rose coloured outlook filter out the nasty things. I prefer to do as those in the story have done. In all honesty - there was a time when I never expected happiness for myself - everything I have now is a gift, my husband , my children, even my wee dog - I have so much to be grateful for. But I also think if I had not made a decision to at least try to make others happy - I would not have found happiness myself.
If you have read this far, thank you. Perhaps this is just a rant, but it encompasses my philosophy on life.


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Kangaroos may be nature's best hoppers. But when they are grazing on all fours, which is most of the time, their tail becomes a powerful fifth leg, says a new study.
Involving researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder, Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, Canada, and the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, the study illuminates the seemingly mundane task of foraging by red kangaroos. While such activity appears awkward, it turns out their tails provide as much propulsive force as their front and hind legs combined as they eat their way across the landscape.
"We found that when a kangaroo is walking, it uses its tail just like a leg," said Associate Professor Maxwell Donelan of Simon Fraser University, corresponding author for the study. "They use it to support, propel and power their motion. In fact, they perform as much mechanical work with their tails as we do with one of our legs."
"We went into this thinking the tail was primarily used like a strut, a balancing pole, or a one-legged milking stool," said Associate Professor Rodger Kram of CU-Boulder's Department of Integrative Physiology, a study co-author. "What we didn't expect to find was how much power the tails of the kangaroos were producing. It was pretty darn surprising."
Red kangaroos are the largest of the kangaroo species in Australia. When grazing on grasses, they move both hind feet forward "paired limb" style while using their tails and front limbs together to support their bodies. "They appear to be awkward and ungainly walkers when one watches them moseying around in their mobs looking for something to eat," said Kram. "But it turns out it is not really that awkward, just weird."
In human locomotion, the back foot acts as the gas pedal and the front foot acts as a brake, which is not especially efficient, said Kram. But he likens a walking kangaroo to a skateboarder who has one foot on the board and uses the other foot -- in this case a tail -- to push backward off the pavement, increasing the forward motion.
A paper on the subject was published online today in Biology Letters. In addition to Kram and Donelan, the paper was co-authored by Postdoctoral Fellow Shawn O'Connor of Simon Fraser and Emeritus Professor Terence Dawson of the University of New South Wales. The study was funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada, the Australian Research Council, and traveling fellowships from the International Society for Biomechanics and the Journal of Experimental Biology.
Donelan, a former graduate student under Kram, said no animal other than the kangaroo uses its tail like a leg. "Their tails have more than 20 vertebrae, taking on the role of our foot, calf, and thigh bones."
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Franck vs. Posner on 'Notre Dame vs. Sebelius'
Matthew J. Franck is not happy with Judge Richard J. Posner. He doesn't like how Posner treated attorney Matthew Kairis during oral arguments at the Seventh Circuit Court last week (which I wrote up here). Kairis represents Notre Dame in its lawsuit challenging the HHS contraception mandate. Franck writes:
In a colloquy with Matthew Kairis...Posner badgered, interrupted, and demanded yes-or-no answers to questions so badly framed that they had to be either evidence of Posner's failure to grasp the issues in the case, or of his intention to trap counsel in a corner of some kind.
Of course, Posner has never been known for going easy on lawyers. One law blogger said this was Posner "at his cantankerous best." Others weren't so sure. But whatever you make of Posner's approach, Kairis didn't help matters by talking over the judges and failing to answer their questions directly--or without speechifying. "Any law student who has done a moot court argument in school learns that you don't interrupt the court, talk while the court is talking, or irritate the judge by trying to sidestep a direct question," wrote lawyer and blogger Bill Wilson.
Franck's displeasure isn't limited to Posner's attitude. No, he thinks Posner has missed entirely the point of Notre Dame's complaint. Actually, it's worse than that. Franck believes he's identified "Posner's inability to perceive what's at stake in this case" (my emphasis). But judging from Franck's post, it's not clear that he has a terribly firm grasp of the issues in play.
Franck complains that Posner asked Kairis to explain what Notre Dame might settle for, if it couldn't accept the accommodation offered by the Obama administration. (Recap: The exemption worked out by HHS allows some nonprofit religious employers [those that employ and serve primarily co-religionists--dioceses, parishes, etc.] to exclude contraception coverage from their health plans. Their employees won't receive such coverage at all. The accommodation lets other nonprofit religious groups [those that employ and serve people of many faiths] avoid contracting for contraception coverage, but allows their workers to obtain the coverage from a third party.) Posner--and he wasn't the only judge to press Kairis on this point--wanted to know whether Notre Dame would be satisfied if it could just send a letter to the government, rather than the administrator of its health plan, asserting its objection to contraception and its pledge not to pay for it. That would leave it up to the government to require third parties to provide it. Kairis said it depends on whether university employees would receive coverage as a consequence of that act.
As Franck describes it, "Posner was sketching a scenario that the law does not even allow—'writing a letter to the government' such as he describes—so what was the point of his question?" Yes, it's called a hypothetical situation. Posner was trying to figure out the basis of Notre Dame's complaint. Only after a good deal of wrangling were the judges able to get Kairis to tell them that Notre Dame objects to having any role in a process that results in its employees receiving contraception coverage. The judges might have followed up by asking whether the payroll process counts. After all, you never know what your employees might buy with their salaries (and in the United States, benefits are considered part of a worker's compensation package).
Posner stepped into another Francktrap when he dared to claim that Notre Dame was eligible for an exemption from the contraception mandate. Here's how Franck explains it:
"Religious employers" such as actual houses of worship get a complete exemption from the mandate, with no provision of contraception to their employees. But employers like Notre Dame, or the Little Sisters of the Poor, only get a fraudulent "accommodation" in which their employees, by virtue of their employment, and as a result of a contractual relationship with the employer's health insurer or administrator, get allegedly "free" contraceptives, abortifacients, and sterilization services (for whose costs nearly all such employers are actually still on the hook).
Fine, Posner did not use the language found in the Federal Register. Kairis didn't correct him--and clearly he had no problem pushing back on Posner's formulations. But did Franck expect the court to accept and repeat his definition of the accommodation? So, Mr. Kairis, is it your position that this so-called accommodation, which implicates Notre Dame in the provision of these services in a way that clearly violates its sincerely held religious beliefs, and which is a lie anyway because, come on, no such thing as a free lunch, is a bad thing then? On a couple of occasions, Posner admitted his confusion about some of the federal regulatory language, and said he would follow up with the government.
But have a look at the parenthetical phrase at the end of that block quote above: "for whose costs nearly all such employers are actually still on the hook." Franck asserts that "nearly all" accommodated employers will be "on the hook" for contraceptive coverage. That's a curious way of describing what the accommodation actually allows. First, by "nearly all," Franck means religious employers that pay premiums to insurers. For those organizations, when they contract for employee health plans, they inform the insurance company that they don't want contraceptives included in the plan. The insurance company then offers it to employees (who don't have to pay out of pocket for it) because the government says so. Even though actuarial studies have shown that offering contraception coverage is at least cost-neutral, Franck contends the coverage can't be "free," so the cost must be reflected somewhere, but even if it's not found in the payments made by the objecting employers, they're paying insurers that pool premiums, so their pure-of-intent payments may be mingled with impure ones, which makes them unacceptably complicit. Of course that's always been the case, so anyone who has ever sent payments to insurance companies--and that includes most of you, lots of bishops, and probably Franck himself--has been illicitly cooperating with evil for quite some time. Why are Catholics hearing about this only recently? (Of course, as I've written many times before, I think that's a very bad Catholic moral theological argument.)
But that's not the situation Notre Dame faces, because the university is self-insured. It pays no premiums to insurers. It covers all employee medical claims with its own money. The university pays a third-party administrator (TPA) to handle the paperwork--but those fees are a fraction of what insurance premiums would cost. The HHS accommodation requires TPAs to cover the cost of contraception coverage entirely (they can recoup their expenditures through what amount to tax rebates). That's why Notre Dame's TPA informed employees that they would need a separate customer I.D. number to receive contraception coverage. Their other I.D., presumably, entitles them only to services paid out of Notre Dame's health-care accounts. This arrangement further isolates Notre Dame from the provision of the services it objects to.
Franck faults Posner for thinking "he can make his own forays into the moral theology of the Catholic Church," but omits the fact that Notre Dame self-insures. Without accounting for that, you can't really run a Catholic moral-theological analysis of the case. I don't expect this to change Franck's mind, of course, but if you're going to tut-tut a federal judge for daring to wade into the murky waters of Catholic moral theology, you should show that you can swim them yourself.
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Judge Posner is certainly a bright guy, but his knowledge of Catholicism has been called into question before, particularly in 2010 when he posted the following on his blog:
Not only is it unusual for an active judge to maintain a blog that comments on matters that could well come before him in future cases, but he rightly caught flack for, among other things, linking pedophilia with homosexuality in his blog entry.
Mr Gallicho,
You are a very good writer, but not a very good cost accountant. If the third party administrator must provide the coverage, you can be absolutely certain that they will recover their incremental cost from Notre Dame, either by increasing administrative fees or not providing economy of scale discounts when otherwise justified.
"Posner was sketching a scenario that the law does not even allow—'writing a letter to the government' such as he describes—so what was the point of his question?"
The Supreme Court required the Little Sisters to write such a letter to the government as a condition of getting a temporary injunction to protect them until their case us decided.
Poster asked if ND would have a quarrel with writing such a letter.
Seems like a reasonable question to me.
If the third party administrator must provide the coverage, you can be absolutely certain that they will recover their incremental cost from Notre Dame,
No. They are paid out of fees insurance companies pay to participate in the insurance exchanges.
Here's the Supreme Court Order in Little Sisters
Here's the Supreme Court Order in Little Sisters
Charles Ladner: Obamacare imposes a tax on Third Party Administrators, called the Federally Facilitated Exchange User Fee. If the Third Party Administrator has to pay for contraception coverage for the employees of an accomodated organization, the FFE User Fee is reduced to compensate the Third Party Administrator for the cost of the contraception. Basically, if a catholic institution is an accomodated organization, the money for the contraception comes from the federal government. The accomodated institution is not paying for contraception directly or indirectly, except insofar as they pay taxes.
Here's a link from Cigna that documents this: http://www.cigna.com/health-care-reform/news/final-contraceptive-regulations-for-religious-organizations-issued
Why is the federal reimbursement expressed as a reduced tax rather than having the government cut a check? Because a direct government payment would be a tempting target for the Republicans to try to repeal, but they are unlikely to raise a tax on a group of corportations.
Ann. You are correct. Notre Dame doesn't pay. The taxpayers pay.
Thank you John Hayes for keeping us focused on the facts, which undermine all the ideological arguments presented as though they were fact.
Charles Ladner,
Please pay attention to John Hayes' comments.
The bishops can build five bedroom houses for themselves. But they can't stay out of other people's bedrooms. How this continues to remain the most talked about issue in Catholicism and now the country is a wonder. Everybody practices contraception. But it is still there, here and everywhere.
The main argument by the universities is that this impinges on religious freedom. Mostly everyone wants coverage but some Catholic professors, the Cardinal Newman society and almost zero Christians. The arguments are all intriguing. But irrelevant.
What does ND want? They want the government to say that they are "Catholic enough" to receive a full exemption from the mandate, like a parish. That's all this is about. ND has been providing and, I'm sure, will continue to provide contraception coverage. So, this has nothing to do with Catholic moral theology and everything to do with the preservation of their publically acknowledged Catholic identity.
Ann, Alan,
You both seem well informed on this matter, so maybe you could set me straight on the mechanics. In my insurance plan I receive from the third party administrator each year a list or formularly of the meds or drugs that are covered. If I have questions or if certain meds are not on the formularly, they provide a phone number and web address to deal with specific exceptions. I would thus presume that the third party administrator for Notre Dame's plan would simply not include the birth control or other objectionable meds on their formularly, with the proviso that the covered person can deal directly with the administrator. In my plan, if the meds or services are not provided by the plan, the plan documents and other published materials are silent. So in Notre Dame's case, I would think they would not be required to say anything about contraceptive meds in the materials provided to their employees. Neither would there be any requirement to include such meds in the formularly. If this interpretation is correct and the transaction to acqire contaceptives is soley and exclusively between the insured and the third party administrator, then Notre Dame is completely out of the transaction and there should be no issue.
On the other hand, if Notre Dame is obligated to take any part in the transaction such as publicizing the availability of the objectionable meds in communications with its employees or if it is required to include such meds in its formularly, then it is an entirely different matter. In such case Notre Dame might reasonably be seen to be an enabler or at least complicit in fostering behavior contrary to the Church's teachings.
The court denied ND's request.
Mr. Ladner, according to this letter, the TPA has sent out separate insurance ID cards for people to use only when buying contraceptives.
That is from the website of Sycamore Trust, which is a non-profit set up by ND alumni "concerned about preserving the Catholic identity of the University"
Here is the notice the TPA sent to members of the ND plan explaining that ND will not pay for contraceptives but people who want them can request a membership ID card in the "Meritain Health Conttraceptive Services Payment Plan," which will pay for them.
A Summary Plan Description of the Meritain Plan is attached to the letter
Both are attached to this court filing as "Appendix A"
So if Notre Dame does not pay and Notre Dame does not process or in any way involve itself in a transaction one of its employees may undertake to acquire objectionable meds from an organization not affiliated with the university, where is the problem? I must be missing some detail or nuance. (Of course, I am assuming that Notre Dame is neither publicizing the availability nor otherwise facilitating the transaction.)
Here's the decision written by Judge Posner for the Court.
I've read it but perhaps Grant would like to do a post reviewing it.
Mr. Ladner,
Mr. Gallicho explains who pays, and it's not Notre Dame:
"The HHS accommodation requires TPAs to cover the cost of contraception coverage entirely (they can recoup their expenditures through what amount to tax rebates). "
Charles Ladner: Notre Dame objects to the fact that they have to notify the government that they are claiming the right to a religious accomodation from the contraceptive coverage rule. They regard the notice as an unacceptable "trigger" which starts the train of events that result in the employee getting contraceptive coverage. It seems to me that ND's principle, if applied consistently, would create anarchy: anyone could decide to ignore any general law, provided they claimed this was due to a religious belief. Walmart, for example, would probably decide the corporation had a religious objection to paying the minimum wage.
The problem with the "trigger" reasoning, in addition to allowing those with religious objections a form of "self-policing" that is probably inimical to a society that takes the rule of law seriously, is that Notre Dame does not have the "right" to prevent its employees from obtaining contraception -- only the "right" (contested but putative, anyway) not to be the instrument of that action. The notification is the means by which ND tells the government it won't be the instrument. The fact that it sets in motion the alternative means by which the employees get the contraceptive coverage anyway is not a legally protected interest that ND should even have the right to assert because it, ND, does not have a legally protected interest in preventing its employees from obtaining contraception. Allowing ND to assert an interest in prohibiting its employees from obtaining contraception that is paid for by taxpayers generally would give to ND a status that is superior to the sovereign in determining what rights certain U.S. citizens have. That would be intolerable.
P.S., regarding Posner's fairness or civility. 99% of appellate cases are decided on the briefs and the judges already know how they are going to vote. Oral argument is often a way to clarify a party's position or to test their responses to specific questions, or sometimes just to get them to respond to a question that one judge has asked another when they disagree about a case. Most appellate judges do not suffer fools gladly and someone who talks over a judge better be sure the other two members of the panel are on his side. This is a lot about nothing. A judge should not be required to understand Catholic doctrine to resolve a legal dispute in the United States of Americal.


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New ipod classic (purchased 2-25-12 from Target) DOES charge on our OLD Bose dock (pleasant surprise) whereas ipods purchased 1-2 years ago do not. I am vaguely aware that the non-charging situation was deliberate by Apple (something about the pins) to avoid the possibility of the old Bose dock "zapping" the ipod (pardon my lack of correct tech lingo). We even bought a new Bose dock to solve the problem, but kept the old one too. Now, my daughters brand new ipod classic charges in the OLD dock! Has anyone else experienced this and/or know what is going on? Thanks!
The difference you're referring to is the ability to charge over the FireWire pins, which Apple removed from most iPods/iPhones several years ago.
However, as you've discovered, iPod Classics are still able to charge via FireWire. I expect this functionality could be removed at any revision, but for now, consider yourself lucky ;)


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Trainerspotter began as a side project between two friends, Russell Gater and Daniel Savory, it was a kind of creative outlet, a project exploring sports heritage, street subculture and graphic design for their love of vintage sneakers. This quickly developed into a real brand and business as demand for the product grew not just in the UK but Worldwide. Inspired by Trainerspotter heroes such as Steve Prefontaine, Jeff Johnson, Geoff Hollister and Rudi Dassler, the initial aim of the brand was to tell the stories behind sneaker culture that nobody had heard before. People seemed to have forgotten its true roots - sports. Rapidly evolving, Trainerspotter is continually offering more detailed garments including t-shirts and sweatshirts telling more inspirational stories but never compromising the brand ethos.


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Originally Posted by aryan123vry informative post for engineers! Gr8 lionaneesh
I had just started reading about protocols from my notes but I am not able to get the exact meaning of following lines..
" If we implement rules using single module then we can't change any single rule. Thus it is better to use different modules for different rules implementation.
So protocols are developed in different modules."
OSI : protocol suite created by ISO
It contains 7 modules in form of layers.
Can anyone explain what is written in double codes...


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With unseasonable mild temperatures in Athens, the Georgia football team had its first preseason practice on Friday afternoon.
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Is there a place where I can download the icons that are used in unity?
I wish to use them for a web page project in school.
I will be emulating the Ubuntu desktop for the purpose.
If you could include default wallpapers that would be great too!
You'll find a lot here:
Here's a blog post that includes all of Ubuntu's default wallpapers from 4.10 to 13.10: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2010/09/a-look-back-at-every-ubuntu-default-wallpaper
You can find the icons in /usr/share/icons on your Ubuntu installation.
You'll also find a lot of icons, themes, wallpapers for GNOME & Unity here at http://gnome-look.org