Who knew that a show about rape would be so successful. Apparently there are a lot of sick people out there that like to watch that. I guess it does help that they catch the guy about 97% of the time. That and every episode is the exact same, so you know what to expect.
These paragraphs in an article are meaningful to me: "The notion of good taste - having an educated and perhaps unique sense of style - is different from a narrow view of what's proper or not. There's a certain kind of predicable good taste; everything matches all too precisely and the impact is usually pleasant and boring. This isn't only found in traditional interiors where the sofa fabric has s
How surprising? Even though Today Tonight has a different host, this week they still felt the need to pick on migrants. They seemed to dedicate an entire program to attacking migrants this week. I...
Mixed Martial Arts is the greatest method of combat for anyone. By mixing different elements of different styles a fighter can become on all round expert. However is MMA becoming just a mix of Mauy Thai, BJJ, and Wrestling?
Many MMA gyms nowadays have fighters who have excellent BJJ skills, great Mauy Thai techniques and can wrestle nearly all to the mat when needed. They can fight standing, on
[Images: Bauer Griffin]After much speculation over a possible breakup, Jessica Simpson and Tony Romo were spotted out together in Hollywood. After lunching at Katsuya, the two exited out of S-Bar's door and drove off in the same SUV. But does that really mean they are still going strong? Well....Rumour has it Tony has agreed to accompany Jessica to her little sister's wedding on the weekend and th
[...] Notice how each day now the daily gain is getting larger right alongside the trading volume—methinks a blow out is coming sooner rather than later, in a similar fashion to the blatant manipulation schemes of Christmas’ Past [...]
How long does it take to see results from SEO efforts? This, roughly, is a question that almost every potential client asks. Similar questions have been asked:
How long does it take for grass to grow?
How far is “over there”?
How big is big?
As soon as you make an SEO-related improvement to a page, you have results…well, [...]
Gotta start the fun off by featuring the chart of the manipulation scheme du jour, CVSC (no need to detail the company; whoever’s promoting it doesn’t care, so neither should you!)
Notice how each day now the daily gain is getting larger right alongside the trading volume—methinks a blow out is coming sooner rather than later, [...]
Blepharoplasty is lot like life that is not fully predictable so there is always a content of risk. Different patients vary in their responses to any given surgery and surgeons vary in their experiences and expertise. It is important to understand that the expert blepharoplasty surgeons will have some patients who suffer from unpredicted complications after surgery. An old quotation is famous
Wealth follows a "predictable imbalance", with 20% of the population holding 80% of the wealth. Also life follows a "predictable imbalance" whereas 20 % of the population holds 99% of the power.Also the economy players follow a "predictable imbalance" with 3%of the population holding 90% of the profitable business.The first scenario goes under the name of "Social injustice", the second under the name of "Oligarchy" and the third under the name of "Monopoly".Everybody agrees, but also this follows a "predictable imbalance" with 100% of the population aknowledging it , but 1% fighting for it.So, everything is clear.Think and you'll have the problem of disposal of ideas...
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Whatever the final outcome of the investigation into allegations of cheating on state-mandated tests for two consecutive years at University Preparatory Charter High School in East Oakland that led to the resignation of its director, Isaac Haqq, one thing is certain: The wrongdoing was altogether predictable, although not for the reasons being widely circulated in the community.While lax oversight of the school undoubtedly played a role in the scandal, the cause is more fundamental. More than 30 years ago, Donald Campbell, an eminent social scientist, warned about the danger of measuring effectiveness by a single influential metric. The more any quantitative indicator is used for decision-making, he said, the more subject it will be to corruption and the more it will corrupt the very process it is intended to monitor.The use of high-stakes testing is precisely the kind of process that Campbell's Law unwittingly foresaw. When attention is focused on standardized test scores to the excl
Churchill famously observed that the hardest thing to deal with in politics is events. Things just happen beyond the control of even the most powerful. After all the planning for contingencies and arranging for backup plans, there are some things that happen beyond any power to control. However the better the contingency planning, the better the preparedness, then the more chance there is of dealing with or at least mitigating what the world throws at you.So it saddens (and to some extent amuses me) when people and organizations give as their reason for failing to deliver on a promise Christmas, New Year and other public holidays. Fixed points in the calendar predictable not just months ahead, but years ahead and yet somehow we are supposed to believe that they leap out from behind a bush and cause a surprise.A similar piece of implausible explanation was being discussed on the radio this morning. Ten years ago local authorities were given a transition period to ensure that men and
The share market in the whole world was going pretty well. Recently we found the downfall in the market. But how to know in advance that the market may get a downfall? Is it one of the reasons that when it is going well for some time without any incident then there is a huge possibility a major downfall? Hmmm….Share market is really unpredictable.
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flangracneig pgoramian This annoyed me greatly this morning.
For the unaware, this is the latest of Lawro’s predictions, a weekly column where Lawro (Mark Lawrwnson) predicts the Premiership score and results. He varies on week to week but the last 7 Chelsea predictions he has predicted a 2-0 win for the Blues (even against Macclesfield, a team who are 90 places below Chelsea in the league). The last 7 predictions he has been wrong. Sometimes Chelsea have won, sometimes they haven’t, but the last time he got the correct result and score was 8 games ago, where ironically he predicted a 1-1 draw for Chelsea against Man United, which came to fruition.
In other news, please don’t go on Han’s blog, she’s embarrassed me by filming me undercover! Boo! Boo her!
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2007 could be 'hottest on record'
THE coming year was likely to be the warmest on record around the world, climate change experts at Britain's Met Office said today.
The global temperature was predicted to be 0.54C above the 1961-1990 average of 14C, it said.
It said there was a 60 per cent probability that [...]
