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I got quite a cool heritage in me. Firstly I am around half English. Quite a bit of Irish Slightly less Swedish then a touch of German My Irish ancestory is not 'true' Irish but can be traced back to the viking invaders of the 13th century. They would of interbreed with the locals of time so that segment of scandinavian blood in me would be quite diluted. But I can still claim to be a viking.

Adventure racing... especially the ones where they have to race for over 24 hours....

Part of me wants to get married, and almost feels a need to get married. But, another part of me says ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬ÅI never want to get marriedÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬ÃâÃ

ive noticed that the wii "fanboys" are more ignorant than any others and wont stop calling people sony "fanyboys" just because they can afford the better system so you decide to bash them and make fun of them just let it go, if you grew up around playstation games and you could afford it, you would be the same way, but no you are an ignorant fool who wont admit when he is wrong That the PS3 is a better system is debatable so should not really be used as a fact.

Firstly I would say that a person would have to be a pretty bad parent if they fail to notice that their children is failing in their education. I would also add that many children already fail in the state system and in many cases the state system is the only choice. With my idea, there would be much more choice and a greater chance that the child would get moved into a school which suits their need. At the moment it is mostly a one size fits all solution. Most parents are caring, and want the best for their children. I doubt many would choose a childs education on the "cheapest local alternative". One way to prevent the action of parent greed is to continue to tax the population for education, then allow parents to take their child's share of state funding to any school of their choice - public or private. Failing schools should be allowed to close, or taken over by better performing ones.

I have no idea which 3rd world country that "meet your meat' was filmed in but that is certainly not the case in most meat works. The animals go up a ramp into a small room where they are separated from the herd, there they are stunned by a electrical pulse before quickly having its neck slit. The carcass then goes down the meat processing line. In same cases they use a 'gun' like device which fires a shaft into the animals brain. In both cases they are not skinned while alive. Although they are skinned quite quickly after being killed.

Option L Where to start. The Wii is going to sell well, it has a very attractive price, and a unique control system. I suspect this would be a 2nd console for many gamers. The Xbox 360 seems to be off to a fairly slow start, but it has a good lead which would help it alone. I personally believe that Microsoft does not have its heart set on the console market.. I personally believe that Microsoft is keen to focus more on the PC gaming market then they have been, and that would hurt the Xbox game selection. Although I have never been a fan of sony, it does have a lot of supporters. They would sell a lot of consoles but I personally suspect that the price is going to be too much for many to swallow. They are going to fight it out with Microsoft for second place and towards the end of this console generation it would overtake the Xbox.

I just got a Rank A: Commander and Cheif You need a score of 80 to get that. I also got a 79 which gave me a fleet admiral. edit: 85 is still Commander and Cheif. I suspect 90 or 100 would be A+. Good luck, I am off to bed now.

I have not heard of that system of schools, but being privately run does not guarantee success, that Bristol example if it was bad, it would lose business. Then it would have to get its act together and provide a service which people would pay for, or it would face closing down or getting brought out. The weak, and inefficient services die out in the free market, when under state control they do not face the same penalties if they fail. The free market provides a service which the people want and are willing to pay for, the state provides what they think the people want. The reason why Railways fail, even under private ownership is because they are a rather inefficient method of transportation in a highly competitive environment. When the state run such services they generally used tax payers money to keep them going because the margins are so thin it is next to impossible to get a economic return on investment. The truth is the road networks are much more versatile and practical then rail would ever be. It is a transport method of a previous age. Most bus services I have had experience with are run by private business and they are quite successful. The ones which were not have gone under or been brought out. Thinking about state ownership and privatization, the only examples which I can immediately think of which have not succeeded are cases when the government has not been willing to give up complete control. If you want to see examples of the wonders of state owned enterprises, I suggest you take a visit to North Korea.

Not everyone has connections like that, the actual retail value of Photoshop CS is $649.00 USD. (From Adobe's website). The actual retail value of Paint Shop Pro is $99.99 USD. (From Jasc's website) So to the average joe, PSP looks a lot better than Photoshop, especially since it (usually) comes with Animation Shop (not sure if they still do). That is why Adobe released Photoshop elements, it is a cheaper version of paintshop for the average joe to use. Here is a good summary comparing Elements with Paintshop http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read. ... e=19401069 Between PSP and PSE... they are both good enough programs with their fans.

I found it next to impossible to study on my computer... I generally did three things. Moved everything to the library and do my study there. Moved everything to a computer laboratory and do my study there. Completely dismantle my computer and pack it up. During my last semester at university I even started to drink a whiskey and coke which seemed to calm my nerves and improved my concentration, also gave a nice energy boost but the alcohol and the caffeine seem to counteract each other. If I had any more then a single drink the opposite would happen.

I suggest you read my original message. If you did, you would of realized that my 'thoughts' are completely unjustifiable and are based on a very narrow and selfish view of snowboarding. Where did I say I have never been to a hill?

I say go with notes, but not any old notes. You have to get her to watch a seminar (see the other thread for references on why girls love them). Now in the seminar, if you are using decent software you should be able to paste 'virtual' notes, which you can open up during the seminar. The note should be something intriguing but not too direct, something like "the current price of crude oil" (Chicks love this stuff). You should also keep the seminar very specific, so a topic like "The impact of the price fluctuations of crude oil on the production of silk fabric in the Fujian province of southern china". If you do it just right she would be yours for the taking.

I disagree, I believe the state has almost no place in education. The private sector can, and probably would provide much better solutions, which would would meet the needs of the student better and are likely to be less expensive to operate. People should be allowed to spend their money on the education provider which best suits their needs. It is also highly arguable about the need for a formal education, many of the great inventors and commercial successes have came from people who completely failed in such educational environments. I also fail to see how a state operated education system can teach people not to be addicts... They choose to be addicts and are mostly influenced by their environments. They need to learn self restraints, self respect and common sense and I do not believe that such a education could provide such training. I personally believe the removal of benefits, and other such handouts would have a much greater positive effect in reducing the level of addiction then educational brainwashing.

Should people not also have their freedom to spend their money on the services and goods which they personally see fit. Why should tax payers money be spent to educate idiots who lack responsibility and self control?.

China's Lenovo Group has completed its $1.75 billion purchase of IBM's PC division, creating the world's third-largest PC maker, the companies said Sunday. Under the deal, IBM takes an 18.9 percent stake in Lenovo. Lenovo paid $1.25 billion for the IBM PC unit and assumed debt, which brought the total cost to $1.75 billion. Lenovo ... will be allowed to use the IBM brand for five years under an agreement that includes the "Think" brand. Big Blue has promised to support the PC maker with marketing via its corporate sales force. So, Lenovo does own the IBM PC division. It is very likely that the IBM thinkpads are still currently being made in the IBM facilities with the same staff.

Alchemon and someone else faught for the top fighter for a long time I thought. Here are the top 10 overall players on sep 22 2002 (from wayback machine) L6vi Ashley Tiwi Lightning Zaptone Z Alchemon G Bub M Oldfield Hiana Doublebubble Here is a link which shows the highscore for that time http://web.archive.org/web/200112110352 ... s-0-0.html I played around with different dates for a while but without much luck. If anyone else tries the wayback machine, I had better luck looking up http://www.runescape.com Alchemon, and Sandytrain have also been widely forgotten but were farmous back in their time.

I am going against the flow here but I did not find that episode that funny. I have seen heaps of better ones. It was nothing compared with the ÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬Ãâ¦Ã¢â¬Åhappy forest creature giving birth to SatanÃÆââââ¬Å¡Ã¬ÃâÃ

I do not really like being called nicknames and try to put a stop to them. But in recent years I have been putting less effort in. People quite often try to call me 'tom' which is not allowed. One friend had gotten away with calling me tomo of lately, at least it is not 'tom'. My dad calls me 'bubbles', because he knows it irritates me. But I never respond to it because it would encourage him.

My personal view "Waste of time", plus I dis-like the hoon culture which hangs around with it. But to be honest, I have never tried snowboarding and I had a very similar attitude towards mountain bikers before I become one.

Thinking back to science class. I, and most of the class ended up making catapults out of raw chicken legs. (Skin the legs and pull on the tendons and you could get it to 'kick' or to close the 'claws'. Quite quickly we worked out we could use the legs to flick stuff (eg raw chicken meat) around and started a small war. The teacher normally quite a strict guy was walking around the room offering advice on how to operate the leg-catapults better. Heaps of fun.

If I ever buy a pre-made machine, I would probably just purchased the cheapest system which provides the CPU and slots I require with a decent warranty. Then I would spend a bit more and throw in extra ram and a graphics card. Could probably get a better preforming machine for half the price of their high end models. I thought IBM computers are now just a brand for Lenovo, and they have not really had time to prove themselves. I have always considered IBM to be overpriced for what they are (might just be market variation). Sure they often have fancy features and gimmicks.

Most crazy, and thinking back on it, a very stupid thing to do was myself and a friend snuck a alcoholic drink into economic class, and drunk it while sitting in the front row (to the side). We did that on several occasion until I realize how stupid it was and I did not want to take such a risk. I was probably 14/15. A couple of my friends continued doing it during the lunch hour.

This should be the perfect time for the Bush administration to get same guts and take out Kim Jong-il, might as well do Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while they are at it. Any protesters should just be given a free ride to North Korea and left there.

If you think that was annoying you're going to go insane with them allowing color now. It's text, you aren't dieing. If all else fails, /ignore. It just went live today, some things are still getting tweaked and worked out, and the rush from the news post has made things a bit hellish, but it'll get better. :mrgreen: If it is to bad I would just set-up a bit of CSS to block the colour. Tried /ignore and it failed