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Not learnt today but hammered in today. I've been reading and intensely studying about the Shoah for the past six months .. too many sick people in this world and far too many allow "things" to happen.
If love could've saved you, you would've lived forever.
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One should be very selective in one's analogies!
You come at the Queen, you best not miss.
Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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I've learned that someone - I don't know who - actually still cares about this place.
Tempora mutatur et nos mutamur in illis
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That a red brick [redbrick] university is not the same as a Russell Group university
If you are still reading:
Redbrick is a subgroup of Russell
What is classed as 'ancient' universities, earlier than 1800, are not classed as redbrick ie Oxford and Cambridge.
The redbrick period is 1800 to 1960.
There are only nine redbrick universities: Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Reading, Nottingham and Newcastle
Redbrick universities were originally concentrated on real-world skills often linked to engineering and medicine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_brick_university
I am looking at universities with Zap so for me this was really interesting
oooof!
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If you are still reading:
Redbrick is a subgroup of Russell
What is classed as 'ancient' universities, earlier than 1800, are not classed as redbrick ie Oxford and Cambridge.
The redbrick period is 1800 to 1960.
There are only nine redbrick universities: Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Bristol, Reading, Nottingham and Newcastle
Redbrick universities were originally concentrated on real-world skills often linked to engineering and medicine
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_brick_university
I am looking at universities with Zap so for me this was really interesting
oooof!
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Italians characteristically being effortlessly stylish is a Myth.
Here's Matteo Berrettini (who will be playing against Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon men's finals tomorrow) and he has consistently throughout the tournament and the previous week at Queen's, worn a back-to-front baseball cap and black socks.
It's very disappointing.
Here's Matteo Berrettini (who will be playing against Novak Djokovic in the Wimbledon men's finals tomorrow) and he has consistently throughout the tournament and the previous week at Queen's, worn a back-to-front baseball cap and black socks.
It's very disappointing.
Nonsense to the aggressiveness, I've seen more aggression on the my little pony message board......I mean I was told.
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Or could it just be … sprezzatura!
take5_d_shorterer wrote:If John Bonham simply didn't listen to enough Tommy Johnson or Blind Willie Mctell, that's his doing.
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The first bus in Britain to be powered by human excrement ran from Bristol to Bath on the Number 2 route
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Rayge wrote:The first bus in Britain to be powered by human excrement ran from Bristol to Bath on the Number 2 route
Bugger off.
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Indeed
Footy wrote:Last week, I discovered that the cordless drill I bought about 5 years ago is, in fact, a cordless screwdiver.
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Me loves bog humour.
Footy wrote:Last week, I discovered that the cordless drill I bought about 5 years ago is, in fact, a cordless screwdiver.
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Just 100 companies are responsible for 70% of the worlds global green house emissions.
Count Company Percentage of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions
1 China (Coal) 14.32%
2 Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) 4.50%
3 Gazprom OAO 3.91%
4 National Iranian Oil Co 2.28%
5 ExxonMobil Corp 1.98%
6 Coal India 1.87%
7 Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) 1.87%
8 Russia (Coal) 1.86%
9 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 1.67%
10 China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) 1.56%
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change
Count Company Percentage of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions
1 China (Coal) 14.32%
2 Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) 4.50%
3 Gazprom OAO 3.91%
4 National Iranian Oil Co 2.28%
5 ExxonMobil Corp 1.98%
6 Coal India 1.87%
7 Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) 1.87%
8 Russia (Coal) 1.86%
9 Royal Dutch Shell PLC 1.67%
10 China National Petroleum Corp (CNPC) 1.56%
https://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/2017/jul/10/100-fossil-fuel-companies-investors-responsible-71-global-emissions-cdp-study-climate-change
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Barney Kessel played on Wouldn't it be nice.
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I've been reading about Henry Darger. Bloody hell!
You come at the Queen, you best not miss.
Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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That Bruce Springsteen's daughter Jessica will compete in the Tokyo Olympics as part of the US equestrian jumping team
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Lord Rother wrote:And there was me thinking you'd say "Fair enough, you have a point Bob".
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The norovirus is alive and well in East Kent.
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Siberian exiles used fish bladders as window panes
You come at the Queen, you best not miss.
Dr Markus wrote:
Someone in your line of work usually as their own man cave aka the shed we're they can potter around fixing stuff or something don't they?
Flower wrote:I just did a google search.
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“Maxwell” wrote:Siberian exiles used fish bladders as window panes
Siberian Seethru
OMG I've just cracked a prog joke. I need a lie down.
We're way past rhubarb
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The term "Gaslighting" comes from the 1944 George Cukor film "Gaslight" whose central plot is that of a husband trying to drive his wife insane in order to distract her from his criminal activities.
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Diamond Dog wrote:The term "Gaslighting" comes from the 1944 George Cukor film "Gaslight" whose central plot is that of a husband trying to drive his wife insane in order to distract her from his criminal activities.
which was a remake of a British movie from 1940.
So Long Kid, Take A Bow.
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Diamond Dog wrote:The term "Gaslighting" comes from the 1944 George Cukor film "Gaslight" whose central plot is that of a husband trying to drive his wife insane in order to distract her from his criminal activities.
Not today, but I learned not long ago that the term "firewall" as applied to computers came from the 1983 movie WarGames.