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Tag Archives: United States
A is for Amazon – Google sells the alphabet
Those google predictions while you type are often frighteningly prescient but what happens when they’ve only got the first letter to go on? Well, it seems to me that rather than returning the most frequent queries (B is for Britney, … Continue reading
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Similar and dissimilar others
We just had our weekly journal club discussing: Mitchell, J.P., Macrae, C.N., & Banaji, M.R. (2006) Dissociable Medial Prefrontal Contributions to Judgments of Similar and Dissimilar Others, Neuron 50, 655-663 It’s a moderately neat scanning study that purports to show … Continue reading
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Tagged Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Romania, United Kingdom, United States
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Bodidharma’s Eyelids – Chapter 2
Chapter 2 London, Tuesday 17th December Doctor Whittard, the chief Librarian, was not a happy man. The biggest problem when running a government department that does not officially exist is the filling in of forms. Government runs on paperwork and … Continue reading
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Tagged a farming policy director, Accounting, America, Bob Tetley, Boston, British Library, Camellia Kousmichoff, Captain, Cardiff, cellular telephone, chief Librarian, China, Congress, direct commander, Earl Grey III, external consultant, GCHQ, GCHQ building, General, government cleaning services, Her Majesty's government, history teacher, information analyst, Islamic Republic of Iran, Jesus Henry Christ, lawyer, Library of Congress, linguist, London, Major General, manager, Massachusetts, Menwith Hill, North Korea, Oxford University, requesting manager, Russia, secure systems, spy, Staff, statistician, submarine commander, Swansea, Taylor, Thames, United Kingdom, United States, University of Wisconsin, Victoria station, VR technology, Walter Whittard, Wisconsin
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KOKO NIPPLES FETISH
You might not remember this Koko’s responses to self-identity questions ‘Who are you?’ 1a. ME GORILLA NIPPLES TICKLE 1b.NIPPLES GORILLA 2a. POLITE-KOKO KoKo NUT NUT POLITE DEVIL HAIR 2b. HEAD KoKo POLITE SWEET BAD 3a. KOKO POLITE ME 3b. THIRSTY … Continue reading
insincere and dishonest
Compare this article on Guardian online today ‘He’s just sleeping, I kept telling myself’ On Sunday, 13 Iraqis were killed and dozens injured in Baghdad when US helicopters fired on a crowd of unarmed civilians. G2 columnist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, who … Continue reading
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April Reading List
Damsel in Distress – P G Wodehouse Another seemingly effortless piece of Wodehouse brilliance. It is reassuring to know that he actually spent ages rewriting drafts, refining his lines and polishing his sparkling wit. Dreaming War – Gore VidalA collection … Continue reading
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follow the money
a few more primates needlessly killed for pointless research that generates even more confusion.. the furore over the muffed up ‘monkeys on e’ trials is good news http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60328,00.html or it would be if it drew attention to how bias gets … Continue reading
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anti war march this saturday & we’re making a placard and have been trying to think up some decent slogans. Here are my efforts: military expenditure US…………..$280 Billion Iraq………….$1.3 Billion who is more dangerous? reverend Blair says: Love thy transatlantic … Continue reading
God knows I’m not a Christian (God knows this better than most – or he would were he not dead) But, at the eleventh hour before this latest war, I am forced to admit that there is a lot of … Continue reading
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