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I'd gofurther and suggest most curricular activities positively discourage applying yourself. Don't think. Store and regurgitate.

Like it.

Ew... you just reminded me of the Rat King in Halo Jones.

It's not surprising in the least, considering that by the sound of things you'll be one of the kind 5th columnists waving the T72 onwards. I've just read the report you link to, and it is an economic report, not a political one, and I find their political analysis facile at best. Certainly there has been economic growth. But to impute this to mean the country is politically sound is just weird. China has economic growth. Putin has behaved in a hyper-aggressive fashion, both domestically and externally since he came into office. Or had you forgotten Chechnya II? Litvinenko? The crushing of the free press? The hounding of Kasparov? To me it sounds like more of this dangerous bollocks which has everyone siding with absolutely anyone so long as they are anti-American. I'm not fundamentalist pro-American. But I know that a hyper-aggressive regime in Russia has me worried. Poland is part of NATO, as are we, which means if Putin fancies a trot around Eastern Europe I have to ship over there and get shot at.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...ependently.html University admissions boards claim students are turning up without soft skills. I was wondering what suggestions you might ahve for improving these skills. Mine is to release chimpanzees into high schools. One of the chimps will contain a million pounds in gold. One of the chimps will explode!

Servitor... servitor... does whatever the brain inside does!

Like the lady said, hoep you're OK. Is it phys? Secondly, no sugar? I can't imagine the Army without sugary tea every fifteen feet. Or fruit. What the hell?

I was just thinking that maybe back in the middle ages such a person would have been chased out into the woods.

Just before going to bed last night I discovered the dog had fleas. Picture, if you will, the whirlwind of activity as the poor pooch gets bundled in the blanket he was sleeping on, and dumped unceremoniously into the washing up bowl. Flea shampoo followed, and after a towelling (I don't own a hairdryer) he spent the night in the kitchen. I felt bad about it, but it had to be done. Fingers crossed they've gone. When I was a kid our cat used to get fleas all the time, and summer generally became a nightmare.

What, so you're saying you don't mind extrajudicial executions, just because Putin makes the trains run on time? Do you even live in Russia? I don't see much in the way of it being turned around. Theonly thing being turned around is the military, not the lives of ordinary Russians, which is not surprising given we appear to be dealing with some kind of junta.

Then they should have done the decent thing, and bioengineered the two girls together into a dangerous singing monster, that would go on a rampage, cuteifying people left right and centre.

you know what's sad about this is that the pressure his scientology buddies had put him under (to resign) could easily have triggered the stroke. taks Possibly. But I'd put my money on being overweight.

it's not like we're going in depth with the details You haven't gone too far, no. Not yet. Why ARE we all wearing lipstick, suddenly?

Another comment from elsewhere: I guess there is a point, but for the love of all that's holy, give the guy a break! EDIT: a similar issue.

Scratch my earlier thing with this edit:

Alright, gentlemen. Family site and all that. Steady on.

I do know from my old cognitive psychology training that many mental skills - often described as intelligence - are due to an alliance of very specific subskills and areas of expertise. [M. Eysenck & M.W.Keane, 2003 collects these, if memory serves*]. I therefore see your point. If we live in a pre-chewed information age, what will we cut our teeth on? *The ability to memorise names and study years is one example of this. I thought it would be impossible when I was an undergraduate.

I believe I can best contribute by repeating the request of others: Gameplay. Please. Seriously.

I take issue with the central notion. Some of my games, like Company of Heroes, I'm just not good enough to finish.

I disagree. They ought to have done better. I personally think it is all down to a-hole studio execs who try to forumlarise success. They can't grasp that it's a mix of perfection and imperfection, and misfires that makes a great movie.

You really can't put them down.

Alright, maybe not THAT much of an idiot.

http://link.brightcove.com/services/player...ctid=1522751113 I thought this story was interesting, but also inspiring, when one thinks one has problems.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/...-in-Darfur.html My analysis is that the ****heads of the World have worked out that the global media have only limited bandwidth, and when one thing kicks off, a whole host should follow.