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How handy. I have to type a lot of non-English words in English language documents (mostly proper nouns) some of which are rather close to English words – but not exact matches. Using this tip, I can make sure that they are highlighted for manual checking if I get them slightly wrong.
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It's a rare event for me to agree with Peter Mandelson. But on this issue, he is right. So far this week, I've received five emails from companies telling me not to worry about deliveries from them – they have switched to courier companies to avoid the strike. For my own part, I'm encouraging my contacts to send documents by email instead of by post. The postal workers don't want to work harder than they do now – at this rate, they won't have any work at all.
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Hopefully, if the conservation organisations can use the wild apples as flagship species, then efforts can be made to preserve tracts of the mountainous terrain that are also rich in other species.
Author: graybo
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links for 2009-10-20
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links for 2009-10-15
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This should probably also be true with PVR too.
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links for 2009-10-14
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Film shot from the forward gunners position and from behind the pilot of the BBMF Lancaster doing a flypast for last year's 65th anniversary of the raids on the Ruhr dams. Note the use of mark 1 map (no GPS), the cramped conditions and the sheer noise. Brilliant.
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On the Peelification of Tom
This morning, as Tom demolished the last spoonful of his second breakfast…
me: do you want some music on?
Tom: [muffled through egg] yeff pleef
me: try this. It starts quietly and gets louder.
Tom: [hands over ears] will it hurt when it gets loud?
me: no, just listen.
At this point, Tom runs off and fetches his guitar (a toy) and starts plucking the strings (not his normal random strumming) whilst nodding his head and looking at his feet.
There’s hope yet. I think it may be time to move him onto The Fall.
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links for 2009-10-09
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Early days, but hopeful.
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Complete list of species included in the CITES appendices.
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links for 2009-10-08
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Hurrah! New Russian missions to Venus.
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links for 2009-10-07
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Interview with The xx.
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Utterly fantastic on last week's Jools (even though they were in the shadow of the awesome Gladys Knight – chalk and cheese, though)- like a cross between early Cure, the Delgados, Lullabies-era Cocteaus and a whole bunch of other good shoe-gazing, new wave, electro stuff, but somehow with added soul. Their cover of Womack and Womack's Teardrops (long one of my favourite songs) is just stupendous.
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links for 2009-10-06
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I suppose I should state that all commercial products and services endorsed or mentioned here are presented here without any payment, knowledge or authorisation from the organisations concerned. But then, who would pay to be here?
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Covet. Covet. Covet.
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Interesting. If this is true and comes to pass, then, firstly, sell your dollars. Secondly, buy euro. And, probably, abandon Sterling. I’ve long held that it makes little sense for the UK to retain Sterling and sit outside the euro. If the dollar collapses (which it surely would if the Arab states and China sold off their massive reserves), then the pound would be fatally weakened.
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links for 2009-10-05
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Looks like eatsussex.co.uk is down. Useful tool. (Edit: Eat Sussex has gone bust, it seems. Shame).
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links for 2009-10-02
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List of recruitment agencies based in and around Lewes.
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