[gwnn]

Enjoy it while it lasts I guess. Both games were impressive but Dortmund was very close to be eliminated by Málaga as was Bayern against Arsenal and so on. Madrid could still overturn the deficit although I haven't seen good determination from them this whole season (except maybe beating Barca away in the cup).

[Cyberyeti]

gwnn, on 2013-April-29, 03:00, said:

The fans of Rapid Vienna are unhappy with the club's management so they built this in front of the club offices:

http://images05.kuri...x300/10.650.611

This reminds me of something that happened in my student days. A friend was rather upset with another student so overnight did this to his door in the university accommodation. He got a final written warning from the college which was framed on his wall.

[ArtK78]

I could not think of a thread to put this on, and this thread seems kind of ubiquitous, so I thought I would put it here.

The other day I was driving near my home and I passed the local high school. The message board for the high school flashes various messages on its LED display. The message that caught my attention as I drove by was "April is National Distracted Driving Month."

How ironic.

[Winstonm]

ArtK78, on 2013-April-29, 11:56, said:

I could not think of a thread to put this on, and this thread seems kind of ubiquitous, so I thought I would put it here.

The other day I was driving near my home and I passed the local high school. The message board for the high school flashes various messages on its LED display. The message that caught my attention as I drove by was "April is National Distracted Driving Month."

How ironic.

You picked the right thread.

[mike777]

ArtK78, on 2013-April-02, 09:22, said:

Funny thing is there was a period of time when there was an "anything goes" policy in the ACBL. I don't remember exactly when that was, but it was probably around the time that my partner and I won our first regional pair championship in 1978 playing the original ROMEX system in full. I know that we played the Dynamic Notrump and original Mexican 2♦ along with all of the other aspects of the original ROMEX system. I got a comment by phone from the Tournament Chairman several weeks later, but he did not say that there was anything wrong with what we did - just that there had been some comments about our system and he was following up. Nothing more was ever said.

I know there are not a lot of regular posters who were active tournament players back in the late 70's and early 80's. But if you are one of us, do you have a recollection of that period of time that matches mine?

first off and most important ..congrats on your win..a big congrats on your win: that is big!

not sure what your other points are but clearly you are a good player..very good.

[Aberlour10]

gwnn, on 2013-April-29, 04:00, said:

Enjoy it while it lasts I guess. Both games were impressive but Dortmund was very close to be eliminated by Málaga as was Bayern against Arsenal and so on. Madrid could still overturn the deficit although I haven't seen good determination from them this whole season (except maybe beating Barca away in the cup).

Anyway, 2 german teams in Wembley, british press will be not amused hehe

[PassedOut]

There was so little snow for Constance and me to see on our walk yesterday, I'm sure that it will all be gone today!

[Winstonm]

PassedOut, on 2013-May-18, 08:49, said:

There was so little snow for Constance and me to see on our walk yesterday, I'm sure that it will all be gone today!

Don't tell Al else we'll see the cherry-picked chart posted tomorrow.

[Aberlour10]

Berlin welcomes Obama with YES WE SCAN !

[Winstonm]

Aberlour10, on 2013-June-18, 08:41, said:

Berlin welcomes Obama with YES WE SCAN !

Ich bin ein Berliner.

[Aberlour10]

Winstonm, on 2013-June-18, 11:05, said:

Ich bin ein Berliner.

Berliner >>>>>>

[y66]

The U.S. is sending fewer young people to prison these days. Here’s why. By Brad Plumer

Excerpt:

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Last week, I noted that the United States puts more youths and teenagers in jail than any other developed country, with about 70,000 detained on any given day in 2010. And there’s plenty of evidence suggesting that this policy does far more harm than good.

But there’s another, important twist to this story: The U.S. incarceration rate for youths has actually dropped 32 percent over the past decade, according to a new report from the National Juvenile Justice Network and Texas Public Policy Foundation. And there’s good reason to think the numbers can keep falling.

Some of the drop has been driven by the general decline in crime and arrests across the country. But not all. Importantly, another chunk of the drop is due to the fact that nine states — including California, New York and Texas — have been experimenting with new policies to keep kids who commit minor offenses out of jail. These nine states have all seen an even bigger drop in their youth confinement rates since 2000.

[Aberlour10]

Good luck Mr Snowden, wherever you fly to.

[Cyberyeti]

Aberlour10, on 2013-June-23, 06:24, said:

Good luck Mr Snowden, wherever you fly to.

Venezuela apparently

[Winstonm]

Cyberyeti, on 2013-June-23, 07:25, said:

Venezuela apparently

Not Venzuela, but here.

[Aberlour10]

Monday flight SU150 to Havana ( No stopover at the Guantanamo Airport)

[Cyberyeti]

Winstonm, on 2013-June-23, 07:50, said:

Not Venzuela, but here.

BBC were saying Venezuela via Moscow.

[onoway]

Cyberyeti, on 2013-June-23, 09:26, said:

BBC were saying Venezuela via Moscow.

CBC said that after Venezuela he is off to Ecuador. What with Julian Assange still a guest in the embassy in London they're going to be getting a reputation.

[Cyberyeti]

onoway, on 2013-June-23, 10:18, said:

CBC said that after Venezuela he is off to Ecuador. What with Julian Assange still a guest in the embassy in London they're going to be getting a reputation.

Indeed, although the Venezuelans wouldn't extradite him either.

[Aberlour10]

Tja, the politicans in Washington, republicans, democrats are foaming with rage all together, The tales about USA as innocent victim of massive cyber attacks cannot be told by them anymore, They are doing the same, they let attack countries that have nothing to do with terror, or how can they explain these cyber attacks by NSA on the chinese universities servers or mobile phone corporations etc etc...They know now , everytime they threat in these matters with moral pointing fingers, the world will answer maybe with : F***k the PRISM and Tempora