azlan
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I had started collecting vinyl discs even though i had no gramophone lol i just liked them so much but then i figured it was really a waste of money :/
you can buy USB turntables relatively cheaply that simply plug into your computer and let you play the audio out of your speakers or record it to your hard drive
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trying to unwind after a long night at work
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I would buy a couple of the 'CGP' revision books or similar for the various GCSE courses (and possibly a-level too) and work your way through them, and then download a wad of 'GCSE PAST PAPERS' along with mark schemes from the exam board websites, and see how you get on with them.
If money is an issue, it might be worth asking the school if they have any old copies of textbooks/revision material they could lend you for the few weeks leading up to it too
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Its not exactly the travel industry, but after university I plan to spend 6 months on a cruise ship either as a stage hand or sound engineer in the on-board theatre
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pondering why I missed out on a promotion at work :/
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just to explain what I meant by Racially Jewish, I mean along the lines of 'ethnically Jewish' as on many equal opportunities questionnaires, or as discussed in the article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jews#Who_is_a_Jew.3F
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at the moment its 'the provocation song' by mike scott
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First, Judaism is not a race it is a religion. So you have to take that out of the picture. We are not racially Jewish, my race is white. Israel is a religious state. In my opinion it is a religious state for many many different people.
This on its own to me is a fairly interesting point, as Judaism is defined differently by different groups of people, and although the actual definition of 'Jewish' used by the state of Israel is largely irrelevant to any peace process, it is still an interesting topic in its own right.
The law Return is not meant to be discriminatory at all. You have to think of e context. This law came into place not long after the holocaust. Jews all over the world were terrified and at the time it was important for them to know there was somewhere they could always turn too. When you take it out of that context, the law of return sucks. I have issues with it. I love the idea that allows are welcomed back. But, i don't understand why people who are not Jewish can't become citizens. I have Christian friends living in Israel who can't even get citizenship. The law definitely needs to be updated, there have been many talks about it. But, remember the context and it will make more sense.
I wasn't so much talking about the intention of the law when it was written, more its current application, especially against the backdrop of extreme difficulty gaining citizenship for anyone not covered by the law.
the places that are heavily accepted by native Israelis are the cities that are most targeted by terrorists. Which adds another interesting layer.
That is indeed an interesting point which I wasn't aware of, and does indicate that possibly there may by an element of pure anti-Semitism from some people in Palestine, however, it also depends largely on how many of these settlements are in the contested areas between for example the borders defined in the UN partition plan, and the current claimed borders.
Anti-semitism is still everywhere. It's ridiculous actually. Its gotten really bad in France and England. Even in America i still get yelled at sometimes or treated badly. This isn tsomething that is ever going to go away. People just love to hate!
This is another intriguing and to me, slightly worrying point, I live in England, and as far as I'm aware, there is nothing at the state-level discriminating against Jews, and in fact, there are very strong freedom of expression and religion laws in place in the UK, although, if you are talking about attitudes amongst the general populace, I will concede that there are a large minority of people here that still hold very bigoted views towards any kind of foreigners or 'outsiders', which wouldn't be helped by the perception (true or not) that you tend to have very inclusive and tight-knit Jewish communities, combined with the stereotypical links with the finance industry at a time where banks etc.. are vilified by many in the general public, but on the whole, people who would act in an Anti-Semitic way would generally simply be racist, and rather than targeting Jew's in particular, would be abusive to any perceived foreigner
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Arie, that last post also raises an interesting point related to the issue, especially around the ideal of Zionism, in that, can there truly still be a 'Jewish' race if they have been a widely distributed and to an extent nomadic people for many years? Would it be more accurate to call a person of Jewish descent that was born in America say, an american or a Jew? and by extension, is the 'Law of Return' in fact a discriminatory policy designed to force non-Jewish people in the country to feel intimidated and subjugated, or is it still a method to allow those of Jewish descent to escape persecution?
You say that the Palestinians are not the indigenous peoples any more, but surely then, you cannot claim at the same time that the Israelis have an intrinsic right to the land either as the majority of the current population of Israel are either first generation, or descendants of western settlers
And by extension, questions need to be asked as to if the founding principles of post-war Zionism still hold any weight as state level anti-Semitism in the western world is no longer a major issue.
(Don't get me wrong, I am not trying to offend anyone with what I am saying in these posts, I'm basically trying to throw the points that I remember as being interesting dilemmas from when I studied the Arab-Israeli conflict during my A-levels out for discussion)
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I'm sorry to interrupt, i support both sides, but i just wanted to ask why does everyone keep saying about Palestinians being there before Roman Empire, or since Ottoman empire and all? Is that a valid point? Because if so then half of the world should be Greek now? I mean all the Balcans including Turkey should belong to Greece if you remember the Byzantine Empire, or Alexander the Great had occupied parts of India, maybe these parts belong to the Greeks too? Let's be serious.
Let me clarify what I meant, I was simply pointing out that under *any* occupation of land, there will always be resistance, especially when the occupiers effectively subjugate the Indigenous (or at least in recent history before the occupation took place) peoples, and especially as much of the conflict and proprietorial occupation took place within what could legitimately termed as 'living memory', it is natural that there is a large amount of anger in the population, and as they lack powerful international allies on the same scale as the Zionist movement and the state of Israel, to my mind at least, it seems natural that you will vote for a belligerent movement that are concerned with the rights of your own people, even if they are considered by many to be 'terrorists', for an example, look back to Ireland again (I know, I like the analogy) and see the huge amount of support that the paramilitary groups had amongst many Irish people, as well as overseas supporters (Specifically many Irish-Americans)
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Flogging Molly - Drunken Lullabies
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Just a quick point to bear in mind for the people who are accusing the Palestinians of being ruled by terrorists, if you were living in a situation where you're entire country has effectively been dismantled and occupied by a force that hasn't lived natively in the area since the Roman empire ejected them, and it has been your historical homeland throughout the Ottoman Empire, to have all that taken away within more or less one lifespan, could you honestly say you would do anything different?
And also consider the situation in Ireland, which actually has quite a few similarities, revolving around statehood intrinsically tied to religion (Loyalists and republicans), and you will find that in order to make any progress towards a peaceful, stable future, it is necessary to all sides to be willing to compromise, and to tackle the issue of terrorism, as well as aggressive militarism from the occupational force with equal vigour, and accept that there will always be a hard-core on both sides that will not be satisfied with any kind of compromise, but the majority of people simply wish to be able to live a normal life, in peace and safety.
The issue of how Israel has acted as a state towards its neighbours, and existing inhabitants since its (artificial) inception however would get a much much more scathing post from me.
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Few more acts I saw at Reading festival in August
The Offspring (Again)
Flogging molly
The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
30 Seconds to Mars
New Found Glory (Again)
Rise Against (Again)
Jimmy Eat World
Madness
Frank Turner
Panic! at the disco
The King Blues (Again)
The Black Pacific
My Chemical Romance (didn't see all of it though, not that great)
Muse (A bit)
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Violins - Lagwagon
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I used to collect warhammer 40k models and magic the gathering cards,
nowadays though, my only 'collection' is my stupid amounts of live sound gear
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dying on the inside trying to learn 'reverse polish notation'
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fair enough, like I said, I have not used it for years, so it may well just be that the older versions had less extra work put into them, nice distro though.
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I use ubuntu on my netbook on a day to day basis, and at university, the computer science department computers run SUSE, so I am fairly experienced with Linux. I like it but sometimes the lack of compatability with other stuff just gets on my nerves and I think about going back to windows/OSX, but I never do
If I remember right Linux mint is a derivative of ubuntu that includes things like proprietary codecs and drivers out of the box and slightly different default artwork, I tried it a few years ago though, so it may have changed by now
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Drama
Graphic Design or Music technology
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they sent a letter out to all the parents at the start of each academic year, but the money was handled confidentially, so if someone couldn't/wouldn't pay the full amount (or at all) there was no way of knowing, but the school was mainly state funded
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Circulation of air is great too, such as leaving a window open a crack, small fan going, or even a dehumidifier in the room. Also, you can try plants (plants emmit oxygen and take in cardioxide [what we emmit)!
There was some excellent advice in that post, but I just thought I should flag up that plants are actually not particually healthy in a room that you sleep in, as at night, they revert to normal respiration (or something similar) and produce CO2 (although less than they take in during the day) so they are not ideal unless you have another means of circulating the air (window, fan etc..)
this is my source to back that up... http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/bot00/bot00191.htm
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Just to point out, that in the UK 'public school' also means private school, we use 'state school' to describe government funded institutions (although with academys, faith schools etc.. the picture gets massively more complex)
I went to state school and did just fine, I cannot see the point in sending my future kids to a private school unless I'm in a situation where they would need to be in a boarding school (eg. I am out of the country working for extended periods)
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6th form is post-16 education
and our schools never had a 'tax' but always asked for donations, I think the suggested level was around £30, but I cannot remember (my uni also asks for donations, bloody cheek!)
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