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An advocate? You mean yourself? I didn't think it worked like that," said Dr. Malone, sitting up. "I thought they went on peer review and so on."
"It does in principle, of course," said Sir Charles. "But it also helps to know how these committees work in practice. And to know who's on them. Well, here I am. I'm intensely interested in your work; I think it might be very valuable in surprise. Hadn't Oliver just said he was going to work in Geneva? But he seemed to be understanding Sir Charles better than she was, for a flicker of complicity was passing between them, and Oliver came to sit down, too.
"I'm glad you take my point," said the old man. "You're quite right. There is a direction I'd be especially glad to see you taking. And provided we could agree, I might even be able to find you some extra money from another source altogether.", and it certainly ought to continue. Would you let me make informal re. "Why… well, yes! Good ! And thank you… I mean, do you really think it'll make a difference? I don't mean to suggest that… I don't know what I mean. Yes, of course!""What would we have to do?" said Dr. Payne.Dr. Malone looked at him
"Wait, wait," said Dr. Malone. "Wait a minute. The course of this research
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Salvador Dali clock melting clocks
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It's the third-party thing," said Jill Miller Zimon, a freelance writer and mother of three. "With kids, lots of times when a child won't do something for you, you will ... pretend a third party said it was a good thing to do."
Avis Jones-DeWeever, a mother of two and director of research at the National Council of Negro Women, "I tell them all the time, 'You are brilliant, but brilliance necessitates hard work to get to the level he reached,'" Jones-DeWeever said.Looking for safe, doctor-approved cures for sore throats, coughs, stomachaches, and more? Check this out!
Of course, you should always call your pediatrician if your child's problem seems serious. But the next time your child has a minor ache or injury, you can find these smart solutions all throughout your house.
In his autobiography, "Dreams From My Father," Obama describes how his mother dealt with him when he tried to avoid studying.
"She would patiently repeat her most powerful defense: 'This is no picnic for me either, buster,'" Obama wrote.
It's the third-party thing," said Jill Miller Zimon, a freelance writer and mother of three. "With kids, lots of times when a child won't do something for you, you will ... pretend a third party said it was a good thing to do."
Avis Jones-DeWeever, a mother of two and director of research at the National Council of Negro Women, "I tell them all the time, 'You are brilliant, but brilliance necessitates hard work to get to the level he reached,'" Jones-DeWeever said.Looking for safe, doctor-approved cures for sore throats, coughs, stomachaches, and more? Check this out!
Of course, you should always call your pediatrician if your child's problem seems serious. But the next time your child has a minor ache or injury, you can find these smart solutions all throughout your house.
In his autobiography, "Dreams From My Father," Obama describes how his mother dealt with him when he tried to avoid studying.
"She would patiently repeat her most powerful defense: 'This is no picnic for me either, buster,'" Obama wrote.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Piet Mondrian Composition with Red Blue Yellow 2
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Tests suggests this belly button would rate pretty well, being oval, vertical, slightly hooded, and indented but not too cavernous.Many mammals have virtually no noticeable belly button. We humans, however, are left with an the University of Helsinki in Finland thinks the belly button, aka the umbilicus, serves a greater purpose than mere cosmetics: It may be an indicator of mating potential in fertile women.
"I propose that umbilicus, together with the surrounding skin area, is an honest signal of individual vigor," Sinkkonen wrote in the latest issue of The FASEB Journal. "More precisely, I suggest that the symmetry, shape, and position of umbilicus can be used to estimate the reproductive potential of fertile
umbilical scar that is not only obvious but which varies dramatically. Some are seen as beautiful. Others are deemed ugly.Aki Sinkkonen at
Tests suggests this belly button would rate pretty well, being oval, vertical, slightly hooded, and indented but not too cavernous.Many mammals have virtually no noticeable belly button. We humans, however, are left with an the University of Helsinki in Finland thinks the belly button, aka the umbilicus, serves a greater purpose than mere cosmetics: It may be an indicator of mating potential in fertile women.
"I propose that umbilicus, together with the surrounding skin area, is an honest signal of individual vigor," Sinkkonen wrote in the latest issue of The FASEB Journal. "More precisely, I suggest that the symmetry, shape, and position of umbilicus can be used to estimate the reproductive potential of fertile
umbilical scar that is not only obvious but which varies dramatically. Some are seen as beautiful. Others are deemed ugly.Aki Sinkkonen at
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Leroy Neiman Chemin de Fer
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sake. Little minute lumps of scarcely anything. They knew what these objects were. Anything that was associated with human workmanship and human thought was surrounded by Shadows…"
"And then exist. It's impossible, and if it isn't impossible, it's irrelevant, and if it isn't either of those things, it's embarrassing."
"I want to see the Cave," said Lyra.
She stood up.
Dr. Malone was running her hands through her hair and Oliver—Dr. Payne—got some fossil skulls from a friend at the museum and tested them to see how far back in time the effect went. There was a cutoff point about thirty, forty thousand years ago. Before that, no Shadows. After that, plenty. And that's about the time, apparently, that modern human beings first appeared. I mean, you know, our remote ancestors, but people no different from us, really…""It's Dust," said Lyra authoritatively. "That's what it is.""But, you see, you can't say this sort of thing in a funding application if you want to be taken seriously. It does not make sense. It cannot
sake. Little minute lumps of scarcely anything. They knew what these objects were. Anything that was associated with human workmanship and human thought was surrounded by Shadows…"
"And then exist. It's impossible, and if it isn't impossible, it's irrelevant, and if it isn't either of those things, it's embarrassing."
"I want to see the Cave," said Lyra.
She stood up.
Dr. Malone was running her hands through her hair and Oliver—Dr. Payne—got some fossil skulls from a friend at the museum and tested them to see how far back in time the effect went. There was a cutoff point about thirty, forty thousand years ago. Before that, no Shadows. After that, plenty. And that's about the time, apparently, that modern human beings first appeared. I mean, you know, our remote ancestors, but people no different from us, really…""It's Dust," said Lyra authoritatively. "That's what it is.""But, you see, you can't say this sort of thing in a funding application if you want to be taken seriously. It does not make sense. It cannot
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Paul Cezanne Still Life with Onions
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Oxford?" she cried. "That's where I come from!"
"Is there an Oxford in your world, then? You never came from my world."
"No," she said decisively. "Different worlds. But in my world there's an Oxford too. We're both speaking English, en't we? about Scholars."
He put the plates together and stood up.
"I cooked," he said, "so you can wash the dishes."
She looked incredulous. "Wash the dishes?" she scoffedStands to reason there's other things the same. How did you get through? Is there a bridge, or what?""Just a kind of window in the air.""Show me," she said.It was a command, not a request. He shook his head."Not now," he said. "I want to sleep. Anyway, it's the middle of the night.""Then show me in the morning!""All right, I'll show you. But I've got my own things to do. You'll have to find your scholars by yourself.""Easy," she said. "I know all
Oxford?" she cried. "That's where I come from!"
"Is there an Oxford in your world, then? You never came from my world."
"No," she said decisively. "Different worlds. But in my world there's an Oxford too. We're both speaking English, en't we? about Scholars."
He put the plates together and stood up.
"I cooked," he said, "so you can wash the dishes."
She looked incredulous. "Wash the dishes?" she scoffedStands to reason there's other things the same. How did you get through? Is there a bridge, or what?""Just a kind of window in the air.""Show me," she said.It was a command, not a request. He shook his head."Not now," he said. "I want to sleep. Anyway, it's the middle of the night.""Then show me in the morning!""All right, I'll show you. But I've got my own things to do. You'll have to find your scholars by yourself.""Easy," she said. "I know all
Monday, February 2, 2009
Francois Boucher Venus Consoling Love
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crisis, by pledging to improve food safety standards and promising to bring the culprits of the scandal to court.
But families of the victims say China's lack of openness, public accountability and official corruption mean they have little faith that similar poisonings will not happen again, our correspondent reports.Today, President-elect Obama officially became President Obama. One of his first actions will be to sign his epic stimulus plan into law. If all goes according to plan, this event marks a rare chance to get in on the ground floor of what I believe could prove to be a government-fueled market rally.
Money on the sidelinesBut first, consider this: Investors are sitting on a mountain of cash right now -- $8.85 trillion, to be exact. They're sitting on the sidelines ... waiting for something.
That mountain of cash represents a nearly two-decade high. According to Bloomberg News, the ratio of cash to market value is at its highest level since 1990!
Is that much cash enough to fuel a monumental rally?
Cash, meet catalyst
crisis, by pledging to improve food safety standards and promising to bring the culprits of the scandal to court.
But families of the victims say China's lack of openness, public accountability and official corruption mean they have little faith that similar poisonings will not happen again, our correspondent reports.Today, President-elect Obama officially became President Obama. One of his first actions will be to sign his epic stimulus plan into law. If all goes according to plan, this event marks a rare chance to get in on the ground floor of what I believe could prove to be a government-fueled market rally.
Money on the sidelinesBut first, consider this: Investors are sitting on a mountain of cash right now -- $8.85 trillion, to be exact. They're sitting on the sidelines ... waiting for something.
That mountain of cash represents a nearly two-decade high. According to Bloomberg News, the ratio of cash to market value is at its highest level since 1990!
Is that much cash enough to fuel a monumental rally?
Cash, meet catalyst
Andy Warhol Sunset
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While they had been speaking, the window had been open beside them. The lights were glowing in the factory, the work was going on; machines were turning, chemicals were combining, people were producing goods and earning their livings. That was the world where Will belonged.
"Well, I'll show you what to do," he said.
So he taught the angel openings the knife made. The other ones must have been there for thousands of years, and still Dust exists."
The angel said, "We shall close them all, because if you thought that any still remained, you would spend your for one, and that would be a waste of the time you have. You have other work than that to do, much more important and valuable, in your own world. There will be no travel outside it anymore."
“What work have I got to do, then?" said Will, hut went on at how to feel for the edges of the window, just as Giacomo Paradisi had shown him, sensing them at his fingers' ends and pinching them together. Little by little the window closed, and the factory disappeared."The openings that weren't made by the subtle knife," Will said, "is it really necessary to close them all? Because surely Dust only escapes through the
While they had been speaking, the window had been open beside them. The lights were glowing in the factory, the work was going on; machines were turning, chemicals were combining, people were producing goods and earning their livings. That was the world where Will belonged.
"Well, I'll show you what to do," he said.
So he taught the angel openings the knife made. The other ones must have been there for thousands of years, and still Dust exists."
The angel said, "We shall close them all, because if you thought that any still remained, you would spend your for one, and that would be a waste of the time you have. You have other work than that to do, much more important and valuable, in your own world. There will be no travel outside it anymore."
“What work have I got to do, then?" said Will, hut went on at how to feel for the edges of the window, just as Giacomo Paradisi had shown him, sensing them at his fingers' ends and pinching them together. Little by little the window closed, and the factory disappeared."The openings that weren't made by the subtle knife," Will said, "is it really necessary to close them all? Because surely Dust only escapes through the
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