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Ah, well , if every pharmaceutical firm used microdosing then there would be much less animal testing.
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Ah, well , if every pharmaceutical firm used microdosing then there would be much less animal testing.
I am not too much up on pharmaceuticals, but I know that a lot of biological research rather necessitates some animal testing. |
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« Reply #2567 on: 13:03:45, 26-07-2007 » |
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You know what makes me GRUMPY?
Thinks like the following. It was pouring rain a few weeks ago, and I was dashing out to get food with a friend, when I saw some poor charity collector with a money box standing there without an umbrella, so I thought "gee, I should give this guy money". Turns out he knew the guy I was with, and that the collection wasn't just for the blah cancer whatever, but also to finance someone's trip to run a triatholon in america somewhere.
I *really* wanted to ask for my money back. I mean, how many charity bungee-jumps might I unwittingly financed? I shudder to think!
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Now I can't comment on this particular case, inkie, but I can tell you that in the usual run of charity events abroad (such as the treks I've done) the participant has to pay a registration fee as well as raising a minimum amount for the charity, so the vast majority of what's raised goes directly to the charities rather than towards cost of the trip.
(In the South Africa case I put a substantial amount of my own money into the pot, which rather more than covered the total expenses, so every single penny/euro that each of my generous sponsors donated went directly to the causes, and a good many people came to learn of the charities and their work for the first time, too. Doing a triathlon or a trek can be gruelling enough in itself, but having to raise a substantial sum of money from scratch can be quite as daunting.)
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Ok. Like many of us, I've been very, very patient up to now. It's Britain, after all. Come to expect it, haven't we. Mustn't grumble and all that. Worse things happen at sea.
But enough's enough.
What the hell is wrong with the weather?!??!
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Ok. Like many of us, I've been very, very patient up to now. It's Britain, after all. Come to expect it, haven't we. Mustn't grumble and all that. Worse things happen at sea.
But enough's enough.
What the hell is wrong with the weather?!??!
Weeeeelllll.......it could have been the 'fridges, or the hairspray, or the room fragrance or any other CFCs mucking about with the ozone.... ooooorrrr....it could just be that the weather is as unpredictable as it's ever been - taking into account Ice Ages and various other recorded peculiar weather systems over the millennia.... ooorrrr...it could be the gods fighting over their games of dice.... ooorrrr....it could be Gaia punishing us for the misuse of her lovely earth.... oooorrr....well I really don't know the answer I have to say. Choice is yours. Myself, I'd go for my first option but hell what do I know? |
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« Reply #2571 on: 17:38:49, 26-07-2007 » |
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Now I can't comment on this particular case, inkie, but I can tell you that in the usual run of charity events abroad (such as the treks I've done) the participant has to pay a registration fee as well as raising a minimum amount for the charity, so the vast majority of what's raised goes directly to the charities rather than towards cost of the trip.
This may be, but I would rather they let me know before I (don't) give them the money. I'm skimping on my own recreations at the moment; on principle I just really have issues with give money to charity unless I know it's being used for exclusively (and efficiently) charitable ends. Doing a triathlon or a trek can be gruelling enough in itself, but having to raise a substantial sum of money from scratch can be quite as daunting.
Indeed. And on this topic, and I would happily hear from anyone who has any other story to tell, but from what I've seem some small amount of youth-based "going out to build houses in africa"-type stuff seems to be more about building the character (and sense of moral superiority, or "goodwill") of the participants rather than getting houses built. (the group I saw had something of the order of ten people building one house on the top of a hill without a wheelbarrow, which resulted in them forming some, no doubt fantastically cooperative chain of people passing up the bricks one by one to the top, and a different friend who had done something similar said exactly the same thing (having paid for the whole trip out of his own pocket)). Of course, people might say (or think) "What charity work have you done Mr. Increpatio?", to which I could really only answer, "None", and then shuffle about rather awkwardly.... |
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« Reply #2572 on: 18:50:48, 26-07-2007 » |
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Things look black for Chris Langham. Such a shame. I really liked one or two of the parts he played. Still if he's guilty, he's guilty. They haven't come to a conclusion yet and he's going for the sympathy vote at the moment with the "I was abused as a child" story - but it doesn't look good. Goodbye cruel world  - I'm off to babysit while my other son and his wife have a night off. |
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« Reply #2573 on: 10:25:29, 27-07-2007 » |
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Ok. Like many of us, I've been very, very patient up to now. It's Britain, after all. Come to expect it, haven't we. Mustn't grumble and all that. Worse things happen at sea.
But enough's enough.
What the hell is wrong with the weather?!??!
http://image.guardian.co.uk/sys-files/Guardian/documents/2007/07/27/uk_rainfall_july07.pdf |
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« Reply #2574 on: 20:27:01, 27-07-2007 » |
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 In a 'normal' summer, the Atlantic jetstream directs areas of low pressure, which bring cloud and rain, to the north of the UK. High pressure systems over Europe and the Atlantic bring warm, settled conditions. Pressure chart: 29/6/06. Source: Met Office  This summer, the jetstream is flowing further south allowing low pressure systems to sweep straight over the centre of Britain. It is also pulling in warmer air from the sub-tropics and Africa which is sweeping over south-eastern Europe. Pressure chart: 24/07/07. Source: Met Office Does this answer your question, martle?  MJ xx |
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« Reply #2575 on: 20:42:24, 27-07-2007 » |
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Yes, but WHY is the jetstream so far south ? Come back El Nino !
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« Reply #2577 on: 21:34:19, 27-07-2007 » |
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Yes, but WHY is the jetstream so far south ? Come back El Nino !
Hey Bobbyzee, ain't El Niņo a Pacific phenomenon? |
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Yes, but WHY is the jetstream so far south ? Come back El Nino !
Hey Bobbyzee, ain't El Niņo a Pacific phenomenon? Indeed it is Ron, but this year the converse effect La Nina is dominant and both are supposed to have an effect on Europe's weather despite the distance from us. http://www.guardian.co.uk/weather/Story/0,,2117135,00.html |
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