Pitch-black restaurant.
The Prescott Punch
A number of unusually modified tanks operated during World War II by the United Kingdom, designed in light of problems that more standard tanks experienced during the Dieppe Raid, so that the new models would be able to overcome the problems of the planned Invasion of Normandy. Considered the forerunners of the modern Combat engineering vehicle.
Vujicic was born limbless, missing both arms at shoulder level, and legless but with two small feet, one of which has two toes, but otherwise healthy. He is a preacher, a motivational speaker and the director of Life Without Limbs, an organisation for the physically disabled. He regularly gives speeches across subject of disability and hope.
Finders of legally defined ‘treasure’ must report their find to their local coroner within fourteen days. An inquest led by the coroner then determines whether the find constitutes treasure or not. If it is declared to be treasure then the owner must offer the item for sale to a museum at a price set by an independent board of antiquities experts. Only if a museum expresses no interest in the item, or is unable to purchase it, the owner can retain it. Click through for the definitions of treasure…
Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children indefinitely retains the rights to payments of royalties for performances of Peter Pan - this privilege is explicitly written into the UK copyright Act.
Printing the King James bible in the UK must be authorised by the Crown or its agents, by royal prerogative.
A highly successful British seaborne attack on the heavily defended docks of St. Nazaire in occupied France on the night of March 28, 1942 during World War II.
The obsolete destroyer HMS Campbeltown commanded by Stephen Halden Beattie and accompanied by 18 shallow draft boats, rammed the St. Nazaire lock gates and was blown up, ending use of the dock. Commandos landed on the docks and destroyed other dock structures before attempting to fight their way out.
So a friend of mine made a gentle enquiry about doing a Dreamweaver/Flash course with these guys, and they sent a pushy salesman round who pressured her into signing a contract that turned out to be a loan and it’s all just very dodgy. I did some looking around, and found the following links that I recommend anyone reads before signing up for a course with these guys:
To get straight to the point - I think the course is overpriced for what it is, that the training its offerring won’t help you get a job, and that the company offerring it are highly reminiscent of the distance learning scam companies I’ve heard about. This is an investigation into the organisation:
Here are some threads where people have complained about HLC (some go on a bit):
Here’s a video from a guy who had a bad experience from a different but very similar company, explaining what happened:
I also asked a few web design friends whether they thought the course was worth over £1000, here are their replies:
Incidentally, there are loads of brilliant, free resources for people looking to get into web stuff on the internet. Here are a few to start you off:
And remember the golden rule of learning web design: if you don’t understand something, Google it!
The concept of nation-state sovereignty based on two principles: territoriality and the exclusion of external actors from domestic authority structures. The international system of states, multinational corporations and organizations which exists today began in 1648 at the Peace of Westphalia.
| LON: | HELLO THERE WHAT ARE ALL THESE RUMOURS WE HEAR THIS IS LON |
|---|---|
| FK: | WE HAVE LOTS OF NEW FRIENDS |
| LON: | WHAT ABOUT INVASION RUMOURS |
| FK: | THOSE ARE THE FRIENDS I WAS MEANING |
| LON: | THEY HAVE LANDED |
| FK: | ABSOLUTELY |
| LON: | ARE YOU OPEN FOR TRAFFIC IE NORMAL TELEX SERVICE |
| FK: | NO ORDERS ON THAT YET ONE MUST OBEY ORDERS |
| LON: | WHOSE ORDERS |
| FK: | THE NEW GOVERNORS |
| LON: | ARGENTINA |
| FK: | YES |
| LON: | ARE THE ARGENTINIANS IN CONTROL |
| FK: | YES YOU CAN'T ARGUE WITH THOUSANDS OF TROOPS PLUS ENORMOUS NAVY SUPPORT WHEN YOU ARE ONLY 1600 STRONG. STAND BY. |
Simple web-based painting/drawing app. No Flash. (via Daring Fireball)
