Mahone

I've been a member of the church since I was 13 - I'm 26 now. The only reason I know anything about the subject of this thread is through my own research online. It has never been discussed, or even mentioned in any church meeting or lesson I have attended for the last 13 years. So I don't find this hard to believe at all.

Can I add to that those people that schedule important meetings that require being able to think quickly, first thing in the morning? Incredibly frustrating for night owls!

In my limited experience with this issue, which is very common as Vort says, the people in the local area soon stop complaining when they realise the value of their houses go up the day the plans are given final approval.

touché :)

Indeed. Except the second part of my statement refers to them being parts of a different third, not related to the thirds referenced in the first part of my statement: Third World - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia What's the word for talking directly to someone whilst referring to them in the third person?

I didn't know either I'll put my US born and bred wife on the spot when she gets home and see if she knows I'd hope that the US is now starting to adopt the metric system - it's an odd statistic that the US is only one of three countries not to do this, the other two being third world countries.

Any sensible person knows that emotive claims like this posted on facebook of all places are at best one sided, and at worst downright false. The people that repost and 100% believe this garbage are usually very vocal but are generally in the minority. Another good example would be one I saw a few months back regarding the UK contributing several hundred million in £££ to bailing out another EU country. As per usual, a small but loud crowd were complaining that things are difficult enough at the moment in the UK itself, let alone helping out the economy of other countries. Of course, that small minority were probably not aware that the UK holds assets in that country that are worth considerably more than our contribution to bailing them out, all of which would have been lost had that country not been given aid.

Ah. Reminds me of one of my childhood favourites: (skip to 5:40)

You missed the most crucial one - links. Google won't even know the site exists unless there are hyperlinks pointing to it. And the more people linking to it, the higher it will rank. Constantly changing content is another crucial one. Number of hits a site gets don't even factor into google's search ranking algorithm . Google have no idea how many hits each site gets, so it's impossible for them to take this into account.

For my wife and I, it could (yet again) delay our move to the US, as those in USCIS are not currently working - at least that's what I've been told. For anyone else that's been through this process (I'm looking at all you dual citizens on the board) they'll know how frustrating it can be with the lack of updates, unexplained delays, inability to contact USCIS easily and just generally not having any idea of when we'll be able to move. The shutdown just adds to that. *sigh*

The reason I asked traveller to clarify what he was referring to when it came to mental illness is because taking into account every single definition of mental illness, he is essentially referring to society as a whole - all of us. Depression and anxiety are good examples here.

Just a few questions: - your opinion as stated seems to imply that those with mental illness are not productive members of society. Is that correct? - mental illness is a very wide spectrum. Does your opinion apply to all of it? - so I understand you more clearly, can you site any day to day examples?

The phone for my British line is an iPhone 4, with network provider o2. The phone for my American line is a brandless $15 phone from Target, with a pay as you go sim from AT&T Despite working in IT, I've never really had much of an interest in phones.

I don't know US employment laws, but it seems very unfair to call you into a meeting regarding "disciplinary action", but have not been informed in advance of the accusations being made against you. How on earth are you supposed to defend yourself? I would argue for this information well in advance of going into the meeting. And certainly, at least here in the UK, you cannot be fired for not performing very well at your job without multiple verbal and written warnings, and chances to improve. Otherwise the employer is just asking for a subsequent lawsuit.

I guess you and I have different definitions of serious. I see the daily mail as very low class journalism, and always take anything written there with a pinch of salt. I certainly wouldn't class it as an even remotely trustworthy source, but I am surprised at how often it is used as one. Take the following article as an example... I guess the journalist failed to spot the fact that the baby is in a 100% identical position to the photo above..? Or maybe he did, but wrote whatever would get the readers. Horror as woman stamps on her baby after being accused of phone theft | Mail Online I personally don't think they do much more than mere rumour mongering.

Well, yes. If you're referring to the US government in particular then it's worth remembering that the head offices of most large technology companies are located in the states, like Microsoft, Apple and Cisco, all under the power of the US government. In China, they won't use any of microsoft or apple operating systems or application software or any networking kit made by an American company in Chinese government offices, as they suspect the US government are using these companies to aid them in international espionage, by placing back doors in their kit.

No, definitely not Stockholm Syndrome. Just sheer blackmail. He took pictures of them with their webcam without their knowledge after he broke into their computers, and then threatened to sent that picture to everyone they knew, unless they followed his demands. Most teenage girls have their computers in their bedroom and don't like their own bodies, could you imagine the sheer embarrassment of the idea of having everyone looking at a naked picture of them, when they didn't even know it was being taken in a place that has an expectation of privacy? They would do almost anything to stop him putting it out on the internet, including giving him yet further pictures. I believe in most cases, he took the pictures, not the girls themselves. As for how he did this, the fact that he knew some of his victims outside of the internet suggests to me that he probably programmed a quick malicious application that when installed on a computer, gave him the ability to remotely access it and probably logged the victims key strokes so he could get passwords for their accounts. He probably sent this out via a facebook link, hoping people would click on and install this application, probably disguised as a game. He'd then take over the victims facebook accounts and do the same thing over again to people on their friends list. There is nothing complex or clever about what he did. It doesn't require any high level of intelligence, didn't exploit any technical barrier, and used techniques that have been known of, highly documented and commonly used for the past 20 or so years. It's so basic that it couldn't even be classed as hacking, it's sheer social engineering which on facebook, is not difficult to accomplish. He got the victim to do the technically hard work for him by installing his application on their machine, saving him having to do any hacking, and then took advantage.

The EU objectives are as follows: Source Which ones do you feel it fails at?

The only thing I can think of is that depending on the location and the bank that the church account is set up with, the church may get charged for each cheque the bank had to process on its behalf. If the cheque is such low value, the bank charge might exceed, or almost exceed the value of the cheque.

Looking at things from a slightly different perspective (as someone who is also relocating country due to marriage) - what impact will divorce have on your immigration status? You do not want to find yourself in a situation where you are no longer eligible to live in the country that your children live in, whether this is temporary or permanent (although worth checking, it's doubtful it'll be permanent but it's not unrealistic that you may be forced to leave whilst sorting the documentation out).

Perhaps a better phrase to use is "innocent lives", as opposed to "American lives". Indeed, over 12 percent of lives lost that day were not American.

Maybe he should consider going back to school? He isn't working at the moment, so has the time to do it. Are there any industry specific qualifications/certifications that he could gain in a year or less that would help him get the job he is aiming for when he finishes? As you're in the UK, try the open university: Distance Learning Courses and Adult Education - The Open University. It will allow him to work part time or full time from home (for the most part - there are some day schools and exams that he'll have to attend). It's a well respected and worldwide accredited university, in fact more so than the vast majority of bricks and mortar universities.

What type of work is he after? Is he aiming higher than he is able to reach at the moment, but refusing to take anything lower?

I used to do the same thing when I was 14/15 e.g. gave my bald uncle a full set of my brothers hair on the Christmas photos etc. The younger members of my family found it hilarious while the older members just rolled their eyes and sighed in their typical "Mahone has found yet another IT related toy that's wasting his time, means he'll never have a job once out of education and he should probably concentrate on math or science instead" fashion. It's interesting to note that over 10 years later, those same older family members have started taking interest in the same technology, like your aunt, and now use Photoshop equivalents to modify their own photos - irony.

You think so? The UN weapons inspectors have not even left Syria yet, let alone passed on evidence or its verdict onto the British parliament, or the British people. I'm not averse to military action, but I'm also not the kind of person that shoots first and asks questions later. If I was to put my backing into such a serious action, I'd want to be very, very sure their facts are correct. The US has already publically said that nothing the UN inspectors find will tell the world anything new, they believe they already have the facts internally, yet they were also positive of Assads guilt merely hours after the event occurred - did they really manage to gather that much evidence in such a short period of time? I just hope John Kerry is never a judge of me when so much is at stake.