Red Alert In UK As Storm Brings 100mph Winds
http://earthchangesmedia.com/red-alert-in-uk-as-storm-brings-100mph-winds Exceptional 100 miles per hour gusts are battering some exposed areas of the UK coast, with the Met Office issuing a ‘danger to life’ red alert, Skynews reports. Northwest England and west Wales are getting the most ferocious ...
Daytripper, Ireland Style...(Part Two)...Dingle Peninsula bus tour
The Dingle Peninsula is in County Kerry, the county in Ireland that is the most well known and the most visited for it's natural scenic beauty. It's the next county over from Cork (it's closeness is one of the reasons why I came to Cork city rather than Dublin) and is in the South West of the countr ...
2014 #SGChi Convention Report
Is 2014 going to be the last Stargate con? I have but two words: MARKETING PLOY! So I flew into St. Louis and was picked up by Lisa ( elderwitty) about 4pm. We did a couple little errands once I was there (including the all important snacks!) and then got on the road by 5pm. It took us until 10:30pm ...
It's not me, it's you...
Hey folks. It's been quite a while since I've posted anything up here because of "interesting times" in real life. I actually wrote a blog post about new perspectives that I have about the US health care system, but we're not quite ready to share that yet. I've been compiling a mental list of other ...
Lecture notes on the multicultural problem in ethics
• Ethics: The Multicultural Approach • How moral issues arise in our culture • “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, that among these rights are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” • Perha ...
Scotland's Vote
I s there any difference between interest and curiosity, with which I am attempting to follow the debate for Scotland's independence? I am both interested in how it goes, and curious as to how independence will play out, if the vote goes that way. Over here media doesn't seem to be paying much atten ...
The Three Hostages by John Buchan (1924)
Buchan’s hero, Richard Hannay, was always a posh pukka public schoolboy hero; his ‘let’s biff the blighters, Sandy!’, ‘oh hooray! another grand show!’ style is part of the semi-comic appeal of the Thirty-Nine Steps and Greenmantle, novels in which he is a relatively junior, unknown, everyman figure. ...
Pottering & Potter
We had one full day to explore some of the Lake District. It is certainly not possible to see everything but we pottered around in our hire car and saw quite a bit. After settling in to our accommodation in Kendal on the first evening, we found a Thai restaurant for dinner and had an excellent meal. ...
Armagayddon: Straight Couple Fears Marriage Equality In PSA From Ireland
A straight couple and their son barricade themselves in their home to keep the effects of marriage equality from seeping into their lives in a new PSA from Ireland. In Armagayddon, an Irish married couple are devastated after passage of a law allowing gay ...
York County couples head to Ireland to watch Penn State play
Sharon Bowman and her husband, Ozzie, enjoy traveling. They're both cancer survivors, and they don't take opportunities for granted. "Whenever we have a chance to travel, we don't sit at home," she said. "If there's someplace we want to go, we go.
