I hope that my CCNA exam is nothing like this one.
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Month: November 2009
The actor talks about his personal experience of domestic violence at the launch of ‘Created Equal’, a new book on women’s rights.
The company of myself is wonderful and a heartbreaking experience. [via]
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To put right what once went wrong
Christopher Bird at Mighty God King gives us the sublime Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels’ Generous Offer. [via]
A lot of people are shocked by the result of this week’s show and are angry at Simon Cowell’s decision to keep John and Edward despite his harsh criticism of them for the past couple of months.
I’m shocked that Lucie was even in the bottom two as she is clearly the best girl in the competition and I think in the top 3 of all the contestants. However I wasn’t surprised with Cowell’s vote once she was in the bottom two because in spite of what people think this is a popularity contest not a talent contest.
Cowell knows this and this is why in situation like this he always votes to cause a deadlock so that it comes down to the public vote. He’s in the business of selling records and the person that sells the most isn’t necessarily the most talented person in the competition it is the most popular.
I don’t think that it really as simple as that though as previous years have shown that the winner will not be consistently
Finally I think Simon Cowell has his eyes on John and Edward releasing a massive selling novelty Christmas record.
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Don’t talk to the police
Reading a passage in Homicide about how the detectives go about getting confessions from their suspects despite their right to remain silent brought to mind the following lecture given by Law professor James Duane on how you should never under any circumstance talk to the police.
The second half of the lecture was given over to Officer George Bruch who pretty much agreed with the professor but hoped that suspects wouldn’t take his advice. [via]