Firm hand shake matey! make sure you shake their hand with confidence. Make contact but don't stare.

Suit wearing is part of modern day slavery in the city. I can't even take my tie off-- my old job was much relaxed in dress-wise. Anyhow these days in the weekend I wear very casual but rather country feel to it!.

^^Becuase back in the days couple north American's labelled me as such! I protest against it of course vehemently.

"Or in the vein of his wedding, might he've saved his energy and turned it into one big session for all of them?" Is menage-a-trois allowed?

Ding Dong! preppy as in Prep school right? never understood what that meant!

Val! Job in the City will suit you well-- though I suspect your deep-seated morality and wishing world peace might be troubled a bit!.

Red Sea: I have taken several nice pictures but the camera was lost when I got back to dreary London. Thanks for the pics.

Indeed typical!

She does tickle my fancy!

To borrow that wise sentence "It's only words on a screen, words on a screen!"

"(remember, avoiding fithanh was the reason for the niqab in the first place)" Classic Saki Badawi argument!! laakiin waa dood maan gal ah.

What a beauty!

Socod "Like boarding a bus with bus pass showing her picture but refusing to show her face to the bus driver on religious grounds (this really happened!). Or checking into into security check-line at airports and refusing to show face to confirm identity. Criminals wear face masks to rob banks and these Niqabed women seriously think it's ok to walk into a bank wearing what amounts to a face mask and get serviced?" Old chap, you might have missed the issue. What you are talking about isn't culture; it is a security issue and as such this has been dealt with. If a lady wants to wear this because she is convinced that it is her religious duty then dear boy the airport the she can reveal her face to a female officer!. Culture is dynamic and fluid matey; religious laws are eternaly immutable.

Caano Geel: How is marganilisation? Anyone who is wearing the Niqab has the duty to normalise this type of attire man. As lawyer, she feels she has the right to wear what she likes so long as it does not interfere with her duties as a Barrister. Ngone, if what she wears has detrimental effect on the client; his lordship's ratio decidendi would be utterly questionable and as such it won't be won't be stare decisis et non quieta movere. By the by, it won't hurt the client's case if any it would indeed help as this will create a reverse affect. And the question that Qui bono; answer will be clear. Oho by the way sheekadu ma aha; Quid quid latine dictum sit, altum videtur

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Stayed in Ambassador hotel; real nice with friendly stuff man. The General Manager is a cool kid. The Duke's picture is just right front of the hotel.

LOL! I am enjoying this particuarly this quote: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Originally posted by Socod_badne: But you can't falsify this assertion, therefore Atheism is irrational. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You're right SB, i can't falsify it. BY JB ---- The status qou is nescience. In that case only perceptual phenomena are objects of exact knowledge:D . I would love to write a long treatise on this -as matter of fact have done that many moons ago on this forum; pity I have no time for undergraduate philosophy students who are shy to ask for help.

Socodbadane “The poignant question that should be asked is ths: what religious precepts, tradition, and cultural requirements are muslim women willing to give up to be part of harmonious British society? If none, then why should the British acquiesce to muslim women's demands for accommodation” Religous: NONE. Wearing the veil is part and parcel of British culture-- in Britain the individual's liberty and the exercise of one's personal desire (so long as it is not deleterious to the wellbeing of others) is principle we hold dear; thusly the outbursts of some chaps who want to win political points won't change that fact. Caano Geel; you are free to choose whom you want to be represented at her majesty's court if you are ever in trouble with Regina's laws. In regards to the Bar; she is allowed to wear the veil (of course she will have to show her face to a female member whence entering the hall) when taking the exam. Walahi anigu, I admire anyone who stands up for their religious believes with conviction. Clearly this lady has done so. Well done to sister.

http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/index.html http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/mot_enigma/index.html Stare at the centre of the figure for a while. Some ‘scintillating’ activity will build up in the violet and blue annuli. Some observers also report a circular rotation within these regions; things will begin to “run around in circles”. This image “The Enigma” is by Isia Leviant (1981). Comment. Mechanism currently unknown (as far as I know, but see Zanker 2004), an ‘enigma’. Activity in MT (Zeki) is an interesting finding, but does not ‘explain’ the effect IMHO. Source Zeki S, Watson JD, Frackowiak RS (1993) Going beyond the information given: the relation of illusory visual motion to brain activity. Proc R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 252:215–22 Leviant I (1996) Does ‘brain-power’ make Enigma spin? Proc R Soc London B 263:997–1001 Barch D, Kumar T, & Glaser DA (2003) Modeling the illusory motion of Enigma with an excitable neuronal array [Abstract]. Journal of Vision, 3:72a

That was funny!

Woow neyruus! that is bit harsh. Turn it down a bit. We need love not war brother!!!

Shalaad barataa waa la shubi jirey maandhoow!

oo buuhoodle Dabaqyo ayaaba kuyaal ileen! Thanks Sakhar.

I know the thinker; I am no disciple but he led our Friday prayers when I was at Cambridge. He is truly exceptional. By the way he is an English man.