Jul. 26th, 2007

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Clouded Yellows breeding range is North Africa and southern Europe and eastwards through Turkey into the Middle East but it occurs throughout much of Europe as a summer migrant, in good years individuals reaching Scandinavia. In the UK they can be seen on the south coast almost every year in varying numbers where they regularly breed. Occurrence in the rest of the UK varies considreably from year to year.
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Clouded Yellows breeding range is North Africa and southern Europe and eastwards through Turkey into the Middle East but it occurs throughout much of Europe as a summer migrant, in good years individuals reaching Scandinavia. In the UK they can be seen on the south coast almost every year in varying numbers where they regularly breed. Occurrence in the rest of the UK varies considreably from year to year.
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She was asked in this particular interview if she kept up with current events, to which she replied: "I certainly don't blame the Chinamen for going home."
   This had to do with the Republic of China's closing its embassy in Washington. The miniaturization of human beings in China had progressed so far at that point, that their ambassador was only sixty centimeters tall. His farewell was polite and friendly. He said his country was severing relations simply because there was no longer anything going on in the United States which was of any interest to the Chinese at all.
Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick (1976)
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She was asked in this particular interview if she kept up with current events, to which she replied: "I certainly don't blame the Chinamen for going home."
   This had to do with the Republic of China's closing its embassy in Washington. The miniaturization of human beings in China had progressed so far at that point, that their ambassador was only sixty centimeters tall. His farewell was polite and friendly. He said his country was severing relations simply because there was no longer anything going on in the United States which was of any interest to the Chinese at all.
Kurt Vonnegut, Slapstick (1976)
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The United States lifted a ban in 1981 on imports of leather from the three kangaroo species that Adidas uses for the shoes. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1995 took those species off its endangered or threatened species list, effectively ending the U.S. government's involvement in the matter, the California court said.

The case was brought by Viva, the Vegetarian International Voice for Animals. Eating meat causes environmental destruction, damages human health, contributes to global hunger and inflicts immense suffering on billions of animals across the world.
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The United States lifted a ban in 1981 on imports of leather from the three kangaroo species that Adidas uses for the shoes. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in 1995 took those species off its endangered or threatened species list, effectively ending the U.S. government's involvement in the matter, the California court said.

The case was brought by Viva, the Vegetarian International Voice for Animals. Eating meat causes environmental destruction, damages human health, contributes to global hunger and inflicts immense suffering on billions of animals across the world.
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The nation's top anti-drug official said people need to overcome their "reefer blindness" and see that illicit marijuana gardens are a terrorist threat to the public's health and safety, as well as to the environment.

Американская рожа

Тут, между прочим, по сравнению с советскими аналогами имеется инновация: кажется, в СССР никто не говорил, что джинсы вредят окружающей среде.
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The nation's top anti-drug official said people need to overcome their "reefer blindness" and see that illicit marijuana gardens are a terrorist threat to the public's health and safety, as well as to the environment.

Американская рожа

Тут, между прочим, по сравнению с советскими аналогами имеется инновация: кажется, в СССР никто не говорил, что джинсы вредят окружающей среде.
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- At the Chicago Board of Education meeting Wednesday, Mecks said last year a record 92.8 percent of students, or 385,000 students, showed up for class the first day of school. Officials said first-day attendance is important because it is tied to how much government funding the district receives and it sets a pattern for how students will perform academically during the year, Mecks said.

Throughout August counselors will go to the homes of children who frequently missed school or were truant last year, said Joi Mecks, director of marketing for the district.
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE -- At the Chicago Board of Education meeting Wednesday, Mecks said last year a record 92.8 percent of students, or 385,000 students, showed up for class the first day of school. Officials said first-day attendance is important because it is tied to how much government funding the district receives and it sets a pattern for how students will perform academically during the year, Mecks said.

Throughout August counselors will go to the homes of children who frequently missed school or were truant last year, said Joi Mecks, director of marketing for the district.
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Вот пишет дяденька, по профессии анестезиолог. Как он переписал куски в линуксовом ядре, чтоб быстрее работало:
Although I'd never learnt how to program, looking at the code it eventually started making sense.[...] I was left pointing out to people what I thought the problem was from looking at that particular code. [...] I figured I'd just start tinkering myself and try and tune the thing myself. [...] After a few failed experiments I started writing some code which helped... a lot. [...] I was never very happy with how the CPU scheduler tackled interactivity but at least it was now usable on the desktop. [...] Not being happy with how the actual underlying mechanism worked I set out to redesign that myself from scratch, and the second generation of the -ck patchset was born. This time it was mostly my own code.

So this is the story of how I started writing my own code for the linux kernel.
Факультеты компьютерной науки очень важны.
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Вот пишет дяденька, по профессии анестезиолог. Как он переписал куски в линуксовом ядре, чтоб быстрее работало:
Although I'd never learnt how to program, looking at the code it eventually started making sense.[...] I was left pointing out to people what I thought the problem was from looking at that particular code. [...] I figured I'd just start tinkering myself and try and tune the thing myself. [...] After a few failed experiments I started writing some code which helped... a lot. [...] I was never very happy with how the CPU scheduler tackled interactivity but at least it was now usable on the desktop. [...] Not being happy with how the actual underlying mechanism worked I set out to redesign that myself from scratch, and the second generation of the -ck patchset was born. This time it was mostly my own code.

So this is the story of how I started writing my own code for the linux kernel.
Факультеты компьютерной науки очень важны.