Technology giant Philips is
developing the system with Israeli firm RealView, and it has already been
trialled during heart surgery.
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25 November 2014
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Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Monday, November 24, 2014
On Quoting Shakespeare.
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If you cannot understand my argument,
and declare ``It's Greek to me'', you are quoting Shakespeare; if you claim to
be more sinned against than sinning, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you recall
your salad days, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you act more in sorrow than in
anger; if your wish is farther to the thought; if your lost property has
vanished into thin air, you are quoting Shakespeare; if you have ever refused
to budge an inch or suffered from green-eyed jealousy, if you have played fast
and loose, if you have been tongue-tied, a tower of strength, hoodwinked or in
a pickle, if you have knitted your brows, made a virtue of necessity, insisted
on fair play, slept not one wink, stood on ceremony, danced attendance (on your
lord and master), laughed yourself into stitches, had short shrift, cold
comfort or too much of a good thing, if you have seen better days or lived in a
fool's paradise -why, be that as it may, the more fool you , for it is a
foregone conclusion that you are (as good luck would have it) quoting
Shakespeare; if you think it is early days and clear out bag and baggage, if
you think it is high time and that that is the long and short of it, if you
believe that the game is up and that truth will out even if it involves your
own flesh and blood, if you lie low till the crack of doom because you suspect
foul play, if you have your teeth set on edge (at one fell swoop) without rhyme
or reason, then - to give the devil his due - if the truth were known (for
surely you have a tongue in your head) you are quoting Shakespeare; even if you
bid me good riddance and send me packing, if you wish I was dead as a
door-nail, if you think I am an eyesore, a laughing stock, the devil incarnate,
a stony-hearted villain, bloody-minded or a blinking idiot, then - by Jove! O
Lord! Tut tut! For goodness' sake! What the dickens! But me no buts! - it is
all one to me, for you are quoting Shakespeare.
Bernard Levin
Bernard Levin
PS
Then what was the English language
before Shakespeare?
Pope Francis and greed of man.
Francis warns greed of man will ‘destroy the world’: Pope says
earth will not forgive abuse of its resources for profit and urges world
leaders to help the hungry
The pontiff warned that the
world is risking a doomsday scenario in which nature would exact revenge.
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22 November 2014
SAS quad bike squads kill up to 8 jihadis each day
SAS troops with sniper rifles
and heavy machine guns have killed hundreds of Islamic State extremists in a
series of deadly quad-bike ambushes inside Iraq, The Mail on Sunday can reveal.
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23 November 2014
Women's desire for sex far more complex than thought, study says
Hormones play less of a role than previously thought, Michigan researchers found.
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23 November 2014
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Student Says He’s Too Smart For 1st Grade.
This Is What Happened
A first-grade teacher, Ms. Brooks, was having trouble with one of her students. The teacher asked, “Harry, what’s your problem?”
Harry answered, “I’m too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I’m smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 3rd grade too!”
Ms. Brooks had had enough. She took Harry to the principal’s office.
While Harry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal what the situation was. The principal told Ms. Brooks he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed.
Harry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test.
Principal: “What is 3 x 3?”
Harry: “9.”
Principal: “What is 3 x 3?”
Harry: “9.”
Principal: “What is 6 x 6?”
Harry: “36.”
Harry: “36.”
And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader should know.
The principal looks at Ms. Brooks and tells her, “I think Harry can go to the 3rd grade.”
Ms. Brooks says to the principal, “Let me ask him some questions.”
Ms. Brooks says to the principal, “Let me ask him some questions.”
The principal and Harry both agreed.
Ms. Brooks asks, “What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?”
Harry, after a moment: “Legs.”
Ms. Brooks asks, “What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?”
Harry, after a moment: “Legs.”
Ms. Brooks: “What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?”
The principal wondered why would she ask such a question!
The principal wondered why would she ask such a question!
Harry replied: “Pockets.”
Ms. Brooks: “What does a dog do that a man steps into?”
Harry: “Pants.”
Harry: “Pants.”
The principal was trembling.
Ms. Brooks: “What word starts with an ‘F’ and ends in ‘K’ that means a lot of heat and excitement?”
Harry: “Firetruck.”
Harry: “Firetruck.”
The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, “Put Harry in the fifth-grade, I got the last four questions wrong myself.”
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