Form the sales blurb for the Mosquito

It seems that there is a very real medical phenomenon known as presbycusis or age related hearing loss which, according to The Merck Manual of Diagnosis and Therapy, "begins after the age of 20 but is usually significant only in persons over 65". It first affects the highest frequencies (18 to 20 kHz) notably in those who have turned 20 years of age". It is possible to generate a high frequency sound that is audible only to teenagers.

I am sitting here (Sunday morning - really sad) watching a interview with Gordon Brown, and he makes statements like :

- I made a decision to build 3 million more houses.

- I made a decision to [insert vague statement here}

and I despair - where has democracy gone in this country, and what is the difference between having a Prime Minister and a President?

In a democracy the word "I" when referring to decisions should be used very sparingly by a PM, as he (or she) is only elected to represent the people of the country, not himself.

So the correct word should be "we" - or the PM is simply not doing the job....

But unfortunately I do believe that the PM (IMHO) has completely missed that fact that he/she only represents the people...

After seeing a ad on TV for "filmon.com" I pointed my browser to the site - but became a bit suspicious when I could not access anything before I registered. ... so in other words they do not let you read their Terms & Conditions before you sign up - but you have to say you have agreed before you sign on..........

I came across the following blog entry a week ago - and it has given me a lot of food for thought

Islam, Freedom, Women, Norway And The Veil - Islam And The West - Opinions Of A Kashmiri Nomad:

Having set the stage of this post, I now wish to introduce an article from the Al-Jazeera English website. It narrates that the Islamic veil that covers the face will be banned from schools in the Norwegian capital Oslo. The ban will begin after the current summer holidays. Oslo will join the ranks of countries like France that have also banned the Islamic veil from their schools.While reading this report I was struck by the fact that if the west promotes pluralistic, mutli-cultural societies how can it then ban the veil from schools? Is it not a fundamental right of a human being to practice his/her religion without hindrance? How can the west ban the Islamic veil while in the same breath defending the right of some to produce and distribute pornography? The pornographer uses his right to freedom of expression while the Muslim female is banned from her right to wear a veil and to practice her freedom of religion.

IMHO one of the fundamental problems for countries like Norway is that we do not associate the way you dress with your religion - i.e. Norwegians see religion as something you do - not something you wear.

Being rather sad I do occasionally look at the webservers logfiles, and as I found a url to a domain called "radian6" I looked it up, and thsi is what I found L

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