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Interesting though the geographical limitations there. The central area was pretty much untouched. But the Kandahar region was just ballistic.

I have a framed collection of banknotes from weird countries that I have been to signed by people I was travelling with. Never knew the custom had a name!

BTW SO, I am the quiz master at a find raising trivia night tomorrow. I've used your NZ world cup question.

J was not generally used as a compnay designator. I'm not sure why unless it was avoid confusion with I. But you never know what this might refer to in the context of the men who signed the note. It may have been a joke between themselves or perhaps a temporary designator of a scratch formation. There is a NY military museum and research project, so that would be the best place for your friend to start. A bigger scan would help too!

Our PM Julia Gillard in a fairly normal look: In the most recent edition of Australian Womens Weekly

I think if I carry the track link for you it serves as proof of concept. Engineering is easily scaled up.

Nope. That's why they call them LIGHT tanks. They're man-portable.

Bingo Light Tank Mk VI.....track width 9.5 inches.

Of course it could also be from something more prosaic. Like a piece of agricultural or construction machinery.

At that width it's certainly too small to be American, like from a half-track or Stewart.

It's a good question. And a fair distinction considering the likes of Italy and France didn't have a single win.

Great. So the seats might withstand 50g deceleration. Shame about the crumpled mass of aluminium, carbon fibre and blazing jet fuel you're surrounded by on the side of that mountain.

And the reply from Virgin is pretty poor considering the premium they seem to place on customer feedback. Basically "Too bad."

I don't fancy yours much.

It does seem strange. So strange that you do wonder what the other side to the story is. There must have been some reason why 10 officers turned up to a medical call and came in so hard.

And following the example of the former NZ female PM, she has a really horriffic voice.

I think he looks a bit like John Major in that shot. But it's obviously been carefully chosen to give a haggard look.

When a New Zealand team gets knocked out of the World Cup, they sack the coach. In Australia, we sacrifice the Prime Minister.

Now we've just got to wait for the defence supplier to be charging $98.05 for each button.

Amen. The number of times I nearly threw my monitor through the window because of the friendly AI vehicle pathing and endless fiddling before shooting.... Another criticism is that the nature of some of the maps and the progressive control of them leads to set-up zones that are nothing more than a turkey shoot. Battles can be over in 30 seconds. Or else 90% of units are blown away in the first 10 seconds and then you spend the rest of the time crawling round in the bush looking for a single squad to eliminate.

I think I speak for a lot of guys when I say that it's not really loss of liberty that terrifies me about going to prison!

From the same link above about wrongful convictions: Races of the 254 exonerees: 151 African Americans 76 Caucasians 21 Latinos 2 Asian American 4 whose race is unknown

Post-conviction DNA exonerations Including 17 people on death row. "Leading Causes of Wrongful Convictions These DNA exoneration cases have provided irrefutable proof that wrongful convictions are not isolated or rare events, but arise from systemic defects that can be precisely identified and addressed. For more than 15 years, the Innocence Project has worked to pinpoint these trends. Eyewitness Misidentification Testimony was a factor in 75 percent of post-conviction DNA exoneration cases in the U.S., making it the leading cause of these wrongful convictions. At least 40 percent of these eyewitness identifications involved a cross racial identification (race data is currently only available on the victim, not for non-victim eyewitnesses). Studies have shown that people are less able to recognize faces of a different race than their own. These suggested reforms are embraced by leading criminal justice organizations and have been adopted in the states of New Jersey and North Carolina, large cities like Minneapolis and Seattle, and many smaller jurisdictions. Unvalidated or Improper Forensic Science played a role in approximately 50 percent of wrongful convictions later overturned by DNA testing. While DNA testing was developed through extensive scientific research at top academic centers, many other forensic techniques – such as hair microscopy, bite mark comparisons, firearm tool mark analysis and shoe print comparisons – have never been subjected to rigorous scientific evaluation. Meanwhile, forensics techniques that have been properly validated – such as serology, commonly known as blood typing – are sometimes improperly conducted or inaccurately conveyed in trial testimony. In other wrongful conviction cases, forensic scientists have engaged in misconduct. False confessions and incriminating statements lead to wrongful convictions in approximately 25 percent of cases. In 35 percent of false confession or admission cases, the defendant was 18 years old or younger and/or developmentally disabled. Nineteen of the first 250 DNA exonerees pled guilty to crimes they did not commit. The Innocence Project encourages police departments to electronically record all custodial interrogations in their entirety in order to prevent coercion and to provide an accurate record of the proceedings. More than 500 jurisdictions have voluntarily adopted policies to record interrogations. State supreme courts have taken action in Alaska, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New Jersey, and Wisconsin. Illinois, Maine, New Mexico, and the District of Columbia require the taping of interrogations in homicide cases. Snitches contributed to wrongful convictions in 19 percent of cases. Whenever snitch testimony is used, the Innocence Project recommends that the judge instruct the jury that most snitch testimony is unreliable as it may be offered in return for deals, special treatment, or the dropping of charges. Prosecutors should also reveal any incentive the snitch might receive, and all communication between prosecutors and snitches should be recorded. Fifteen percent of wrongful convictions that were later overturned by DNA testing were caused in part by snitch testimony.

I guess it's in the eye of the beholder. The Italian had his shirt held and his arm pulled. That's definitely a penalty in soccer when you're in the box. I agree that his dramatic fall at the end was not required but the infringement was there, no matter how slight it seems when you're used to more robust contact in rugby. But compare it to some of the other penalty dives. Like the Ivory Coast player who got nudged in the stomach and fell to the earth clutching his eyes. Or of course the Italian dive that saw Australia out of the last World Cup.