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Before the 2013 G-20 conference, President Obama met with press in Sweden on September 4th, 2013, discussing a range of topics. Of note was Syria, the NSA, and Russia.
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As the relationship progresses, there is more dissonance than happiness. The dark zone, which they have visited before, calls again, a scramble to a once-happy relationship and a promise of sadness. Like this, an “out of tune guitar” produces something melodically like normal, but in reality out of focus and distant from the original meaning. The focus is lost.
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“Leccy” is British slang for “electricity.” A “leccy meter” is an electric meter which is used to measure the amount of electricity consumed in a building. This is something that is constantly running so similarly, he will always be there for her and will never stop.
It’s also worth noting that in the UK when a building can’t get individual meters for each unit. Landlords will install coin operated Electric Meters. These meters will run out unless you keep feeding them similar to parking meters.
The original John Cooper Clarke poem does not use the slang.
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A disturbing trend in Egypt, matching the recent second military coup, is a stringent blockade on press freedoms and independent journalism. Regardless of the noted external political lean of groups like Al-Jazeera, the trend is unfortunate, highlighting the potential for greater, more severe issues in the torn state.
Via CPJ.
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January is widely (and correctly) held to be the most depressing month in the Northern Hemisphere, due to a combination of winter’s bitter cold and little sunlight along with the holidays ending.
The girl sparks his mood, lifting him out of the slump and maybe not made him ecstatic, but she definitely helped him get by.
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The “zeros” are the signal for midnight, which would be 00:00 on a 24-hour scale. On most clocks, this would actually be 24, rather than zero.
Looking like this on a digital clock or a phone:
Make you feel alright
They bring you back to life Arctic Monkeys – Mad Sounds
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In a rather passive-aggressive move, likely in response to planned US strikes in Syria, the Russian Federation has issued a travel warning to its citizens. Advising anyone planning on traveling to the United States to rethink their plans, it suggests that any Russian citizen with even vague connections to anything criminal can expect arrest.
Via Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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The Periodic Table, a chart of all known chemical elements and their properties, is one of the underpinnings of chemistry. Despite how difficult it looks, once you get the trends, it is surprisingly easy to know! All of life depends on these elements.
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