brit-gob
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Complexity and confusion seems to be the way they want to do things.
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Campaigners from Okinawa will arrive in Scotland on Monday to seek inspiration from the yes campaign as they look to boost support for making the southern Japanese island an independent nation.
While Okinawa's movement is tiny compared with its counterpart in Scotland, activists say they stand to benefit from mounting public anger over Tokyo's plans to push through the construction of a controversial US military base in defiance of local opposition.
"We're really interested in seeing how the rest of the UK and the international community react if Scotland does vote for independence," said Masaki Tomochi, a professor of economics at Okinawa International University and a leading figure in the independence movement.
"Scotland has every right to be independent and to take decisions about its own future. That's what people all over the world want, including the people of Okinawa."
Tomochi and his colleagues, along with a reporter from the Ryukyu Shimpo newspaper, will tour Scotland meeting voters, academics and Scottish National party officials. Their group has posted a condensed Japanese version of the SNP's Scotland's Future manifesto on its website.
The history of Okinawa, Tomochi argues, is one of bloody sacrifice at mainland Japan's behest, and collusion between Tokyo and Washington, beginning with a secret postwar agreement to allow the US to bring nuclear weapons to the island and maintain military bases there indefinitely.
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Odd mix for me. Maybe not 'polite' but there's not much aggression which is worse.
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United looking a bit more like a United kind of team for once!
In other news, looks like Rio is about to dish some dirt on Moyes.
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Better than the police coming round, arresting you and spending the rest of your life in jail...surely?!
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If any of you wish to offload some of your unwanted Aki Aji supplies, please do send them on to me.
Thank you.
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It's my Mums birthday today. Happy Birthday Mum. Sorry, I'm not with you.
Sort of changing the subject, this is interesting:
"Happy Birthday" (1893). Estimated earnings: $50 millionMost people have no idea that the song you sing at every birthday party ever is copyrighted material. The song was written by a pair of sisters who were kindergarten teachers. Ownership of the song has traded hands several times over the last century. In 1990 Warner Chappell paid $15 million for the rights. Technically it's illegal to sing "Happy Birthday" in a large group of unrelated people (like an office party) without paying a royalty to the current copyright holder Warner Music Group (which is owned by a private corporate conglomerate called Access Industries). Today the song brings in $2 million a year in royalties ($5000 per day). It costs $25,000 to use the song in a movie or TV show which explains why you often see the characters sing an odd, amalgamated version on screen. This also explains why chain restaurants sing their own custom songs for a guest's birthday. The copyright for "Happy Birthday" expires in 2030 in the United States and 2016 in the European Union, at which point we can all finally sing Happy Birthday without writing a royalty check.
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I kind of like the look of Samsung's just announced 'Edge'
No idea if that would actually be useful or not..
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It wasn't looking good at times, was it.
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Vladimir Putin has boasted to European leaders that his forces could sweep into Kiev in two weeks if he wanted.
The Russian president reportedly made the threat to the European Commission president during talks on the Ukraine crisis.
Mr Putin told Jose Manuel Barroso: “If I want to, I can take Kiev in two weeks,” Italy’s La Repubblica newspaper reported, implying this could be the result if the EU stepped up sanctions against Russia.
>> He's well hard!
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Where's Falcao?
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Football clubs.... fax machines plugged in and ready?
Let's deadline day!!
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How Soon, Tubby?
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Love the way in the UK they seem to even leave things behind the house on an outdoor chair, or with the neighbours etc.
Actually, I don't. One thing I ordered got drowned in rain after being left on that outdoor chair when no-one was in for delivery.
As you said, pretty pathetic.
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Good question.
And here's another. Will the huge amount of rain affect the colours this year? No idea how it all works, so..
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Was a pity that Mario couldn't play for sure.
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What games are they?
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I got up at 11 today.
Very late for me that.
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Angel Di Maria is about to take a flight to Manchester to finalise a deal with Manchester United. [sky italia]
8:09 PM - 24 Aug 2014
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Sounds like it might just happen.
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yes, you'd expect it to be classic!
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The free P.T. demo on PS4 is fun.
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Which part did he bite.
Might be an important bit of info.
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Same here, can change now currently weighing up what to do/get.
WiiU vs PS4 vs XBox 720 vs cheap mobile gaming
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