Ireland's Reported Emergence From Recession An Optical Illusion

... of October, compared to a 7.9 per cent decline in the preceding quarter. Technically, given that the definition of recession is two quarters in a row of falling GDP, this means that Ireland has now ... out that much of the rise in GDP was attributed to profits from multinationals based in Ireland. Whether Ireland was out of recession or not was " a matter of semantics", Mr Keating said. "The...

Memes!

..., I think. Maybe fatter, actually. I don't know. c) richer or poorer? That depends on your definition. Liquid asset-wise, poorer... but we have a HOUSE. 18. What do you wish you'd done more of? ... too much. 19. What do you wish you'd done less of? Worrying about other people's happiness, or whether I pleased them. 20. How will you be spending Christmas? In Missouri with my mom! 21. How will you...

Random smut

... aside even though pulling him aside means leaving Cas alone with the cocktail waitress who has an even weirder definition of personal space than Cas himself, so Dean's fighting it, but Sam's taller and  Sam's...into each other's faces and stare with heavy-lidded eyes-- it's too much. He can't decide whether to slink back and watch, or come forward and join. Dean makes the decision for him, holding ...

... make a dry extract for use in capsules or tablets. The final definition of what an herbal dietary supplement is, we look to the definition provided by the World Health Organization: “In medicine, it refers ... and is linked to heart attacks and strokes; it is unclear whether bitter orange has similar effects. There is currently little evidence that ...

alyssa's survey

... your life do you appear crazy in any way. What do you do? I think the real question is whether this person minds if you pretend they don't exist when you're out in public together. because that ... crying in third grade because the teacher wouldn't call on me, and then I got the question (the definition of "lee," I still remember it!) wrong. I also cried in my high school biology class because the ...

On the Origin and Nature of Power

... and The Real are more difficult to define. The Real is that which is of reality: a problematic definition, but one that relies on intuition. The Truth is not of reality. Let me say that again. The...of the Real, and no matter the power of our Truth, it is never enough to survive intact. Whether this Real is merely another human being with which you have a persuasive conversation, or the land plowed ...

Everybody loves David Tennant!

This is the definition of tl;dr, but it's also got a lot of awesome! It just feels scary... all the time He's been voted the best ... birth name from McDonald to Tennant for Equity by picking Neil Tennant's name from Smash Hits ("I could have been David Kajagoogoo") and whether he is ever able to go out in public and "be normal". "Has he talked about the next Doctor?" asked someone in the ...

Happy Holidays, corpses_smiling!

...'s eyes. "I invited you here, thinking that you might do with some fun. But it seems that our definition of fun isn't actually similar." "Oh gosh, no, I didn't mean it that way!" David ..., Cook could never ever forgive himself. He pulled out his phone, checking for any updates, but actually checking whether David had texted him or called him. Of course, Cook had tried to call him back the second ...

..., so the patient is also presenting with a myriad of other wounds, most of them non-lethal. Whether or not the Corpsman knows his patient loss conciousness briefly can be toyed with, to fit the scenario.... is this something that the corpsman could reasonably miss? I know that PAs are no slouches by any definition, corpsmen either, but I'm just not sure as to what kind of training they're going to be...

GIFT FOR melon_helaato - Best When Warm

...she said, expression serious. “Saving a life is a huge deal. Whether anyone would have done the same or not.” Noah didn’t know... more than one sex. A2. What is "a bisexual"? A strict definition of a bisexual would be someone who has romantic and/or sexual ... act on their sexual/romantic attractions, some people prefer a looser definition; for instance, that a bisexual is a person who - in their ...