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Listed below are comments made by beefnoodle between Tuesday, 8th July 2008 and Monday, 18th August 2008.

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Staying in power 11:05pm on 18 Aug 2008 Chinese-style communism? Sounds pretty good to me.
When is a grouse fair game? 11:40am on 16 Aug 2008 Wow, if independent international referees can be accused of bias, then maybe it's time to get rid of boxing altogether. It's such a subjective sport, noone seems to agree about which hit should score or not.

For such a manly sport, it's a shame the competitors are more content to cry like women. Oh wait, at least women would show a little more grace.

Sour grapes indeed!
Testing pollution levels 12:46pm on 08 Jul 2008 To ringsting-iom:

The very point of having international standards is to allow fair and accurate comparison of measurements. Taking on-the-spot recordings would be utterly meaningless, as the WHO guidelines specifically allow for variation within a 24 hour period.

If these results are to be taken as fact - and it already has been quoted in no less than two BBC articles) - then Mr. Reynolds must ensure that he abides by truly scientific standards. This would require (note: important word) transparent reporting of methodology, including the most important factors that could potentially influence the results, e.g. meteorological data, timing and local traffic. Only then can the results (and more significantly, his conclusions) be expected to undergo close scrutiny.

May I also point out that if the WHO have set an interim cut-off point for 'more polluted cities', then you should actually follow those targets, rather than continually referring back to the more stringent target. We like to compare like with like you know! If the WHO have allowed a higher target, then there must be a reason!

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