8. Nonstandard To sit: "If Emmett drives, I could set up front" (Bobbie Ann Mason). 9. To position oneself preparatory to an action, such as running a race. adj. 1. Fixed or established by agreement: a set time for the launching. 2. Established by convention: followed set procedures...
On my mind at the moment is the question of what makes a setting particularly playable. This is not the same thing as what makes a setting good or compelling, and in fact, a good, compelling setting can end up making a very good game even if it has no elements that make it more ex...
1.Fig.[for a scraping sound] to irritate someone's nerves.That noise sets my teeth on edge! Tom's teeth were set on edge by the incessant screaming of the children. 2.Fig.[for a person or an idea] to upset someone very much.Her overbearing manner usually sets my teeth on edge. Th...
I have a binder on my desk, which I use to organize my life. One section includes the counseling and coaching appointments I have each day. Another section consists of a calendar of blog posts and when they will be published. I try to stay up to date on that list, although in the l...
If we say to teens, “Clearly that’s important to you. Tell me more about it,” teens are more likely to open up. It’s important for us to hear WHY something is important to our teens. Initially, a teen may have a reason that is grounded in resistance or upset, “I want to...
Other friends tell us of delays in the setting up of trust funds that are not delivering rapidly and flexibly, and thus causing disruptions in aid flows that then impact negatively upon the abilities of emerging institutions to deliver visible results to people. daccess-ods.un.org 其它朋友告诉...
At the end of August I will pick a winner for the monthly prize. Good luck! I also hope you pick up copies of my best-selling booksWe Are Not Alone–The Writer’s Guide to Social MediaandAre You There, Blog? It’s Me, Writer.And both are recommended by the hottest agents and big...
"Now fast forward to yesterday, I'm in the gym with one of my friends (once again for anonymity I'll call him Dave) who I've known for [seven] or so years and basically grew up with. And for whatever reason, because he hasn't been in a proper relationship before, despite being ...
A mining tax on fat cat mining companies, that’s fine isn’t it? Well mining companies make up20% of the ASX market cap. Let’s assume that BHP’s share price fall from the date of the announcement on May 2nd as a big diversified miner is a proxy for the fall in the mining ind...
Other people's money is not yours [and] the public trust is sacred. . . .Why do we act this way, not obeying laws or knowing the good they do us? The lack of brains is not the problem. Many years ago you were told to be in bed at nine o'clock [and] Daddy said clean up ...