2015年10月14日 星期三

punctilio, punctiliously, interpunction, gibbons, dip into, qisas, or retaliatory punishments


Nowhere else in the world are the qisas, or retaliatory punishments allowed under Islam, applied with such punctilio

NEXT to Afghanistan, no country imposes tougher Islamic laws than Saudi…
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Several of you have helpfully pointed out typos in my FB posts (one of you even wrote to my wife, asking her to ask me to do a better job proofreading). While I promise to try harder to be more punctilious, I ask your tolerance. I write these myself without any help from anyone (not even my wife). Inevitably, some typos and misspellings will sneak through. Sormy!



Google, Oracle Head to Showdown
Opening arguments are expected to begin as soon as Tuesday in the legal showdown between Google and Oracle. Oracle alleges that Google's Android mobile-phone software infringes on Java patents and copyrights.

 What surprised me most in reading this biography was the extent to which Thatcher's politics were informed by her Christianity. Without ever renouncing the Methodism of her girlhood, she drifted into attending Church of England services punctiliously and quietly.


punctilio
pʌŋ(k)ˈtɪlɪəʊ/
noun
  1. a fine or petty point of conduct or procedure.
    "both counsel and judges follow the punctilios of court procedure and conduct"

punctilious

Pronunciation: /pʌŋ(k)ˈtɪlɪəs/

Definition of punctilious

adjective

showing great attention to detail or correct behaviour:he was punctilious in providing every amenity for his guests

 interpunction

n.

The insertion of points between words or sentences; punctuation. 句讀
[L. interpunctio, fr. interpungere, interppunctum, to interpoint. See Inter-, and Point.]


Gibbons[1][2]
Temporal range: Miocene–Recent
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Lar Gibbons (Hylobates lar)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Primates
Superfamily: Hominoidea
Family: Hylobatidae
Gray, 1870
Genera
Hylobates
Hoolock
Nomascus
Symphalangus
Distribution in South-East Asia

Gibbons are apes in the family Hylobatidae (pronounced /ˌhaɪlɵˈbeɪtɨdiː/). The family is divided into four genera based on their diploid chromosome number: Hylobates (44), Hoolock (38), Nomascus (52), and Symphalangus (50).[2][3] The extinct Bunopithecus sericus is a gibbon or gibbon-like ape which, until recently, was thought to be closely related to the hoolock gibbons.[2] Gibbons occur in tropical and subtropical rainforests from northeast India to Indonesia and north to southern China, including the islands of Sumatra, Borneo and Java.



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