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Array If going after it worked the whole damned game, why give it up when the whole thing is on the line?Dungy’s heeding S.O.L.’s advice and now the Colts are bringing it again. It’s fitting the D put them in position to control this game as they were villified at the end of the season for giving up something like 300 yards a game on the ground. Well, shit, the game’s already over.And there’s Dominick Rhodes putting the ol’ exclamation point on the whole shebang.
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What color are your toenails usually?They don’t have a usually color. They could be any color at any time! Have you ever had a black and white cat?Two of them, for a very short time, while we had Bahdra’s kittens staying with us. Do you know anyone who lives in Wyoming?Uh… I don’t know. Do you know of any twins with rhyming names?No. Last time you went to Six Flags?I’ve never been.18. Last time you had someone cook for you?Yesterday when Mom made me baked pasta shells with cracker crumbles and parmasean cheese. Last time you received flowers?Jerry’s aunt gave me a rose at the play.28. What is your high school’s rival mascot?Dude, I don’t know. Last time you used hand sanitizer?Friday at the hospital.35. What color are the blinds in your living room?Bisque.37. Now random folks know one of my billions of obvious weaknesses!45. Last time you saw fireworks?While having relations with Johnny Depp. Last time you had a Krispy Kreme doughnut?When they were free at some point.47. Last time you parked under a carport?I… Who has the prettiest eyes that you know of?Jerry and Zach.53. Last time you saw a semi truck?Yesterday, perhaps.54.
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-ne So, back in October……I was 8 mos pregnant driving from CT back to Boston with the ‘lil man (then16 mos) in the backseat. When I got home, I filled out the form to request a hearing in hopes of getting the fine reduced — I was going too fast — but this penalty is a bit excessive.Well, I got my court date — it was set for January 4th. I assumed that they’d simply issue me a bill and I’d get stuck paying the damn ticket.Instead, I got a letter with a new date and a threat to issue a warrant for my arrest if I didn’t show.
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-ne Carolina loggers, brown cords, maroon with cream/tan plaid flannel shirt, black Carhartt thermal top & bottom, black pouch briefs, usual Dickies socks.So nice to see so many men in ill-fitting pants (bet you’re wearing long underwear, too!).My Blog is two years old today (and I’m now in, gasp, my late 50s).
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Array é o lema da acção de voluntariado médico promovida pelo laboratório farmacêutico Tecninfar, com a colaboração de algumas dezenas de voluntários, entre médicos, enfermeiros e técnicos de saúde, na sequência dos contactos previamente estabelecidos com as escolas, o Centro de Saúde e a Câmara Municipal, com o objectivo de colmatar necessidades específicas de algumas populações com necessidades específicas na área da saúde, por razões económicas ou geográficas. O Projecto Solidariedade Médica e social conta com a colaboração da Escola Superior de Tecnologia da saúde de Lisboa, Escola Superior de Saúde de Leiria, Faculdade de Medicina Dentária da Universidade de Lisboa, Associação Portuguesa de Apoio à Mulher com cancro da Mama, Associação para o Planeamento da Família, Câmaras Municipais, Juntas de Freguesias e diversas empresas.
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Din motive obiective, legate de prezenta trupei Enthrallment la urmatorul concert de sambata 24.03 in Austria, s-a modificat data concertului din Bucuresti, iar Dies Irae va canta impreuna cu ei pe data de 22.03, joi, in Club Suburbia.
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Deixo apenas um ditto de algu̩m que viveu sob um regime semelhante:Dictatorships are always inflating foreign threats so as to justify domestic oppression.Рbj2

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El jueves 22 de marzo lamatraca se presenta: en el club de jazz de santiago!22.30 hrs.
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Array We have run these thru ACS, JAG and MWR, and all appear legit.http://www.operationhomelink.org - Free computers for spouses or parents of deployed soldier in ranks E1 - E5.https://www.operationuplink.org - Free phone cards. http://bluestarmoms.org/care.html - free care packages.http://www.heromiles.org/ - free air travel for Emergency Leave, and for the family members of injured soldiers to travel to Medical facility.http://www.bluestarmothers.org/airlinespecials.php - Airline discounts for R &
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The photos that I took today: The cities that I visited today: Enschede (9.5h), Glanerbrug (5.4h).
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In order to prepare for Jack’s travels to Guantanamo Bay, we thought it might be helpful to provide a little background. The first segment, posted previously, will provide a brief oversight about GTMO, where it is located, and how the U.S. acquired it in the first place. The second segment, posted previously, will focus upon the Naval Base itself. This posting will provide some information regarding the detention camp that is the topic of much of the debate in Washington DC as we speak. Jack has not had the chance to verify all of the information supplied by Wikipedia. So, you will need to cross reference yourself. However, it should provide a good starting part and overview.According to Wikipedia:Guantánamo Bay detainment camp, serving as a joint military prison and interrogation center under the leadership of Joint Task Force Guantanamo (JTF-GTMO), has occupied a portion of the United States Navy’s base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba since 2002.[1] The prison holds people suspected by the Executive branch of the U.S. government of being al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives, along with some people no longer considered suspects who are being held pending relocation elsewhere. The prisoners were captured in Afghanistan and elsewhere around the world.The detainment areas consist of three camps in the base: Camp Delta (which includes Camp Echo), Camp Iguana, and the now-closed Camp X-Ray. The facility is often referred to as Guantanamo, Gitmo (derived from the abbreviation GTMO ), or Camp X-Ray.[2]The camp has drawn strong criticism both in the U.S. and world-wide for its detainment of prisoners without trial, and allegations of torture. The detainees held by the United States were classified as enemy combatants. The U.S. administration had claimed that they were not entitled to the protections of the Geneva Convention, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against this interpretation on June 19, 2006. Following this, on July 7, 2006 the Department of Defense issued an internal memo stating that prisoners will in the future be entitled to protection under the Geneva Conventions.[3][4][5]On September 6, 2006, President Bush announced that fourteen suspected terrorists are to be transferred to the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp and admitted that these suspects have been held in CIA black sites. These people include Khalid Sheik Mohammed, believed to be the No. 3 al-Qaida leader before he was captured in Pakistan in 2003; Ramzi Binalshibh, an alleged would-be Sept. 11, 2001, hijacker; and Abu Zubaydah, who was believed to be a link between Osama bin Laden and many al-Qaida cells before he was also captured in Pakistan, in March 2002.[6]None of the 14 top figures transferred to Guantanamo from CIA custody had been charged until September 11, 2006.[7]HistoryIn the last quarter of the 20th century, the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base was used to house Cuban and Haitian refugees intercepted on the high seas. In the early 1990s, it held refugees who fled Haiti after military forces overthrew democratically elected President Jean-Bertrand Aristide. These refugees were held in a detainment area called Camp Bulkeley until United States District Court Judge Sterling Johnson Jr. declared the camp unconstitutional on 8 June 1993. The last Haitian migrants departed Guantánamo on 1 November 1995.The Migrant Operations Center on Guantánamo typically keeps fewer than 30 people interdicted at sea in the Caribbean region.On June 16, 2005, the United States Department of Defense announced that a unit of defense contractor Halliburton will build a new 0 million detention facility and security perimeter around the base.StatisticsAlso see List of Detainees.On September 22, 2004 ten prisoners were brought from Afghanistan. A total of 242 detainees had been moved out of Guantánamo as of July 20, 2005, including 173 that were released, and 69 transferred to the governments of other countries, according to the United States Department of Defense.[8]As of November 7, 2005, 358 of the 505 detainees then held at Guantánamo Bay had had Administrative Review Board hearings, according to a November 12, 2005, report by the Wall Street Journal. Of these, 3 percent were granted and awaiting release, 20 percent were to be transferred, 37 percent were to be further detained at Guantánamo, and no decision had been made in 40 percent of the cases. Of the 505 detainees, 100 or more are from Saudi Arabia, about 80 from Yemen, about 65 from Pakistan, about 50 from Afghanistan, two from Syria and one from Australia. A Camp Delta recreation and exercise area at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. The detention block is shown with sunshades drawn on December 3, 2002.From 2002 to 2006 there have been several hunger strikes at Guantánamo Bay, with up to 200 participants according to some reports.[9] Numerous participants were being force-fed through a feeding tube when their health and lives became in danger. The Australian reports that as of May 30, 2006, the number of detainees on hunger strike is 75.[10]FacilitiesThis article or section does not cite its references or sources.You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations.Camp Delta composed of detention camps 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and Camp Echo, is a 612-unit detention center built between February 27 and mid-April 2002. Most of the security force there is U.S. Army military police, and U.S. Navy Master-at Arms. Camp Echo, part of the Camp Delta compound, is a detention center where pre-commissions are held — its detainees may talk privately to lawyers. Camp Iguana a smaller, low-security compound, located about a kilometer from the main prison compound. In 2002 and 2003, it housed three detainees who were under age 16, and was closed when they were flown home in January 2004. The compound was reopened in mid-2005 to house some of the 38 detainees who were determined by the Combatant Status Review Tribunals not to actually be illegal combatants. Those who could not safely be repatriated to their home country were moved to Camp Iguana. Camp X-Ray was a temporary detention facility, closed on April 29, 2002, and its prisoners transferred to Camp Delta. But the term Camp X-Ray is sometimes still used as a synonym for the entire facility where suspected (and formerly mistakenly suspected) Al Qaeda and Taliban illegal combatants are detained. ControversyActions of the U.S. GovernmentThe status of this prison, above political beliefs, is not clear and may be against Human Rights and democratic ethics and laws, although U.S. courts have partially accepted the status of the prison as existing outside many of the U.S. laws, with the caveat that additional rights be provided regarding due process. In June 2006, the U.S. Supreme Court further restricted the Bush administration’s use of military tribunals to try the detainees.The Executive branch of the U.S. government has classified the detainees in Camp X-Ray as enemy combatants, rather than prisoners of war (POWs), which they claim means that they do not have to be conferred the rights granted to POWs under the Geneva Conventions. The U.S. government justifies this designation by claiming that they do not have the status of either regular soldiers nor that of guerrillas, and they are not part of a regular army or militia.In July 2003, about 680 alleged Taliban members and suspected Al-Qaeda terrorists from 42 different countries were incarcerated there. None have been allowed to meet with attorneys.On April 23, 2003, the U.S. military reported that three of the Afghan war prisoners held at Camp Delta had been identified as juveniles, were separated from the adult prisoners, and moved to markedly better conditions at Camp Iguana. Civil rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith wrote an article where he cited reports of a further dozen minors detained in the adult portion of the prison. Smith asserted that there were twenty or more minors detained in Guantanamo. When the DoD released what it called its final list of all the detainees who had been held in military custody at Guantanamo there were dozens of detainess who would have been minors when captured, who were housed in the adult portion of the prison, in violation of international law.Main article: minors detained in the global war on terrorOn July 23, 2003, U.S. Major General Geoffrey Miller said that three-quarters of the roughly 660 detainees had confessed to some involvement in terrorism. Many have informed about friends and colleagues. According to Miller, the confessions were acquired through rewards that included extended recreation time, extra food rations to keep in their cells, or a move to the prison’s medium-security facility.On June 12, 2006, Sen Arlen Specter stated to CNN that the arrests of most of the roughly 500 prisoners held there were based on the flimsiest sort of hearsay.[11]Conditions at the campThis article or section does not cite its references or sources.You can help Wikipedia by introducing appropriate citations. The neutrality of this article or section may be compromised by weasel words.You can help Wikipedia by removing weasel words. Physical conditions for detainees at Camp Delta meet basic standards for maintaining health[citation needed]. Prisoners are held in small mesh-sided cells with little privacy, and lights are kept on day and night. Detainees are said to have rations similar to those of American forces, with consideration for Muslim dietary needs. James Yee, a Muslim chaplain from the United States Army, provided religious services, but has now resigned after unproven allegations were brought against him by the United States, following his tour of duty at Guantánamo Bay. These charges include sedition, aiding the enemy, espionage — although it was never declared on whose behalf, and failure to obey a general order. He was then transferred to a United States Navy brig in Charleston, South Carolina. Later, the charges were dropped. He states that he resigned because no apology was given, nor was there an acknowledgement of error by the United States.[citation needed] Demonstration against what is done in Guantanamo Bay detention center, Washington D.C.Detainees are kept in isolation most of the day, are blindfolded when moving into Camp Delta and from place to place within the camp, and forbidden to talk in groups of more than three. American doctrine in dealing with prisoners of war state that isolation and silence are effective means in breaking down the will to resist interrogation. There have been allegations of torture, including sleep deprivation, the use of so-called truth drugs, beatings, locking in confined and cold cells, and being forced to maintain uncomfortable postures. It has been alleged that SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, Escape) program’s chief psychologist, Colonel Morgan Banks, issued guidance in early 2003 for the behavioral science consultants who helped to devise Guantánamo’s interrogation strategy. SERE is a program based in Fort Bragg, North Carolina.[citation needed]In April 2006 it was discovered that several detainees had managed to secretly grow vegetables from seeds garnered from their meals, creating a makeshift garden in violation of camp regulations.[12]CriticismsThe use of Guantánamo Bay as a military prison has drawn fire from human rights organizations and other critics, who cite reports that detainees have been tortured [13] or otherwise poorly treated. Supporters of the detention argue that trial review of detentions has never been afforded to prisoners of war, and that it is reasonable for enemy combatants to be detained until the cessation of hostilities. However, the detainees’ status as potential or active terrorists, and the lack of any ratified treaties regarding treatment of captured terrorists, makes the situation particularly complicated. The Bush administration argued that the Third Geneva Convention does not apply to perceived Al Qaeda or Taliban fighters, since the Geneva convention only applies to uniformed soldiers of a recognized government.[citation needed] Critics of U.S. policy say the government has violated the Conventions in attempting to create a distinction between ‘prisoners of war’ and ‘illegal combatants’.[14] A U.S. district court partially agreed with the Bush administration, finding that the Geneva Conventions apply to Taliban fighters, but not to Al Qaeda terrorists.[15]Amnesty International and the United Nations have called the situation a human rights scandal in a series of reports.[16]Member states of the European Union and the Organization of American States, as well as non-governmental organizations such as Amnesty International have protested the legal status and physical condition of detainees at Guantánamo. Courts in the United States and the United Kingdom have been approached by relatives and friends of detainees to request a legal determination favorable to detainees.The human rights organization Human Rights Watch has criticized the Bush administration over this designation in its 2003 world report, stating: Washington has ignored human rights standards in its own treatment of terrorism suspects. It has refused to apply the Geneva Conventions to prisoners of war from Afghanistan, and has misused the designation of illegal combatant to apply to criminal suspects on U.S. soil.On May 25, 2005, Amnesty International released its annual report calling the facility the gulag of our times, even using the expression The Gulag Archipelago to design to the whole of the black sites:Guantánamo has become the gulag of our times, entrenching the notion that people can be detained without any recourse to the law. If Guantánamo evokes images of Soviet repression, ghost detaineeslink

One of the leading laptop and desktop PC vendors, Acer has still hold a strong position in Vietnam where it has been holding a pick in the laptop market over the year. It holds the 41% of the market share of laptop sold ever in Vietnam. Moreover, at present the rate is more lucrative. Its present market share is 60%. Acer bosses think that this success came through the competitive price of the Acer laptop. To continue this success rate, Acer is planning to introduce nine new models of laptop in the Vietnam market. I am quoting some information regarding the new laptops in Vietnam from an article: “On Monday, it already launched the Veriton 5800 with 256 megabytes of internal memory and an 80 gigabyte hard drive, plus a 15 monitor at a cost of US99.The prices of laptops using AMD chip range from US00 to US,600 each and the prices of laptops using dual core chip of Intel range from US,500 to US,100 each.link

Since so many of you seem to enjoy the young whipper-snapper rant, I thought I would throw this up as well. Each year Beloit College does their Mindset List for the incoming Freshman class. So this class, which will graduate in 2010 (theoretically) was mostly born in 1988.I assume that’s the anguished scream of Jason I hear, running off to his prscious stash of booze.Anyway, they’ve been doing this for years and they can be pretty entertaining. Feel free to go and check them out.However, presented here for your amusement is this year’s list.1. The Soviet Union has never existed and therefore is about as scary as the student union. 2. They have known only two presidents.3. For most of their lives, major U.S. airlines have been bankrupt.4. Manuel Noriega has always been in jail in the U.S. 5. They have grown up getting lost in big boxes.6. There has always been only one Germany.7. They have never heard anyone actually ring it up on a cash register. 8. They are wireless, yet always connected.9. A stained blue dress is as famous to their generation as a third-rate burglary was to their parents’.10. Thanks to pervasive headphones in the back seat, parents have always been able to speak freely in the front.11. A coffee has always taken longer to make than a milkshake.12. Smoking has never been permitted on U.S. airlines. 13. Faux fur has always been a necessary element of style.14. The Moral Majority has never needed an organization.15. They have never had to distinguish between the St. Louis Cardinals baseball and football teams. 16. DNA fingerprinting has always been admissible evidence in court.17. They grew up pushing their own miniature shopping carts in the supermarket.18. They grew up with and have outgrown faxing as a means of communication.19. Google has always been a verb.20. Text messaging is their email. 21. Milli Vanilli has never had anything to say.22. Mr. Rogers, not Walter Cronkite, has always been the most trusted man in America.23. Bar codes have always been on everything, from library cards and snail mail to retail items.24. Madden has always been a game, not a Superbowl-winning coach.25. Phantom of the Opera has always been on Broadway.26. Boogers candy has always been a favorite for grossing out parents. 27. There has never been a skyhook in the NBA.28. Carbon copies are oddities found in their grandparents’ attics.29. Computerized player pianos have always been tinkling in the lobby.30. Non-denominational mega-churches have always been the fastest growing religious organizations in the U.S.31. They grew up in mini-vans. 32. Reality shows have always been on television.33. They have no idea why we needed to ask …can we all get along?34. They have always known that In the criminal justice system the people have been represented by two separate yet equally important groups.35. Young women’s fashions have never been concerned with where the waist is.36. They have rarely mailed anything using a stamp.37. Brides have always worn white for a first, second, or third wedding.38. Being techno-savvy has always been inversely proportional to age.39. So as in Sooooo New York, has always been a drawn-out adjective modifying a proper noun, which in turn modifies something else40. Affluent troubled teens in Southern California have always been the subjects of television series. 41. They have always been able to watch wars and revolutions live on television.42. Ken Burns has always been producing very long documentaries on PBS.43. They are not aware that flock of seagulls hair has nothing to do with birds flying into it.44. Retin-A has always made America look less wrinkled.45. Green tea has always been marketed for health purposes.46. Public school officials have always had the right to censor school newspapers.47. Small white holiday lights have always been in style.48. Most of them never had the chance to eat bad airline food.49. They have always been searching for Waldo.50. The really rich have regularly expressed exuberance with outlandish birthday parties.51. Michael Moore has always been showing up uninvited.52. They never played the game of state license plates in the car.53. They have always preferred going out in groups as opposed to dating.54. There have always been live organ donors. 55. They have always had access to their own credit cards.56. They have never put their money in a Savings
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Array Christie Marrone made her debut as a Terp tonight by hitting an impressive bomb from behind the arc for her first Maryland points. The Terps open their real season on the road next Friday, November 10, at Middle Tennessee, and then return for their home opener on Sunday, November 12, against George Mason. Alana, have you ever seen Dr. Zhivago?)Friday morning update: Today’s Baltimore Sun has an excellent article previewing the Maryland women’s team .
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Taken a Ferrari for a test drive05. Taken a candlelit bath with someone08. Visited Paris12. Grown and eaten your own vegetables18. Taken a trip in a hot air balloon22. Danced like a fool and not cared who was looking37. Visited all 50 states41. Taken care of someone who was drunk42. Danced with a stranger in a foreign country44. Taken a road-trip48. Visited Ireland52. Visited Japan55. Played touch football61. Visited the Great Wall of China67. Taken a martial arts class71. Eaten shark88. Taken an exotic bicycle tour in a foreign country100. Sang loudly in the car, and didn’t stop when you knew someone was looking103. Held someone while they were having a flashback108. Broken someone’s heart111. Eaten mushrooms that were gathered in the wild118. Visited more foreign countries than U.S. states124. Visited all 7 continents125. Taken a canoe trip that lasted more than 2 days126. Eaten kangaroo meat127. Eaten sushi128. Changed someone’s mind about something you care deeply about130. Eaten fried green tomatoes134. Selected one important author who you missed in school, and read136. Communicated with someone without sharing a common spoken language139. Had to put someone you love into hospice care143. Sold your own artwork to someone who didn’t know you145. Saved someone’s life
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-ne A few days ago, my dad sent me a link to a website with a bunch of tests to see how nerdy you are.
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-ne I thought that his week I would take the (possibly cheesy) opposite tactic of last week, so this week’s prompt is: Morning.Newcomers are always welcome - please scroll through previous posts to see what a perma-link looks like (hint: it looks like this: http://sundayscribblings.blogspot.com/2006_03_01_sundayscribblings_archive.html) and on how to find/ give it.
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And peace be upon our prophet Muhammad, his family and companions in entirety.The news report and the results of military operations made by the Mujahedeen from the Islamic Iraq State for the period from 17/10/2006 to 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah1) The liquidation of a prominent leader in the Dajal army and twenty five of his guards in the north of Baghdad, he was one of the members of death squads who was torturing and killing Muslims and throwing them on Baghdad streets, on Saturday 21/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.2) the detonation of a very big bomb aimed at a four wheel drive vehicle 4×4 type Bahban affiliated to the Zionist Mossad in 14 th Ramadan area in al-Moshahada, causing the destruction of the vehicle and the killing and injury of the passengers, on Tuesday 17/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.3) The liquidation of the so called ” Karim al-Jorani” in al-Tahreer area near Baqoubaah, who was a prominent leader in the Badr (Ghadr) corps, on Tuesday 17/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.4) The application of Allah’ rule on five activists in the Dajal army in al-Katoun area- al-Rahmah, near Baqoubaah, on Thursday 26/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.5) The attack on a apostates’ police gathering in al-Moalemeenn district, causing the destruction of three of their vehicles and the killing of therteen of their elements, on Thursday 26/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.6) The liquidation of the so called ” Ferass al-Jalad” in al-Mafraq area near Baqoubaah, he was one of the elements of the Special Unit in the apostates’ police Directorate, he was responsible of the torture of Muslims in the Directorate, on Saturday 21/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.7) The liquidation of a prominent leader in the Badr (Ghadr) corps in al-Katoun area- al-Rahmah, Thursday 19/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.8) The liquidation of three elements of the Dajal army in al-Mansoor area, including a prominent leader, on Friday 27/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.9) The liquidation of a prominent leader in the Dajal army in al-Mansoor area, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.10) The liquidation of a spy working for the crusaders forces in al-Katoun area, he was also one element of the national guards, on Tuesday 24/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.11) The liquidation of one associate of the intelligence in al-Katoun area, on Saturday 21/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.12) The application of Allah’ rule on two of the apostates police in al-Moalemeenn district, on Thursday 26/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.13) The liquidation of four leaders and eight elements in the Dajal army in al-Katoun area- al-Rahmah, on Sunday 22/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.14) The liquidation of three prominent leaders in the Dajal army in al-Katoun area near Baqoubaah, after an ambush in the region, on Tuesday 17/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.15) The liquidation of the followers of the so called ”Fadel al-Marsoumy” in the center of Baqoubaah, he claimed Prophecy in al- Khalis near Baqoubaah, he was from Rawafed origin,on Wednesday 18/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.16) The liquidation of a prominent leader in the Dajal army in al-Mafraq area, on Thursday 19/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.17) The liquidation of the so called ”Abo Zaman” in al-Mafraq area near Baqoubaah, who was a prominent leader in the Badr (Ghadr) corps, on Tuesday 17/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.18) The assassination of one of the media elements in the Badr (Ghadr) corps, the so called ” Saad al-Amawy”, on Wednesday 18/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.19) The detonation of a very big bomb aimed at two apostates’ police patrols when they gathered at the intersection of the Industrial street, causing the complete destruction of two of their vehicles, at exactly 9:45 am, on Wednesday 25/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.20) The attack using small and medium arms against the crusaders forces in al-Moshahada area, causing the destruction of many vehicles, and the death and the injury of dozens of them, on Sunday 15/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.21) The destruction of one hideout of the Dajal army in the center of Baghdad, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.22) The liquidation of one element of the Dajal army in al-Thawrah area ”al-Sadr”, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.23) The detonation of a bomb aimed at a crusaders’ vehicle in al-Ghadeer area in Baghdad, causing the destruction of the vehicle and the killing and the injury of the passengers, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.24) The detonation of a bomb aimed at a Monika vehicle of the Interior Ministry, near the Directorate of major crimes in al- Andalus Square, at exactly 8:30 am, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.25) The attack on two separate patrols of the apostates’ police, in different places in Mohamad al-Kassem Street, one of them near al-Naereyah and the other one near the Dakheleyah bridge near al-Rosafah, causing the destruction of two Monika vehicles and the killing and the injury of all the passengers, on Sunday 29/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.26) The liquidation of two elements of the Dajal army in al-Adameyah, on Sunday 29/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.27) The destruction of a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle and the killing of all the passengers, also the burning of a truck carrying food supplies for the Crusaders army and the killing of drivers by detonating two bombs in different places in al-Moshahada area north Baghdad, on Saturday 14/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.28) The complete destruction of a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle and the killing of all the passengers by detonating a bomb in al-Taremeyah north Baghdad, on Saturday 14/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.29) The detonation of a bomb aimed at a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle in al-Taremeyah, causing its complete destruction and the killing of all the passengers, on Sunday 15/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.30) The detonation of a bomb aimed at a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle in the common way of al-Taremeyah causing its complete destruction and the killing of all the passengers, on Monday 16/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.31) The detonation of a bomb aimed at a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle in 14 th Ramadan Street in al-Moshahadah, causing its complete destruction and the killing of all the passengers, on Monday 16/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.32) The bombardment of a crusaders’ forces headquarter in al-Moshahadah, using a C.5.K missile, the hit was on target, on Monday 16/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.33) The complete destruction of a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle and the killing of all the passengers by detonating a bomb in al-Moshahadah area on Tuesday 17/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.34) The detonation of a two bombs aimed at two Hummer’ vehciles in different places in al-Moshahadah area, causing the complete destruction of the vehicles and the killing of all the passengers, on Wednesday 18/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.35) The destruction of a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle and the killing of all the passengers by detonating a bomb in al-Moshahadah area.36) The detonation of a big bomb aimed at a crusaders’ armored vehicle in al-Dajeel area, causing its complete destruction and the killing and the injury of the passengers, on Thursday 19/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.37) The liquidation of seven activists in the Dajal army in al-Rahmaneyah north Baghdad, on Thursday 19/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.38) The launching of a C.5.K missile against one of the most important hideouts of the Dajal army north Baghdad, the hit was on target,on Friday 20/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.39) The launching of a mortar bomb against al-Bakr air baise of the crusaders forces north Baghdad, the hit was on target, on Friday 20/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.40) The destruction of two four wheel drive vehicles 4X4 of the interior Magaweer in al-Amereyah area, causing the killing and injury of all the passengers by detonating a bomb, on Friday 20/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.41) The liquidation of two elements of the Dajal army in al-Taremeyah area, on Friday 20/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.42) The liquidation of four elements of the Dajal army in al-Moshahadah area, on Friday 20/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.43)The liquidation of two members of the Interior Ministry in al-Rahmaneyah area, on Saturday 21/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.44) The liquidation of two elements of the Dajal army in al-Rahmaneyah area, on Thursday 19/10/2006,all praise and gratitude be to Allah.45) The liquidation of two elements of the Dajal army in al-Amereyah area, on Thursday 19/10/2006,all praise and gratitude be to Allah.46) The complete destruction of a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle and the killing of all the passengers by detonating a bomb in al-Taremeyah area, on Monday 23/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.47) The sniper attack on one crusader soldier in al-Moshahadah area, on Monday 23/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.48) The sniper attack on one crusader soldier in al-Moshahadah area, Tuesday 24/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.49) The burning of a fuel tank of the crusaders forces and the wreckage of another one in al-Moshahadah area, following the clash with a vehicles’ column, using small and medium area, on Wednesday 25/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.50) The launching of ”TAREK” missile against the Dajal army headquarter in al-Dajeel area, the hit was on target on Monday 23/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.51) The bombardment of the Dajal army headquarter in al-Moshahadah using four 82 mm mortar bombs, the hit was on target on Thursday 26/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.52) The bombardment of the Dajal army headquarter in al-Moshahadah using four 82 mm mortar bombs, the hit was on target on Thursday 26/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.53) The complete destruction of a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle and the killing of all the passengers by detonating a bomb in al-Moshahadah area, on Friday 27/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.54) The destruction of a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle and the killing of all the passengers by detonating a bomb on the common way in al-Taremeyah area, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.55) The detonation of a bomb aimed at a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle in al-Moshahadah area, causing its destruction and the killing of the passengers, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.56) The detonation of a bomb aimed at a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle in al-Taremeyah area, causing its destruction and the killing of the passengers, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.57) The liquidation of four elements of the Dajal army on Mohamad al-Kassem’ road, at exactly 05:00 pm , on Sunday 22/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.58) The liquidation of three elements of the Dajal army and th einjury of others in al-Rosafah side at exactly 02:00 pm, on Sunday 22/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.59) The attack using small and medium arms against a national guards’ control in al-Nedaa bridge, causing the death of three of them and the injury of the others, on Thursday 26/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.60) The liquidation of an activist of the Dajal army in al-Adameyah at exactly 10:00 am, on Thursday 26/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.61) The liquidation of two elements of the Dajal army in al-Yarmouk area, on Friday 27/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.62) The asasination of an activist of the Dajal army in al-Dakheleyah district area, on Thursday 26/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.63) The liquidation of three elements of the national guards in al-Kahtan squar in al-Karkh side, following the attack againt their control using small and medium arms, on Wednesday 25/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.64) The attack using small and medium arms against a national guards’ control in al-Jamea district, causing the killing of three elements and the injury of the others, also the complete destruction of their vehicle, on Thursday 26/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.65) The liquidation of one element of the apostates’ police in al-Katoun area, on Tuesday 17/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.66) The liquidation of one element of the Badr (Ghadr) corps in al-Moalemeenn district on Wednesday 18/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.67) The liquidation of two activists of the Dajal army in al-Katoun area- al-Rahmah, near Baqoubaah, on Thursday 19/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.68) The liquidation of one element of the Dajal army in the industrial zone near Baqoubaah, on Thursday 19/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.69) The liquidation of the so called ”Hareth Farouk Jafaar” in the industrial complex area near Baqoubaah, he was one element of the Dajal army, on Thursday 19/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.70) The assassination of one member of the special unit of the apostates’ police forces, in al-Tahreer area near Baqoubaah, on Thursday 19/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.71) The liquidation of one element of the apostates’ police forces in al-Tahreer area near Baqoubaah, on Thursday 19/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.72) The liquidation of the so called ” Kassem Jafaar Hassan” in al-Katoun area near Baqoubaah who was an activist in the Dajal amry, on Friday 20/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.73) The liquidation of two elements of the Dajal army in al-Katoun area near Baqoubaah, on Saturday 21/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.74) The asasination of an activist of the Dajal army in al-Katoun area near Baqoubaah, on Monday 23/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.75) The liquidation of four elements of the Dajal army in al-Katoun area near Baqoubaah, on Tuesday 24/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.76) The asasination of an activist of the Dajal army in al-Katoun area, al-Rahmah, near Baqoubaah, on Tuesday 24/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.77) The asasination of one element of the apostates’ police forces in al-Katoun area, on Tuesday 24/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.78) The attack using small and medium arms against an apostates police’ control in Kanaan area near Baqoubaah, causing the killing of all the passengers, on Thursday 19/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.79) The launching of five C.5.K missiles against one of the most important and big hideouts of the Dajal army in Kanaan area near Baqoubaah, on Friday 20/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.80) The liquidation of six elements of the Dajal army in Kanaan area, on Friday 20/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.81) The bombardment of the national guards’ headquarter in al-Adeem area near Baqoubaah, in Deyala using three 82 mm mortar bombs , th ehits were on targets, on Tuesday 10/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.82) The liquidation of four crusaders soldiers in al-Adeem area near Baqoubaah, by detonating a bomb aimed at their vehicle on Saturday 07/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.83) The detonation of a bomb aimed at a national guards’ Hummer vehicle in al-Adeem area, causing its complete destruction and the killing of all the passengers, on Tuesday 17/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.84) The destruction of two hideouts of the Dajal army in al-Adeem area, on Tuesday 17/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.85) The liquidation of two elements of the Dajal army in Baqoubaah, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.86) The bombardment of one of the biggest hideouts of the Dajal amry on the north of Baqoubaah, using eight C.5.K missiles, the hits were on targets, on Thursday 26/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.87) The launching of four 60 mm mortar bombs against a national guards’ control and Dajal army gathering in al-Katoun area, near Baqoubaah, the hits were on targets, on Sunday 22/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.88) The bombardment of crusaders, Dajal army and national guards gatherings in al-Katoun’ control, al-Rahmah, the hits were on targets, causing the destruction of two Hummers’ vehicles and the killing and injury of the passengers, on Thursday 26/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.89) The launching of fifteen 82 mm mortar bombs against one of the most important and big hideouts of the Dajal army in Deyala, the hits were on targets, on Friday 27/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.90) The bombardment of the crusaders airport in Baqoubaah using two C8 missiles,the hits were on targets, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.91) The destruction of a crusaders’ Hummer vehicle using a very big bomb in Heet, causing the killing of all the passengers, on Friday 27/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.92) The bombardment of an observatory buidling of the crusaders forces using 60 mm mortar bombs in al-Doulab west of Heet, the hits were on targets, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.93) The liquidation of three elements of the Dajal amry: two of them in al-Yarmouk district, and the third one in al-Sayedeyah area, on Saturday 28/10/2006, all praise and gratitude be to Allah.Allah is great,“Honor, power and glory belong to Allah, to his messenger, and to the believers, but the hypocrites know not.”Information Ministry / The official spokesman of the Islamic State of IraqAlfajr media center zation
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catherine daly writes that human events has come up with a list of the Ten Most Harmful Books of the 19th and 20th Centuries. Appropriately, The Communist Manifesto, by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, earned the highest aggregate score and the No. The Communist ManifestoAuthors: Karl Marx and Freidrich EngelsPublication date: 1848Score: 74Summary: Marx and Engels, born in Germany in 1818 and 1820, respectively, were the intellectual godfathers of communism. Engels was the original limousine leftist: A wealthy textile heir, he financed Marx for much of his life. nevermind the fact that in spite of whatever support he got from engels, marx and his family lived in grinding poverty all his life. Quotations from Chairman MaoAuthor: Mao ZedongPublication date: 1966Score: 38Summary: Mao, who died in 1976, was the leader of the Red Army in the fight for control of China against the anti-Communist forces of Chiang Kai-shek before, during and after World War II. The Kinsey ReportAuthor: Alfred KinseyPublication date: 1948Score: 37Summary: Alfred Kinsey was a zoologist at Indiana University who, in 1948, published a study called Sexual Behavior in the Human Male, commonly known as The Kinsey Report. The 1953 book also included reports of sexual activity involving girls younger than age 4, and suggested that sex between adults and children could be beneficial.”what to give a scientific gloss to the normalization of promiscuity and deviancy really means is to study an entirely natural and vital aspect of human behavior objectively and without the prudish morality that despises and represses sexual feelings and activities. Das KapitalAuthor: Karl MarxPublication date: 1867-1894Score: 31 Summary: Marx died after publishing a first volume of this massive book, after which his benefactor Engels edited and published two additional volumes that Marx had drafted. Das Kapital forces the round peg of capitalism into the square hole of Marx’s materialistic theory of history, portraying capitalism as an ugly phase in the development of human society in which capitalists inevitably and amorally exploit labor by paying the cheapest possible wages to earn the greatest possible profits. He could not have predicted 21st Century America: a free, affluent society based on capitalism and representative government that people the world over envy and seek to emulate.again i love how engels is to blame for doing what he wants with his money. marx was a miserable failure at predicting the world’s future (who ever succeeds?) but he surely called capitalism on its bluff. The Feminine MystiqueAuthor: Betty FriedanPublication date: 1963Score: 30Summary: In The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan, born in 1921, disparaged traditional stay-at-home motherhood as life in “a comfortable concentration camp”–a role that degraded women and denied them true fulfillment in life. As David Horowitz wrote in a review for Salon.com of Betty Friedan and the Making of the Feminine Mystique by Daniel Horowitz (no relation to David): The author documents that “Friedan was from her college days, and until her mid-30s, a Stalinist Marxist, the political intimate of the leaders of America’s Cold War fifth column and for a time even the lover of a young Communist physicist working on atomic bomb projects in Berkeley’s radiation lab with J.
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The little nation of Lithuania might be sending troops to Afghanistan.From that publication:Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus, the supreme commander of the Armed Forces, says he would not hesitate to send servicemen of the Lithuanian Special Operations Force to a future counter-terrorism mission in Afghanistan, (Baltic News Service) reported.We will without a doubt meet international commitments of our armed forces, Adamkus told journalists on April 27.
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Viswin replies - Nahi yaar not possible..got some work now…2.30 P.M - Meghana to Deepak - Calls up - Movie ? - Deepak - Yup - Meghana - Ok..I will book the tickets today evening 7.30 show6.30 P.M - Viswin to Deepak - SMS - Where are you ? Deepak to Viswin -SMS - Iam at Satyam theatre yaar.7.30 - 9.15 P.M - Deepak and Meghana watch the movie 9.30 P.M - Deepak and Meghana having dinner at Gangotri9.35 P.M - Viswin to Meghana - SMS - Kya Chal raha hai thambi ?(Now me and Meghana decide to have some fun..decide to play a prank..Poor Guy, Viswin..didnt know how much trouble he was landing himself in..Only god knows why he called up Meghana only that day ! Viswin - Iam travelling..on way to satyam Deepak - Oh good..i got tickets in the evening itself ..come soon Viswin - Meghana just called me up, i told her iam coming Deepak - So why did you tell her ? Deepak - Nahi yaar..i didnt meet her for some days now..Evening when you called me at 6.30 , i got tickets then itself..whatever you come fast Viswin - Oh…I told meghana but,,ok i will come and see10.15 P.M - Deepak and Meghana start walking back to Satyam , with the hope to see the look on viswin’s face when he doesn’t find both of them there..10.20 P.M - Viswin calls Meghana - We decide not to take the call..unsure what to tell him10.20 - 10.25 P.M- The guy keeps calling Deepak and Meghana ..none of them pick up10.25 P.M - We are close to satyam theatre now.. This time when he calls up, we were fearing that he might understand whats up and leave the place and we would not be able to see the reaction ..So we decide to pick up the call10.27 P.M - Viswin calls Deepak - Hey where are you ?10.30 P.M - Deepak - Hey Why didnt you come ..i was waiting for you..and you did not come. Only type the command into a command window - do not type Start - Run - browstat c:browstat.txt into the command window (NOTE the c:ipconfig.txt (less the ) into a command window (or a command window in Windows Vista). Only type the command into a command window - do not type Start - Run - ipconfig c:netconfig.txt (less the ) into a command window (or in Windows Vista). Only type the command into a command window - do not type Start - Run - net c:netconfig.txt (less the ) into that command window (or in Windows Vista).
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“The Lord Be With You…Even When He’s Not”Good Friday 2006Expanded version of a message preached at a Community Good Friday serviceNorth Central Pastor’s Cluster, Fresno CaliforniaQualifier: I never type out manuscripts for sermons, I go from brief scribbled cryptic notes; if anything. So I have tried to write in somewhat oral style; as if I had preached this whole thing (Right! In the seven minutes I was allotted as the third of three preachers preaching through Psalm 22 that day!)Dave Wainscott—————————————————————————————–There was a church that was not very liturgically oriented; in fact they were decidedly “low-church.” So the pastor wanted to teach his flock a bit of the richness of the liturgy tradition. He figured he’d start them out with a “win-win” that would be easy; the classic responsive that begins with the leader saying:“The Lord be with you.”You know the response:“And also with you.”And the pastor thought he’d have the congregation practice the responsive for several weeks, and then officially inaugurate it on Easter; a high attendance Sunday with lots of guests.So every week they walked through it:“Now when I say, ‘The Lord be with you,’ remember that you say And also with you.’” Let’s practice…”They practiced. They were primed. Pumped. Throughout the countdown weeks of Lent, they became quite prepared.Then came the big Sunday; Easter in all its glory. Lots of guests; an air of expectancy in the room; especially among the well-trained saints knowing they were about ready to show off what they had been practicing.So the pastor stepped up to the pulpit with a knowing smile. But he noticed that something was wrong with the microphone. So before he realized it, he said aloud just that:“There is something wrong with this microphone.”Well, the congregation was so primed and practiced that they immediately shot back, before they realized it, with one loud and clear voice:“And also with you!”There’s nothing wrong with my microphone today!But we can’t help but feel there’s something deeply wrong with us when we are forced to admit what we have been told is unthinkable, impossible, heretical and horrible:The Lord is not with us.Or so it feels if we are daring enough to be honest.I might even contend that until a Christian has said; meant; felt; prayed that unspeakable thought that must be spoken..… they may not even be a full follower of Jesus…The One who was and is God.The One who modeled for us how to live, how to pray, how to feel…The One who dared enough to be honest.The One who said, and I quote:“God, God . . . my God!Why did you dump me miles from nowhere?Doubled up with pain, I call to God all the day long.No answer.Nothing.”!Did you know that’s what the Almighty Jesus Christ said, felt, prayed on the cross?No answer.Nothing!It gets worse.Be sure you catch the condemning; the accusatory, angry, agnostic tone and tenor. The next two words must by necessity be read with all that volume and venom. If fact, the Bible specifically mentions that Jesus prayed this “in a loud cry.”He prays on:“And You!!Are You indifferent, above it all, leaning back on the cushions of Israel’s praise?We know You were there for our parents!They cried for Your help and You gave it; they trusted and lived a good life.And here I am, a nothing–an earthworm, something to step on, to squash.Everyone pokes fun at me; they make faces at me, they shake their heads:‘Let’s see how GOD handles this one; since God likes him so much, let him help him!’And to think You were midwife at my birth, setting me at my mother’s breasts!When I left the womb You cradled me; since the moment of birth You’ve been my God.Then You moved far away and trouble moved in next-door. I need a neighbor. “This graphic and earthy (and astoundingly accurate) rendering of Jesus’ prayer from The Message translation is stunning, shattering; and yet not as devastating as the original language portrayed it. Somehow the whole scene changes, and is dialed down; is in effect censored; through standard translations such as the NIV:PS 22:3 Yet you are enthroned as the Holy One;you are the praise of Israel.PS 22:4 In you our fathers put their trust;they trusted and you delivered them.PS 22:5 They cried to you and were saved;in you they trusted and were not disappointed.PS 22:6 But I am a worm and not a man,scorned by men and despised by the people.PS 22:7 All who see me mock me;they hurl insults, shaking their heads:PS 22:8 He trusts in the LORDlink

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We have been trying to establish exactly what it means when a students gets a C in the LEAP program and when a student gets an A in the LEAP program. You can see, the whole idea of assessment of students’ English language proficiency is much more complex than at first glance.Basically, the way we are envisioning the LEAP program is that a C means about Canadian Benchmark Level 8, and an A means Canadian Benchmark level 9. Because of our rubrics and interrater reliability studies we have been carrying out in LEAP 4, I can pretty much guarantee the same thing for the other teachers as well.There is one more piece of the puzzle that we had to consider when we were establishing exactly what the letter grades in the LEAP program mean. If students get an A in the LEAP program, that means they are excused from writing the Effective Writing test. But what does that mean?The effective writing test evaluates students as follows:SatisfactoryMarginally SatisfactoryMarginally UnsatisfactoryUnsatisfactoryThe LEAP program doesn have any mark that is equal to satisfactory in the Effective Writing Test. An A in the LEAP 4 writing class means that the student is marginally satisfactory according to the Effective Writing Test and is excused from the Effective Writing Test. However, a C in the LEAP program means that the student is Marginally Unsatisfactory in the Effective Writing Test.
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Aunt Mary is having a niece’s weekend down at her house, so I’m leaving Friday after English (bio is cancelled for fri and mon) with the Kumfermans, and am gonna hang out with some sweet people (Anna)! This is my loaf of bread that I made with Mary’s bread maker. It was bericous!These are the bottles of shave gel and boxes of monkeys (Anna will get that!) that Mary brought home one day. They were just giving away all these samples in the Romney the other day, so Mary hooked us up.I made away with about 15 bottles of shave gel from Mary cause she doesn’t use it! THIS STUFF WAS ALL FREE!Have a nice day, have a nice day.
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I began this week thinking about Sam Harris’ critique of religion. I suggested we take Harris seriously insofar as he is a goad to get us to think afresh about the light and dark sides of religious belief. This week I’ve painted the dark side and now I want to start working toward a positive response to Harris. I want to begin with the greatest American psychologist, William James.A lot of philosophers are ambivalent about James’ legacy and pragmatism (James’ philosophy). But in my area of research–the psychology of religion–James remains a towering figure. This influence is mainly through his book THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE.Looking back on our last few posts I want to use some of James’ approach in VARIETIES to deal with this question of belief.A common theme in my last four posts is the role of certainty in belief. One way to look at Harris’ critique is his complaint that religious fundamentalists are certain that they know something that non-believers do not. Further, in my post on moral conviction we saw how holding moral convictions can create group hostilities. Recall from that post that moral convictions are experienced as facts about the world. Again we see the role of certainty here. Further still, in my post on evil, we saw how, once people get moral justifications on their side, they can do some pretty horrible things. Not because they are evil, but because they are certain that they have good reasons for their behavior. Particularly if they start to feel victimized. Finally, we saw in my last post that people who hold different convictions other than my own are considered infrahumans. For example, perhaps these people don’t see the moral facts they way I do because they just aren’t as smart, or honest, or righteous as I am. That is, something must be wrong with those people.So, the way I see it, the root of the problem in religion is this conviction that I am in possession of the Truth. It is the certainty of religion that makes it dangerous.What I like about James’ pragmatism and the VARIETIES is his dismissal of very detailed metaphysical claims that can be known with any certainty. For example, what is the spiritual/metaphysical realm like? How many Gods are there? One, two, or a million? Are there angels? If so, how many? Are there demons? If so, what are their names? Is there a hell? If so, what exactly is it like? These questions roll on and on.What is problematic about religion is that there are people who, by reading a sacred book, claim to know IN GREAT DETAIL what that spiritual realm is like. Just like I can walk you through my house pointing out all the rooms, these people can take you on a tour of the metaphysical region as if they had lived there all their life.I have no problem with people BELIEVING the heavens are this way or that. But I do have problems with people claiming they KNOW how the heavens are configured. First, how can they know this? Second, once they KNOW, all the dark things of religion start to surface: I can kill/hate/dismiss you in THIS world because I know you’ve run afoul of how THAT world mandates life to be.My point is, none of us knows, with absolute certainty, how the spiritual realm is configured. And that lack of knowledge should make us humble.How does the VARIETIES fit into all of this? Well, in the VARIETIES James takes as his data the mystical experiences of religious people. The VARIETIES is mainly James’ categorization and analysis of religious mystical experience.I like James’ focus on mysticism because that is all I think we can claim as religious believers. Our faith is not built on personal tours of heaven and hell. No one I know has been on that side of the veil. No, all we get are encounters and hints. We get mystical experiences. I don’t mean having visions or hearing God’s voice, although that can be a part of it. For most of us the religious experience is just a feeling we’ve had, maybe only once in our life, that gave us the unmistakable feeling that something is out there. Almost every believer I know roots their faith in this kind of experiential substrate. They have sensed something. They haven’t seen it first-hand, but they think they have bumped into it. In the words of T.S. Eliot:These are only hints and guesses,Hints followed by guesses

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-ne DVDs: Hustle & flowEquilibriumElizabethtownThe ice harvestRaising HelenIn her shoesKinseyBrokeback mountainHarry Potter and the goblet of fire Books: The island / Heather Graham — A slice of paradise in the turquoise waters of southern Florida, the island is a lush, breathtaking sanctuary. Clay and the few desperate survivors who join him suddenly find themselves in the pitch-black night of civilization’s darkest age, Marley & me: life and love with the world’s worst dog / John Grogan — John and Jenny were just beginning their life together. The kindness of strangers / Katrina Kittle — On a quiet street in the suburban Midwest, a popular, seemingly stable family keeps a terrible, dark secret behind closed doors — a secret that will have life-changing consequences for all who know them Night / Elie Wiesel — Night is Elie Wiesel’s masterpiece, a candid, horrific, and deeply poignant autobiographical account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps. Christopher Lowell’s seven layers of organization: unclutter your home, unclutter your life / Christopher Lowell — Lowell takes you through the organizing process step by step, breaking down each layer into simple tasks that anyone can make time to do. The end of faith: religion, terror, and the future of reason / Sam Harris — An impassioned plea for reason in a world divided by faith.This important and timely book delivers a startling analysis of the clash of faith and reason in today’s world. the complete guide to sailing and racingdinghies, catamarans and cruisers / Jeremy Evans Under sail : equipment for the serious sailor / edited by Tony Meisel —The sailor’s world / Beiser, ArthurLabels: books, dvds, kids, new
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Thanks for having the rest of these clowns, well minus Dad and Neil, that would be just weird. I love ya Mom,Happy Mother’s Day!
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This was delicious, but through the years I developed a preference for mixing the brown sugar and sour cream together and mixing it with the cut strawberries.Now that I’m not eating much sugar, I use Splenda Brown Sugar blend to make this and it’s delicious. I don’t like Splenda in large amounts, but in this dish I think the blend which combines Splenda with brown sugar gives the best of both worlds.Strawberries Romanof(4 small servings)1 pound fresh strawberries1/2 cup sour cream1 T Splenda Brown Sugar Blend, or 2 T brown sugar (or to taste, depending on how sweet you like it)Be sure to buy the reddest and ripest strawberries you can find for best flavor.
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Array (found at the Journal board)Mineshaft #17It’s good to know that we’re living in a comics world where unique publications like Mineshaft can make it for seven years and seventeen issues, still retaining all of the flavor of a homegrown zine while boasting a high-powered lineup of contributors and enjoying distribution to bookstores and the Direct Market via Fantagraphics - it’s still editors/publishers Everett Rand & Gioia Palmieri in charge, the contents of each issue apparently dictated by whatever they find to be interesting among their correspondents’ things. That said correspondents are in large part legends of the classic underground scene makes each issue a treat for those interested in such an area of comics focus, though the focus here is definitely not only on comics. there’s a real ‘what we have been doing lately’ feel at work, a personal stamp that extends to what we get from the various storied names attached.This issue (64 pages, .95) is particularly heavy on sketchbook material, the feature attraction being 15 pages of unseen Robert Crumb, many of them complete comics, stuffed with nervous angst and queasy humor, not to mention a level of accomplished, seemingly effortless detail that surpasses so much of what’s worked over by other artists for ‘formal’ presentation. There’s also no surprise to run into an illustrated reminiscence by Bruce Simon on the days of 8mm and 16mm film clubs, or a series of 40 tips from Bill Griffith on comics creation (ranging from the nitty-gritty of which pen points and inks come recommended to permeating philosophy - “Cartoon characters have souls.”).
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Anyway, it’s 40tracks in 5mins which I reckon is pretty good going…Minimix One Tracklisting:1.Chris & cosey - October Love Song (Dance Mix)2.Silver Apples - I Don’t Care What The People Say3.Ministry - I Wanted To Tell Her4.Goat Dance - Sizzle5.Paul McCartney - Front Parlour6.Oliver Hacke - Track 877.Tim Paris & Tekel - Marketel8.Pier Bucci - L’Nuit (Dominik Eulberg Remix)9.Crowdpleaser & St. Plomb - 1 Er Mai10.Compuphonic - Analog Sparkles11.MC Shy D - Shake It12.Limacon - Rope13.Dafluke - Hot Boyz14.David K & Terry - Funkola15.101 - Saigon Nightmare16.Roisin Murphy & Herbert - Ruby Blue17.Trentemoller - Killer Kat18.Shyza Minelli - 2 All The Boys I’ve Loved B419.Knallkids Marky - Damaged But Happy20.Fuckpony - Cell Phone Hit21.Izit - Heavy What (Your Version)22.Konfekt - Quenge Liese23.B - Minikool (Falco Brocksieper Mix)24.Basteroid - I, The Schnitzelmachine25.Metope - Agapi26.Boys Noize - Ebong27.Einmusik - Shaw28.Metope - Second Skin (Tekel Remix)29.AFX - Bwoon Dub30.X-Ray - Let’s Go31.Model 500 - Night Drive (Thru Babylon)32.23 Skidoo - Shugyosha Step33.Mr. Oizo - Nazis (Justice Mix)34.Falco Brocksieper - Point 8835.Claude Von Stroke - The Whistler36.Gabriel Ananda - Ihre Personliche Glucksmelodie (Dominik Eulberg Mix)37.Discemi - Silver Ghost38.Surkin - Radio Fireworks39.Paul Woolford - Heart40.Frivolous - Kisses (V3 Edit)Benedict x - Fresh Squeezed Skull Juice MinimixSee if you can spot them all!Again, feedback will be super appreciated, though I might not be able to read it as I’m off to Sweden on Thursday (tomorrow, oh my), especially looking forward to the airport journey as we finish our set at Drawn To The Wall (Come!) at 2am. But, a large part of the time, I intend to hide in the woods, listen to stuff like this, and pretend I’m a dark elf.Benighted Leams - ‘Astral Tenebrion’Or stuff like this, while pretending I’m a dark beatnik.Shora - ‘Klarheit’Anyway, that’s me for a while, I leave you with the request to come wish me farewell tonight, and dance.
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-ne From Drudge:STATEMENT OF ROBERT LUSKIN, ATTORNEY FOR KARL ROVE: Tue Jun 13 2006 07:14:31 ET Washington, DC—Robert Luskin, Attorney for Karl Rove today released the following statement: “On June 12, 2006, Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald formally advised us that he does not anticipate seeking charges against Karl Rove. We believe that the Special Counsel’s decision should put an end to the baseless speculation about Mr. Rove’s conduct.”LMFAO at all of the pouty faces out there.But wait, Truthout has real scoop Karl Rove Indicted on Charges of Perjury, Lying to Investigators .
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She said it would be unfair to deny the pension of someone who has served the public for 30 years if the official turned corrupt in year 31. If the state A.G.’s Office hadn’t been sitting on its hands and protecting its political friends, the number would be far higher. Jail time and loss of pension should be mandatory for corrupt politicians - regardless of whether they committed the offense the day after they were first sworn to office or 30 years later.
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Why should it be any different that when real world events begin to turn the pages of Revelations that the world will once again be caught off guard? In the opening of the end times, the 4 horsemen of Conquest, War, Famine, and Death ride out together to kill one-fourth of the population of the world with the sword, famine, disease, and wild animals. As I look at the world I can see trouble in the Middle East, A coming war between Iran and Israel, The potential of nuclear terrorism here in America’s major cities, Famine and Aids in Africa and the ticking time bomb of Bird Flu in Asia and the Middle East. With war brewing, Famine would strike the world much harder if America’s ports were closed by fear of disease or nuclear terrorism. Wild birds are beginning to bring sickness and death to various parts of the world with no limit to their reach. This death of one fourth of the world is only the beginning of the horrors that await mankind as God cleanses this evil world of it’s sin. In light of this I’ve been strongly encouraging my family and friends to begin stocking up food, water, and medicine like Joseph did in Egypt so that in the hard times ahead they will not only be able to survive, but they will also be able to be a blessing to others. As Sars effected Hong Kong, so the Bird Flu could bring our American economy and even the World’s economy to a grinding halt; In 1918 a similar flu killed more people then all the deaths of World War One combined.
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Click here to buy tickets online.ParkingParking is a challenge in Bethesda, but there are two parking facilities:Lot 31 located diagonally across the intersection from the theater onBethesda Avenue and Woodmont Avenue The 5 story parking garage mid-block between Bethesda Avenue, Elm Street and Woodmont Avenue.After the ShowAfterwards, if the weather permits, we can all visit together at lovely plaza at the corner of Bethesda Avenue and Wisconsin Avenue, just one block east of the theater on Bethesda Avenue.
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Array Circles and Light – 12/026. Internal Disarmament – 1/037. Naming What Stands Between Us – 2/038. Taking Sides, Taking Stands – 5/0311. A Big Wind Blows – 7/0313. Taking up Space – 2/0419. Finding Common Ground – 11/0428. Brand Names – 3/0532. Sacred Spaced – 8/0536. Access to the Fast Lane – 9/0537.
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This will probably turn into a rambling post, but I’ll try to do my best.Bear, I’ve been running most of my solo runs this winter in the 8:00 to 8:30 range and have been known to run the first few miles at 9:00 pace before warming up. When I’ve run with others, we’ve probably run 7:00 to 7:30 pace. I still find it amazing, as I “struggle” with 8:30 pace that I can run 2:00 per mile faster for 13 miles.My (Daws’s/Lydiard’s) program actually takes into account running faster once you are confident that you can handle the mileage. I have started to sprinkle in some stronger paced runs and will continue to do so over the next few weeks, leading to a hill phase. As Lydiard says, you can “get there” with aerobic runs, it just takes longer than if you include the stronger paced runs.Yvonne, well I can only speak for myself and my experiences in this sport. He ran 2:57 on 55 mpw, 2:47 on 70 mpw and sub-2:40 on 100 mpw. I think I’m the type of runner that could run well just based on miles and strong aerobic runs. I was running 40-50 mpw and doing a lot of speed and ran 39:02 for 10k on a pancake flat course in ideal conditions.
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Of the first 100 finishers this year, 33 of them ran last year. On average, for every person that ran 30 seconds faster this year, I found two people that ran 2:00 slower. To keep the statistical integrity of this very meaningful analysis intact, I threw out anyone whose time changed by more than 5 minutes over last year; including a guy that went from 1:30 to 1:19 – wow - and a guy that went from 1:18 to 1:29 – ouch.Since only a third of the first hundred finishers repeated from last year, I found it eerie how closely times and places corresponded from year to year. Jenna won by nearly 7.5 minutes, with a time of 1:21:20 or 24 seconds faster than last year.
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During this period several planned attacks which might have led to significant loss of life have also been prevented, most notably a planned attack on Strasbourg Christmas Market in December 2000 and other attacks planned a year earlier against targets in the US and Jordan.26-Feb-93 USA (New York) First World Trade Center bombing planned by Ramzi Youssef. Attacks on the Paris metro, the Arc de Triomphe and outside a Jewish school in Lyon.13-Nov-95 Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) Car bombs at military compound.18-Sep-97 Egypt(Cairo) Gunmen attack a tourist bus. c.21 killed.8-May-02 Pakistan (Karachi) Bomb attack against bus carrying French engineers near Sheraton Hotel.14-Jun-02 Pakistan (Karachi) Truck bomb attack against US Consulate. 12 killed, 51 injured.6-Oct-02 Yemen Boat bomb attack against French oil tanker MV Limburg off Ash Shahir port. 12 killed, 100 injured.8-Nov-03 Saudi Arabia (Riyadh) Major vehicle bomb attack against residential compound housing mainly expatriate workers from other Arab countries. 17 killed, over 80 injured.15-Nov-03 Turkey (Istanbul) 2 vehicle bomb attacks at Jewish synagogues.20-Nov-03 Turkey (Istanbul) 2 vehicle bombs at HSBC Bank and British Consulate. Together with 15 Nov attack, over 60 people killed (including 2 Britons).11-Mar-04 Spain (Madrid) Bomb attacks against 4 trains. 6 foreign nationals and 1 Saudi killed.30-May-05 Saudi Arabia (Al Khobar) 4 attacks in Al Khobbar target oil companies and compound.9-Sep-04 Indonesia (Jakarta) Vehicle bomb outside Australian Embassy.
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After he retired from UCLA he began a project with the Templeton Foundation to assess spirituality in higher education - what are the attitudes of students and faculty to spirituality and religious experience? He then spoke from the heart - like many congressmen not in an especially polished way - but with real substance. He seemed like a great guy.We also presented an award to a friend from Massachusetts for his work in higher education lobbying. The award is named after a guy who worked in New York. My friend did not know him - his name was Henry (Hank) Paley. He then went on to a series of things that I would not have had the patience for - there is a federal advisory committee on student aid that Clare now chairs and a lot of minutae negotiated rule making.
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Array-ne Players: team ‘A’ Alex Mike team ‘B’ Huw Col Mike gave both alex and Col 4 shots with Huw recieving 5.
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Moving on, I failed to qualify for my Scuba Diving which mightily sucks, especially since the reason was that I had a bloody cold which stopped me from diving on the second day. And that leads me neatly onto the next item on my blogging checklist, which is to pimp Trocadero, a very cool band who have just released their debut album Roses are Red, Violets are Blue. Don’t let the rather trite name put you off, just take my high musical taste and buy it.
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You drive through the difficult parts of life, a sort of cheerful determination on your face, because not only are you still happy, you’re ready to fix whatever inconveniences this event may have caused. You drive your own life with expectations that although are a bit high for my taste, you seem to be doing fine with–you have an amazing sense of self, and a knowledge of who you are and who you can be that I have never seen before. You are gorgeous, hilarious, gentle, tall, healthy, in all meanings of the word, silly, girly, playful, magnificently creative, indulgrently fashionable, real, intelligent, and a compassionate maternal figure to anyone who needs it.
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Johnny Dowd’s new album Cemetery Shoes is due out October 5 on Bongo Beat Records. Dowd completists will undoubtedly already own a copy as it was released earlier this year in Europe on the Munich label. Johnny is also slated to do a US tour in November and December with Sally Timms of Mekons fame. Specific dates haven’t been announced yet.

The Handsome Family is also hitting the road again in late October. They’re heading to California, into the northwest and then zipping back across the country to the east coast, stopping in places like Minneapolis and Chicago en route.

Speaking of the Handsome Family, they appear in the recent film Searching for the Wrong Eyed Jesus along with such notables as Harry Crews, Jim White, and 16 Horsepower.

Just caught director Rory Kennedy’s documentary A Boy’s Life which is currently showing on HBO. The film deals with the custody battle over a seven year old boy with mental problems in the small Mississippi town of Eupora. One of the greatest lines in the history of southern cinema is delivered in this film when one of the main characters says something along the lines of Im gonna lose weight, get me some teeth, go back to school, and Im a gonna be somebody. I don’t know if this film will change your thinking about the mental health system or child custody issues, but it does provide a rare glimpse into the day to day life of rural Mississippians in the early 21st century. Kennedy’s earlier work includes the documentary American Hollow, which also resulted in a book of photographs by the same name.

Steven Spielberg’s first film Sugarland Express, was just released on DVD. The film lightheartedly deals with the true story of Illa Faye Dent who helped her husband Robert Samuel Dent escape from a Texas correctional facility (when he had just a few months left to serve) so that they could get their baby back from a foster family in Sugarland, Texas. The couple kidnapped a Texas state trooper and led law enforcement officials on a several hundred mile chase across Texas. Spielberg’s first outing is definitely no Vanishing Point or Two Lane Blacktop, but it’s not a bad little film that might make a good double feature with something like Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry.

From the backwaters of Idaho comes director Jared Hess’ Napoleon Dynamite, based on his earlier short, Peluca, which is slated to appear as an extra feature when this film is released on DVD. On the surface this film is a typical high school comedy with will he or wont he get the girl” being the basic thread in the plot. What Hess, along with co-writer/wife Jerusha Hess, has given us, though, is a much more intelligent film than that. Kooky sub-plots abound, but none of them are hammered into the ground like in many juvenile comedies. Knowing when to quit is one of the key elements in making an intelligent comedy and the Hesses do know when a gag has been spent and they wisely move on to the next thing. Many of the incidents in the film were based on events from the writers real lives. Extra points for filming the film locally in southeastern Idaho and using locals as extras.

London, Kentucky, is holding its annual World Chicken Festival again this year from September 23 to 26. But, sadly, Jerry Chicken Man Isaacs doesnt seem to scheduled to perform as he has in previous years. The story is that Jerry, a local bluegrass singer known for his very animated rendition of the tune “Red Hen Boogie”, is so good at imitating a chicken that hes been banned from participating in the chicken clucking contest since he obliterated the competition every year.
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And if they c a “less groomed” girl, they would look at the girl as if she was alien ( I have 1st hand experience, one time, I was in my super nua T-shirt and shorts over at suntec waiting in line to get in the toilet cubicle, this super make up girl *bet she is going clubbing soon* (bai gu jing- okie, im envious of her coz if im like her I can eat everything and anything at anytime without counting the calories) she stared at me, then have the almighty look..like im way inferior to her like tat..damn) no one, is superior or inferior to another person. The way I hold my pen when I write I have a weird way of holding my pen (why not the rest been holding the pen in the wrong way, I am the all true guru in pen holding bhahaa) But I wan to change coz the way im holding is causing my fourth finger or so called ring finger getting mutated, so ugly when I shake my hands will continue again next time coz got thai homework not done and programming code not finish and by the way super don like appaluse sia!!!
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