Archive for September, 2008

Trojans Football News: USC NOTEBOOK — Byrd will remain top tight end

Tuesday, September 30th, 2008

Array No, hands of that mouse, no surfing there until I’ve finished thank you very much!Precis: American Guy so Fat he can hardly walk to the nearest burger store with out puffing decides to take 6 months off to walk Route 66 (about 2,800 miles) to quote: ‘to lose weight and regain my life!’ (and get rich and famous in the process through book deals, selling tee shirts and other media things – I added this bit). Steve tells us that : ‘Being fat is physically and emotionally painful’ so he is ‘going to take six months out of my life and walk across the United States from San Diego to NYC.’ (Dr Rob empathises)What a GREAT idea! So first thing last night I found my wife’s pedometer, gathering dust on a shelf somewhere and inputted the relevant data so I was ready to start Dr Robs Walk of his Life.Dr Robs Walk of his Life: The PlanThe plan is for me and my mojo to walk from Plymouth, United Kingdom to Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States of Americky where the Pilgrim Fathers first landed to found the United States and become colonists forever. It was a bit humid, but I started of at a great pace with my mojo trotting at my heels.By the time I had reached the office, my equipment had let me down, the pedometer wasn’t pedometering, and so I need to re-organise and search out a better pedometer that wasn’t £2.99 if you bought a particular Daily Newspaper that I would never in a million years have bought otherwise because of its right wing views.ADVERTISING OPPORTUNITY.
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Hence, we give you our 2005 NFL Preview:AFC EastBuffalo BillsWhat’s good: They’ve got a very good young running back in Willis McGahee, talented receivers in Eric Moulds and Lee Evans, and one of the better young defenses in the league.What’s bad: Sure, Drew Bledsoe was a statue in the pocket. Additionally, they lost massive defensive tackle Pat Williams, and Ron Edwards isn’t going to turn any heads.What we think: While there’s plenty of talent, teams with rookie QBs rarely make the playoffs (besides Pittsburgh last year). If the defense can keep them in games and Losman can be decent, they might be a playoff team, but we’re slotting them at 8-8 and third in the AFC East.Miami DolphinsWhat’s good: Ricky Williams is back in the fold, which means at the very least Tibetan Buddhists and marijuana dealers will root for this team. Beyond that, they still have a competent defense, and Chris Chambers and Randy McMichael are guys who can catch the ball.What’s bad: They’re starting Gus Frerotte at QB.What we think: They’re not the worst team in the AFC (thank you Browns), but they’re still terrible. Until someone proves they’re better, we’re taking them to win 13 games and the AFC East.New York JetsWhat’s good: They had a very good defense last year, and they added Ty Law to it, plus John Abraham is now in camp. Additionally, most of the guys on that defense are young and could easily improve over last year. Curtis Martin turned back the clock last year and showed he was still an elite back. On defense, they’ve struggled to replace Jason Fergusen at DT and they still don’t have a strong safety.What we think: This is a damn good team. Todd Heap is good, but he’s hurt half the year every year.What we think: That defense is good, but Boller is gonna handcuff them. Their offense is terrible, their defense is worse, and Romeo Crennel is going to be pawning his Super Bowl rings by Week 9.What we think: If they win 4 games Romeo Crennel deserves a national holiday. A bad front seven will kill even the best secondary.What we think:: Most people think they’ve take a step forward this year. Their young defense was one of the game’s best last year. Can Leftwich stay healthy for a full season or will he become the next version of Steve McNair?What we think:: A trendy pick a year ago, they’ll improve further this season. The defense is reportedly much improved.What’s bad:: Hasn’t this defense supposedly been improved each of the last two years? The defense surprised many last year and is up and coming. While the defense should improve, it was exploited by good offenses last year.What we think:: They’re probably the best team in the West. NFC EastDallas CowboysWhat’s good: Julius Jones showed last year that he can be a very good running back in this league. Combine them with free agents signings Jason Ferguson, Anthony Henry, and Aaron Glenn and Dallas should improve on their sixteenth ranked defense from a year ago.What’s bad:: Do Anthony Henry and Aaron Glenn really improve a shaky secondary? Wide Receiver Terrell Owens set Eagles records across the board in his first season.What’s bad:: Owens hired Drew Rosenhaus to be his new agent in the offseason and immediately demanded a better contract than the seven year deal worth 9 million last year. Backup running back Correll Buckhalter is done for the year leaving a big drop off from starter Brian Westbrook.What we think: They are still the best team in the NFC East and will win the division easily. What we think: Very good defense, solid running back, but one of the five worst passing attacks in the league means last place in the NFC East with a 6-10 record.NFC NorthChicago BearsWhat’s good: Brian Urlacher and Mike Brown are back and should elevate the Bears defense into one of the best in the league. Ahman Green should bounce back after a down year. Also, the Vikings need a find a good number two receiver from Marcus Robinson, Travis Taylor, rookie Troy Williamson, and newly signed Koren Robinson.What we think: With their offseason, the Vikings rose up to become the best team in the division.NFC SouthAtlanta FalconsWhat’s good: They’ve got lots of talent on the defensive line. But that hasn’t happened yet.What we think: The Falcons will take a step back, but they’re still plenty good enough to make the playoffs in the weak NFC.Carolina PanthersWhat’s good: They have the best defense in the NFC. Steve Smith was hurt all year last year, and since Mushin Muhammad is gone, they’re gonna need Keary Colbert to step up to take the pressure off.What we think: This is probably the best team in the NFC. Brian Griese probably won’t be very good this year, and who knows what they’re gonna get out of rookie running back Carnell (Cadillac) Williams. Still, last year’s breakout rookie Michael Clayton could make things interesting.What’s bad: The defense is getting old, their offensive line is weak, and the truth of the matter is that this team is going to need many more high draft picks to rebuild.NFC WestArizona CardinalsWhat’s good: They’ve got a pair of very good young receivers in Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald. Alex Smith is a rookie, Kevan Barlow is a perennial flop, their top receiver is best known for an amazing catch he made two years ago, and their other wideout was a Notre Dame QB. Plus, the NFL won’t let Mike Nolan wear a suit on the sideline to honor his father.What we think With the #1 pick in the 2006 NFL Draft, the San Francisco 49ers select Reggie Bush, running back, University of Southern California.Seattle SeahawksWhat’s good: Matt Hasselbeck is a Pro Bowl-calibur QB. But the line hasn’t generated any pressure in ten years, the linebackers are roster filler, and if defensive coordinator Ray Rhodes returns to the booth, they’ll blow numerous games with idiotic play calling.What we think: They’re not very good, but in the weak NFC West, they’re good enough.
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Time (Clock Of The Heart), Culture Club35. You Can’t Hurry Love, Phil Collins38. The Girl Is Mine, Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney50. Making Love Out Of Nothing At All, Air Supply WTF?67. Heart To Heart, Kenny Loggins73. My Love, Lionel Richie74. Hot Girls In Love, Loverboy76. All This Love, Debarge79. Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy, Sammy Hagar80. Take Me To Heart, Quarterflash84. Lawyers In Love, Jackson Browne88. I’ve Got A Rock ‘N’ Roll Heart, Eric Clapton95. Tonight I Celebrate My Love, Peabo Bryson and Roberta Flack97. Fall In Love With Me, Earth, Wind and FireIt’s been years since I’ve heard Electric Avenue… and what ever happened to Dexy’s Midnight Runners?I make no apologies for the Journey songs on this list, and I proudly claim Hall and Oates, Cluture Club, and the Tubes as some of my favorites. Actually, when you add up the songs on this list by Bowie, Joe Jackson, Tom Petty, Jackson Browne, the Clash, Adam Ant, and the Stray Cats, 1983 looks like a banner year for pop music.
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It seems everyone’s either late for work or eager to get home.Rock Creek Parkway is a pretty place, lots of trees, interesting bridges, people jogging or riding bicycles all of which has to be ignored in rush hour because the lanes are so narrow and so curvy in spots that if you take your eyes off the road for a second you’re drifting over into the next lane which, of course, has an unforgiving SUV in it.Of interest to the first time traveler on the Parkway are the traffic lights which must be obeyed and the traffic lights which must be ignored. Well, one trip down the Parkway in the morning rush and one false step at the light which must be ignored and the chances are good that you’ll never make that mistake again.There’s a traffic light outside the Kennedy Center that seems to have drivers fairly evenly divided about its status. When this light turns red some drivers look for pedestrians (to avoid them of course, not to hit them) and, seeing none, continue as though it’s definitely a light that can be ignored while others come to a stop (pedestrians or not) and risk the wrath of the first group.It’s interesting to see people’s reactions when they’re being beeped at by an irate driver at the light that can be ignored. The last stretch of Cathedral Avenue before reaching the traffic light at the intersection with Connecticut Avenue becomes two lanes. Engines scream, smoke billows, the light turns green and we turn right — sometimes on two wheels — in a crazed attempt to reach the next light at the zoo (a good 100 yards away) before it turns red. People have missed my car by microns at 40 miles an hour in their nightly attempt to break the land speed record for the Cathedral Avenue to Chevy Chase race.Go in the left hand lane and there’s always the thrill of finding someone blissfully unaware of the lane setup so they’re coming towards you also at 40 miles an hour.
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-ne LA Daily News - SPTUSC By Scott Wolf, Staff Writer USC coach Pete Carroll said he suspended tight end Dominique Byrd for the second half against Hawaii because of his unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty, but he now considers the matter closed. Byrd threw his helmet down on the field after Carroll lectured him following the penalty. He didnt play after that,” Carroll said. Blame the media: After returning from Hawaii, Carroll became angry over the controversy surrounding the use of tailback LenDale White and stories reporting White was unhappy after the game. Small quibble: Carroll acknowledged that USCs tackling in the secondary left something to be desired. Although Danelo’s range seems to be inside 40 yards, Carroll decided to give his kicker a chance on the 42-yarder, which Danelo missed. Unless Danelo’s range improves, Carroll is not expected to try many long field goals this season.
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Press-Telegram - Sports

Scott Wolf

USC coach Pete Carroll said he suspended tight end Dominique Byrd for the second half against Hawaii because of his unsportsmanlike conduct penalty, but now considers the matter closed. Byrd cost USC a scoring opportunity after throwing the football at a Hawaii player following a rough tackle on the sideline. The penalty moved the Trojans back 15 yards and kicker Mario Danelo missed a 42-yard field goal.

Byrd threw his helmet down on the field after Carroll lectured him following the penalty.

He didnt play after that,” Carroll said. “He knows it was a screwed up play.”

Carroll said Byrd would remain the Trojans starting tight end.

He’s back to business, Carroll said. He was real emotional about it.

It was an auspicious debut for the Mackey Award candidate. He caught just one pass that quickly got overshadowed by his penalty.

Blame the media

After returning from Hawaii, Carroll became angry over the controversy surrounding the use of tailback LenDale White and stories reporting White was unhappy after the game.

If you ask him 10 questions, you’re just looking for something, Carroll said. You’re just asking and asking. You guys are making something out of it. He handled it great.

Hes fine. Hes a competitor. He carried the ball 13 times.

White did carry the ball more times than starter Reggie Bush (12), however, eight of White’s carries occurred with reserve QB John David Booty in the game, when USC held a 49-10 advantage.

And perhaps more importantly, White was visibly angry in the locker room.

I cant control what happens, I have no clue what happened,” White said after the game.

Carroll insisted Monday that White was “OK about it.”

Moving up

Carroll praised safety Josh Pinkard and said the sophomore is ready to play full time, if necessary.

“He really jumped out (on film),” Carroll said. “Theres no question he can play.

Carroll also said reserve linebackers Brian Cushing and Collin Ashton made nice plays.

Small quibble

Carroll admitted USC’s tackling in the secondary left something to be desired.

We didnt tackle real well, especially their receivers in the open field,” he said.

Why not?

Although Danelos range seems to be inside 40 yards, Carroll decided to take a chance on a 42-yarder, which Danelo missed. Unless Danelos range improves, Carrolls not expected to try many long field goals this season.

One possibility is that freshman Troy Van Blarcom could be used on longer kicks.

Numbers game

USCs 5-1 in Hawaii and 26-1 against Western Athletic Conference teams. The Trojans have the longest current streaks in the nation for victories (23) and road games (10).

The Trojans outscored the opponent by 585 points in those 23 games.

USCs 63 points against Hawaii were its most since scoring 66 against Utah State in 1989. The Trojans are 43-9 under Carroll and 26-1 with Matt Leinart starting at quarterback.

Either Bush or Whites scored a touchdown in USCs past 25 games.
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Beaded Desert Blog: Week of June 19-23, 2007

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Array-ne I’m playing guitar and singing on the Kat Festival Stage in Kat mall on Saturday the 23rd at 1pm. I’m playing in the middle, there will be another performer on for an hour before me and then an hour afterwards.
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-ne For the commandment is a lamp, and the whole teaching [of the law] is light, and reproofs of discipline are the way of life, To keep you from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a loose woman.One day when I was feeling down I Googled “life sucks” just to see what came up. I have sworn [an oath] and have confirmed it, that I will keep Your righteous ordinances [hearing, receiving, loving, and obeying them].Dear God,May I not let sin, lust or pride shut my eyes to Your eternal light and truth—to do so is certain ruin! (AMP)Copyright © 1954, 1958, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1987 by The Lockman Foundation*New International Version (NIV)Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society**Scripture taken from The Message.
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Coeur d’Alene IMGood luck to athletes Katie Frauts and Kim (Sorenson) Young as they take on IM for Kona spots. Good luck to both of you.Edmonton BG Triathlon World Cup FestivalMike Chui and Lisa Graham take on the age group festivities in Edmonton in the Olympic Triathlon distance.
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(23Things Item #5) It looks like a really great photo sharing site. (23Things Item #6).This posting is my 23Things Item #7. My husband’s brothers live in New Hampshire, Virginia, New York and Ohio, so it’s really hard for them to get together.[img]http://images.meez.com/user/11/10/10_10015956923.gif[/img]
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And idiot me, I did an earring swap with the Bead Circle gals and I didn’t take pictures of what I sent.Well, that’s one crafty resolution I dropped the ball on I guess, weekly blog updates. So I will be taking pictures of whatever I manage to not destroy or totally screw up and next week I’ll share that whole experience with you!!I’ve been looking forward to this class for the past two weeks now, and its put me in the mood to work with metals, so I think this weekend I’m going to break out the wire again and start working with that some more. ;DWish I had more to report, but I just wanted to check in and let everyone know I’m still around, still beading, just slacking on the blogging.Thanks for reading and happy beading!
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Love, Destiny’s Chains and all: Beautiful Day

Monday, September 29th, 2008

Array You’re at the video store, trying to pick out the Friday night feature, and the woman eyeing the new releases is talking loudly to her boyfriend and trying to convince him that he really will like 13 Going on 30 as much as Terminator 75. You’re trying to remember the list of a zillion things like toilet paper, light bulbs, and lube that you needed to buy, and the white trash in the next aisle is talking loudly to his woman in the midst of slapping the shit out of his kids. You eat while they talk to someone else, and then they expect you to talk the whole time they are eating.#5. Here’s a hint…if someone doesn’t call you back or return your text messages, they don’t want to talk to you. The cell phone/text-messaging device eliminates the need for any reflective drive-home time before calling someone drunk to see if they will have sex with you. No matter who you’re hanging out with, chances are they’re going to spend more time talking to a third party on their cell phone than they are listening to you. Until I have a job which requires a cell phone, and my employer provides and pays for said phone, I won’t be having one.
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Shall I lump you with people like Garrett and Sakia who no one listens to BBCH Hunter [7:08 PM]: I defend Will because he’s a friend BBCH Hunter [7:09 PM]: You don’t see me on the boards defending his shit, no I don’t because its not my place to Giancarlo Fortea [7:09 PM]: I don’t have a problem with Garrett. BBCH Hunter [7:12 PM]: No, he used to IM me on Chaz on AIM all the time BBCH Hunter [7:13 PM]: hours and hours of it and on Cara when I broke the two up. BBCH Hunter [7:19 PM]: He’s been told how much I don’t appreciate it on the boards especially BBCH Hunter [7:20 PM]: What is said in e-mail I can’t control. BBCH Hunter [7:27 PM]: Me for a major one, Deacon doesn’t pass them around Beholder doesn’t and Asha BBCH Hunter [7:27 PM]: No Damian does BBCH Hunter [7:27 PM]: as well as IMs Giancarlo Fortea [7:28 PM]: Well, that’s his right. BBCH Hunter [7:28 PM]: yes he does BBCH Hunter [7:28 PM]: On an AOL web page Giancarlo Fortea [7:28 PM]: Then TOS him. BBCH Hunter [7:29 PM]: Several people have ::Shrugs:: AOl needs money so they look the other way until you send e-mail threatening a lawsuit Giancarlo Fortea [7:33 PM]: Well, still if he feels the need to do it, I don’t care. ((note: that was because Dreams was saying some other stuff too, but Hunter wouldn’t want to notate that now would she?)) BBCH Hunter [7:45 PM]: It all depends on who says it I guess.
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-ne In no specific order..(demo music on shitty casio keyboard plays fanfare) Manhunt: The Chicago Tribune called this the most important game of the last 5 years probably due to the dizzying heights of outright violence found in this game or maybe because its just so immersive that you actually question your actions while playing. Altogether it’s the opening volley of a surefire stealth/horror genre but it stands alone as the most amoral game out the chute- Evar.Beyond Good &Evil: While casual gaming crapfests like the much-maligned FFX-2 and Madden flew off the shelves and fine games like Prince of Persia were damned to lesser sales- Hella gems like BG&E went entirely unnoticed, its beautiful Zeldaesque worlds remained virginal till poor Ubi dropped the game to a measly 0. I hope EA doesn’t fuck up the sequel cuz I’d love to see this is action with some vehicles which is why I’m looking forward to Mercenaries I suppose.Breakdown: I took a really big risk on this one- knowing virtually nothing about it when I picked it up on a whim and was surprised to find that by the time the credits rolled, it would stand among my five greatest games of the year. It’s as close to a good Matrix game as we will ever get.Max Payne 2: Speaking of superior Matrix games, how could we forget Max as he makes a bloody shotgun pulped return in a technically superior sequel involving the use of RAGDOLLS! I’d wager heavily on the Murderers Row of Halo2, half Life2, Doom 3, Metal Gear Solid 3 and Resident Evil 4 but who knows surely a few of these will be usurped by some queer obscure little budget game from Japan or something from a brilliant uspstart company like Pandemics Mercenaries or Clover’s Okami… of course now that I’m all into the online mutlithang, Battlefield, Conkers or Mechassualt may have some sway over the results.
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-ne i thought i would update this again and think back upon this summer…a lot of things have happened this summer, i started this blog, i went to passport, my lawn mower broke like 5 times and still is, my uncle died, i went to georgia, im going to go to montana, my cousin is getting maried and i just found out today that my dog might be going blind. i just dont think i could think what it would be like w/o buddy around, i mean we’ve had him for the past 13 years.
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Not trying to sound Nobel Peace Prize like, but considering how Love is part of the title and eventually cornerstone of my blog and ultimately life, I must explain what Love is… I’m not talking about those BGR love or those love for money or ideals… Love is patient, love is kind. If you want to know if you love someone, apply the checklist. it keeps no record of wrongs There is no right or wrong with love…
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Playlist da DJ Mandy: September 2004

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Array I didn’t make it home until after two this morning, and I’ve been exhausted all day, but I know if I go to bed now I’ll lay there wide awake for at least an hour. Anyway, we got to Norman a little after nine and learned the band wouldn’t go on stage until around eleven. Joel and I stared at boobs and asses as they paraded by our table, duly noting those worth duly noting, which is exactly what guys are supposed to do in a bar. In case you want to continue, the show ended a little after one, and after getting tabs paid, leaks taken and Lex collected from her band-member-stalking duties, we loaded her drunken ass in the car and started back north toward civilization. After a stop to pick up Lexy’s four-year-old daughter from the sitter’s (nice, huh?), we got both girls home and in bed and I was in my truck headed for the house a little before two. This always happens to me if I try to sleep directly after a high-impact event with no cool-down time. Made it through the day, got stuff done, got my hair cut after work and even made band practice for a couple of hours.
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-ne I dont want to take these drugs anymore. Im still fighting the depression, even on the drugs.
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-ne remembered once upon a time,the first time i stucked in the lift in bukit batok BLK 28X with all my friends,we were going down from the 12th storey,7people included 4 fat guys,at first we making joke laughing and pushing and someone started to jump in the lift,then everybody started to jump,although it was a grandpa lift but we just don’t care,shaked here and there till the fattest guy one jump………dddddddddd…passengers trapped,please called for rescue shit man….we all blaming the fat guy at once and my friend ronald call to the HDB for assistance.
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will be staying in a hotel in New Jersey instead of NYC!!! is coming to NYC to give a speech.. I manage to find my way alright to her hotel.. and I saw on their website that they are only 2 miles off a train station.. now if only i can get to the train station… So I booked a train ticket from AMTRAK for 27 bucks.. I figured I will be able to find a cheaper way to get back to NYC once i reach there.. I am able to find it way sooner.. took a train.. one of them is trained at MAdison Sq.. cracking of the walkie talkies of the policemen is louder than people talking arnd you.. I found my exit to the train station.. rushin from trains to trains.. U see policement in FUll Body Armour.. i’m afraid to take a picture of them.. if i take a picture.. i just kept on walking towards AMTRAK customer service to pick up my ticket.. The girl behind the counter took one look at my ticket and say… why buy an AMTRAk ticket? there’s a New Jersey Transit leaving for metropak right now on track 1. U can go catch it and buy a ticket onboard. it would have only cost me 10 dollars if i haven’t bought it on board.. I took the train.. and made my way to new jersey.. I din take the hotel no. so i couldn’t call them and ask them to come pick me up. and they din know which direction to point me towards my hotel.. and I din get myself a hostel.. and she invited me for dinner with two of her friends.. i din quite believe..and took and play arnd with it..and it actually work! for breakfast..a nd she packed me a little something for me to eat along the way… Thou I din get to see much of new york city.. what a way to catch up huh?
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Things in bold apply to me…

01. I miss somebody right now
02. I don’t watch much TV these days
03. I love olives
04. I love sleeping
05. I own lots of books
06. I wear glasses or contact lenses
07. I love to play video games
08. I’ve tried marijuana
09. I’ve watched porn movies
10. I have been in a threesome
11. I have been the psycho-ex in a past relationship
12. I believe honesty is usually the best policy
13. I have acne free skin
14. I like and respect Al Sharpton
15. I cuss frequently
16. I have changed a lot mentally over the last year
17. I have a hobby
18. I’ve been told I: (women) have an applebottom, (men) am packing.
19. I carry my knife/razor everywhere with me..
20. I’m smart
21. I’ve never broken someone’s bones
22. I have a secret that I am ashamed to reveal
23. I hate the rain
24. I’m paranoid at times
25. I would get plastic surgery if it were 100% safe, free of cost, and scar free
26. I need money right now!
27. I love Sushi
28. I talk really, really fast
29. I have fresh breath in the morning
30. I have semi-long hair
31. I have lost money in Las Vegas
32. I have at least one brother and/or one sister
33. I was born in a country outside of the U.S.
34. I shave my legs (females) or face (males) on a regular basis
35. I have a twin
36. I have worn fake hair/fingernails/eyelashes in the past
37. I couldn’t survive without Caller I.D.
38. I like the way that I look (I’m ok with how I look)
39. I have lied to a good friend in the last 6 months
40. I know how to do cornrows
41. I am usually pessimistic
42. I have a lot of mood swings
43. I think prostitution should be legalized
44. I think Britney Spears is hot
45. I have cheated on a significant other in the past
46. I have a hidden talent
47. I’m always hyper no matter how much sugar I have
48. I think that I’m popular
49. I can whistle
50. I have kissed someone of the same sex
51. I enjoy talking on the phone
52. I practically live in sweatpants or PJ pants (or gym shorts)
53. I love to shop
54. I would rather shop than eat
55. I would classify myself as ghetto
56. I’m bourgie and have worn a sweater tied around my shoulders.
57. I’m obsessed with my Xanga or Livejournal
58. I don’t hate anyone
59. I’m a pretty good dancer
60. I don’t think Mike Tyson raped Desiree Washington
61. I’m completely embarrassed to be seen with my mother
62. I have a cell phone
63. I believe in God
64. I watch MTV on a daily basis
65. I have passed out drunk in the past 6 months
66. I love drama
67. I have never been in a real relationship before
68. I’ve rejected someone before
69. I currently have a crush on someone
70. I have no idea what I want to do for the rest of my life
71. I want to have children in the future
72. I have changed a diaper before
73. I’ve called the cops on a friend before
74. I bite my nails
75. I am a member of the Tom Green fan club
76. I’m not allergic to anything
77. I have a lot to learn
78. I have dated someone at least 10 years older or younger
79. I plan on seeing Ice Cube’s newest Friday movie
80. I am very shy around the opposite sex
81. I’m online 24/7, even as an away message
82. I have at least 5 away messages saved
84. I have made a move on a friend’s significant other in the past
85. I own the South Park movie (very very funny)
86. I have avoided assignments at work/school to be on Xanga or Livejournal
87. When I was a kid I played the birds and the bees with a neighbor or chum
88. I enjoy some country music
90. I think that Pizza Hut did have/has the best pizza
91. I watch soap operas whenever I can
92. I’m obsessive, anal retentive, and often a perfectionist
93. I have used my sexuality to advance my career
94. I love Michael Jackson, scandals and all
95. I know all the words to Slick Rick’s Childrens Story”
96. Halloween is awesome because you get free candy
97. I watch Spongebob Squarepants and I like it
98. I cry at least twice a week
99. Im happy as of this moment
100. I think the Beagle is the best breed of dog.
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Popa Roach - Infest - 03 -BrokanHome.mp3 261. Rage Against the Machine & Tool - Know Your Enemy (live).mp3 265. Red - Hot - Scar Tissue.mp3 274. REM - Rock in Rio (live ‘01) - Losing my Religion.mp3 279. Requiem for a Dream - 21 - Supermarket Sweep.mp3 281. Scars of Life - 05 - Purity.mp3 288. Stratovarius - 01 - Lord Of The Rings.mp3 305. 30 seconds to mars - 03 - The Reckoning.mp3 327. A Perfect Circle - 12 - Over.mp3 341. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - 01 - The Package.mp3 362. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - 02 - Weak And Powerless.mp3 363. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - 03 - The Noose.mp3 364. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - 04 - Blue.mp3 365. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - 05 - Vanishing.mp3 366. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - 06 - A stranger.mp3 367. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - 07 - Outsider.mp3 368. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - 08 - Crimes.mp3 369. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - 09 - The Nurse Who Loved Me.mp3 370. A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step - 10 - Pet.mp3 371. - 02 - Control (3:45) 409. - 03 - It Was Fear Of Myself That Made Me Odd (3:55) 410. - 07 - Sharks And Danger (4:39) 411. - 09 - White Devil (3:36) 412. Björk - I Miss You (Dobie Rub Part One - Sunshine Mix) (5:35) 424. Björk - Bjork - All Is Full Of Love (4:47) 430. Björk - Bjork - Human Behaviour (4:13) 431. Björk - Bjork - Venus As A Boy (4:41) 432. Cradle Of Filth - 09 - Of Mist And Midnight Skies.mp3 452. Cradle Of Filth - 10 - In Secret Love We Drown.mp3 453. Cradle Of Filth - 12 - Summer Dying Fast.mp3 454. Cradle of Filth - Midian - 01 - At the Gates of Midian.mp3 465. Cradle of Filth - Midian - 09 - Satanic Mantra.mp3 466. Cradle of Filth - Midian - 11 - Tortured Soul Asylum.mp3 467. 04 - flaw - get up again.mp3 500. Foo Fighters - Nirvana Cover (acoustic).mp3 512. Glassjaw - 03 - The Number No Good Things Come of.mp3 528. glassjaw - everything you ever wanted to know about silence - 03 - when one eight becomes two zeros.mp3 531. green day - She (acoustic - liive).mp3 542. In Flames - Reroute to Remain - 01 - Reroute to Remain.mp3 591. In Flames - 03 - Acoustic Medley.mp3 593. Incubus - 11 - Deep Inside.mp3 596. Incubus - Certain Shade Of Green Live @ MTV Acoustic .mp3 604. Incubus - Fungus Amongus - 12 - Azwethinkweiz.mp3 611. Incubus - Parden Me.mp3 625. Incubus - Under My Umbrella (1).mp3 634. 04 - katatonia - rainroom.mp3 639. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness - 04 - A Premonition.mp3 651. Katatonia - Viva Emptiness EP - 02 - Criminals.mp3 653. Kittie - Oracle - 09 - Safe.mp3 660. Korn - Untouchables - 13 - I’m Hiding.mp3 688. Korn - Untouchables - All My Hate.mp3 689. Korn Slipknot Godsmack Deftones Tool Incubus - Follow (1).mp3 691. lacuna coil - 01 - swamped.mp3 693. lacuna coil - 03 - daylight dancer.mp3 694. lacuna coil - 09 - Unspoken.mp3 695. marilyn manson - 09 - dogma.mp3 735. marilyn manson - antichrist superstar - 12 - antichrist superstar.mp3 736. Marilyn Manson - Blair Witch 2 - Suicide Is Painless.mp3 737. Marilyn Manson - Fight Song Single Part 1 - Fight Song (Slipknot remix).mp3 742. Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood - 03 - The Fight Song.mp3 743. Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood - 10 - The Nobodies.mp3 744. Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals - 03 - Mechanical animals.mp3 745. Marilyn Manson - The Golden Age Of Grotesque - 01 - Thaeter.mp3 750. Matrix - Marilyn Manson - Rock Is Dead.mp3 758. 02 - Nickelback - Do This Anymore.mp3 795. Nickelback - Silver Side Up - Too Bad.mp3 797. Nirvana - (New Wave) Polly.mp3 799. Nirvana - 14 - From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah - Polly.mp3 800. Nirvana - About A Girl.mp3 801. Nirvana - Aero Zeppelin.mp3 802. Nirvana - Alcohol (rare).mp3 803. Nirvana - Aneurysm.mp3 804. Nirvana - Beans (rare).mp3 805. Nirvana - Been A Son.mp3 806. Nirvana - Beeswax.mp3 807. Nirvana - Big Cheese.mp3 808. Nirvana - Big Long Now.mp3 809. Nirvana - Blew.mp3 810. Nirvana - Breed.mp3 811. Nirvana - Come As You Are.mp3 812. Nirvana - D7 (Rare).mp3 813. Nirvana - Dazed And Confused ( Led Zeppelin Live).mp3 814. Nirvana - Dive.mp3 815. Nirvana - Down In The Dark (Rare).mp3 816. Nirvana - Downer.mp3 817. Nirvana - Drain You.mp3 818. Nirvana - Dumb.mp3 819. Nirvana - Floyd the Barber.mp3 820. Nirvana - Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle.mp3 821. Nirvana - Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip.mp3 822. Nirvana - Hairspray Queen.mp3 823. Nirvana - Heart-Shaped Box.mp3 824. nirvana - i hate myself and want to die.mp3 825. Nirvana - In Bloom.mp3 826. Nirvana - In Utero - Dumb.mp3 827. Nirvana - Intro.mp3 828. Nirvana - Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam.mp3 829. Nirvana - Lake of Fire.mp3 830. Nirvana - Laundry Room (rare).mp3 831. Nirvana - Lithium.mp3 832. Nirvana - Lounge Act.Mp3 833. Nirvana - Love Buzz.mp3 834. Nirvana - Mexican Seafood.mp3 835. Nirvana - Milk It.mp3 836. Nirvana - Moist Vagina.mp3 837. Nirvana - Molly’s lips.mp3 838. Nirvana - Mr. Moustache.mp3 839. Nirvana - Mrs Robinson (rare).mp3 840. Nirvana - My Girl (unplugged).mp3 841. Nirvana - My Sharona.MP3 842. Nirvana - Negative Creep.mp3 843. Nirvana - Nevermind - 11 - On A Plain.mp3 844. Nirvana - Oh, Me.mp3 845. Nirvana - On A Plain.mp3 846. Nirvana - Paper Cuts.mp3 847. Nirvana - Pennyroyal Tea.mp3 848. Nirvana - Plateu.mp3 849. Nirvana - Polly.mp3 850. Nirvana - Radio Friendly Unit Shifter.mp3 851. Nirvana - Rape Me.mp3 852. Nirvana - Rara 04.mp3 853. Nirvana - Rara 08.mp3 854. Nirvana - Rara 11.mp3 855. Nirvana - Rara 13.mp3 856. Nirvana - Rara 14.mp3 857. Nirvana - Rara 15.mp3 858. Nirvana - Rara 01.mp3 859. Nirvana - Rara 02.mp3 860. Nirvana - Rara 03.mp3 861. Nirvana - Rara 05.mp3 862. Nirvana - Rara 06.mp3 863. Nirvana - Rara 07.mp3 864. Nirvana - Rara 09.mp3 865. Nirvana - Rara 10.mp3 866. Nirvana - Rara 12.mp3 867. Nirvana - Scentless Apprentice.mp3 868. Nirvana - School.mp3 869. Nirvana - Scoff.mp3 870. Nirvana - Serve The Servants.mp3 871. Nirvana - Sifting.mp3 872. Nirvana - Sliver.mp3 873. nirvana - Smells like Teen Spirit (Acoustic).mp3 874. nirvana - smells like teen spirit (live gothic version rare).mp3 875. Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit.mp3 876. Nirvana - Something In The Way.mp3 877. Nirvana - Son of a gun.mp3 878. Nirvana - Spank Thru.mp3 879. Nirvana - Stain.mp3 880. Nirvana - Swap Meet.mp3 881. Nirvana - The Man Who Sold The World.mp3 882. Nirvana - Tourette’s.mp3 883. Nirvana - Turnaround.mp3 884. Nirvana - Very Ape.mp3 885. Nirvana - Where Did You Sleep Last Night.mp3 886. Nirvana covers Police - Every Breath You Take RARE RARE RARE.mp3 887. Nirvana rare songs - Sweet Home Alabama (Lynyrd Skynyrd cover.mp3 889. Papa Roach - Blood Brothers - Tony Hawk Pro Skater 2 .mp3 894. paz lenchantin - yellow my sky captain - 08-video game.mp3 916. 03 - Pearl Jam - Black.mp3 917. 076 dark side of the moon - speak to me - breathe.mp3 925. pink floyd - 06 - comfortably numb.mp3 933. pink floyd - 11 - don’t leave me now.mp3 934. radiohead - unplugged - 11 - subterranean homesick alien.mp3 945. radiohead - unplugged - 12 - thinking about you.mp3 946. Silverchair - Tomorrw EP - 04 Stoned.mp3 993. 10 - slipknot - gently (live).mp3 1008. slipknot - volume 3 the subliminal verses - 01 - prelude 3.0.mp3 1038. slipknot - volume 3 the subliminal verses - 03 - three nil.mp3 1039. slipknot - volume 3 the subliminal verses - 04 - duality.mp3 1040. slipknot - volume 3 the subliminal verses - 05 - opium of the people.mp3 1041. slipknot - volume 3 the subliminal verses - 06 - circle.mp3 1042. slipknot - volume 3 the subliminal verses - 07 - welcome.mp3 1043. slipknot - volume 3 the subliminal verses - 08 - vermilion.mp3 1044. slipknot - volume 3 the subliminal verses - 10 - before i forget.mp3 1045. slipknot - volume 3 the subliminal verses - 12 - the nameless.mp3 1046. slipknot - volume 3 the subliminal verses - 13 - the virus of life.mp3 1047. Sonic Youth - murray street 06 - Plastic Sun.mp3 1092. sonic youth - nirvana cover.mp3 1093. stone temple pilots - purple - 02 - vasoline.mp3 1101. stone temple pilots - purple - 03 - lounge fly.mp3 1102. stone temple pilots - purple - 08 - big empty.mp3 1103. cure, the - bloodflowers - 09 - bloodflowers.mp3 1105. the cure - 06 - in between days.mp3 1106. the cure - 10 - lullaby.mp3 1107. the cure - 14 - friday i’m in love.mp3 1108. the cure - 18 - just say yes.mp3 1109. the cure - great hits - unplugged - 14 - friday i’m in love.mp3 1111. The Cure - Live - 2002-07-03 - Athens - Shockwave Festival - Greece - 14 - Bloodflowers.mp3 1112. The Cure - The Head On The Door - 01 - In Between Days.mp3 1114. The Gathering - 04 - Bad Movie Scene.mp3 1121. The Gathering - Sleepy Buildings - A Semi Acoustic Evening - 09 - In Motion #2.mp3 1124. Tool (Danny Carrey) - Drum Solo.mpg 1135. Tool (live rare) - Spasm.mp3 1136. Tool - 10 - Disgustipated.mp3 1137. Tool - Choked.mp3 1138. Tool - Disposition.mp3 1139. Tool - Faaip De Oiad.mp3 1140. Tool - Light of The New.mp3 1141. Tool - Maynard Jesus Talk.mp3 1142. Tool - Non-conformist’s oath [Live).mp3 1143. Tool - Prove It (rare).mp3 1144. Tool - Santa Monica and Orange.mp3 1145. Tool - Skeptical.MP3 1146. Tool - Sleep Forever(rare) - prison sex.mp3 1147. Tool, NIN, Tori Amos, Sisters of Mercy - Naked Fringe.mp3 1148. (01) Tool - The Grudge.mp3 1150. (02) Tool - Eon Blue Apocalypse.mp3 1151. (03) Tool - The Patient.mp3 1152. (04) Tool - Mantra.mp3 1153. tool - 10 - disposition.mp3 1154. Tool - Lateralus - 08 - Ticks & Leeches.mp3 1155. Tool - Lateralus - Reflection.mp3 1156. Tool - Lateralus.mp3 1157. Tool - Schism.mp3 1158. Tool - Triad.mp3 1159. Tool - Lateralus - 06 - Parabol.mp3 1161. Tool - Lateralus - 07 - Parabola.mp3 1162. tool - 04 - cold and ugly.mp3 1163. Tool - Hush.mp3 1164. Tool - Jerk-Off.mp3 1165. Tool - Opiate.mp3 1166. Tool - Part Of Me.mp3 1167. Tool - Sweat.mp3 1168. tool - salival - 02 - part of me (live).mp3 1169. tool - salival - 03 - pushit (live).mp3 1170. tool - salival - 04 - message to harry manback 2.mp3 1171. tool - salival - 06 - you lied live.mp3 1172. tool - salival - 07 - no quarter.mp3 1173. string trbute to tool - third eye open - 09 - aenema.mp3 1174. string trbute to tool - third eye open - 10 - pushit.mp3 1175. The String Tribute To Tool - Third Eye Open - 04 - The Patie.mp3 1176. tool - 01 - intolerance.mp3 1184. Tool - 4 Degrees.mp3 1185. Tool - Bottom.mp3 1186. Tool - Crawl away (acoustic).mp3 1187. Tool - Disgustipated.mp3 1188. Tool - Flood.mp3 1189. Tool - Prison Sex.mp3 1190. Tool - Sober.mp3 1191. Tool - Swamp Song (5:31) 1192. Tool - undertow (5:25) 1193. Tool - ( - ) Ions.mp3 1195. Tool - 46 & 2.MP3 1196. Tool - Aenima - 07 - Hooker With A Penis.mp3 1197. Tool - Cesaro Summability (1:26) 1198. Tool - Aenima.mp3 1199. Tool - Aenmia - 09 - Jimmy.mp3 1200. Tool - Eulogy(1).mp3 1201. Tool - H.mp3 1202. Tool - Message to Harry Manback.mp3 1203. Tool - Pushit.mp3 1204. Tool - Stinkfist.mp3 1205. Tool - Useful Idiot.mp3 1206.
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Weight Loss over 40 Plus: Green Tea: Weight Loss Is Just One Of Its Benefits

Sunday, September 28th, 2008

Array One of the alternatives that claim that it is effective enough to make you lose weight is hoodia gordonii.What is Hoodia Gordonii and where it came from?Hoodia Gordonii is a cactus like plant that can be found in Kalahari Desert in South Africa. Actually, hoodia gordonii is known without side effect, it is different from prescribed medications that can give risks to the one who’s taking it.With the research and test conducted, yes, it is proven to be effective, reasons why lots of dieters are switching to hoodia gordonii.But as a reminder, you have to conduct simple research and checking when you are purchasing hoodia gordonii. It is also better to purchase hoodia gordonii to a reliable company.Eliza Maledevic Ayson By: Eliza Maledevic Ayson Article Directory: http://www.articledashboard.com Hoodia Gordonii Hoodia Diet Pills, Hoodia, a natural appetite suppressantSide Note: Click Here For You

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I will start this weight loss program and when I start losing the pounds, I can have a few of my favorite foods. I will eat this empty high calorie food today and start my weight loss over again tomorrow…tomorrow….( get the idea)Then your mind tells you this weight loss program does not work. Now your body punishes you for going on that weight loss program by adding a few more pounds than you had before you started. That same community can give support throughout your whole weight loss program. Please leave all links active and working.G Cook Author Internet Marketer Weight Loss Memberhttp://weightlossover40.wordpress.com/Side Note: Be a good neighbor Click Here

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The group teaches the proper food to eat that allows you body to lose weight. During any weight loss programs there will be times that support will save your weight loss life. Who better to talk to than someone who has real life experiences with what is happening to you.The human body is not the same for everyone, one weight loss programs works great for one type of body and not for others. Your weight loss program should be setup to eat the proper foods in the proper portions and not cause you to starve your body. Competition is one of the best motivators to reach your weight loss goals.Join a fitness center or put together your own little workout club.
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By continually implementing small changes, and varying your workouts and meals, you won’t get bored with healthy eating and your body will continue to change for the better. Daily log- Try to keep a daily log of everything you eat. This will show you at what times you tend to eat more or snack, as well as if you are emotionally eating (eating because you are bored or frustrated, rather than from actual hunger).4. Plan your meals- Although this may take more time than you are used to, planning is the most effective way to eat healthy. Try to eat every 3-4 hours so you are eating three small meals and two snacks per day. Write a list of healthy meals that you plan to eat within the next 1-2 weeks. Have weekends free- Plan to eat healthy meals for five days out of the week, then take a break on the weekends. This makes it easier to be social on the weekends, and gives you a reward to look forward to after a hard week of healthy eating. If a whole week is too long, start with eating healthy for three days, then taking one day off to “cheat” If you cheat on a healthy eating day, don’t get frustrated and abandon your efforts. A weight loss supplement can speed up your metabolism so you burn more calories throughout the day, as well as inhibiting your hunger switch, so you eat less all day. By celebrating every small success, you will stay more motivated to make healthy eating and exercising a part of your daily routine.Side Note: The Best of the Best Click Here

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Sure, you may lose a few pounds by making some lifestyle changes, but until you learn how to boost metabolism your weight loss results will be less than desired. This is the reason why nearly every person who uses one of these weight loss methods gains the weight all right back. To effectively boost metabolism and experience fast, lasting weight loss, you must address hydration, eating habits, nutrition and fitness level. This is proven to boost metabolism and cause fast weight loss! If you do these four simple things you will boost metabolism and achieve your weight loss goal faster than you thought possible! About the Author Jason Clemens is a leading weight loss and nutrition coach and author of the best-selling ebook Naturally Lose 20 Pounds This Month.Learn how to boost metabolism and turn your body into a fat burning machine!==>Visit naturally-lose-weight-fast.com Side Note: Click Here For The Burn

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Some believe that green tea’s medicinal benefits have been known about and used in the Eastern Hemisphere for more than 4,000 years.Scientists in both Asia and the west have been, in recent years, researching Green Tea and have provided hard evidence for the health benefits long associated with drinking green tea. There is also research which indicates that drinking green tea lowers total cholesterol levels, as well as improving the ratio of good (HDL) cholesterol to bad (LDL) cholesterol.About.com has shown the following list to be just a few medical conditions in which drinking green tea is reputed to be helpful: cancer rheumatoid arthritis high cholesterol levels cariovascular disease infection impaired immune functionWhat is it about Green Tea that makes it different from other teas? Researchers found that men who were given a combination of caffeine and green tea extract burned more calories than those given only caffeine or a placebo.I have found Green Tea to be an invaluable tool in the dieter’s arsenal not only because of its properties for increasing metabolism, but also because of its appetite suppressant qualities.
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Sunday, September 28th, 2008

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J’ai réussi à retrouver une photo du Fokker F-27 que j’ai piloté et c’est avec une grande émotion que je le publie.I’ve found out a picture of the Fokker F-27 that I flew when I was a pilot and I publish it with a great emotion.
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Plus de détails sur ce voyage ici.14 h à 17 h : Projection de documentaires sur Cuba, tables rondes et autres activités.17 h : Grande conga cubaine avec des percussionnistes cubains (en principe sur la place du marché, mais comme il est supposé pleuvoir, je pense que ça sera plutôt sous le chapiteau).18 h : Ouverture du chapiteau, du bar et du restaurant.19 h : Inauguration de la soirée et présentations de personnalités politiques, culturelles et diplomatiques.20 h à 23 h : Soirée culturelle et festive avec un groupe de rap latino (Metazon), un groupe Québécois de musique traditionnelle (Jules et Cie) et Grupo Moncada, célèbre groupe qui fait danser et chanter la population cubaine et du monde entier depuis des années et qui est venu de La Havane avec ses rythmes et son spectacle.Entrée pour la soirée : 5 $ (gratuit le jour)Bouchées cubaines, vin et alcool vendus sur place.Dimanche 27 août de 13 h à 23 h.Au chapiteau du Marché Maisonneuve, 4375, rue Ontario Est (entre Pie-IX et Viau).Pour vous y rendre :métro Pie-IX et autobus 139 sud jusqu’à Ontario.
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Domingo 27/08/2006 das 17h00 as 23h00Pin up’s Party apresenta:: Tributo a Elvis Presley29 Anos sem o ReiShow: HENRY PAUL TRIOLocal: Bastidores Bar e Espaço CulturalEnd.: R.
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Claro que a Camara da Amadora e as Juntas de Freguesia tem uma parcela de culpa nesta area pois a falta de fiscalização em varios sectores so prejudica os cidadãos. Quem ainda não reparou na quantidade de pilaretes que a Junta de Freguesia do Casal de São Brás colocou no ultimo ano?
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Knitting Without Dog Hair Is Not an Option: 4 Days and Counting…

Saturday, September 27th, 2008

Array-ne Reviews for Tirupathi, Thiruttu Payale, Azagaai Irukkiraai Bayamaai Irukkiradhu and Pacha Kudhira are online @ bbreviews.
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-ne Another week over and i’m pouring a drink, i think that means it was a long week. Tonight on Chill i start with a The D.A.s and i have no real info on them.
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-ne This song is Below The Streetshttp://post-records.150m.com/podcast/Below.mp3
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Tout au long de l’histoire humaine, on trouve à la fois de la concurrence et de la connivence. Et ceux qui confondent le champ économique avec le darwinisme feraient bien de s’y faire parce que ça ne risque pas de changer avant longtemps.Rien qu’en France, j’ai compté une bonne douzaine d’obédiences maçonniques, treize à la douzaine serait plus proche de la vérité. C’était quasiment une fraternelle (je ne crois pas que nous ayons été plus de 3 profanes en même temps dans la salle de cours et toutes les obédiences étaient présentes) et une tenue blanche permanente à l’intérieur de la Sorbonne. In petto, c’était plutôt cocasse de voir ces vieux messieurs bien propres sur eux évoquer leurs rituels : des gosses de dix ans avides de déguisements et de rencontres avec le Capitaine Crochet ! Mais c’est vrai aussi que c’était le monde universitaire, un monde passionnant mais où l’on ne devient jamais tout à fait ce que Saint-Ex appelait « des grandes personnes ».Ce qui me gêne le plus, avec ceux que Mitterrand surnommait « les frères la gratouille », c’est qu’ils se prennent pour les sages de la cité. Mais que leur débat privé fasse la pluie et le beau temps dans les médias (à moins que ce ne soit l’inverse et que les arguments en loge se bornent à des variations sur « c’est vrai, je l’ai lu dans le journal ») et les dispense, en tout cas, d’écouter ce que le reste du monde aurait à dire m’agace profondément. entendre les mérites de l’équerre vantés par quelqu’un qui n’a jamais été fichu de tirer un trait droit et ceux de la truelle par qui ne saurait même pas comment on la tient, ça m’amuse cinq minutes. Eux aussi, mais ils n’ont pas le droit de le montrer.Le pire, ce sont ceux qui se croient vocation à l’ésotérisme et qui dissertent interminablement de la kabbale sans connaître un mot d’hébreu, de la symbolique des nombres sans dépasser le niveau mathématique de l’école primaire, prennent au premier degré les légendes templières du baron de Hund, parlent d’alchimie sans savoir à quoi ressemble un creuset… A ceux là, n’importe quel illusionniste peut faire prendre des vessies pour des lanternes et certains ne s’en sont pas privés.
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These campers walked it faster than Marshall and I ever have and they all just learned how to walk!!! We had enough time to come back and do a short trail workout and then one of my famous cross training workouts with stairs, jump, leaps and bounds. Wont tell you all the secrets you just need to come to camp and learn them! The last day was Sunday: These campers did not stop for even 10 minutes the entire time. We walked and ran until the sun came out and then spent 1:30 total time going up and down the sand dunes! It is still so fresh in my mind and heart, the wonderful people who come to learn from Marshall and myself, little do they know all we learn from them to. I look forward to the next camp and I know that some of the campers we just had will be back, Alex is not what we call a camp groupie, he has been to everyone of them!
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Yesterday on the phone she said: Oh my, next Sunday you are going to be here already!I had a very productive knitting weekend - more about this in the next blog entry. Enjoy the break ;-)In the meantime, I have a few things I wanted to share - not soooo knitting related.What, if women ruled the world:And here are some pictures of the roses and the rhododendron in our front yard. I am not the dangerous kind, even with the pointy stix in my hands ;-)More pictures and stories about my knitting projects in my next report - have a great week.
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Thriller Project: U2-68: Feedback

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Array-ne -An absolutely beautiful day today, it didn’t even feel cold at all. Hopefully this is a sign of Nithum’s prediction coming true/-The mid-term today went well.
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-ne Chapter 10: The Viet Nam Summer of Love, 1967 (i)I was not eager to return home to my parents’ I had never really studied the Palestinian or Arab nationalist point of view, prior to the June 1967 Middle East War. Because the U.S. mass media portrayed Israel as being the victim of Arab military aggression in 1967, I did not get upset when it appeared that the Zionist military machine was rolling over the Egyptian Army and would win the June 1967 War quickly. So, like most other Movement people, I didn’t make Palestinian solidarity work any kind of political priority at this time.After recovering from the measles, I went to the barber shop to get a haircut and then began to look at want-ads in the now-defunct Long Island Star-Journal for an open factory job. I assumed that, if exposed to a New Left political analysis and New Left anti-corporate political program and Movement, white blue-collar workers of both sexes would soon become leftist and communist in their orientation.Students and African-American people were mobilizing for radical change in 1967, as were politically frustrated pacifists. one Jewish factory owner in Flushing in his 50s told me in a fatherly way, after I insisted I wanted to try factory work in his company.Other factories did not want to hire just for the summer.
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spent the next few weeks putting together a Columbia SDS publication called New Left Notes: The Journal of Columbia SDS. Both she and Teddy always seemed to give off good love vibrations and I continued to feel a strong love for both of them.On the afternoon the Columbia SDS newspaper was ready to be picked up from the printer I was hanging around the Columbia SDS table on Low Plaza. 110th St., 7th floor apartment, to attend a meeting to discuss Columbia SDS plans to run a slate of candidates in the Columbia University Student Council [CUSC] elections on a “student power” I also didn’t believe there was much political value in running in student council elections because real power at Columbia rested with the Columbia trustees, not with the student council. Mark and the other Columbia SDS candidates stayed in the student council election campaign and didn’t win many votes—for reasons indicated in Herbert Marcuse’s One-Dimensional Man, which describes the origins of “false consciousness” When Mark talked politically at this pre-student council election meeting, he sometimes seemed to make sense, but other times he seemed scatterbrained, too rhetorical and not politically concrete enough.On a political level, Mark still seemed unclear about the direction that he wanted Columbia SDS to be going. You got the sense that Mark enjoyed speaking before a leftist crowd, saw Columbia SDS as being an effective campus anti-war group, thought New Left politics could be popularized easily at Columbia if people worked at it and was into Columbia SDS because it was fun to be a New Left activist, as well as because he felt personally threatened by the draft. Lieberman just seemed into studying and smoking pot and never said much to me whenever I bumped into him either on campus or in Mark’s apartment.Unlike most other Columbia SDS steering committee people, Mark, thus, roomed with non-activist student roommates.
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-ne as this is our rough cut this does not have the effects that we have planned for it yet such as the black, white and green effect we have now put on our thriller.
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-ne Camera Work: Shots were varied, appropriate to film. Shots good length in size.Editing: Shots were good, transitions were good, everything pretty good.Sound: Would be nice to have a good soundtrack (He didn’t have the headfones in) 10/10Mise-en-scene: Alleyway works well - graffiti.
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FRIENDS OF LOLAS: CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE 07/30/07 Pages H8870-H8876

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Array-ne The Senate will convene at 9:30 a.m. and will be in a period of morning business for up to 30 minutes, with Senators permitted to speak therein for up to 10 minutes each, with the time under the control of the Republican Leader or his designee.Following morning business, the Senate will resume consideration of H.R.
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-ne Recent House Votes Departments of Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies Appropriations, FY 2008 - Vote Passed (268-153, 10 Not Voting)The House passed this 04.4 billion bill that would fund the Department of Transportation and Department of Housing and Urban Development for the 2008 fiscal year.Rep. John Doolittle voted YES……send e-mail or see bio ——————————————————————————–Departments of Commerce and Justice, and Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations for FY 2008 - Vote Passed (281-142, 9 Not Voting)The House passed this 3.6 billion bill that would fund the Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, NASA and other science agencies.Rep. John Doolittle voted NO……send e-mail or see bio ——————————————————————————–Farm, Nutrition, and Bioenergy Act - Vote Passed (231-191, 10 Not Voting)The House passed this large farm bill, which provides aid for farmers and funds for low-income nutrition programs.Rep. John Doolittle voted NO……send e-mail or see bio ——————————————————————————–Improving America’s Security Act of 2007 - Vote Passed (371-40, 22 Not Voting)The House passed this bill which would implement recommendations from the 9/11 Commission.Rep. John Doolittle voted YES……send e-mail or see bio
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With new death threats for resisters, following the Denver protest of Newmont, Colorado AIM calls out to those ready to be arrested to stop Newmont’s genocide of Indigenous Peoples.The protest is also a call to halt the genocide of Iraqi children.PROTEST: Thursday, Aug. 30, 2007Marriot Hotel (17th and California St., downtown Denver)5:00 PMBRING YOUR COURAGE, YOUR VOICE, YOUR BULLHORNS, and YOUR MOST CREATIVE PROTEST STRATEGIESFrom COLORADO AIM:On Thursday, August 30, 2007, the University of Denver Graduate School of International Studies (GSIS) will honor Wayne Murdy, CEO of Newmont Mining Corporation for the company’s progressive work around the world. Our Native sisters and brothers are asking for us to stand for them against Newmont here in Denver, Newmont’s international headquarters.Can you give one or two hours of your time to walk with a sign, to raise your voice, and to let Newmont and DU know our outrage?We march against Columbus and Columbus Day, but Newmont is the heir of Columbus, it is the living expression today of the Columbus legacy –invasion, greed and destruction.
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-ne The ability to not recall any past events on Capitol Hill seems to be spreading from the Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to the Vice President Dick Cheney.When asked by CNN’s Larry King, Mr Cheney cannot recall authorising the hospital bed visit to John Ashcroft to push him to certify the intelligence gathering programme.Tell The Truthiness ;
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Or political bungling and bureaucratic inertia, even if there are large measures of all that in the process.But there can be no denying that the new plan prepared by the Baltimore Metropolitan Council is a total stiff for anyone who believes that Baltimore City needs to be the heart and soul around which the region’s future growth takes place.The following are the significant transportation projects in the City Baltimore which are listed in the plan to be built over the next 30 years:First, there is a portion of the transit Red Line between Woodlawn and Patterson Park. Then there is an East Baltimore MARC commuter rail station, currently envisioned to be north of either Hopkins Bayview Medical Campus or the Hopkins Biotech Park, with no regional rail transit connections in the plan at either location.There are five city road projects in the plan: 1-Boston Street railroad overpass (to eliminate freight train conflicts), 2-Keith Avenue/Broening Highway interchange (serving the General Motors site), 3-Upgrading the JFX/Northern Parkway interchange, 4-Widening the Baltimore Washington Parkway with new ramps (to support the Westport project), and 5-A new highway connection from MLK Boulevard to the Jones Falls Expressway (from Howard Street through the University of Baltimore Bolton Yard parcel?)There are also short pieces of two hike-bike trails into west Baltimore, one at Caton-Loudon and the other along the Gwynns Falls.That’s it. This will increase the ability of our EXISTING transportation system to actually carry PEOPLE, not clogged cars.To deal with the political fallout, the State should pledge that a certain amount of the revenue will be returned to the local jurisdictions to fulfill any desired local need, including tax relief, so that motorists will realize that this is not just a excuse for the State to make money.2- INCLUDE MAGLEV IN THE 30 YEAR YEAR PLAN - Maybe you might think that a transit line based on magnetic levitation is just pie-in-the-sky dreaming, but the Maryland Transit Administration has already done a detailed study that says that it can actually pay for itself and attract rich private sector investors, unlike every other form of transit we have. What is needed is really good local transit, but not the meandering loops of shuttle bugs like in Mondawmin and Hampden which have very poor farebox recovery rates because they combine the disadvantages of short distance and long distance transit.A streetcar system could be an example of how a really high quality short-distance transit system in high density transit-friendly areas could be built on a clean slate from the ground up, which would justify reasonably high fares for short trips.
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121.After knowing the women of LILA Pilipina for 8 years, after hearing the testimonies and visiting the sites of abduction in the Philippines — the churches and schools, the town halls and private homes taken from Filipino citizens during the Japanese occupation and turned into comfort stations, after witnessing the passing of nearly twenty lolas, and fighting in my own private way for the justice of the lolas, I sat and I listened to our leaders express their own understanding of the Comfort Women experience.My heart swelled with the understanding that came from our men and women in Congress. 121, to hear the words of our leaders, our Representatives who have witnessed the testimonies of three women and have explored the history of the Comfort Women system and have read the letters and petitions of thousands of their constituents. It is important to begin the documentation of this history of the Comfort Women of World War II.It was a good day to be in Washington.Thank you House Speaker Pelosi for bringing House Res. H8870-H8876 July 30, 2007 SENSE OF HOUSE THAT JAPAN SHOULD APOLOGIZE FOR ITS IMPERIAL ARMED FORCE’S COERCION OF YOUNG WOMEN INTO SEXUAL SLAVERY Mr. LANTOS. 121) expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Force’s coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to the world as ‘‘comfort women,’’during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 930s through the duration of World War II, as amended. 121 Whereas the Government of Japan, during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II, officially commissioned the acquisition of young women for the sole purpose of sexual servitude to its Imperial Armed Forces, who became known to the world as ianfu or ‘‘comfort women’’; Whereas the Government of Japan did sign the 1921 International Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Women and Children and supported the 2000 United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security which recognized the unique impact on women of armed conflict; coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to the world as ‘‘comfort women’’, during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II; The Government of Japan’s unwillingness to offer a formal and unequivocal apology to the women forced by its Army to be sex slaves during World War II stands in stark contrast to Japan’s positive role in the world today. Yet Japan’s refusal to make an official government apology once and for all to the women who suffered as so-called ‘‘comfort women’’ There can be no denying that the Japanese Imperial military coerced thousands upon thousands of Asian women, primarily Chinese and Koreans, into sexual slavery during the Second World War. On June 14, members of the Japanese Government took out a shocking advertisement in The Washington Post that attempted to smear the survivors of the comfort women system, including those who bravely testified before our own House Foreign Affairs Committee. Our resolution calls on the Government of Japan officially to acknowledge and to apologize for the appalling acts that Imperial Japan committed against the so-called ‘‘comfort women.’’ the thousands of Asian and European women forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army during the first half of the 20th century, was a horrific crime. The case of Darfur, which we spoke about earlier today, Mr. Speaker, reminds us all that the issue of the use of military force to abuse women, to abuse children through rape and exploitation is one which we need to look at and one which unfortunately continues to this very day. Mr. Speaker, today the House will send a message to the Government of Japan that it should deliver an official, unequivocal, unambiguous apology for the indignity the ‘‘comfort women’’ The experience of these women is a vivid reminder that the human rights of women around the world are never fully secure. Mr. Speaker, encouraging our good friend and ally, the Government of Japan, to officially and unequivocally apologize is, in my mind, my heart and the minds and hearts of all those concerned about protecting human rights, the right thing to do. It is time for the world to know how horribly humans can treat other humans in times of war and conflict, and it is time for the Government of Japan to own up to the wrongs that it committed toward these women. During World War II, between 100,000 and 200,000 women were abducted from their homes in Japan and occupied lands, including Korea and China and the Philippines, and forced into the sex trade for the benefit of the Japanese Army. 121 seeks to express the sense of the U.S. House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Forces coercion of teenage girls and young women into a sexual slavery, euphemistically known as ‘‘comfort women,’’ I encourage the world to read their moving testimony, which has brought us to this moment when the United States of America will stand arm in arm with these noble women in demanding an official apology from the Government of Japan. The comfort women system organized, managed and administered by the Imperial Army of Japan is considered one of the 20th century’s most extensive cases of human trafficking and ignored violations of human rights. According to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army abducted and forced some 200,000 young teenage girls and young women from Korea, from China, from the Philippines, from Indonesia, from the Dutch Indies, and other women, forced them into sexual enslavement and abuse. But it wasn’t until 1980s and the 1990s that major publications in Japan began to describe the details of the comfort women, and it also wasn’t until 1992 in response to these developments that Japan’s Chief Secretary, cabinet secretary, Yahei Kono, issued an official statement. In 1993, after a two-year study by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the supervision of the Chief Secretary of Cabinet, an equivalent to the Chief-of- Staff of the White House, Mr. Yahei Kon stated: The Government of Japan has been conducting a study on the issue of wartime ‘‘comfort women’’ The then Japanese military was, directly or indirectly, involved in the establishment and management of the comfort stations and the transfer of comfort women. As to the origin of those comfort women who were transferred to the war areas, excluding those from Japan, those from the Korean Peninsula accounted for a large part. The Government of Japan would like to take this opportunity once again to extend its sincere apologies and remorse to all those, irrespective of place of origin, who suffered immeasurable pain and incurable physical and psychological wounds as comfort women. As actions have been brought to court in Japan and interests have been shown in this issue outside Japan, the Government of Japan shall continue to pay full attention to this matter, including private researched related thereto. 121 seeks to express the sense of the U.S. House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Force’s coercion of teenage girls and young women into sexual slavery, euphemistically known as the ‘‘comfort women’’ I encourage the world to read their moving testimony which has brought us to this moment when the United States of America will stand arm in arm with these noble women in demanding an official apology from the Government of Japan. According to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, soldiers of the Japanese Imperial Army, abducted and forced some 200,000 young teenage girls and young women from Korea, China, the Philippines, Indonesian, Dutch, and other women—forced them into sexual enslavement and abuse. Interestingly, as this topic has gained widespread attention as result of February’s hearing, both the Japanese government and press have ignored the fact that Members of Congress now understand both Japan’s legislative system and history of the Comfort Women tragedy. But more sacred to me is our obligation to emphasize the fact a systematic abduction and raping and abuse of women as a weapon of war is totally unacceptable, and I believe the people of Japan agree. In the only survey that the Japanese press appears to have published on the Comfort Women issue, in 2001, Fuji TV’s Hodo asked respondents if they thought Japan has apologized sufficiently. But nowhere in recorded history has the U.S. military command as a matter of policy issued a directives allowing for the coercion of teenage girls and young women into sexual slavery or forced prostitution. No amount of money, not even payments set up by private Japanese contributions or the Asian Women’s Fund, can atone for the suffering of the thousands of women victimized at the hands of Japan’s Imperial Forces before and during, World War II. What is relevant is that Japan acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility for its Imperial Armed Force’s coercion of teenage girls and young women into sexual slavery during its occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands during WWII. I ask my colleagues to just think that if we were addressing the question today, which we have done in our Foreign Affairs Committee on sexual slavery, the holding of women, the debasing of women, the degrading of women, would most of us be rushing to the floor of the House to be able to condemn those actions that might be around us and around the world? This is no less degrading, and its historical perspective does not diminish the responsibility of Japan and of this Congress to be able to say to these comfort women, women who were sexual slaves, that we apologize or ask Japan to apologize and hold the nation historically accountable for those actions. Do you know that today textbooks in Japan, many of them diminish the actions of Japan and the activities that held the comfort women? 121, which calls on the Government of Japan to formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility for its role in the coercion of young women and girls, euphemistically known to the world as ‘comfort women’, to serve as sex slaves in Japanese military comfort stations from the 1930s through World War II. This resolution calls on the Government of Japan to strengthen that tie by acknowledging the facts forever enshrined in history and by publicly denouncing these past heinous human rights abuses in one of the largest cases of human trafficking in the 20th century. In fact, just this year, on February 15, 2007, three women who knew firsthand the unequivocal pain, suffering and horror of sexual servitude at the hands of the Japanese military testified at a subcommittee hearing chaired by Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. In light of Japan’s recent wavering on the accuracy of historical fact regarding comfort women, I stand with my colleagues in urging the Japanese Government to very clearly acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear, unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Forces’ 121, which calls on the Government of Japan to accept formal historical responsibility for one of the darkest chapters of World War II history in Asia and the Pacific, the Japanese military’s use of ‘‘comfort women’’, the practice of coercion of young women into sexual slavery. Beginning in the 1930s, the Imperial Government of Japan orchestrated the enslavement of up to 200,000 young Korean women. 121 which rightly recognizes the plight of Korean comfort women during the 1930s and World War II. Sadly, there are some in Japan who still insist that the army was not formally involved with these crimes or that the women chose to become involved in prostitution. While the relationship between Korea and Japan has improved as both countries turned into thriving democracies, the issue of the comfort women continues to come between them. The title was amended so as to read: ‘‘A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Government of Japan should formally acknowledge, apologize, and accept historical responsibility in a clear and unequivocal manner for its Imperial Armed Forces’ coercion of young women into sexual slavery, known to the world as ‘comfort women’, during its colonial and wartime occupation of Asia and the Pacific Islands from the 1930s through the duration of World War II.’’
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The Frog Blog ofLouis la Vache: Histoire de France: Vercingétorix, “Super Warrior King”

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Array Anyway, this morning I polished a poem aimed for Contemporary Rhyme and revised two older poems headed to Zygote in My Coffee.UPDATE (6:52 AM): Zygote editor Brian Fugett has accepted both poems.
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-ne PARIS/BERLIN, Oct 11 (Reuters) - What prompts someone to convert to Islam and to sign up for global holy war in the name of Osama bin Laden’s al Qaeda?Security agencies are asking that question with increasing urgency as they confront a growing catalogue of actual or attempted attacks in which Muslim converts are suspected of playing prominent roles.Richard Reid, the convicted British shoebomber who tried to set off explosives in his footwear on a 2001 trans-Atlantic flight, was a petty criminal who first turned to Islam during a spell in prison.Christian Ganczarski, a German suspected of involvement in a 2002 bombing in Tunisia, converted at 20 before embarking on a jihadist career in which, investigators believe, he became a close associate of bin Laden’s.Other high-profile militant converts include Jamaican-born Germaine Lindsay, one of four suicide bombers who killed 52 people in London in July, and Briton Andrew Rowe, jailed for 15 years last month for possessing terrorist materials.Frenchman Lionel Dumont, a suspected Rowe associate and another convert, will go on trial in December accused of a series of attacks in the 1990s, including an attempt to bomb a Group of Seven summit in Lille.Its striking, the number of converts engaged in terrorist activities,” said Michael Taarnby, a researcher at the Danish Institute for International Studies who has studied the recruitment and radicalisation of Islamist militants.Jean-Louis Bruguiere, Frances top anti-terrorism judge, told the newspaper Le Figaro in an interview: The converts are undeniably the toughest.
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On three occasions over the past seven years, Sunday’s Super Bowl of Modified racing has actually gone beyond the prescribed distance.Since the race was able to be rescheduled this year —which was far from certain at the time of its postponement— it will now be the final points event of the year to determine the overall 2005 Hoosier Tire-Sunoco Race Fuels Mr. DIRT Champion. Reserved seating will be honored and free general admission passes can be picked up at all Eckerd and Advance Auto Parts store locations in the Syracuse area.The DIRT MotorSports™ Advance Auto Parts Modified Series is brought to fans across the Northeast by several sponsors and partners, including series sponsors Advance Auto Parts, Dynomax Performance Exhaust, Hoosier Racing Tire and Sunoco Race Fuels.
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This is just gross: Thought your refrigerator smelled bad, try 52 million pounds of rotting meat
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-ne In the post below about Basil Kamir’s boulangerie, Moulin de la Vierge, I commented that the story of the name of the street on which the boulangerie, rue Vercingétorix, is located would be the subject of a future post. Vercingétorix summoned his Gallic allies to attack the besieging Romans, prompting Caesar to build a legendary doughnut-shaped fortification with an inner wall to contain the Arvernian garrison, and an outer defensive perimeter to protect against the attempted relief. Vercingétorix surrendered in magnificent fashion, allegedly riding his horse out of Alesia and riding around Caesar’s camp before kneeling to Caesar with a flourish.
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