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By Dr. Syed Ahmed for TwoCircles.net,
Imphal: Muslims in Manipur celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr on Friday with religious fervor and gaiety. In Imphal city, Muslim males thronged the nearby masjids to offer the special morning congregational namaz. At the heart of Imphal city large number of Muslims gathered for the namaz at Sadr Bazar Jame Majid, near Khwairamband Bazar. Huge number of Muslims also performed namaz at other masjids in and around the Imphal city, namely Hafiz Hatta Masjid, Golapati Jame Masjid, Babupara Masjid, Mantripukhri Masjid and Porompat Masjid.
Stating the essence of the festival, a Maulana said, "Eid-ul-Fitr is one of the two festivals which the Muslims through out the world celebrate. It marks the end of the month of fasting or ramadan. Eid-ul-Fitr is the festival of breaking of the fast. It is a sort of reward for the extreme abstinence and prayers that the Muslims had observed during the month of ramadan. With these Almighty has symbolically shown the followers of Islam that leading a pious and conscientious life in one's lifetime will be rewarded with eternal happiness in paradise. On this occasion Muslims are enjoined to give sadqah fitr, a specific amount, to the poor so that they could also celebrate the festival."
After the congregational prayer, Muslims, besides other things, prayed for bringing peace and harmony in the society. Md. Hayatullah, who performed the Eid namaz at Hafiz Hatta said, "I performed the Eid prayer at the Hafiz Hatta Masjid. This year the number of namazis has increased. Many had to pray at the ground in front of the masjid. We commenced our prayer by begging His forgiveness for the sins we had committed. We prayed to the Almighty to shower his blessings on us. We also prayed to strengthen our spiritual values and also to promote peace, harmony and prosperity in the State."
After the prayer, Muslims exchanged greetings, visited relatives and friends, and prayed for the deceased. Nurjahan, a housewife, said, "Every Muslim household prepares meat and other delicacies for the day. The food is enjoyed with families, friends and neighbors. Young boys and girls, in their newly-bought attires, visit their friends. Children in colorful attires also visit their relatives and neighbors to collect edi (small amount of cash given by elders). In the evening the married women, in rich and colorful attires, visit their parents' homes along with their husbands and children. They take prepared meat, fruits like apple, banana, sweets, coconut, etc. They eat with their parents and brothers, and take their blessings."
On this day, Muslims also offer special prayers for the deceased relatives by visiting the graveyards.
The Governor, Chief Minister and Deputy Chief Minister of Manipur extended their greetings to the Muslims and the people of the State on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
The newly appointed Governor of the State Ashwani Kumar stated in his message that the festival of Eid-ul-Fitr, preceded by a month-long fasting, not only spreads the message of peace, brotherhood and universal love but also prepares mankind to perform deeds of high value to enhance the human souls. He further said that the celebrating Eid-ul-Fitr festival strengthens the feeling of oneness and ill-will is forgotten and forgiven. On this auspicious occasion, let us all resolve to work together to spread the message of peace, friendship and love.
In his message, Chief Minister O. Ibobi expressed hope that the holy festival spreads peace, tolerance and harmony among the people of the State.
MPs, politicians, political parties, military officials and civil organizations of the state also extended warm greetings to the people of Manipur on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Jamiat-ul-Ulema, Manipur also extended its warm wishes to the people of Manipur on the auspicious occasion. We hope that the auspicious festival brings the much needed unity and integrity, peace and harmony in the State, the message stated.

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Everything in this seafood stew cooks together in one pan, making the cleanup as easy as the cooking.
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- Servings: 4
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 large garlic cloves, minced
- 1 large red bell pepper, cut into 1/4-inch dice
- 1 small onion, finely chopped
- One 14-ounce can crushed tomatoes
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed red pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1/4 teaspoon saffron threads, crushed
- 1 pound snapper, cod or halibut fillet, cut into 2-inch chunks
- 1/2 pound medium shrimp, shelled and deveined
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- Steamed rice, for serving
How to make this recipe
Heat the olive oil in a large saucepan. Add the garlic, bell pepper and onion, cover and cook over moderately low heat until softened, about 8 minutes. Add the tomatoes, crushed red pepper, thyme and saffron, cover and simmer for 5 minutes. Add the snapper and shrimp, cover and simmer until the seafood is just cooked through, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Serve in bowls at once with the rice.
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A man who was stabbed during an argument with his wife has been sentenced to time served for starting the fight by punching her.
"To a great extent, justice was already meted out on you as a result of your behaviour," Judge John Combs told Robert Thomas Marcel Brass in Brandon court on Monday.
Brass pleaded guilty to assault, and Crown attorney Grant Hughes described the following events.
Despite this account, the allegations against Brass' wife — who is charged with aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose — haven't been proven in court.
Hughes said police were called to a report of a man and woman fighting at a city apartment on Feb. 26. On the way, officers were informed that the woman had stabbed the man.
Police arrived to find Brass lying face down in the kitchen with a puncture wound to his upper back.
Brass, who had been drinking, was conscious and told police that he'd blacked out and his wife had no choice but to stab him. He was taken to hospital with a collapsed lung.
Meanwhile, his wife was found in a nearby alley and was arrested for assault with a weapon.
She told police that the couple had been arguing and Brass punched her in the face, tripped her on her way to the floor, held her and punched her in the face twice more.
"She managed to get away and the next thing she remembers is holding a knife in her hand and Mr. Brass lying on the floor," Hughes said.
Brass was forgiving, Hughes said. He told his wife he understood it was self-defence, then told her to get rid of the weapon, which was a small steak knife.
Brass also admitted to breaching his bail order by drinking on May 21.
Combs sentenced him to six days time served, followed by 18 months probation.
Meanwhile, Brass's wife is set to appear in court on June 23.
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What are you like 3 kid? How fucking dumb are you? Awful look to cry like a baby at the first sign of your nose being taken off. Generation Pussy right there. My grandfather once walked around with his nose for an entire year, didn't cry once.
I enjoyed when he stood perfectly still to get his nose re-attached like he was in some highly technical surgery. That was perfect. Kid just wants his nose back please.


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1 – 3 pm Billy Wilder Theater
Visitors to the Museum are invited to sit for a private concert with musician Emily Lacy. Lacy will be performing a song of heartbreak or one of triumph (each participant selects one or the other), live onstage for an audience of one. Appointments will be scheduled every eight minutes between 1 and 3 pm.
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In a notorious 2005 essay on Ben Stiller, New Yorker critic David Denby described the actor as "the latest, and crudest, version of the urban Jewish male on the make," citing Woody Allen and Richard Dreyfus as antecedents. With a sort of Pyrrhic determination to ruin his remaining credibility, he goes on to disparage Stiller's facial features, his comedian parents and comes within a whisker of saying outright that Jews shouldn't pursue blond women. He's right about one thing: We do like Ben Stiller to be neurotic and uncomfortable in his comedy, whether that's a Jewish thing or not. A lot of his comedy derives from painful attempts to fit in—at parties, with his WASP-y in-laws, with the cool crowd. There's that great scene in Meet the Parents where Focker is trying to act cool with his girlfriend's teenage brother, and the best he can muster is a hilariously irrelevant "Noooo doubt" that only shows how fossilized in some possibly imagined personal cool phase his idea of cool really is.
We all know the awkwardness of fumbling through a "cool" handshake and mispronouncing shibboleths in cool company, if not getting caught in a lie about milking a cat. This is what makes Stiller so eminently relatable as a comic actor: We can see our best intentions and our most pathetic tendencies in his weaselly efforts to join the crowd, to be liked, in his stereotypical wimpiness, his disseminating and occasional outright cowardice.
Or at least we men can, and the warier among us sometimes feel as though Stiller, like Jud Apatow, is selling the secrets of men to the highest bidder. Ever since There's Something About Mary, there's been a New Male Realism to comedy dialogue, and one fears that giving away too many secrets of men will hasten our downfall by supplying the very blueprints for the female siege and investiture of our last few male outposts.
Which, one hastens to add, get fewer all the time as one drifts farther from the male brorbit of one's twenties and into the universe of fatherhood, with ever less free time and ever more responsibility. This adds a certain harsh taste of the real to Stiller's recent modern-dad roles, in which his portrayal of the Evolved Father cowering on the shrinking preserve of his former freedom resonates with the suppressed feelings all fathers surely have, whether they admit it or not, of feeling locked in—trapped. Not long ago, a (married, Swedish) friend of mine suggested that Swedish women, having domesticated Swedish men so successfully, are tired of them and craving the old excitement of male chauvinism. Looking around at my old bandmates and drinking buddies now slung with diaper bags and baby carriers, I sometimes fear for America as well.
When I say outposts of maledom, though, I'm not talking about half-assed parenting, nor do I mean exclusive fraternities and good-ol-boy networks. I'm talking about certain attitudes and slumbering archetypes and, um, uh, classified information that Stiller and Apatow exploit to the hilt for comedy: the secrets of men. Stiller's wank-in-the-bank maneuver before his date with Cameron Diaz in There's Something About Mary represents an especially shocking onscreen breach of the Sixth Brommandment: "Thou shalt not strippeth male sexuality of its mystery nor admitteth of premature ejaculation."
But it all contributes to a likeably annoying, if sometimes overly ingratiating, but also gently self-deprecating comic presence. In his more serious roles, though—and he's got a juicy one in Greenberg, directed by Noah Baumbach—it's hard to get past Stiller's hyper self-awareness. You simply think, "So that's what he acts like when he's trying not to be himself." And sometimes the material lets him down, even when it's written by longtime friends and collaborators. The Royal Tenenbaums had Stiller trapped between comedy and drama, and Wes Anderson-style drama to boot, which is to say drama with nothing really at stake. Nowhere to go: pacing in his cage like Rilke's panther in a red tracksuit.
Frequent collaborators Baumbach and Anderson have a lot in common, namely a fixation on hyper-articulate but terminally self-absorbed characters. But they differ decisively on the matter of sex. In Anderson's rarefied world sex exists only in dialogue, where some misapprehension about it is generally presented as the crudest evidence of intellectual precociousness matched by lack of adult experience in characters like Rushmore's Max Fisher. Among Baumbach's movies sex is sudden and graphic, but at the same time clumsy, depressing and equally irrelevant.
In Greenberg, Stiller plays an irritable house-sitter with unresolvable feelings for his brother's personal assistant (a wonderful Greta Gerwig). There's more to the movie than that, but not much: Greenberg is almost entirely character-driven, and for once it's the few moments of broad humor instead of calculated seriousness that seem tacked-on. The scene where Stiller's Greenberg snorts cocaine with a roomful of young people like his future brother-in-law in Meet the Parents is funny, but having discovered this new Stiller—and his performance in Greenberg is a quiet sort of revelation—we find ourselves wishing the old one would take the old schtick elsewhere.
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I have a few Jessicurl conditioners in Island Fantasy, and I love them, but I'm kind of sick of the smell. It's too sweet. Is citrus lavender nice or should I just go for unscented?
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I would get unscented personally but I've yet to try their products they're a not pricey for the size in my opinion
I always preferred the citrus lavender, it is sweet too but not cloyingly sweet like the island fantasy, sort of fresher if that helps any. I love citrus scents though.
I love the citrus lavender. I started with island fantasy but have really grown to love citrus lavender more. Sometimes when i would scrunch my hair i could still smell it. Not strong, just a whiff. I don't smell it as much now since i moved to the gelebration spray. It was stronger in confident coils.
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Obama pays tribute to envoy, warns Iran on nukes
NEW YORK -- President Obama used his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday to warn Iran to abandon its suspected nuclear program, while insisting that simply containing a nuclear-armed Iran was not an acceptable option for the United States.
In a speech focused on the aftermath of the Arab Spring and the recent killing of the U.S. ambassador to Libya, Obama used stark language to send a message to both the regime in Tehran and a domestic audience as he faces growing criticism from GOP opponents about his Iran policy.
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He said that a nuclear-armed Iran would trigger an arms race, unravel the long-standing Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and threaten the elimination of Israel -- dark language that echoes the concerns of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
But the president remains far from embracing the Israeli premier's charge that Iran is six to seven months away from having the capability to build a nuclear weapon.
"America wants to resolve this issue through diplomacy, and we believe that there is still time and space to do so," Obama said. "But that time is not unlimited."
GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney's campaign hammered Obama for his stance on Iran after the speech, reiterating their longstanding criticism that the president is not taking Israel's concerns seriously.
"Our national security and allies in the Middle East can't afford four more years like the last four years under President Obama," said Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul. "As president, Mitt Romney will ensure that Iran is never permitted to develop a nuclear weapons capability."
Obama only dedicated a small portion of his 30-minute speech to Iran and spent much of his address reflecting on the challenges facing a Muslim world in the aftermath of Arab Spring, a tumultuous period in the region.
He began by paying tribute to Ambassador Christopher Stevens, one of four Americans killed Sept. 11 in a terrorist attack on the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya, and pointed to the longtime American diplomat as the embodiment of an American commitment to those striving for freedom.
The president called on the international community not to be disheartened by the violence that has spread across the Middle East this month, including some anti-American protests ignited by an American filmmaker posting an incendiary video on the Internet portraying the prophet Mohammed as a goon.
The president called the recent spasm of violence "an assault on the very ideals upon which the United Nations was founded."
"If we are serious about those ideals, we must speak honestly about the deeper causes of this crisis," Obama said. "Because we face a choice between the forces that would drive us apart, and the hopes we hold in common."
The president condemned the video that has been linked to some of the violence, but he also made the point that "no slander ... provides an excuse for people" to kill innocent people.
The president also directly addressed those in the Muslim world who have criticized his Obama administration for not forcing YouTube to take down the video or taking action against the filmmakers. He argued that "the strongest weapon against hateful speech is not repression, it is more speech."
He recognized that not all countries in the U.N. share the American value for protecting speech. But he noted to world leaders that in the modern world, anyone with a cellphone can spread their views around the world "with the click of a button" and said "the notion that we can control the flow of information is obsolete."
"As President of our country and commander-in-chief of our military, I accept that people are going to call me awful things every day," Obama said. "And I will always defend their right to do so."
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In the head coaching debut for Rich DeSelm at the University of North Carolina, the Tar Heel swimmers and divers fell to outstanding teams from the University of Georgia at Gabrielson Natatorium. The Georgia women, coming off a No. 5 finish at last year's NCAA Championships, defeated the Tar Heels 171-121. The Georgia men, who were 13th at the 2007 NCAA's, defeated Carolina 167-133. (Tar Heel Blue)
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1.3 Education
The UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) aims to:
• gather a wide range of quality statistical information to help Member States analyze the efficiency and effectiveness of their programmes and to inform their policy decisions;
• interpret and report on the global situation with regard to education, science and technology, culture and communication;
• develop new indicators to better reflect emerging policy issues, especially in developing countries;
• set and apply standards so that data are cross-nationally comparable;
• reinforce national capacities enabling Member States to improve the quality, analysis and use of national data.
Work programme
The Institute's current programme includes:
• improving the quality of education data collected through annual surveys, in co-ordination with OECD and Eurostat through the shared UOE (UNESCO-OECD-Eurostat) methodology in order to obtain a core set of quality education data, covering all levels of formal education from pre-primary to tertiary, as well as literacy and educational attainment data;
• developing benchmarks and monitoring international goals, especially the Millennium Development Goals (see 3.3.5) and the objectives of Education for All (EFA);
• developing and maintaining key measurement frameworks and classifications (e.g., ISCED) and developing new indicator methodologies; developing and implementing an adult literacy assessment to measure the full range of literacy skills;
• working with donors to develop national capacity in education statistics, particularly in Africa and Asia;
• analyzing and interpreting education data - turning data intro information.
Data dissemination and analysis
The UIS releases education data three times a year (January - March - September) on it's on-line Data Centre. It also contributes education data for all the major UN reports (e.g., World Development Indicators, Human Development Report, State of the World's Children and others) and in collaboration with regionally-based organizations. The annual flagship publication for education statistics is the Global Education Digest, which is typically released in the summer. Other publications are available in print and/or CD-ROM formats and for consultation via the UIS website (www.uis.unesco.org), including:
• statistical profiles (country and issues-based);
• thematic research and analysis;
• methodological guides and international classifications.
• On going methodological work
o ISCED review
o Teacher training taxonomy
o Indicator methodologies
o Literacy projections
o Historical data review
• Priority objectives beyond 2010
o Data quality
o Learning outcomes
o Benchmarking education quality
• New work to be undertaken in 2010
o Regional platforms for data collection and analysis
• Meetings to be organised in 2010
o ISCED Technical Advisory Panel
o ISCED regional expert meetings
o ISCED global inter-agency launch
o Regional and cluster education statistics workshops
o National data plan workshops
1.9 Culture
The current programme of the UIS Culture Unit includes:
1. On going methodological work
o Launch of the 2010 survey on Feature films that focuses on trends in the production and distribution of feature films as well on cultural diversity;
o Continuation of the methodological work on the measurement of the diversity of cultural expressions
o Co-ordination of the statistical activity in methodological development in cultural statistics with EUROSTAT through the ESSnet group and other regional organizations;
o Continuation of work on international classifications to improve culture assessment.
2. Priority objectives beyond 2010
o Produce a series of handbooks on selected topics on culture statistics.
o Provide training on the 2009 UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics (FCS) in selected regions globally.
3. New work to be undertaken in 2010
o Development of a New Culture Survey: For 2010, the focus will be to initiate the production of several research scoping studies.
o For 2010, develop the first FCS Handbook on a selected culture statistics topic illustrating best practices and models.
4. Meetings to be organised in 2010
o Two training workshops on the 2009 UNESCO Framework for Cultural Statistics (FCS), one each in Africa and Central Asia.
o 3rd Meeting of the Expert Group on the measurement of the diversity of cultural expressions.
2. Economic statistics (UNESCO)
2.9 Science and technology
Work Programme
The current programme of the UIS includes:
• collection and publication of data on research and development and innovation from all countries in the world in co-ordination with OECD and other partners;
• collaboration with OECD on adapting their standards for R&D and innovation to non-OECD countries;
• promoting a model survey of doctorate holders and highly skilled persons after a joint project with OECD and Eurostat.
1.ongoing methodological work (summary description)
o An Annex to the Frascati Manual and a Working Paper on Measuring R&D in Developing Countries will be finalized in 2010. Further methodological work will include the preparation of guidance on carrying out R&D surveys in developing countries, a revision of the concepts of S&T Education and Training (STET) and S&T Services (STS) and the development of a model questionnaire.
2.priority objectives beyond 2010
o Continuation of the biennial R&D survey
o Establishment of a regular, worldwide collection of innovation data (biennial as well)
o Continuation of the capacity building activities
o More analytical work on S&T indicators
3.new work to be undertaken in 2010
o Pilot survey of innovation data.
o Processing and making available R&D metadata.
4.meetings to be organised in 2010
o Capacity building workshops in Africa and Asia
o Expert Meeting on innovation surveys in Montreal.
3. Environment and multi-domain statistics (UNESCO)
3.3.3 Information society
Work Programme
The current programme of the UIS includes:
• working with the International Partnership on Measuring ICT for Development of core global indicators to help monitor the Action Plan of the World Summit on the Information Society;
• promoting new series of internationally comparable ICTs in education indicators including launching a new survey cycle on the use of ICTs in education.
• resuming a survey on emerging trends in the area of print, broadcast, mobile and online medias;
• developing methodologies and standards for assessing Information Literacy Skills among countries;
3.3.5 Indicators related to the Millennium Development Goals
• UIS is responsible for providing the data for monitoring the international education indicators as part of the MDGs, namely goals 2 and 3.
3.3.6 Sustainable development
• UIS acts as a focal point in relation to all the statistical activities with respect to monitoring the UNESCO-led UN Decade for Education for Sustainable Development. As such, the UIS has been involved in a UN-ECE exercise to develop indicators for monitoring the implementation of the UN-ECE Strategy for ESD.
4. Methodology of data collection, processing, dissemination and analysis (UNESCO)
4.2 Classifications
Work Programme
The current programme of the UIS includes:
• a series of global consultations with national statisticians and classification experts to review the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED97) with a view to improving its implementation and possibly revising specific elements of the classification;
• collaboration with the EU in the adaptation of their Classification of Learning Activity to non EU countries;
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• revision of the 1986 UNESCO framework for cultural statistics with Member States and international partners.
4.3.1 Population and housing censuses, registers of population, dwellings and buildings
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• participation in ECE and UN expert groups charged with revising Census guidelines. UIS has a special responsibility in the preparation of guidelines for education and is contributing to the development of guidelines for the topic of ICTs.
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The Institute and OECD have developed a version of the IMF DQAF specifically for education that is used in capacity building activities.


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#259 Jun 19, 2013
It's not about the color of your skin (or hair, eyes, etc),
It's all about the content of your character.
I like ladies who are smart, funny, capable and confident.
If the guy you like is only interested in appearence you might want to reconsider...
If the guys are only interested in booty maybe they aren't mature enough for a relationship.
Better yet, think about advancing your education and starting a career, improve your self-worth and quality guys will be attracted to you.
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#260 Jun 20, 2013
men already do talk to me. its hard to keep em away.but i prefer a man with class and intelligence. not some douche who only sees a woman by the color of her skin.i guess martin luther king didnt teach u anything cause if this is what he died for...equality of whites and blacks only to have blacks hating each other....it was probably a waste of his time.grab a couple history books and dont hate on women for being black. thats really silly of you and you call urself a man.
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#261 Jun 20, 2013
Bitchh u sound so stupid. If thats the case why is Alicia Keys with Swizz beatz I could've sworn they are both light skin stupid bitchh. U thought so wrong if u thought black men only liked light skin women LIE! I've seen plenty Dark skin men with beautiful dark skin women and while the light skin bitch is sitting there looking stupid. And just because u can call yourself a redbone don't mean u a bad bitch. If ugly u ugly I don't care what skintone..and Since you such a confident "SexyRedbone " where's ur pic bitchh? I'm sure ur ugly as Fucc. Hahaha
#262 Jun 23, 2013
Nope you guys don't. Dark skin women are just as beautiful. No matter what shade of color you are, White AmeriKKKlans will always see us as a n*er. Black is Black to them.
The darker the berry the sweeter the juice. No one ages better than a dark skin regal queen!
#263 Jun 23, 2013
Come to Cali. Black(dark skinned) men don't want a light or dark skinned black woman. They date primarily Asian and white. So light skinned girls...deal with that. Your color still isnt good enough. Lol!! That black man that you boast about wanting you will be snatched up by a white or asian woman or some ethnicity other than black out here.
#264 Jun 26, 2013
I'm glad I read this high.... No matter what color you are we all end up where? Dead in the ground never to be seen again. And when that day comes no one will look in your casket or get to the podium and say " what a pretty dark, light, gold, red, green little boy/girl she was." I'm dark skinned. I am Native American and African American. I know for a fact I am beautiful for other races have told me so and I was raised to believe so (at least) lol. Whoever comes will come I just know he better Fufill my needs of you know what i mean and wants. I prefer a black man but if they are lost in this white world that's fine.no jk.( not a laughing matter) it's okay to prefer lighter skin ( lil wayne ... deep sigh) but when you start bashing the very race and women that made you who are...what are you saying to your ancestors? Most importantly what are you saying to God? I dare you to tell him he fucked up.
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#265 Jun 28, 2013
I am a dark skin women that is a lie that light skin women,red bone women look better than dark skin. If that was the case why even black men say I am pretty and I only date white men. White men will pick a dark skin over a redbone that is why they go to the caribbean,Africa to find the darkest women to be with. I usually see white men go for natural dark skin black women like me why? I have never had a problem with men of any race if you are pretty skin color shouldn't matter. You negro americans need help. If you are that light skin thank the white master that raped your great great great grandmother. So thank your rapist great great great grandfather for having light skin. I am Haitian I am happy that my blood line was not touch by rape blood that is what you are and why be proud of that? I believe you are sick for liking the rape of your people. Now are you proud that you know why you have light skin. I wonder why Africans hate you black Americans no respect for your own people.
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#266 Jun 28, 2013
That is funny but I only date white men and I have one :) beautiful blue eyes and brown hair. He is Irish,Scottish,Wasp,Welsh,Germ an,Austerian,Canadian and American. All white and our son looks allot like him but carmel skin and beautiful hair. White men are winning I joined the winning team. I upgrade not downgrade to a black american men. I stay far away from black american men far away that is why I live in Canada in all white areas :) Plus I love country music,camping hiking white people stuff.
Warman, Canada
#267 Jun 28, 2013
Thank God some here is not stupid. I am Haitan I agree with you and we get made fun of because we look like our West African people thank god my blood doesn't have rape blood. Keep your light skin to those ignorant people they are proud of rape blood digusting. White people and other race respect blacks who respect there ancestry and know there history. Whites tell me all the time how it is great I know so much about my Haitian and African history and I would love to pass that onto my metis son.
Warman, Canada
#268 Jun 28, 2013
I am Haitian I agree with you. That is why we took those light skin down :) I guess rape blood is praise over being pure black. That is Africans will never let black americans join the African Union they will ruin African with they attitude.
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#269 Jun 29, 2013
Im a redbone n i dont like dark skin guys i love them yellow or red..... dark skin guys dont make me look good ....... soo yea
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#270 Jun 30, 2013
i Im a RedBone n Idnt Like DarkSkinnedGuys Sorry I Like A RedBone Like MySelf DarkSkinned Guys R Ugly to me No Offense ChrisBrown Tyga Drake Jcole Willy Monfert Can Beat any Dark Monkey Any Day hahahaha #TeamLightSkinned
#271 Jun 30, 2013
Honey if that's you in your avatar, you're not all that hot :). You look all ghetto and tatted up. Go pick up a book, you're an embarrassment to the intelligent Blacks.
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#272 Jun 30, 2013
i love me some carmel.
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#273 Jun 30, 2013
All yall redbones need a strong handsome brown skin man like myself
#274 Jul 3, 2013
When I was in school. black guys loved the light skinned girls. Now light skin is not good enough anymore.
I'm a dark skinned black woman & I have never been jealous of light skinned girls. I think a lot of them are pretty, not all.
in my opinion, light skinned women are better than white women. Cause they have flavor soul & a ass. i'm not lesbian, I'm just saying White women are so BLAND..
#275 Jul 4, 2013
You are one sick twisted bitch, and you are not even that cute. I am a dark skinned dude and you are not all of what you crack yourself up to be.
#276 Jul 7, 2013
You have no right to call out any dark-skinned females. They look a million times better than you do. All you want is the attention you aren't getting from any body else. Stop being a hater and get on with your crooked life. By the way take a look at this beautiful and gorgeous black women:Danielle Belton and Gabrielle Union=GORGEOUS
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Scappoose, Oregon USA
#277 Jul 7, 2013
I think you and other people are putting far too much importance on how you look, I mean I'm a white blonde girl and I'm not proud of that it's just how I am, how I was born. In the same way that it's how you are, how you were born. It's not something wonderful or good or noble that you did, which you could then take pride in. If one person finds your appearance and another doesn't, well I say welcome to the club I've met guys who don't like girls with my looks. No skin off me, because one who goes the other direction and thinks I'm a babe will be along anytime.
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#278 Jul 8, 2013
I think us dark skin women can pull any man an plus wen us dark skin women" go to a light skin bitch ass they bruz easy like red marks us brown black is beautiful we're hot women
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OH! One more thing- promise. If I am a terrible comment-er from now for the next who knows how long? Blame my job. :(
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- Katie said...
I don't think you're absolutely ridiculous; I think you're normal :) We all feel like that sometimes.
- August 24, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- Katie said...
Change is so hard for me to! Good luck at the new job!
- August 24, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- Rachel said...
I have freaked out just like you at many points in my life! Recently, I've started saying to myself, "I made the decision and its okay." Its really helped my stress level a ton. Oh, and I also wish I could have been in musicals w/ Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers and Judy Garland too! Love those classic movies.
- August 24, 2011 at 6:39 PM
- Che said...
I completely understand how you feel! I'm going through similar-ish things. I recently moved to Houston from Austin to finish college at a a public university instead of private and not go into debt really really bad. Anyways...I miss Austin soo bad! I miss my old job that I had there, I miss my friends, I miss how I acted there, how I thought. I dont like being in a place where I have no friends and starting at a new school and a new job too :[ It sucks being an adult sometimes.
- August 24, 2011 at 6:49 PM
- Megan said...
First of all, congratulations on your new job! That is very exciting news.
Please don't feel ridiculous! I do not think that at all. I am the same way you are; I stress about everything.
While I didn't change jobs, this week I got some new responsibilities at my existing job and I've already had a migraine because of it. I've been crying and missing home (California) so much. My sister and nephew are visiting my parents there and they keep calling me letting me know what they're up to. I'm so jealous and upset that I can't be there :(
Take it easy and take it one day at a time. It will get easier, and there will be days like this. Just know that when there are days like this you can always rant here... and I will never stop reading halfway!!
- August 24, 2011 at 6:57 PM
- Laura Elizabeth said...
You have had to read my 283947289 rants on my blog, so if I have to read only one of your rants, then I think we're even :) I totally know your fear about starting new jobs, stick with it. Things can only get better, right?!?!
PS The word I had to type in to comment was 'stiong', which is totally a reference to strong. Stay strong girl!!!
- August 24, 2011 at 7:04 PM
- simply megan. said...
I totally understand where your coming from!!! Just today I was missing Tennessee like crazy and thinking I would do anything to go back right now!
- August 24, 2011 at 7:04 PM
- Emma Frances said...
Everyone needs a rant day. And in the blog world it's nice to HEAR that everyone else's lives aren't perfect even though we really do know that anyway. But you are awesome and I love reading your blog. Even when you have to get some ranting out. Good luck with your new job!!
- August 24, 2011 at 7:20 PM
- Sara Shoemaker said...
that's partly what blogs are for dear! to rant and spill word vomit all over blogland :) It really does make one feel better to vent and cry. So good job :) congrats on your new job! first day is always the hardest. I almost always cry after my first day on a new job. I'm sorry you miss Alaska so much, hopefully you can go back soon! xoxo
- August 24, 2011 at 8:54 PM
- Julie A. said...
This previous job you're thinking of going back to isn't DL, is it???? I hope your new job goes well for you though...
- August 24, 2011 at 9:13 PM
- meag @ may contain nutz said...
Hey lady!!
Keep your head up! Good things come to good people! I'm glad you won the giveaway today though :) see good things do happen!
Cheer up buttercup!
- August 24, 2011 at 9:20 PM
- brooke field said...
Oh, life!
- August 25, 2011 at 5:33 AM
- Pia said...
I am so sorry to hear that you felt so miserable yesterday! I really hope you are feeling a lot better today! Hugs!
- August 25, 2011 at 7:15 AM
- Claire said...
oh dear! we all have days that we need a rant, this is why blogs are so great, cos we're all here to listen :)x
- August 25, 2011 at 12:50 PM
- Bree said...
It's nice to know I'm not the only super stresser who gets all worried about new jobs! Hope everything starts to feel better!! I hate days like these!
- August 25, 2011 at 6:55 PM
- Alexis Kaye said...
okay I totally had one of these posts on Tuesday. I'm so sorry you're stressed. I HATE hate hate starting new jobs too! It's ridiculous. I wish you the best with all the future has in store!
- August 25, 2011 at 7:34 PM
- Ashley {hudson's happenings} said...
:( Everybody needs to vent sometimes, girl. Things always look better after you've gotten a good sleep and the sun is shining. ;)
I am so sad your having a stinky day, and I hope you are able to stop worrying soon!! You will be AWESOME at your new job, I JUST KNOW IT!!
- August 25, 2011 at 8:41 PM
- Kristy Lynn said...
A of all: you're not ridiculous.
B of all: you aren't alone. starting a new job is one of THE most stressful things to go through. you don't know anything or anyone, the old is familiar even if it is a dead end, etc...
C of all: I finish at my job today and start a new one on Tuesday too.... let's send each other warming, happy, successful thoughts. we'll be okay, because we have to be. period.
D of all (as an after thought): it's just a job. a way to make money to participate in a ridiculous and manufactured system (the economy). it isn't life or death. just a job. So be calm.
- August 26, 2011 at 11:08 AM
- Courtney B said...
Oh girl, I am SO sorry you were feeling so down :( But it's totally normal to feel like this, so don't worry! You'll get into the swing of things and it will all start to feel normal. And HOPEFULLY you get vacation time with your new job :)
But I'm so glad your first day went well!
- August 26, 2011 at 11:36 AM
- Ashley Sloan said...
What is your new job?! Yeah I know how that goes. I HATE starting new jobs because I HATE asking to make sure I do things right because I am a perfectionist and too stress about a lot and always :) So it sounds like we are the same person...in a lot of aspects lol. :) And the point of not stressing, a struggle I always deal with! If you find the cure tell me haha. I am always so uptight and it hurts my muscles too :)
Ashley from Sloanbook
- August 27, 2011 at 8:16 PM
- Lauren said...
Congratulations on your new job! I hope you settle in and find it both challenging and rewarding. :)
And I hope that everything else works out, too. I'm sorry everything is stressful; but you'll get through it!
- August 27, 2011 at 9:49 PM
- Anita Komma said...
you will be fabulous at your new job (wherever it is) and families are eternal for good reasons! forever makes far away seem a little more manageable. :) good luck pretty lady!
- August 28, 2011 at 9:16 PM


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For Sale: 600 miles on them General Tires
I have 4 very slightly used General Altimax HP tires, size 205/50/16. The tires were purchased brand new two weeks ago, and have approximately 600 miles on them. I took them off as I found the tires were too soft riding for my tastes. I paid $480 for the tires. I will let them go for $300 shipped in the lower 48 states, or $260 for local pick up in the Pittsburgh, PA area. The tires are in perfect condition with no damage. I accept Paypal for payment. Thank you.
I am also willing to listen to offers...
Come pick them up and you can have them for free. Tires are in perfect condition. Stock size for all 2000-2007 16" wheels. Just don't want them cluttering up my garage.
say what?? ... free
I'll pay shipping if you're giving them away for free. I just bought some snowflakes a few posts down.
$50 plus shipping
Sure, send me your zip code, and I will get shipping cost.
Got any pics?
Try UPS I hear they're cheaper.
Lol, can't beat free! Screaming deal! And I just wanted to comment that I have these in 17's and they are great UHP tires.
Just wanted to update everyone, I have agreed to meet a Focus Fanatic member from Philly area for the exchange. Sorry to all those that were looking for shipping, this was just the easier way to handle this.
That's cool. I'll probably get a set a Walmart in a few weeks.
I live in butler will drive 2 u if this falls threw
These are in my possession now, mods please [lockdance]
Thanks again!! [cheers]
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This came up in another thread and rather than divert that thread any further, I thought I'd just make a new thread on this subject.
The issue is the problem of setback from chambering a round repeatedly and direct chambering that some have opined will lead to extractor failure.
So, why does any of this matter in the first place? Well, for those that never have to unload their carry ammo, either to leave their gun in a vehicle, or unload to shoot, etc., it isn't a problem. But for those who have to unload their gun for what ever reason, especially on a daily basis, we may need to be aware of some potential problems with our methods.
Rechambering and setback:
I personally have tested an M&P, Sig 226, Beretta 92FS, H&K USP, and several 1911s and they all produce setback. In case the term is new to you, setback is when the bullet is pressed back into the case. The problem with setback is it can raise the chamber pressures enough to cause damage to the gun.
While guns can be tuned to minimize, if not, eliminate setback, most of us have out of the box stock guns, and they generally produce setback.
Setback is caused when the round feeds into the chamber. Typically, the slide picks up a round from the mag, drives it forward and the nose of the bullet contacts the feed ramp. That's where the trouble begins. If a round is only chambered one time, the setback is very minimal or may not occur at all. But as we rechamber that same round, things get progressively worse.
Probably most of us load a gun by putting a fully loaded mag in the gun, drop the slide to chamber the top round, remove the mag to insert a round to top off the mag. When we unload the gun, we drop the mag, rack the slide. When we reload the gun, we already have a fully loaded mag so we insert the mag, rack the slide (if it's not already locked back) and the top round is chambered. The mag is removed and that loose round is inserted in the mag to top it off. This process rechambers the same two rounds, every other time of course, everytime we reload.
If we do this daily, for two weeks, each round has been rechambered 7 times! I.e. the two rounds have been setback 7 times! From my tests, the rounds seem to hold up for a chambering or two and then they really start to move.
One alternative is to rotate all the rounds through the mag, but that is a bunch of trouble. The mag has to be completely emptied every day, so the last chambered round can be put on the bottom of the stack. But that really just postpones the inevitable.
Direct chamber loading:
Direct chamber loading completely eliminates the setback issue, so rounds can be chambered this way over and over again with no setback whatsoever. Here's how that works:
Starting with a fully loaded mag and one extra, loose round, the slide is locked back and the loose round is dropped into the chamber. The slide is then dropped. This is where some contraversy occurs. Some say that this is hard on the extractor because it forces the extractor out over the rim of the case and doing this will eventually break or damage the extractor.
However, if you look at the loading instructions for a Beretta 92FS and PX4, you will see this loading method described as a viable loading method and there is no indication that it is harmful to the gun. I have been using this method for quite a while with my Sigs and have seen no ill effects. But to be sure, I called Sig Sauer and asked them about this issue. Without hesitation, they said there was nothing harmful about it and even said that the direct loading method was used by many people as a way to have a full mag and a chambered round in the gun.
So what we know is that chambering a round from the mag will produce setback in most guns. So it would be a bad idea to chamber the same round more than once or twice using this method.
We also know that the direct chamber loading method will not produce setback, allows rounds to be chambered many times safely, and is fine for Beretta 92FS, PX4, and Sig handguns. That does not mean it is ok for all guns. So before you use this method, you should talk to the manufacturer of your gun.


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Virginia's Live Help Draws a Crowd
RICHMOND, Va. - When the state launched Live Help - a live, real-time customer assistance application that's modeled on Internet chat rooms - on its official portal in August 2001, nobody was sure what to expect.
"We were fairly certain that customers were going to like the service," said Rodney Willett, general manager of the Virginia Information Providers Network (VIPNet), which maintains the state's portal. "A number of e-commerce sites had been using the application and they had great success with it. We knew it would work in the government sector.
"Our fear was that we were going to be overwhelmed with customer service inquiries - webmaster e-mails, phone calls and, on top of that, live chat sessions," he said.
To the contrary, the past 11 months have demonstrated that as the amount of Live Help requests have gone up, VIPNet staff have fielded a corresponding decrease in telephone and webmaster inquiries.
VIPNet staff members field approximately 550 online chats per month, Willett said.
Previously, the state's portal received as many as 900 webmaster e-mails and approximately 500 phone calls per month from users seeking assistance in finding government resources and services. Since the implementation of Live Help, those figures have declined to a monthly average of 200 e-mails and 250 calls, Willett said.
VIPNet's customer-service representatives spend about eight minutes responding to each phone request and 10 minutes per e-mail question, including research time to find the answer - equating to 217 hours per month addressing user questions.
Online chats take less time to complete, according to VIPNet, with customer-service representatives spending less than seven minutes, on average, per chat session. Live Help also allows staff members to handle multiple chats simultaneously - up to four per customer-service representative. Altogether, Live Help delivers a savings of approximately 90 staff hours per month, Willett said.
Washington Debuts Online Candidate Filing
OLYMPIA, Wash. "Washington is the first state in the nation to allow candidates to file for office electronically," said Secretary of State Sam Reed.
"On the technology front, this is an historic day for Washington," he said. "Washington is the first state in America to make this technology available. We are shifting toward a more efficient, digital government that is more responsive to its customers."
Online filing was launched in July and allows candidates running for all federal offices, statewide offices, joint legislative districts and joint judicial districts - those districts where voters in more than one county determine races - to file via the Internet.
State officials said the new electronic method is as secure as filing through the mail or in person. Candidates filing electronically must pay their filing fees with a credit card that either matches the candidate's name or the name of the candidate's campaign.
The secretary of state's Web site < www.secstate.wa.gov > uses the highest level of security available for online transactions. After filing, the candidate receives an e-mail confirmation of his or her Declaration of Candidacy.
The declarations of are not posted online until elections staff members have put the application through an exhaustive check to determine its validity.
"We are moving elections administration into the 21st century," Reed said. "This new system will increase access to the political process while guarding against fraud."
New York Merges Telecommunications with IT Department
ALBANY, N.Y. - New York is merging its Division of Telecommunications with the Office for Technology (OFT), a move that is expected to strengthen the state's voice and data infrastructure and add support to new e-government applications, economic development and higher education.
The merger, scheduled to became official in September, shifts 107 staff from the Office of General Services to OFT. At the same time, the state's technology headquarters will be reorganized into three divisions: networking, computing and customer service, according to state CIO James Dillon.
"We made the move because it makes sense," Dillon said. "Network issues have become more data related, while telecommunications has less to do with just voice and has become more closely linked with our applications."
The merger puts a single agency in charge of overseeing all of New York's various networks, which range from NyeNet, a high-speed, statewide extranet, to Empire Net, a legacy network-transport service. Others include the state's criminal justice network and a metropolitan network that handles data in the Albany region.
The telecommunications and technology consolidation also gives New York a unified platform for launching e-government and economic development projects.
In late July, Gov. George Pataki announced that a consortium of 12 major chip makers will build their next-generation research and development center at the University of Albany. The $400 million project, known as Sematech North, opens in fall 2002 and is expected to attract major high-tech companies and jobs to upstate New York.
Dillon anticipates that his newly expanded department will provide infrastructure support to Sematech, while also helping extend fiber into other rural areas of the state for both development and educational purposes.
"The importance of telecommunications and networks in government operations has grown considerably," he explained. "Telecommunications is no longer about handling voice in government buildings. It's bigger than that." - Tod Newcombe, Features Editor
North Carolina Preschoolers Get Custom Computer Centers
RALEIGH, N.C. - Thousands of preschoolers in "More at Four" classrooms throughout the state began the new school year with technology designed specifically for them.
Gov. Mike Easley said IBM provided 229 KidSmart Early Learning computer centers and software to nonprofit and public-school-based More at Four pre-kindergarten classrooms in the state. The company also provided training to help teachers successfully integrate technology into their pre-kindergarten lessons.
"Supplementing our pre-kindergarten curriculum with computer instruction is vital in making sure that our at-risk four-year-olds learn the skills necessary to succeed in school," Easley said. "Our students get more hands-on opportunities to learn with the latest technology, our teachers get more resources they need for the classroom, and the business community gets a better-trained workforce down the road."
IBM's donation represents a half-million-dollar investment in More at Four, North Carolina's effort to improve achievement in elementary school by increasing the quality of early learning programs statewide. The program < www.governor.state.nc.us/Office/Education/moreat4_overview.asp > has partnered with public schools, Smart Start, Head Start and community-based child care centers in 34 counties across the state to serve at-risk four-year-olds in those communities.
There are currently 157 More at Four pre-kindergarten classrooms throughout North Carolina serving more than 1,600 children. The program began its second school year in August.


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A Clearer Understanding Of Namabhasa
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A Clearer Understanding Of Namabhasa
Cessnock, Australia: Feb 25, 2002
Tridandiswami Sri Srimad Bhaktivedanta Narayana Maharaja
[Most devotees are not fully clear about the meaning of the namabhasa, the clearing stage of chanting Hare Krsna. Several devotees asked Srila Narayana Maharaja about this topic, and those questions and answers took the form of three classes in Cessnok, Australia. The following is a transcription of the first of those classes.]


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Discussion in 'Pistons and NBA' started by max, Feb 29, 2012.
Send CV+Knight+2015 1st round pick for Ryan Anderson+Vazquez.
Joe can't. His hands are tied unless we make the playoffs.
Vazquez isn't on the block. Since the return of Gordon, that team has begun to play a whole lot better.
EVERYONE is on the block when you dangle a guy like Charlie Villanueva out there.
They'd be crazy if they put him on the block. We'd have to make them an offer that was tempting. Joe D + Stuckey?
Ah what? That is not a trade anyone would jump at.
Per every media Laker lover, Paul Gasoft is available... the Lakers might take Stuckey and Tay for him...
I'd do that trade. Either that or Stuckey/CV/JJ.
I'd take M Gasol.
I don't want Gasoft and his rubbish contract. I would rather have Villenueva on the team than the Spaniard who whinges about being relegated to the bench. Give me Jordan Hill over near everyone on the Lakers team. And Nash
No sacred cows.
the golden carrot..
So you don't think Gasol would be an upgrade over Maxiell? Really, a trade like that (sending Stuckey/Prince or Stuckey/CV) to LA for Gasol has several positives: 1- You dump undesirable players that no longer fit in the system or are blocking the youth development. 2- You get one of the top PFs in the league for a couple of years while you continue to build your youth. Getting Gasol will get the Pistons to the playoffs this year. 3- You end up having an outstanding trade asset ($19M expiring contract) for next season which gives you the chance to be a player around the trade deadline or at the 2014 FA market. Given the history of the trades LAL pulls, they'll probably get a lot more than what we can offer for Pau Gasol. But, if cupcake calls Joe and makes the offer, it's a no brainer IMO. BTW, people keep making fun of "Gasoft". That dude plays better defense than any big on the Pistons roster not named Drummond.
But, but... he would impede Charlie V's development.
Everyone's talking about the Lakers trading Pau but D-Ho is the one who will get shipped (to Brooklyn) at the deadline. B-Lo for D-Ho. Lakers vs Nets in the finals this year.
If Gasol were a 4 I would look at trading Monroe for him. He seems to be a C as well although he did win playing next to Bynum.
From swedish papers via estonian news agency: Jerebko is not satisfied how coach treats him and he would like to see Frank fired...hopefully before the next season. Jerebko himself did not say it but his father did.
I can't find anything about this in any swedish newspapers.
interesting...this information was picked up from " local (swedish) media", probably from TV or from various internet news...
Why would we trade 2 starters for a bench player?
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Archive for the 'Graham Halksworth' tag
The Fake Bearer Bonds: Another Take
by Joseph P. Farrell
Apparently there are those out there who, like me, are fascinated with the allegedly fake bearer bonds showing up out there. Here is a take, similar to my own speculations in some respects, that I thought was worth noting:
Secret "Occult Economy" Coming Out of the Shadows?
Now, notwithstanding the similarities of this analysis and my own – namely, that we are looking at the basis of a hidden or occult economy – I am drawn to one particular detail that appears in this article, that might indicate yet a deeper twist to things, consider these paragraphs, and in particular, the first one:
"For instance, in 2003,* two men – a Canadian and a Korean living in Japan – tried to use $25 million worth of US Treasury bonds in order to secure a line of credit from the Imperial Bank of Commerce.
"The bonds presented by the men were easily spotted as fake and the men, along with Graham Halksworth – a 69-year-old British man and his associate, Michael Slamaj, a former Yugoslav spy — were arrested and charged.
"The story behind the acquirement of the bonds provided by Halksworth and Slamaj directly coincided with the chronology of events as recorded in the files of the Foreign Office.
"Yet, although the bonds/notes in the Halksworth case were demonstrably false, they did reveal some rather startling information – that fake bonds were often included amongst large quantities of real bonds so as to preclude the holder from ever being able to cash them.
"Indeed, when questioned by the police as to his role in the fake bond scandal, Halksworth responded by telling police that 'Deliberate mistakes were often made in such bonds as a security device; ask the CIA.'When the police pointed out that the mistakes were so obvious it looked like a child had made them, Halksworth responded, 'Exactly.'


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The OP wrote: "I'm posting this in this section in order to join an operation designed to force the attention of the MSM on the Operation Gun Runner and other corruptions designed to destroy the 2nd Amendment and gun ownership in this country"
That might be your heartfelt belief as to the purpose of Operation Gun Runner, but I think it was far more
mundane and ordinary a cock-up than a plot to destroy the 2nd.
Here's where I get off the train. I don't mind raising heck about a botched operation, because surely
that is what it was and someone died, and some sort of accountability--even if just public flogging by the press--
seems important and in-order. But, calling an ordinary screw up, no different really than drug-enforcement agents
giving drugs to street addicts, or the IRS setting some sort of gotchya by sending in folks with false ID, I don't see
a constitutional issue here at all.
That's as far as I got with your post as it started off track so badly.


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From TobaccoTactics
Connected to the Key Topic page explaining Smuggling, here is the list of pages offering some background on the issue.
Pages in category "Smuggling"
The following 70 pages are in this category, out of 70 total.
- Imperial and Gallaher Involvement in Tobacco Smuggling
- Imperial Tobacco
- Industry Arguments Against Plain Packaging
- International Chamber of Commerce
- International Tax and Investment Center
- International Tax and Investment Center - A History of Tobacco Industry Facilitation
- International Trademark Association
- Peggy Chaudhry
- Philip Morris
- Philip Morris' Regulatory Litigation Action Plan Against the Display Ban
- Plain Packaging
- Plain Packaging in Australia
- Plain Packaging Opposition in Scotland
- Plain Packaging: Have Illicit Levels Risen in Australia?
- PMI's "Illicit Trade" Anti-Plain Packaging Campaign
- Price and Tax
- Priti Patel
- The Common Sense Alliance
- The Plain Pack Group
- Tobacco Control Research Group: Peer-Reviewed Research
- Tobacco Industry Arguments Against Taxation
- Tobacco Industry Attempts to Undermine the FCTC Illicit Trade Protocol (ITP)
- Tobacco Manufacturers' Association
- Tobacco Smuggling
- Tobacco Smuggling in the EU
- Tobacco Smuggling in the UK
- Tobacco Smuggling in the Ukraine
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OK, here it is........
About a year ago I HAD to have this boat-----wanted a Biesemeyer REAL bad----in the worst kind of way. So. I picked up this '78 Biesemeyer in Phoenix last year at the races and brought it home to Florida, and then...........Nothing. Nothing at all. It just sits in my garage, (I think it's still there, it's hard to see it with all the bikes, wagons, Power Wheels, tricycles.........). I seem to not have any spare time to do anything with it, so it's up for sale. $6,800
PM me with questions......
- '78 Biesemeyer Ski deck
- All hardware included, v-drive (no idea on what gear), motor mounts, t-tank, prop shaft, drive hub for motor to v-drive.
- All the turnbuckles and the cavitation rod and arm are brand new never used.
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Blissdom '11 Contest Giveaway from One2One Network
I want to tell you a little story. I have these wonderful girlfriends who live inside my computer. :)
Sometimes we have opportunities to see each other in real life at conferences. Blissdom is one of those conferences that is coming up in Janauary that I would love to attend.. but just can't work it into my budget.
One2One Network is sponsoring a contest to help some of us get together in Nashville, at the Opryland Hotel.
I really would love to see my friends. I would really love to learn better blogging techniques. I would really love to learn all that I can to be better in my everyday. That's what these conferences help me to do and be.
These ladies have given me new hope in the idea that women can be trusted and care for each other. They help me help me. When I can't put one foot in front of the other, they push my feet along. When I want to quit and give up, they tell me I'm not allowed to. That's really friendship and I really need to network with these ladies, more, in person.
Wish me luck or rub some stones together for me. This may be a once in a lifetime chance. I feel guilty asking to win tickets.. but going is that important to me.
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Councillor Doug Ford defended his brother, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, for saying he will not go to the Pride Parade again this year, saying it's his prerogative.
"He's not homophobic," the councillor said. "He has friends who are gay. He just chooses not to go."
Mayor Ford said in a mayoral debate on Wednesday that he will not be attending the event this summer when Toronto hosts World Pride. In the past, the mayor has said he would not attend because the event conflicts with a family tradition at the cottage. But Wednesday night, he made his views on the event clear: "I'm not going to go to Pride parade. I've never gone to a Pride parade, so I'm not going to change the way I am," he said.
The mayor attended a rainbow flag-raising event last year for family and friends of the lesbian and gay community, but did not attend the parade itself.
The mayor's comments sparked criticism from his colleagues on council, with Councillor Shelley Carroll saying that "the fact that he refuses to attend is thinly veiled homophobia."
She said that attending events like Pride is a "part of the gig" of being mayor, and she compared his comments to those of Russian President Vladimir Putin's remarks on gay people.
Kevin Beaulieu, executive director of Pride Toronto, said on Thursday that the group has not yet issued invitations to the event, and that he is surprised to hear that the mayor has already declined.
"I've often said, and I stand by it, that the mayor should want to be at Pride," Mr. Beaulieu said. "It's an opportunity to show one's support for the LGBT communities, which are still in the struggle for equality and acceptance."
Asked whether he thinks that the mayor is homophobic, Mr. Beaulieu said that is not for him to determine. But he said that "I think that the comments that we've heard and have been captured on video are. And I think they're deeply troubling and deeply disturbing and should be questioned."
Last year's Pride event had a $286-million economic impact on the city, Mr. Beaulieu said, with more than 1.2 million people attending. And with Toronto hosting this year's World Pride, he said, he is estimating that up to two million people will show up.
Deputy Mayor Norm Kelly, who met briefly with Mr. Beaulieu on Thursday morning, said he plans on attending this year's Pride, adding that the event will "project Toronto all across the world."
Councillor Ford said he does not think that Pride is a family-friendly event.
"I brought my kids down there. I wouldn't bring my kids back when there's buck-naked men running down the street," he said. "That's not dissing anyone in the gay community. There's a lot of great people who make up the city in the gay community, who are friends of mine. But no, do I condone men running down the middle of Yonge Street buck naked? Absolutely not."Report Typo/Error
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Very good chance I'm gonna sell my 2007 Rabbit soon and I wanted to get an idea on what peoples experience was when selling their car. Kelly Blue Book shows a private sale value of $7,000 for cars around 125,000 miles, and $11,000 for cars around 25,000 miles
I think my poll options should cover just about everyone as long as your car was in good shape, didnt need any major repairs, and was somewhere in the 25k - 125k mile range.
If your sold your car for considerably less or more then if you could briefly talk about what caused it to be outside the range, whether its value added mods, or repairs needed, or other things buyers didnt like or thought was really nice.
Also if you could briefly talk about what may have hurt the value, how quickly did the car sell, or other things in general worth noting about selling your car.
I tried to include the option of private/trade-in or just selling to a dealer but I know that private sells tend to yield slightly more then the others and I could only put 10 options in the poll. So if you could mention what type of sale it was also that would be great.