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Why come McGary's uniform be yeller but all them other players be wearin tha white'uns?
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Hello, again, MGoBloggers! It's been an interesting December, full of highs and pitfalls - cliffs, if you will. One thing has been steady and true - the basketball team continues to win. To help aid in the process of defining one's life's worth through wins and losses, I've created another "calendar" wallpaper. This one is for, as the title suggests, the January slate of Michigan basketball. Before a bunch of curmudgeons (you know who you are) point it out, this is obviously not the whole team being featured. This is who I believe should be the starting crew the rest of the way. If you don't like it, well that's, like, your opinion, man. Anyway, I hope you like it. As always, constructive criticism and/or requests are welcome, as I'm always looking for new ideas to continue to hone my relatively primitive Adobe skills.
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Why come McGary's uniform be yeller but all them other players be wearin tha white'uns?
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Thanks, I love it and it's my phone background. But...
*Ohio State
Am I the only one who has grown tired of this meme? I know fearless leader has eschewed the shortened version, but the MGoDenizens seem to keep it alive, unfortunately.
It's particularly troublesome in basketball when we played and lost to a team actually called Ohio last season. It bothers me less when referring to the football team, but for other sports and the university in general, it seems a little weird to refer to them as Ohio.
....but I fear that we are in the minority.
I am embarassed that it is used so loosely now. It's not clever. It's not trendy. It's childish and asinine and our fan base comes across as either too ignorant or too stubborn to let it die.
It may have started out as an innoncent alternative to vocalizing "Ohio State" (which is silly in istelf), but it has festered into something out of control. It has reached the level of scUM, O$U, Moo U, etc....
For you jonvalk. After watching the Iowa game, I had the idea of a wallpaper of a Maize and Blue Canadian flag with Stauskas shooting that pretty jumper in front of it. I don't have the skills to pull of a quality look for it, but I thought maybe you would like to take the idea and run with it. Provided you have time to do so. Just an idea and hopefully it's one you like and can do something with. Keep up the stellar work sir!


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The Symbiote stopped pleasuring Mary Jane suddenly, and the redhead whined in protest despite herself. It was a longing whine that the various members of the crowd were left to interpret.
One woman with long black hair stepped up to MJ and wiggled her body seductively. Felicia had noticed the woman pass by in a long red dress and return after a crowd had gathered, only now the woman wore nothing visible except a long raincoat.
"Mind if I come in to play?" She asked the gagged MJ. The Symbiote sent a tendril to flick her clit, and MJ moaned in what the rave haired girl took to be a yes.
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In the Qur'an Allah commands us to "only argue with the People of the Book in the kindest way"
In the Qur'an Allah commands us to "only argue with the People of the Book in the kindest way"
Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9TV dated January 7th, 2013
Excerpt from Mr. Adnan Oktar's Live Conversation on A9TV dated January 7th, 2013
ADNAN OKTAR: Look at what Almighty Allah says about the People of the Book, about the Christians in Surat Al-Maidah, I seek refuge with Allah from the satan. Some people keep saying; "It is not acceptable to talk to Christians." And they call it a "dialogue". First of all you should leave aside such odd words like "dialogue", etc. I really become irritated by those words. What dialogue are you talking about? You talk to Christians, you communicate the religion, you have discourses. I mean when we go to the grocery, do we call it a "dialogue" when we talk to them? Is it a dialogue when we talk to our mothers, sisters? We just talk to them, we have discourses. You do talk with Christians as well. This was the case ever since the old days. We talked to them in the times of our Prophet (saas) as well. There is no need to give it a special name, calling it "a dialogue" or something.
Masons performing prayers have caused a great stirring in the other French Masonic Lodges, in the English Masonic Lodges. They have had news published saying ;"They betrayed Freemasonry," "Muslim agents have infiltrated to masonic lodges," etc. Masons performing prayers has caused an enormous reaction in the masonic lodges, in the atheistic masonic lodges. These friends we have here are reacting on the other hand as well. They also make a commotion saying "Why did they perform prayers?" That is really, really a shame! This is not how Muslims should be. In Islam, we feel happy about all those who invoke the name of "Allah." We feel happy about those who perform prayers. Saying; "You said "Allah" yet you didn't say that sincerely." Well then they might claim that you are a hypocrite as well, right? What are you going to do then? He can come up and say; "You are not sincere. If you were a Muslim, you would be proud that I performed my prayers. That means you are a hypocrite," he might say. What would you then say? That is not acceptable. Neither of them are acceptable. Surat Al-Maidah, verse 5.
YASEMİN AYŞE: Insha'Allah. I seek refuge with Allah from the satan. "Today all good things have been made lawful for you. And the food of those given the Book is also lawful for you and your food is lawful for them. So are free women from among the muminun and free women of those given the Book before you, once you have given them their dowries in marriage, not in fornication or taking them as lovers. But as for anyone who rejects iman, his actions will come to nothing and in the Next World he will be among the losers."
ADNAN OKTAR: Look, Allah says "you can marry Christian women." Now what will you say about that dialogue in that concept? Are you not going to utter any words when you get married, are you not going to speak at all? Are you just going to stare at the woman constantly? You will speak to them when you get married, so there is no need to call that a dialogue. You simply converse, you speak to them. She becomes your spouse, a woman from the People of the Book; a Christian or a Jew, right? She becomes your loved one, your friend. She becomes your confidante, your friend in life. Allah says "you can marry" them. You eat their food. You go to their tables, will you not talk to them? Are you just go and eat your meal and leave without uttering a word? Almighty Allah says;" you can eat their food." That means if you see a Muslim go visit a Christian and have their meal you would say; "look, they are causing unrest, they are playing games, they are attempting to harm Muslims. The man visited a Christian and is eating their meal!" you would say. That is the command of Allah, Allah says that. That means you would go and make news on papers saying "they are causing unrest" if you see a Muslim marrying a Christian, you will then make scenes and blame Muslims just because they acted according to the command of Allah. What does Almighty Allah say in this verse? Allah says; "marry" them. You are feeling disturbed by a man who goes to a mosque and performs prayers. That means if that woman, that Christian woman, one day envies Islam and performs prayers, you would then say; "You are playing us, you are deceiving us, you have laid a trap for us." How is that acceptable? How atrocious this is! Be proud, encourage them. Encourage them to perform prayers again. Yes, then..
Gülgün you read then. This second verse, here it is;
GÜLGÜN GÖKTAN: Okay. I seek refuge with my Lord from the satan; "Among the people of Musa there is a group who guide by the truth and act justly in accordance with it." (Surat Al-Araf, 159)
"They are not all the same. There is a community among the People of the Book who are upright. They recite Allah's Signs throughout the night, and they prostrate. They have faith in Allah and the Last Day, and enjoin the right and forbid the wrong, and compete in doing good. They are among the righteous. You will not be denied the reward for any good thing you do. Allah knows those who have taqwa." Surah Al-i İmran, 113-115
ADNAN OKTAR: Look, here Allah refers to those who perform prayers among the People of the Book, among Christians. Allah praises them. What does this friend of ours say? He condemns them and detests them. Allah praises and that friend of ours in Yeni Akit (daily) detests them. Here, Allah refers to Christians, People of the Book, performing prayers. "There is a community among the People of the Book who are upright. They recite Allah's Signs throughout the night, and they prostrate," says Allah. Allah praises that and that friend makes it a news report as if it is something bad, as if it is to the detriment of Islam. These contradict the Qur'an; these are words that contradict Islam.
Yes.. Surah Al-i Imran, 199; Surat Al-Qasas, 52-53
BEYZA BAYRAKTAR: I seek refuge with Allah from the satan; "Among the people of the Book there are some who have faith in Allah and in what has been sent down to you and what was sent down to them, and who are humble before Allah. They do not sell Allah's Signs for a paltry price. Such people will have their reward with their Lord. And Allah is swift at reckoning." Surah Al-i Imran; 199
ADNAN OKTAR: Look, this is about a person from the People of the Book, who has faith in the Qur'an. They have faith in their own Book, but they also have faith in the Qur'an. Allah regards that as acceptable. Allah regards that as nice and praises them. That is a response to those who challenge them saying; "why did you become a Muslim?" They have a logic that says a Christian cannot become a Muslim, cannot live by Islam and that is wrong. That is wrong according to the Qur'an. Yes..
BEYZA BAYRAKTAR: I seek refuge with Allah from the satan; " Those We gave the Book before this have faith in it. When it is recited to them they say, 'We have faith in it; it is the truth from our Lord. We were already Muslims before it came'." Surat al-Qasas, 52-53
ADNAN OKTAR: See, Christians, the People of the Book, Jews, those who embrace Islam later on say; "We have believed in the Book sent before This and we were already Muslims before, and we are Muslims now as well." Yes..
Surat al-Baqarah, 62; Surat al-Maida, 69.. Ebru you read
EBRU ALTAN: I seek refuge with Allah from the satan. "Those with faith, those who are Jews, and the Christians and Sabaeans, all who have faith in Allah and the Last Day and act rightly, will have their reward with their Lord. They will feel no fear and will know no sorrow."
ADNAN OKTAR: That means when we see people who have faith from among the Sabaeans, Chriastians or Muslims, we cannot tell them; "why do you have faith?" On the contrary we would be pleased about that. Why? Because that is the command of the Qur'an. That is how a wise Muslim would act. How could one ask; "Why have you become a Muslim, why have performed prayers? Why have you fasted?" For instance there are those who fast from among Christians and these people ask "why are you fasting?" They go to the Mosques and they ask ;"why did you come to the Mosque?" They read the Qur'an, and these people ask them ;"Why are you reading the Qur'an?" Pull yourself together, do you even hear what you are saying? That is a manner of speech that contradicts the Qur'an. Yes..
EBRU ALTAN: I seek refuge with Allah from the satan. "Those who have faith and those who are Jews and the Sabaeans and the Christians, all who have faith in Allah and the Last Day and act rightly will feel no fear and will know no sorrow." Surat Al-Maidah, verse 69
ADNAN OKTAR: Yes, continue.. Was that all?
EBRU ALTAN: There is one more verse.
ADNAN OKTAR: Alright, read that as well. That verse, yes.
EBRU ALTAN: I seek refuge with Allah from the satan. ".. You will find the people most affectionate to those who have faith are those who say, 'We are Christians'." Surat al-Maidah, 82
ADNAN OKTAR: Look ; ".. You will find the people most affectionate to those who have faith are those who say, 'We are Christians'," says Allah. And these people do not accept this. This is a verse, the verse of Allah. What does Almighty Allah say; ".. You will find the people most affectionate to those who have faith are those who say, 'We are Christians'." If you do not accept this verse, you would not be a Muslim anyway. I seek refuge with Allah from the satan; "That is because some of them are priests and monks.." look these are people who are currently known as priests and monks.. ".. and because they are not arrogant." Allah praises them and say that they are not arrogant about the priests and monks. "They are not arrogant," says Allah. "When they listen to what has been sent down to the Messenger.." when they listen to the Qur'an,".. you see their eyes overflowing with tears because of what they recognize of the truth." They cry out of happiness, says Allah. And these people are disturbed by that, they are not happy about Christians performing their prayers. That is not acceptable. Yes..
Surat al-Ankabut, 46 and Surah Al-i Imran,64.. Give this to her ..
MERVE BÜYÜKBAYRAK: I seek refuge with Allah from the satan. "Only argue with the People of the Book in the kindest way - except in the case of those of them who do wrong - saying, 'We have faith in what has been sent down to us and what was sent down to you. Our God and your God are one and we submit to Him'." (Surat al-Ankabut, 46)
ADNAN OKTAR: Allah says; "saying", that is an address to all Muslims. Allah tells us to be in contact with the Christians and to talk to them and tells us to "argue with them in the kindest way" and not to be rude to them. Allah says; "do not offend them." What does Almighty Allah say? ".. saying;.. " yes?
MERVE BÜYÜKBAYRAK: "We have faith in what has been sent down to us and what was sent down to you. Our God and your God are one and we submit to Him." (Surat al-Ankabut, 46)
ADNAN OKTAR: So we should say; "Our God and your God are One." We will call them to the Oneness of Allah. What Masons claim is that they believe in the same Allah anyway and they say; "we believe that Islam is the Truth. We believe that it is the right religion." We have presented them a copy of the Qur'an. And they have placed a copy of the Qur'an to all the Masonic lodges. I mean how were they supposed to act? Were they supposed to be in war with the Qur'an? It is really nice for them to advocate the Qur'an, to love the Qur'an. You should encourage them to perform their prayers again. You encourage them about the lawful things and tell them about the unlawful things. And that would be great. Why would that be great? That would be great, because it is the command of the Qur'an. Yes..
MERVE BÜYÜKBAYRAK: "Say, 'People of the Book! come to a proposition which is the same for us and you - that we should worship none but Allah and not associate any partners with Him and not take one another as lords besides Allah.' If they turn away, say, 'Bear witness that we are Muslims'." Surah Al-i Imran, 64
ADNAN OKTAR: Almighty Allah shows us how should the religion be communicated. He says; "talk to them". And these people come up saying things like "dialogue". That is not a dialogue, that is communicating of the truth; Amr bil Maroof and Nahy anil Munkar [enjoin the right and forbid the wrong]. While doing that, Allah tells us to do that in the kindest way. Compassionately and lovingly. He tells us not to be harsh. He tells us "you can marry" their women, Christian [and Jew] women. Allah says "You will find them affectionate," about the Christians. He tells us that we will find them to be most affectionate to us. If your aim is the Qur'an, if you mean faith, that is how Allah tells us to do. If your heart is full of hatred, what can I say to you? You constantly are after hatred. You constantly have a skeptical attitude. You can be skeptical if you like, but you should be happy for a person performing his prayers, you should be happy about it. Why do you feel disturbed? If they have a copy of the Qur'an, if they are reading it, be happy about it. If you are talking to them, if you are communicating Islam, be happy about it. According to what? According to the Qur'an.


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An unemployment report released Wednesday by the Kansas City Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the unemployment rate in Leavenworth County continued to decline in August this year.
An unemployment report released Wednesday by the Kansas City Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that the unemployment rate in Leavenworth County continued to decline in August this year. The results were announced in a report on 372 metropolitan areas in the United States. The report included data for the for the Kansas City metropolitan area and for its constituent counties. A national report was released early last month. The unemployment rate in Leavenworth County in August 2012 declined to 6.8 percent, not seasonally adjusted. That's down from July this year, when unemployment was measured at 7.7 percent. Compared to 8.1 percent measured a year ago, the unemployment rate was down 1.3 percent for Leavenworth County. It's the lowest rate recorded in any of the last 12 months, though the BLS said because the August figures were not seasonally adjusted, the rate is better compared to that from the same month a year ago. Powering that reduction locally were job gains in sectors like professional services and leisure and hospitality, according to Jacqueline Michael-Midkiff, regional economist for the BLS office in Kansas City. Overall, the Kansas City metropolitan area added 13,300 jobs to nonfarm employment rolls, or a 1.4 percent increase, compared to August 2011. Contrast that with trends from the national employment report for August released at the beginning of September, in which the reduction in the national rate, the BLS said, had as much to do people leaving the workforce as with jobs being added. "The number of unemployed declined more than the number who dropped out of the labor force," here, Michael-Midkiff said, adding that those leaving the labor force also includes those who leave in order to retire.


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i dunno...it all depends on how much you love the person i guess...
Sex before marriage is tight as long as it doesnt interfere with ur religous views, morals or values. I think pre-mar is cool as long as u wrap it up and pre-mar can be enjoyed by both sexes just cuz ur a girl it doesnt make u a whore or whatever.
Better Metal Snake
Hmm I think it's cool, but be careful who you sleep with though because not every guy is nice. There are a lot of mean guys that'll sleep with you and lie to you about not having an std. They also won't tell you when their condom is broken and still keep going. Or they won't pull it out. I don't mind it as long as you sleep with the guy you're monogmous with in that relationship. Because when something happens at least you know who the dad is. Unlike being promiscous and not knowing who the dad is. What also gets me mad is that the same girls that bragged about how great their sex life gets pregnant and then cries about. No crap that's what happens when you have sex!! They tend to be the same girls that brag about having unprotected sex too....
if you can spend money on manga you can donate to this site!support shinji!
Hell yeah sex before marriage! Imagine marrying a man or woman that doesnt please u sexually(aka divorce)! And believe me sex does matter in a realionship
In my opinion, if you don't practice before marriage, you may suck in bed and not know it. Then before you know it, you get cheated on. Also, I think it would be a little gross to have sex on your wedding night and have blood on your **** and all over the place.
I say it's okay
sex is not really a bad thing
the only thing u need to be careful and good with is "Sex responsibility"
Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
But if you ask me, I personally am against sex before marriage. I want to enjoy life and what it has to offer before making such a commitment. And I want it to be meaningful, with someone I really care about.
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What about oral?
Wicked Side
Fuck. That.
I'm ok with it!
Happy times!!!!^___^
it`s ok! i like it, i dont want to get married yet! ...safe sex ^^ and good luck to everyone
Yupi!! xD
I think its alright as long as you use protection and accept the responsibilities that come with having sex i.e. std's, babies, etc. If you can can accept that there may be unfavorable outcomes it ok. But people that don't know wtf they're getting themselves into are idiots and shouldn't be having sex to begin with. The good question is, how young do you think its fine to have sex? I for one say 16. My idiot pedo friend says the day girls get their periods.
it isnt wrong you are going to marry that guy I mean my husband is my first and last.
When you meet the person you're going to spend the rest of your life with, all that changes is the feelings you have towards the person and meaning of the act itself. Whether this happens before or after marriage doesn't change anything. Sex isn't the sacred ritual that religion or different morals make it out to be... it's just a very pleasureful act to reproduce, initially
As long as both people are responsible enough to know there are risks that come with pleasure and both people agree on what the meaning behind the act is... It makes absolutely no difference if it's done before or after marriage. Marriage is nothing more than a signature on a piece of paper after all... The depths of your feelings for the other person, the desire to be with them shouldn't depend on that piece of paper.


text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Master's "In Hand"? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Master's "In Hand"? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> United Arab Emirates View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message CleopatraJoined: 28 Jun 2003Posts: 3657Location: Tuamago Archipelago Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 6:07 am Post subject: Master's "In Hand"? Hi, Am currently working in KSA but am planning to leave soon in order to do a Master's in Applied Linguistics in my home town. I have only one reason for doing this degree: to get a job in the UAE. Although I have considerable teaching experience, everywhere in the UAE turned me down flat due to a loack of a Masters Degree. I believe that the course will take a year, and that I will - insh'allah! - be awarded the Masters towards the end of 2004. My question is: will any instituition (I'm thinking mainly of universities and HCT) accept me before I'm actually holding the piece of paper? In other words, would it be possible for me to get a job in Autumn 2004? I'm told that many places demand that applicants have the Masters "in hand" as they put it - ie, it's not good enough to say, well, I hope to be awarded the degree in a few month's time. Any thoughts? Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17561Location: USA Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 3:01 pm Post subject: Hi Cleo, Just to make your situation seem harder, the majority of the good positions in the Emirates want an MA plus X number of years experience. And they only count experience AFTER the MA. That said, if they are having trouble getting people in the next year or so, that may help them change their minds. Go get that MA anyway and worry about the experience thing when you're done. Worst case situation would be spending a couple of years in a place like Oman where the pay is less, but there are some acceptable jobs that you can get. (country and students are great!!) Then you have something to put on the CV post MA and you can move into the best UAE jobs. VS Back to top hmbabaJoined: 06 Apr 2003Posts: 37 Posted: Sun Jun 29, 2003 6:05 pm Post subject: Masters in hand On the other hand, VS, some places don't require post-MA experience, especially if you have quite a few years before the MA, and have Middle East experience. When I went to UAEU in '96, I had done all my MA coursework and submitted the thesis - was awaiting ratification which didn't come till late Sept. Several of us were in that boat that year - but that was when UAEU didn't require an MA. However, based on what I remember of other cases there more recent than mine, I think you might have a chance with them if you are a good way into the MA (documented) and if the ratification date is at the start of the academic year. Some places also accept people to start in January. I'd also like to say that I got an instant pay raise backdated to the date of ratification. They will need an original doc from the University concerned, posted direct to them, to say you have been awarded an MA. Also, the first batch of 3-year contracts at UAEU expire next year, so it might be a good year to apply. Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17561Location: USA Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2003 2:54 pm Post subject: Good point about the 3-years expiring next year, hmbaba. UAEU has done a lot of hiring this year too, but so far all the people that I know that are going there have MAs plus lot of experience in the area. I suspect that pre-MA experience, especially in the Middle East, may very well help get you in the door. As hiring expands in the UAE because of expanding student numbers, they are getting more liberal in their requirements. Also, applications are down at some places due to the whole political situation. So hopefully no worries Cleo VS Back to top CleopatraJoined: 28 Jun 2003Posts: 3657Location: Tuamago Archipelago Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 5:20 am Post subject: Thanks for your help. You made me a bit nervous when you talked about post MA experience! It seems a bit harsh esp. when I've got 10 years experience, incl. some here in KSA. What hmbaba said about UAEU is heartening, though. What about HCT? Is it true that they don't requie the MA and will accect the post-grad Dip? By the way, are you the same Veiled Sentiments who posts on the LP Thorn Tree? Back to top Mark100Joined: 05 Feb 2003Posts: 441 Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 8:55 am Post subject: HTC will hire if you have a diploma although a masters is preferable. Most of the unis require min. of masters. Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17561Location: USA Posted: Tue Jul 01, 2003 3:11 pm Post subject: Hi Cleo, Yes, it's the same me on TT. We retired people have time on our hands rather often to play on the web. Have you noticed that most of my advice is sending people over here? The story on MA's in the Gulf is that when I first arrived in the mid-80's most everyone was requiring one. The culture tends to like degrees and pieces of paper from academic institutions. But, it seems that it was mostly Americans that had them. We have all read all the arguments about what makes a good teacher. But, the decision to loosen up on the MAs was more political and/or a touch of the realities of supply and demand. As colleges and universities have grown, requirements have slowly loosened. Of course, the more that you can bring to the table, the better your chances of getting the job. But, in places with pay that goes up by degree and experience, the steps seem to always be tied to experience after the MA. If there are exceptions, I hope that someone will point them out to us. The only one that I know is not in the Gulf; it is the American University in Cairo. I believe that ZU still requires experience after the MA. Anyone know different out there?? VS Back to top stoth1972Joined: 16 May 2003Posts: 674Location: Seattle, Washington Posted: Wed Aug 13, 2003 8:42 pm Post subject: masters in hand Cleopatra: Pretty much all the big ones now require masters in hand. HCT will take diploma level in some cases, however, Zayed, UAE and MLI want to see the paper. That's all the're concerned about. I've seen people hired with ANY masters over someone who has excellent experience like yourself. Good luck! Back to top CleopatraJoined: 28 Jun 2003Posts: 3657Location: Tuamago Archipelago Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 7:42 am Post subject: Oh dear, Stoth, that doesn't sound all that encouraging! however, I had heard that MLI did not in fact absolutely require the Masters. Am I wrong? Back to top grand fromageJoined: 16 Jun 2003Posts: 131 Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 9:13 am Post subject: Sorry to bring you the bad news Cleopatra, but MLI will not hire you without a Master's in-hand. No exceptions. However, they used to hire for the Naval Academy that only required a Bachelor's degree, but I haven't heard of that place needing anyone in a long time. Also, if you go to their website (mli.ac.ae), you will see that they are recruiting for a new school they just acquired under their wing: The Air Force College in Al Ain. However, MLI itself will not talk to you unless you claim you will have your Master's degree in-hand before your arrival, so they will in fact interview you if you are in your last year of studies. I can remember one guy who got hired by MLI with a B.A. only for a project that was history by the time he arrived, and he wasn't allowed to teach even if there was a teacher crunch! He was asked to do amin stuff the whole year or so he was here. Finally, they found an excuse to fire him with 5 minutes notice (not kidding, he was asked to one of the officer's offices for what he thought was an interview for the MLI Magazine-instead he was told it was his last day there. Just one of the realities of working anywhere in the M.E.-they prefer you to leave and pay you the last month's salary than give you the notice and deal with a disgruntled employee that could cause damage to the institution) Back to top stoth1972Joined: 16 May 2003Posts: 674Location: Seattle, Washington Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2003 3:38 pm Post subject: grand fromage is right Grand Fromage is right, Cleopatra. I got an email from MLI saying we're interested, but when will you have that masters??? Khalifa Air COllege advertises that they will take people with a Masters in TESOL, Applied Ling. etc...OR a BA plus TESOL Dip OR a BA with TESOL cert. Really and truly that's what their ad states. This ad has run several times in various locations and even as recent as late July. I followed their instructions, went to the MLI site, clicked on Khalifa College and went from their. Heard nothing. I followed up with the individual who orginially contacted me at MLI and asked him about the ad. Afer all, it does state that you can work with a BA. His response: Thank you for your email. Please advise when you will have the masters in hand. And that was the end of that. They used to hire people without the paper, but not anymore. Back to top grand fromageJoined: 16 Jun 2003Posts: 131 Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2003 8:25 am Post subject: That's strange that they didn't even want to consider you for the Khalifa Cllege, Sloth. Unless you applied recently and they had all the people they needed. Another thought (just a thought though) is that despite the college requiring onla a B.A, MLI itself may prefer people with a Master's so that such a person could be used in another of their schools if the need arose. Transferring beteween the different MLI-run schools is relatively easy here so someone with a B.A. would only be able to work in one place. But this is purely SPECULATION on my part. Back to top CleopatraJoined: 28 Jun 2003Posts: 3657Location: Tuamago Archipelago Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2003 7:41 am Post subject: yes, it is indeed interesting. Normally, job ads specify certain qualifications but in reality are sometimes prepared to accept less. Seems like it's the other way round with the MLI. Maybe they just got more MA level applicants than they had anticipated? 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December 25th, 2013 by Jim Field
by: LUKE MEREDITH, AP Sports Writer
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It was the game of the year — won by the team of the year in Iowa sports.
Iowa had the ball and a 3-point lead with less than a minute left of a thrilling matchup with the rival Cyclones at Hilton Coliseum on Dec. 13. But Iowa State, helped immensely by a raucous home crowd, rallied to beat the Hawkeyes and highlight a fantastic 2013 for Fred Hoiberg's surging program.
The Cyclones made back-to-back NCAA tournament appearances for the first time in 12 years in March, where they blasted Notre Dame before Ohio State's Aaron Craft broke their hearts with a buzzer-beating 3. The Cyclones soon reloaded behind transfers DeAndre Kane and Dustin Hogue and became the last unbeaten team in the Big 12 to start this season.
Iowa State will enter 2014 as a legitimate contender for the conference title and a deep run in March.
The Cyclones certainly weren't the only team to make news in Iowa this year, though. Here are some of the other top stories in Iowa sports in 2013.
2. HAWKEYE REVIVAL: After finishing 4-8 with six straight Big Ten losses in 2012, most thought Kirk Ferentz and the Hawkeyes were due for a .500 season at best. But after some early stumbles in league play, Iowa reeled off three straight wins — capped by a 38-17 waxing of Nebraska on the road — to finish the regular season at 8-4 and 5-3 in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes defense blossomed into one of the best in the country, sophomore Jake Rudock had a promising debut season and Iowa wound up with a berth in the Outback Bowl against LSU. Next year could be even better for the Hawkeyes, who return a majority of their starters and appear to have a much more manageable schedule in 2014.
3. HOOPS TOO: Iowa's basketball team was also on a major upswing in 2013. Though the Hawkeyes narrowly missed the NCAA tournament, they made a run to the finals of the NIT and started this season at 11-2, earning a spot in the Top 25. Iowa is one of the deepest teams in the country and looks ready to compete for a Big Ten title in the weeks ahead.
4. CYCLONES STUMBLE: Things weren't nearly so rosy for coach Paul Rhoads and the scuffling Cyclones. Iowa State lost its season opener to Northern Iowa and things only got worse from there. The Cyclones lost nine of their first 10 games as quarterback Sam Richardson struggled through injuries and their young defense got lit up by a number of high-powered Big 12 offenses. Though Iowa State closed a dreadful season with a pair of wins, offensive coordinator Courtney Messingham was fired less than 24 hours after the final game of the year. The Cyclones have already signed a number of junior college recruits in an effort to fill immediate holes, and they're hoping that Grant Rohach can solidify their quarterback situation.
5. WRESTLING'S OLYMPIC FIGHT: Perhaps nowhere in the United States was the International Olympic Committee's recommendation that wrestling be dropped from the Olympic program felt more than in Iowa. A state with a long and illustrious history of supporting the sport was thrust into the fight to preserve its future — starting with the NCAA Championships in March. Sellout crowds in Des Moines helped start the push to save Olympic wrestling, which survived two rounds of IOC voting and was reinstated in September.
6. STEWART CRASHES IN IOWA: One of the biggest NASCAR stories of the year originated in Oskaloosa. Three-time NASCAR champion Tony Stewart broke his leg and missed the rest of the season after flipping his sprint car at the Southern Iowa Speedway in early August, again raising questions about safety in the sport. Stewart remains optimistic he'll be ready to return for the Dayton 500 in late February.
7. SPEEDWAY SOLD: The NASCAR story most pertinent to Iowans broke just before Thanksgiving, when it was announced that NASCAR had purchased the Iowa Speedway in a near-unprecedented move. NASCAR called the purchase a "strategic play" — but it also said it has no plans to bring the top-tier Sprint Cup Series to Newton in the near future.
8. MR. 138 GOES FOR 180 IN TWO GAMES: Grinnell's Jack Taylor made headlines when he set the NCAA scoring record with a staggering 138 points in late 2012. Taylor missed the second half of last season with a broken wrist, but he let the world know he was healthy at the onset of 2013. Taylor opened the season with a 71-point effort, which he followed up by scoring 109 points — third-most in NCAA history — in a 173-123 win over Crossroads on Nov. 18. Taylor is averaging a national-best 44.6 points a game, over 14 more than the player in second, as the Pioneers won seven of their first eight games.
9. DRAKE FIRES PHELPS: The Bulldogs gave Mark Phelps five years to try to replicate the success Keno Davis had in just one season in Des Moines. But after just 77 wins and 86 losses, Drake fired Phelps after last season and replaced him with Ray Giacoletti. The Bulldogs have taken to the change thus far, winning seven of their first 10 games.
10. IOWA, IOWA STATE MAKE NCAA TOURNAMENT YET AGAIN: The women's basketball teams at Iowa and Iowa State make the NCAAs so often that it's easy to forget how consistently strong they really are. The Hawkeyes made it to the second round in March, their sixth consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament, and the Cyclones also won an NCAA game in their seventh straight tournament trip. Both Iowa and Iowa State will finish 2013 in the Top 25 and in great shape for yet another NCAA bid.


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Capturing IP address & blocking IP address
I'm using a php script for my web site which has registration, log-in, etc.
When I asked how I might be able to capture the registrants IP address upon registration, I was given this code and this advice:
$userip = $_SERVER[REMOTE_ADDR]; mysql_real_escape_string($userip);
I don't know what INET_ATON() and INET_NTOA() are, but my goal is to be able to have a users IP address just in case he spams my site, then he can be blocked, based on the thinking that typically one user has one computer.
Can someone tell me how I can block an Ip address?
Any thoughts/replies/suggestions will be welcome. Thanks
Jul 1, 2009, 18:23 #2
You don't have to use these functions at all. You can just insert the actual ip address into the database.
These functions will just confuse you because they will convert a 'normal looking' ip address into a numerical value. What are the benefits to doing that?
I am not sure, but I think these may also be specific to mysql and not a standard SQL functions, so if you ever decide to switch to a different database you may have to not only change your code, but to also convert all your stored ip addresses back to their normal format.
If it makes you feel more secure, you can still use mysql_real_escape_string() before inserting the ip address.
Jul 1, 2009, 18:31 #3
Blocking a user via IP address is not very effective, honestly. IP addresses don't uniquely identify users, they are shared. Not only that but dial-up users almost always get a new IP every time the get online. There is also proxies and NAT that might combine a dozen users under a single IP.Logic without the fatal effects.
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|2006-08-20, 18:31
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I also find mkv easier to use and h264 + vorbis with softsubs is my favorite format right now... so it's mkv for me
The only hardware I can think of that supports mp4 is the psp and the ipod, both of which can't play any of the current fansubs. Personally I see no reason to buy a set top box as an htpc still rules them all.
|2006-08-20, 23:28
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The only inaccuracies from using timecodes in MKV is improper use, otherwise there are no issues. And you didn't even use Matroska v2 Zero1 , it would have had the lowest overhead most likely (it does in every other situation at least).
I myself could care less about 128kbps cbr AAC tests. I'd rather choose an encoder with the full set of AAC features, which isn't iTunes. And for the guy who I am most positive said somewhere else that he could care less about audio and wants maximum compression...I'm surprised you would pimp a non HE encoder.
|2006-08-21, 17:45
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Hardware support is a funny subject. Yes there are more and more mobile devices supporting .3gp (essentially a stripped down .mp4) and .mp4, and yes, they don't play current HP@L4 H.264 fansubs, but the point Ronbo is making is that the format is being used more and more in hardware. It's just a matter of cost (and time) before we get H.264 decoding (obviously faster CPUs are required).
I reckon the KiSS DP-700 will support H.264 in MP4; based on the partnership with nero.
"Nero Digital(tm) AVC is the top of the line when it comes to quality, compression and innovation," said Martin Manniche, COO KiSS. "KiSS customers will be given the tools and technology to create their own Nero Digital(tm) AVC files, experiencing first hand this next generation technology."
Nero Digital AVC files being .mp4; but only time will tell for sure.
Bluray specs:
I've been using x264 and mp4box for 18 months or so, possibly more. I've been muxing MPEG-2, MPEG-4 ASP (non hacked XviD), H.264, MP2, MP3, AAC, softsubs and even scripted my own test menu in MP4 and the only thing I recall is one build wouldn't mux HE-AAC (and that was an unofficial build to boot). What (other) problems are you talking about? Seriously mate, I'm not playing the zealot card or trying to be difficult, I've genuinely never had a serious problem aside from the HE-AAC issue (and thankfully I also had an older version).
I only referred to WMV because I know quite a few DVD rippers used to use the WMV9 VCM back in the days, and a few odd people use RV10 or whatever they call it.
You know it's funny, why the hell did I never consider a laptop as some kind of media centre when I'm at home? I've thought about mini-itx (too slow), and both of my encoding rigs are too fucking noisy (hence my wanting a nice quiet standalone player). Haha, I may just look into that; I've been considering a laptop to play games and videos on lunchbreak at work (and internets with my N91 with WLAN \o/).
You deserve a cookie, good thinking batman.
I might hate spending bits on audio, but I wouldn't use HE-AAC on a release for that reason. I'm shocked and appauled that you think I'd stoop to those levels(!). In my opinion HE is too destructive for high quality encoding. Obviously at low bitrates though, halving the sample rate is preferable to having annoying compression artifacts, ringing, flange and whatever; but it doesn't cut it for high quality IMO, not at the ~96-128kbps range. You may tempt me to go down to 80kbps; but that might be a grey area, which is better at that bitrate, HE or LC? Would be interesting testing sometime; I would have been tempted to guess at LC though.
Even for multichannel; I'd consider LC-AAC first, probably testing at the 224kbps area. I don't expect miracles, but what with the channel coupling I imagine it should sound decent.
I definitely don't want to pimp iTunes as such, I hate the software also; but you do what you gotta do.
You know what I think would be awesome? If the LAME dev coded an AAC encoder. The potential is there for masses of awesome, especially if it ended up well tuned like LAME, and used more efficient AAC enhancement layers like Main or LTP.
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Example from Night Head Genesis ep 4: http://kalle.blomdahls.net/random/spectrogram.png
|2006-08-21, 23:21
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It certainly seemed to me like you preferred HE at the time, and I can only read what you write. But aye I understand your reasons for not using HE in a release. The quasi-audiophile somewhere deep inside you screeches and hisses pretty loud too at times, amirite .
Since I think most fansubbers are interested in PC playback it seems obvious that the reason of 'MP4 might one day get hardware device support' is pretty much last on their list. In which case on a PC it is quite easy to say MKV is clearly superior in usable features as well as playback/tools/etc. The only excuses, in my opinion, for using MP4 usually seem to be anti-MKV'ness and glorious days of promised hardware support. As I've seen it with my own eyes the former seems to be the real reason and the latter used as an afterthought "reason". I've seen the words "industry standard" and other shit thrown around so much in hopes that hosers will go "yay industry standard" and follow along praising the new format. As though other formats don't follow their own specifications and are chaotic untrustable technologies.
I think it has quite clearly been established that H.264 decoding will be available on many new devices, but that does not mean MP4 playback of files with H.264 video will be supported. Clearly there has to specifically be support for the MP4 file format, which no one has seen any evidence of yet. Now I do think eventually one day such support will come about, but as of this point it is nothing but guesswork hopes. The world to you might be all about hardware support but that doesn't mean every chip maker in the world feels the same about MP4s.
Not to mention the clear problem of H.264 Profiles support. I am betting nearly all H.264 encodes nowadays are using High Profile because of the encoder using i8x8 motion vector searching (I haven't seen any custom quant matrices used yet but I donno). Just a theory of mine, unless people are specifically using Main Profile preparing for the glorious days of device playback. So otherwise it means the "promise" of one day being able to play these files on a hardware device will only be true if that device specifically plays High Profile encodes in the MP4 file format. Some devices in the future might have this support (once again no one can say shit one way or the other) but I have a strong feeling that not all of them will support every facet of H.264 and the MP4 format. It is true in today's market at least, there are the high-bling devices which support everything but there are much more devices with moderate support or specific uses. So even once MP4 device support comes around there will likely be huge confusion over which devices support whose files unless everyone starts encoding to the exact same resolution/bitrate/profiles/etc, reminds me of a particular scene. Otherwise there needs to be easily viewed information for the newbs of the world about the specs said group follows, thus they will know what is required to play them. Easy for us to look up, not so easy for them. But really as of today no one who is releasing MP4 files will even know how long it will be before their files get hardware support. It is what I call, a load of bullshit answer.
The great promises of one day being able to play these files are a pretty farfetched arguement for using MP4 as the container of choice. Not to mention using that as the exclusive reason when the demographic for set-top people is nowhere near the number of people that will play it on their PC. If compatibility/interoptibility are everyone's "zomg concerns" they should stick with basic ASP (DivX/XviD) in AVI as of August 2006. Since nothing has been forced to be more "compatible" in everything then these formats. Catering to the idea that MAYBE one day you will be able to play your files on hardware devices seems extremely stupid, once again in my opinion. However when MP4 playback has been more readily set in place I could almost understand such reasoning, except for the fact that you are catering to an even lower common denominator of users. But as of this point you will not know if any release will even be supported in the future. Thus the magic word guesswork.
|2006-08-23, 06:47
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What? I am washed up!
I don't see the point in HE AAC for stereo sources when Ogg provisdes stupidly good audio at Q2, imo. I uploaded a sample of Q2 ogg here: http://www.sircanealot.homechoice.co...m%20Shift3.ogg
When you go below Q2, the sound of the drums and guitar start to get distorted, but Q2 is pretty listenable, imo. Although it's worth saying it did oversize to 108kps, but that's the nature of this music ^^;;
|2006-09-05, 03:48
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second thought. i've read most posts here but there's a better forum for this kind of topic that is doom9.org.
with no quality in mind, a 2hr film can be compressed to under 20Mb in size. if you want High quality video at High compressing rate, you need a very fast multi core system with insane processing power to be able to produce one at an acceptable rate. until we all get massive upgrades, that's not going to happen very soon. but i'm all in favor of H.264 taking over.
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|2006-09-11, 14:56
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When I use a screen resolution of 1280x1024 and try to play a h264 file in MPC using CoreAVC I see extra black space on top and bottom of the file. Someone told me to use "Correct Monitor/Desktop AR Diff" in MPC which fixed the problem for all other files such as AVI etc etc except for the h264, can anyone help me please.
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Anyway. If you are using MPC (it doesn't matter if you're using CoreAVC or ffdshow), then go to the menu, and select View->Video Frame->Override Aspect Ration->5:4. Remember to put it back to default (no override) when you watch the 16:9 (wide screen) video.
|2006-09-11, 16:05
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Ahem. Enough caps. Go read this thread, more specifically the posts about aspect ratios. Then come back, enlightened, and realize that black bars is Good and Right.
EDIT: if you have a CRT (which is most likely 4:3) and your desktop resolution is 1280x1024, you just need to change desktop resolution. 1280x1024 is NOT 4:3, it's 5:4, and that's very wrong to run on a 4:3 CRT. 1280x960 is the proper resolution you want. However, Sylf's trick will work if you really insist on keeping 1280x1024.
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|2006-09-11, 18:34
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|2006-09-11, 20:57
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I know full well that 5:4 isn't 4:3. I personally have a TFT screen with its native resolution of 5:4. I watch all of full screen anime with black bars.
But I know there are people who prefer not to have those black bars, even if that means not having the anime displayed in incorrect aspect ratio. If there weren't then MPC wouldn't have a built-in option to override the AR to 5:4.
I know anime isn't meant to be viewered at 5:4 AR. I know it irks you and others who care about the correctness. But I also know there are people who think otherwise, and I don't have a problem showing them how to achieve what they want.
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Obama, the usurper in the White House, who has caused more damage to the Constitutional Republic of the United States of America than any who have gone before him has just won the previously prestigious Noble Peace Prize. While accomplishing nothing but division amongst the peoples of America and his attraction to those who would destroy America's principles and who would want nothing more than to see the country totally destroyed and replaced by one world government under the most corrupt organization ever devised my man, the United Nations!
The actions taken by the committee that awarded the prize combined with the actions of Obama since his arrival on the world scene can only lead the world to further conflict. If this is not a stab in the back of freedom then it is certainly a signal to the people to prepare for worse things to come...and it's coming! ~ Norman E. Hooben
Note: You should know that these things are all pre-planned. Names have to be submitted well in advance (see news item below) in order to decide the merits of each nominee. Obama was in office for two weeks when his name was submitted (what did he accomplish in two weeks...daaahh).
Barack Obama is the surprise winner of the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.The Committee praised what it called his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy".The American president, in power just 9 months, was chosen over the 204 other people on this year's record length shortlist.
Recall news item from last February....
[In the case of Barack Husein Obama how can you nominate someone for what they have not done]
Record 205 Nominees For 2009 Nobel Peace Prize
February 28th, 2009
OSLO - A record number of nominations, in all 205, have been made for the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Institute said Friday.
The tally includes 172 individuals and 33 organisations, besting the 2005 number of 199 nominations.
Public broadcaster NRK reported that US President Barack Obama and French President Nicolas Sarkozy were among the nominees.
The nomination number was released a day after the five-member Nobel committee held its first session. Two of the members, including Norwegian parliament Speaker Thorbjorn Jagland who heads the committee, were new elects.
Jagland, a Social Democrat, has also held the posts of prime minister and foreign minister. Last year he said he was leaving Norwegian politics.
The 2008 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari who was recognised for mediating in a number of international conflicts.
The Norwegian Nobel Institute was set up in 1904 to aid the Nobel Committee to vet candidates. The Nobel Committee advises nominators not to announce their proposals. However, there are no rules against the procedure allowing plenty of speculation before the announcement, normally in mid-October.
Among names mentioned in recent years are former German chancellor Helmut Kohl, Chinese dissident Wei Jingsheng, Israeli nuclear whistle-blower Mordechai Vanunu, as well as the Austrian-based relief organization SOS Children's Villages and the European Union.
Among those who have the right to nominate candidates for the coveted award are parliamentarians, academics, former peace prize laureates as well as current and former members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee.
The Peace Prize is one of the prizes endowed by Swedish industrialist and dynamite inventor Alfred Nobel.
and this interpretation from Atlas Shrugs
Barack Obama, the perfect recipient
Awarding BHO the prize is at once shocking and depraved. Ayn Rand predicted it all.
Robert Tracinski's commentary best sums it up.
Obama's Nobel Peace Prize Is a Joke
by Robert Tracinski
The news announcement came over my cell phone this morning—I thought it was a joke at first, a headline from The Onion instead of the New York Times—that the recipient of this year's Nobel Peace Prize is Barack Obama.
For what? What has Obama ever accomplished for the cause of world peace?
The Nobel Committee says the prize is "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples." Which Obama has accomplished by—what exactly? Giving a speech at the UN?
Are they giving Obama the prize because he is withdrawing US troops from Iraq? But that drawdown began under the previous administration and is possible only because of choices made by George Bush. Obama has merely continued the natural course of the Bush policies.
Is it because he has closed down the terrorist prison camp at Guantanamo? Well, he has promised to do so—but his own deadline has passed, and he hasn't done it yet.
Did Obama get Iran to relinquish its nuclear weapons? No, he has merely started a new round of negotiations whose main effect seems to be to give US support to Russian aid for Iran's uranium enrichment.
Has he championed the cause of "democracy"? Obama has sided with a would-be dictator against the constitution of Honduras, and he just cut off funding for an organization that helps document Iranian human rights abuses.
Has he achieved peace in Afghanistan? On the most pressing foreign policy issue of his administration—the most immediate issue of war and peace he has so far been called to decide upon—Obama hasn't even made a decision yet. But he's getting the Nobel Peace Prize.
So I guess it is a joke, after all—a joke by the Nobel committee at its own expense.
The fact that Obama hasn't actually accomplished anything isn't all that unprecedented. When the Nobel committee gave the prize to lifelong terrorist Yasser Arafat, they did not do so because the Oslo Accords were a great success. They did so because the accords were in trouble. Several members of the committee admitted later that their motive in giving the award was to encourage Arafat to stick with the "peace process." It didn't work, of course, and a few years later, Arafat would launch the Second Intifada, importing Iranian explosives to strap to suicide bombers and plunging the Palestinian territories into another round of chaos and bloodshed from which it has yet to emerge.
The new Nobel is also meant for the same purpose: not to reward something Obama has done, but to influence his future action. Lech Walensa—Nobel recipient in 1983 for facing down the Soviets—put it quite clearly: "So soon? Too early. He has no contribution so far. He is still at an early stage. He is only beginning to act. This is probably an encouragement for him to act."
This is an attempt by the Nobel committee to play on Obama's vanity in order to influence his decisions on Iran and Afghanistan. The message is: how could you possibly let Israel attack Iran's nuclear facilities, or how could you send an additional 40,000 troops to "escalate" the war in Afghanistan—after we've just given you the Nobel Peace Prize?
In appealing to Obama's moral vanity, they know their man well—and it will probably work.
In this respect, Obama is the perfect successor to the last American president to win the Nobel: Jimmy Carter. Consider the legacy of Carter's term in office.
Carter withdrew American support for the shah in Iran, then failed to mount any effectual response to the seizure of the US embassy and its staff—all of which allowed the Ayatollah Khomeini to establish a brutal Islamist regime which has been the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, a supporter of Palestinian terrorism, civil war in Lebanon, and insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan, and a regime that has repeatedly murdered and tortured its own citizens.
By allowing a Communist takeover in Nicaragua, Carter encouraged a legacy of socialist strongmen that is still riling Latin America to this day.
Carter's weakness in Latin America and Iran also emboldened the Soviets to invade Afghanistan, inaugurating three decades of bloody civil war and providing the proving ground for the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
So Carter's legacy is three decades of chaos and killing—and the growth of three of today's biggest threats to world peace. Yet Carter is infamous for his haughty, priggish sense of moral superiority.
This is what the Nobel Peace Prize really stands for: irresponsible moral posturing in the service of the leftist delusion that appeasement will bring peace, when all it really brings is more war.
Come to think of it, that makes Barack Obama the perfect recipient.


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Inspired by Kem's post on power kegs, which led to powder cakes, I thought I'd go into the Internet Industrial Eggcorn kitchen looking for someone baking up some questions. Lorn behold, I ran across a post from 2008 on an ESL forum, when one Stephanie Mitchell had already pegged it for an eggcorn:
Just spotted on a listserv I get on completely non-English usage topics: 'That would be baking the question.' I think this wonderfully
conveys the sense of 'pre-cooking' a result one desires, which certainly was implied by the person who wrote the sentence and by the
context. I think this gives a nice hint of culinary delight to an otherwise dry expression.
http://www.learnglish.com/Uwe/Forum.asp … an-eggcorn
There were no live hits for baking the questions, but more than 30 unique instances of "bakes the question". Baking the question is a natural substitute for the new sense of "raising the question" that this venerable expression has adopted.
Web security forum
This bakes the question, "Why is Norton recommending uninstalling its own application and sending customers elsewhere?"
Movie chat room
I know I don't like lying, self-centered, selfish, ignorant people…so it bakes the question, "oh my jesus, why did I get married?!?!?"
"Bakes the question!" Ah, me. Such are the sordid byways traveled by minds in their desperate search of meaning. From the debating hall to the kitchen, in one short step.
"Begs the question" is already a much abused term, even without oven time. The phrase is a technical term for a certain kind of fallacious argument, an English calque of the Latin petitio principii. In the traditions of formal rhetoric the Latin term was applied to arguments in which the premise assumes (i.e., begs/requests the hearer to believe) the truth that the conclusion (the principio, the "question") subsequently claims is proved by the argument. Many modern speakers use the phrase "begs the question" more generally, applying it to any species of fallacious reasoning. And why not? Meanings evolve. But I find, the widespread tendency to use "beg the question" as a synonym for "raise the question" a bridge too far.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
I completely agree that the current tendency to use "beg the question" synonymously for "raise the question" is a bridge too far. Unfortunately, that bridge has been burned and the battle is over. We must retreat honorably. Therefore, I propose that "baking the question" officially replace the notorious "begging." Is not the fallacious argument being prepared in advance for our consumption, disirregardless of its ingredients? ("Disirregardless" is the correct usage. The cumbersome "irregardless" and the not-even-a-real-word "regardless" are pedantic distractions.) Oops. Did I just bake a question?
A savoury one, bluecrab. Disrespect, verbed, was difficult to take; it was disirrespectless.
For a good example of using "beg the question" to mean "raise the question," of this BBC report on the rebuilt Tunney machine from Bletchley Park.
Hatching new language, one eggcorn at a time.
Folk etymology in action, which begs the imagination.
Lets take the example of "beggars the question" – how do we decide what the correct use of this expression is. According to that article historically it was used to translate the concept of "petitio principii" but at some point somebody decided to use it to mean "raise the question" and now "begs the question" is in common use – and I can see why such a transition might have come about as a antidote to commonly presented disingenuous statements. The I suppose the crux of matter is whether the original change is due to complete ignorance and misunderstanding causing a clear break with the original meaning (in this case possibly) or a transition of meaning which has its roots in the original meaning (in this case again possibly).
Baking questions without frequent basting or other laying on of lard can lead to a dry, chewy debate. Here's a cure:
So this bacons the questions does the WTS. in it's teachings cause mental instability in its followers. For example the professed notion that just about everything in the world is either worldly, demonic, or controlled by Satan
Are Jehovah's Witnesses driven mad?
Ha! OK, here's a more reasonable one:
Your Wikipedia page lists your next book as being a "look at how Woody Allen's film 'Love & Death' should have won the Oscar for Best Picture." This sounds like a cool idea, but I can't tell if it's a goof or not… which beacons the question: are you planning on writing such a book?
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2007 Women's Soccer
Bluffton 1, Rochester 0
Beavers pick up second win in three matches with 1-0 shutout of Rochester
October 13, 2007
BLUFFTON, Ohio - The Bluffton University women's soccer team made a first half score hold up as the Beavers improved to 3-8-1 with a 1-0 victory over Rochester College on a surprisingly chilly Saturday, October 13, 2007. The visiting Warriors did not go quietly, but Bluffton received a shutout performance in goal from sophomore Samantha Williams (Toledo/Bowsher) who picked up four saves in the win.
Rochester opened the contest by controlling the ball and forcing a Williams save when Krystn Freeman ripped a shot one minute into the match. The Beavers turned the tide as Meghan Forquer (North Canton/Green) freed herself for a pair of shots and Nicole Frey (Wauseon/Wauseon) missed wide left early in the first half.
At the 28:26 mark, Forquer used a feed from junior defender Chantel Mangrum (Jackson, Tenn./Jackson Christian) to net what turned out to be the game-winning score.
Freeman had the Warriors crowd on their feet as her shot from the top of the box hit the crossbar with the first half buzzer blaring.
Bluffton's Mary Conrad (Millersburg/West Holmes), Meghan Forquer and Allison White (Lima/Shawnee) all had good looks at the goal early in the second stanza, but each attempt went wide as the Beavers maintained their slim 1-0 lead.
Shortly after entering the field in the second period, freshman Paige Corressel (Wauseon/Wauseon) forced a Jennifer Stamevski save on her shot from the box. Frey's header in minute 79 was on target as Stamevski picked up her fourth save in the contest.
Sarah Kirn put a shot on goal with four minutes to play, but Williams came up with the big save and the Beavers held on for their third victory of the year and second in their last three matches.
The Beavers piled up 15 shots, five on goal, compared to nine for the Warriors. Bluffton forced seven corner kicks, four more than the visitors who racked up 12 fouls. The Beavers were whistled for eight infractions during the contest. Forquer led the Beavers with a team-high six shots in the victory. Conrad, White and Frey chipped in with two shots apiece.
Bluffton returns to the pitch when it travels to Franciscan University on Monday, Oct. 15. The match is slated to start at 4 p.m.


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Amanda De Santa is a character in the HD Universe who appears in Grand Theft Auto V. She is the wife of Michael and mother of Jimmy & Tracey.
Character history
In 2004 Amanda, Michael and their two children were forced to enter the witness protection program after Michael was caught during a robbery in Ludendorff, North Yankton. The two moved to Los Santos although their relationship became strained. She eventually became a financial burden on her husband through her shopping leading Michael to return to a life of crime.
In Marriage Counseling, Michael catches her in bed with their tennis instructor Kyle Chavis. In a rage, he chases Kyle down with his gardener's truck and pulls his house down from the cliff, only to realize that it belonged to a mistress of Mexican gangster Martin Madrazo (this, among other things, lures Michael back into robbery). In The Good Husband, Amanda reluctantly calls on Michael for help when she is arrested for shoplifting (the player chooses whether or not to save her).
In Did Somebody Say Yoga, he agrees to practice yoga with Amanda and her instructor Fabien LaRouche. Michael becomes irate when one of their yoga poses resembles a dry hump, attempts to push Fabien in the pool, lands in it himself, and Amanda breaks up with him on the spot. Immediately after, he takes Jimmy to meet his drug dealer at Burger Shot; Jimmy takes the opportunity to trick Michael into drinking purple drank, steal his car and also leave him. Jimmy distorts the situation to Amanda, causing her to take Tracey and leave Michael completely alone in their Rockford Hills home.
Amanda lives with Fabien and her children for a short while, and though Fabien is an ideal sexual partner, Amanda quickly bores of his pretentious personality. Tracey and Jimmy also dislike him, and a visit from Jimmy spurs Michael into winning Amanda back. He confronts them at a Bean Machine cafe, where Amanda is so dissatisfied with Fabien that she requests of Michael to "just hit him, please!". Michael knocks Fabien onto the floor with a nearby woman's laptop, and after Michael reclaims Tracey from Lazlow Jones, they reunite and agree to family therapy. After a "cathartic" screaming match in front of Dr. Friedlander, Amanda emerges ready to move back in with Michael. After Michael crosses Devin Weston by releasing his film Meltdown, Weston tells Michael that he sent Merryweather mercenaries to assassinate his family. Michael defends Amanda and Tracey from Weston's goons; however, Amanda and the children are forced to move out again for their safety.
- The license plate of Amanda's Sentinel reads "KRYST4L".
- Amanda was a stripper before she met Michael, according to a story told to Wade by Trevor during the trip to Los Santos.


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"John Perry Barlow - EFF co-founder, Grateful Dead lyricist, and, improbably, now a rancher - arrived in Paris and began tweeting up a storm from the e-G8 summit gathered there this week to discuss the future of the Internet." Incredible what Sarkozy is planning - how about he focus on the many problems in France the people there are actually suffering from?
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THREE YEARS LATER, MEMPHIS GOES TO COMMITTEE. Almost three years ago, in the hope that we were on the verge of positioning ourselves, of taking our rightful place among places, I wrote this in another column:
"Whatever it is, there's an it to Memphis that compels people to sing, to stay up late, to invent, to write, to dance, to create, to remember, to cook, to bitch spectacularly and entertain tirelessly, to long for things lost and not yet found – and to visit here in search of all of it. Cities with a certain 'it' are known for it. They take pride in it, using it to brand themselves to the world. Take a small quiz. See if you know what city the following refer to, and if you don't, you just haven't been paying attention. The big apple. The windy city. The city that never sleeps. The big easy. Motor city. Sin city. Just about every city with a genuine it has one of these. If it's a big enough it, they may have a couple. In the ad biz, we call them taglines or slogans, or, for the tonier, positioning statements. What they have in common if they are to be remembered and associated with the city, is that each speaks specifically to the uniqueness of that place – to the it."
Almost three years ago, the city took two hundred grand of private money and threw it to some out-of-town folks – out of continent, in fact – to tell us who we are and how we should present ourselves in public. They came here via California based on what they'd done for Phoenix out of somewhere in Europe armed with condescending pleasantness and speaking a barrage of esoteric buzzwords almost accent-free. I wrote this then:
"Evidently, no one here is good enough to tell other people why we're good enough for them. Mayor Wharton said he liked what the firm had 'done for Phoenix' – a town with the kind of appreciation for diversity that's made breathing while Hispanic a misdemeanor if not a felony. But it's a dry racism. Get serious."
Three years later, the firm has returned to the European Union, the person they reported to in the city has moved on, and our branding is going nowhere.
Three years later – with St. Louis stealing the history of the Blues and Nashville stealing the history of African-American music for museums in their towns while we fiddle in ours – the Memphis "it" remains unnamed, the Memphis promise unoffered.
Three years later, the powers that be are apparently going to get serious about this branding stuff, at least in their fashion. They are about to turn the whole thing over to the Chamber of Commerce, and the Chamber is going to – hold onto to your seats – turn it over to a committee.
Whatever a committee comes up with will be exactly what this city isn't – politically correct, corporate, derivative and boring. White bread. Pat Boone covering Elvis.
I'm a Memphian, and we're more original than this.
Dan Conaway is a lifelong Memphian, longtime adman and aspiring local character in a city known for them. Reach him at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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The Paint-Splattered Look
Here's your microtrend of the day: paint.
It started with this "Action-Painting Backpack" from Eastpak—a handsome take on an otherwise standard backpack. But no sooner did it appear in our RSS reader than a more ambitious project popped up, the one pictured to the left. It's a full suit tailored from an artist's drop cloth. That means those paint splatters are entirely random, just whatever drops happened to fall on the floor. The artist in question is Hugh O'Rourke, a New York-based painter who happens to be friends with the right bloggers-turned-tailors.
The drop cloth also means the fabric is a good deal rougher than what you're used to from your tailor, but we're guessing it goes over pretty well at gallery openings.


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The former secretary of the Florida Department of Community Affairs had to referee, but political leaders of North Port and Sarasota County are once again working as partners in Warm Mineral Springs.
The big winners: the springs and the public.
First, judging by an all-day meeting on Wednesday, the city and county governments will keep the springs open after the June 30 deadline to find a new manager.
Second, they agree it's important to collect baseline data on the property's characteristics so they don't unwittingly damage it.
Third, they will solicit ideas on what, if any, changes to make on the 81-acre site, which is now, essentially, a public park, although one with a $20 admission charge.
The stakes are considerable. Warm Mineral Springs has archaeological and environmental attributes worthy of research and protection. And, its small, spring-fed, heated body of mineralized water attracts tourists, particularly Europeans, who believe in its healing powers.
The city and county bought the property to ensure its preservation, but in November, North Port Mayor Linda Yates, joined by commission newcomers Cheryl Cook and Rhonda DiFranco, surprised the county by announcing that the city wanted to sell its half of the partnership.
On Wednesday, their reasoning finally became clear. They feared the county was pushing for an investor to erect a big hotel on the undeveloped portion of the site.
Well, they weren't all wrong. In fact, county Commissioner Joe Barbetta said as far as he was concerned, the idea of not having a hotel was a deal-breaker.
The meeting might have broken up right then, except that former DCA chief Steven Seibert, called in as facilitator in the county's last-ditch effort to avoid going to court, kept pushing for areas of agreement.
DiFranco, pressed by county Commissioner Christine Robinson, also exhibited a bit of statesmanship by admitting she could back off her vote to sell if the two sides could set new rules on how to handle the solicitation for development ideas.
But make no mistake. This hotel thing — as well as any potential commercial construction on the property — is a major, major, major point of contention.
It's become pretty clear that although the public generally favored the purchase, people had radically different ideas about what should happen afterward.
The conflict isn't North Port vs. Sarasota County so much as those who espouse leaving the 81 acres practically untouched vs. those who want to develop it.
Yes, discussions leading up to the purchase emphasized not only preservation but also the possibilities for economic development based on eco-tourism.
Of course, economic development can take limitless forms.
The simplest might be to spruce up the property and existing buildings, add some trails and beef up the marketing. More elaborate plans might call for hotels, medical complexes, research centers or other uses that would require extensive private investment and some loss of control for the public.
Maybe a little of both could work.
For instance, the do-nothings might accept a small hotel nestled on the edge of the property, as far from the actual springs as possible.
Or the build-anythings might approve the proposal of Grigory Pogrebinsky. He hopes to build a hotel, conference center, spa, medical plaza, shops and an adult living center on 16 acres he owns adjacent to Warm Mineral Springs. That would leave the 81-acre springs land as is.
It might take some compromise to make this work. As Seibert put it, "Utilize the magic of dialogue rather than the magic of litigation."
Eric Ernst's column runs Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.com or (941) 486-3073.
Ernst: Compromise to save Warm Mineral Springs
The former secretary of the Florida Department of Community Affairs had to referee, but political leaders of North Port and Sarasota County are once again working as partners in Warm Mineral Springs.