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We have finally reached the end of the season 3 Real Housewives of New Jersey saga. After watching this, I felt the urge to throw back a few Fabullinis and take a relaxing bath, thinking, "Thank God it's over." Yet, with all the new revelations on the reunion, I just can't wait for season 4! It's a sick, vicious cycle and Andy Cohen has me hooked! From Christening brawl to Friendsgiving to the Ashlee/Jacqueline drama to Christmas to the Dominican Republic to the cookbook meltdown mudslinging, it's been… interesting. Without further ado, let's attempt to sum up this crazy season! P.S. Check out Dina's response to the Caroline issue in the first slide!!


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Teaching Video Game Theory, Part Two: What Video Game Study Can Do for Academia
By Chuck Caruso, Ph.D.
In my last post ("What Academic Study Can Do for Video Games"), I argued that video games deserve critical attention. But the question remains whether video games have anything essential to offer in return. What benefits can the inclusion of video games offer to Culture & Media Studies?

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A Complete Guide to Capturing the Charm and Glow of Children Making your subjects look age appropriate is vital to successful children's portraiture. Many artists fall short with features that are too severe, skin that lacks that glow of youth or proportions that are too much like those of adults. In this book, you'll learn how to use tried-and-true oil painting techniques to achieve fresh skin tones, shiny hair, crystal clear eyes...all the qualities that will make your portraits look truly authentic. Complete instructions and color palettes for painting luminous skin tones and hair 11 complete step-by-step demonstrations covering a broad range of complexions, ages, poses and sweet expressions Quick tips and expert tricks for making your subjects look naturalanot stiff or posed Victoria Lisi's instruction is friendly and easy to follow, delivered with the belief that the process of portrait painting should be as enjoyable as the finished productabeautiful, touching portraits of kids having fun, playing in the sun and being themselves.DRAW THE FACIAL FEATURES The eyes are different sizes because one is closer to the viewer than the other and at a more oblique angle. The bridge ... PLACE THE FACIAL FEATURES Place the eyes, nose, ears and lips carefully along the bisecting lines. Use the ... REFINE THE DRAWING Erase the guidelines or place a sheet of tracing paper or Mylar over the drawing and continue drawing. Refineanbsp;...
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BOSTON — Interim New York Islanders head coach Jack Capuano seems like an affable enough guy, and no one could blame him for worrying little about stats with the troubles he's trying to rectify with the moribund franchise he's been asked to save the rest of this season.
But his reasoning for giving Rick DiPietro, the native of Winthrop, Mass., a start at TD Garden tonight against the Bruins is a little off. When asked about starting DiPietro, who this season is 3-4-4 with a 3.76 goals-against average and .874 for the 30th-place Islanders, Capuano cited "playing pretty good in Boston" as a reason to give the veteran the nod.
However, Capuano might've been thinking back to DiPietro's one year as Boston University's star puck-stopper. In the NHL, DiPietro hasn't played at TD Garden since the 2007-08 season and he hasn't earned a win on Causeway Street since March 11, 2006.
Since the lockout, DiPietro is 2-2-2 on Garden ice with a .916 save percentage.
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Skip to comments.Bergdahls Letters From a Taliban Prison
Posted on 06/12/2014 12:32:27 PM PDT by justlurking
Writing from a Taliban prison, Bowe Bergdahl urged his family and his government to wait until they had all the facts before judging him for leaving his base. Then Bergdahl explained, at least in part, why he left his fellow troops in 2009.
Leadership was lacking, if not non-existent. The conditions were bad and looked to be getting worse for the men that where actuly (sic) the ones risking thier (sic) lives from attack, he writes in a letter dated March 23, 2013 and obtained by The Daily Beast. Its one of two letters sent by Bergdahl to his parents during his five years held by the Taliban-allied Haqqani Network in the tribal region of Pakistan.
If this letter makes it to the U.S.A., tell those involved in the investigation that there are more sides to the cittuwation (sic), he adds. Please tell D.C. to wait for all evadince (sic) to come in.
The copies of the two letters were given to The Daily Beast by sources in contact with the Taliban. U.S. and western officials confirmed they were the same letters delivered by International Red Cross from the Taliban to Bowe Bergdahls family. Together, they represent the first comment from Bergdahl himself on the controversy over his departure from his base in June 2009, leading to his capture. Fellow troopers have attacked Bergdahl, saying soldiers were injured and killed as military resources were devoted to the search for him.
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Hey Dude!
I don't do cursive!
Ma and Pa taught the youngin'.
"He and his younger sister, Sky, were home schooled by their devout Calvinist parents, instructed in religion and morality."
Must have missed the spelling part.
"At age 16, he became interested in fencing and ballet, and moved in with the family of a local girl studying dance who instructed him in Buddhism and Tarot."
"By age 20, Sgt Bergdahl is said to have grown restless and requested to join the infantry force of the French Foreign Legion.
He travelled to Paris to learn French, only to later have his application rejected.
Upon returning to Idaho, Sgt Bergdahl worked as a barista at a local coffee shop, his interest in survivalism and combat grew.
He reportedly told a family friend about wanting to travel to Africa to teach self-defence techniques to threatened villagers."
"According to a detailed investigation by Rolling Stone magazine, Sgt Bergdahl began sending emails to his parents critical of the US and its military, to which his father instructed him to obey his conscience.
The magazine claims that on 30 June 2009, he asked his team leader if it would cause problems were he to leave the base with his sensitive equipment. His superior said yes, and the soldier then collected water, his diary, a knife and digital camera, and left."
Yeh, never mind the oath he took at enlistment. Dam traitor! He's an Odumbo son.
His spelling is atrocious. I guess he studied Common Core before it was common. He's gonna give home-schooling a bad name.
He sent his journal to his friend. His spelling was bad in that, too. He, according to his friend, had a learning disability. He certainly had a spelling disability.
Well now I see why he went looking for the Taliban (/sarcasm)
I suppose for the Left his journal will become this year's "Letter from Birmingham Jail."
Usually spelling errors make sense and you can see how the person arrived at them. This guy is not stupid and "learning disability" is rather broad. Lack of ability to spell words correctly is not a sign of low intelligence it usually is a sign of low memorization skills. I would not assume someone had a learning disability because they had trouble spelling certain words.
Most of the time if someone has no idea how to spell a word they will sound it out or they will use simple words they already have known for example "s-i-t" spells sit which is pretty darn basic. So the guy cannot sound out "sit" in "situation" but he can figure out the "shun" sound is spelled "tion"? It just struck me as odd and as a way for him to get a message to his parents which he did not want his "captors" to read.
My oldest son always had trouble with spelling. Then we tried some memorization techniques, and he could spell words quite well. Backwards. Lol. We accepted his poor spelling skills. He made up for it with his ability to fix things that hubby hated to touch. (Plumbing, electrical things, etc.) By the time he was in high school, his reading and spelling had improved all on its own. He deliberately sends me texts using homonyms of the words he means to use. He thinks this is hilarious because we continue to make fun of his vocabulary and spelling skills. I am going to show him these letters from Bowe Bergdahl. Maybe he can crack the code. Bowe's spelling is atrocious.
If it was a code it probably referenced some family reference that would only be known by his parents. Mind you this is just pure speculation.
I have a bad habit of wanting to misspell license as licensce I know it is wrong but dang I want to sneak that "s" in their.
As far a skill sets go I'd sure miss an excellent handyman before I missed a good speller.
and these are the letters oabam wants released. The others may be more revealing. Hopefully we'll find out either way.
Boo frickin hoo. You don't take a hike from the military because you don't approve of the leadership and conditions. It was a combat zone its supposed to suck.
Personally I'm just disgusted by this kid and I don't even want him court martialed. Just give him an administrative discharge and never think about him again. He is sucking up way to much of our oxygen and he's not worth it.
"Bergdahls Letters From a Taliban Prison"
Berhdahl's got his new book out ALREADY?
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text: Korean Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - How to be a Good Teacher for Adults? Speak Korean Now! Korean Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in How to be a Good Teacher for Adults? Goto page 1, 2 Next Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message KeepongoingJoined: 13 Feb 2003Location: Korea Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 4:31 am Post subject: How to be a Good Teacher for Adults? They tell me class is too slow but they take forever to do a task and tend to speak Korean a lot. I have done many things to spice up the environment and to be an energizer bunny. I give them attention and show sincere concern for them. How can I do better? Any hints gained from experience? What have you found to work best? I know there is no gimmick. I just want to learn about your experience. Thank you Back to top kimcheekingGuest Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 4:39 am Post subject: Re: How to be a Good Teacher for Adults? MASH4077 wrote: They tell me class is too slow but they take forever to do a task and tend to speak Korean a lot. I have done many things to spice up the environment and to be an energizer bunny. I give them attention and show sincere concern for them. How can I do better? Any hints gained from experience? What have you found to work best? I know there is no gimmick. I just want to learn about your experience. Thank you rule number one: SHUT DOWN THE KOREAN SPEAKING. No Korean allowed. If they are using Korean they are not learning. rule number two: it is not always in your best interest to finish a task. Cut it short, summarize and move on to the next task. rule number three: no routine. throw in something new or different at least once every 3-4 classes. advice: pick up books like, classroom dynamics, role play, & Learner based teaching. All of these books are in the resource books for teachers[/]series by [i]oxford. advice: not everything has to be fun and games, teach the grammar related to the lesson. use hand-outs; either create them yourself or copy from a grammar book or the net. advice: sit in on a lesson of a successful teacher and see what they do different from yourself - then ask questions. Do this 2 or 3 times. Also ask successful teachers to sit in on your lessons and criticize you. Hope this helps... I know it helped me immensely. finally if you don't have any formal training either get some or buy and read a few pedegogy books. I recommend anything by douglas brown or Jeremy Harmer. Back to top ZyzyferJoined: 29 Jan 2003Location: who, what, where, when, why, how? Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 5:57 am Post subject: I taught an adult class at the Womens' Center in Cheonan for 1 and a half semesters...it was actually my favorite part of the day. The first semester was really tedious. I stuck to the curriculum, mostly because I had fallen behind during the first few classes. But the second semester, I used various activities, like kimcheeking mentioned...handouts, song sheets for which they had to fill in the blank words, diary entries, so on. Teaching adults can be really easy and really fun, but you have to prepare your lessons a little more thoroughly than you would at a hakwon. Back to top CthulhuJoined: 02 Feb 2003 Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 6:44 am Post subject: Use the textbook (if you have one) just for the first 15 minutes, then expand from there. Or if there is no textbook, do the theme or topic for the first 15 minutes and then run away from it. As mantioned above, I find that homemade handouts with different situations, role-plays, humerous "problems" etc. are the best way to go. Mixing it up (as KK pointed out) is very important. Even though "by the book" is a useful way to teach, it is not a popular way to learn. Even if they are "getting it" less than you desire, the fun they are having in getting only half of it will make everyone happier. However, if you've tried a lot of this already and nothing is working, it could simply be the class dynamic, or lack thereof. Early class times, bad age mix, low level, shyness, slothfulness etc. can all kill a class. I've found that the same lesson with different classes can have a very different result, depending on the students. Even lower-level students with more gregarious personalities do better than higher-level snoozers. Sometimes there's nothing you can do. Back to top KeepongoingJoined: 13 Feb 2003Location: Korea Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 1:05 pm Post subject: Very True It is true three classes will love somehting and then another class will be totally unresponsive. I do teach at a hakwon and I have a Masters in TESOL (maybe that is the problem? LOL). My MA was weak on pedagogy. I have a lot to learn; maybe I should do a CELTA? I will look into Jeremy Harmer, I like him. I am teaching a role play class which has been very successful. It is the two hour speaking/listening class. I suspect it has a little to do with sexual energy..the girls like the younger teachers, stating that they are exciting and handsome. Anyway I am learning, still a student and always will be. Thank you Back to top Mr.NiceGuyJoined: 03 Feb 2003 Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 3:19 pm Post subject: Everything said is good. But I think you're forgetting one thing. That is, conversation. Adult students are basically there for conversation. Books are for boys. These are real men. Or at least that's what they think. The majority of my classes consist of topic-discussion, plain and simple. I have students write down a topic they're interested in talking about, put it in a can, and pass the can around the room. Then, as one chooses a topic, I stand at the board, make grammar corrections, add correct verb-noun phrases, and teach new expressions. Works quite well. I actually feel like I'm teaching something. For example, one student says "I want to have a diet." I say, "Go on a diet," and write it on the board. Of course I've my own curriculum I follow, which is reading, listening, writing and speaking, but everyday I let them have conversation. It seems to be what they want most. Back to top mokpochicaJoined: 21 Jan 2003Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 7:18 pm Post subject: helpful book I just bought a book called "Discussions that Work: Task-centred fluency practice" by Penny Ur. It has been working really well with my shy and hesitant middle schoolers to get them talking. I think the majority of the exercises are designed for advanced learners, so it might really be helpful in your class. I don't teach adults now, but hope this will help. Back to top canukteacherJoined: 21 Jan 2003Location: Seoul, Korea Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 8:29 pm Post subject: A few things that have worked for me: --Discourage writing if your in a conversation class. Your students are not talking if they are writing. --Try working in very small groups. I try to limit group sizes to a maximum of 3. This insures that each person has lots of opportunity to talk. --Ask your students what they want to do? What they like? What they don't like? This can take some doing. But if you ask them point blank Do you like this__________? Eventually you will get some response. A group I am teaching right now want to play games. I am not big on games, but if they prepare the game then they can play it. I do not participate in any way in the games. Encourage them to bring in their own topics. The higher the level the easier this is. --Unless you have a class of total beginners, get away from the text book. I find Koreans will "marry" themselves to the textbook unless you make the effort to get them away from it. Perhaps because they paid for it they want to use it. That is a good point. No one likes to spend money on something they are not going to use. I try to limit text book time to 20 minutes. Hope some of this helps! CT Back to top william beckersonGuest Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 8:33 pm Post subject: My secret has been to be incredibly charming Back to top PootyTangJoined: 16 Jan 2003Location: Valley of the sun Posted: Mon Feb 17, 2003 8:43 pm Post subject: Being a male model helped me a lot.... Back to top BTMJoined: 20 Jan 2003Location: Back in the saddle. Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 2:03 am Post subject: Take them to a bar. This will work wonders, guaran-damn-teed. Back to top kimcheekingGuest Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 2:44 am Post subject: BTM wrote: Take them to a bar. This will work wonders, guaran-damn-teed. How will this help accomplish anything in the classroom. I agree it will be helpful for classroom morale, but only once a month (maybe). What do you do after that? How does that make your lessons better or more interesting? Back to top TancredJoined: 15 Jan 2003Location: Upon a mountain in unknown Kadath Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 3:08 am Post subject: i have fairly advanced/intermediate adult students and we usually just talk about current events...with a newspaper article thrown in here or there...oh, and they seem to love to hear about your personal life...throw in a few things...even if they aren't true. I make it sound like i'm james bond and the classes are usually quite exciting for them. Back to top The BobsterJoined: 15 Jan 2003 Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 3:38 am Post subject: Kimcheeking: Quote: BTM wrote: Take them to a bar. This will work wonders, guaran-damn-teed. How will this help accomplish anything in the classroom. I agree it will be helpful for classroom morale, but only once a month (maybe). Helping them accomplish something in the classroom is a small part of my goal - rather see them accomplish it out in the world, and bars are part of the world, aren't they? Not trying to be flip here, but the classroom is an artificial environment, looks exactly the same every time you walk into it, and one of the biggest obstacles in education is to help the students take what we gave them out the door with them ... Um, and let's not downplay the importance of morale. I think we've all seen the shy salaryman suddenly remember a whole lot of vocabulary when you put a glass of beer in front of him - there've actually been studies on the effects of alcohol on the learning process, seems access to memory is improved when inhibitions go down after one drink, but the effect levels off after 2 or 3, and then decreases after that the booze starts to slur the pronunciation ... Making the classroom fun is a better way to decrease the inhibition level, though. I used to do a "Joke Day" when I taught esl back in the States. The students could either stay up and watch Leno or Letterman and tell one of their jokes or else spend an hour translating a joke from their language - if it wasn't funny after translation, we'd spend a little time talking about why ... When things are really bad, I throw in the towel and turn it over to them. Generate a list of topics, and each week one student is assigned to present it and teach a little vocab, with me standing by to gently guide them back or correct any glaring errors ... Back to top BTMJoined: 20 Jan 2003Location: Back in the saddle. Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 4:39 am Post subject: kimcheeking wrote: BTM wrote: Take them to a bar. This will work wonders, guaran-damn-teed. How will this help accomplish anything in the classroom. I agree it will be helpful for classroom morale, but only once a month (maybe). What do you do after that? How does that make your lessons better or more interesting? Crikey, king. I was just makin' a little funny (with a delicious nuggety kernel of truth, which as we all know, makes comedy all the better!) Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Korean Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> FAQ All times are GMT - 8 HoursGoto page 1, 2 Next Page 1 of 2 Jump to: Select a forum Forums:----------------FAQJob-related Discussion ForumGeneral Discussion ForumOff-Topic ForumTravel ForumCurrent Events ForumTechnology ForumBuy/Sell/Trade Forum You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Contact Dave's ESL Cafe Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved. Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group TEFL International Supports Dave's ESL Cafe


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Over the years, GODORT has collected a fine collection of guides to information resources and more at the GODORT handout exchange and clearinghouse, yet my sense is that this great resource is invisible to nondocuments librarians and especially to the general public.
What can we do to change this? While I (Daniel Cornwall) don't have time to start up a new project, I wanted to toss out some ideas for others to consider:
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- Start up a group blog to highlight one guide a day or week until all handouts were covered.
- Set up blog search alerts for blog mentions of topics covered in a handout category and have people comment on posts with links to the clearinghouse guides.
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This week's Freaky Friday app is one that could well be the difference between life and death. Or, more precisely, death and death. Or, even more precisely, it's a lot of old nonsense that doesn't mean a thing.
Ghost Radar Classic is a ghost radar; not quite sure why it's classic, though. It displays a spinning, pretend radar dial, and can, apparently, detect the presence of paranormal phenomenon. You'll no doubt be glad to know that there are no ghosts, ghouls or poltergeists in my house at the moment, although I'm keeping the app on just in case.
For some reason, the app also keeps saying words at me. It just said "wasâ€. I don't know what that means. Apparently, Ghost Radar Classic uses the technology in your phone to read the environment around you for the tell tale signs of the paranormal. Still no ghosts here, which is a bit disappointing to be honest.
There are plenty of numbers on the screen, and they keep changing, but the app doesn't explain what they actually mean. Maybe I am surrounded by ghosts, maybe this post will be my last message to the outside world before I'm slaughtered by unseen terrors from beyond the grave.
If you're the sort who wants to know whether there are ghosts in your vicinity, then Ghost Radar Classic is almost certainly the app for you. If you're of a slightly more rational bent, then maybe you should consider downloading something more useful, like an app that just puts random numbers on the screen. Oh. Wait.
Now the app is saying "also†at me. There are still no blips on the radar though, so I think I'm safe. Wait. What was that? Oh good grief, it's coming out of the walls! It's coming out of the walls!
Ghost Radar Classic is available now, for free, from the Android Market


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Yet another discussion with a Christian (Omegle)
Yet another discussion with a Christian (Omegle)
This one is really long, be prepared! We talked about different topics, including the validity of the Bible and Evolution.
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You and the stranger both like religion.
You: hello
Stranger: hey
You: are you religious?
Stranger: i belive things yes, you?
You: not at all. what do you believe in?
Stranger: trinity
You: how so?
Stranger: i live my life according to the bible and live by faith
You: do you think that the bible is infallible?
Stranger: no
You: that's interesting. why do you live your life according to a book that has flaws?
Stranger: lol i mean yes srry wasnt payin attention
You: have you read the entire bible?
Stranger: yes
You: do you eat shellfish?
Stranger: nope
You: do you hate homosexuals?
Stranger: no, the sin in them i hate
You: but you do hate homosexuality?
Stranger: yes the sin of homosexuality i hate
You: is that a personal thing or do you think that because it's written in the bible?
Stranger: first off i think homosexuality is flat wrong, and it happens to be that way in the bible
You: why do you think that it's wrong?
You: it's natural, because it occurs frequently in nature
Stranger: murder occurs fequently in nature
You: not within the same species and if so, not for the sake of killing
Stranger: animals dont have reason, the ability to determine right and wrong
You: that may be true. however, the question remains, what is the reason behind thinking that homosexuality is wrong?
Stranger: god said so
You: god also said that it's alright to smash the heads of your enemy's babies against a wall is good
Stranger: they were battling races of half human and half nephilim( fallen angels) they needed to be gone, old testament doesnt apply anymore
You: if it doesn't apply anymore, then why do you still think that homosexuals are bad?
Stranger: difeerent covenant and laws 3000 years ago
Stranger: cause it says its wrong in the new testament as well
You: which verse?
Stranger: jesus said it
Stranger: lol alright give me a sec
Stranger: romans 1:26-27
Stranger: paul said that
You: give me a second
You: well, that's not what Jesus said though
Stranger: god inspired sorry, and the thing about a new covenant in new testament basiccly means a new way to cleanse yourself of sin...homosexuality still applies as wrong even if in the OT
You: how could you possibly know whether or not a certain text is god inspired?
You: muslims, jews and the members of other religions also claim that their texts are god inspired
Stranger: the whole book is written over 40 generation by many different authors that alll perfectly coordinate with each other, it must ahve been inspired by a writer who is eternal and all powerful
Stranger: its impossible to complete a task this imense without it being god inspired
You: what are you talking about? the four gospels contradict each other, because they tell the same story in completely different ways
Stranger: they dont conflict one single bit, everyone thinks that, its like a crime scene...no witnss tells the crime the same way even if they all saw it, and better yet this is a whole dudes life....they match perfectly
You: you mean there's no conflict between one saying that Jesus was born by a virgin and the other not mentioning it at all?
Stranger: thats not contradiction...its just the author didnt mention it
You: it's a major thing, why would he leave it out?
Stranger: maybe he didnt write it cause he was never told what happened
You: Another example: According to Matthew, Mark and Luke, there was one angel/two men present at Jesus tomb and according to John, they were two angels present
Stranger: they thought angels were something more importent to talk about and felt two men didnt need to be mentioned
You: One angel / Two angels is a contradiction
Stranger: lol thats not contradiction, its laziness or lack of importence
You: of course it's a contradiction, there can't be two angels if there was only one angel
Stranger: oh ok read it wrong, il have to look it up but i still dont belive it
You: either way, moving on, do you think that the ten commandments still apply?
Stranger: yes
Stranger: theyre commands in the NT as well
You: where?
Stranger: il be real honest with you, i look for some verses but you cant just accuse a faith you know so little about, their are commands all over the place in the NT
You: oh, I do know a lot about the christian religion
You: there's a fundamental question that I'm interested in: why do you think the bible is valid?
Stranger: historicly accurate, thousands of prophecies have come true, some are still coming true, its histroical untiy through a few thousand years, because ive been supernaturaally affected by it
You: the prophecies that came true are self-fulfilling prophecies, also, the bible is not historically accurate
for example: the egyptians never enslaved an entire race as the bible claims it
Stranger: the prophecies are definately not self fulfilling, and that is ridiculous much of what we know about the egyptians came from the bible and their ancient writings prove they did enslave a society of people
You: where did you get that information from? recent archeological findings have disproven that claim
Stranger: where did u get that from? some atheist evolution archealogists
You: give me a second; while I search for mine you can provide me with yours
Stranger: alright im getting too tired for this, just drop the debate about egyptians enslaving the jews...were you once a christian?
You: as for your question: yes, as for the rest of it: do you want to drop it because you have no source?
Stranger: ok no im too tired to prove you wrong, just explain why they find egyptian armor and weapons beneath the red sea...why did you stop being christian?
You: the egyptians used ships to transfer their troops, it's likely that one of them sank in their whole existence
Stranger: they found entire chariots beneath the sand
You: as for the other question: I was taught critical thinking at the age of 14 and applied it to my current belief
Stranger: #they dont float
You: what are chariots buried beneath the sand supposed to prove?
Stranger: the egyptians were following the jews on chariots not boats
Stranger: and there is an entire armys worth of equipment down there
You: nonsense
You: there are single pieces of a few chariots
Stranger: that is historicly proven, so if the jews werent enslaved then why would egyptians be chasin them/
You: care to provide a source? I can garantuee you that we never found an army's worth of equipment
Stranger: thyre still pullin it up, it was a video i saw a year ago...look bro there is loads of evidence of it u just gotta look, so why did you stop being a christian again and how old were you?
You: I did my research and I can provide you with a source debunking recent findings right now - you're making a claim, you have to provide the evidence, that's called the burden of proof
as for the other question, again, I was 14 years old and I finally got taught critical thinking in high school and used it to evaluate what I believe in
Stranger: sounds like you let something taught in hs ruin your faith
You: did you ever evaluate your belief critically?
Stranger: yes to rock bottom, ive attended and watched many people explain the christian faith and prove it, it adds up
You: How so? Let's start at a basic level:
Why do you believe?
Stranger: i dont see how somethign such as humans could be made or evoltionized with all our complexity and i dont think i could live in a world where there wasnt a god or highter power
Stranger: id give up
You: But that's an argument from incredulity, i.e. "I don't understand it, therefore it is explanation X". Evolution is able to explain how we evolved into a complex organism very well
Stranger: no its not just explanation x, its from personal experience...and evolution has been practically striped from being proven right in the science community
Stranger: you just want a simple solution to our creation
Stranger: thats why you likke how well evoltion explains it
You: Are you serious?
First of all, a simple solution for our creation is "God did it." Evolution and the Big Bang Theory take years to study, they are composed of thousands of pages of text
Stranger: thats what everyone wants is a simple solution
You: Second of all, personal experience is not scientific evidence, it is anecdotal evidence
You: Third of all, Evolution is accepted by the vast majority of the scientific community
Stranger: who says it needs to be scientic to be true?
You: Science is based on research, investigation, reason, logic, observation, objectivity, etc.
Do you have a better alternative?
Stranger: evoltion is the only explanation for someone who wont believe in god
Stranger: who do you think gave you the ability to know right and wrong/
You: Not "who" but "what" - Evolution
Stranger: well why would we wnat to know right and wrong? why would we want to evolve ourselves into that
You: Evolution is not a choice, it is a process taking millions of years
You: Also, knowing right from wrong is beneficial to the survival of the species
Stranger: explains wars right
Stranger: we were given the ability to know right in wrong in order to make either the right choice or the wrong one
You: You're still talking about a "who" - we weren't given the ability by anyone
You: We developed it over a long time
Stranger: in order to know something is crooked you have to have seen a straight line first, how would evoltion KNOW how to do that?
You: It seems to me that you have never done any research about Evolution
You: I can give you a short explanation if you want me to
Stranger: ive done insane amounts of research on it...it doesnt add up correctly
You: If you've done "insane amounts of research" on it, then you should be able to explain Evolution to me
You: How does it work?
Stranger: you go from small to big, basketball to universe, cells to humans
Stranger: and lots of years
You: What a load of nonsense. Basketball to universe? Cells to humans?
You: Do you know anything about mutation?
Stranger: thats what all evolutionists say
You: Find me one evolutionist who said that, just one out of the entire scientific community
Stranger: okkkk lightning+water+ oxygen= life!!!
Stranger: why have scientists spent billions trying to make life and failed???? cause they cant do it
Stranger: so why do you think chance can?
You: You can't be serious. First of all, lighting + water + oxygen does not equal life.
Second of all, scientists have been able to create life, i.e. bacteria
Third of all, Evolution is not merely based on chance, but on changes of the organism caused by mutation that are beneficial to the species
You: And last but not least, you have yet to name one scientist who shares your opinion.
Stranger: so where did the life come from so that it could be mutated?
You: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2010/m...-life-form
Stranger: what did it evolve from?
You: Non-organic matter
Stranger: so how come we cant get non organic matter to evolve to bacteria?
You: Abiogensis, you can read it up here:
If you doubt the source, external links are at the bottom of the page
Stranger: your site is a news company...how is that credible?
You: First of all, the guardian is a reputable newspaper, second of all, they did provide external links in their article
Stranger: im sorry but evoltion is the obvious solution to someone who is looking for an escape from a law abiding lifestyle of the bible that is tired of somethign they cant fully understand because theyre only human
Stranger: only humans would think of a way to create themselves
You: Humans didn't create themselves, do I have to repeat that so many times?
Stranger: cause its easy, explained, and it allows a lawless do whatever you want lifestyle
Stranger: free from guilt and shame until they die
Stranger: and you used wikipedia to help prove evolution...ridiculous
You: Shame and guilt are natural reactions that occur if you, for example, hurt another being. Animals possess similar feelings
Also, Evolution is not easy, you do not even understand it
You: You doubt wikipedia despite the fact that the article I referred you to has over 140 external sources?
Stranger: its easy to understand, even if it were true you still dont even have to study it because what does it matter?
You: You do not understand it, so how can you claim that it's easy to understand?
You: We can observe Evolution today
You: For example, there are bacteria that gain immunity to certain medicaments over a long timespan
You: Any comments on this?
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
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RE: Yet another discussion with a Christian (Omegle)
Jesus Christ, I don't know who is crazier here, you, the person you talked to or me for reading all this crap...
Why do you do this to yourself? Are you that bored?
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
-Hunter S. Thompson
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RE: Yet another discussion with a Christian (Omegle)
I dunno where you get the patience for these conversations.
I have an idea!
I am going to start claiming that Wikipedia is divinely inspired through revelation.
That way it will garner immediate respect.
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RE: Yet another discussion with a Christian (Omegle)
Never heard of Omegle until now. Thank you!
"What you believe to be true will control you, whether it's true or not."
—Jeremy LaBorde
30-07-2012, 05:20 AM (This post was last modified: 30-07-2012 05:40 AM by earmuffs.)
RE: Yet another discussion with a Christian (Omegle)
You're now chatting with a random stranger. Say hi!
You and the stranger both like religion.
Stranger: Hello. I'm 30 years old male from NYC, looking for a God-believing, single and mature lady. Please if you are not into it, kindly disconnect and don't type anything.
You: Hi, I'm an atheist
Your conversational partner has disconnected.
You: Hello
Stranger: Hello
You: are you religious?
Stranger: Yes
Stranger: I am a Catholic
You: Oh cool, any sort of branch of Catholic?
Stranger: Aryan
You: Aryan?
You: please explain
Stranger: I believe that Jesus was the Word, and the Word was flesh
Stranger: The bible is the word
Stranger: So the Word is reliable
Stranger: Which makes the Bible reliable
You: Interesting.
You: Can i ask something?
Stranger: Sure
You: How does that prove the existence of God or Jesus?
Stranger: Because Jesus is the Word, the Word was flesh.
Stranger: Because Jesus was the vessal, everything he said was true.
Stranger: And because the Word is the Bible, the Bible is riable,
Stranger: Reliable.
You: But how do you KNOW that everything Jesus said was true? And how do you KNOW the bible is reliable? And what does this Jesus is the word mean exactly?
Stranger: Jesus is the embodiement of the Word, which God handed down to the Aryans
You: But what does that mean?
Stranger: Jesus was not the Son of God, but rather the Vessal of the Word
You: Says who?
Stranger: Says the Bible, which is also the word,
You: But who says the bible is the word?
Stranger: Jesus
Stranger: In the Bibke
Stranger: Bible.
Stranger: Jesus is the Holy Bible
You: I thought Jesus didn't write bits of the bible?
You: How can Jesus BE the bible?
You: The bible came before Jesus
Stranger: Because Jesus was the vessal of the Word, and the Word is the Bible
Stranger: Therefore Jesus is the Bibke
You: I see
You: But how do you know Jesus was a vessel?
You: Because the bible says?
Stranger: Because God wrote it down in the Holy Bible
You: But God didn't write the bible
You: man wrote the bible
Stranger: Inspired*
You: literally speaking
Stranger: What skin, hair/ eye color are you?
You: But if man is imperfect, surely man wrote the bible imprefect
You: what does it matter?
Stranger: No, because Jesus is the Bible, which is inspired by God.
Stranger: It is important to my Aryan faith?
Stranger: .*
You: I'm white and I have blue eyes.
Stranger: Hair?
You: light brown
Stranger: You are not Aryans
Stranger: Aryan.
You: when I was a baby I had blonde hair
Stranger: Burn in Hell, devil worshipper
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RE: Yet another discussion with a Christian (Omegle)
(30-07-2012 05:20 AM)earmuffs Wrote:
You got her too. I wonder if I would get her, too. I guess I'd have to don my sheep clothing - easier that way. What peak hours do the both of you go online?
RE: Yet another discussion with a Christian (Omegle)
(30-07-2012 03:21 AM)Vosur Wrote: This one is really long, be prepared! We talked about different topics, including the validity of the Bible and Evolution.
Execute the parents, sterilize her.
Skepticism is not a position; it is an approach to claims.
Science is not a subject, but a method.
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RE: Yet another discussion with a Christian (Omegle)
well, I was able to get through my coffee this morning thanks to this.
good on ya' for keeping at it. It's always somewhat entertaining to me to see the circular logic fail and they don't know what to do.
And yet another interesting topic I am not interested in.
RE: Yet another discussion with a Christian (Omegle)
Hey, how come you people did yet wrote what did you choose to put in your search, so that we, who want to talk to this bitch, can also run into her? C'mon, don't be like that, tell us your search preferences.
I have a theory that the truth is never told during the nine-to-five hours.
-Hunter S. Thompson
RE: Yet another discussion with a Christian (Omegle)
(31-07-2012 12:17 AM)Filox Wrote: Hey, how come you people did yet wrote what did you choose to put in your search, so that we, who want to talk to this bitch, can also run into her? C'mon, don't be like that, tell us your search preferences.Nobody asked for it.
Put "Religion" into the interest bar, disconnect every time it gives you a random stranger because nobody is currently searching with the same settings and repeat it until it says "You and the stranger both like religion".
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Our first "Beer Buzz" column for Savannah Morning News!
When Do approached us about writing this new monthly column, we were more than thrilled for the opportunity to share our knowledge and love of craft beer with all of you. We've been in the beer industry for more than six years, each working in breweries in Georgia, South Carolina and now finally completing the dream of opening Southbound Brewing Co. here in Savannah. It's been a long trip, but we're almost ready to give y'all your newest hometown microbrewery.
In the shadow of the St. Patrick's Day festivities, we thought we'd start this thing out with a summary and review of one of our favorite styles and the unofficial St. Patrick's Day beer — a stout. It's similar to a Porter but typically darker and stronger in flavor.
What's the history of this classic beer, you ask? Many countries do their own version of it, and all differ based on tastes, available raw ingredients, customs and brewing equipment.
The first versions of the stout were developed throughout Ireland and Britain. Typical flavors include roasty, caramel, chocolate and sometimes coffee. Because of the unique water quality of these regions, a stout was a more suitable beer to brew for many because of its dark color and heavier flavors.
Though the style was popular in nature, World War II caused stout brewers some problems in England. With the higher costs of fuel during wartime, English maltster's (those who produce malted barley from raw barley) production capacities were restricted in order to support the war effort. But no such restrictions were ever placed on Ireland because of the fear that it would "inflame" the Irish desire for independence.
Luckily for us, Guinness, the largest brewer of stout in the world, was able to stick it out. Their size, proximity to water and adoption of the O'Neill Harp (a mirror image of the Irish National symbol) definitely helped.
Guinness is likely the most well-known Irish Stout, which are typically dry. However, there are quite a few other varieties that shouldn't go overlooked!
There's the Sweet Stout, typically a blend of older mature ales with younger brews to produce a lingering sweetness.
Next is the Oatmeal Stout, one of our personal favorites. As the name suggests, an Oatmeal Stout is typically brewed by adding oats to the grist. This helps give the beer a nice creaminess, oat flavor and some seriously lasting head retention.
And as Americans, we love our hops and higher alcohol contents. The American Stout is roasty in flavor like most others, but typically has more of a hop presence in aroma, flavor and bitterness. Americans like to beef up the alcohol content to maintain a nice balance, which never hurts, either.
Give stouts a try if you haven't before — every one is different and unique. Don't let the dark color fool you — they're full of flavor and just so happen to pair nicely with chocolate and BBQ. Cheers!


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~Mushroom Artichoke Stuffed Pasta Shells~
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
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I know I would LOVE this dish; It looks delicious! No mushroom picking around here that I know of:) The photo with the baskets of mushrooms is amazing!ReplyDelete
That look so delicious Hani! I love mushrooms and artichokes. Mushroom picking sounds like FUN!ReplyDelete
That look so mouthwatering! I love mushrooms! i cannot imagine that you get to pick your mushrooms! Sounds like fun and moreover so fresh!ReplyDelete
This is amazing!!!ReplyDelete
This looks so good. Maybe I better take a cookie break and cook more often!ReplyDelete
Mushroom picking sounds like a lot of fun! Unfortunately, from where I live, I can only buy them at the grocery stores. =)ReplyDelete
Your site is belissima! The recipes are mouth watering and your photos fantastico. I have gone mushroom picking with my mother and her sisters when I was a little girl, but unfortunately I was never taught how to differentiate the good from the bad, but I do remember how delicious they were especially the smaller red ones. The sisters would cook them with hot chili peppers...thanks for the great post. I am following now!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 26, 2011 at 5:16 AM
This looks delicious! I have some pasta shells and artichoke in the fridge and was googling for recipes and yours is a winner :) Your blog is really cute too - might stay and look around!ReplyDelete


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July 10. 2013 10:25PM
Bedford tops Goffstown in District I Little League tourney
Noah Hughes collected three hits and drove in a run to lead Bedford past Goffstown 9-6 in a loser' bracket New Hampshire District I 11-12-year-old Little League Tournament game Wednesday in Goffstown.
Bedford advances to Friday's 6 p.m. losers' bracket finals at Manchester North. The winner on Friday will face Salem on Saturday.
Liam O'Connell had a single and a double for Bedford, which scored seven runs in the fourth inning.
Goffstown, which was eliminated from the double elimination tournament, was led by Conner Hujsak with two homers and four RBIs. Conor O'Connell had two hits in the loss.


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ATLANTA (AP) — John Beilein will have plenty of fans in the crowd Monday night when his Michigan team takes on Louisville for the national title.
And some of them don't even have much of a connection to Michigan.
"We have several players here. Two LeMoyne players are here. I've heard from Erie Community College players, Canisius players," Beilein said, rattling off a few of his previous seven coaching stops. He has also coached at Nazareth, Richmond, West Virginia, and of course, Michigan.
Beilein's best NCAA tournament run before this season was a quarterfinal appearance with West Virginia in 2005. The Mountaineers finally lost to ... Rick Pitino's Louisville team. Now it's Beilein vs. Pitino again for even bigger stakes.
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Tough decision? Flip a coin
If you're stuck between two choices, simply flip a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you, but because in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for. —Unknown
After a full day of driving that included a stretch of dreadful construction through the Big Horn Mountains, we were ready to land in Yellowstone National Park.
Two days into the annual girlfriend tenting trip, we reached the east entrance.
The ranger collecting our fee studied us carefully after we asked about available tent camping.
It's Yellowstone, after all. Bears are so plentiful and unforgiving that there are only two campsites that allow tents.
The one with spots available that night was more than two hours across the park and would likely be full by the time we got there.
A better option, the ranger suggested, was to turn back 16 miles toward a more tent-friendly place outside the park.
Now the two of us might certainly be labeled as risk-takers, but I don't think anyone would call either of us on-the-spot decision makers.
We were torn.
We had driven across Wyoming to experience Yellowstone, to witness Old Faithful and, most of all, to see a bear. We had not traveled 900 miles to turn back.
On the other hand, neither of us wanted to get to the other side and find out we would have to leave the park anyway because the campground was full.
So we resorted to what any grown women would do.
We flipped a coin.
Heads we stay, tails we go. It seems pretty elementary.
Then you add the element of trust.
Very early in our friendship, we began picking up every penny—every coin—we see on our almost nightly walks.
We were inspired by an e-mail that had circulated for years about a wealthy businessman who paused in prayer at every coin he encountered on the ground, slipping it into his pocket while reciting the inscription, "In God we trust."
It became something of a mantra for us and we tested it once again with this flip of the coin.
Sitting in the passenger seat with the car still moving forward, I balanced the quarter loosely on my thumb.
In unison we chanted, "In God we trust," and I let it fly.
When we reached the northern-most Yellowstone campground, there were exactly six sites left and not all of them were for tents.
We had both known when the quarter sailed into the air which way we wanted it to turn out. We trusted a higher power to reassure us.
We would have made the most of either side of the coin but, of course, it ended up just the way it was supposed to. It was a beautiful night in Yellowstone.
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A panel on financial reform
MIT Sloan's top finance faculty shared new research and led engaging discussions April 20 in New York City, when the School welcomed more than 300 alumni and current and incoming students to its first Finance Day.
At the event, faculty discussed MIT Sloan's commitment to train the new generation of finance professionals, its role in policy analysis, and the School's growing finance course and degree offerings, including a new
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MBA Finance Track.
"We intend to capitalize not just on the MIT finance tradition, but on the MIT tradition broadly defined," said
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was named one of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World for his theory of adaptive markets and his work developing the federal Office of Financial Research.
Lo called MIT Sloan home to "pioneers of finance," including
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Stewart Myers, Robert C. Merton (1970) Professor of Financial Economics, and
Stephen Ross, Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics. Myers emceed Finance Day, while Merton and Ross presented research on credit risk and market prediction, respectively. Merton received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics in 1997 for developing a new method to determine the value of derivatives.
"Every day there are new insights that these pioneers provide to us," Lo said. "The M.Fin. program is meant to take that Sloan finance franchise and expand it in a very significant way."
"Our view is that while there may have been a number of problems in the financial industry—finance itself is not the problem," Lo said. "In fact, it will ultimately have to be the solution."
Other presentations at Finance Day included an exploration of how economic booms and busts shape the career paths of CEOs, from Professor
Antoinette Schoar, Michael M. Koerner (1949) Professor on Entrepreneurship, and a panel discussion on financial reform featuring
Ricardo Caballero, Ford International Professor of Economics at MIT, Blackrock co-founder and chief risk officer Bennett Golub, SB '78, SM '82, Ph.D. '84, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission chief economist Andrei Kirilenko, and
Deborah Lucas, MIT Sloan Distinguished Professor of Finance.
MIT and MIT Sloan have an influential history in finance, led by groundbreaking work from Nobel prize-winning economists and other living legends on the faculty. In addition to the Finance Track in the MBA program and
a doctoral offering, the School in 2009 launched the intensive one-year Master of Finance.
The financial collapse of 2008 exposed a dearth of properly trained economists working in the financial industry and has led to a policy and regulation quandary that calls for the input of the highly trained financial professionals MIT Sloan creates. The number of MIT Sloan graduates entering the financial sector has been on the rise since 2009.
"We're growing," Myers told the crowd, which engaged in a series of insightful question and answer sessions with faculty throughout the day. "The full-time faculty is 18 instead of single digits years ago. We're now offering 33 different finance courses at MIT, instead of probably single digits year ago."
Myers urged the alumni at Finance Day to sponsor and encourage colleagues to apply to MIT Sloan's finance programs, consider hiring graduates, and otherwise be a part of the School's extensive and influential network of experts and leaders throughout the financial industry.
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My Review of Trion World's newest video game Defiance. Is it worth a look at or should you avoid it?
good honest review.
Couldnt of said it better myself
No, its extreamly boring, repetitive and just generally bad.
On the bright side, the game is better than the show. lol
I think just the opposite , a so far decent start for a sci fi show (but can it even survive more than 2 seasons with the way syfy is currently run ?) for a forgettable game
I agree that the game is better than the show, though I like the show enough to keep watching and see how it goes. I like the game a lot. It's something I'll play at least every once in awhile for a long time. My main issues with it are technical, but PS3 had the smoothest launch of all the platforms and I've seen improvements since then as well.
Thats how I feel about the game, the issue I have is that its online based. So in order to "keep playing once in a while" the community needs to last. I don't think the community will last too long to be honest. Terrible reviews are hurting it, and the hate train already wizzed through. The rest of the people will just get tired and move to the next game sooner or later.
The hate train did indeed wizz through, but looking at the forums there seem to be quite a few people who like the game as well. Most of the hate seems to be about the technical problems, which are getting at least a little better, than about the kind of game it is. As for people moving on to the next game, that's always a possibility, but people were playing Everquest Online Adventures and SOCOM on their PS2s well into the PS3 life cycle. There will be some sort of community as long as the servers are up, and if they get the technical problems worked out fairly quickly, they can start adding things. They say they won't spilt the player base, so new areas and enemies will be available for all. Since there's no subscription fee, that may keep players around and eventually bring in new ones. We'll see.
Omg stupid score i give it a 9 been waiting for a online mmo shooter
Not to debate your taste , but this was hardly the first online mmo shooter .
you will have to wait a little longer for great one.
Not a good game, there are free to play games on pc that put it to shame. Maybe bungies mmo like game won't suck, but until then consoles just aren't the place for mmos. Yes I know it's on pc, but its catered towards the lowest common denominator.
there have been a few and great enough mmos on consoles . Some of those even innovated for the genre as a whole . That's not the issue , the quality of this particular game might be .
Another MMO failure that will be forgotten.
i enjoy the game arkfalls are a blast
I bought it for 360 and then returned it the minute I finished the first PVP match. Absolutely terrible.
Since Trion said for months before release that Defiance was a MMOTPS, not an MMORPG, I won't even glance at the contents of this review. Defiance is a MMOTPS with some RPG elements, but it's mostly a shooter. I think it's pretty damn cool with loads of potential still to be realized.
I'll try it in two months when its free to play... it seems like most mmos, fun if you have a few friends to try it with, but probably loses its appleal quickly very few mmo's are really good guild wars 2 is so awesome though, and neverwinter online is freaking epic, tera is awesome, as is rift....i got plenty of mmos.....this game can wait as i far as im concerned... when its free though, hey, why not
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ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) — Authorities in Ghana on Thursday arrested Charles Ble Goude, the former leader of an ultranationalist youth movement in Ivory Coast wanted in connection with violence linked to its disputed presidential election two years ago, officials said.
Ble Goude, who has been hiding for the last 20 months, has been implicated by Human Rights Watch in grave crimes as the West African nation was roiled by bloodshed over a months-long election dispute between allies of former President Laurent Gbagbo and the current President Alassane Ouattara. Ble Goude, 40, has denied playing any role in the violence that left at least 3,000 dead.
His Netherlands-based lawyer, Nick Kaufman, confirmed the arrest and said he has been in contact with Ghanaian authorities seeking the legal grounds for the arrest. Kaufman said he has petitioned the ICC in The Hague to indicate whether Ble Goude was the subject of a warrant from that court. Moussa Toure Zeguen, a high-level former Gbagbo ally in exile in Ghana, said Ble Goude was arrested in the town of Tema.
Ble Goude was the leader of the Young Patriots, a pro-government youth organization seen by many as a militia, and minister of youth under Gbagbo. Gbagbo, who ruled Ivory Coast for a decade, is awaiting trial for crimes against humanity in The Hague. His effort to cling to power after the elections in late 2010 set the stage for the violence between rival camps.
The Young Patriots played a decisive role in creating a climate of terror, erecting barricades and checkpoints where they attempted to identify "enemies of Ivory Coast" — meaning supporters of Ouattara. Because Ouattara is from northern Ivory Coast and one side of his family has roots in Burkina Faso, anyone having a northern name, as well as immigrants from neighboring nations, became targets and foreigners in general lived in fear.
An untold number of West African nationals were killed at Young Patriot-manned checkpoints, many by being "necklaced" with tires, which were then set on fire.
Until Gbagbo was forced from power in April 2011, Ble Goude held regular rallies where he used increasingly xenophobic rhetoric, which many believe incited his supporters to violence — claims that he has denied.
"Can you show me a single video, or a single audio, where I asked the youth of Ivory Coast to hurt foreigners?" Ble Goude told The Associated Press by phone from an undisclosed location last summer. "These are vulgar lies, that I deny. It's not true."
Human Rights Watch called the arrest "a welcome step" toward justice for many victims of the bloodshed.
"During the post-election crisis, Ble Goude made several declarations and speeches that appeared to incite violence, and his Young Patriots militia group was implicated in hundreds of killings on political and ethnic grounds," wrote Matt Wells, a West Africa researcher at Human Rights Watch who reported on the postelection violence, in an e-mail to the AP.
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Posted by Anders on November 18, 2003
In Reply to: Correction! posted by R. Berg on November 17, 2003
: : : : : : : When you write cost-benefit analysis, do you use a hyphen or an n-dash (aka n-rule)? Admittedly, this is a question only for the madly pedantic, but hey, I fit that category, so please - knock yourselves out! I got the Oxford Style Manual for my birthday (as an addition to my Chicago Manual of Style), and in the OSM they render cost-benefit analysis with an n-dash. As I don't have the book with me here (sorry!), I cannot give you the reason for it, but whatever the reason given, it did not, while I was reading it, become clear to me why they prefer the n-dash. They have some other good examples, though, with dire semantic implications: The Arab-American [hyphen] community refers to people originating from the Middle East now living in the States, cf. Afro-American, etc. The Arab-American [n-dash] community, on the other hand, is people from the Arabic countries PLUS Americans considered as one group. This is the OSM's own very up-the-minute example. Based on this, I suppose one would talk about the Soviet-American [n-dash] cold war. On the other hand - and on a lighter note - we may say that Anna Kournikova is a Soviet-American [hyphen] babe. If there is a case to be made in favour of writing cost-benefit analysis with a hyphen, it would be that it's a (compound) word in it's own right. That is, it's very often used. It's not like you alter between it and, say, cost-profit analysis, and even if you did, I still don't see the reason for using the n-dash. I look forward to hearing your comments on this.
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: : : : : : You've lost me. What is an "n-dash"?
: : : : : Sorry 'bout that, ESC! Well, it all concerns the length of you dashes. Perhaps you've noticed, when writing in MS Word, or some such program, that a single hyphen, surrounded by space, and being between two words, may automatically become longer as you keep writing - strictly speaking, when pressing space or return. In this manner, a hyphen may turn into an n-dash (or so it does on my computer). The m-dash is twice as long as the n-dash. How you employ them depends on the style sheet you use. The HTML codes for n- and m-dash are: - and - respectively (the codes may be rendered as dashes when I post this, which will only make it clearer, so let's hope it happens).
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: : : : Yeah, we're in luck! Only the hyphen cannot be distinguished from the n-dash. Anyway, let's post them again:
: : : : hyphen: -
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: : : Correction, it really does work!
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: : So m-dash and n-dash are mere artifacts of Microsoft Word and are therefore simply toys for geeks. I understand the artifact was to create a non-breaking space in a machine readable document and has therefore no standing whatever on the printed page.
: Em dashes and en dashes preceded MS Word by a long, long time. They go back to hot-lead typesetting.
: I'd use a hyphen in "cost-benefit analysis."
Thank you, Ms Berg. I'm glad you write it with a hyphen. I was thinking of you and your editorial experience when I considered posting this thread. However, I had hoped you could give me the rationale for using the en dash in cost-benefit analysis. You know, the en dash is used when indicating an interval, such as 3-7 or May 3rd-4th, whereas hyphens are preferred for numbers such as the ISBN of a book, e.g. 0-19-860564-1. To make this distinction is very sensible, I think. Well, come the weekend, and I can get back to the Oxford Style Manual. Then I'll quote from the book, and we can take it from there.