tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11186949502168868222024-02-20T12:07:14.535-08:00Daniellaoholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-45780397855827194102009-10-30T00:43:00.001-07:002009-10-30T00:43:04.282-07:00mbrp exhaust'03 Excursion, 7.3L, 4X4, 4" <b>MBRP exhaust</b>, TS performance chip, K&N FIPK w/ an Amsoil EA filter, Hellwig anti-sway bar, drilled/slotted front & rear rotors. Bilstein shocks, Rancho steering damper. Airlift 5000. ...For example an <b>MBRP exhaust</b> for the Dodge Challenger will increase the horse power by 24 horses at the rear wheels and 24 extra ft/lbs of torque on the 5.7L V8, and the gains on the 6.1L SRT8 are 29 hp and 25 tq, ...2006 F350 King Ranch Edition 4WD 6.0 PSD, Edge Juice w/Att, <b>MBRP Exhaust</b>, AFE Stage 2 Air Intake, Fabtech 8" Lift w/Dual Shocks and Remote Reservoirs F/R, Dual Fabtech Steering Stabilizer, 38x15.50-20 Toyo Open Country M/T Tires on Weld ...2001 Chevy 2500HD D/A 4" <b>MBRP</b> turbo back <b>exhaust</b>, PPE Boost Valve, Banks Big Head wastegate, SCIV 1056,with the T-case brace, Kennedy Billet pickup, Kennedy dual lift pumps, Snow stage 2 water/meth kit, SPA combo gauge, ...I have a 2002 F250 and have just installed a new 4" turbo back <b>MBRP exhaust</b> system. Question 1. It does not seem to hang as well as the stock.I have a complete stock '98 12 Valve, other than a 4" turbo back <b>MBRP exhaust</b>. Im about to be putting gauges in, and taking the fuel plate down a.<b>MBRP</b> 3.5" <b>Exhaust</b> - modified. Weston - Oval 2. Heim U.C.A. Hellwig Sway Bar - modified. BFG KM2 Mud Terrains - 37" --- KMC Wheels: XD series Monsters – 20 x 9. Nitto Terra Grapplers - 35" --- American Racing: Thugs - 18x9 ...MyGig w/Ipod, TrackPack, 6spd. MODS: MyGig LockPick, AirRaid CAI, BilletTech Bling, HotchKiss Sport SwayBars, Eibach Springs/Struts, <b>MBRP</b> T301 <b>Exhaust</b>, Predator 93 Octane Tune,CCW SP550 Nitto Invos, F 20 X 9 NITTO Invo 245/40ZR-20 ...10/03 build F250 6.0 XLT Ext Cab 4x4 Auto,<b>MBRP</b> Full <b>exhaust</b>,Sct custom tuned,nitto 285/65/18,on level kit,F350 blocks,full billet grille,tinted windows, big rig running lights. 85000miles,Studs sittin on the couch. Turbo @ 46000 ...03, AIC, <b>MBRP</b> turbo-back <b>exhaust</b>, Tuning by Tony Wildman (Total Diesel Performance), ARP studs & some "other" work done by River City Diesel, AFE PG7, Fumoto valve, B&W hitch, Di-Pricol gauges, Voyager brake controller, ...<br /> Im getting dodge diesel for my 16th birthday and im already adding the AEM cold air intake system and a MBRP exhaust and a amsoil air filter. What else would be badass to give a little more juice thats not too expensive.<br /><br /><br /> i've got a 2007 f150, 5.4 liter v8 with 4wd, roush supercharger, mbrp exhaust (yes, i know its for a diesel, but it has very hi flow), and a zex nitrous kit. what else can i do?<br />street racing truck... never lost to a chevy :)<br />puttin out around 450-500 hp, doin 125 shot of nitrous<br />i dont do the "legal'' drag racing, what i do is on the highway, always rolling start, usually around 45 start. yea, i dont juice it off the start, i build some revvs first, this way i dont spin. but no i havent got a new cam.<br />by the way, my truck isnt stripped out or shit like that, i use mine everyday.<br /><br /><br /> 2004 or 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel 4x4<br /><br />AFE cold air intake, Aftermarket intake J tube with a TB spacer<br /><br />MBRP exhaust system, no catalytic converter (5" single exhaust pipe), silencer ring taken out of turbo<br /><br />200HP Chip (Prototype), think its RWHP, and a high performance tranny<br /><br />The truck beat a new Dodge Challenger V8 in a race, and can do mid 13's- flat 14.0 in the quarter<br /><br /><br /> 2004 or 2005 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins Turbo Diesel 4x4<br /><br />AFE cold air intake, Aftermarket intake J tube with a TB spacer<br /><br />MBRP exhaust system, no catalytic converter (5" single exhaust pipe), silencer ring taken out of turbo<br /><br />200HP Chip (Prototype), think its RWHP, and a high performance tranny<br /><br />The truck beat a new Dodge Challenger V8 in a race, and can do mid 13's- flat 14.0 in the quarter<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> i got 06 f250 i put an mbrp 4 inch turbo back exhaust on it. at the tailpipe it makes a jet engine sound. while idling. when i put load on it, it stops and sound like a normal exhaust. is it because theres no cat or muffler.?<br /><br /><br /> i have an mbrp 4 inch full exhaust system but im lookin for more sound. and i heard that if i turned the glasspack around it will make it louder. but if not im not gunna go through the trouble of takin my exhaust apart.<br />i have an mbrp 4 inch full exhaust system but im lookin for more sound. and i heard that if i turned the glasspack around it will make it louder. but if not im not gunna go through the trouble of takin my exhaust apart. and oh yeah its a diesel powerstroke. will that make a difference of the sound it will make after i reverse the glasspack?<br /><br /><br /> I'm looking at doing intake and exhaust to my 2006 GMC sierra slt. the exhausts i have picked out is an MBRP 3.5" single and banks single. The intakes i have chosen are volant and banks(both are in-closed in the intake box) which combination do i go with? Which one would you choose?<br /><br /><br /> I want my truck to sound loud, mean, and badass lol. I heard straight piping sounds awesome and it it makes the turbo whistle more. I was thinking of removing my muffler and cat replacing with a straight pipe and adding a MBRP 5" exhaust system<br /><br /><br /> about how much hp will I gain from the new turbo?<br /><br />200 hp chip<br />cold air intake<br />scilencer ring off turbo<br />performance intake manifold<br />mbrp exhaust with no cats (4x4)<br /><br />2003, 619 hp currently<br /><br />36 lb boost now<br /><br /><br /> xcr style looking.....liquid cooled twin<br /><br /><br /> liquid cooled twin<br /><br /><br /> As many have probably learned, I am pretty new to the world of diesel performance, but I am hooked. I have been doing some research to try and make my Cummins diesel more reliable, but at the same time make more power. I have a 06 Cummins 610/48RE Automatic Transmission in my truck and have currently installed an AFE Stage 2 intake, ATS Arc Flow intake manifold and a 5 inch MBRP cat-back exhaust, the only electronic device I have installed is a Bully Dog Power Pup programmer set on "performance". I have a full set of ISSPRO trans/boost/pyrometer gauges. The real question I have is what do you think of this set-up, is there anything I have to worry about other than the transmission (currently being upgraded)? I am not running any higher boost levels than stock (30 PSI max). Any input would help...<br /><br /><br /> I have a 2006 Ram 3500 dually, and I'm currently running the 5.9L 610 Cummins Diesel with a 48RE 4 speed automatic. I have a bully dog programmer, set on the lowest power level, an AFE stage 2 intake, ATS arc flow intake, and a 5 inch MBRP cat back exhaust. I'm now pretty much done upgrading the engine and I'm looking for some fairly easy upgrades to help my tranny handle this kind of power. Does anyone have any suggestions? <br /><br />I really don't pull all that much with the truck, mainly just using it on road tooling around town and going on an occasional road trip. Once in a while I'll tow around a skid loader or a mini-excavator on a gooseneck... <br /><br />Any suggestions other than use a "light foot" will help, <br /><br />Thanksoholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-64667166363473687492009-10-30T00:39:00.001-07:002009-10-30T00:39:19.483-07:00custom exhaustLooking for info on what is being used as far after market <b>exhaust</b> and intakes for 3.5. I am open for good or bad experiences. Thanks in advance.what did you do for cutouts on the drivers side? the factory cutout looks great, and i dont want to gut a jagged/haggard looking cutout just to fit.The car gets a notably extreme aero kit, with a massive rear spoiler and <b>exhaust</b> pipes that are integrated into the bumper. In a nod to Suzuki's impressive motorcycle building, the Westside guys did use a <b>custom</b> Yoshimura <b>exhaust</b> setup. ...The Road Race Motorsports Platinum Edition Kizashi (above) is definitely tuned for performance with upgrades to the suspension, braking, intake and <b>exhaust</b>. A number of <b>custom</b> body pieces were also bolted on to make this Kizashi better ...In back, a redesigned rear deck lid equipped with a GT Super Car spoiler, and a redesigned rear bumper is equipped with <b>custom</b> Yoshimura <b>exhaust</b>. Planting the Soleil to the ground are early-release Bridgestone Potenza mounted on R-Worx ...M3 <b>Exhaust</b> (video) Video/Image Center. ... Who is 91camaroDSMer???? 2008 Pontiac G8 GT - New Era intake and tune, 35w 5000k HID's, <b>custom exhaust</b>; 334whp/358lb.ft 13.05@107 1.98 60' ...Headers and Overbuilt <b>Custom exhaust</b>...!!! HEMI Headers and <b>custom</b> Overbuilt <b>exhaust</b> build... Posted by Ben Hedrick at 4:13 PM. Reactions: 0 comments: Post a Comment. Older Post Home. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom) ...Price - RM: 4000 Condition: Used - Excellent Condition I have a set of Trust Pe-TiR Titanium <b>exhaust</b> with <b>custom</b> center pipe for z33 fairlady for sale.<br /> i bought the car for 300 bucks so mostly for me its a joke car and i want to pimp it out with out spending money on it kinda dealio so heres what i got..i have a 1994 grand prix 3.1l and i was just wondering if anyone had any cool ideas to do to a car, i have some cool **** in it like blue lights under the dash, green lights under the seats, 6 inch flood lights in the trunk each 100 watts, a real drink dispenser in the car that brings it from the trunk up to the center arm rest, and i recently straight piped it was also thinking about homemade cold air intake, and thought about a flame kit for the exhaust want to do cheap yet cool things im open to almost anything thing as i almost put a popcorn machine in the trunk<br /><br /><br /> [1] the dawn of romance and the commencement of history;<br />[2] a word that should be pronounced as "mirage";<br />[3] an event, for the upper middle class, is the only adventure left;<br />[4] a very good way to promote civilization - if you get a good wife you will be happy, if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher {Socrates};<br />[5] a process much like a cafeteria - you carefully look over the choices, select what looks the best - and pay later;<br />[6] an event which is called "tying the knot" - unfortunately, the knot can be a noose;<br />[7] a word which always means commitment - but so does insanity;<br />[8] a ceremony favored in England - it's the only way to beat their cold winters and lack of central heating;<br />[9] something that changes the demeanor of a driver - there is no longer any effort needed to keep both hands on the wheel;<br />[10] the only permanent cure for love;<br />[11] is only compatible when the man makes a living and his wife makes living worthwhile;<br />[12] the only adventure open to the cowardly;<br />[13] something which is called a feast - unfortunately, sometimes the appetizer is better than the main course;<br />[14] a group which consists of: a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two;<br />[15] the alliance of two people, one who never remembers birthdays, and the other who never forgets them;<br />[16] the process that turns a female from an attraction into a distraction;<br />[17] a legal custom which turns a man into the captive audience of his wife;<br />[18] that ceremony which makes more strange bedfellows than politics;<br />[19] a rite where two people, under the influence most violent, most insane, most delusive, and most transient of passions, are required to swear that they will remain in that excited, abnormal and exhausting condition until death do them part;<br />[20] occurs where a man gets hooked by his own line;<br />[21] in America, is the only legal method of suppressing freedom of speech;<br />[22] is made out of two toothbrushes but a single tube of toothpaste;<br />[23] is just a three-ring circus: engagement, wedding, and suffer;<br />[24] the process of finding out the kind of guy your wife would have preferred;<br />[25] a condition where no wife gets what she expected, and no husband expected what he was getting;<br />[26] the ceremony which provides a man with something that, sooner or later, he will find he can't blame on the government;<br />[27] a tradition which would suffer considerably if men had to pay the minister the same fee they will eventually have to pay the divorce lawyer;<br />[28] is much like a pair of shears, so joined so the parts cannot be separated, often moving in opposite directions, yet always punishing anyone who tries to come between them;<br />[29] the continuous process of getting used to things you never expected;<br />[30] a status which depends upon two to be successful but only one to turn into a failure;<br />[31] is a book in which the first chapter is written in poetry and the rest of the pages is prose;<br />[32] a bargain, and a sensible person understands that someone must get the better of any bargain;<br />[33] in Japanese is called "Judo" - the art of conquering by yielding. This is the western equivalent of "Yes, dear";<br />[34] a confrontation which always demands the greatest understanding of the subtle art of insincerity possible between two human beings;<br />[35] is not a word, but a sentence;<br />[36] a delightful form of combat where you get to sleep with the enemy;<br />[37] an investment that pays big dividends if you manage to keep up the interest.<br /><br /><br /> look i've got this idea for my GTO it has a brand new LS1 in it and the original LS1 sitting in the garage the original owner was going to pull it apart and set it up for a twin turbo but money came short and sold everything to me.. i was thinking about building this LS1 back to stock trim with a few exceptions.. I've built a few LS motors but have some simple questions maybe a few of you could answer?<br /><br />Instead of doing a undersquare 383 stroke which is a dead give that it's not stock i was thinking of getting a custom crank like 3.8" or 3.85" stroke to keep it oversquare.. and going with a light weight I beam rods, maybe a port and polish job on the heads, maybe higher compression pistons like 11:1.. maybe a new set of gears like 4.00s just a few odds and ends that will keep car looking and sounding stock.. i'm already in the process of removing the SLP loud mouth II exhaust because it got me 2 tickets in the first week of owning the vehicle.. i'll keep the slp intake.. anyone else got ideas to keeping the car looking and sounding stock but performing otherwise.. i'm thinking with tune and everything i could pick up atleast another 100 horsepower without anyone being the wiser<br /><br />but to the main question how much does a custom crank cost.. i've heard it usually runs 300-700 on top of a regular crankshaft from the likes of lunati.. anyone have a better guess? also anyone have other ides as to adding power "secretly"?<br />also forgot to mention.. their isn't an off the shelf crankshaft that i want for my project<br />it's not a 350.. its a ls1 346ci.. it two has a 383 stroker that people do..<br />obviously no one can give me an answer.. just state other facts so please vote no answer.. and btw question is... HOW MUCH DOES A CUSTOM CRANK COST? but everyone wants to throw their 2 cents in otherwise<br /><br /><br /> I'm looking for a custom exhaust for a 1985 k100rs, specifically one with two pipes, one on each side of the bike.<br />Does such a thing exist? <br />If so, what's a recommended set for the bike?<br />Thanks!<br /><br /><br /> I have a 99 Crown vic, I plan on making a custom X-pipe setup, I think I'm going to use 2 1/4 stainless steel pipe from the cat back, to the X (it has H pipe stock) and then the dual back but I want to know what are the loudest mufflers I can Weld up to the tube. I'm also thinking about making the exhaust come out the sides.<br />I dont really care about legality.<br /><br /><br /> what is the best time to shift to stay in the mazda rx8 power band when racing? cause i keep getting a 7.5 seconds for my 0 - 60 time, and 17 seconds for my 1/4 mile. im decent at driving a 6 speed, but my car stock is suppose to be able to do a 1/4 mile in about 15 seconds.<br /><br />2005 Mazda RX-8<br />k&n short ram air intake<br />custom cat-back exhaust<br /><br /><br /> okay i got a 240sx and im buying a rb25det so what type of exhaust do i use one for the 240sx or does it have to be custom?<br /><br /><br /> I have a zx7r and currently am running a custom exhaust set up, everything else is stock. I am thinking that it is running too lean. At idle, it kind of surges from about 1250-1500 rpm. I don't know if this is that big of a deal, I never noticed it before, but now I am paying extra attention. Also, when i am riding,especiallyy at low speeds, and pull the clutch in, it tends to stay at about 2000rpm for a few seconds and then go down to a normal of about 1500rpm.<br /><br />Is it running too lean to hurt the engine? If it is, is there anyway to fix this without rejetting, because I don't have the money to have that done right now. Is there anyway I can adjust the carbs by screwing something in anyway to help with the issue? Would putting in a high flow air filter help any?<br />Also, it does not get hotter than it did before the exhaust, unless I am in city traffic. In city traffic, it gets hotter faster, but the fan kicks on and it never gets too hot.<br /><br /><br /> my ford ranger has a loss of power like crazys when going up hills. its a 3.0 v6 auto. the exhaust is so- called "custom" and i think its what the problem is. has two cat-converters on it with straight pipe after that till it gets over the back axle and then they cut a hole in the side of the pipe and stuck another one in to make it dual.<br /><br /><br /> we have a 14month old child and as for me i am feeling down why cause my customs are very much decreased. i am a house wife and i always cleaning and cleaning and at the end i am always exhausted and frustrated and then my husband and i always argue i do not like that. everytime when i explain to him that i need to do things that i enjoy besides housework, most of the time when i would go into stores or go out sit somewhere where i can relax it is impossible cause my son does not like to be one place. <br />i mostly love shopping and i was hoping it can come to me again i am really down and i do not know how else to explain to my husband. once or twice i was at a mall by myself just to have my time but before he dropped me of. he once said that i think that him and our child is baggage for me and that i do not want them around. what do you make of this.<br /><br />i am not blaming it is just i would like if i can do things that i once enjoyed. i feel like a stone, <br /><br />and please only serious answers ok<br />Recently i became more and more frustrated, my 14 month son was really trying my patience and i allowed my self to become overwhelm and started crying and i called my husband who is abroad and i told him that i am thinking of leaving , i am so exhausted and also i am totally out of energy. sometimes i finish my house work after 1 am next morning then when my son starts to give trouble everything just added up. then he mentioneto me if to ask our neighbour to look after him but i was in a state and i did not want any one knows what is going on<br />i have no energy and i started to cry i am totally exhausted and at times when my husband is abroad i finish housework after 1 am in the morning then again at 6 wake up. at times i though of leaving.<br />i have no energy and i started to cry i am totally exhausted and at times when my husband is abroad i finish housework after 1 am in the morning then again at 6 wake up. at times i though of leaving.<br /><br /><br /> I have a 2004 Harley Road King Custom..... It has a 88 but I have changed the Air Cleaner to a Stage 1 already and I am now going to be putting on Thunder Header 2 into 1 Exhaust... But I want to put some CAMS in the Engine also.. .. Since I have to get it Dyno'd anyway when I put the Thunder Headers on.. I'd like to put some CAMS when I put the pipes.. and do everything at once.. I want more tourque for take off... so that I can wake the bike..<br /><br />Thanks for the help.<br /><br /><br /> So i recently just put on an aftermarket exhaust on my car, and the guy that put on my muffler said to leave on the silencer because it will get really loud. So i told him that, its what i wanted, a loud exhaust. So he said that over time the exhaust will get louder from the soot build up.<br /><br /><br /><br />So will the exhaust get louder over time from just regular use?<br /><br /><br /> how much for custom exhaust and a custom H pipe for a mustang v6 2000.<br />how much total.<br />thanks for u help.<br /><br /><br /> I e-mailed the NSW RTA, and all i got back was a ridiculous quote from their site saying:<br />"The LAM scheme will allow novice riders to ride moderately powered motorcycles with an engine capacity up to and including 660ml and which do not exceed a power to weight ratio of 150 kilowatts per tonne and are shown on this list."<br /><br />So by this logic, providing that my motorcycle does not exceed those numbers, i can install a turbo charger on my bike. That doesn't sound right to me.<br /><br />Does anyone have an idea of what modifications i can perform on my bike while still keeping it Learner legal?<br /><br />I want to purchase a cruiser and do the following modifications; change the rake, lower the bike, increase the rear tyre size, swap the fenders, install a custom exhaust, change the headlight, change the forks, custom handlebars and grips, and maybe depending on the bike install a turbo charger.<br /><br />I have a thing for custom motorcycles, and this is as close as i can come to legally riding a custom motorcycle on my Learner & Provisional licence. Three years is too long to wait for a nice custom bike.<br /><br />Please, no lectures of any kind. Especially about the turbo charger, i like to keep things legal, I'm not planning on being a reckless rider.<br />I have the cash flow & my father will be helping me with the modifications. If bikes can be built within weeks than i am sure i can modify a bike within a year. <br /><br />I've seen a few people change the rake of their bike, and this is the first i have heard of needing an engineers report.<br /><br />Sorry Aussie H.D. Rider, but your answer is not relevant to my question.<br /><br /><br /> I have a 2004 Road King Custom and I want to change my exhaust system. Right not I have the stock cross over exhaust with Screaming eagle slip ons, I also have a stage 1 KIT wich is just a bigger Air Cleaner system to get more Air in. <br /><br />I want the new exhaust system to be nice and Loud and give me more performance... I am thinking about ThunderHeader 2 into 1 with a false pipe.. but I hear they aren't the best in quality as far as the craftsmanship. I don't want to pay for a new exhaust system to have it only last a year and look like crap.<br /><br />Anyone have any ideas.. remember I want them Loud enough so that cars here me when I a splitting lanes.. <br /><br />Also are 2 into 1's better then ..... True Duals...? Which should I get... I will likely be adding CAM's soon also.. since I have the Stage 1 and will be changing Exhaust too.. . Thanks everyone.<br /><br /><br /> I recently bought a 2000 Mustang. The previous owner had to inspected. The mechanic (in a small town) mentioned an exhaust leak from the midpipe just below left exhaust manifold. Said he could patch it up real cheap. Didn't get it done because I'm replacing most of the exhaust system. Took my car in for an oil change today and (for the hell of it) asked Goodyear for a quote on fixing the exhaust leak. They came back saying $500 for parts and labor. Took the car over to the muffler shop to get a custom exhaust system put on. Mentioned the exhaust leak and the guy tells me if it actually is a leak in the exhaust manifold, he'll fix it for $50. If not, all the better. Ever get the feeling your normal mechanic might be taking advantage of you?<br /><br /><br />(I plan on going to college for something vehicle related but the reputation mechanics have is kind of scary. It's worse when you see the reputation become a reality.)<br />@Chrys: $275 for stock exhaust manihold + $225 for labor = $500. Yes, I'm well aware of what the costs were for.<br /><br />@Ironball: I'm not worried about how long the patch will hold. In the spring I plan on looking into long tube headers. I'd rather spend a little to keep it running well through the winter than to pay all that for a new header only to pay more for different headers in 6 months.<br /><br /><br /> I'm considering putting a custom exhaust on my 01 IS 300 and have narrowed it down to two potential choices.<br /><br />1. APEXi N1<br />2. HKS Carbon-TI axle back<br /><br />Which of the two has the best sound as well as any perfomance boosts it could offer. Thanks.<br /><br /><br /> I recently got a 1990 Chevrolet Silverado 1500 as a gift. Everything in the engine is stock, the only custom part it has is custom exhaust system(not sure what) and rims and tires. I would drive like 40 miles a day everyday.<br /><br />Now my question is, what are some thing that i should upgrade to make it more powerful or overall better<br /><br />or what can i do to make it more fuel efficient. either works with me.<br />thanks<br />Its a V8, and i got like $500 spending money for the truck....thanks<br /><br /><br /> I am interesteded in purchasing a 1995 Chevrolet 1500 Ext cab 2wd silverado. It has 115k miles, a dent on each side, custom exhaust, power everything, air bags, cd player, overall in good to fair to condition. only 2 things i would need for it is new tires and a new painjob. the person is selling it for $3500 but I negotiated it down to $3100. Do you think its worth the money?<br /><br /><br /> My car is a 2002 Ford Explorer, Eddie Bauer, V8, 4x4, with 115000 mi <br /><br />the option is a 1993 Ford 350 4x4<br />XLT package power everything<br />Stereo w/amp CD/MP3 4 Speakers<br />Custom built Front Bumper powder coated<br />Matching rear bumper all custom powder coated gray<br />Custom mounted 12,500 lb Warn Winch w/hand controls<br />Fuel Injected 460 .030 over 40K miles<br />MSD II electronic ignition<br />Ford Racing Products Throttle Body<br />Custom Hooker Headers<br />Flow master exhaust<br />New A/C unit (cold air)<br />Cold Air intake (K&N)<br />Optima Battery<br />Heavy Duty 4 core aluminum radiator<br />80-amp HD alternator<br />18 inch Skyjacker Leaf Spring Suspension lift<br />8 extended travel gas shocks<br />Custom installed top cross over steering kit<br />Steering Stabilizers dual<br />38 Inch Super Swampers Boggers (new)<br />16-inch Black Bandits off set steel rims<br />2 full size spare tires<br />Custom-built Heavy Duty balanced Spicer Drive Shafts Front/Rear<br />Built C6 Transmission with B&M shift kit<br />B&M Transmission cooler with steel braided lines<br />Heavy Duty Transfer w/HD Drive Shafts<br />Warn Hubs<br />AVM air lockers front and rear<br />On board air compressor for lockers with dashboard control<br />Dana 60 Heavy Duty Front Axle<br />Dana 70 Extra Heavy Duty Rear Axle<br />Chrome Molley steel axles Front / Rear<br />Richmond 456 gears (matched and shaved & balanced)<br />Dual front mounted KC highlights<br />Delta cross top toolbox diamond plate<br /><br /><br /> Ok, I want to get a quotation for an exhaust system for a Subaru Impreza 2.5RS (2000-2008 models) I want to improve just how the car breathes and I want a low boxer rumble. I'm living in South Africa now and I may be getting a Subie in 2 years time. I'm doing this so I can figure out an estimate of money to save for. Here's what I've thought of so far: Option #1 *Get Unequal length headers from a US WRX,* Leave the Cat and the Downpipe stock,*Change the backbox to a 10cm Diameter Muffler. Option #2 *Look for Unequal Length headers around S.A, *leave the Cat alone but get a custom downpipe and muffler. Option #3 * Get everything Custom Made. Option #4 You guys decide. I'm thinking of saving about R5000 (About US$500) or more but it could change. I'm only 16 now so I can't drive yet. All answers are welcome!<br /><br /><br /> i have a jdm sr20 in it and a custom exhaust. im worried that it might not pass, and i really love my car.<br /><br /><br /> Let's say im putting a custom exhaust on a Scion tC.<br /><br /><br /> I've been thinking about buying a 1997 Mitsubishi Eclipse GS for sale in my town. It's got 120,000 miles on it and is posted at $4,500. It has got some upgrades on it, however it is not a street racing car because I know who the guy selling it is and he doesn't race it. Here is what is posted on the craigslist add and I was wondering what type of questions I should ask such as maintenance that has been done and etc on this model :<br />1997 MITSUBISHI ECLIPSE GS<br />4 CYLINDER 2.0 FUEL INJECTED<br />5 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION<br />120,000 MILES<br /><br />This is an awesome car in great shape. Many modifications and very fast!!!<br /><br />*LOWERED<br />*BODY KIT WITH SPOILER<br />*CUSTOM WHEELS AND LOW PROFILE TIRES<br />*COLD AIR INTAKE<br />*CUSTOM EXHAUST WITH CARBON FIBER MUFFLER<br />*STABILIZING BARS FRONT AND BACK<br />*SHORT SHIFTER<br />*SUN ROOF<br />*FOG LIGHTS<br />*1200 WATT SUBWOOFER SYSTEM<br /><br /><br /> The guy at my local meineke was telling me that I should get a 3 inch cat back piping exhaust for my 99 corolla to go with my skunk2 muffler. He said its going to increase horsepower and itll make my car sound more "powerful".<br /><br />Anywayz, I would like to know what you all think of that? Should I keep my stock piping with my skunk2 muffler or should I get the custom 3 inch cat back piping?<br /><br /><br /> i dont know if i should put 91 in my gas, i put midgrade for a year now and i find im still wasting gas, i put 91 it feels like im wasting less gas but spending more money. now should i buy the fuel injector cleaner to improve gas milage? i put a custom exhaust on my car and now i regret it because every time i start the car a big chunk of gas burnsssss<br /><br /><br /> i want to know if Those pipes have baffles i can take out or are they permanent. How much louder is the bike going to be with out baffle and is there performance gains thanks.<br /><br /><br /> I have a 2003 z71 4x4 silverado (light pewter) Extended cab, its got a aftermarket Billet grill, it has k&n cold-air intake kit, with a flowmaster exhaust system, custom Genuine car leather (chevy emblems embroided in the head rests, and z71 offroad emblems embroided in the door panels), I have a 5 inch pro-comp lift kit on it, 35 inch nitto tires, with 18 inch moto metal black with chrome insert rims, I have a sound system in my truck 4 aftermarket speakers and a subwoofer 10" all worth around 1000$, it has a Black and Stainless steel bull bar on it, also Mfab steps. The truck is a 2003 and has 93k miles. I bought it used with 67k and 4.8L v8. anyone have a clue I put about 8-9k into it. I just wanna know an estimate. Or does anyone know how I can find out.<br /><br /><br /> I have a 2003 z71 4x4 silverado (light pewter) Extended cab, its got a aftermarket Billet grill, it has k&n cold-air intake kit, with a flowmaster exhaust system, custom Genuine car leather (chevy emblems embroided in the head rests, and z71 offroad emblems embroided in the door panels), I have a 5 inch pro-comp lift kit on it, 35 inch nitto tires, with 18 inch moto metal black with chrome insert rims, I have a sound system in my truck 4 aftermarket speakers and a subwoofer 10" all worth around 1000$, it has a Black and Stainless steel bull bar on it, also Mfab steps. The truck is a 2003 and has 93k miles. I bought it used with 67k and 4.8L v8. anyone have a clue I put about 8-9k into it. I just wanna know an estimate. Or does anyone know how I can find out.<br /><br /><br /> The Car has custom air intake and exhaust systems. After the car is completely warmed up it idles normally at around 1000 RPMs. While the engine isn't warmed up, it revs itself between 1000 & 1500 RPMs. Any ideas?<br /><br /><br /> I got a 88 blazer with a big block motor in it. almost got it running but the only thing now is that i need to get som custom headers for the damn thing. its not my truck its a friends truck that i'm helping out to build it. the only thing is that i need to find a shop that does this kind of work and isn't at the other side of the country. i live here in MD so any shop around the DMV would be alright. Trailering the s10 won't be an issue. ANY HELP will be most apprecited.<br /><br /><br /> my car has the same 4.6l modular sohc v8 used in the 1996 mustang gt, i dont know if the same tuner would work. i know my car has the older obd system. i have a k&n custom cold air intake, and 2.75 inch custom true dual flowmaster exhaust. my car has great power, but im confident i can pull some more horses out of it... without having to do a whole lot more work!any info would be appreciated... im also not interested in those crappy "chips" and iat sensor resistors!!!<br /><br /><br /> i want to buy a short 6 in flex pipe and custom make one what size is the pipe. / flex pipe should i buy)) also whered they move yahoo answers i dont see it on yahoo home page ???? i web searched to come up with answers page..<br /><br /><br /> Keep in mind my budget is $20,000.<br /><br />The car I'm 70% committed to buying is a 2005 Ford Mustang Convertible. It's has 56K miles, manual transmission and my budget allows me to install custom wheels and tires, air intake, exhaust, and twin turbo with custom interior.<br /><br />However, I've been thinking about getting a luxury small sedan. Something like a BMW 335i, Acura TSX or TL, Lincoln Zephyr, or Mercury Milan.<br /><br />Any opinion will totally help me out. Plus suggestions for other cars are always welcome. :]<br />Hey thanks a lot guys. I think I'm going to go for a more fuel efficient luxury sedan. And push my budget to $30K.<br /><br /><br /> I am looking to put a new muffler on my subaru so that it will get that nice low boxer engine sound, and I don't have the money to put in a custom exhaust system. I was wondering if any muffler would give that sound or would it have to be a flow master or something like that. Thanks.<br /><br /><br /> <br />i cant find anyone who wants to do mine for under 700<br /><br /><br /> Ok, So my straight exhaust is a 3" can i still use a 2.5 inch inlet size?<br /><br /><br /> a pontiac grand prix with stock 3800 series 3.8 liter. cold air intake, wider intake/throttle body, ported supercharger, 2.9" pulley, intercooler, headers, custom computer, larger inecters, modified transmission, flowmaster exhaust system, rockers, lowered an inch and a half, high performance suspension assumably my friend says he has all that or my stock v8 Lexus sc 430<br />p.s. his is a yr 2003 while mine is a 09<br /><br /><br /> what other parts could i add or change out on my 02 gt to get more power? I already have flowmaster exhaust, cats removed, bbk under drive pulleys, cold air intake, 75 mm bbk throttle body and plenum, custom tuner, and bbk shorty headers. what else could i do for less than 2 or 300?<br /><br /><br /> I have a 1992 buickt century custom 3.3L V6. and i wanna have a little fun with it. i want to get a turbo kit on it and maybe a good exhaust.<br /><br />i have never installed a turbo kit or exhaust but with directions im sure i can get it, i just need to know what kind of turbo i can put on there and exhaust. any ideas please?<br />lol idc about havign it long. im not trying to. i just wanna have fun with it lol. is it possible for me to get a turbo in it?<br /><br /><br /> i just want to know how much headers and an exhaust would cost me for it. its just a 1992 3.0 v6 ford ranger custom. please help me out!<br /><br /><br /> I have a custom exhaust on my '08 Dodge Charger that has a good pitch and which I really do like. However, the amount of sound coming out of the exhaust at crusing levels (1500-3000rpm) is a little too much. I'd like to reduce it by 1/3 to 1/2. <br />One option was replacing my stainless exhuast tips with ones that have resonators inside. Does anyone have any experience with this?<br />The muffler is a Cherry Bomb Pro Muffler - moderately high flow, deep sound. Basically straight pipes out of the muffler back. I would need to install a reso on each pipe if it were after the muffler.<br />I basically want to know if the resonator tips would change the dB level of the exhaust without changing the tone and pitch?<br /><br /><br /> I need more power from my 95 s10 blazer, 4.3 vortec v6, 4 door, 4x4, have custom exhaust, over 300,00 km, auto. Only problem is im on a very tight budget, so i need the most power for the money.<br /><br /><br /> I have a 1994 vw jetta vr6. Im going to straight pipe the exhaust from the cat back using only one muffler and some custom made tips. What would the best muffler to use that would make my car loud but hav a nice tone at the same time.<br />Thanks<br /><br /><br /> i going to get a 1994 ford probe Automatic 4 cylder and i was wondering would it sound good to put a custom exhaust kit on it? if soo got any ideals?<br /><br /><br /> I have a 91 integra with a b18a1...<br />It has a custom intake and full catback exhaust<br />the car also has stage one cams that are untuned<br />i recenly bought new 17"enkei rims with brand new barrum tires<br />It has little mods like racing steering wheel and in car LED<br />the problem is it has major rust on the driver door and hatch..the window is also cracked..<br />i painted the hood and qaurters with royal blue ace car paint and it looks good<br />i was just wondering what i should ask for this car...<br />oh it has 140xxx milesoholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-61162710690854793092009-10-30T00:26:00.001-07:002009-10-30T00:26:45.750-07:00duke energy best committee initiativesContinue collaboration and participation with Centralina Council of Governments (COG), <b>Duke Energy</b>, UNC-Charlotte, CPCC, CRVA Green Team, and other partners' current <b>initiatives</b>. B. Increase awareness of the environment as a priority ...Johnna Reeder, <b>Duke Energy</b>, Covington; Stu Silberman, superintendent, Fayette County; Stephen Trimble, superintendent, Johnson County; and Diane Whalen, mayor, City of Florence. *Gov. Beshear has asked Senate President David Williams to ...Greensboro, NC ( October 19, 2009 ) Food Lion said Sunday that its distribution center in Greensboro is one of four sites where <b>Duke Energy</b> will install rooftop solar panels as part of the first phase of its solar power generation ...<b>Duke</b> has launched the <b>Duke</b> Carbon Offsets <b>Initiative</b> to serve as a catalyst for potential offset projects such as the development of an innovative waste management system to capture methane gas and mitigate other pollution from hog farms in North Carolina. ... Operationally, <b>Duke</b> has already made significant strides to become more <b>energy</b> efficient. Later this year, it will reopen its historic East Campus steam plant, which it has converted to run on natural gas. ...james rogers, chairman, president, and ceo, <b>duke energy</b> corporation. what: plenary session: creating good jobs and strong communities. time: 1:00 – 2:00 pm. set-time: 12:00 pm. location: metropolitan ballroom ...The group will examine efforts currently underway in the state, such as the Common Core Standards <b>Initiative</b>, Graduate Kentucky, the Gates Foundation/SREB college and career readiness <b>initiative</b>, the Race to the Top competition and the ... president, Jefferson County Teachers' Association;; Bob Porter, mayor, City of Paintsville;; Johnna Reeder, <b>Duke Energy</b>, Covington;; Stu Silberman, superintendent, Fayette County;; Stephen Trimble, superintendent, Johnson County; and ...To boot, ACCCE saw high-profile defections from <b>Duke Energy</b> and Alcoa. Then there was Faces of Coal, a new astroturf group whose faces turned out to be … iStockphoto clip art. That one got ripped by Maddow and Stewart. ...For example, Huaneng has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with <b>Duke Energy</b> Corp. to investigate a variety of renewable <b>energy</b> sources. Huaneng is also active with carbon sequestration projects. It is the managing partner and a ...Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:14:42; UNC and <b>Duke Energy</b> sign contract to develop coastal wind pilot p.. In a pilot project designed to harness the power of the ocean breezes along North Carolina s coast, the University of North Carolina at ...Front Street is one of <b>best</b> — if not the very <b>best</b> — place to be in this popular northern Michigan resort community. The street captures just about everything residents and visitors like about Traverse City: scenic views of the Boardman <b>....</b> Few places in the U.S. have used the present to recreate the past as authentically and successfully as Williamsburg has done along <b>Duke</b> of Gloucester Street. The street is once again the 99-foot-wide "great street" of Virginia's 18th ...oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-19790900510552948822009-10-30T00:09:00.001-07:002009-10-30T00:09:15.794-07:00sample letter to support community initiativesThe ballot reads “Measure A – Shall the ordinance titled 'An <b>initiative</b> to enact a General Plan and zoning code amendment, and mixed-use specific plan for the former site of the Masonite facility,' be approved? ... Not many people can actually <b>support</b> themselves by working at minimum wage. Retail work at minimum wage may supplement the income of another adult in the household who has a living-wage job. Single adults supporting families would need to work at least a couple ...In <b>support</b> of this objective, we are asking that if you have not yet written a <b>letter</b> in <b>support</b> of our campaign – and we do understand, we're all busy! – that you do so now, and that you stress that you believe that quality childcare is ... Recruitment, retention, and accessibility are strategic <b>initiatives</b> for UVic. These goals are currently threatened by limited access to high-quality childcare on campus and in the <b>community</b>. Faculty and staff who cannot find childcare ...I am writing this <b>letter</b> as my unreserved <b>support</b> for the candidacy of Mr. Johannes Bullock of the Republican Party for the Third Congressional District of New York. I believe that he possesses the qualities of a good leader and he can be ... As a man, Mr. Bullock believes in the importance of family values and he has been very much aware of helping others in the <b>community</b>. I believe that as a Congressman, he would represent the district with great honor and ensure that ...The comment box is not large enough for the full <b>sample letter</b>. To use our <b>sample letter</b>, attach this file to the comment page (save it to your computer, and on the comment page click “browse”, find the document, and click “attach”). ... <b>Sample</b> Message to the NOSB (please cut and paste and feel free to edit). Dear NOSB members,. I welcome and <b>support</b> the Livestock Committee's <b>initiative</b> to strengthen the organic standards for improved animal welfare. ...Pediatric Asthma Program Coordinator Job Application <b>Letter Sample</b> of Interest Silvio Belusconi 8900 Fininvest Ave Asheville, NC 21202 224-286-1847 berlusconi@ngemil.com. October 7th, 2009. Rezart Taci Head of <b>Community</b> Health Programs Dept ... Conduct outreach to patients who are not receiving key preventive health <b>initiatives</b> ¿ i.e. flu shots and routine visits with primary care provider. Schedule appointments for follow up and ensure that patients keep appointments. ...Mike Houck brought up the Portland State University's $25 million Miller Grant for a sustainability <b>initiative</b> to focus on aspects that make the region unique, like rural land use planning and management. Houck asked if the commission ... Houck will take the lead on drafting a <b>letter</b> of <b>support</b> from SDC. Kent Snyder addressed the China- US Center for Sustainable Development's efforts to rebuild schools in China's Suzhou province. Snyder had just returned from China. ...RLF supports projects that conserve or restore natural landscapes and marine systems, preserve wild lands, and <b>support</b> sustainable natural resource management in the face of climate change. Offering new and creative strategies, simplicity, leverage, and, ... Procedure for Candidacy. Please submit a cover <b>letter</b>, résumé and writing <b>sample</b> to: Ruth Norris c/o Resources Legacy Fund 555 Capitol Mall Ste 675. Sacramento CA 95814-4505. OR recruiting@resourceslegacyfund.org ...The Executive Director must develop, maintain, and lead effective working relationships with corporate, philanthropic, civic and public entities that currently or may potentially <b>support</b> a <b>community</b> development agenda. The director is responsible ... Moderate travel is required. Qualified candidates should send a resume; (including salary history), cover <b>letter</b> and one writing <b>sample</b> to: LISC IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER ALL INTERESTED PERSONS ARE ENCOURAGED TO APPLY ...The manager will liaison with Earth Day 2010 staff to <b>support</b> Earth Day Network's (EDN) Earth Day 2010 <b>initiatives</b>. A direct focus will be put on domestic outreach. 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Washington, DC 20036 ...oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-1394657059405891872009-10-30T00:00:00.001-07:002009-10-30T00:00:31.775-07:00definition of initiativePersonhood Colorado Director and the <b>initiative</b> proponent Gualberto Garcia Jones told The Colorado Independent that the change was made “to be more comprehensive in our <b>definition</b> of a person” and was not done to make it more appealing ...The Star's editorialists, meanwhile, are broadly supportive of the <b>initiative</b> but skeptical that all the corollary issues — notably, shifting demands for day care spaces once more four- and five-year-olds are in school all day — have ...Unity Within Autism Community #UWAC a Twitter <b>Initiative</b>. Twitter By Tim Welsh (TannersDad) I was amazed when Huffington Post, David Kirby, and Age of Autism were the first and only sources to report the new autism rates 1 in 91 and 1 in 58 Boys. ... Remember the old insanity quote the <b>definition</b> of it is continuing to do the same thing and expect different results. The more we fight against each other the more we lose political, social, and personal power. ...A version of the anti-abortion <b>initiative</b> soundly defeated by Colorado voters in 2008 is making its way to the 2010 ballot, this time reworked as an "egg-as-a-person" <b>initiative</b>. This new version would move the legal <b>definition</b> of a ...“The <b>definition</b> of products and services are getting more diffused as customers who buy products are also demanding services to support it,” he added. Nasscom is working on putting up a searchable product directory on its website to ...A new version of an anti-abortion <b>initiative</b> defeated by the voters in 2008 is making its way to the 2010 ballot, this time reworked to define an “egg-as-a-person.” This new version would move the legal <b>definition</b> of a person further ...The Malta Chamber of SMEs (GRTU) has welcomed the <b>initiative</b> of the European Commission to tackle late payment and subsequent bankruptcies but is skeptical about recovery costs, in the light of the fact that government are responsible for 2 /3 of late payments. ... This is why GRTU assumes that public authorities adhering to the rule of law will, by <b>definition</b>, pay the extra charges in case of late payment to which their debtors are legally entitled. ...The Archdiocese of Washington has submitted a letter to the District of Columbia's Board of Election and Ethics in support of the Marriage <b>Initiative</b> of 2009. The <b>initiative</b> would define marriage as a union of a man and a woman.Archbishop Wuerl backs D.C. <b>initiative</b> to protect <b>definition</b> of marriage. The Archdiocese of Washington has submitted a letter to the District of Columbia's Board of Election and Ethics in support of the Marriage <b>Initiative</b> of 2009. ...So that we are all starting at the same place, I will use the generally accepted <b>definition</b> of sustainability. The most popular <b>definition</b> of sustainability can be traced to a 1987 UN conference that defined sustainable developments as ...<br /> I am struggling with the below question..<br />I believe I have some ideas.. please critic my approach<br />Any direction would be helpful<br /><br />The question states as:<br />Suppose you are the accounting manager of a division of a large firm and your compensation is partly based on meetinga net income target.<br />In the current year it seems unlikely that your division will meet its target. You have some property, plant and equipment that have been idle for a while but have not yet written off. What incencentives do you have to write its value off during the current year and if you do write it off, how will it impact your future ability to meet the income targets for your divison?<br /><br />My answer<br /><br />There are a few scenarios to look at when approaching this question.<br />The verbage above suggests that writing off a fixed asset will decrease the value of earnings (by definition)<br />However, this can be debated in both ways (i.e. having no effect on the earnings and having an effect on the earnings)<br />Scenario A<br />Having no effect on earnings <br />If the asset that needs to be written off has depreciated to the extent where the accumulated depreciation equals to the original purchase price, writing off this asset will have no impact on the wealth of earning (accumulated depreciation and original purchase price acted in a contra fashion netting the balance to zero)<br />Scenario B<br />Having an effect on earnings<br />If the accumulated depreciation is less than the face value/or original purchase price. Writing off a fixed asset will lead a loss in earnings since the amount that was written off had a positive value (Writing off tied in cash invested in the asset)<br />Timing of the write off<br />Using scenario A the time frame of when a write off is done will have no significance since financials are not impacted.<br />In scenario B depending on how much is written off the accounting manager will have an incentive to write off the assets in the following year to avoid reporting a loss in earnings.<br />As his compensation is tied into earnings the manager will be hard pressed to report the write off in the next year (ethics comes into play)<br />Reporting in the current year will result in low earnings and subsequently low compensation package<br />Reporting the write off in the next year might allow the manager to re-capture the loss through cost reduction initiatives throughout the year.<br /><br /><br />Am I off the mark???<br /><br /><br /> Top Ten Poverty Cities <br /> <br /><br />City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level<br /> <br />1. Detroit , MI<br /> 32.5%<br /> <br />2. Buffalo , NY<br /> 29.9%<br /> <br />3. Cincinnati , OH<br /> 27.8%<br /> <br />4. Cleveland , OH<br /> 27.0%<br /> <br />5. Miami , FL<br /> 26.9%<br /> <br />5. St. Louis , MO<br /> 26.8%<br /> <br />7. El Paso , TX<br /> 26.4%<br /> <br />8. Milwaukee , WI<br /> 26.2%<br /> <br />9. Philadelphia , PA<br /> 25.1%<br /> <br />10. Newark , NJ<br /> 24.2%<br /> <br /><br /><br /><br />U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007<br />What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common? <br /><br />Detroit , MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961; <br /><br />Buffalo , NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;<br /><br />Cincinnati , OH (3rd)...since 1984;<br /><br />Cleveland , OH (4th)...since 1989;<br /><br />Miami , FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor;<br /><br />St. Louis , MO (6th)....since 1949;<br /><br />El Paso , TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor;<br /><br />Milwaukee , WI (8th)...since 1908;<br /><br />Philadelphia , PA (9th)...since 1952;<br /><br />Newark , NJ (10th)...since 1907.<br /><br />Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'<br /><br />It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats---yet they are still POOR <br /> <br />"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves." <br /> <br />Abraham Lincoln<br /><br /><br />...................and Mr. Obama, you are no Abe Lincoln<br />And as expected all the Democrat replies are 100%wrong .But it is fun to watch them try to spin out of this .One of them stated the top 10 richest cities where Democrats. You might want to do a little research on that one ! Then again you probably think Obama is doing a good job so your input has no creditability.<br />Good guy your answer would have Abe turning over in his grave. The truth is if Abe where alive today he would be totally disgusted about what the Democrats have done to are country!<br /><br /><br /> i have a ss vocab list i need to no the definitions to these words:<br />equality of oppotunity<br />equality before the law<br />popular will<br />market-based system<br />individual initiative<br />private ownership<br /><br /><br />i have already tried looking these up on dictionary.com didnt work<br /><br /><br /> Again with my troublesome boy. -.-<br /><br />My boyfriend of less than a month is already proving to be a bit of a liability. Today, for instance, I had a goodbye lunch with a bunch of our friends cuz I'm traveling for the rest of summer. He said he didn't know if he'd be able to make it, and he didn't, because was ASLEEP. From playing too much on his PS3 last night. <br /><br />I acted kind of playfully mad on IM but he didn't seem to even realize I was upset. Every time we go out it's me who has to call him because he's just not used to taking initiative. He's shy to the extreme, he's told me, but this is bordering on ridiculous. Most of the time he doesn't know how to be boyfriend-ly and it wears me out and makes me question what the hell is going on.<br /><br />Does he like me? Does he not? Is he too afraid to say so to my face? <br /><br />I'm certain he likes me and wants to be with me, but I think we both have a different definition of 'dating'. I want to see him, I want to go out, etc, and it's not like that for him. We won't see each other for over two weeks, which is why him coming today would've been important. <br /><br />I just don't know what to do. Suggestions?<br /><br /><br /> I asked this person what they would do if they were invisible and this is their response:<br /><br />"why should invisibility be of any consequence to my actions if you question is based on the assumption that i do or don't do certain things because of the consequences and out of fear of those and that to exact my will i would need a mask or veil covering me or your invisibility and so i say to you sir i do and dont not out of fear of consequences but because it is my will to do or not to do so in short i do what ever i want but then one might pose the question ah but if you truly did that you would get in to all kinds of trouble to which i would reply this would be true if i didn't take the initiative in aligning my will with the accepted standards of a functional society you see by seemingly going with the flow you can maintain control of it make thine masters will thy own and thou shalt be slave to none and let me pose another question by what definition do you consider your self evolved is it because your thumbs appose your other fingers or perhaps because you no longer find it necessary to fling excrement at passers by or perhaps it is because you can let your will be subject to the rules and bylaws handed to you but then i say neigh it is he who can let his will be done regardless of the rules who is truly evolved for only then do you live as a being and not a pawn of some other mans will"<br /><br />it just makes me feel dumb..<br />is he insulting me?<br /><br /><br /> Given the amount of money and man hours that both sides of the gay marriage debate are putting into their particular campaign over the simple definition of a word as codified in the secular legal code, is this effectively limiting the religious right's ability to wage other social restriction campaigns? Are there currently proposed initiatives to further curtail civil rights along religious lines (not including the abortion issue)?<br />I know full well what the President thinks, and I actually agree with him :) Why don't you try not making too many assumptions.<br /><br /><br /> a) "only adverse variances are worth invesgating because favourable variances by definition, must be good"<br />b)"budgets are OK but they stifle all initiative . No manager worth employing would work for a business which seeks to control through budgets"<br />c)"any sensible person would start with the sales budget and build up the other budgets from there"<br />plz briefly comment on this<br /><br /><br /> or are feminists only about womens rights and so on?<br /><br /><br />In the United States, boys' sports teams in colleges have been shut down in order to maintain gender parity with the amount of women who enter sports on campus through Title IX gender equality policy. [43] Young ladies at some campuses have shown solidarity against the ostrasization of boys by creating videos to bring attention to the issue.[44] The Obama administration is investigating the implementation of forced gender parity through Title IX to science, technical and engineering departments in colleges as well. Some organizations have expressed concern to the further denigration for opportunities for boys<br /><br /><br />In the United States it is a popular and lawful conception that men are not meant to have a parental role with their children and as such custody of children in divorce is often rewarded to the mother. As late as 1971, the Minnesota State Bar Association's handbook advised lawyers and judges that: "except in very rare cases, the father should not have custody of the minor children. He is usually unqualified psychologically and emotionally<br /><br /><br />The United States has created the Cabinet Level advisory Council of Women and Girls to oversee all governmental policy and functions of all Cabinet Level offices as to how they affect the needs of women and girls. There is no such high level council for men or boys. Excerpt from a lobbying letter by N.O.W: "This Office on Women should seek new ways to foster the full potential of tens of millions of women and girls of all races and from all walks of life -- through policies, budgeting, inter-agency coordination and special initiatives<br /><br /><br />The U.S. Center for Disease Control in conjunction with the American Psychiatric Association found that of heterosexual relationships involving violence, 50.3% involve non-reciprocal violence, and of that 50.3%, women were the instigators 70.7% of the time, although "physical injury was more likely to occur when the violence was reciprocal."[53] Men have no laws such as VAWA or Violence Against Women Act that afford them equal protection under law. Linda Kelly states in her thesis, DISABUSING THE DEFINITION OF DOMESTIC ABUSE: HOW WOMEN BATTER MEN AND THE ROLE OF THE FEMINIST STATE in the Florida State University Law Review that domestic violence is equally the province of women.[54]<br />Mandatory Military Service<br />Many countries around the world make it mandatory for males to join the military, but not females. Men at 18 years of age in the United States are required to register for military conscription to be drafted to war or military service. Women are not required to register with the Selective Service System and have no obligation to serve in the military in the case of a draft.<br /><br /><br /> 23. Which two trends in the 1990s were changes implemented by U.S. business?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> tariff and trade agreements with China<br /><br /> outsourcing and offshoring the production of goods and services<br /><br /> outsourcing services and insourcing production of goods<br /><br /> tariff and trade agreements with the European Union<br /><br /><br /><br />24. Which issue related to Mexico became controversial beginning in the 1990s?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> illegal immigration<br /><br /> cheap production of goods<br /><br /> drugs<br /><br /> reduction in border patrols<br /><br /><br /><br />25. Which state had the greatest number of immigrants during the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> Iowa<br /><br /> Texas<br /><br /> Kansas<br /><br /> Illinois<br /><br /><br /><br />26. What complex agreement removed trade barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico, but raised concerns about protecting American jobs?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> North American Free Trade Agreement<br /><br /> American Economic Cooperation Treaty<br /><br /> United States Free Trade Initiative<br /><br /> Enterprise for American Economic Action<br /><br /><br /><br />27. Which president is known for promoting health care, protecting women's rights, and balancing the federal budget?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> Jimmy Carter<br /><br /> Ronald Reagan<br /><br /> George H.W. Bush<br /><br /> Bill Clinton<br /><br /><br /><br />28. Who in the Clinton administration addressed global warming and climate change?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> Secretary of the Interior Bruce Babbitt<br /><br /> Vice President Al Gore<br /><br /> Secretary of State Madeleine Albright<br /><br /> EPA administrator Carol Browner<br /><br /><br /><br />29. Which geographic area created the most significant foreign policy challenge for the Clinton administration?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> Southeast Asia<br /><br /> Eastern Europe<br /><br /> India<br /><br /> China<br /><br /><br /><br />30. Why wasn't Al Gore elected president in 2000, despite receiving more popular votes than his opponent?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> The U.S. Supreme Court ordered a stop to the Florida recount of questionable ballots.<br /><br /> The House of Representatives broke a tie in the number of electoral votes.<br /><br /> The Senate determined that the Constitution did not provide for national intervention in state issues.<br /><br /> The Florida Supreme Court ordered a recount of questionable ballots, but then changed its mind.<br /><br /><br /><br />31. On what did George W. Bush base his refusal to respond to a subpoena about a leak of confidential White House information?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> executive privilege<br /><br /> his constitutional rights<br /><br /> historical precedent<br /><br /> presidential confidentiality<br /><br /><br /><br />32. Why might a president want to withhold information related to internal White House communications?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> because it is part of what the Constitution specifies about the role of the executive branch<br /><br /> to provide the free and confidential exchange of ideas between staff members<br /><br /> to exert the constitutional power and authority of the executive branch over the other two branches of government<br /><br /> because the president wants to live up to the expectations of the voters<br /><br /><br /><br />33. What happened on September 11, 2001?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> Terrorists used airplanes to kill thousands, destroying New York's twin towers and part of the Pentagon.<br /><br /> An emergency presidential election was held to resolve the issues of the 2000 election.<br /><br /> Bombs exploded in London's Heathrow airport and the United States sent troops to respond.<br /><br /> The Soviet Union collapsed and withdrew troops from Afghanistan.<br /><br /><br /><br />34. Which group and leader wanted to drive Americans out of all Islamic nations, destroy Israel, and eliminate pro-Western governments in the Middle East?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> Hezbollah and Hassan Nasrallah<br /><br /> the Taliban and Mullah Mohammed Omar<br /><br /> al-Qaeda and Osama bin Laden<br /><br /> Hamas and Sheik Ahmed Yassin<br /><br /><br /><br />35. How did the United States respond to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> called for the United Nations to begin military action in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Iran<br /><br /> took military action in Afghanistan where the terrorists responsible were believed to be hiding<br /><br /> asked the Russians to assist in locating the terrorists<br /><br /> persuaded the Afghan government to locate the terrorists and extradite them to the United States<br /><br /><br /><br />36. Which issue was raised by the Patriot Act?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> the requirement that people swear to a loyalty oath<br /><br /> the potential to intrude on people's civil rights to privacy<br /><br /> the definition of patriot was never clearly specified<br /><br /> the provisions were too loose to offer clear methods of enforcement<br /><br /><br /><br />37. What reason given by President George W. Bush for invading Iraq later proved to be false?<br />(Points: 3)<br /> He warned that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destructio<br /><br /><br /> What is State Initiative, and what is the purpose? I can seem to find a definition. Thank you!<br /><br /><br /> and which of these is most descriptive of where you live? Thanks.<br /><br />Definitions to help you with answer:<br /><br />SOCIALISM: An economic and political system in which private property is abolished and the means of production (i.e., capital and land) are collectively owned and operated by the community as a whole in order to advance the interests of all. In Marxist ideology, socialism is considered an intermediate stage in the inevitable transformation of capitalism into communism. A socialist society is envisioned as being characterized by the dictatorship of the proletariat; the existence of a high degree of cooperation and equality; and the absence of discrimination, poverty, exploitation, and war. With the non-existence of private ownership, the private profit motive is eliminated from economic life. Consequently, market forces do not play a role in organizing the process of production. Instead, large-scale government planning is employed to ensure the harmonious operation of the process of production.<br /><br />CAPITALISM: A socio-economic system characterized by private initiative and the private ownership of factors of production. In such a system individuals have the right to own and use wealth to earn income and to sell and purchase labor for wages. Furthermore, capitalism is predicated on a relative absence of governmental control of the economy. The function of regulating the economy is achieved largely through the operation of market forces, whereby the price mechanism acts as a signalling system which determines the allocation of resources and their uses.<br /><br />I prefer capitalism.<br />Thanks for the answers - no one stated which system was in place where they lived....or should it be intuitively obvious?...<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> Initiative, Referendum, and Recall Election. Every time I try to look them up, I get nothing at all. It's no homework or anything, just out of curiosity,.<br /><br /><br /> Interesting..... Poverty in Our Cities.<br /><br />City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level<br /><br />1. Detroit , MI 32.5%<br /><br />2. Buffalo , NY 29.9%<br /><br />3. Cincinnati , OH 27.8%<br /><br />4. Cleveland , OH 27.0%<br /><br />5. Miami , FL 26.9%<br /><br />6. St. Louis , MO 26.8%<br /><br />7. El Paso , TX 26.4%<br /><br />8. Milwaukee , WI 26.2%<br /><br />9. Philadelphia , PA 25.1%<br /><br />10. Newark , NJ 24.2%<br /><br />U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007<br /><br />What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common? <br /> <br />Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961; <br /> <br /> <br />Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;<br /> <br />Cincinnati , OH (3rd)...since 1984;<br /> <br />Cleveland , OH (4th)...since 1989;<br /> <br />Miami , FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor;<br /> <br />St. Louis , MO (6th)....since 1949;<br /> <br />El Paso , TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor;<br /> <br />Milwaukee , WI (8th)...since 1908;<br /> <br />Philadelphia , PA (9th)...since 1952;<br /> <br />Newark , NJ (10th)....since 1907.<br /> <br /><br /><br />Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'<br /> <br /><br /><br />It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats---yet they are still ....................<br /><br />POOR<br /><br /> "You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich.. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves."<br /><br />Abraham Lincoln<br /><br /> And you Mr. Obama.....are no Abe Lincoln!!!<br /><br /><br /> IS it possible to accurately define Dharma?<br /><br />Any reasonable answers are welcomed. From anyone.<br />Decent links gratefully accepted as well. :)<br /><br /><br /><br />* No, I am NOT interested in definitions of "The Dharma Initiative." I have zero interest in "Lost" on ABC in the U.S. *<br /><br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br /><br /> 1ST: 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.' <br />Such as : Electing a Democrat for President and expecting real long term positive change.<br /><br />2ND:--"It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats---yet they are still...POOR <br />"You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence. You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves." <br />Does this sound like what a liberal democrat wants to do?<br />Einstein said the 1st one.<br />Abraham Lincoln said the 2ND one.<br /><br /><br /> According to St. Paul, "all authority is from God," and so early Christians prayed even for the Roman government that often oppressed them.<br /><br />But given that wars, diplomatic initiatives and economic policies all are devised by ordinary human beings -- human beings who by religious definition are greedy, overly ambitious, prone to anger and otherwise imperfect -- is it realistic to think that US foreign policy (or the policy of any other nation) can be counted on to do God's work in the world?<br /><br /><br /> Interesting - on Poverty in the Cities..City, State, % of People Below the Poverty Level <br />1. Detroit , MI 32.5% <br />2. Buffalo , NY 29.9% <br />3. Cincinnati , OH 27.8% <br />4. Cleveland , OH 27.0% <br />5. Miami , FL 26.9% <br />5. St. Louis , MO 26.8% <br />7. El Paso , TX 26.4% <br />8. Milwaukee , WI 26.2% <br />9. Philadelphia , PA 25.1% <br />10. Newark , NJ 24.2% <br />U.S. Census Bureau, 2006 American Community Survey, August 2007 <br />What do the top ten cities (over 250,000) with the highest poverty rate all have in common? <br /> Detroit, MI (1st on the poverty rate list) hasn't elected a Republican mayor since 1961; <br /> <br /> <br />Buffalo, NY (2nd) hasn't elected one since 1954;<br /> <br />Cincinnati , OH (3rd)..since 1984;<br /> <br />Cleveland , OH (4th)...since 1989;<br /> <br />Miami , FL (5th) has never had a Republican mayor;<br /> <br />St. Louis , MO (6th)....since 1949;<br /> <br />El Paso , TX (7th) has never had a Republican mayor;<br /> <br />Milwaukee , WI (8th)..since 1908;<br /> <br />Philadelphia , PA (9th)..since 1952;<br /> <br />Newark , NJ (10th)...since 1907.<br /> <br />Einstein once said, 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.'<br /> <br />It is the poor who habitually elect Democrats---yet they are still poor... Read this following quote from a great American you will accept as non-partisan. "You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift.<br />You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down.<br />You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred.<br />You cannot build character and courage by taking away people's initiative and independence.<br />You cannot help people permanently by doing for them, what they could and should do for themselves." <br /> Abraham Lincoln<br /><br /><br /> 1.Accordign to natural rights philosophy, the main purpose of goverment is to: <br />a. create a democracy<br />b.protect individuals rights<br />c.create a system of seperation of powers<br />d.promote the rights of the ruling class<br /><br />2. to say that the rights to life, liberty, adn property are unalienable means that they<br />a.cannont be givenup or taken away<br />b. belong only ot citizens<br />c.are subject to governmental approval<br />d.are protected by the Constitution<br /><br />3.Which of the following statements describes a constitution?<br />a. a list of obligations of citizens<br />b.a priority for achieving particular policies<br />c. a plan that sets forth the structure and powers of government<br />d.a compilation of statues that have been in effect at least fifty years.<br /><br />4.One major issue left unresolved by the Philadelphia Convention in 1787 was<br />a. the powers of the states to coin money<br />b.the powers of the house to initiate revenue bills<br />c.the definition of national citizens<br />d.the power of the nat. govt. to regulate commerce with the indian tribes.<br /><br />7. In comparison with the Green and ROman ideals of civic virtue, the Judeo-Christian tradition<br />a.advocates enlightened self-interests<br />b.emphasizes the common good<br />c.stresses the dignity and worth of each individual<br />d.reduces the importance of individual rights<br /><br />8.The Enlightment inspired America's founders by<br />a.endorsing executive supremacy<br />b.making society more rigidly structured<br />c.justifying divine right of kings<br />d.emphasizing what could be achieved through the exercise of human reason.<br /><br />10.the Magna Carta included the important constitutional principle that established.<br />a.Freedom of religion<br />b.equal rights for all citizens<br />c.government based on rule of law<br />d.the suprimacy of Parliament<br /><br />13.the declaration of Indepndc. asserted that<br />a. a candid world would emerge from the american revolution<br />b.the colonies were now free and independent states<br />c.parliament had oppressed the colonies through the townsend acts<br />d.american independence respected the opinions of mankind<br /><br />14. the idea that political power is derived from the people is called<br />a.popular sovereignty<br />b.judicial review<br />c.unitary government<br />d.executive supremacy<br /><br />15.many of the first state constitutions included<br />a. unrestricted voting rights<br />b.the right of initiative and referendum<br />c.executive supremacy<br />d.bills of rights<br /><br />16.some founders believed that majoirty rule could be a threat to<br />a.states rights<br />b.local selfgovernment<br />c.individual rights<br />d.constitutional government<br /><br />17. the major weakness of the Nat. GOvt. under articles of confederation was its<br />a.lack of authority to regulate state TRADE<br />b.unequal representation of the states<br />c.powers to violate individual rights<br />d.plural executive<br /><br />18. the delegates to the Philidelphia Convention were authorized to<br />a.draft treaties governing international trade<br />b.write a new constitution for the nation<br />c.amend the articles of confederation<br />d.develop a plan for admitting new states to the union<br /><br />19. in the debate over representation in Congress the Virginia Plan advocated<br />a.equal representation of the states<br />b.proportional representation<br />c.bipartisan representation<br />d.limited representation<br /><br />20.According tothe supremacy Clause of the US CONst., "supreme law of land" refered to:<br />a.acts of the president<br />b.decisions of the supreme court<br />c.the constitution, laws enacted by congress, and treaties<br />d.laws passed by state legislatures<br /><br />21. the right of the senate to ratify or reject a treaty made by the president is an example of<br />a. the general welfare clause<br />b.checks and balances<br />c.proportional representation<br />d.federalism<br /><br />24.the establishment clause of the first amend.<br />a. prohibits the pres form inquiring into government operations<br />b.prohibits congress form establishing a nat. religion<br />c.prohibits the gov't. from requiring individuals to house jolders<br />d.it did not contain a bill of rights<br /><br />26. in comparison with the executive branch as organized by the first Congress, the executive branch toady has<br />a.lost much of its powers<br />b.asked congress to be more active in developing federal regulations<br />c.allowed the cabinet to dominate the presidency<br />d.grown larger and more complex<br /><br />27.the primary method congress uses to consider proposed legislatoin is<br />a.open debate on the floor of the house<br />b.the committee system<br />c.public opinion polls<br />d.executive orders from teh president<br /><br />29. which is an example of "positive right" found in the Bill of Rights?<br />a.the first amendment<br />b.the 6th amendment<br />c.the 3rd amendment<br />d.the 2nd amendment<br /><br />30. Congress represents both the people and the states by<br />a.gerrymandering electoral districts<br />b.proportional representation in the house and qual state represintation in the sanate<br />c.requiring consensus on all bills approved by the house and the senate<br />d.having the power to override presidential vetoes<br /><br />31.political parties in the US<br />a.were created by article IV of the const.<br />b. ar<br /><br /><br /> That the Bible Speaks of...<br />If you dismiss what the Bible speaks of as Sexual Morality you just have to read the Song of Songs in the Bible to see GOD gave the pleasure of sex between a Man and a Woman to enjoy and, love one another in a commited relationship that brings fourth generations of families to inhabit the world he gave us.<br />.<br />Sexual Freedom without the Biblical Definition brings what in your opinion? and how does it enhance a society?<br /><br />CURRENT TRENDS IN SEXUAL FREEDOM.<br />The UK and Netherlands.<br />Sex education initiatives are failing to control the spiralling teenage pregnancy crisis.<br />Learning Dutch lessons on pregnancy rate <br />Telegraph TV: Comment on teenage pregnancies <br />Every year, almost 50,000 girls and growing under 18 fall pregnant, leading critics to claim that government-led efforts to encourage safer sex are backfiring. The number who conceive is at its highest level since a multi-million-pound teenage pregnancy crackdown almost a decade ago.<br />As a result, Britain tops the league table of teenage mothers in western Europe, despite also having a record number of school-age abortions. <br />SEXUAL TRAFFICKING AT ALL TIME HIGH..<br />Washington, D.C.—Concerned Women for America (CWA)<br />is saddened by a United Nations report that says human<br />trafficking has tied illegal arms dealing as the world’s<br />second largest and fastest-growing criminal enterprise,<br />behind only illicit drug trading. <br />More evidence that homosexuality is a public health hazard<br />SAN FRANCISCO — A new variety of staph bacteria, highly resistant to antibiotics and possibly transmitted by sexual contact, is spreading among gay men in San Francisco, Boston, New York and Los Angeles, What is unusual in this case is the high percentage of infections - up to 40 percent - occurring in the buttocks and genitalia. – San Francisco Chronicle story on new staph bacteria spreading among homosexual men<br />In addition we have Child Sexual predators as an all time high<br />All time high for Teachers engaging in sexual relations with there students<br />School aged girls with a all time high of the HPV Virus..<br /><br />How is secular sexual freedom good for a society?<br />YOU DON"T SEE MONEY POWER AND SEX BRINGING DOWN A SOCIETY?<br />Look at Politicians you will see how many were brought down<br />YOU SAID-God gives us free will - it's up to us to not be stupid. BUT if people do not listen to GOD then how do they know not how to be Stupid?<br />PRINCE YOU SAID-Using the force of law prohibit two consensual adults from loving one another is what's immoral.<br />Then that could also be a father and daughter..Ah?<br /><br /><br /> Here are some interesting details on the "stimulus" package. If you would not mind forwarding this along to your friends, family, and contacts, it would be greatly<br />appreciated. The more info Americans have on this bill, the only thing stimulated will be anger and outrage, because none of this stimulates the economy or creates Jobs.<br />* The interest payments alone on the stimulus would cost $350 billion over<br />the next ten years, which means the next generation will have to pay the bills.<br />* The bill contains nothing in it that would stimulate the economy, but its only<br />a down-payment on big government spending. In reality, it's a welfare proposal.<br />Wasteful Spending Provisions<br />* $2 billion earmark to re-start FutureGen, a near-zero emissions coal power<br />plant in Illinois that the Dept. of Energy defunded last year because the project was inefficient<br />* $650 million for the digital television (DTV) converter box coupon program<br />* $88 million for the Coast Guard to design a new polar icebreaker (arctic ship)<br />* $448 million for constructing the Dept. of Homeland Security headquarters<br />* $248 million for furniture at the new Dept. of Homeland Security headquarters<br />* $600 million to buy hybrid vehicles for federal employees<br />* $400 million for the CDC to screen and prevent STD's<br />* $1.4 billion for a rural waste disposal programs<br />* $125 million for the Washington , D.C. sewer system<br />* $150 million for Smithsonian museum facilities<br />* $1 billion for the 2010 Census, which has a projected cost overrun of $3 billion<br />* $75 million for "smoking cessation activities"<br />* $200 million for public computer centers at community colleges<br />* $75 million for salaries of employees at the FBI<br />* $25 million for tribal alcohol and substance abuse reduction<br />* $500 million for flood reduction projects on the Mississippi River<br />* $10 million to inspect canals in urban areas<br />* $6 billion to turn federal buildings into "green" buildings<br />* $500 million for state and local fire stations<br />* $650 million for wildland fire management on Forest Service lands<br />* $1.2 billion for "youth activities," including youth summer job programs<br />* $88 million for renovating the headquarters of the Public Health Service<br />* $412 million for CDC buildings and property<br />* $500 million for building and repairing NIH facilities in Bethesda, MD<br />* $160 million for "paid volunteers" at the Corporation for<br />National and Community Service<br />* $5.5 million for "energy efficiency initiatives" at the VA<br />" National Cemetery Administration"<br />* $60 million for Arlington National Cemetery<br />* $850 million for Amtrak<br />* $100 million for reducing the hazard of lead-based paint<br />* $75M to construct a new "security training" facility for State Dept Security<br />officers when they can be trained at existing facilities of other agencies.<br />* $110 million to the Farm Service Agency to upgrade computer systems<br />* $200 million in funding for the lease of alternative energy<br />vehicles for use on military installations.<br />* $275 million for "watershed and flood prevention operations"<br />* Eliminates fees on loans from the Small Business Administration,<br />thus pushing private capital toward unproductive businesses and away<br />from productive businesses.<br />* Increases the definition of "youth" for certain summer job<br />programs from age 21 to age 24.<br /><br />* $160 million to the Job Corps program at the Dept. of Labor, but<br />not for job programs - rather, to construct, alter or repair buildings.<br />* Requires a government study on the impact of minimum wage laws<br />on the Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa .<br />* A $246 million tax break for Hollywood movie producers to buy<br />motion picture film.<br />* $79 billion State Fiscal Stabilization (slush) Fund to bailout<br />the States by providing billions of dollars for "education" costs of any kind.<br />* $47.843 billion is appropriated for a variety of energy programs<br />that are primarily focused on renewable energy development and energy<br />conservation/efficiency. Not one dollar is appropriated to make fossil<br />fuels more affordable in the near future. More than $6 billion of these<br />funds go to environmental clean ups.<br />* Increases eligibility for "weatherization" assistance to households 200 <br />percent above the poverty level.<br />* The "Making Work Pay" credit of $500 to every individual making<br />less than $75,000 (or $1000 to couples making $150,000 or less) would<br />pay people whether they are productive or not - akin to welfare.<br />* The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP- food<br />stamps) would temporarily suspend the 3-month limit for non-working<br />adults to receive SNAP benefits, thus giving incentives not to find a job.<br />* Installs government as the creator of broadband deployment<br />regardless of whether the speci<br /><br /><br /> I am an atheist and find that Mormon marriage, conservative Christian marriage, and all the others who supported Prop 8 who get married goes against my definition of what a marriage should be. I am part of a large group who could possible get enough signatures to at least present the legislature to ban religious marriage. You see, religious marriage is recognized by county, state, and federal authorities. They get tax breaks and various "special rights" afforded only if they are married. I find that their religious marriage goes against my secular marriage. Their marriage is, from this atheist' point of view, immoral and an affront to my atheistic marriage. <br /><br />So, since religious people can use their influence and beliefs to prevent an entire segment of society from marrying in a manner recognized by the state, why can't I do the same to them?<br /><br /><br /> please!<br /><br />Austin Rannow 1/19/2009 ©<br /><br />A famous Greek philosopher known as Aristotle once said, “If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost;” if a nation is to obtain true liberty among its people, the state as a whole must relinquish any predisposed positions on idea, initiative, and philosophy, or otherwise succumb to inequalities amongst the freedom of various peoples. Religion is well defined as a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, which adheres to the definition of a philosophy, and so if a nation is to obtain true liberty among its people, religion must be well respected, free from bias and prejudice. The separation of church and state is and always has been a vital part of the United States’ core; in order to promote civil equality and peace, the government must do its best to completely separate religion and politics, both with its conscious and subliminal correlations.<br /><br />The United States was founded on July 4th, 1776 with the preconceived idea of the separation of church and state. Thomas Jefferson, one of the cofounders of the U.S., has made it clear what this partition entails: “All persons shall have full and free liberty of religious opinion; nor shall any be compelled to frequent or maintain any religious institution.” There is no argument as to whether or not we should abide by the forefather’s ideals; citizens, being relatives of the country, should honor and respect the ancestral beliefs. The only rejoinder to this principle is the open literal interpretation of Jefferson’s idea. The word compel, which most nearly means to persuade or encourage, was used by Thomas Jefferson to show that no person of the country should be pushed or encouraged towards a certain denomination of religion, and certainly not be squandered of fair opportunities at political power due to one’s own personal belief and morals.<br /><br />Over the course of the United States’ history, people of certain religions have been harassed, treated unfairly, and even killed. One recent example of this is when the 41st president of the U.S., G George Herbert Walker Bush, responded, “No, I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God,” to the question of whether or not atheists should have an equal chance at citizenship. Bush’s statement goes directly against the separation of church and state. Someone who is so quick to say those words is sure to hold a conscious or unconscious bias on religion. Another classic example of the government abusing its power over religion is when Jim Mosser, a Marine Corps veteran and practitioner of the Wiccan faith, died, but the military refused to put a long excluded Wiccan emblem on the tombstone, whereas if Mosser were Christian, the military would have given a list of several crosses to choose from. After ten years of fighting in court, Mosser’s widow successfully sued the military and had the Wiccan emblem carved into Jim’s gravestone. Mosser’s widow spent ten whole years struggling through the agonizing process; life is too short to have to fight with the ignorance of injustice.<br /><br />There has only been one time in the history of the United States where the country was so divided that it could be cut into two separate parts; this was during the civil war. The American civil war lasted four years, from 1861 to 1865, and resulted in over six hundred thousand casualties. The entire war was based on the question of whether or not African Americans should have equal rights with Caucasian Americans. The war initially erupted because of the predisplaced division between the slave and slave-free states. This division can still be seen in the United States today, not just with views on racism, but moreso with views on religion.<br /><br /><br /> A famous Greek philosopher known as Aristotle once said, “If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best attained when all persons alike share in government to the utmost;” if a nation is to obtain true liberty among its people, the state as a whole must relinquish any predisposed positions on idea, initiative, and philosophy, or otherwise succumb to inequalities amongst the freedom of various peoples. Religion is well defined as a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, which adheres to the definition of a philosophy, and so if a nation is to obtain true liberty among its people, religion must be well respected, free from bias and prejudice. The separation of church and state is and always has been a vital part of the United States’ core; in order to promote civil equality and peace, the government must do its best to completely separate religion and politics, both with its conscious and subliminal correlations.<br /><br /><br /> Or will they white wash it! Like they do, and did Nixon's, or Regan's Administration. Two Republican criminals, if there ever was a definition of one. These two guys have done things to this country, that we are still paying fo, in the 21st century. Nixon criminalized the white house with lies, wars, and scandals of money and power corrupting the office, and has been ill repaired ever since. And dumb ASSS Ronald Regan fired 20 traffic controllers, spent billions on war toys that either didn't work, or impossible to conceive, such as the star wars initiative. And not to mention, increasing the deficit by billions of dollars, and training ben Laden, and alquita, coupled with oliver north; the criminal general! And also dropping drugs into the black community's around this great land, with the help of the C.I.A, and the many gangs in the community. If it wasn't for him, Ben Laden wouldn;t exists. He gave them the weapons and the training when they were fighting the Sovietsts. My how America for gets its true history. But I sure don't !<br /><br /><br /> Prop 8<br />11-19) 18:32 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The state Supreme Court plunged back into the same-sex marriage wars Wednesday, agreeing to decide the legality of a ballot measure that repealed the right of gay and lesbian couples to wed in California<br />Six months after its momentous ruling that struck down the state's ban on same-sex marriage, the court granted requests by both sponsors and opponents of Proposition 8 to review lawsuits challenging the Nov. 4 initiative.<br /><br />The vote was 6-1, Justice Joyce Kennard dissenting.<br /><br />However, the court refused, 6-1, to let same-sex marriages resume while it considers Prop. 8's constitutionality. Justice Carlos Moreno cast the dissenting vote.<br /><br />Approved by 52 percent of voters, Prop. 8 restored the definition of marriage - a union of a man and a woman - that the court had overturned May 15. Kennard and Moreno voted with the majority in that 4-3 ruling. <br /><br />The court agreed Wednesday to review two arguments by opponents of Prop. 8: that the measure exceeds the legal scope of a ballot initiative by allowing a majority to restrict a minority group's rights, and that it violates the constitutional separation of powers by limiting judicial authority.<br /><br />The justices also asked for arguments on whether Prop. 8, if constitutional, would nullify 18,000 same-sex weddings performed between when the court's marriage ruling took effect in mid-June and Nov. 4. Attorney General Jerry Brown, who will defend Prop. 8 as the state's chief lawyer, contends those marriages are legal, but sponsors of the initiative disagree.<br /><br />The justices asked for written arguments to be submitted through Jan. 21. The court could hold a hearing as early as March, and a ruling would be due 90 days later.<br /><br /><br />This is what a democracy is. Two wolves and a sheep deciding what they want to eat for dinner.<br />oh and wire taps are. torture is, pre emptive war. govt bail outs. Federal reserve. income tax. is all against the constitution<br />burn california burn<br /><br /><br /> 1. Which of the following is not a component of the state? a) land b) culture c) territory d) people, 2. Power is actually based on a) authority b) influence c) legitimacy d) money, 3. Equality can be defined as a) access b) morality c) equality d) inclusion, 4. The 9th and 10th amendments limits the power of a) president b) government c) supreme courts d) United Nations, 5. The Initiative allows citizens to bypass a) congress b) state & local legislatures c) security council d) none of the above, 6. The Rule of Law applies to a) all b) rich c) government d) politicians 7. Conservatives believe in a) traditional values b) strong military c) A & B d) pre-emption, 8. Seperation of Powers suggests a) seperate and independent branches of government b) seperation of church & state c) independent judiciary d) none of the above, 9. Anarchism is a) total government control b) no government c) military rule d) autoritarianism, 10. Oligarch is government by a few a) aristocracy b) people c) cabal d) electoral college, 11. Totalitarians embrace a) freedom b) libertarianism c) conservatism d) none of the above, 12. The recall allows the removal from the office of a) president b) governor c) federal judges d) solicitor general, 13. The ideas of classical liberalism embrace all of the following except a) liberty b) equality c) private property d) social welfare, 14. The great compromise resolved issues in a) World War II b) Civil War c) Constitutional Convention d) War of 1812, 15. The Federalist Papers were written during a) adoption of the constitution b) Watergate c) Civil War d) Clinton's impeachment, 16. The Bill of Rights a) gives us rights b) protects our rights c) provide natural rights d) none of the above, 17. Confederation came about to a) promote prosperity b) better prosecute war c) seek alliance with Britain d) capture Daniel Shay, 18. Constitutional amendments must be ratified by a) 3/5 of the states b) 1/2 the states c) national conventions d) 3/4 of the states, 19. Symbols of US political culture include except a) Liberty Bell b) Statue of Liberty c) Independence Day d) Washington DC Library, 20. The 3/5 principle allowed for a) increased representation for smaller states b) greater inequality among states c) reduced representation for big states d) none of the above, 21. Among the informal changes to the constitution are all of the following except a) judicial decisions b) statutes c) ordinances d) executive agreements, 22. Brian Harper is the leader of which country a)Afghanistan b) Mexico c) Barbados d) Canada, 23. Contemporary economic conditions have produced much/many a) unemployment b) foreclosures c) suicides d) broken homes, 24. Present at the Constitutional Convention were all of the following except a) land owners b) wealthy c) businessmen d) poor, 25. Marbury vs. Madison resulted in the following except a) placed the judiciary on par with the executive and legislature b) changed the way public policy is made c) the judiciary now determine the legality of legislation d) made of Marbury wealthy, 1. True or False : The government is ot the only entity of society allowed to use force. 2. True or False: The Kurds consider themselves a nation but not a state. 3. True or False: Federalism provides for one level of government. 4. True of False: The US is an example of an oligarchy. 5. True or False: Republicanism is central to the ideaology of the Republican Party. 6. True or False: Libertarianism is a variant of liberalism. 7. Affirmative action was designed to promote equality. 8. True or False: Checks and balances mandate cooperation between the legislative and executive branches of government. 9. True or False: Constitutional democracy equals limited government. 10. True or False: Judicial review came about because of Marbury vs. Madison. 11. True or False: Tom Paine was a propagandist who supported the Brirish in the Revolutionary War. 12. True or False: Benjamin Franklin represented the US at the Treaty of Paris. 13. True or False: Regulatory agencies have no impact on our governmental system. 14. True or False: The Bureaucracy is of no significance in the everyday functionong of government. 15. True or False: The Continental Congress spoke glowingly of the British and their king. 16. True or False: Shay's rebellion was easily put down by the confederation. 17. True or False: Modern Technology is responsible for all US Constitutional changes. 18. True or False: Easton's definition of politics does not include values. 19. True or False: Ballot proposals and initiatives are not the same thing. 20. True or False: In promoting justice the government promotes exclusiveness. 21. True or False: Due process is an extension of the rule of law. 22. True or False: George Bush invented security as a function of government. 23. True or False: Providing public goods is one function of government around which all political idealogies revolve. 24. True or False: The Electoral College was designed to provide eq<br /><br /><br /> too hard? how can girls tell when a guy is trying too hard to get a girlfriend or someone to date? how can girls sense it? I don't know if I am trying too hard or not, but I am not gonna give up on looking for the right girl, I am not gonna stop approaching them or talking to them, or asking for their number, because the guy, or male, has to take the initiative in the dating/relationship world, he has to ask the girl out, he has to initiate most of the conversations, he has to initiate getting to know her, etc. Basically the male has to initiate the first date, first kiss, and start the relationship. I am 20, going to be 21 next year, and I have been single my entire life, my main problem is that, for almost 2 years now, every girl that I have approached and talked to or was interested in had a boyfriend already. Rejection is not so much my problem, it just that that every girl I always run into has a boyfriend already. Anyway, even if I am trying too hard to get a girlfriend, I don't feel there is much I can do about that because I am just being myself, and also I learned that getting rejected is normal, getting rejected is a learning experience, so I have decided that I am just going to keep getting rejected and rejected over and over again until I find the right single girl, because if a guy stops looking for a girlfriend, it will hurt his chances a lot more than if a girl stops looking for a boyfriend, because us guys usually have to take the initiative and make the first move. So what is trying too hard?<br />How can girls tell when a guy is trying too hard? give me examples of when a guy is trying too hard? How can I not try so hard to get a girlfriend? How should my body language be like?<br />please, I want all the best advice, I am tired of being single.<br /><br /><br /> My new job requires working with a control freak, who is by definition my peer. However, she does not act like it. She is an overachiever in the areas at which she knows a lot about but shirks any talk of her areas of weakness. Which coincidentally are my strong areas. Another part of her "disease" is to volunteer to be a part of every single initiative and usually takes over. I, unfortunately, have the job of repairing the damage she makes with our peers. <br /><br />The part of the problem that I would like to address is that I get intimidated and tongue tied when she starts spouting out buzzwords. She has a lot of people fooled by that trick. I need some comebacks that are professional yet can slow her down from stealing the stage at every meeting. Or maybe if you have some other ways to deal with a bossy, controlish, micromanaging peer. Remember, she is a peer but acts like she is my keeper. <br />Funny! She does things to get them done but they are not well thought out...couple that with her lack of social graces and my job is now fixing all her errors. How do I stop a rolling boulder before it crashes?<br /><br /><br /> They tell me I'm a Bad American.....BECAUSE:<br /><br /><br />I like big bikes, big trucks, big boats, big houses, and naturally, pretty women.<br /><br />I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some mid-level governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to some crack addict squirting out babies. I don't care about appearing compassionate.<br /><br />I don't think playing with toy guns makes kids killers - I believe ignoring your kids and giving them Prozac might.<br /><br />I think I'm doing better than the homeless.<br /><br />I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized. I have the right not to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird or make me mad. This is my life to live, and not necessarily up to others expectations.<br /><br />I know what SEX is and there are not varying degrees of it. <br /><br />I don't celebrate Kwanzaa. But if you want to that's fine; I just don't feel like everyone else should have to.<br /><br />My uncles and forefathers shouldn't have had to die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come disrespect ours, and make us bend to your will. Get over it.<br /> <br />I believe that if you are selling me a Dairy Queen shake, a pack of cigarettes, or hotel room you do it in English. As of matter of fact, if you are an American citizen you should speak English.<br /> <br />I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you're running from them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word 'freeze' or 'stop' in English, see the previous line.<br /><br />I don't use the excuse "it's for the children" as a shield for unpopular opinions or actions.<br /><br />I know how to count votes and I feel much safer letting a machine with no political affiliation do a recount when needed. I know what the definition of lying is, and it isn't based on the word "is"-- ever.<br /><br />I don't think just because you were not born in this country, you qualify for any special loan programs, Gov't sponsored bank loans, etc., so you can open a hotel, 7-Eleven, trinket shop, or anything else, while the indigenous peoples can't get past a high school education because they can't afford it.<br /><br />I didn't take the initiative in inventing the Internet. <br /><br />I thought the Taco Bell dog was funny.<br /><br />I want them to bring back safe and sane fireworks.<br /><br />I believe no one ever died because of something Ozzy Osbourne, Ice-T or Marilyn Manson sang, but that doesn't mean I want to listen to that crap from someone else's car when I'm stopped at a red light. But I respect your right to.<br /><br />I don't want to eat or drink anything with the words light, lite or fat-free on the package.<br /><br />Our soldiers did not go to some foreign country and risk their lives in vain and defend our Constitution so that decades later you can tell me it's a living document ever changing and is open to interpretation. The guys who wrote it were light years ahead of anyone today, and they meant what they said -- now leave the document alone, or there's going to be trouble.<br /><br />I don't hate the rich.<br /><br />I help the poor.<br /><br />I know wrestling is fake.<br /><br />I've never owned, or was a slave, and a large percentage of our forefathers weren't wealthy enough to own one either. Please stop blaming me because some prior white people were idiots -- and remember, tons of white, Indian, Chinese, and other races have been enslaved too -- it was wrong for every one of them.<br /><br />I believe a self-righteous liberal with a cause is much more dangerous than a Hell's Angel with an attitude.<br /><br />I want to know exactly which church is it where the "Reverend" Jessie Jackson preaches; and what exactly is his job function.<br /><br />I own a gun, you can own a gun, and any red blooded American should be allowed to own a gun, but if you use it in a crime, then you will serve the time.<br /> <br />I think Bill Gates has every right to keep every penny he made and continue to make more. If it makes you mad, then invent the next operating system that's better and put your name on the building. <br /><br />I don't believe in hate crime legislation. Even suggesting it makes me mad. You're telling me that someone who is a minority, gay, disabled, another nationality, or otherwise different from the mainstream of this country has more value as a human being than I do as a white male. If someone kills anyone, I'd say that it's a hate crime. We don't need more laws! Let's enforce the ones we already have.<br /> <br />I think turkey bacon, turkey beef, turkey fake anything sucks.<br /><br />I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child -- it takes a parent with the guts to stand up to the kid and spank his butt and say "NO!" when it's necessary to do so.<br /><br />I'll admit that the only movie that ever made me cry was Ole Yeller.<br /><br />I didn't realize Dr. Seuss was a genius until I had a kid.<br /><br />I will not be frowned upon or be looked down upon or be made to keep silent because I have these beliefs and opinions. I thought this country allowed me that right. <br /><br />I will not conform or compromise just to keep fr<br /><br /><br /> desperate? It's like so hypocritical, us guys are doing our job by taking the initiative to get to know you, we usually have to make the first move and take the lead in order to start a friendship with a girl and then later a relationship. Yes, I know you girls and people are going to say that it is usually up to guy to get a girlfriend, and for the girl to choose whether she wants to be with him or not, and that in order to do that just don't be desperate and approach and start talking to girls by making it not look random or creepy, well there is just one problem: I DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPROACH AND NOT APPEAR DESPERATE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO NOT APPEAR CREEPY OR DESPERATE, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO APPROACH A GIRL WITHOUT MAKING IT LOOK RANDOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Yes, I know all I have to do is just be myself, well I am always myself, I never tell lies to the girl, I never tell girls stuff that are not true about me, I never try to act like somebody else. Seriously, do you think Asperger Syndrome makes guys appear desperate and approach girls in a desperate, creepy, or random manner eventhough they don't mean to? Well I am guessing this why I have a problem getting a girlfriend and getting into the dating scene, because when I approach girls, I appear and sound desperate, creepy, or random. I could be wrong, but how can I tell if I am being desperate? what is the definition of being desperate? give me examples of all kinds when a guy approaches a girl in a desperate or random way, I want to undo these problems.<br />I swear to God that I am always myself, I never try to act like and be anybody else, but seriously, how do you not act desperate?<br />even if I do sound desperate, I have a good reason to, I turn 21 next year and I still have never had a girlfriend or had any relationship with a girl, whether if it was short-term, long-term, serious or non-serious, and this really bothers me. I have wanted a girlfriend for the longest time I already, it's just girls never give me a chance.<br /><br /><br /> and what can the guy do to you that will show you he is not desperate. Yes, I am aware of some of the things that show's a girl that a guy is desperate, one of them is calling and texting them a lot, and what else? Basically, how do you want guys to take the initiative to get to know you and later ask you out in a non-desperate way?<br />I want serious answers please!!!!, how do you prefer guys to approach you and get to know you in a non-desperate and non-clingy approach?<br /><br /><br /> This question is prompted by various quality standards and quality initiatives in the '90's.<br /><br />It all seemed to be a lucky dip, or pot lock, whether I was going to actually get any quality.<br /><br />A quality standard usually does not provide enough of a definition of this "quality" it talks about.<br /><br />Is there any more authoritative arbiter of quality than the "definitions of quality on the Web", which Google gives us if we simply type <What is quality ?> into the Google search bar ?<br />To Y,<br />Thanks. Terrific Info.<br /><br /><br /> quality ?<br /><br />If we type <What is quality ?> into Google,<br />it responds with <define:quality> and then answers its own question, by merely stating existing definitions of quality on the Web.<br /><br />Won't "quality initiative" be unlikely to meet all the seemingly relevant criteria noted in the seemingly relevant portions of Google's take of the existing definitions of quality on the Web ?<br /><br />So won't a "quality initiative" quite likely have made a safety-critical system unsafe, considered against the seemingly relevant existing definitions of quality on the Web.<br /><br />So won't much of the effort at adding quality in the '70s '80s '90s have been in vain ?<br />Won't much effort in the '70s '80s '90s look retrospectively as tinkering, that caused some of the parameters or measures of quality to go haywire ?<br />No.<br />The info from the Google search is terrific.<br />I realised after I posted that <br />wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn was doing the work.<br /><br />Far from not being good, I meant that you get better value from a web search engine than from a supposedly useful "quality standard".<br /><br /><br /> getting better reception with a $3, 75 ohm antenna unamplified; in fact i have a $5 75 - 300 piece to make it work with the television. works like a charm getting stations i never could get with that amplified antenna i want my $50 back!<br /><br />another thing, how many of us are really going to buy those converter boxes, lol. i got 2 coupons but i don't know because the television hasn't seen any action whatsoever now they i have my lcd. you know you want that cheap analog in case someone comes to visit, but there's no real initiative to get one, other than analog tvs are still like $20 at the pawn shop.<br /><br /><br /> Why is is that the people in Kansas are enthusiastic and had initiative to rebuild there homes and towns, but the people in New Orleans complained about how no was "helping" them (my definition of helping thme is---no one would hand over a two story house with a picket fence) and thats all they wanted was their debit card. Then they left. A lot of companies and people went down there to help these people rebuild, but them themselves where the ones who didn't care.<br /><br /><br /> I am a BAD American. <br /><br />I like big cars, big guns, and big tits. I believe the money I make belongs to me and my family, not some mid-level governmental functionary with a bad comb-over who wants to give it away to crack addicts squeezing out babies. <br /><br />I don't think playing with guns makes you a killer. I don't think being a minority makes you noble or victimized. I don't care if you call me a racist, a homophobe or a misogynist. I know that no matter how big Jennifer Lopez's ass gets, I'll still want to see it. <br /><br />I believe that if you are selling me a Big Mac in America, you do it in English. I don't use the excuse "it's for the children" as a shield for unpopular opinions or actions. I want to know when MTV became such crap. <br /><br />I know what the definition of "is" is. I didn't take the initiative in inventing the Internet. I want them to bring back safe and sane fireworks. <br /><br />I believe no one ever died because of something Ozzy Osborne, Ice-T or Marilyn Manson sang. I think that being an art student doesn't give you any more insight than working at Blockbuster. I don't want to eat or drink anything with the words light, lite or fat-free on the package. <br /><br />I believe everyone has a right to pray to his or her God or gods, and they can do it in their schools. I think the WNBA is cool, as is the US Womens' Soccer Team - because they kick ass. My heroes are John Wayne, Winston Churchill, Ronald Reagan, Norman Schwartzkopf, Colin Powell and whoever canceled "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman". <br /><br />I think creative violence and useless nudity and sex makes Iraqis deader and movies more interesting. <br /><br />I don't hate the rich. I don't pity the poor. I think global warming is Chicken Little junk science. <br /><br />I've never owned or was a slave, I didn't wander forty years in the desert after getting chased out of Egypt. I haven't burned any witches or been persecuted by the Turks and neither have you, so shut-the-hell-up already. <br /><br />Rocky and Bullwinkle still makes me laugh. I think you can respect and admire women while mentally undressing them. I believe a self-righteous liberal with a cause is more dangerous than a 6 year old with a Play Station. <br /><br />I want to know exactly which church it is where the Rev. Jesse Jackson preaches. <br /><br />I think explosions are cool. I don't care where Ellen DeGeneres puts her tongue. I think the cops have every right to shoot your sorry ass if you're running from them. I thought Spinal Tap was great, but Rob Reiner can still kiss my ass. <br /><br />I worry about dying before I get even. <br /><br />I like the convenience of buying oranges while I'm waiting at a stoplight, and I'm pretty sure the Latina girl selling them to me is glad she no longer lives in a refrigerator packing carton outside Ensenada. <br /><br />I figured out Bruce Willis was dead midway through The Sixth Sense but enjoyed it anyway. <br /><br />I think turkey bacon sucks. <br /><br />I want somebody to explain to me exactly why it's wrong to point out that when I watch a freeway chase, I know the losers the police eventually pull out of the car are not gonna be honor roll middle-class high school kids but gang-banging losers from the wrong side of town. <br /><br />I believe that it doesn't take a village to raise a child, it takes a parent with a firm voice and a firmer hand. I think tattoos and piercings are fine if you want them, but please don't pretend they are a political statement and not a fad. I like hard women, hard liquor and a hard bowel movement first thing in the morning, and don't even think about asking me if I want a rice cake. <br /><br />I believe you don't have to speak with a lisp to pick out a couch for your living room. <br /><br />I'll admit that the only movies that ever made me cry was "Sands of Iwo Jima" and "Ole Yeller". I didn't realize Dr. Seuss was a genius until I had a kid. <br /><br />I will not conform or compromise just to keep from hurting somebody's feelings. <br /><br />I'm neither angry nor disenfranchised, no matter how desperately the mainstream media would like the world to believe otherwise. <br /><br />YES, I am a BAD American.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> <br />I tried with Babelfish and Altavista, but then a strange smoke of burnt stuff and smoke behind my screen ?????<br />Three words in particular I find difficult :<br /><br /> - "la"<br /> - "constitution"<br /> - "République"<br />Does art.9 refer to hopping Sarkozy ?<br /><br /><br /> describe what characteristics that individual has and what has made him/her successful in bussiness.?<br />1.a person who organizes and manages a business or industrial enterprise. attempting 2 make a profit but taking the risk of a loss<br />2.a visionary self-starter who loves the adventure of a new enterprise<br />3. the owner or manager of a business enterprise who, by risk and initiative, attempts to make a profit<br />4. someone who runs a business at his own financial risk.<br /><br /><br /> According to muslims belief,Jesus was a messenger of God and a muslim...and its even mentioned in the bible.Jesus says in the bible "I can do nothing on My own initiative. As I hear, I judge; and My judgment is just, because I do not seek My own will, but the will of Him who sent Me"(John 5:30-32)....anyone who submits his will to Almighty God,and says not my will but God's will, is a muslim(The definition of a Muslim: A person who submits his will to Almighty God).the above mentioned verse is a proof from the bible that jesus was a muslim...now if the "todays christians" want to follow Christ,they'l automatically be Muslims but if they will follow Paul and other people then surely they shud not cal themselves as christians...Todays Chrisatians should say we r following Paulinity, not christianity, because one who will follow Christ will automatically be a Muslim....(Sorry if i have hurt anyones feelings).oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-23658523049881131792009-10-29T23:43:00.001-07:002009-10-29T23:43:41.969-07:00announced by vbulletin inurl:/members/Hi guys, i need some advice, my forum opened for about 1 week already, but, now i have 68 members, but none of them are posting, and i noticed almost all the new members.Hello, I believe this is going to be a custom mysql query, but does anyone know how to change the default email subscription type from whatever it may be to instant or daily.Performing Imports is having a BMW car show and Open House on Saturday November 7th from 10am to 3pm It is a free event and everyone is welcome. We.Ok this just started for some reason, and I have no idea why it is doing it. It only happens to a certian few of members. When they post it puts the post into moderation, and.Atleast after addition of tweets dhtml addon on left of our browser, we can find rest of <b>vbulletin</b> menu items crawl or lag a lot. Also GA stats on right of my browser makes.(Options are in <b>vBulletin</b> Options > Who has visited today) To install just unzip the XML and import into vB using the ACP Product Manager. History: v3.8.001 : Initial version for vB 3.8.x v3.8.002 : Fix Most Ever Display Bug. ...I created a 301 redirect by making a folder and placing an index.html file in it to make Bylur.com | Facebook redirect to my site's Facebook page. Is there anything wrong with.Hey there, Recently I purchased an IPB forum and I would like to merge the members from the IPB to my existing VB forum. I ONLY need the members moved over. My budget is $15-20.Is there a mod or can someone post the code that will help me. What i'm looking to do is when a member is given an infraction their user name is automatically moved to a.Powered by <b>vBulletin</b>® Version 3.8.4. Copyright ©2000 - 2009, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO 3.1.0 ©2007, Crawlability, Inc. vB Ad Management by =RedTyger= (c) 1999-2009 PassPorter Travel Press/MediaMarx, Inc. ...oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-77387912550171865982009-10-29T23:38:00.001-07:002009-10-29T23:38:21.459-07:00jury may discuss case only after verdict announced rendered<b>May</b>, 2009 ... The defense lawyers declined comment <b>after</b> the <b>verdict</b> was read. Baseballs hit with aluminum bats, such as the one used in that American Legion game, <b>only</b> give pitchers milliseconds to respond in a defensive stance, the plaintiffs said ... I'm not familiar with the facts of this <b>case</b>, but as an attorney, is it your general impression that in <b>cases</b> like this both the <b>verdict</b> and the award size are more often emotional on the <b>jury's</b> part, rather than rational? ...So, the first source of ignorance to dispel is the notion that you're somehow entitled to a "<b>jury</b> of your peers." The law <b>only</b> guarantees you a impartial <b>jury</b>. It doesn't guarantee that the <b>jury</b> is going to be composed of people exactly like you. What does it require? ... "You and each of you do solemnly swear that in the <b>case</b> of the State of Texas against the defendant, you will a true <b>verdict render</b> according to the law and the evidence, so help you God". ...The <b>jury rendered</b> a <b>verdict</b> in the plaintiff's favor on the retaliation claim <b>only</b>, finding that the city retaliated against her <b>after</b> she lodged a discrimination complaint in 1998. <b>....</b> Court: Employee's Firing <b>After</b> Expressing Reluctance to Participate as a Witness in CHRO Hearing <b>May</b> Be Retaliation by Daniel Schwarts - November 7, 2008. For retaliation <b>cases</b>, an employee's active participation in another person's discrimination <b>case</b> has been viewed, in the past, ...Trial on damages <b>only</b> resulted in a Bronx County <b>jury verdict</b> on August 14, 2006 in the sum of $3000000 for pain and suffering ($1500000 past – 5 years, $1500000 future – 63 years). ... It <b>may</b>, therefore, turn out to be a <b>case</b> that's not oft-cited but it's clearly one that grabbed the attention of the <b>jury</b> and so impressed the <b>jury</b>, the trial judge and the appellate court that $3000000 was awarded and affirmed for pain and suffering in a non-catastrophic injury <b>case</b>. ...Given the <b>jury's verdict</b> of guilty in State v. Michael Hecht <b>announced</b> earlier today, Pierce County Superior Court believes these considerations more pertinent now. I am sure Judge Hecht would continue to share these concerns. ... Rather, the judge <b>may only</b> be removed in one of two fashions: impeachment by the Legislature; or removal by the Washington Supreme Court upon recommendation of the Commission on Judicial Conduct, "an independent agency of the judicial branch," ...First, each juror identifies how they would decide each issue that is on the <b>verdict</b> forms in the <b>case</b> if they were the <b>only</b> person on the <b>jury</b>. Then they explain why they would decide each issue that way. ... <b>After</b> each 50 minute period end, take a 10 minute break to recharge, reflect, and go to the restroom. Of course if the whole <b>jury</b> is really focused or close to a <b>verdict</b>, go past 50 minutes. But odds are keeping to this kind of schedule will reduce fatigue and ...Although CU tried to contend that Churchill was actually fired for plagiarism and other forms of research misconduct, a Colorado <b>jury</b> disagreed and returned a <b>verdict</b> in Churchill's favor. ... And even though a judgment <b>rendered</b> in a single court <b>case</b> (such as Churchill's) <b>may only</b> seem relevant to the litigants involved, the precedents many of these <b>cases</b> set can detrimentally impact the fundamental rights, and lives, of millions for years to come. ...The <b>verdict</b> included an award of $100000 for actual damages and $3 million for punitive damages. Cantrell's <b>only</b> "hard" or special damages was a $200 medical bill. In a statement issued <b>after</b> the court's post-trial order, Target stated that ... The Exxon Valdez <b>case</b>, however, was a maritime <b>case</b>. The Target appeal <b>may</b> be one of the first <b>cases</b> where the Exxon Valdez principles are applied in a non-maritime dispute. An appeal of a <b>verdict rendered</b> in federal court in South ..."We would have liked to have seen a <b>verdict rendered</b> today but we would like to see justice served." Attorney Carlson Shurland said: "Unfortunately the announcement at the convention compromised the integrity of the <b>jury</b> room and <b>after</b> ... She told them to consider the abetment charge against her <b>only after</b> considering the attempted extortion charge. She told the <b>jury</b> that <b>only</b> if they found her not guilty on the attempted extortion charge, could they consider the charge ...A <b>jury</b> determines comparative negligence <b>after</b> hearing the facts of the <b>case</b> and the relevant law as instructed by the Judge. Damages <b>may</b> be reduced or apportioned as a result of plaintiff's comparative negligence. Compensable Claim: A claim for which a ... This means that the personal injury attorney <b>only</b> receives payment from the client when the attorney has secured a settlement, binding arbitration award, or <b>jury verdict</b> for the client. This allows even clients of very ...oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-72242155475901039152009-10-29T23:36:00.001-07:002009-10-29T23:36:17.869-07:00new gps announcedSubscribe: See us at the Audience Conference, Nov 5-6th in <b>New</b> York » · Google Redefines <b>GPS</b> Navigation Landscape: Google Maps Navigation For Android 2.0. 189 Comments. by Michael Arrington on October 28, 2009 <b>.....</b> Other platform support will be <b>announced</b> “by carriers and phone makers” when they're ready, but Google implied they are working closely with Apple now on it.” It makes sense that Google would want this on the iPhone too, because it is always in their best ...This <b>new</b> feature comes with everything you'd expect to find in a <b>GPS</b> navigation system, like 3D views, turn-by-turn voice guidance and automatic rerouting. But unlike most navigation systems, Google Maps Navigation was built from the ...... and it'll come out to be $269. Got one myself. Awesome <b>GPS</b> unit. Awesome price. Gravatar. 0 vote. Dobs on 30/10/2009 - 12:40 ¶. There is about to be a flood of cheap <b>GPS</b> units on the market since Google <b>announced</b> free navigation on Android mobile phones. Shares in TomTom and Garmin plunged in the US straight after Google made the announcement. Gravatar ... <b>New</b> Deals. Deals that have just been submitted by our users. Check these out, and vote them to the front page! ...Google Breaks into <b>GPS</b> World with <b>new</b> Android 2.0. October 29th, 2009 Author: Chase. google-maps-navigation Google raised the stakes on <b>GPS</b> navigation this morning when the internet mega-beast <b>announced</b> the release of Google Maps ...Google has <b>announced</b> the features of its Google Maps service for Android 2.0 cell phones. 3D views and turn-by-turn directions are both in the cards. It looks to be a marked improvement over the old Android Google Maps functionality. ... Member comments are added immediately once you confirm your email address. Anonymous comments are moderated by our editorial staff. I want to comment as a <b>new</b> member an existing member anonymously. Enter your Name ...All you have to do is to disable the radio unit, add a bigger screen and ruggedize it ;-) Of course you can also disable the installation of <b>new</b> Android apps a la B&N eReader. reply. Steve - October 29th, 2009 at 1:46 pm GMT+4 <b>.....</b> I just finished a road trip, and with nothing more than EDGE/3G on a G1 we were able to plan and update a great trip. the standalone <b>GPS</b> was outdated BEFORE google navigation was <b>announced</b>. Now Garmin/TomTom are going to start getting creative ...Telmap launching iPhone <b>GPS</b> navigation app. Just in time to be undercut by Google's <b>new</b> free service. <b>GPS</b> firm Telmap has <b>announced</b> that it's created a search, mapping and navigation app for iPhone, using its navigation technology and ...I bring this up not just because of my pleasant lunch or because Internet CPMs (what we get paid for a thousand views) continue to fall through the floor, but because Google has <b>announced</b> a <b>new</b> free <b>GPS</b> system which you'll be able to ...Today Google <b>announced</b> Google Maps Navigation (Beta) which features turn-by-turn <b>GPS</b> navigation with voice guidance. The <b>new</b> navigation system is part of Google Maps for mobile and is available for phones with Android 2.0. ...The <b>new</b> Motorola DROID will have turn-by-turn directions provided by Google Maps, and other Android phones will receive it with the 2.0 upgrade. As a result of Google's announcement, Garmin stock fell 17.2% and TomTom shares plummeted ...<br /> saw the on friday but need to know what will happen to my shares..it seems to me they roll into the new company but i would like a second opinion for GPSNQ ...................<br />Falconhead Capital Forms GPSI Holdings, World's Leading Provider of Cart-Mounted Gps Services to Golf Courses <br /><br /><br />Three-Way Merger Creates Market Leader With Systems Deployed on Nearly 1,000 Courses; Extensive Synergies Position New Company for Long-Term Success <br />NEW YORK, Oct 16, 2009 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- --Partners With Greg Norman <br />Falconhead Capital, LLC, a private equity firm specializing in consumer-focused businesses in the leisure, lifestyle, sport and media categories, today announced the formation of GPSI Holdings, LLC ("GPSI"), the world's leading provider of cart-mounted GPS services to golf courses. GPSI was created through the acquisition of and subsequent three-way merger of GPS Industries, Inc., ProLink Systems, Inc., and a series of assets previously owned by David Chessler, who has been named CEO of GPSI. GPS Industries was acquired through a sale process conducted under Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed. <br /><br />Falconhead has immediately established GPSI as the leading player in the golf cart-mounted GPS industry globally, with systems deployed on nearly 1,000 courses predominantly in North America and Europe. Falconhead expects that the acquisition of these businesses at very attractive valuations, and their combination, will result in significant cost, revenue and technological synergies that will position GPSI for significant profitable growth. In particular, GPSI will implement extensive product and service improvements that will benefit customers and enhance the playing experience for players around the world. <br /><br />Falconhead's partner in GPSI is Greg Norman, the professional golfer and head of Great White Shark Enterprises, a corporation primarily focused on golf. Mr. Norman, a long-time member of Falconhead's advisory board, was involved in conceiving and executing the transactions. He will own a significant equity stake in GPSI and has entered into an agreement to promote the company's business. <br /><br />As part of GPSI's long-term growth strategy, the Company has established an exclusive partnership with Club Car to leverage its sales force of more than 120 representatives and its extensive global distribution network. Club Car, a member of the Industrial Technologies sector of Ingersoll-Rand plc (NYSE: IR), is a leading manufacturer of golf cars, utility vehicles and a wide range of task-oriented vehicles serving multiple markets. <br /><br />David S. Moross, chairman and chief executive officer of Falconhead Capital, said: "We are proud to create the leading provider of cart-mounted GPS services to golf courses. The transactions that led to the formation of GPSI Holdings further demonstrate our ability to pursue and complete complex investment opportunities, and the new company is highly complementary to our investment strategy given our long ties to golf, and our expertise in leisure and lifestyle. By bringing together these three businesses, we have created a new company with the financial strength, operational efficiency, technology expertise, business model and geographic reach necessary to succeed over the long term. <br /><br />"We are fortunate that our friend Greg Norman is our partner in GPSI, given his immense stature in the golf world as a player and businessman. We look forward to working together to further build this powerful platform," Mr. Moross concluded. <br /><br />Mr. Norman said, "This transaction further promotes the consolidation of the industry which started with GPS Industries' acquisition of UpLink in late 2008 and now includes the merger with ProLink and ProView. This consolidation, together with other strategies, several of which specifically capitalize on the current economic landscape, will position GPSI to realize its full potential. It has been a pleasure to work closely with David and the Falconhead team, and we look forward to a very successful venture." <br /><br />About Falconhead Capital <br /><br />Falconhead Capital, LLC (www.falconheadcapital.com), with $500 million of assets under management, is a private equity firm established in 1998 to provide investors with significant long-term capital appreciation by investing globally in consumer-focused businesses in the sport, leisure, lifestyle, and media categories. In addition to NYDJ, Falconhead Capital's current portfolio investments include Competitor Group, Inc., Extreme Fitness, Inc., Not Your Daughter's Jeans, Our365 (f/k/a Growing Family), Escort, Inc., and Premier, Inc. Past Falconhead portfolio investments include, among others, National Powersport Auctions, Maritime Telecommunications Network, The Golf Warehouse, and ESPN Classic Europe, LLC. <br /><br />About Great White Shark Enterprises <br /><br />Great White Shark Enterprises is a multi-national corporation headed by Greg Norman with offices in West Palm<br /><br /><br /> I want to get a good GPS device. I want lane assist, lane assist street view similiar to navigon, announce streets and bluetooth. Voice commands would be neat but its not a priority. I probably would onl use the device in the states.<br /><br />I've looked at the Garmin 1370t, 1490t<br /><br />Magellan 4730 and 4700.<br /><br />I seem to get a lot more bang for the buck with Magellan, but it always seems Garmin gets ranked higher even though I found the older Garmins had horrible sound and the screens were less vibrant then the Magellans.<br /><br />What would you recommend?<br /><br /><br /> The newly announced Iphone by Apple has once again created a product that everybody will be craving about. The Iphone 3G speed has many improved features over its predecessor. Having a better 3 megapixel camera which is able to shoot video is one example. But of course looking at other phones like the i8910, the camera is a joke. We have to put in mind that Apple is not really attracting its customers by releasing a new high-end device. Because no matter what the Iphone is not a high-end device. Apple has a way to sell its product in a more hypnotising way. It seems whatever Apple releases must be the best and definitely worth the upgrade. With new improved products coming out every 6 months, Apple has definilty found the way to sell what it wants. Now this is different in other countries like Russia or Japan and even Europe, the phone doesnt sell as much as in the US and even mac computers are not as used over there. Maybe everyone exept America has found that Apple is not the god of gadgets, and that there are better alternatives.<br /><br />The Iphone though has sold like crazy and the App store is what to thank. Having just delivered 1 Billion downloads from it, it has definitly made the Iphone a popular device. Many companies now are opening up app stores for their platform. Nokia just released its app store called Ovi store which will let Symbian users download apps over the air like the Apple app store. You can even download specific apps based on your location. This is a nice feature but will probably effect only a small amount of apps. And even Ovi has a long way to go to even compete with Apple, but Symbian is the most used mobile platform in the world so they might have a chance to catch up.<br /><br />The Samsung i8910 runs on Symbian which means that the Ovi store does run on it and you are able to download apps when connected to the internet. Samsung has also built its own app store but there is still some work to be done to make it fully functional (link).<br /><br />So let’s talk about the differences between the Samsung i8910 and the Iphone 3G S. One is made by Apple and the other by Samsung. Samsung has been making phones a lot longer then Apple and thus has more experience and knowledge with what people want. Apple has to but they are still a little behind.<br /><br />Spec wise: Here is a comparison.<br /><br />Display:<br /><br />Omnia HD i8910<br /><br />TypeAMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors<br />Size360 x 640 pixels, 3.7 inches<br />- Accelerometer sensor<br />- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off<br />- Scratch-resistant surface<br />Iphone 3G S<br /><br />TypeTFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors<br />Size320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches<br />- Multi-touch input method<br />- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate<br />- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off<br />- Scratch-resistant surface<br />- Ambient light sensor<br /><br /><br />Camera:<br />Omnia HD i8910<br /><br />Primary8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash<br />FeaturesGeo-tagging, face, smile and blink detection, image stabilization, wide dynamic range, ISO 1600<br />VideoYes, HD 720p@24fps, D1 (720×480 pixels)@30fps, QVGA time-lapse and slow-mo video recording<br />Iphone 3G S<br /><br />Primary3.15 MP, 2048×1536 pixels, autofocus<br />FeaturesTouch focus, geo-tagging<br />VideoYes, VGA@30fps<br />SecondaryNo<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Features:<br /><br />Omnia HD i8910<br /><br />OSSymbian S60 rel.5<br />CPU ARM Cortex A8 600 MHz; 3D Graphics HW Accelerator<br />MessagingSMS, MMS, Email<br />BrowserWAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, Opera 9.5<br />RadioStereo FM radio with RDS<br />GamesAsphalt 4 HD, incl. motion-based + downloadable<br />ColorsBlack<br />GPS Yes, with A-GPS support<br />Java Yes, MIDP 2.0<br />- Digital compass<br />- MP3 player<br />- DivX/XviD/WMV/MP4 player<br />- Organizer<br />- TV-out (for SD content only)<br />- Turn-to-mute<br />- Document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)<br />- Voice memo<br />Iphone 3G S<br /><br />OSiPhone OS (based on Mac OS)<br />CPUARM Cortex A8 600 MHz, PowerVR SGX graphics<br />MessagingSMS (threaded view), MMS, Email<br />BrowserHTML (Safari)<br />RadioNo<br />GamesDownloadable, incl. motion-based<br />ColorsBlack, White<br />GPS Yes, with A-GPS support<br />Java No<br />- Digital compass<br />- Google Maps<br />- Audio/video player<br />- TV-out<br />- Voice command/dial<br />Conclusion:<br /><br />As you can see the Iphone still has a long way to start competing with European and Asian phones. The i8910 is better, cheaper at $650 unlocked which means that you can use it with T-Mobile and At&t. The only thing that I prefer over the i8910 is the fact that Iphone has multitouch and the app store. But in almost every other feature, the Samsung Omnia HD takes it away by a mile.<br /><br />What do you think?<br /><br /><br /> I understand that there might be a new ipod touch 64 gigabyte coming out in September this year. But i'm going to America in august and products over there are a lot cheaper. The ipod touch is said to have a GPS travel system and a camera. But i would never use the GPS and i already have a camera on my phone.<br /><br />I was wondering how much space the applications on the ipod touch use up because i know i have about 10Gb of music and therefore would have about 20 GB left if i got the 32GB when i am in America. I will be downloading most of the games and apps for the ipod touch so i was wondering if 20GB would be enough, or would i have to wait for the 64GB that might not even come out in September because apple haven't announced anything about a new ipod coming out.<br /><br />Thank you for your help!<br /><br /><br /> Camera? Voice Control? GPS? Lower prices? What do you think?<br /><br />And if it comes out in September (which is most likely), will Apple announce it a little before or right when it is released?<br /><br /><br /> It a question in my homework. Here is the article you need to read first and the question is below,<br /><br /><br />Privacy eroding, bit by byte<br /><br />Computers, Engineers Find New Ways to Keep Tabs On Us<br /><br /> <br /><br />First there were security cameras, sprouting like mushrooms on street corners and buildings. Then came shopper cards, offering discounts in exchange for details about buying habits.<br /><br /> <br /><br />In recent years, we've seen the emergence of electronic tags or "cookies" on the Internet, software that monitors e-mail, GPS devices that pinpoint our position on the planet, and a growing number of machines that capture fingerprints and face prints.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Now comes the news that federal regulators approved the injection of microchips under the skin, enabling physicians with the right gear to know who someone is without having to ask. And yesterday, the omniscient-seeming search engine Google bested itself by announcing a service to probe for information both online and in your own machine. One company official called it a "photographic memory for your computer."<br /><br /> <br /><br />Google says no personal information will be sent back to the company. But if it feels like you can't do anything these days without someone looking over your shoulder, you're not just paranoid. Cheap computers, blazing fast networks and clever engineers are finding more and more ways to keep tabs on where you go and what you buy, generally with your permission. They're even getting better at guessing what you'll do next.<br /><br /> <br /><br />"It's this whole new world. It's sort of like all these little details about our lives are being recorded," said Richard M. Smith, an Internet security consultant in Boston. "We love the conveniences. We love the services. But people kind of instinctively know there's a dark side to this. They just hope it won't happen to them."<br /><br /> <br />Smaller, Faster and Cheaper<br /> <br /><br />To be sure, companies have long gathered personal and shopping information to better market to customers, often with dubious results. Who hasn't received junk mail or telemarketing calls that seem to have no connection with their lives? But those initiatives are fast improving' and accelerating as people live more of their lives tethered to cell phones, the Internet and the rest of the wired world, where trading off personal information is part of the price of admission.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Think about a typical day. An advertising service is notified when you check the sports scores on the Web. The EZ-Pass transponder signals when you go through a tollbooth. The pharmacy collects personal medication details and sends them along to data companies for analysis. At work, some employees now use face recognition systems to get in to their offices, or they type on machines that trace every keystroke.<br /><br /> <br /><br />"Every move you make is becoming part of your permanent record," said Peter P. Swire, a privacy expert and law professor at Ohio State University. "The trend is smaller, faster, cheaper."<br /><br /> <br />Rapid Accumulation<br /> <br /><br />There's no question the data are accumulating, and faster than many people understand. A few years ago, researchers at the University of California at Berkeley estimated that all the information created by humanity by 1999 would double by about now. One of the leading aggregators of personal information, an Arkansas company called Acxiom Corp., has roughly a million times more information about adult Americans and their families than when it first sold stock two decades ago.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Other commercial information services routinely tout their ability to access some 20 billion records. And that's not counting the digital details that come in the form of photographs, videotapes and sensor readings. Most people know companies can mine credit card data, loan records and other transactions. But few know that companies already offer video-mining services as well. One day we might be able to mine the information generated by radio frequency identification chip implanted in our arms. Or we might just use a Google search service custom-made for RFID, as the chips are known.<br /><br /> <br /><br />Not everybody is vexed by these trends. Homeland security, law enforcement and intelligence officials are rushing to take advantage of this wealth of information to protect the country. Web sites like Amazon.com, cell phone services, catalogue retailers, financial services companies and many others are increasingly adept at using data systems to serve customers. Ask people whether they'd give up those services, and many would offer a resounding "no."<br /><br /> <br /><br />David Brin, an author and futurist, believes that recent technological developments have revolutionized the ability of people to see, through cameras around the globe, and remember details through almost unimaginably rich warehouses of information that serve as proxies for our limited memories.<br /><br /> <br /><br />He predicts that we will one day be able to "know" almost everybody in the world through instant access to personal information in ubiquitous dat<br /><br /><br /> Which one is the best cell phone between this two? Giving specifications <br /><br />Nokia N86 <br /> <br />General2G Network = GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 <br />3G Network= HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 <br /> Announced= 2009, February <br /> <br /> <br />SizeDimensions= 103.4 x 51.4 x 16.5 mm, 69 cc <br />Weight= 149 g <br /> <br />DisplayType= AMOLED, 16M colors <br />Size= 240 x 320 pixels, 2.6 inches <br /> - Dual slide screen <br /> <br />SoundAlert types= Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones <br />Speakerphone = Yes, with stereo speakers <br /> - 3.5 mm audio jack<br />- Dedicated music/gallery keys <br /> <br />MemoryPhonebook= Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall <br />Call records= Detailed, max 30 days <br /> Internal= 8 GB <br /> Card slot= microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB <br /> <br />DataGPRS= Class 32 <br />HSCSD= Yes <br /> EDGE= Class 32, 296 / 177.6 kbits <br /> 3G= HSDPA, 3.6 Mbps <br /> WLAN= Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, UPnP technology <br /> Bluetooth= Yes, v2.0 with A2DP <br /> Infrared port= No <br /> USB= Yes, v2.0 microUSB <br /> <br />CameraPrimary= 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, wide 28mm Carl Zeiss lens, autofocus, dual LED flash <br />Features= Variable apperture, geotagging <br /> Video= Yes, VGA@30fps <br /> Secondary= VGA videocall camera <br /> <br />FeaturesOS= Symbian OS, S60 rel. 3.2 <br />CPU= ARM 11 434 MHz processor <br /> Messaging= SMS, MMS, Email <br /> Browser= WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML <br /> Radio= Stereo FM radio with RDS; FM transmitter <br /> Games= Yes + downloadable <br /> Colors= Black, white <br /> GPS= Yes, with A-GPS support; Nokia Maps <br /> Java= Yes, MIDP 2.1 <br /> - Digital compass<br />- MP3/MP4/eAAC+/WMA player<br />- Voice memo<br />- Kickstand<br />- Flash Lite 3.1<br />- TV-out <br /> <br />Battery = Standard battery, Li-Ion 1200 mAh (BL-5K) <br />Stand-by= Up to 312 h (2G) / 264 h (3G) <br /> Talk time= Up to 6 h 18 min (2G) / 3 h 54 min (3G) <br /> Music play= Up to 25 h <br /> <br /><br />Sony Ericsson Satio (Idou)<br /> <br />General2G Network= GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 <br />3G Network= HSDPA 2100 <br /> HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - Satio(a) for the Americas <br /> Announced= 2009, February <br /> Status= Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, Q3 <br /> <br />SizeDimensions= 112 x 55 x 13 mm <br />Weight=126 g <br /> <br />DisplayType= TFT touchscreen, 16M colors <br />Size= 360 x 640 pixels, 3.5 inches <br /> - Accelerometer sensor <br /> <br />SoundAlert types= Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3, AAC ringtones <br />Speakerphone = Yes <br /> <br />MemoryPhonebook= Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall <br />Call records= Detailed, max 30 days <br /> Internal= 128 MB <br /> Card slot= microSD (TransFlash), up to 16GB, 8GB included <br /> <br />DataGPRS= Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps <br />HSCSD= Yes <br /> EDGE= Class 10, 236.8 kbps <br /> 3G= HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 3.6 Mbps <br /> WLAN= Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g, DLNA <br /> Bluetooth= Yes, v2.0 with A2DP <br /> Infrared port= No <br /> USB= Yes, v2.0 <br /> <br />CameraPrimary= 12 MP, 4000 x 3000 pixels, autofocus, xenon flash, video LED flash <br />Features= Touch focus, geo-tagging, face and smile detection <br /> Video= Yes, VGA@30fps <br /> Secondary= VGA videocall camera <br /> <br />FeaturesOS= Symbian Series 60, 5th edition <br />CPU= ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz processor; 3D Graphics HW Accelerator <br /> Messaging= SMS, MMS, Email, IM <br /> Browser= WAP 2.0/HTML, RSS reader <br /> Radio= Stereo FM radio with RDS <br /> Games= Yes + downloadable <br /> Colors= Black <br /> GPS= Yes, with A-GPS support <br /> Java= Yes, MIDP 2.0 <br /> - Google maps<br />- MP3/AAC/MPEG4 player<br />- Organizer<br />- Gesture control<br />- Voice memo/dial <br /> <br />Battery Standard battery, Li-Po 1000 mAh <br />Stand-by <br /> Talk time <br /><br /><br />It will be very kind if you give your opinion. If possible then tell the reason why should choose the favorite one you like between those two.Thanks.<br />I know about N97 but what i am trying to say about a cell phone that will be superior to use between those two.<br /><br /><br /> I am greatly disappointed. I bought the 3G, at launch, for it's GPS ability. At that time, TomTom, along with other companies, announced they would soon be releasing turn-by-turn software for the phone. Well, it's been a year and some stupid developer agreement for the iPhone SDK restricting GPS software. So why have a GPS chip on the iPhone 3G?! Anyways, back to the real question. Will the iPhone 3G ever get turn-by-turn nagivation software? Should I wait it out or just get smart phone with GPS and GPS software that's already available?<br /><br /><br /> I want to get a GPS unit for my mother. It needs to be simple to use, have a big bright display, and most importantly... It needs to announce the names of upcoming streets. I'm not so interested in plotting routes that she'll need to follow. But I really need her to hear the names of upcoming streets. 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Something like being able to record myself and have it announce it when I hit the waypoint. Thank ou<br />This is going in a dune buggy not a dirtbike. Sorry for not mentioning that. Also I know there is a gps that can do this as I have seen it but I just dont remember the brand and cant find it when I search. Thanks for the help<br /><br /><br /> New Year will arrive a second late when time across the globe is adjusted to account for the changes in the Earth's rotation. <br /><br />A 'leap second' will be added onto the final minute of 2008 because the planet is gradually slowing down as it spins on its axis.<br /><br />The tweak will help correct the time-lag which shows up on ultra-accurate atomic clocks.<br /><br />It is the 24th time since 1972 that the adjustment has been made by the Paris based International Earth Rotation and Reference Systems Service at intervals varying from six months to seven years. The last was in 2005.<br /><br />Historically, time was based on the rotation of the Earth relative to celestial bodies.<br /><br />Earth's trip around the sun is about 365.2422 days long, which we round down to 365. Every four years, during a leap year, the inaccuracy is corrected by adding a day in February.<br /><br />Mechanisms such as the Internet-based Network Time Protocol and the satellite-based Global Positioning System (GPS) depend on the accurate time kept by atomic clocks.<br /><br />That extra second will make 2008 – already long with an extra day on Feb 29 – the longest year since 1992.<br /><br />The decision to add an extra second was made by an international consortium of timekeepers, whose American arm announced the extension.<br /><br />World commerce and digital technology depend on accurate to-the-second timekeeping, said Geoff Chester, spokesman for the US Naval Observatory in Washington, responsible for one-third of the world's atomic clocks. <br /><br />Thank you for your time<br />cares<br />~fiazio<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /> I want my carburetor back - no computer generated fuel injection please - no computer chip --- and put the high beams back on the floor where they belong -- and give me a car/truck I can fix myself <br /><br /> OnStar - announces accidents and provides two way communications - <br /><br /> Oh yes it is a wonderful safety measure - but now I have someone who can listen to every last thing I say in my car track me everywhere and turn my car off by throwing a switch in an office somewhere <br /><br /> How long until that is abused ?<br /><br /> 2 way security systems for my house ---- where could that lead to ?<br /><br /> A GPS locater in the cell phone -- yep --- no need for comment there is there ?<br /><br /> Now they sell a GPS tracking device for nervous mothers - find your kid - and they advertize that as the greatest thing in the world - <br /> Now I don't want anybody's little bundle of love to go missing - but a whole generation of kids who have always been tracked via satilite ? <br /><br /> Wow --- who is next ? The Alzheimer patients - the prisoners - the mentally ill and then sooner or later everyone - How far could a chip be after a generation of that is so used to it - it becomes normal ?<br /><br /> -------------<br /><br /> A gigabyte ? Standard computer stuff right <br /><br /> A gigabyte (derived from the SI prefix giga- + byte) is a unit of information or computer storage meaning either exactly 1 billion bytes (10003, or 109) or approximately 1.07 billion bytes (10243, or 230)<br /><br /> ----------------<br /><br /> Hm---7 billion people - how hard could it be to track all of us with a computer set via a space satellite really ? <br /><br /> First every one gets a cell phone and people now refuse to leave home without it - Now mothers are putting locaters in Jr's pants the car has one - what else has one ?<br /><br /> --------------<br /><br /> Onstar commercials scare the crap out of me - <br /><br /> How about you ?<br /><br /><br /> She went as far as to buy a mini van so it seats her 4 children, my baby and me. She's going to buy another car but she's keeping the mini van so that she can still take us everywhere with her!!!<br /><br />It all started when my husband and I lived with her last year. She invited us to go to Steve and Barry's with her because it just opened and she didn't know how to get there so my husband drove and got us there in one piece. We since moved out of her place (almost a year ago) and she has invited us to the water park, fair, and aquarium. She has off two weekends per month and in my opinion, she should be using those days to clean the house and get the kids ready for school. Instead, she goes out with her boyfriend Saturday morning, calls us up by 1 pm and invites us somewhere or announces that she's bringing her kids over around dinner time.<br /><br />I spoke with my husband about these frequent invitations and said that he's going to need to say something before she drives me insane. He said that he's just going to keep telling her we can't go and making excuses. The last place she invited us to is the fair. We didn't have to extra money because my husband's business is slow righ tnow so he told his mom that we're broke and can't go. How embarassing and none of her business! I wish he would just end this now and just tell her we have our own lives and our own family (we have a 10 month old baby!) to attend to. <br /><br />I don't know if we're "supposed" to go with her out of pitty or if she's trying to manipulate us. She made comments on how we blow our money and how much of a waste it is to buy a GPS for the car. Well, every time she invites us somewhere, she has us bring the GPS because she doesn't 'have one and she has no idea where she's going! So this hypocritical monster in law is on my nerves!!! What to do?<br />My husband agrees with me and is afraid to stand up to his mother (like most men!)<br /><br /><br /> Thank you <br /><br /><br />I wanted the Garmin Nuvi 260W but found it was discontinued?? :[ I don't know why though grr<br /><br /><br /> I'm so confused I was 1st looking at the GARMIN NUVI 200W Then the GARMIN NUVI 250W GPS but then finally I think the GARMIN NUVI 260W GPS sounds better since it announces the street names also and not just turn in 500 feet or whatever... But what do you think? if you have one please let me know how it is and if it finds houses easily? Thank you :/<br /><br /><br /> Recently, I started shopping for a new cell phone and decided that the iphone was about the coolest thing since sliced bread. Shortly thereafter however, they announced the new 3G iphone and the plan prices sky rocketed.<br /><br />Now I'm looking for a phone that rivals the features of the iphone, but is somewhat more reasonable in price. My most valued features are (in order) :<br />- GPS<br />- Email<br />- Full internet<br />- Texting<br />- MP3 player<br /><br />I'm looking for a family talk plan (for two people) for around $100. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated :)<br /><br /><br /> With all the rumors of a 2nd generation iPhone that includes 3G connections and GPS posted on the internet and the fact that Apple is no longer stocking the iPhone in stores, when exactly will Apple official announce the new iPhone. What I mean is, like are there any public Apple events that are about to be given like one of the famous Steve Job's keynotes. I want an iPhone but don't want to get, then a new one come out. Thanks for answering!<br /><br /><br /> to buy for the baby. She lives with her boyfriend, who makes $17 an hour. They drive a brand new car. This is the deal. He says wait and see what everyone buys for them when they have a baby shower. I tell them, don't wait for everyone else, start planning now. He basically expects me and his mother to buy everything they need. thing is, I also have a 7 year old and I'm diabetic, have no health insurance, and even though I'm not broke, I can't afford to supply everything they want. And I have told my daughter time and again to start saving for a crib, car seat, etc. Instead the spend on big TV's and GPS for their car. I have decided I will buy ONE big ticket item, most likely a car seat/ stroller combo. But how do I get through to these kids that I am not going to be responsible for buying stuff and I do not want to be a convienient babysitter? I have a full-time job and 7 year as well. I don't want to make them mad and never see my grandchild.<br />I offered to pay half for a whole set of good used baby furniture someone was selling in our area for $250, I saw it and it was all great stuff, clean and safe, but they turned their noses up at it, because it "wasn't new".. Like they can afford to be so picky...<br />I really wish they would save money, she works too, they can do it, I try to tell them, but I really don't want to hear the whining when they get hit with reality after the baby is born... Why won't they listen to me?<br />Thanks so much everyone, for your opinions. I have a hard time saying "no" when it comes to kids, and animals. As far as money, she always complains they are broke.. and it irritates me.. I know it shouldn't, but she is my daughter and I want what's best..<br /><br /><br /> Do you also experienced any voice distortion/interruption in the middle of announcing the street names or turn event when using the Text to Speech feature?<br /><br /><br /> I am considering upgrading to a Garmen NUVI 260 model as it announces the street names and I feel this is a safety feature that will pay for itself. It cost $100 more than the TomTom XL model I currently have. Is the extra money worht it?<br /><br /><br /> I was driving an isolated mountain road near Zion National Park and my Tom Tom gps told me to make a right turn 100 feet ahead, that would have taken me flying off a killer of a cliff. Thank the lord it was day light. Maybe I could sue them. It was an English lady announcing the driving prompts, maybe she doesn't like Americans.<br /><br /><br /> I understand that they're trying to bring a new sport to the masses. But seriously, some of the announcing yesterday was just stupid.<br /><br />"The tires don't even have grooves on them."<br /><br />"They lean the bike because they can't turn upright."<br /><br />"NASA TECHNOLOGY!!!" about 4 times, for such thrilling stuff as kevlar inserts in armor and carbon disk brakes, which are both old news.<br /><br />"Motorcycles accelerate quickly because they weigh less than cars."<br /><br />Is that kind of stuff necessary? How about something about the riders? Tell people Rossi won 5 GPs in a row, or how Hayden and Pedrosa have issues. Something interesting, even to the noobie?<br /><br /><br /> I'm looking at two Garmin models-one announces just the turns ("turn left") while the other will actually say the name of the street ("turn left on Elm street"). The latter model costs about 90-100 dollars more. For anyone who owns one, is the extra money worth it? I've had phones with voice caller ID, and frankly the software sucked- I couldn't understand what it was saying half the time. Is this true with the GPS as well?<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> My father owns a Garmin c340, we were playing with some of the settings and found that we could enable his device to audibly announce the street names during directions. In other words, while driving, it would say, "Turn left on Williams Street" instead of simply saying, "Turn left". I was so impressed, I purchased a c530 because it offered more features. 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I believe this was taken at <b>Juab high school</b> in 2001, but I'm pretty sure the date on the picture is wrong. Six-ish years later we were married! My First Try. Here is my first ever attempt at giving treats to the neighbors at Christmas. ...all three are recovering; ellison and hitchcock are already back in <b>school</b>. <b>juab high principal</b> rick robins said all three boys are <b>high school</b> athletes - two play football and one is an avid golfer - and characterized them as "terrific ...john degraffenried-<b>principal</b> of springville <b>high</b>. johndegraffenried709.jpg. springville <b>high school's principal</b>, rick robins, has decided to take a job as <b>juab high school's principal</b>. nephi is where rick and his family reside. ...Springville <b>High School</b> has several <b>new</b> faces in its halls this year. Perhaps the most noteworthy of them all is our <b>new Principal</b>, John Degraffenreid. After former <b>principal</b>, Rick Robins, accepted the <b>principal</b> position at <b>Juab High</b> ...Up Next: vs. #4 Altamont Fri 1pm. Week 10 <b>High School</b> Football and Soccer scores and highlights. October 23rd, 2009 @ 10:30pm. Check back here for scores and highlights from this weekend's <b>high school</b> football games from around the state. ... Delta 21, <b>Juab</b> 7 Final. Emery 48, North Sanpete 28 Final. Manti 35, Richfield 15 Final. Thursday's Scores. Region 2. Cottonwood 52 Cyprus 8 Final. West 55 Granger 20 Final. Skyline 59 Murray 35 Final. Region 3 ...Well, I thought about calling my aunt Lisa who coaches the drill team at my alma mater, <b>Juab High</b>. Their colors are the same as Maple Mountain's <b>school</b> colors, so maybe she could round up some old uniforms that we could borrow. ...[2] flowers lived in nephi until his junior year in <b>juab high school</b>, when he moved back to las vegas to live with his aunt. brandon's brother, shane, 12 years his senior (born july 4 1969 and sung about in the killers's song “sam's ...... see all the <b>new</b> things i posted. it's been a great month. i have also updated my photography blog, so feel free to go check that out. i photographed the <b>juab high school</b> drill team (33 girls) on logan's 31st birthday(he helped out- ...Three years later, the family moved to Nephi, where he attended <b>Juab High School</b>. “I feel my formative experiences were in Utah,” said Flowers, who returned to Las Vegas when he was 16. Flowers married his longtime girlfriend, ...i remember attending a <b>juab high school</b> football game. the flag ceremony included; soldiers, policemen, firefighters. my friends and family that had chosen as their profession to serve my community. quite possibly, the most humbling ...oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-88733414023705948582009-10-29T23:26:00.001-07:002009-10-29T23:26:40.830-07:00city obama announced running fro senatorI can tell you that it is far cheaper to buy off enough Congresspersons to strangle a vote than it is to <b>run</b> even a small-scale national ad campaign, especially in the Senate. From some of the amounts I've seen – donations, <b>....</b> Leelee for <b>Obama</b>. @MikeJ: You are probably correct. When a <b>Senator</b> can't come to vote, it doesn't change the dynamic, does it? I was just wondering if recusals due to conflict-of-interest would be treated differently-they should be, for sure. ...Former <b>Senator</b> Sam Nunn for his lifetime of service. I want to mention particularly <b>Senator</b> Nunn's visionary work on nuclear nonproliferation. And we have two outstanding members of Congress who are here with us today: Chet Edwards and Sheila Jackson Lee. Where's Chet? <b>....</b> Last year, applications to <b>City</b> Year tripled, and the Peace Corps had three applicants for every position. AmeriCorps applications were up 400 percent in just the first four months of this year alone. ...Rory Cooper: Do you agree with Al Gore's Presidential <b>running</b> mate, <b>Senator</b> Joe Lieberman, when he argued against the 'Public Option' yesterday saying: “I think that a lot of people may think that the public option is free. It's not. ... ANY night (even Mondays), the people who are jamming the roadways with traffic on their way to and <b>fro</b> their meetings, buying gas at exorbitant prices, and yes, still buying expensive clothes and accessories to be able to look the part. ...President <b>Obama</b> spoke a fund-raising dinner at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York <b>City</b> Doug Mills/The New York Times President <b>Obama</b> spoke a fund-raising dinner at the Mandarin Hotel in New York <b>City</b> on Tuesday evening. ... after the Democratic Party fund-raiser, where he was expected to raise as much as $3 million in New York <b>City</b> for the Democratic National Committee, Mr. <b>Obama</b> headlined a second event for Bill Owens, who is <b>running</b> in a special congressional election ...A year ago, the Pakistani govt would not have dared to go into Waziristan <b>fro</b> fear of the reprisals against Pakistani police and army stations. They are growing a backbone, and we can help them in that. <b>.....</b> Democratic presidential candidate <b>Sen</b>. Barack <b>Obama</b> enters a rally at the University of Cincinnati in Ohio on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2008.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (CNSNews.com) – As the presidential election campaign draws to a close, unanswered questions about Barack ...In between Washington and <b>Obama</b>, it helped elect Carol Moseley Braun to the Illinois State Legislature and the US Senate. In some ways Moseley Braun, the first black female <b>Senator</b> in US history was a trial <b>run</b> for the <b>Obama</b> phenomonon. ...Fascinating paper by Michel Bauwens from the Foundation <b>fro</b> Peer-to-Peer Alternatives and Institute for Distributed Creativity, published in the Fibreculture journal, on the layers of content co-creation:Albert Boswijk, of the Amsterdam- based Center for the <b>....</b> Within weeks of entering office, the <b>Obama</b> administration <b>announced</b> a troop surge of some 21000 soldiers, and indicated it would be looking to its allies, including Australia, to bolster their own commitment. ...Sayonara Baby was on the computer at the university Saturday, making faces at me while her two kids were <b>running</b> around behind me throwing mites on me. Do you doubt that Shining Path is still at PC? The Wash. Post was pulling your leg ...<b>Obama announced</b> in February plans for a responsible drawdown of forces in Iraq. His plan, in accordance with the US-Iraq security agreement signed in 2008, called for U.S. forces there to cede operations within <b>city</b> limits by June 30 and ultimately transition into an assistance <b>....</b> "From the president on down there is a belief that this is an essential part of succeeding in Afghanistan," said <b>Sen</b>. Carl Levin, chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee. (READ MORE) ...Rob Waters at Hatewatch happened to catch the above short-lived video the other day: It advises President <b>Obama</b> and other prominent people (“Our Dear Leader and co.”) to “leave now and give us our country back” and to do so by next week. ... have painted themselves into a corner with all the hate and militia movement mongering they have been doing for the past year. What the hell do they expect the government to do if something like Oklahoma <b>City</b> of something else? ...oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-76056998088519303102009-10-29T23:14:00.000-07:002009-10-29T23:15:06.962-07:00what becomes of the brokenhearted jimmy ruffinNo one will ever confuse Stewart with <b>Jimmy Ruffin</b> on "<b>What Becomes of the Broken Hearted</b>," or Brook Benton on "Rainy Night in Georgia," but he breaks no new ground on either song.</p><p>Stewart gets some help on the record from the top ...<b>What Becomes of the Brokenhearted</b> by Andy Mackay (1974) was originally by <b>Jimmy Ruffin</b> (1966)<b>Jimmy Ruffin</b> - <b>What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted</b>. <b>WHAT BECOMES OF THE BROKEN HEARTED</b>. Songwriters: James Dean/Paul Riser/William Weatherspoon. As I walk this land of broken dreams. I have visions of many things ...<b>JIMMY RUFFIN</b> Greatest Hits (Tamla Motown, 1970) "It's a sunny day, and <b>Jimmy</b> is deep in thought, with his light Afro, neatly coiffeured beard and blue-tinted shades. “<b>What becomes of the broken hearted</b>,” he muses to himself, ...<b>What becomes of the broken hearted</b> - <b>Jimmy Ruffin</b> 14. I can't get along without you - The Monitors 15. All day all night - Earl Van Dyke 16. Function on the junction - Shorty Long 17. Ain't nothing like the real thing - Marving Gaye ...<b>Jimmy Ruffin</b> - "<b>What becomes of the broken hearted</b>" - 96 bpm 2. The Smiths - "Girlfriend in a Coma" - 103 bpm 3. Sam and Dave - "Hold on I'm comin'" - 105 bpm 4. Edwin Starr - "War" - 102 bpm. While "Take a little piece of my heart" (82 ...12. <b>What Becomes Of the Brokenhearted</b> - <b>Jimmy Ruffin</b> 13. We're Gonna Make It - Little Milton 14. <b>Jimmy</b> Mack - Martha & The Vandellas 15. Hey There Lonely Girl - Eddie Holman The Soul Story - Disc 06 01. Get Ready - The Temptations ...<b>Jimmy Ruffin</b> - <b>What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted</b> · Gattica - I Never Saved Anything for the Swim Back... BERLIN - Take My Breath Away · Kate Bush - Rocket Man · And We Danced - The Hooters · Watchmen Trailer 2 · Ladyhawke - My Delirium ...One of Motown's greats, <b>Jimmy Ruffin</b>, sang one of the great all time lyrics: "As I walk this land of broken dreams. I have visions of many things. But happiness is just an illusion. Filled with sadness and confusion. <b>What becomes of the</b> ... a family living in a trailer, substandard housing to begin with, but now they face eviction. www.wwmt.com/articles/style-1368100-facing-0in.html. Once again, as <b>Jimmy Ruffin</b> asks the question: <b>What becomes of the broken hearted</b>? ...... the album features Rod singing great landmark tracks such as "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" (originally performed by The Miracles) , "Wonderful World" (Sam Cooke) "<b>What Becomes of the Brokenhearted</b>" (<b>Jimmy Ruffin</b>), "Tracks of My ...oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-8540068207744969602009-10-29T23:11:00.001-07:002009-10-29T23:11:39.454-07:00when did iraq become a countryAli Al-Haidari knew the risks – but chose to continue to govern because he saw the light of what <b>Iraq</b> could <b>become</b>. Ali Al Haidari missed those first free elections later that month, but his memory and his sacrifice will live on in me, ... an evil dictator who threatens international peace and security, like Saddam Hussein, or to deal with a direct threat or aggression against one's own <b>country</b>, as the US had to after 9/11 and we <b>did</b> in 1982 in the Falkland Islands. ...A high court judge was persuaded that the flight might be unlawful because the route and destination were unknown and <b>Iraq</b> is a highly unstable <b>country</b>, as the appalling recent bomb attacks and interviews with those who <b>did</b> return to <b>Iraq</b> vividly <b>....</b> Tony Blair's upcoming appearance at the Inquiry has taken centre stage, with his actions on <b>Iraq</b> threatening his bid to <b>become</b> the first EU president. While Blair won't face prosecution in this Inquiry for launching the war, ...And if Pelosi is really concerned as third in charge of our <b>Country</b>, wouldn't she force the lone ranger president to be responsible to the vary Constitution of our Nation? I mean if she was really concerned with America? Congress didn't approve the take over of GM. Why not? ... Lets get it done with as much fervor as we <b>did Iraq</b> so we can bring our kids home in one piece… if Pelosi was REALLY concerned for our welfare, shouldn't that be a top priority? ...Qassim Abdul-Zahra (AP) reports that KRG President Massoud Barzani "demanded" today that Kirkuk <b>become</b> a part of the Kurdistan Region. Kirkuk is disputed territory due to Saddam Hussein forcing Kurds out of the region during his reign. <b>....</b> <b>Iraq</b> is a signatory to a number of non-proliferation treaties that were -- that were imposed after the invasion and which a number of yellow cake vials <b>did</b>, in fact, go missing. There are some contaminets out here in the Iraqi ...As dependence on the government in everything dysfunctional to the <b>country's</b> progress to the form that everyone aspires to. , On the one side the other hand, the government and economists were not surprised by the global economic crisis <b>....</b> except in Cuba have been a simple theory of capital or investment, a commonly held theory and there are ideas not amount to the level of theory <b>did</b> not take its application, and that <b>Iraq</b> could <b>become</b> the formulation of his theory of ...The hope is that <b>Iraq</b> will <b>become</b> something like Colombia during the most violent phase of its civil war: a <b>country</b> that controls its borders and that can contain lawlessness and violence just enough to prevent it from overwhelming the ...Baluchistan should <b>become a country</b> and get parts of Pakistan and Iran. Iran should get Shia <b>Iraq</b>. Kurdistan should <b>become a country</b> with territory from <b>Iraq</b>, Iran and Turkey. Gaza should go Egypt and parts of the West Bank and Arab ...... peace to a shattered <b>country</b>. Violence in the <b>country</b> has dropped dramatically in recent years, but the new attacks in areas that are supposed to be some of the safest in the capital have undermined Iraqis' sense of security. ... Next to Sunni-Shiite tensions in <b>Iraq</b>, the issue of Kirkuk and Kurdish-Arab disputes has <b>become</b> a key flashpoint in this fragile nation. A political deadlock now could delay the elections and open the way for new violence and instability. ...Strauss, a man whom Rieff would call an “ex-Jew,” remarked upon Tocqueville about as sparingly as <b>did</b> Rieff himself. But Jewish intellectuals driven to admit that the fate of America, not Europe, had to concern them most — and both Rieff and Strauss <b>did</b> ... Irving Kristol was an intelligent, reasonably decent man whose hysteria about the counterculture led him to champion policies that have crippled the dollar and given the <b>country</b> no-win wars in <b>Iraq</b> and Afghanistan. [. ..."Counterinsurgency" has <b>become</b> the new American way of war. A once obscure theory of internal conflict, it has <b>become</b> ubiquitous in military circles and dominates thinking on both current and future wars. ... The surge narrative ignores these complexities and diverts attention from the point that Afghanistan is a <b>country</b>, not a nation. Our perceived success in <b>Iraq</b> has created a natural tendency to define all of our problems as insurgencies, since we now believe we have ...<br /> I don't understand what the Europeans like about him... The way he dragged us into Iraq? Buggered up our economy? Or walked out when it got too tough for him? If he didn't have the capacity to run a country covering 200,000 square kilometres & 60 million people, why is he fit to run the European Union?<br /><br /><br /> I heard its extremely dangerous and its more dangerous than Iraq? <br />Brazilian say that Brazil is rich and is civilised but how is that so? Brazil is actually dirt poor because they have more murders than Iraq.<br /><br />Also I come from Iran but i know that Iran is richer and safter than Brazil although USA needs to invade my country. USA needs to invade us and take out Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and to liberate us. <br />Obama is not good for world because he only cares about USA. Bush cared about Iraqis and other people as he is a godly man. He cares about all people. Brazil is not rich enough to feeds its poor. Why dont they become part of the USA?<br /><br /><br /> WASHINGTON -- A former Marine who fought in Iraq, joined the State Department after leaving the military and was a diplomat in a Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan has become the first U.S. official to resign in protest of the Afghan war, the Washington Post reported early Tuesday.<br /><br />Matthew Hoh, who describes himself as "not some peacenik, pot-smoking hippie who wants everyone to be in love," said he believes the war is simply fueling the insurgency.<br /><br />"I have lost understanding of and confidence in the strategic purposes of the United States' presence in Afghanistan," Hoh wrote in his resignation letter, dated Sept. 10 but published early Tuesday. "I have doubts and reservations about our current strategy and planned future strategy, but my resignation is based not upon how we are pursuing this war, but why and to what end."<br /><br />The move sent ripples all the way to the White House, the paper said, where officials immediately appealed for him to stay out of fear he could become a leading critic.<br /><br />U.S. Ambassador Karl Eikenberry brought him to Kabul and offered him a job on his senior embassy staff, but Hoh declined. He then flew home and met with Richard Holbrooke, the administration's special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.<br /><br /> Holbrooke told the Post he disagreed that the war "wasn't worth the fight," but did agree with much of Hoh's analysis.<br /><br />"We took his letter very seriously, because he was a good officer," Holbrooke said in an interview with the newspaper. "We all thought that given how serious his letter was, how much commitment there was, and his prior track record, we should pay close attention to him."<br /><br />The revelation comes as President Obama pledged on Monday not to "rush the solemn decision" to send more troops to battle in Afghanistan as he weighs military options on what to do next in the troubled war.<br /><br />The administration is debating whether to send tens of thousands more troops to the country, while the Afghan government is moving to hold a Nov. 7 runoff election between President Hamid Karzai and challenger Abdullah Abdullah. The runoff comes after complaints by international monitors of fraudulent voting in the first election.<br /><br />ABC News, citing unnamed sources, reported Monday evening that Obama will likely announce his decision for Afghanistan between that nation's runoff presidential election on Nov. 7, and the president's departure for Tokyo, Japan, on Nov. 11.<br /><br />"I won't risk your lives unless it is absolutely necessary," Obama told service men and women at Naval Air Station Jacksonville on Monday. He promised a "clear mission" with defined goals and the equipment needed to get the job done.<br /><br />Obama, who is in the process of weighing options put forward by the Pentagon that include various levels of increased troops, spoke of the latest example of the dangers and sacrifices there -- helicopter crashes that killed 14 Americans in the deadliest day for the U.S. mission in Afghanistan in more than four years.<br /><br /><br /> Which one would be good? Pick one.<br /><br />1: The United States must remain in Iraq. We have a responsibility to support the Iraqi regime and help the country become more stable. <br /><br />2: The United States must remain in Iraq. If we withdraw, the Middle East will become more dangerous and unstable. <br /><br />3: The United States must withdraw from Iraq. Our military strength is diminishing as the war drags on.<br /><br />4: The United States must withdraw from Iraq. The war costs too much money and sacrifices too many lives. We are risking our soldiers' lives unnecessarily.<br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br /><br /> Sunday, October 25, 2009 <br /><br />Not Another Alibi - Obama's Dithering Must End<br /><br />Oliver North<br /><br />PIERRE, S.D. <br /><br />It's already the front edge of winter in America's Great Plains. Here, where the air is clear and crisp, there is a passion for walking behind a good dog while hunting pheasants and a good "alibi" for missing a fast-flying bird is an art form. <br /><br />"It was too low for a good shot" or "I didn't want to hit the dog" will get the tale-teller extra credit for "prudence" - once or twice. <br /><br />But if creative excuses exceed the number of birds brought home for dinner, a hunter soon loses the respect of his peers. Even the dogs recognize someone who is better at spinning yarns than bagging game. <br /><br />That's President Obama's problem with the fight in Afghanistan. He hasn't been willing or able to pull the trigger on a decision about what to do - and now he's running out of alibis. <br /><br />During his quest for the presidency, Mr. Obama repeatedly referred to the campaign against the remnants of al Qaeda and the Taliban as the "central front in the war on terror" and Afghanistan as "the necessary war." <br /><br />In July 2008, he pledged, "I will send at least two additional combat brigades to Afghanistan and use this commitment to seek greater contributions - with fewer restrictions - from NATO allies. I will focus on training Afghan security forces and supporting an Afghan judiciary. I will once and for all dismantle al Qaeda and the Taliban." All these things still need to be done. But they haven't been. Instead, all we have are excuses. <br /><br />By the time Mr. Obama made his March 27 decision to increase the "U.S. troop ceiling" in Afghanistan to 68,000, Taliban insurgents were flooding into the country from safe havens in neighboring Pakistan. <br /><br />In May, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the president's handpicked field commander, was dispatched to Afghanistan to implement the O-Team's previously announced "counterinsurgency strategy." Though the previously authorized U.S. force levels have yet to be achieved, we were subsequently told by the White House that there would be no further increases in American force levels until Gen. McChrystal completed a "detailed assessment of the situation." <br /><br />On Aug. 20, in the midst of a dramatic spike in U.S. and allied casualties and widespread Taliban threats of reprisals against those who went to the polls, Afghanistan held a nationwide presidential election - only the second such vote in history. Ten days later, while Washington dithered over reports of ballot fraud in the Afghan election, Gen. McChrystal submitted his 66-page assessment. <br /><br />The document promptly disappeared - along with recommendations on what it will take to win - until a slightly redacted version of the report was published by The Washington Post on Sept. 21. <br /><br />The subsequent furor on Capitol Hill finally prompted the O-Team to convene a series of National Security Council meetings for a "re-evaluation of our Afghanistan policy" and to "devise an effective strategy." <br /><br />Instead of ordering Gen. McChrystal to Washington to testify before the House and Senate Armed Services committees about his estimate of the situation in Afghanistan, he was publicly rebuked for giving previously authorized press interviews and a speech to a security think tank London. <br /><br />Since then, administration spokesmen, talking on and off the record, have constantly informed us that Mr. Obama simply cannot be rushed into a decision on our commitment in Afghanistan. <br /><br />On Oct. 18, White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel said a determination on additional troops and resources depended on "whether, in fact, there's an Afghan partner ready to fill that space that the U.S. troops would create and become a true partner in governing the Afghan country." Hopefully, Mr. Emanuel misspoke and did not mean to imply the U.S. was going to be a "partner" in governing Afghanistan. That would be a terrible mistake. <br /><br />But if he means decisions on Afghanistan will be postponed until after the final outcome of the Nov. 7, runoff between Hamid Karzai and his opponent Abdullah Abdullah, that's nearly as bad. <br /><br />The Taliban won't wait. Pakistan's current military offensive against radical Islamists in the mountainous Waziristan tribal region has forced thousands of insurgents to seek refuge closer to the border and in Afghanistan. <br /><br />Had the Obama administration decided months - or even weeks ago to provide additional troops, mobility assets and resources for Gen. McChrystal, many Taliban fighters might well have decided to call it quits. That's precisely what precipitated the "Awakening" in Iraq after President George W. Bush ordered a "surge" in late 2006. <br /><br />The Obama administration has nothing to gain from further delay. The president's approval rating is now below 30 percent in some nationwide polling. Winter's hardship and privation are about to visit everyone in the wind-swept shadows of the Hindu Kush - soldier and civilian alike. <br /><br />The Af<br /><br /><br /> I became the first moron and the second son of a President to ever become President. I became the first President in history to spend the US into complete oblivion by invading Iraq and wasting a trillion dollars and thousands of American lives chasing mythical WMD. Put this country so far in debt. Grandkids,will have Grandkids<br />trying to pay it off. I became the first President to set out to completely harm Seniors in this country. By stealing money from their Medical Programs to pay for malcontents and losers that didn't want to contribute on their own. I became the first President whose only governing experience was running Texas to screw our allies straight into the ground like a rail spike. I became the first president to ever bow to a Arab king and kiss his<br />*** when I visited King Fahd back in 2006.<br />I became the first President to fill my cabinet with incompetent bozos and idiots like Rumsfeld and Cheney and Condoleezza Rice.<br /><br />Damn am I good or what.<br />Rush Limpballs does meet the level on the bar, to all of your points you have<br />made. Shame isn't it. Hear finally the sheep thought they were going<br />to get a leader that completely had their best interest at heart.<br />Yeah right.<br /><br />Edit. looks like little texas moe has messed up his attends <br />again. Poor thing. thanks for the rant Moe. Glad to see you<br />got an account back again. We really didn't miss your BS.<br /><br />But it is America and those without a brain have a place in<br />it. ASSUMPTIONS JOE they will kill you everytime. And<br />you are living proof of that.<br />About me: Certifiable Lunatic.<br /><br />Browny Troop. 1963 to 1967. Girl Scouts. 2044th Den. Hq Girl Scouts Communications center.<br />1974th Comm Grp, Girl Scouts Fighter wing<br />Hq. Command Post. Comm Center Korat Girl Scout Troop <br />Thailand<br /><br />State Police Officer from 1968 to 1988.<br />Deputy Sheriff 1990 to 2000.<br /><br />Education school of hard knocks.<br /><br />There are were 4 brothers in my family. two of them have been on this service for over 2 years<br /><br />Huge Areola. And One you knew as Chief Girl Scout.<br /><br />We Buried the Sgt/Maj at Arlington National <br />cemetary 9 days ago. He was given a great<br />send off. All of us whom are still alive carry<br />his tradition forward for loving America and<br />defending it. All of us have served in one form<br />of service or another. Either Military or Law<br />Enforcement. <br /><br />As American Indians we have a long tradition<br />in family and what it means. For those that<br />understand our way of life. Their needs to be<br />no explination. Rest in Peace my brother.<br />We will meet in Hell<br /><br /><br /> ive looked everywhere for this question but all it talks about is who will rule what . i need this for my projects so please answer it.<br /><br /><br /> any suggestions?<br />btw, ths is like a short lil memoir....<br /><br />The rough, bitter smell of my dad’s BDU’s wrapped itself around my nostrils--dawdling, lingering, taking its own sweet time around my face. I breathe deeply, trying to preserve the smell forever in my mind. I have no idea what is going on, but I have a feeling that it’s not good. My dad delicately peels my determined arms away from his body before I have time to notice. With a small wave of his hand, the final good-bye, he slowly marches off towards his terminal—not once looking back. Now I know --if he had, I would have seen him cry.<br />Hurt and confused, I clutch my mother’s hand. I look up at her, the question of Where’s daddy going? on the tip of my tongue. A small drop of water falls on my new dress. Then another. Then another. All thoughts about my dad drain away as my mind concentrates on finding the source. I gasp in utter horror as I realize--my mother’s face is leaking! Big, horrible, nasty, drops of salty water pouring down her face! My poor mommy has a broken face. I want to cry out to her, but it is impossible. I am too terror-stricken to speak. <br /><br />I stumble along next to my busted-faced mother, barely conscious of what’s happening around me as we make our way to the car. Your dad is doing his duty for the country. We should be proud of him. So let’s dry our tears, shall we? He’ll be okay. my mom reassures me. But her words just make it worse. Because I thought I understood. My father doesn’t love me or my mother. He left us just when we needed him the most—when my mother busted her face and leaked out water. And the anger snake bit me, seeping its hatred-poison into my veins. <br /><br />But somehow, my mother knew what was going on with me. She understood exactly how I was feeling and gave me an outlet—Moonlight Sonata, a piece by Beethoven. Without a word, she took me to the music store and bought me a keyboard. And my amzing mother taught me how to use my long fingers to animate the piano that day. After all of that awful poison had been sucked out of my system, she explained to me about my dad. He’s such a good nurse, that the Army can’t keep their hands off him! They need him more over in Iraq to help care for the wounded. But you’re his big girl; you can handle him leaving for a year! And think how surprised he’ll be when he comes home and finds you playing the piano, just like an angel! Shhh, it’ll be our little secret. she smiles at me. I look deep into her eyes and notice they remind me of strawberry jelly—pink and soggy. My eyes searched her face like mad, looking for the cracks that must have been there earlier, when she was leaking. But her face is flawless. It took me a while to grow out of that innocence and figure out that what she was doing was called crying, and that it’s what happens when you feel overwhelmed by sadness. It took even longer to make me realize that it came from pink eyeballs, and not from cracks in your face. <br /><br />The piano was the way for me to connect with my emotions. Whenever I felt lonely, depressed, angry, spiteful, I played it on the piano. My mother could always tell the way I was feeling by the songs I played. And every day, I practiced for hours on it. I loved everything about it—the sound, the colors, its looks, its sturdiness, its way of looking humble yet elegant and the same time. I hadn’t known then that what I had really liked about it was that it would always be there for me, whenever I got home, waiting for me to bring it to life. And deep down, I think I knew that it gave me hope. By the time I would have finished learning Moonlight Sonata my dad would be home, safe and sound, ecstatic at my piano playing. My keyboard is still in my room, proudly on its stand, for everyone to see—a symbol of hope and security. I still play on it, all the time. I practice until my fingers become sore. And then I practice some more. Because the magical, tingly sound of the keys reminds me that it doesn’t matter if the Army separates my dad from us or moves us across the country for the umpteenth time; we will still be a family. I know now that nothing will ever change that.<br />really? haha thx, i hate writing tho....do u have any suggestions/criticisms?<br />thnk u very much...no hes not, its a kinda put urself in ur partners shoes....<br /><br />lol thx, haha my teacher told me i was an awful writer cuz i dont put emotion into my writing, so its not really me...i dont knoe how to do that though.....<br /><br /><br /> I mean, all these people don't understand politics. They TALK a good game, but in the end, are full of sh-t. I mean Glen Beck should be on Nut Time TV and Moore edits his movies in a way that is very misleading. There are scenes from his movies that are 100% made up bullsh-t. Roger&Me and Bowling For Columbine pop to mind. And Bill O'Rielly - King Nut Bag - I recall him loosing it on Gulf War Moms protesting for peace. Yet he has no children serving over seas and calling one mom protesting for peace (who LOST HER CHILD in Iraq - yes, he was killed) non American. And people freaking out on Colbert - honestly - your taking this guy's word to heart? <br /><br />Why do you Yanks get so upset over these morons? Is your country THAT divided?<br />liocdam: I'm Canadian too... We have Rick Mercier, Don Cherry, Lorne Green... But they are WAY less annoying then those fools on Fox News or Moore put together!!! And don't forget buddy - I am saying Don Cherry is NOT AS annoying. But his sport jackets are!<br />Page 1344- But they are being American, no? Don't you guys have the right to say whatever you want? So they are being American. (I say this as not being a fan of these wankholes-including Moore)<br /><br /><br /> I am college graduate, in my mid 20's, and got laid off from my government job. I took a lower paying part-time job to make ends meet, and have not been successful in finding a suitable full time position. I know it is like "Join the club" because there are millions of others in similar situations as myself. <br /><br />I am considering to enlist in the Marines. However, I know currently that the recruitment business is booming due to the weakened job market, and the demands to deploy more armed forces to Iraq, and/or Afghanistan. Being that there are potentially hundreds of thousands if not millions of others just like myself looking to enlist, recruitment or enlistment standards have been raised to be more stringent. <br /><br />I want to enlist in the Marines to serve my country, gain more valuable skills to be more marketable in the civilian job market, and to accomplish something while gaining discipline, and confident. I spoke to a recruiter, and he said that I preliminarily meet the requirements to enlist. However, he said that there are very limited openings, and there is a likelihood that I could only enlist in a delayed entry program. He also said the first step for me to take to see if I 100% qualify or not is to take a 3 hour battery test, medical test, and a PFT Test. He left it up to me to when I want to commence these tests contingent upon the schedule openings of this marine recruitment center. <br /><br />I know that this decision is strictly up to me, and basic training is the hardest thing I will probably ever do in my life. I also know that becoming a Marine if successful is not a walk in the park, and that if successful it is what you make of it. I am having second thoughts, and need other opinions.<br /><br />My questions are: <br /><br />What are the pros and cons of becoming a Marine?<br /><br />Is becoming a Marine quite an accomplishment to add to a resume?<br /><br />Are civilian employers prejudice against those who have experience in the armed forces?<br /><br />Are skills acquired in the Marines applicable or compatible with desired skills, and attributes from civillian employers?<br /><br />Is the reward of becoming a Marine really worth the risk of losing one's life while being deployed?<br /><br />How common is it for recruiters to mislead potential recruits or actual enlisted recruits about compensation, positions, benefits, etc.? I understand that everything is merit based (meaning you have to put your time in and demonstrate success), and nothing is guaranteed. Are there often scenarios where recruits or enlistees are told that they will get this or that if they succeed, and then are left empty-handed in the end?<br /><br />Would you recommend somebody like me to stay out of the military, and to get more education and/or more skills, and to keep trying to get a suitable position in the civilian market? It seems like everything is going to s***, opportunities are drying up, and overall things are getting worse every week. I am not looking for pity, or the "Oh poor me". Why does it seem like you try to do something to better yourself (Sharpen Your Resume, Get More Education, Acquire More Skillls, Interview Well With Confidence Outlining Yourself And As To Why You Are a Great Candidate,etc.), you successfully do so, but it still is not good enough to get a suitable position?<br /><br /><br /> Who's Partisan Now? - The Press as Paladin of a Presidency<br /><br />By Jeffrey T. Kuhner<br /><br />President Obama has declared political war on the Fox News Channel. He refuses to appear on Fox News - at least for the rest of this year - and has unleashed his administration's attack dogs. The goal is to vilify the network's hard-won reputation. <br /><br />"What I think is fair to say about Fox - and certainly it's the way we view it - is that it really is more a wing of the Republican Party," said Anita Dunn, White House communications director, on CNN. "They take their talking points, put them on the air; take their opposition research, put them on the air. And that's fine. But let's not pretend they're a news network the way CNN is." <br /><br />Ms. Dunn's comments are a blatant attempt by the White House to delegitimize and undermine Fox News' journalistic credibility. The administration is seeking to portray the network as a media arm of the Republican Party. <br /><br />This is false. It has repeatedly highlighted Republican Party scandals - former Rep. Mark Foley of Florida, lobbyist Jack Abramoff, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford - as well as the wasteful spending and runaway deficits that took place under President George W. Bush. When the war in Iraq was going badly prior to the 2007 troop surge, Fox News did not shy away from covering negative stories on the ground. <br /><br />Contrary to its slogan, however, Fox News is not "fair and balanced." It is clearly a center-right network, where conservative commentators outnumber liberal and centrist ones. <br /><br />Moreover, Fox's news operation also slants conservative not so much in its coverage, but in the choice of topics: fiscal irresponsibility, the expansion of big government, an imperial judiciary, the war on terrorism, radical Islam, crime, teenage out-of-wedlock pregnancy, and the culture wars. Many of these issues are downplayed or ignored by its rivals. <br /><br />In other words, Fox has filled an ideological vacuum left by the likes of CNN and MSNBC. The reason its ratings are soaring while its competitors are declining is that Fox consciously - even proudly - caters to God-fearing, gun-toting, red-state viewers. It speaks to the populist, patriotic and conservative values embodied by Middle America - principles that have been consistently mocked by media elites. <br /><br />Fox is despised by the Obama administration and its leftist media allies in part because of its success and profitability. Moreover, Fox is feared because its growing power stands as an indictment against the desiccated liberal establishment. <br /><br />For decades, the Washington press corps has presented itself as the guardian of political order and institutional stability. They are the real "news experts" whose experience and rational judgment are necessary to preserve "fairness" and "objectivity." The rise of Fox News and the New Media - Internet news sites, such as the Drudge Report, World Net Daily and Newsmax, along with talk radio - has ripped away that shallow, smug and self-satisfied journalistic veneer. <br /><br />The emergence of Fox News is a sign many Americans no longer trust the political and media class. It is part of a larger populist revolt that is slowly reshaping our society. The American people crave government accountability and political transparency. Moreover, many in the heartland rightly sense that something has gone terribly wrong. They are slowly losing their country to globalist progressives who no longer share any attachment to traditional America. <br /><br />For Ms. Dunn and the White House, Fox News' real transgression is not its purported links to the Republicans. Rather, it has given expression to this populist-patriotic resurgence by covering the "tea party" protests and the heated town-hall meetings on Obamacare, as well as exposing the neo-Marxist radicalism of former green jobs czar, Van Jones, and the rampant corruption at ACORN (the activist Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). <br /><br />Mr. Obama occupies the White House in large part because of a sycophantic, fawning press corps. They carried him all the way to power. During the campaign, MSNBC's Chris Matthews even declared that Mr. Obama's speech "sent shivers up my leg." Mr. Matthews' statement captured the establishment media's incestuous relationship with the president. It has abrogated its sacred duty to be critical and skeptical of political leaders - regardless of party affiliation. <br /><br />It is only natural for Ms. Dunn to claim that, as opposed to Fox, CNN is a genuine news network. Mr. Obama's team is accustomed to soft media treatment. In fact, they expect it. And it is what they have received from CNN - even to the point of appearing ridiculous. CNN's Wolf Blitzer - I could not make this up - did a "fact check" to defend the president's policies from a "Saturday Night Live" skit. This is how desperate CNN has become to prop up Mr. Obama's dwindling poll numbers. <br /><br />For decades, The Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, CBS News, AB<br />racism is unbecoming has no way to get to her says,""the boy"? Your racism is showing, hon. And FOX News is an arm of the Republican Party, and does not provide news. Instead, they provide opinion and propaganda."<br /><br />Someone must pay you to be stupid.<br /><br /><br /> Folks, really. Is Iran and North Korea a bigger threat to our safety and Liberties or is it our own government?<br /><br />Since 9/11 the it seems as if the government is deliberately using terrorism to abuse their power and assault our rights. Iraq was a perfect example, if we didn't take immediate swift action they were going to nuke us - remember? Despite the fact over 60% of America disapproved of the invasion the government did it anyway.<br /><br />The Patriot Act, which was also passed in fear of terrorism and this single bill went through congress with virtually no debate in less than 2 days and increased the governments power significantly. It is the most destructive bill to have ever past buy increasing power were power wasn't due, and attacking our constitutional rights. <br /><br />There are even people who believe that we need to adopt WW2 policies on how they treated Japanese Americans and sent to internment camps and send Muslim Americans to the same thing. <br /><br />Do you know who Michelle Malkin is? Perhaps one of the more nutty "conservative commentators" in her defense of internment book she basically says we need to adopt that same policy to suppress harboring terrorism.<br /><br />And on top of everything else the government is destroying our dollar. Policing the world isn't making us any friends and it is isolating us more and its costing us the MOST money. Putting sanctions on all these countries isn't doing US any favors, it's only shooting ourselves in the foot.<br /><br />When will the sheep of America finally wake up and realize that both of the major political parties are incompetent, no longer useful and are a threat to liberty. When the dollar crumbles and becomes worthless, will be the same day we lose our sovereignty completely and the world will embrace a global currency.<br /><br /><br /> Who's Partisan Now? - The Press as Paladin of a Presidency<br /><br />By Jeffrey T. Kuhner<br /><br />President Obama has declared political war on the Fox News Channel. He refuses to appear on Fox News - at least for the rest of this year - and has unleashed his administration's attack dogs. The goal is to vilify the network's hard-won reputation. <br /><br />"What I think is fair to say about Fox - and certainly it's the way we view it - is that it really is more a wing of the Republican Party," said Anita Dunn, White House communications director, on CNN. "They take their talking points, put them on the air; take their opposition research, put them on the air. And that's fine. But let's not pretend they're a news network the way CNN is." <br /><br />Ms. Dunn's comments are a blatant attempt by the White House to delegitimize and undermine Fox News' journalistic credibility. The administration is seeking to portray the network as a media arm of the Republican Party. <br /><br />This is false. It has repeatedly highlighted Republican Party scandals - former Rep. Mark Foley of Florida, lobbyist Jack Abramoff, South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford - as well as the wasteful spending and runaway deficits that took place under President George W. Bush. When the war in Iraq was going badly prior to the 2007 troop surge, Fox News did not shy away from covering negative stories on the ground. <br /><br />Contrary to its slogan, however, Fox News is not "fair and balanced." It is clearly a center-right network, where conservative commentators outnumber liberal and centrist ones. <br /><br />Moreover, Fox's news operation also slants conservative not so much in its coverage, but in the choice of topics: fiscal irresponsibility, the expansion of big government, an imperial judiciary, the war on terrorism, radical Islam, crime, teenage out-of-wedlock pregnancy, and the culture wars. Many of these issues are downplayed or ignored by its rivals. <br /><br />In other words, Fox has filled an ideological vacuum left by the likes of CNN and MSNBC. The reason its ratings are soaring while its competitors are declining is that Fox consciously - even proudly - caters to God-fearing, gun-toting, red-state viewers. It speaks to the populist, patriotic and conservative values embodied by Middle America - principles that have been consistently mocked by media elites. <br /><br />Fox is despised by the Obama administration and its leftist media allies in part because of its success and profitability. Moreover, Fox is feared because its growing power stands as an indictment against the desiccated liberal establishment. <br /><br />For decades, the Washington press corps has presented itself as the guardian of political order and institutional stability. They are the real "news experts" whose experience and rational judgment are necessary to preserve "fairness" and "objectivity." The rise of Fox News and the New Media - Internet news sites, such as the Drudge Report, World Net Daily and Newsmax, along with talk radio - has ripped away that shallow, smug and self-satisfied journalistic veneer. <br /><br />The emergence of Fox News is a sign many Americans no longer trust the political and media class. It is part of a larger populist revolt that is slowly reshaping our society. The American people crave government accountability and political transparency. Moreover, many in the heartland rightly sense that something has gone terribly wrong. They are slowly losing their country to globalist progressives who no longer share any attachment to traditional America. <br /><br />For Ms. Dunn and the White House, Fox News' real transgression is not its purported links to the Republicans. Rather, it has given expression to this populist-patriotic resurgence by covering the "tea party" protests and the heated town-hall meetings on Obamacare, as well as exposing the neo-Marxist radicalism of former green jobs czar, Van Jones, and the rampant corruption at ACORN (the activist Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now). <br /><br />Mr. Obama occupies the White House in large part because of a sycophantic, fawning press corps. They carried him all the way to power. During the campaign, MSNBC's Chris Matthews even declared that Mr. Obama's speech "sent shivers up my leg." Mr. Matthews' statement captured the establishment media's incestuous relationship with the president. It has abrogated its sacred duty to be critical and skeptical of political leaders - regardless of party affiliation. <br /><br />It is only natural for Ms. Dunn to claim that, as opposed to Fox, CNN is a genuine news network. Mr. Obama's team is accustomed to soft media treatment. In fact, they expect it. And it is what they have received from CNN - even to the point of appearing ridiculous. CNN's Wolf Blitzer - I could not make this up - did a "fact check" to defend the president's policies from a "Saturday Night Live" skit. This is how desperate CNN has become to prop up Mr. Obama's dwindling poll numbers. <br /><br />For decades, The Washington Post, the New York Times, CNN, CBS News, AB<br /><br /><br /> On Friday, U.S.Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaking with the Editor of "The Economist" John Micklewait ... said, "The U.S. Must Live Within It's Means once it's economy recovers ..."<br /><br />First thing I noticed was, he didn't say "we" rather he referred to the U.S. as "it's." Considering the Bailouts, Stimulus Packages were Washington's ideas, not to mention all of the PORK and Earmarks inherent of EVERY BILL ... I believe Mr. Geithner should have used the word "we" in his word usage, as Presidents and Congress do MOST of the Spending.<br /><br />Americans use Credit Cards, while the U.S. Government tosses Billions around to Blow Up Iraq, then rebuild it. To take 2.6 Billion Dollars away from the Defense Fund for "pet projects" instead of supplying our Troops. Hillary gave 9 Billion Dollars to "GAZA Relief" and Billions more simply given away ... I guess, because The U.S. is cool or something. (Just too much to remember, ya know?)<br /><br />But we Commoners are supposed to Live Within Our Means ... HOW? <br /><br />NAFTA gives our jobs away or other countries are allowed to buy our companies and take our technologies with them.<br /><br />So, is the United States supposed to live in poverty ... which is what our means will be soon, as it already is for many who are victim of this "recession" ?<br /><br />I knew if Bush got a second term, we would be living in a Third World Country, eventually. Well .........?<br /><br />Are we all going to get our jobs back? Will our standard of living return? Will we be able to become the Consumers we once were? Will our Government STOP SPENDING? Will we STOP FIGHTING UNJUSTIFIED WARS?<br /><br />When will WE make America Great Once More? We certainly wont get there being on the course we've been set on, that's for sure!<br /><br /><br /> he makes his life so chaotic he doesnt even have time for me or himself, and though he sleeps with me he doesn't want to admit we're boyfriends..<br /><br />Unless he really leaves this country after getting his citizenship, I'm sure we can at least remain friends cause i know he does care about me. Though If we keep seeing each other only once per 1-2 weeks, it might possibly become a both saddening and rejoicing "friendship". But I guess after all, i should just embrace every day as it comes, with or without Sanas.<br /><br />So that's the story i wanted to share. Thank you very much, if you have read up to here. Might you have time, please enlighten me with some of your insights on relationships/astrology. I wonder if our relationship will stand to the future. I will just hope,, and enjoy the days we have.<br /><br />male, Roermond, The Netherlands, 14 november 1985<br /><br />male, Baghdad, Iraq, 26 november 1985<br /><br />Kindest Regards<br />I just wanted to tell a short story about myself and how i came to meet a guy who really seems to love me in return. Hopefully some of you have time to share your insights on our -unfortunately- fairly unsure relationship.<br /><br />Since i started to truly open up to love, relationships and friendships in August 2008 i haven't had much success in finding a suitable partner. Soon in September moved to a different city to study and the experiences that followed were overwhelming and valuable to me. I made lots of new friends and i was glad i was able to move to a different place where i gained freedom for more personal growth and development. But i had crushes and infatuations from one guy to another until i came to realize something must be wrong in my attitude.. I had been falling for guys who were only handsome, guys who just wanted a quicky, who were always abroad, depressed or simply not interested in me.<br /><br />I realized i shouldn't be desperately looking for a guy to cling on, i should love myself first and enjoy all the little things in life that can be as simple as a hot shower or chocolate. And above all, it's not worth to crave for a relationship that will never be, it's also about the merits within a person, including the quality of loving you in return. Why head over heels for a person who wouldn't even care to look back at you ever?<br /><br />Soon after this contemplation, it was mid-August 2009, i met Sanas. For the first time in my life i met a guy that was truly interested in me as well. I felt the amazing chemistry we had, he is very communicative, we tell each other lots of stories and i can tell he has a good heart. He wants to pay everything, he makes salads and cuts fruits for me, when we watch a movie he would lean onto my heart or lay his head on my lap, holding my hand, squeezing it softly, he gives a kiss every now and then. As weeks pass by, we do everything what lovers do.. yet there is no confirmation of whatever we are.<br /><br />In fact, I'm a dutch guy of chinese descent and he is a christian Iraqi refugee of arabic descent. He works like a machine and is busy studying dutch, so we don't see each other more than once per week. Still, I like him so much, i don't want to lose him and value every rare time we could meet up, but i couldnt bear the vague, insecure relation anymore. So i finally blurted out..<br /><br />"there is something i wanna tell you, but i dont really dare"<br />"i already know what you wanna tell me, just say it, Ian"<br />"i think i like you more than just liking, when can i call Sanas my boyfriend?<br />"look Ian, i like you sooo much and i know you like me sooo much too. I don't think i would ever find someone else like you in this world. You're the best guy i have ever met and unless the ex's i had i know you are so sweet, simple and honest. But you will have a good future and job after your studies. What do i have? I have a shitty life in Holland, i work like a machine, i hardly have any spare time, so right now we can't have a relationship"<br />"If you really like me so much why can't we already be together? There is more to life. I don't care about money or status. I know you are busy and i respect that. Nothing has to change, i don't even need to see you more. I don't want anyone else than you."<br />"These are rules i came to realize, i can't change it. I know you dont care about money and status, but it's about me. I don't want your help, but as soon i know i have a good future i will come back to ask you to be my boyfriend, i never had time for my ex either, we can build up things fast but i will destroy everything as fast"<br /><br />So weeks pass by and we continue to have a good time whenever we meet up once a week. I tried to talk about the subject again, but i don't want to push it anymore, cause after all we do have a good time and maybe it's not worth risking losing everything just because the relationship needs labelling. Then, last wednesday he was supposed to have dinner at my place together with my friends. He called off on the same day cause something popped up in his busy schedule. I was so disappointed and i have to wait till the saturday of next week to see him again. Although i know he wasn't lying about wednesday, it made me think about where this is really going to lead to..<br /><br />I wish i could spend my life with Sanas, but i couldn't just devote my life and feelings to him if he can't even admit that we are boyfriends. He's so sweet to me that i only yearn for eternity and more. I'm afraid that in the end we are just friends or that he is even going to leave the netherlands, since last time he did halfly joke that he's going to leave this country for life was too hard for him.<br /><br />Now I question myself whether i really want to fall in love with Sanas and keep putting so much effort in a relationship without knowing where it leads to. Maybe he is the wrong guy after all? He smokes 1 pack per day, he is so stressed that he already has a few grey hairs, he often just sleeps 5 hours per day,<br />he makes his life so chaotic he doesnt even have time for me or himself, and though he sleeps with me he doesn't want to admit we're boyfriends..<br /><br />Unless he really leaves this country after getting his citizenship, I'm sure we can at least remain friends cause i know he does care about me. Though If we keep seeing each other only once per 1-2 weeks, it might possibly become a both saddening and rejoicing "friendship". But I guess after all, i should just embrace every day as it comes, with or without Sanas.<br /><br />So that's the story i wanted to share. Thank you very much, if you have read up to here. Might you have time, please enlighten me with some of your insights on relationships/astrology. I wonder if our relationship will stand to the future. I will just hope,, and enjoy the days we have.<br /><br />male, Roermond, The Netherlands, 14 november 1985<br /><br />male, Baghdad, Iraq, 26 november 1985<br /><br />Kindest Regards<br /><br /><br /> I asked why the Marine Corps wouldn't take me back over my tattoos. One lady saw fit to tell me that she wouldn't hire me, nor should anybody else, some implied that I was a sh*tbag while I served, etc etc. If anyone wants, email me, and I will personally send you a copy of my SRB, that should give you a true hint to the character of my service. Let me apologize in advance for wanting to enlist and go to Iraq with my brothers, I didn't realize it would cause such a stir. And sorry for getting tattoos on my neck when I got out, I didn't realize it would affect other's lives. Why the hostility? Again, all I want to do is serve my country, both sides of my family immigrated in the last 50 years and I love the United States, the great people that constitute its land, for the oppurtunities it gave my family. Again, sorry for being tattooed, sorry for wanting to get paid such a vast sum ( sarcasm intended). I certainly never thought I was going to become a millionaire as a SGT of Marines. God Bless you all, you ALL are why I wanted to serve to begin with.<br /><br /><br /> Peace Prize Acrimony: Once again, Obama Evokes Passionate Response<br /><br />By Eli Saslow<br /><br />The Washington Post<br /><br />Updated: 10/10/2009 09:06:43 AM MDT<br /><br /><br />WASHINGTON -- The new winner of the Nobel Peace Prize walked out of his house just after 11 a.m., dressed handsomely in a dark suit and a classic blue tie. He descended a marble staircase into a manicured garden, flowers in full bloom, and stepped to a podium on a perfect autumn day. After making a joke about the lightheartedness of children, he said he was "surprised and humbled" by the award. Then he asked the world to unite by providing all people with opportunity, dignity and freedom from violence and disease. <br /><br />All told, Barack Obama spoke for six minutes Friday. He said little concrete, nothing controversial, nothing contentious. And yet, once he walked back into his house, contention dominated the day. <br /><br />This is how it has always gone with Obama: His latest coronation, this time as Nobel Peace Prize winner, inspired a dozen different reactions that were similar only in their intensity. <br /><br />Instead of the universal tribute that often comes with a Nobel Prize, Obama's award resulted in a deluge of response that included all the divisiveness of the presidential campaign. Friday's reactions to Obama, Nobel Peace Prize winner, tended to cast him as either a savior or a fraud, with little conversation in between. There was bewilderment and cynicism, hopefulness and pride. Debate raged about who Obama is and what he will become. <br /><br />Some called Obama's prize the ultimate endorsement of a great president; others called it evidence that, once again, charisma had trumped results. Some called it a miracle; others called it a joke. Some believed Obama had earned the prize by uniting the country, rewriting black history and redeeming America to the world; others said Obama had earned -- and accomplished -- nothing. <br /><br />As for Obama himself, the man already burdened by so many expectations seemed to interpret the prize as one more promise to fulfill. He now belongs to a group whose membership includes Martin Luther King Jr., Nelson Mandela and Mother Teresa, company that Obama said he does not "deserve." Only two other sitting presidents have shared the honor, and none who still had at least 39 months in office to fail or flourish under the weight of the world's biggest prize. <br /><br />"I will accept this award as a call to action," Obama said. <br /><br />Obama had never even known he was nominated for the prize. He was awoken by a phone call at 6 a.m. telling him he had won. It was not "how I expected to wake up," he said, and others who learned of the award soon thereafter experienced similar surprise. Robert Eberle, president of GOPUSA, assumed he was the victim of a practical joke. "Are you kidding me?" he wrote in an e-mail to employees. <br /><br />But as the day wore on, bewilderment gave way to cynicism for many Republicans and some of Obama's opponents in Washington. William Kristol, editor of the conservative Weekly Standard, announced that his publication would forgo its usual "Parody Page" and simply publish news of Obama's prize, because it was more ridiculous than anything editors could possibly make up. "Thank you, Nobel Committee, for making my job easier," Kristol said. <br /><br />Republicans across the country reiterated the same critiques of Obama heard so often during the campaign. How could an award given for a lifetime of extraordinary achievement go to a man who was a junior U.S. senator at this time last year and an Illinois state senator five years ago? Had the Nobel Committee decided to honor aspirations instead of accomplishments, ambitions instead of realities? <br /><br />"Like most liberals, the Nobel Committee seems to think that Obama's pretty words are a perfect substitute for him actually doing something," said Todd Harris, a Republican strategist. "But if pretty words alone could provide leadership, then why not just give the presidency and the Peace Prize to a Hemingway novel?" <br /><br />Obama's supporters reacted with equal passion. Climate-change activists congratulated Obama and implored him to proceed directly from the award ceremony in Oslo to climate talks in Copenhagen. Supporters of his domestic agenda heralded the award as a momentum boost that would help Obama end the war in Iraq and pass health- care reform. World leaders sent congratulatory notes, including one from French President Nicolas Sarkozy that read: "Finally, it sets the seal on America's return to the heart of all the world's peoples." <br /><br />Just as on Election Day, optimism spread as if contagious. Here, thanks to the Nobel Committee, was hope that Obama could unite not only Democrats and Republicans but the entire world. Here was hope that he could make sweeping changes in perceptions of race and religion. Here was hope that he had renewed America in the eyes of the world. Here was hope that more immense progress was still to come -- for climate change and nuclear weapons and the economy --<br /><br /><br /> David Cameron has styled himself as the 'heir to Blair'. In Manchester last week there was evidence of this. He said: 'It's your character, your temperament and your judgement that count so much more than your policies and your manifesto'. Come the next election we are going to face a choice between 'Macho Dave', 'Dithering Gordon', and 'Schoolboy Nick' in that case. Surely that is a bad thing. Tony thought that by riding roughshod over the views of his party and the country and taking us into the Iraq war he was doing the right thing. Shouldn't we be grateful for parties and manifestos as a way of keeping our leaders humble? It was the Conservative party who got rid of Thatcher after all. And it is the queen who is head of state and represents the nation. Like it or not, PM's are merely asked to serve at her behest.<br /><br /><br /> East Indians in my country?<br />I'm a very passive person, and also a very docile person and so today I was very astonished to ask two east Indians in a club I was in about the language they where speaking and if it was from the native land of India in the man's washroom of coarse,<br /><br />and to my own disbelief they both took a fence to me asking where they're language is Nativity spoken so much so that they managed too threaten me, in my own country over off all things India,<br /><br />P.S.. everyone I have ever met from India has been a comedian and very nice people too talk too,<br /><br />but,<br /><br />I find myself very a fended by two east Indians "not India of coarse since I asked if they where speaking a language from India."<br />so I lost faith in anyone of there decent and my hatred and become event in so much so that I swear to hate all east Indian "except India" to this day forward"<br /><br />and then I took my bus ride ride of shame home of coarse,<br />But on my way home from the club there was a east Indian women setting across from me and since I have denounced them entirely I look at the old person in shame,<br /><br />but during this I had realized to myself that every time I look at her in shame,<br /><br />she seeming new all of what I was thinking and felt ashamed also of looking at me and every time I thought I hate her heritage she looked at me in compliance of her shame I stopped thinking such thoughts which brings me too my question....<br />...<br />Do you think women should finally be in control of Iraq and Afghanistan ?<br /><br /><br /> I'm a very passive person, and also a very docile person and so today I was very astonished to ask two east Indians in a club I was in about the language they where speaking and if it was from the native land of India in the man's washroom of coarse,<br /><br />and to my own disbelief they both took a fence to me asking where they're language is Nativity spoken so much so that they managed too threaten me, in my own country over off all things India, <br /><br />P.S.. everyone I have ever met from India has been a comedian and very nice people too talk too,<br /><br />but,<br /><br />I find myself very a fended by two east Indians "not India of coarse since I asked if they where speaking a language from India."<br />so I lost faith in anyone of there decent and my hatred and become event in so much so that I swear to hate all east Indian "except India" to this day forward"<br /><br />and then I took my bus ride ride of shame home of coarse,<br />But on my way home from the club there was a east Indian women setting across from me and since I have denounced them entirely I look at the old person in shame,<br /><br />but during this I had realized to myself that every time I look at her in shame,<br /><br />she seeming new all of what I was thinking and felt ashamed also of looking at me and every time I thought I hate her heritage she looked at me in compliance of her shame I stopped thinking such thoughts which brings me too my question....<br />...<br />Do you think women should finally be in control of Iraq and Afghanistan ?<br /><br /><br /> so great ok? Also if you don't like the content - im not asking for your opinion on whether or not you LIKE barack obama - but whether it is a good piece of literacy in general. ok here goes.. also what level do u think i'll get for it? <br />Barack Obama: Reasons Why I admire him. <br />Barack Obama is the current president of the United States of America, and the first African American president. His being a black president is important because he gives a voice to millions of powerless Afro- Americans. Secondly he is trying to overcome the effects of centuries of racism and continue the tradition of civil rights begun by, in particular, Martin Luther King. Barack has proved his strength of character – he also proves to be an articulate man supplying great wisdom and knowledge of the world around him, which can be passed to everyone who is willing to accept and learn from their mistakes. He understands the concepts of right and wrong, and his compassion and understanding as a politician seem endless. <br />Barack was born in Honoulu, Hawaii and was raised from humble beginnings - two years after his birth his father and mother divorced. After his mother remarried to an Indonesian student, Lolo Soetoro, all Indonesians were forced to relocate back to their old country thus Barack’s family went to live in Indonesia. When Barack was ten he returned to Hawaii to live with his grandparents - where in 1979 he graduated from High School and then moved to New York City to graduate at Columbia University in Political Science. Later he graduated at Harvard Law School. During May 1985 Obama was later hired as director of the Developing Communities Project (DCP), a church-based community organization originally comprising eight Catholic parishes in Greater Roseland .In 1989 Obama visited Europe and Kenya for 5 weeks where, after many years, he met his paternal grandparents. Later in 1996 -2004 Obama worked as a lecturer at Chicago University and Law School. Finally in 2007 Barack decided to run for presidency against Hilary Clinton and defeated her for the Democratic nomination before finally beating Republican nominee John Mcain. He became president on January 20th 2009.Obama’s struggle to overcome adversity and difficult circumstances in his family like his parents’ divorce make him – in my opinion- a strong and admirable character. His mother taught him to work hard, get a good education and inspired him which enabled him to become what he is today. He is an inspirational role model for many Americans - black or white – if there is determination to overcome prejudice then nothing can stand in your way.<br />Another reason why I admire Obama is because he opposes the war in Iraq by courageously sticking to his position when others named him as unpatriotic for going against his country and waving the white flag of surrender. He is also, I believe, very wise, as he plans to withdraw troops from Iraq.He recognises that he cannot leave the country without helping to rebuild the ruined country and training Iraqi and Afghani troops to bring stability, autonomy and defeat Al Quaida. Obama realises also that American troops are doing more harm than good by being in these countries since it gives an excuse for terrorists to bomb and harm innocent civilian. Obama recognises the need for America to use its power and resources to help these poorer and weaker countries.<br />Obama is also a brave and compassionate leader because of his policy on healthcare. This is a radical policy he is trying to introduce. For the first time he is trying to introduce changes that will help millions of poorer Americans to have access to proper healthcare. This shows that he believes in social justice for poorer people and he is the enemy of putting profit before people’s health. Many Americans, that can afford it – may I add – protest against this and accuse Obama of trying to introduce ‘socialism’ into the American health care system, studies have shown 45 million Americans do not have access to healthcare.<br />Overall, there are many more admirable things about Obama, more than I can write about, but I feel Americans are incredibly lucky to have a president like Obama with his compassion, understanding, wisdom and his ability to be positive when looking towards the future. He aspires to be a champion of all Americans particularly the disadvantaged and the poor. Both at home and abroad he wants to heal and bring people together as one united front. Quotes from him shine a glimmer of hope in the direction of an answer to reach some form of unity and peace and however hard it may be- yes we can.<br /><br /><br /> What do you think?<br /><br />An extract from an article by Mark Leonard, from the Irish Times Newspaper from 2005.<br /><br />For all the talk of the American Empire, the past two years have been more about the limits of American power. Its economic lead over Europe is disappearing (in 1950 its GDP per capita was twice that of Western Europe, while today it is almost the same size), while the political price for saying no to the superpower has never been lower (as Germany, France, Mexico, Turkey and Chile found over Iraq). In fact, the US leads the world in only two ways: it has the biggest army in the world, and the most popular "popular culture". But the combined might of the US military could do nothing to stop 9/11 or halt terrorism in Iraq, and the more America's presence around the world becomes militarised, the less attractive the American way of life becomes.<br /><br />Meanwhile, across the pond, Europeans - often by accident - have been developing a new kind of power that cannot be measured in terms of military budgets or smart-missile technology. It works in the long term, and is about reshaping the world rather than winning short-term tussles. And when we stop looking at the world through American eyes, we can see that each element of European "weakness" is in fact a facet of its extraordinary transformative power.<br /><br />In just 50 years, Europeans have made war between European powers unthinkable; European economies have closed the gap with the US; and Europe has brought successive waves of countries out of dictatorship and into democracy. If you look at a map of the world, you can see a zone of peace spreading like a blue oil slick - from the west coast of Ireland to the eastern Mediterranean; from the Arctic Circle to the Straits of Gibraltar - sucking in new members in its wake. Around the 450 million (as of 2009 it's 500 million) citizens of the EU, there are another 1.5 billion people who depend completely on an EU that is their biggest trade partner and their biggest source of credit, foreign investment, and aid. These two billion people (one-third of the world's population) live in the "Eurosphere": Europe's zone of influence, which is gradually being transformed by the European project and adopting European ways of doing things.<br /><br />Europe's power is easy to miss. Europe doesn't flaunt its strength or talk about a "single sustainable model of progress" as America does. Instead, like an "invisible hand", it operates through the shell of traditional political structures. The Dail, Irish law courts, and Irish civil servants are still here, but they have all become agents of the European Union, implementing European law. This is no accident. By creating standards that are implemented through national institutions, Europe can take over the world without becoming a target for hostility. The same is true of European troops abroad who often serve under UN or NATO flags rather than the European one.<br /><br />While every US company, embassy and military base is a terrorist target, Europe's invisibility allows it to spread its influence without provocation. The fact that Europe does not have one leader, but rather a network of centres of power united by common policies and goals, means it can expand to accommodate ever-greater numbers of countries without compromising their independence, while continuing to provide its members with the benefits of being part of the largest market in the world.<br /><br />Europeans are not interested in classic geo-politics when they talk to other countries: instead, they use the law to change them from within. Instead of talking about the war on terror or the balance of power, they look at what kind of government they have. What values underpin the state? What are its constitutional and regulatory frameworks?<br />Europe's obsession with legal frameworks means it can transform the countries it comes into contact with, instead of just skimming the surface. The US might have changed the regime in Afghanistan, but Europe is changing all of Polish society, from its economic policies and property laws to its treatment of minorities and what gets served on the nation's tables. The lonely superpower can bribe, bully, or impose its will almost anywhere in the world, but when its back is turned, its potency wanes. The strength of the EU, conversely, is broad and deep: once sucked into its sphere of influence, countries are changed forever.<br /><br /><br /> Ok, i am an Iraqi Muslim who got an imigrant Visa to the United State and became a U.S. Citizen so now this place is my country and i love it, but there is only one issue i wanna talk about, in Iraq and as you know it considered as a Muslims Country but we have a christian which is maybe 8-10% so in all of their major events like christmas, Easter, Great friday, etc.... the christians get day or two off or more as their holiday, if they are student and even if they have an exam they won't have to attend and the teacher should make another exam for them, if they were employees in the government or others they will get a holiday with pay, this is the rules to keep their right, so i am here in America and as you guys know we practise Ramadan Once every year and after ramadan we have the feast (3 days) where we make a big meals and invites family and friends and go out and have fun, but i didn't get to do all these so do my family, we dont have days off for our feast and we couldn't celebrite the feast also we have the big feast that come 70 days after Ramadan and that where people scraifce a Cow or Lamp and give the meet to the poor people then we celebrite too, anyway i think we (as a muslim) have the right to ask for at least 1 or 2 days off for each Feast, if not 2 days then 1 day.. it is very important to us to be with family and celebrite the feast so do you think we have the right to ask for this because i do<br />although i don't know who to ask, LOL<br />Incorrectly Political :<br />why would you say that we both are enemy, your wrong we are not, me and my family have plenty of christian friends who we love and they love us too, and here in America i never have a problem being muslim and also in Iraq Muslim and christian gets along real good we they like each other...<br /><br /><br /> For example:<br /><br />TAXES<br /><br />Why do liberals support Democrat candidates that want to raise taxes? I mean, doesn’t it defy common logic that if people have less to spend, then that will generate less money for the Feds? Doesn’t it also suggest the notion that in that support, a Democrat, or a liberal, does not trust their own self in how they will spend the money they receive?<br /><br />EDUCATION<br /><br />Why do liberals claim to be more intelligent that Conservatives? I mean, doesn’t it defy common logic that academic achievements in a multi-cultural educational system, has been steadily declining here in this country but yet, liberals continue to support that diversity? Doesn’t the declining educational system mean that our children are becoming less smart set forth by the liberal agenda of “fairness”?<br /><br />WAR<br /><br />Why do liberals always take an anti-war stance when it comes to stopping the spread of communism, countering tyrannical regimes, supporting the invasion of our allies, or rooting out terrorism? I mean, doesn’t it defy common logic that in order to enforce the stability of a region(s), means that sometimes war is necessary? Doesn’t it defy common logic that in order to suppress, or sometimes root out the despot’s on this planet that are systematically slaughtering their people, that war is sometimes necessary? Why are all the anti-war protesters silent now that Obama is in office? Are we not still in Iraq and Afghanistan? Is not GITMO still open?<br /><br />ABORTION<br /><br />Why do liberals take sides for pro-choice individuals? I mean, doesn’t it defy logic that the anti-war liberals protest against war time actions when those war actions by our military have been conducted up for good causes like stopping tyranny, stopping mass murder, political genocide, communism by repressive regimes, engaging in act of defense of our allies,etc... but yet, they have no problem in supporting murder of innocent children who are guilty of nothing?<br /><br />POLITICAL IDEOLOGY<br /><br />Why do liberals (such as during the Bush administration) always whine and cry about individual rights and freedoms guaranteed under the Constitution being trampled on (of which there were none), and then we have someone like Obama that is clearly trampling on the Constitution, but yet now the liberals are silent?<br /><br />MARXISTS AND COMMUNISTS<br /><br />Why is it that when GW Bush was in office, all the liberal activists were calling Bush every name under the sun that had to do with despot Marxist and Communist regimes? Doesn’t it defy logic to call GW Bush all these name (name calling that was clearly so far-fetched) but now, we have a Marxist President with a cabinet full of self proclaimed Communists and Marxists and now the liberal establishment is stone silent?<br /><br />GOVERNMENT INTERVENTION<br /><br />Why is it that liberals continue to whine and cry about individual freedoms and rights, but yet, turn right around and support liberal progressive policies that launch massive govt entitlement and other massive govt institutions that further guarantee suppression of individual liberty? Doesn’t it defy logic to you to support actions like that?<br /><br />HEALTHCARE<br /><br />Why is it that the liberals support the govt option healthcare? I mean, doesn’t it defy logic to support a govt run plan that has already been proven to ration healthcare but yet, liberals support the same option that rations care even though they themselves might be subjected to that rationing?<br /><br />IMMIGRATION<br /><br />Why is it that the liberals in Congress refuse to shut down the borders? I mean, doesn’t it defy logic that while illegal immigrants are not only over burdening our healthcare system, eroding educational institutions by bringing down our standards, bringing eradicated diseases back across the border, shooting at our border patrol agents and when they return fire, our agents are the ones that go to prison thanks to the ACLU, etc…all of which have been proven, but the liberals still support it anyway?<br /><br />Why is it that when a Republican President is in the White House, the liberals do everything in their power to undermine that Presidency by claiming that the Republic President is not following the law. But when it comes to illegal immigrants, who are clearly breaking the law, suddenly it's ok for the liberals?<br /><br /><br /> i am from iran.people in iran are hopeful to change the reign and become free.but i concern about attacking of the other countries.you should not allow your goverments to attack to us under the name of freedom and make iran like iraq!in iran we ourselves could become free.Yes?<br /><br /><br /> Against all objections, Iran is advancing projects on nuclear weapons. I think they’re actually taking a calculated venture, exploiting currently vulnerable conditions of USA, attributable to its severe economic recession, along with and partially due to two unsatisfactory wars. The scenario of the war in Afghanistan is now foreshadowing an outcome similar to that of former Soviet Union’s invasion in the same country. If now Iran, which is more organized and technologically advanced than Iraq and Afghanistan, really threatens to become a nuclear power, the feasibility of a military action to thwart its ambition seems questionable.<br /><br /><br /> For the past several years, I've heard that Iran was "supposed" to have the "bomb" by the end of 2006.<br /><br />2006 came and went.<br /><br />NO BOMB.<br /><br />Bush then said, "Iran will have the bomb by the end of 2007."<br /><br />Again...<br /><br />2007 came and went.<br /><br />NO BOMB.<br /><br />Bush then said, "Iran will *definitely* have the bomb by the end of 2008."<br /><br />2008 came and went and you know what...?<br /><br />STILL NO BOMB.<br /><br />Then he said--just before leaving: "Iran will have the bomb by 2009."<br /><br />It's almost October now, and do you seriously *think* that Iran will have the bomb by the end of this year?<br /><br />NOPE.<br /><br />I'll wait though and mark each year with a chuckle and a shake of my head--at my government's lame attempts to keep scaring the people into *thinking* that a third-world nation with a 30-year+ technological infrastructure is going to have that Easy Button and make a "bomb" out of simply...nothing?<br /><br />Curiously enough, the same US intel agencies whom fraudulently sold us the debacle (and national embarrassment) that was IRAQ, is now saying that Iran will get "the bomb" by the end of 2010 or by 2014.<br /><br />I don't know about you, but this kind of "guessing games" is wearing mighty thin on me.<br /><br />Point 1? Iran is BEHIND us in both cultural advancement and technology. For YEARS the country has lived and worked in complete *isolation* from the rest of the world and has yet to *produce* anything on its own in independence--without relying on outside help for assistance. (Notably China and Russia.)<br /><br />Point 2? Low-level enrichment does NOT equal the bomb! Correct me if I'm wrong here, but aren't these same people whom we have constantly *elected* to both Congress and the White House KNOW this??? Because *unless* we are somehow "reinventing" the Laws of Physics for our own political good...? I don't think we're going to be seeing a "mushroom cloud" over the US in the near future.<br /><br />Or anywhere else for that matter.<br /><br />Point 3? Has anyone quite figured out that threats of sanctions and other measures against Iran hasn't WORKED in the past and won't work now?<br /><br />Bush threatened such and Iran just chose to *ignore* him. <br /><br />Now...<br /><br />Obama is operating from the same page and it left me wondering if these same government ignoramuses realize or *understand* that WE are just wasting both our time and our breath.<br /><br />Iran is still going to do what it wants to do and there is *little* we can do in return to stop them from developing--yes--NUCLEAR POWER.<br /><br />Isn't that what the US is actually afraid of? A nuclear-POWERED country that holds the world's third largest supply of oil? With such energy dependence, wouldn't one think that would be a devastating *blow* to US hegemony in the Middle East? (Not to mention: Iran becoming a real-time power player in that region; possibly keeping (ironically) Israel in check from doing anything stupid.)<br /><br />Mmm...<br /><br />One would think.<br /><br /><br /> Seriously, Iran has said over and over again that inspectors are free to come and go as they please, to ensure its facility is complying with International Law. Why do we (the U.S.) always think this is a bad thing? I do understand the U.S. standpoint, but I also understand Iran's standpoint. I agree 150% of what Iranian President said about "I do not have to disclose all my facilities to Mr. Obama and his Administration." Since when did we become the world police? And lets think about how we are the world police! We have red buttons too! And the U.S. has about as much proof of Iran's supposed WMD's as they had with Iraq's supposed WMD's. At what point is our country going to accept that we are inadvertently keeping people from exceling. I think that if the U.S. should require Iran to shut down its nuclear power facilities, WE the United States of America, should shut ours down first. Who agrees with me, or am I really out on a limb for this?<br />actually Cecil, im thinking we have given them an ultimatum. Comply with US (not world) demands or face further sanctions and/or worse. and only AFTER that threat, Iran is making sure its weaponry is perfectly functional swearing they will crush any force that tries to mess with them. They are a force to be reckoned with, even before this new crisis, im sure they coulda taken any of their neighbors at any point in the past decade yet they have chosen not to. Why not compare them to us. We are the ONLY country that has even used nukes, that in itself would scare me, if i was on the other side. they want a better more efficient source of electricity. I can hardly blame them for that. Again, I reiterate, they have opened the doors for inspectors. And instead, the US shouts 14,000 miles away shut down or else... I think we are bullying<br />actually Cecil, im thinking we have given them an ultimatum. Comply with US (not world) demands or face further sanctions and/or worse. and only AFTER that threat, Iran is making sure its weaponry is perfectly functional swearing they will crush any force that tries to mess with them. They are a force to be reckoned with, even before this new crisis, im sure they coulda taken any of their neighbors at any point in the past decade yet they have chosen not to. Why not compare them to us. We are the ONLY country that has even used nukes, that in itself would scare me, if i was on the other side. they want a better more efficient source of electricity. I can hardly blame them for that. Again, I reiterate, they have opened the doors for inspectors. And instead, the US shouts 14,000 miles away shut down or else... I think we are bullying<br /><br /><br /> After the Black and Caspian Sea flood around 5500 BC, the Nordic Indo-Europeans (Caucasians - from the Caucasus Mountains between the Black/Caspian Sea in Western Russia) wandered in all directions. The tribes who traveled south, south-east became known as the Aryans and Indo-Aryans. These invaded countries known today as Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan and India (all names derived from the word "Aryan"). Some even broke off and headed West to Ireland, inspiring its name as well. Eventually the Aryans were overwhelmed by the growing indigenous Semitic and Arabic peoples of the Middle-East, and were submerged by 250 BC. <br /><br />So why is it that it's become a trend now to speak of the Aryans as if they were descendants of the largely Arabic peoples of today's Middle-East? Yes, there are many in these areas with Aryan ancestry, some noticeably more than others. And yes, the Aryan language is still used as are their symbols (Swastika). But these are only cultural survivings of the Aryans. To credit the overwhelmingly Arab and Semitic Middle Easterners today as the "original Aryans" is disrespectful and demeaning to Caucasians. <br /><br />So my question is almost rhetorical, because I know why this lie has become popular, but thought I'd get some different perspectives anyway. Thanks for reading and hope to see your answer.<br /><br /><br /> do you think that the superpower countries will give them the right to live in peace<br /><br /><br /> With the Arab-Israeli dispute still going on, and many misguided people taking the side of the Palestinians, will the truth make any difference to them? <br /><br />I fear not, and that the violence and antisemitic propaganda will continue.<br /><br />There are three major lies about the Arab-Israel conflict. Throughout the years, they have gone through many metamorphoses and became first legends and, later, were transformed into commonly known "truths". <br /><br />1. Israel was created due to European guilt because of Holocaust. <br /><br />The modern Zionist movement emerged at the end of the 19th century with the goal of building Eretz-Israel, the Land of Israel, to create a Jewish state on the Jewish ancestral land. In July 1922 the League of Nations entrusted Great Britain with the Palestine Mandate, recognizing "the historical connection of the Jewish people with Palestine."<br /><br />The Palestine Mandate was created exclusively for the benefit of the Jewish People, just as other mandates were intended for the creation of Syria, Iraq, Saudi Arabia and other Muslim countries.<br /><br />2. Palestinians are a nation.<br /><br />Since Jews were dispersed from Judea and Samaria by the Romans 2,000 years ago, there has never been any independent non-Jewish state or kingdom established in the Land of Israel. As the Jews came back and drained the swamps, made the deserts bloom and developed industries, Arabs, Muslims from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Circassians, Turkmen and Egyptians followed. They came for jobs, for prosperity, and were encouraged to migrate by the region's controlling powers, Ottoman and British, in order to prevent the creation of the Jewish state. For political reasons, they began identifying themselves as a Palestinian people only in 1964, on the initiative of Egyptian-born Yasser Arafat.<br /><br />3. Israel is the occupier of Palestinian land.<br /><br />The Palestinian Mandate (Article 5) clearly stipulated that "no Palestine territory [designated for the Jewish state - SS] shall be ceded or leased to, or in any way placed under the control of, the Government of, any foreign Power."<br /><br />This means that the United Kingdom illegally ceded the Trans-Jordan to refugees from the Saudi Arabian Peninsula. And the United Nation's partition plan of the remaining parts of Palestine in 1947 was also illegal. In addition, in spite of the fact that the partition plan was devised to sabotage the creation of the Jewish homeland (the creation of two states on six ugly triangles - a completely unworkable political map), the Arabs rejected it. Therefore, they lost any legal standing on the land. They knew it - and that is one reason why seven Muslim states declared war on Israel in 1948. <br /><br />But no one is interested in facts nowadays, or ever, especially where Jews are concerned. After 60 years of anti-Israel propaganda, facts are forgotten and distorted, legality is brushed aside and a new reality is forged. It is the same old ugliness with a new "politically correct" phoney face.<br />Dickens Cider - good point. But you said it as if I was against Israels right to live there in peace. Read my added information again.<br />Not many answers here. Perhaps I made the question a bit too hard for most lefties. Let me rephrase it.<br /><br />Do you still hate Israel even though your reasons have all been proved to be false??<br />Yep. This was far too complicated a question for the left.<br /><br />Either that or they couldn't stand the facts so did their usual 'la la la Im not listening' routine.<br /><br /><br /> Why or why not?<br /><br />ABOUT CANADA: <br />Canada is safe, clean, friendly, and more peaceful and internationally-acclaimed than the USA according to most statistical surveys and the United Nations Human Development Index, which ranks Canada higher than the US.<br /><br />I am not Canadian (I'm American) but I like Canada a lot and I want America to have more in common with the Canadians. Otherwise I may want to move to Canada where the quality of life is better and you live longer and healthier.<br /><br />THINGS WE COULD BENEFIT FROM THAT CANADA HAS AND WE DO NOT:<br /><br />1) UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE: The USA could benefit from universal healthcare with a public option like you have in Canada so that healthcare is free for everybody.<br /><br />2) LEGALIZE HARVESTED HEMP - I think the USA should legalize the processing of hemp seeds and if it increases the risk of legal marijuana here and there, so what? Why is it so terrible a crime to get high?<br /><br />3) LOWER DRINKING AGE TO 18-19 INSTEAD OF 21: <br />In Canada, the drinking age in Ontario is 19 and in Quebec it is 18. Why can't it be lowered from 21 in the USA so they learn earlier on to drink responsibly instead of having to have this thing called Fake IDs, what a waste of prison space. In Canada, not worries.<br /><br />4) BECOME A MOSAIC, NOT A MELTING POT: <br />In the USA, everything is all about melting pot assimilation; everyone is coerced to assimilate into one capitalist culture, instead of embracing the mosaic of international immigrant cultures. <br />Why can't USA embrace diversity the way Canada does? In Canada, diversity is celebrated and there is no forced assimilation. <br /><br />5) BECOME A BILANGUAL COUNTRY (ENGLISH AND SPANISH)<br />In Canada, there are two official languages (English and French) and in the USA, why can't it be (English and Spanish) since we have large numbers of Mexicans in the Southwestern United States? Why can't we sing our National Anthem in Spanish and English, and make a bilangual US Constitution as well? Instead of English Only?<br /><br />6) ENGAGE ONLY IN WARS WHEN THE NATION IS THREATENED DIRECTLY:<br />In Canada, the rule of thumb is not to engage in war unless your nation is being threatened. Canadians therefore did not engage in the unnecessary Iraq War. Why can't the US have the same principle before taking on Wars? Wars also are VERY expensive and could better be spent on better education for our children. <br />So why did we fight in Iraq, the Persian Gulf War, Vietnam, and the Korean War? Did these wars seriously save our country from an attack? <br /><br />7) ELIMINATE HAND GUN OWNERSHIP - SAFER SOCIETY:<br />Due to hand gun ownership, Americans can be shot by drive-by shootings, all kinds of violent crimes due to guns. In Canada, hand guns are not legal and the crime rate is MUCH MUCH MUCH lower. Why can't we eliminate gun ownership in America and work on public safety so nobody needs a gun? The more people have guns, the more they will want to use them, the more violent our society becomes.<br /><br />8) CONSIDER MORE THAN A 2-PARTY POLITICAL SYSTEM:<br />Why can't we have a multi-party system like the Canadians have? <br /><br />9) ELIMINATE PRISON SENTENCING FOR TAX EVASION:<br />Why do you go to prison in America for tax evasion? Canada has no prison for failure to pay taxes, instead you just experience bad credit, which is much more sane. Or you have property seized I think, but no tax prison. <br /><br />10) PROVIDE HEALTHIER BENEFITS FOR WOMEN IN THE WORKPLACE:<br />Why can't the US have one-year maternity leave in the work place for women? I can go on and on.<br /><br />11) LEGALIZE SAME SEX MARRIAGE BY CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT:<br />This has been done in Canada long before it was done here<br /><br />What are other things we can do to make the USA more like Canada?<br /><br />If not, I would not mind moving to Canada, but why not be more Canadian-like?<br />ATTN: Loyalist Cannons, you never heard of Manitoba Harvested Hemp? It was sold in abundance at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. The Hemp Chocolate milk samples were free for all people all ages. Little kids were drinking it even.<br /><br /><br /> Here are my beliefs <br />A.Healthcare <br />•Every American should have affordable health care. America is the only democratic, developed, and wealthy nation on this earth that doesn’t provide health care for ALL its citizens. Today, 47 million Americans are uninsured and 8 million of those are children. This should be unacceptable. Through President Barack Obama’s Health Care Bill, we will achieve the healthcare crisis that is literally strangling the life out of Americans. <br />B.Energy and Environment <br />•The biggest crisis in the history of this man is occurring right now. Because of our skyrocketing carbon emissions since the Industrial Revolution, global warming is occurring, which has and WILL wreak havoc on the earth. Because it is unprofitable for businesses to implement energy reform, the United States must provide incentives for businesses to use “Green” technologies. The United States must also provide a minimum fuel mileage for all US cars, which would not only help the environment but help US auto makers to reform. <br />C.Immigration <br />•A heavily patrolled wall on the border of Mexico would prevent immigrants from entering America illegally. The illegal immigrants already here must become legalized citizens without penalty because of the cost and the sheer difficulty of rounding up all the illegal immigrants.<br />D.Foreign Policy<br />•Strong relations with Europe must be continued as well as trying to strengthen relations with Russia and China. The United States also must continue to support Israel, but not without alienating the rest of the Middle East. The US cannot support Israel with weapons, but more or less our moral support for lack of better words.<br />E.National Security<br />A plan to withdraw COMPLETELY all American troops from Iraq in one year must be drawn up and implemented. American ground troops must be removed from Afghanistan because the terrorists are not the entire country; they are in the mountains. Strike teams must be drawn up to kill the terrorists. <br />F.Civil Rights and Liberties <br />Gay Marriage must be legalized in the form of a Constitutional Amendment. A voucher system for schools in America would increase the quality of education for all in America. Parents would choose where there child went to school (private or public) with a government voucher. A free market would be created of the school systems, increasing education for all.<br />G.Science and Technology <br />•Stem Cell research must be government subsidized thousands of times what it is now. I also support abortion fully and completely.<br />H.National Debt<br />•To help bring in government revenue, prostitution, gambling, and marijuana needs to be legalized across the country. Taxing the hell out of it would help make a significant dent in the national debt. The three of them are not legalized across the country and are burgeoning industries that make billions together.<br /><br />"NEW FEDERALISTS?"<br /><br /><br /> This appeared in TOI today.<br /><br />A Strange Meeting <br /><br /><br /><br />Wahhabism finds an unexpected counter <br /><br /><br />Ali Khan <br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> A village in Barabanki district is a microcosm of the struggle between the Barelvi Sunnis and those with Wahhabi inclinations. The town’s population is largely Sunni with a Shia minority. Before partition, the rulers of the estate were Shia and a collateral branch of the Mahmudabad family. Mahmudabad’s Muharram processions are famous all over India and in some parts of the world. When processions were banned in Lucknow, people flocked to Mahmudabad. Bilehra always had smaller processions but the thing that stood out was that most of the crowds were Sunni Muslims. <br /> With the arrival of funds from some Middle East countries as well as returning migrant workers, some of whom had spent years away from home and were influenced by their surroundings, Bilehra gradually saw the rise of Wahhabism. The crowds in Muharram diminished and the number of people who attended prayers at the Barelvi mosque also fell. According to one young man, for a number of years the people who subscribed to the Barelvi school of thought would outwardly show loyalty to the Wahhabis. <br /> The Wahhabis – with their puritanical behaviour and insistence that some Sunnis and all Shias are essentially infidels – have polarised Muslim societies worldwide. Their literalist interpretation of the Quran is reductionist and does not allow scope for debate, analysis or a contextual, historical and consequently nuanced understanding. They strictly forbid music, religious or spiritual, and the veneration of holy men amongst many other things. <br /> A number of urs, gatherings around the tomb of a Sufi pir where music is performed and poetry is read aloud in remembrance of the Prophet, his family and the pir, are held in and around Bilehra. People who attended these functions are now subject to the taunts of students at the Wahhabi mosques. During Muharram, people would be afraid of going to processions or keeping a tazia, a paper replica of the shrine of Imam Hussain in Iraq, in their houses since these acts would also mark them out for heckling and jeering. The less powerful Barelvis could not match the money or resources thrown at them. But it is not power or money that has shaken or caught by surprise the Wahhabis. <br /> Earlier this year an individual ignored and labelled a madman roaming the streets of Bilehra became the crucial factor in the <br />resurgence of the Barelvis. Mastaan Baba was homeless. People remember him wandering around, sleeping under trees, eating what little he was given and never trying to gather any worldly possessions. About six months ago, he was asleep as usual underneath a mango tree in the fields adjoining the Kerbala, where the tazias are brought after the processions and buried. A little girl came and lay down next to him and when he noticed her he got upset, pushed her and asked her to go away. Apparently, when she got up, her back had straightened and she was no longer a hunchback. <br /> People flocked from villages all around to see the girl and to see this man. He continued to wear what he had always worn, a dirty white kurta, a black lungi or cotton towel wrapped around his legs like a sarong. He carried a little satchel tucked under his arms. The little brick room in which he sometimes slept has now become a beehive of activity. People have set up shops around the room, a power cable that was meant to be laid a long time ago is now finally in place and there is a constant throng around him. <br /> Politicians, IAS officers and many other officials have all come to him in different capacities. Since that night he hit the girl, there have been more stories about his powers and how he has changed people’s lives. Hindus and Muslims both are seen around him. This article is not about whether following him is permissible in Islam. It seems that people are desperate to seek out men who have not been ‘corrupted’ by the material world. The rise of Mastaan Baba in Bilehra has had an inadvertent effect on Bilehra’s Muslims. <br /> People who had gone over to the Wahhabi mosque and others who had hidden their true sympathies with the Barelvis have started to drift back. Whereas the Barelvi mosque used to be nearly empty with about 30 people, recent Eid prayers saw close to 300 people in attendance. Wahhabis in Bilehra who openly condemned anything involving the veneration of living or dead men as innovations in Islam, have found themselves drawn to a quiet, wandering man. A few refuse to acknowledge Mastaan Baba but, according to people who live there, their wives and daughters regularly and secretly go to visit him! <br /> It seems there are now a couple of more people in Bilehra who claim to be Mastaan Baba. Regardless of whether this man is genuine or not, it seems he has managed to single-handedly and unintentionally stall the rise of Wahhabism, in and around Bilehra. <br /> The writer is a religious studies sc<br /><br /><br /> What strikes me as fascinating about History is that there is no right answer. In fact, it is up to those who are studying it to make their judgement using sufficient evidence of the past. One reason why I am keen to study History to a greater extent is because it not only enables me to be analytical and judgemental on some of the biggest events in World History, however it also allows me to look at hindsight at big world events and relate it to international affairs occurring today.<br /><br />For example, Seán Lang wrote an article in the ‘‘20th Century History Review’’ referring to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.The article refers to the main reason as to why Britain invaded Iraq.Despite the fact that in the early twentieth century Iraq was a British Colony, and the RAF used systematic bombing against a revolutionary which caused great hatred between both countries. Less than a hundred years later, Britain invaded Iraq.The article claims the main reason for the invasion was that Sadam Hussein’s government was a threat to Britain's due to his government reserving weapons of mass destruction.One might ask: Can this reason justify that over 1million civilians were killed, kidnapped, or forced out of there homes to become refugees? Events like such allow one to develop their own opinions and judgement's through looking at current world affairs in comparison to past world affairs.<br /><br />Studying History involves being able to understand the functions of a Political System and how that contributes to further world events. My two weeks internship with my local MP, Jim Fitzpatrick, allowed me to understand and grasp the nature of British Politics to a greater extent.By shadowing an MP, I witnessed the ways in which propaganda and media was used to convince voters to vote for the right MP.I compared this with the ways Hitler used propaganda during his time to get votes and the ways in which he convinced Germans to guarantee their vote.From my experience, I learnt that the same tactics were used; i.e speeches, newsletters, posters.Even criticisms about other parties were used during the 1930’s and even now.My experience has taught me how much we have learnt from History and how much it has changed our lives.<br /><br /><br />a mate of mine told me i have a few grammatical errors.<br />but i can't spot my own mistakes!<br />this is my first draft, so it's not finished<br />thanks for any help.<br /><br /><br /> Well, I'm not rich yet, but maybe God will let me have it later.<br /><br />Anyways...I grew up on the southside of Chicago, saw the exciting streets of drugs and violence. I worked in two mob restaurants as a teenager through high school. I had sex and lived with a 32 year old Bulgarian women, that I was going to marry for her stay here, but never did. I went to the marines after high school. I saw many countries. I learned to speak Japanese in Japan during my stay there. I saw Iraq and a lot of dead bodies. I got out the marines, fell in love with the most beautiful someone else high class asian wife. A bad experience actually , but learned to move on. Then the same thing happened again right after her with another asian, but same results. I went to ITT tech for electronics throughout all the adultery stages. and got my Bachelors through there. Learned great skills, but not good enough for industry unfortunately. I met some kids from UAE, became friends with them, and learned how to read in Arabic and speak a little as well. Throughout my ITT years, I had some really beautiful meals, and some really beautiful prostitutes as well. Now I am in University majoring in Japanese and Electrical engineering. And hopefully will find a ob that will make up for all my struggles after I graduate.<br /><br /><br /> Here it goes:<br /><br />What strikes me as fascinating about History is that there is not right answer. In fact, it is up to those who are studying it to make their judgement using sufficient evidence of the past. One reason why I am keen to study History to a greater extent is because it not only enables me to be analytical and judgemental on some of the biggest events in World History, however it also allows me to look at hindsight at big world events and relate it to international affairs occurring today.<br /><br />For example, Seán Lang wrote an article in the ‘‘20th Century History Review’’ referring to the invasion of Iraq in 2003.The article refers to the main reason as to why Britain invaded Iraq.Despite the fact that in the early twentieth century Iraq was a British Colony, and the RAF used systematic bombing against a revolutionary which caused great hatred between both countries. Less than a hundred years later, Britain invaded Iraq.The article claims the main reason for the invasion was that Sadam Hussein’s government was a threat to Britain's due to his government reserving weapons of mass destruction.One might ask: Can this reason justify that over 1million civilians were killed, kidnapped, or forced out of there homes to become refugees? Events like such allow one to develop their own opinions and judgement's through looking at current world affairs in comparison to past world affairs.<br /><br />Studying History involves being able to understand the functions of a Political System and how that contributes to further world events. My two weeks internship with my local MP, Jim Fitzpatrick, allowed me to understand and grasp the nature of British Politics to a greater extent.By shadowing an MP, I witnessed the ways in which propaganda and media was used to convince voters to vote for the right MP.I compared this with the ways Hitler used propaganda during his time to get votes and the ways in which he convinced Germans to guarantee their vote.From my experience, I learnt that the same tactics were used; i.e speeches, newsletters, posters.Even criticisms about other parties were used during the 1930’s and even now.My experience has taught me how much we have learnt from History and how much it has changed our lives.<br /><br /><br />i haven't finished it, this is my first draft so i don't expect it to be wicked.<br /><br />anything i should change/add/moderate/leave out/include?<br /><br />thanks<br /><br /><br /> There's a huge difference between saying we should simply leave Afghanistan, and saying that our Counter-Insurgency (hereafter CI)strategy will not work there, and we should use a different strategy to achieve our true military objectives there.<br /><br />CI is based on two ideas: 1) protect the people (from each other) and 2) assure good governance (resembling USA).<br /><br />Both of these ideas were tried in Iraq, where Senators Graham, Lieberman, and McCain (see Wall Street Journal, 15 Sept 2009 "Only Decisive Force Can Prevail in Afghanistan") tell us they were wonderfully successful.<br /><br />Let's look at that. It's a little early to predict success in Iraq. We haven't quite left yet. When we are well and truly gone from that place, I think it will revert to chaos. Everyone bombing everyone all the time. <br /><br />We did expend 5000 American lives there and Trillions of dollars, so if the place doesn't fall completely apart after we withdraw 15% of our troops, that not surprizing.<br /><br />It's too early to declare "mission accomplished" in Iraq.<br /><br />And clearly too early to use Iraq as a model for the benefits of CI warfare (which didn't work in Vietnam, and didn't work in Iraq).<br /><br />CI is based on the idea that the common peasants can be recruited by either side. If the Taliban recruit them, we can never kill the Taliban, it always a My Lai situation where the terrorist hide among the local villagers. Gen Petraeus, and now Gen Stanley McChrystal, tell us that winning requires that we bring the peasants to our side so the Taliban has nowhere to hide. The environment becomes friendly to our forces, and unfriendly to the insurgents.<br /><br />The problem is there's too many people to be bribed. They are spread out over too large an area. We can't possibly protect them or pay them. We can't police every back alley of every village in an country the size of Texas and the topography of Switzerland. The cost in American lives will be too high, and frankly we just don't have the cash for it.<br /><br />In Iraq, we took in steamer trunks of $100 bills to buy the affections of those tribal leaders who, for huge wads of cash were willing to mimic being on our side for a few weeks in Anbar Province. Big deal! Money does talk. We knew that -- right? So it's not the Petraeus Miracle -- it's just the way of the world, not a new discovery.<br /><br />If there is a safer and cheaper alternative that will get the job done, then the CI Strategy is the wrong one, and we should switch over to the safer cheaper strategy -- which is called Inside the Wire.<br /><br />The problem is that the fix is in for CI in Washington. All the suppliers of weapons have set up their political contributions based on the idea that no new strategy would be used -- it would be CI right till the end.<br /><br />Graham, Lieberman, and McCain need to be introduced to a new generation. McCain was one of the Keating Five who cost America $500 Billion in the Savings and Loan scam. Lieberman was the guy who insisted that all Labor Union rules be followed, so it took almost four years to set up the Department of Homeland Security -- no deadwood could be fired, no incompetents let go. Graham (along with Henry Hyde) caused about 1/4 of Clinton's Presidency to be spent explaining what he did with the fat girl behind the copying machine. This grievously harmed the most successful Presidency we've had since Eisenhower. Clinton in 8 years created 23 million new jobs. If we could have a month out of that Presidency today our recession would be over and we would be dancing in the streets.<br /><br />Anyhow, these three morally bankrupt Senators are not just urging that we stay in Afghanistan (which I agree with), but they are also urging that we stick with CI as our strategy, whcih seems to me very dumb.<br /><br />The mission is to kill 20,000 Al Qaida and 150,000 Taliban in Afghnaistan. This can be done out of Bagram and from the Fleet offshore using Predator and other airborne assets.<br /><br />The contractor arrangements now in place would be disrupted, of course. New fixes would need to be put in. But the Agencies that could do the job are: 1) Space Command, 2) National Reconaissance Office, and 3) National Security Agency, with a little help from about 24 men in CIA Black Ops to do PIR device placement, which must be done on the ground, and by hand.<br /><br />So there is a better strategy. It's just less convenient for the Washington Pols -- the morally bankrupt status quo seekers who like the arrangements that are now in place. <br /><br />The Sheeple are hardly in a position to call for a radical change of strategy -- but George Will has done it, and I am doing it.<br /><br />What do you think?<br /><br /><br /> Let me be the first to share my opinion. I think the current situation in Iraq is horrible. I don't know why High level Military officials in the Pentagon claim that the situation is improving in Iraq or has improved compared to what it was like in the past. Now you hear of Sucide bombings against innocent Iraqi's by either Pro-Saddam extremists or Al Qaeda. And also how it is unsafe for foreigners to travel in the country. The War was the wrong thing to begin with, and so was removing Saddam Hussein from power. And doing so there came consequences Lots of innoncent Iraqi lives and U.S. solider lives have been lost. Also millions of U.S. dollars spent, Iraq becoming a haven for muslim Extremists thanks to Saddams removal. All this because of some false intelligence such as weapons of Mass Destruction and Saddams link with Al Qaeda. By the way Saddam Hussein always opposed Al Qaeda just as Al Qaeda opposed his dictatorship in Iraq. Also Saddam Hussein was eniemies with Iran and the current Iranian President Dr Mahmoud Ahmadi Nejad(like Al Qaeda). Also Saddam Hussein was believed to have supported muslim Extremist group(s) in Palestine. Saddam Hussein was accused of killing Shi'te muslims, Kurds and torturing Iraqis and others and killing civilians during the Gulf War back in 1990 I think it was. Anway I think the U.S. should clean up the mess that they brought into Iraq even if it means staying in Iraq for the long run or so. We bear the burden of whatever goes in Iraq if we give up and abandan it. Also Iraq has nothing to do and never did with our security back here in the United States the main reason to stay in Iraq is to clean up the mess there but I don't think that the current U.S.-Iraqi security pact is bad. I hope that Iraq does not fall into the hands of the Al Qaeda who will enforce certain practices deemed un-Islamic by Islam. Al Qaeda does not care about just fighting the infedel occupation no they want a Islamic caliphate. They claim that they will be rewarded by God in heaven for establishing the Islamic Caliphate.<br /><br /><br /> How come all these conservative rednecks and jesus freaks all of the sudden are flipping out over obama's healthcare plan? Can half of them/you even spell "healthcare"? Republicans had the White House for 8 years, and Congress for 6 of those same 8 years. Where was all this concern then? Where was the outrage? I understand most of you never graduated high school, so then how did you become so informed here recently?<br /><br />You know why healthcare wasn't fixed during the W era? You were too focused on banning gays and starting false wars. Obama's healthcare plan will cost too much? How much has Iraq cost us, and how much will it cost us for years to come? Oh and thanks for catching Bin Laden. Just a cracker jack job. But hey, if gays get married, THEN, and only then, will our country be in peril.<br /><br />Take your ignorant selves back to your Baptist churches and keep it to yourselves while the rest of us deal in reality and rational thought. Go fix a car or maybe a toilet, grab a 6'er of budweiser and beat your wife and keep her in the kitchen. Meanwhile, the rest of us brain haver's are going to try and do meaningful things in the name of what is right, not what satisfies our archaic, ignorant and purely retarded beliefs.<br /><br /><br /> I am sad, because 2001 was the year when we the American people sold our souls to our imperialist government. As has been proven, the war on Afghanistan was less a war on terrorism and more about the illegal drug trade money that Wall Street was getting from opium, coupled with the war on drugs in this country (coincidence, or is it?). The war on Iraq was all about oil, and our future plans are along the same lines. We (Bush) also became pawns of the Israeli government, which resulted us/our actions being condemned by almost every country in the world, as well as the UN. Hopefully with Obama, that will change and a viable solution will follow. And lastly, the economy, unemployment issues. Doesn't look like its going to be sorted anytime soon, and the health care plans. Our national debt is over $12 trillion, dont know how we'll pay it off.oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-57630432696759190302009-10-29T23:03:00.001-07:002009-10-29T23:03:50.124-07:00why did st patrick become a saint<b>St</b>. <b>Patrick's</b> Day Punch. Post photos of your creations, and share tips and comments. Close. Please Log In. You must be logged in to use this feature. <b>Become</b> a Member. Log In. Share your creations or comments. Share your creations or comments. Title: You will need to give your post a title. Tell us how you <b>did</b> it You will need to write something before posting. 5000 characters remaining. Add a photo ...<b>St</b>. <b>Patrick</b> s opened as the crown jewel of a religion whose members now made up one half of the City s population, with forty churches and property valued at more than two million dollars. <b>....</b> If in Ireland they had been victims of history , in America, they would <b>become</b> makers of history. However, this not a chronicle of great deeds and heroic accomplishments of a vanished people. It is my hope that I have written the story of a living history that unfolds and develops ...Then came the brutal English Reformation that tore “Mary's Dowry” away from the true Church, producing such martyrs as <b>Saint</b> Edmund Campion and <b>Saint</b> Thomas More in its sanguinary effort to efface “popery” from the realm. ... An “Unusual Sermon” was posted by author <b>Patrick</b> Madrid on Inside Catholic website. It was this title of Madrid's posting that caught my curiosity. The minister, Stanley Hauerwas, gave the sermon in 1995. He has not <b>become</b> a Catholic, ...An “Unusual Sermon” was posted by author <b>Patrick</b> Madrid on Inside Catholic website. It was this title of Madrid's posting that caught my curiosity. The minister, Stanley Hauerwas, gave the sermon in 1995. He has not <b>become</b> a Catholic, at least not yet, ... The Theological Commission for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican accepted unanimously on Saturday the healing powers of Brother Andre, a pious porter at College Notre Dame who went on to found <b>St</b>. Joseph's basilica. ...However, as I have <b>become</b> more familiar with church history, as I am sure you are, I thought, well, thats of course the natural progression based upon the council of Trent and if they are consistent then that has to be their position. <b>....</b> And the sphere of a creature's knowledge, be it that of an infant, or of a man, or of a philosopher, or of a prophet, or of <b>saint</b> or archangel in heaven, will float as a point of light athwart the bosom of that God who is the infinite ...When England was evangelized, it was explicitly and directly a papal project, the inspiration of Pope <b>Saint</b> Gregory the Great, who sent his fellow Italian, <b>Saint</b> Augustine, to do the job. ... An “Unusual Sermon” was posted by author <b>Patrick</b> Madrid on Inside Catholic website. It was this title of Madrid's posting that caught my curiosity. The minister, Stanley Hauerwas, gave the sermon in 1995. He has not <b>become</b> a Catholic, at least not yet, even though he presented a … ...Check out the special holiday spoonfuls: Guinness for <b>St</b>. <b>Patrick's</b> Day and Dinosaur Egg for Easter. Runner-up: Sonny's —AS. 31. Grocery Store Lund's When it comes to a reasonably priced yet high-quality grocery store, Lund's takes the cake (and makes it, too, ... Uptown, Downtown, and Midtown YWCA gyms have <b>become</b> the place to get physical. The YWCA offers high-quality services and fitness classes that give it an urban, hip vibe, making it a truly fab place to work out. ...Following his education Munna journeyed to Iona in 597 (Reeves, 1857, 372) wishing to <b>become</b> a monk there. But he was refused admission by the abbot on the orders of Columcille who had died in January 597, Columcille having foretold ... Another story found in Manus O'Donnell's "Betha Colaim Cille" (O'Kelleher and Schoepperle, 1918, 161) tells how Munna was called in as 'the hard man' to support <b>St Patrick's</b> demand to Christ, that he, <b>Patrick</b>, should be the judge of the ...This <b>did</b> not stop their veneration in the nations which had been the centers of their cults, and for that reason they are still believed to be patron saints by many Catholics. "Not Yet" Saints: Catholics tend to lobby for the <b>....</b> Snake Bite <b>St</b>. <b>Patrick</b> Social Justice <b>Saint</b> Joseph Soldiers <b>St</b>. George, <b>St</b>. Joan of Arc, <b>St</b>. Sebastian Solitary Death <b>St</b>. Francis of Assisi Souls in Purgatory Anima Sola, Our Lady Mt. Carmel Speedy Results <b>Saint</b> Expedite Infant of Prague ...<b>st patrick's</b> peer support. <b>saint</b> pat's peer support board! navigate using the bars above, yeah! we lead with our mind, care with our heart. Together We Are One. by Delta Goodrem. Here we are. Sharing our lives. We made it through. The good and bad times ... See what we've all <b>become</b>. Together we are one. Deep inside your heart and soul. You've worked so hard. To reach your goal. With every step. With every breath. You gave it all. Till there was nothing left ...<br /> - We like to keep Mass interesting. We sit, stand and kneel, in no particular order. Probably just to keep the blood flowing. <br /><br />- It's not merlot and Ritz they're serving; it's the Flesh and Blood of Jesus. No, really.<br /><br />- Forget a big meal afterwards, just pick up some of the breakfast tacos they're always selling after Mass<br /><br />- Purgatory.<br /><br />- We all have 20 cousins. On each side of the family.<br /><br />- Infant Baptism isn't dumb; it's after-life insurance.<br /><br />- $5.00 in the collection basket is the epitome of generosity. Anything more than that, someone has hit the lottery.<br /><br />- A missal is a book, not a weapon. However, it has been known to pull double duty.<br /><br />- The signs we make aren't just a mark of respect, they're a lot of fun to do.<br /><br />- We really like statues. A lot.<br /><br />- After every confession, everyone hits themselves on the head. This is because they have realized that they forgot that really big sin, and they know that it'll hang over their head til the next time.<br /><br />- Contraceptives? Why?<br /><br />- Altar boys continue well into their twenties.<br /><br />- The 14 Stations has nothing to do with TV.<br /><br />- We've always been taught that celibacy til marriage is the only way to go, forever and ever, amen. That being said...<br /><br />- The Mass doesn't start for a few minutes not because of tardy parishioners. It's because the priest is running late.<br /><br />- The Virgin Mary is not a God and we don't treat her as such. But she is without sin, gave birth to Jesus and did it without having sex. That warrants more than a little respect.<br /><br />- 11:00 a.m. Mass means 11:15.<br /><br />- We actually get all the jokes in Dogma.<br /><br />- There are two very different, irreconcilable factions in every single church in the world. They are known as the Saturday or Sunday Mass bunch.<br /><br />- St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. SNAKES.<br /><br />- You miss JPII more than you miss some relatives...<br /><br />- Bake Sales are a way of life.<br /><br />- Your knees are more calloused than your feet.<br /><br />- Priests have been giving us alcohol since we were little kids. No wonder any one of us can drink Protestants under the table.<br /><br />- The Catholic way of dealing with a mid-life crisis is having another kid.<br /><br />- Mass is nearly unchanged after almost 2000 years. We're a little stubborn.<br /><br />- Whatever you gave up for Lent, you have it in your hands at 11:59 p.m. Saturday night, counting the seconds til midnight.<br /><br />- Episcopalians are referred to as "Diet Catholics"<br /><br />- You either love or hate the Stations of the Cross. There is no middle ground.<br /><br />- We all know Da Vinci code is bogus and inaccurate. Yet we'll still read it if nothing else is going on.<br /><br />- "Offer it up!" = "Quit bitching!"<br /><br />- We have Midnight Mass so there are no interruptions on Christmas morning<br /><br />- You've slipped out an Amen after the Pledge of Allegiance.<br /><br />- Holy Water can kill just about anything. So Protestants are pretty much screwed if a vampire comes calling.<br /><br />- There's no need for impromptu prayer; you can always fall back on the Rosary.<br /><br />- Alleluia becomes almost a swear during Lent<br /><br />- It's not uncommon for just one family to take up an entire pew or two.<br /><br />- Boondock Saints is the greatest movie ever. E-Ver.<br /><br />- Confession. Enough said.<br /><br />- You're of the opinion that Stephen Colbert should be Canonized.<br /><br />- When in doubt, say a Hail Mary.<br /><br />- Peter Griffin, a Catholic!<br /><br />- Whenever anyone in Star Wars saga says "May the Force Be With You", we get the urge to say "And Also With You" (coming soon: "And With Your Spirit)<br /><br />- The Pope does indeed wear a funny hat. But it's way more interesting than Joel Osteen's suit and tie.<br /><br />- Even though you never met her or been to a country she's been in, you're still willing to have "seen" a miracle by Mother Teresa.<br /><br />- We're the oldest Christian religion. Period.<br />((((Happy Nun))))<br /><br /><br /> I have just wondered..how do you become a saint?<br /><br /><br /> The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.<br />-When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.<br />-St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish.<br />-The lance ceased to be an official battle weapon in the British Army in 1927.<br />-St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death.<br />-Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.<br />-Some very Orthodox Jew refuse to speak Hebrew, believing it to be a language reserved only for the Prophets.<br />-A South African monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I.<br />-Born 4 January 1838, General Tom Thumb's growth slowed at the age of 6 months, at 5 years he was signed to the circus by P.T. Barnum, and at adulthood reached a height of only 1 metre.<br />-Because they had no proper rubbish disposal system, the streets of ancient Mesopotamia became literally knee-deep in rubbish.<br />-The Toltecs, Seventh-century native Mexicans, went into battle with wooden swords so as not to kill their enemies.<br />-China banned the pigtail in 1911 as it was seen as a symbol of feudalism.<br />-The Amayra guides of Bolivia are said to be able to keep pace with a trotting horse for a distance of 100 kilometres.<br />-Sliced bread was patented by a jeweller, Otto Rohwedder, in 1928. He had been working on it for 16 years, having started in 1912. <br />-Before it was stopped by the British, it was the not uncommon for women in some areas of India to choose to be burnt alive on their husband's funeral pyre.<br />-Ivan the terrible claimed to have 'deflowered thousands of virgins and butchered a similar number of resulting offspring'.<br />-Before the Second World War, it was considered a sacrilege to even touch an Emperor of Japan.<br />-An American aircraft in Vietnam shot itself down with one of its own missiles.<br />-The Anglo-Saxons believed Friday to be such an unlucky day that they ritually slaughtered any child unfortunate enough to be born on that day.<br />-During the eighteenth century, laws had to be brought in to curb the seemingly insatiable appetite for gin amongst the poor. Their annual intake was as much as five million gallons.<br />-Ancient drinkers warded off the devil by clinking their cups<br />-The Nobel Prize resulted form a late change in the will of Alfred Nobel, who did not want to be remembered after his death as a propagator of violence - he invented dynamite.<br />-The cost of the first pay-toilets installed in England was tuppence.<br />-Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.<br />-In 1647 the English Parliament abolished Christmas.<br />-Mao Rse-Tang, the first chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, was born 26 December 1893. Before his rise to power, he occupied the humble position of Assistant Librarian at the University of Peking.<br />-Coffee is the second largest item of international commerce in the world. The largest is petrol.<br />-King George III was declared violently insane in 1811, 9 years before he died.<br />-In Ancient Peru, when a woman found an 'ugly' potato, it was the custom for her to push it into the face of the nearest man.<br />-For Roman Catholics, 5 January is St Simeon Stylites' Day. He was a fifth-century hermit who showed his devotion to God by spending literally years sitting on top of a huge flagpole.<br />-When George I became King of England in 1714, his wife did not become Queen. He placed her under house arrest for 32 years.<br />-The richest 10 per cent of the French people are approximately fifty times better off than the poorest 10 per cent.<br />-Henry VII was the only British King to be crowned on the field of battle<br />During World War One, the future Pope John XXIII was a sergeant in the Italian Army.<br />-Richard II died aged 33 in 1400. A hole was left in the side of his tomb so people could touch his royal head, but 376 years later some took advantage of this and stole his jawbone.<br />-The magic word "Abracadabra" was originally intended for the specific purpose of curing hay fever.<br />-The Puritans forbade the singing of Christmas Carols, judging them to be out of keeping with the true spirit of Christmas.<br />-Albert Einstein was once offered the Presidency of Israel. He declined saying he had no head for problems.<br />-Uri Geller, the professional psychic was born on December 20 1946. As to the origin of his alleged powers, Mr Geller maintains that they come from the distant planet of Hoova.<br />-Ralph and Carolyn Cummins had 5 children between 1952 and 1966, all were born on the 20 February.<br />-John D. Rockefeller gave away over US$ 500,000,000 during his lifetime.<br />-Only 1 child in 20 are born on the day predicted by the doctor.<br />-In the 1970's, the Rhode Island Legislature entertained a proposal that there be a $2 tax on every act of sexual intercourse in the State.<br />-Widows in equatorial Africa actually wear sackcloth and ashes when attending a funeral.<br />-The 'Hundred Years War' lasted 116 years.<br />Congrats on reading it all<br /><br /><br /> Am i including the following:<br /> color green<br />four leaf clover<br />Leprechuan and his pot of gold<br />St. Patty's Day Parade<br />compound sent.<br />complex sent.<br />transistion words<br /><br />oh and are there any spelling/grammer mistakes...<br /><br /><br /><br />In 390 Patricius Daorbae (St. Patrick) was born to . When he was 16 he was captured by Irish raiders. They brought him from his home to Ireland where they only worshiped the druids. He was a shepherd by day and a slave chained to a wall at night. Not far from the pasture that we worked in there was a family. He made friends with them. They also helped him escape from Ireland. Once he returned to his home in Wales he had a nightmare. He dreamed on how the Irish raiders made the people bow down to the druids. When Patrick woke up he knew what to do, he would become a priest to spread the faith- in Ireland. Once he became a priest he traveled back to Ireland. The king would let him teach about his God where ever he wanted, but he had to win a contest. The contest was between the Druid’s God and Patrick’s God. The Druids saw a storm coming so they pretended to ask their God for thunder, lighting and rain. Now it was Patrick’s turn he picked up a 3 leaf clover and said a prayer then in a matter of seconds the clouds disappeared and the sun shined again. So since Patrick won the contest he got to teach about his God where he wanted. <br />Once Patrick had died (in 460) he was buried like everyone single priest was, but what was different was that when the funeral was over the cross that he had always carried on his neck, which was nailed to the coffin suddenly changed form and from it a portal of some kind emerged. From this portal little men (who would latter be called leprechauns) emerged. They ran around like ants. Once every single leprechaun had exited from the portal they all started making a town. Some witnesses of this construction said “There only material was cobbler.” Every thing was made from it. “They were also making shoes” said another witness. There were also some playing pranks on one another. Once the clock struck 12 for the start of May 17 they dropped everything they were doing and ran into there houses grabbing their gold and running up the hill and down it. There was someone watching while they did this so when they were not looking he dug a hole and a few more came and 1 fell in the hole. Once the others had left he ran to get them, no one knows what happened after this but all they knew was that the farmer was no longer a poor farmer he was a rich man arriving to town on horses and not foot. They also knew that in the morning there was a big rainbow and a few people who were returning from a picnic were rich, they clamed to have found a huge pile of gold at the end of it. Soon a legend started: that every May 17 the leprechauns would run with their gold and try to hide it. Only a few people are lucky to catch them and once they do they are really rich. But a few people were just happy with finding a four leaf clover. According to legend, each leaflet represents something: the first is for hope, the second is for faith, the third is for love, and the fourth is for luck. Another Irish legend tells that the three leaf clover, or "Shamrock", was what Saint Patrick used to represent the Holy Trinity. The name "four-leaf clover" is a misnomer: the clover leaf actually consists of three leaflets. <br /><br /><br />Saint Patrick's Day is an annual feast day which celebrates Saint Patrick one of the patron saints of Ireland, and is generally celebrated on March 17. The day is the national holiday of Ireland. It is a bank holiday in Northern Ireland and a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland and Montserrat. In Canada, Great Britain, Australia, the United States, and New Zealand. Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated worldwide by those of Irish descent and increasingly by non-Irish people (usually in New Zealand, Australia, and North America). Celebrations are generally themed around all things Irish and, by association, the color green. Both Christians and non-Christians celebrate the secular version of the holiday by wearing green, eating Irish food and/or green foods, imbibing Irish drink (such as Irish stout, Irish Whiskey or Irish Cream) and attending parades. The parade is called the St. Patricks Day Parade. It takes place all over the globe. Many people also set traps on hoping to catch a leprechaun, but how ever you spend your day remember that everybody’s Irish on May 17.<br /><br /><br /> Draco is a Greek name which means "dragon, serpent". This was the name of a 7th century Athenian lawgiver; the laws he made were so harsh that today we describe any severe or cruel law as "draconian".This is also the name of a constellation in the northern sky.<br /><br />Patrick is from a Roman name which means "nobleman" in Latin. This name was adopted by the 5th-century Saint Patrick, whose birth name was Sucat. He was a Romanized Briton who was captured and enslaved in his youth by Irish raiders. After six years of servitude he escaped home, but he eventually became a bishop and went back to Ireland as a missionary. He is traditionally credited with Christianizing the island, and is regarded as Ireland's patron saint.<br /><br />So is it a happy St Patrick's Day, or would that be too draconian?<br /><br /><br /> Though St. Patrick's Day has become identified with Irish nationalism and Roman Catholic observance, its origins in America were Protestant, and British.<br /><br />The ritual of the St. Patrick’s Day parade, what later became a manifestation of Irish nationalism and Roman Catholic observance, was actually established in the American colonies by Protestant Irish from Ulster, among whom were British soldiers.<br /><br />The first St. Patrick’s Day celebration in what would be the future United States was held in Boston, March 17, 1737. This was the same year philosopher George Berkeley, contemporary of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, remarked in his “The Queriest”, a publication devoted to the economic and social improvement of Ireland, “Whose fault is it if Ireland still continues poor?”<br /><br />At that time, perhaps having had their fill of such earnest, if seemingly only rhetorical, questions, Ulster Presbyterians had emigrated to Boston and New England. They arrived both for the economic opportunity presented in the colonies, (Berkeley himself came to live in Rhode Island for a time, before returning home to Ireland, eventually ordained an Anglican bishop there) as well as religious and political freedom in an era when the Penal Laws affected them along with disenfranchised Roman Catholics. These Ulstermen established the Irish Charitable Society in that year to aide fellow Irish immigrants. It is today the oldest Irish organization in North America.<br /><br />Their first meeting and dinner to honor St. Patrick was an expression of their Protestant faith as well as their intention to bond with fellow Irish émigrés. Their 1775 meeting included British soldiers of Irish extraction. All proceeded, or marched, to the King’s Chapel to hear a sermon devoted to the occasion, and then continued on to a dinner in King Street.<br /><br />No meetings by the Irish Charitable Society were held after this meeting in 1775 until 1883, because of the interruption of the Revolutionary War. One may guess on the popularity of British soldiers appearing in American St. Patrick’s Day parades after this event.<br /><br />British soldiers were still the big show of the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City in 1762. The first celebration in New York City was in 1756, at the Crown and Thistle tavern. Philadelphia held its first St. Patrick’s Day parade in 1771.<br /><br />General George Washington issued a proclamation during the Revolutionary War, declaring March 17, 1780 a holiday for the Continental Army, then stationed in Morristown, New Jersey, in honor of the many soldiers of Irish ancestry and those born in Ireland. It was reported that this was the first holiday granted the troops in two years. Washington’s remark that the proclamation was “as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence,” was possibly the origins of St. Patrick’s Day in America as an expression of Irish nationalism as much as Irish heritage or of honoring a Christian saint.<br /><br />Within 50 years, Irish emigration to the United States exploded, spurred by the Great Famine in which millions in Ireland starved. The Irish-American resentment against the British, which may have been born during the American War of Independence from that nation, deepened with the anger of the new Irish immigrants, predominantly Roman Catholic, who celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in their new country with more freedom and certainly more fervor than they did in Ireland.<br /><br />Today, there are 33.7 million Americans of Irish ancestry, Catholic and Protestant together, nine times the population of Ireland at 3.8 million.<br /><br /><br /> Though St. Patrick's Day has become identified with Irish nationalism and Roman Catholic observance, its origins in America were Protestant, and British.<br /><br />The ritual of the St. Patrick’s Day parade, what later became a manifestation of Irish nationalism and Roman Catholic observance, was actually established in the American colonies by Protestant Irish from Ulster, among whom were British soldiers.<br /><br />The first St. Patrick’s Day celebration in what would be the future United States was held in Boston, March 17, 1737. This was the same year philosopher George Berkeley, contemporary of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, remarked in his “The Queriest”, a publication devoted to the economic and social improvement of Ireland, “Whose fault is it if Ireland still continues poor?”<br /><br />At that time, perhaps having had their fill of such earnest, if seemingly only rhetorical, questions, Ulster Presbyterians had emigrated to Boston and New England. They arrived both for the economic opportunity presented in the colonies, (Berkeley himself came to live in Rhode Island for a time, before returning home to Ireland, eventually ordained an Anglican bishop there) as well as religious and political freedom in an era when the Penal Laws affected them along with disenfranchised Roman Catholics. These Ulstermen established the Irish Charitable Society in that year to aide fellow Irish immigrants. It is today the oldest Irish organization in North America.<br /><br />Their first meeting and dinner to honor St. Patrick was an expression of their Protestant faith as well as their intention to bond with fellow Irish émigrés. Their 1775 meeting included British soldiers of Irish extraction. All proceeded, or marched, to the King’s Chapel to hear a sermon devoted to the occasion, and then continued on to a dinner in King Street.<br /><br />No meetings by the Irish Charitable Society were held after this meeting in 1775 until 1883, because of the interruption of the Revolutionary War. One may guess on the popularity of British soldiers appearing in American St. Patrick’s Day parades after this event.<br /><br />British soldiers were still the big show of the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in New York City in 1762. The first celebration in New York City was in 1756, at the Crown and Thistle tavern. Philadelphia held its first St. Patrick’s Day parade in 1771.<br /><br />General George Washington issued a proclamation during the Revolutionary War, declaring March 17, 1780 a holiday for the Continental Army, then stationed in Morristown, New Jersey, in honor of the many soldiers of Irish ancestry and those born in Ireland. It was reported that this was the first holiday granted the troops in two years. Washington’s remark that the proclamation was “as an act of solidarity with the Irish in their fight for independence,” was possibly the origins of St. Patrick’s Day in America as an expression of Irish nationalism as much as Irish heritage or of honoring a Christian saint.<br /><br />Within 50 years, Irish emigration to the United States exploded, spurred by the Great Famine in which millions in Ireland starved. The Irish-American resentment against the British, which may have been born during the American War of Independence from that nation, deepened with the anger of the new Irish immigrants, predominantly Roman Catholic, who celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in their new country with more freedom and certainly more fervor than they did in Ireland.<br /><br />Today, there are 33.7 million Americans of Irish ancestry, Catholic and Protestant together, nine times the population of Ireland at 3.8 million<br /><br /><br /> St Patrick was a saint and that makes St Patricks day a church holiday if you ask me. My parents don't think so though. Last year I was like mom we should go to church . She was all Who is filling your head with this church BS!Cant you go out and get f@#$ed up like a normal kid! I was all like mom I am not normal I am more spiritual and have become one with Jesus because I am a surfer! She goes how on earth did I raise such a doosh bag. Then she said something about me eating water and vinigar while her and my Dad had corn beef and cabbage. I said I was going to have fish instead because that is what Jesus would eat and this is a religeous holiday. She just looked disgusted and called for my dad. Now you have to understand my dad. He is 6'6 and drinks beer all day. He has a monkey and works Venice beach as an organ grinder. He smokes cigars, sings songs about getting drunk and having sex, and eats like no one else on the planet. His monkey is a dick too. So my mom tells him I want fish instead of corn beef. He was like no problem. He was cool which is bad because my dad is never cool. He left then and came back with a huge frozen mackerel that was like 4' long. He strapped it between his legs like it was his johnson and started chasing me saying he was going to put it in my butt but not in those words. He was laughing and so was my mom. Then he got tired and threw it at me. Then he goes to the pot where the corn beef was pulls it out and takes a bite, chugs a huge mug of beer and makes out with my mom with beer and corn beef juice running down there faces. So my question is shoud I ask my parents to go to church with me this year?<br />Why does everyone keep calling me a troll? What does that mean?<br />Kitteh you are hot,will you go out with me?<br /><br /><br /> The women of the Tiwi tribe in the South Pacific are married at birth.<br />-When Albert Einstein died, his final words died with him. The nurse at his side didn't understand German.<br />-St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was not Irish.<br />-The lance ceased to be an official battle weapon in the British Army in 1927.<br />-St. John was the only one of the 12 Apostles to die a natural death.<br />-Many sailors used to wear gold earrings so that they could afford a proper burial when they died.<br />-Some very Orthodox Jew refuse to speak Hebrew, believing it to be a language reserved only for the Prophets.<br />-A South African monkey was once awarded a medal and promoted to the rank of corporal during World War I.<br />-Born 4 January 1838, General Tom Thumb's growth slowed at the age of 6 months, at 5 years he was signed to the circus by P.T. Barnum, and at adulthood reached a height of only 1 metre.<br />-Because they had no proper rubbish disposal system, the streets of ancient Mesopotamia became literally knee-deep in rubbish.<br />-The Toltecs, Seventh-century native Mexicans, went into battle with wooden swords so as not to kill their enemies.<br />-China banned the pigtail in 1911 as it was seen as a symbol of feudalism.<br />-The Amayra guides of Bolivia are said to be able to keep pace with a trotting horse for a distance of 100 kilometres.<br />-Sliced bread was patented by a jeweller, Otto Rohwedder, in 1928. He had been working on it for 16 years, having started in 1912. <br />-Before it was stopped by the British, it was the not uncommon for women in some areas of India to choose to be burnt alive on their husband's funeral pyre.<br />-Ivan the terrible claimed to have 'deflowered thousands of virgins and butchered a similar number of resulting offspring'.<br />-Before the Second World War, it was considered a sacrilege to even touch an Emperor of Japan.<br />-An American aircraft in Vietnam shot itself down with one of its own missiles.<br />-The Anglo-Saxons believed Friday to be such an unlucky day that they ritually slaughtered any child unfortunate enough to be born on that day.<br />-During the eighteenth century, laws had to be brought in to curb the seemingly insatiable appetite for gin amongst the poor. Their annual intake was as much as five million gallons.<br />-Ancient drinkers warded off the devil by clinking their cups<br />-The Nobel Prize resulted form a late change in the will of Alfred Nobel, who did not want to be remembered after his death as a propagator of violence - he invented dynamite.<br />-The cost of the first pay-toilets installed in England was tuppence.<br />-Pogonophobia is the fear of beards.<br />-In 1647 the English Parliament abolished Christmas.<br />-Mao Rse-Tang, the first chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, was born 26 December 1893. Before his rise to power, he occupied the humble position of Assistant Librarian at the University of Peking.<br />-Coffee is the second largest item of international commerce in the world. The largest is petrol.<br />-King George III was declared violently insane in 1811, 9 years before he died.<br />-In Ancient Peru, when a woman found an 'ugly' potato, it was the custom for her to push it into the face of the nearest man.<br />-For Roman Catholics, 5 January is St Simeon Stylites' Day. He was a fifth-century hermit who showed his devotion to God by spending literally years sitting on top of a huge flagpole.<br />-When George I became King of England in 1714, his wife did not become Queen. He placed her under house arrest for 32 years.<br />-The richest 10 per cent of the French people are approximately fifty times better off than the poorest 10 per cent.<br />-Henry VII was the only British King to be crowned on the field of battle<br />During World War One, the future Pope John XXIII was a sergeant in the Italian Army.<br />-Richard II died aged 33 in 1400. A hole was left in the side of his tomb so people could touch his royal head, but 376 years later some took advantage of this and stole his jawbone.<br />-The magic word "Abracadabra" was originally intended for the specific purpose of curing hay fever.<br />-The Puritans forbade the singing of Christmas Carols, judging them to be out of keeping with the true spirit of Christmas.<br />-Albert Einstein was once offered the Presidency of Israel. He declined saying he had no head for problems.<br />-Uri Geller, the professional psychic was born on December 20 1946. As to the origin of his alleged powers, Mr Geller maintains that they come from the distant planet of Hoova.<br />-Ralph and Carolyn Cummins had 5 children between 1952 and 1966, all were born on the 20 February.<br />-John D. Rockefeller gave away over US$ 500,000,000 during his lifetime.<br />-Only 1 child in 20 are born on the day predicted by the doctor.<br />-In the 1970's, the Rhode Island Legislature in the US entertained a proposal that there be a $2 tax on every act of sexual intercourse in the State.<br />-Widows in equatorial Africa actually wear sackcloth and ashes when attending a funeral.<br />-The 'Hundred Years War' lasted 116 years.<br />Congrats on readi<br /><br /><br /> Christians, can we vow to pray the rosary daily to obtain the graces and favors of the Blessed Virgin? It takes about 1% of your day.<br /><br />The Fifteen Promises of Mary to Christians Who Recite the Rosary<br /><br />1. Whoever shall faithfully serve me by the recitation of the rosary shall receive signal graces.<br />2. I promise my special protection and the greatest graces to all those who shall recite the rosary.<br /><br />3. The rosary shall be a powerful armour against hell, it will destroy vice, decrease sin, and defeat heresies.<br /><br />4. It will cause virtue and good works to flourish; it will obtain for souls the abundant mercy of God; it will withdraw the hearts of men from the love of the world and its vanities, and will lift them to the desire of eternal things. Oh, that souls would sanctify themselves by this means.<br /><br />5. The soul which recommends itself to me by the recitation of the rosary shall not perish.<br /><br />6. Whoever shall recite the rosary devoutly, applying himself to the consideration of its sacred mysteries shall never be conquered by misfortune. God will not chastise him in His justice, he shall not perish by an unprovided death; if he be just he shall remain in the grace of God, and become worthy of eternal life.<br /><br />7. Whoever shall have a true devotion for the rosary shall not die without the sacraments of the Church.<br /><br />8. Those who are faithful to recite the rosary shall have during their life and at their death the light of God and the plentitude of His graces; at the moment of death they shall participate in the merits of the saints in paradise.<br /><br />9. I shall deliver from purgatory those who have been devoted to the rosary.<br /><br />10. The faithful children of the rosary shall merit a high degree of glory in heaven.<br /><br />11. You shall obtain all you ask of me by the recitation of the rosary.<br /><br />12. All those who propagate the holy rosary shall be aided by me in their necessities.<br /><br />13. I have obtained from my Divine Son that all the advocates of the rosary shall have for intercessors the entire celestial court during their life and at the hour of death.<br /><br />14. All who recite the rosary are my sons, and brothers of my only son Jesus Christ.<br /><br />15. Devotion of my rosary is a great sign of predestination.<br /><br /><br />(Given to St. Dominic and Blessed Alan) Imprimatur: +Patrick J. Hayes, D.D., Archbishop of New York<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> <br />I dont want a website just tell me ? c'mon<br /><br /><br /> Who: Wolfe Tone <br />What: Wolfe Tone was a leading figure in the United Irishmen Irish independence movement and is regarded as the father of Irish republicanism<br />When: Tone lead Irish independence movement in<br />Where: Throughout Ireland<br />Why: Tone wanted political unity between Catholics and Protestants<br />How: Tone was a politician so his opinions showed. He also formed little secret societies <br /><br />Who: Brian Boru<br />What: Brian Boru was an Irish king who overthrew the centuries-long domination of the Kingship of Ireland by the Uí Néill<br />When: Boru became ‘High King’ in 1002<br />Where: Boru was the king of South Ireland <br />Why: To gain power spread Christianity, and also to avenge the death of his brother, Mathgamain<br />How: He slowly went to war with each kingdom and killed the leaders, making himself king<br /><br />Who: Daniel O’Connell<br />What: Daniel O’Connell was Ireland's predominant political leader in the first half of the nineteenth century<br />When: O’Connell fought for what he believed in starting in 1810 until his death in 1847<br />Where: Throughout Ireland<br />Why: He wanted the right for Catholics to sit in the Westminster Parliament, he also fought for Irish Jew’s rights<br />How: O’Connell put together many groups for his cause and he became a high political power so he could enforce his opinions<br /><br /><br />Who: St. Patrick<br />What: St. Patrick was a Roman Britain-born Christian missionary and is the patron saint of Ireland<br />When: St. Patrick ministered from 433 to 493<br />Where: Throughout modern day Ireland<br />Why: St. Patrick wanted to spread Christianity to all that he could<br />How: St. Patrick established monasteries, and set up schools and churches<br /><br />Who: Catherine McAuley<br />What: Catherine McAuley was an Irish nun, who founded the Sisters of Mercy. She fought for education.<br />When: The Sisters of Mercy was founded in 1831, but Catherine McAuleys service started in 1826<br />Where: Catherine first started her deeds in Dublin but this spread throughout Ireland as the Sisters of Mercy grew.<br />Why: Catherine believed everyone should have the chance to learn<br />How: Catherine set up many homeless shelters where she taught the residents who came<br /><br />Who: Michael Collins<br />What: Collins was an Irish revolutionary leader, Minister for Finance in the First Dáil of 1919, Director of Intelligence for the IRA, and member of the Irish delegation during the Anglo-Irish Treaty negotiations, both as Chairman of the Provisional Government and Commander-in-Chief of the National Army.<br />When: Collins joined an Irish revolutionary brotherhood in 1909 and continued his revolutionary ways until he was killed in 1922<br />Where: Throughout Ireland and Europe<br />Why: Collins believed that Ireland should be free from Britain’s control<br />How: He and fought and lead in the revolutionary wars<br /><br />Who: St. Brigid<br />What: St. Brigid was an Irish Christian nun, abbess, and founder of several convents who is venerated as a saint<br />When: From 468 to 525<br />Where: St. Brigid taught to all of Ireland but she is mostly associated to have been in Kildare for that was where her most glorious foundation was.<br />Why: St. Brigid did all she did for her savior, Jesus Christ<br />How: She set up many foundations and helped any people<br /><br />Who: Eamon de Valera<br />What: Eamon de Valera was one of the dominant political figures in 20th century Ireland<br />When: 1916 to 1975<br />Where: Throughout Ireland<br />Why: He believed that Ireland should be a free nation.<br />How: He was a leader in the Easter Rising. He was also elected president of several revolution groups. He raised 6 million dollars for Irish Independence.<br /><br />Who: Gerry Adams<br />What: Gerry Adams is an Irish Republican politician and abstentionist Westminster Member of Parliament for Belfast West. He is President of Sinn Féin, which became the largest nationalist, republican or pro-Belfast Agreement political party in Northern Ireland in the 2005 UK general election.<br />When: 1972 to present day<br />Where: Ireland<br />Why: He wants Catholics and Protestants to live in peace with one another<br />How: By becoming higher politically People listen to what Gerry has to say<br /><br />Who: Roger Casement<br />What: Casement was an Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary and nationalist<br />When: 1911 to 1916, when he was hanged for treason<br />Where: Ireland<br />Why: Casement believed that Irish should be independent from Britain<br />How: Casement decided that in order to get the Irish to revolt against the British control they had to turn on Britain. The perfect opportunity arose in World War II. He was going to side wih Germany and fight the British as well. Not many people likes this plan though and the efforts were somewhat unsuccessful. Casement then sent messages back to Ireland endeavouring to deter nationalist leaders from a planned armed rising and that was when he was arrested and killed.<br /><br /><br /> I am an Irish person.Of late I have noticed that Americans will boast online about being "Irish", the majority of whom insist that all Irish people eat corned beef, that all Irish people are poor, that all Irish people are Roman Catholics with massive families, that the Irish national saints' day is theirs fortaking and call St.Patrick "Patty" and so on.How insulting!<br />When I correct these people they become abusive and use the anonmity of the Internet to sent me messages full of swear words and abuse.These people generally claim that they are Irish,because they have Irish ancestors from about 200 years ago.I have Scottish ancestors, but as I was born in Ireland I am Irish and not Scottish.My mother is from Northern Ireland,but I do not spread on the Internet that I am from Northern Ireland.Why can't Americans of Irish descent accept the same applies to them?<br /> (Its not that I hate Americans, I went to school with some and I have a lovely American flatmate.)<br /><br /><br /> We all know that when three-leaf clovers come out, it's St. Patrick's Day. This Irish holiday is always celebrated on March 17th, which is the day that Saint Patrick died. He was a missionary way back in the 4th century who converted the Irish to Christianity.<br />The History<br />Saint Patrick was born around 385 AD in the United Kingdom. His real name is believed to be Maewyn Succat (he took on Patrick, or Patricus, after he became a priest). When he was 16, he was kidnapped by a group of Irish raiders and sold into slavery in Ireland. During his six-year captivity as a shepherd, he began to have religious visions and found strength in his faith. He finally escaped to France and became a priest - and later a bishop. When he was about 60 years old, Saint Patrick returned to Ireland to spread the Christian word. He used the shamrock, which resembles a three-leafed clover, as a metaphor to explain the Christian concept of God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit).<br /><br /><br /> Is it St. Patrick's birthdate? Is it the date he died? Became a saint? What's the deal?<br /><br /><br /> I've come to the conclusion that since the religious meaning of St. Patrick's day has become completely lost, because in fairness, it is the religious celebration of the Patron Saint of Ireland, and not many people dig that.<br /><br />Anyway, religion aside, cos I'm not in the slightest bit religious, is Paddy's day really more a day for the Irish diaspora abroad, all 70 million of them? Back in Ireland we do more or less what we always do at weekends. We get drunk and sing lots. <br /><br />But most of these crazy traditions, and we were laughing at them tonight in the pub, like pinching someone for not wearing green, and eating corned beef (you people are MESSED UP!!!) aren't Irish at all, but are Irish American constructs.<br /><br />I think it's great that the Irish diaspora is so proud of its roots, but it's just disappointing that instead of recognising the cultural and literary heritage of Ireland and her people, they just propogate a stereotype.<br /><br />Don't get me wrong though, the stereotype is true.<br />Jone I've never heard of your silly little holiday. Fuck you with your fucking hostility. Fucker.<br /><br /><br /> I mean, you've seen parades and people dresing up as leprechauns on that day right? Wait a minute...was that St. Patrick guy a leprechaun?<br /><br /><br /> BRIGIT OF THE CELTS<br /> -------------------<br /> Brigit was one of the great Triple Goddesses of the Celtic people.<br />She appeared as Brigit to the Irish, Brigantia in Northern England,<br />Bride in Scotland, and Brigandu in Brittany. Many legends are told<br />about Brigit. Some say that there are three Brigits : one sister in<br />charge of poetry and inspiration who invented the Ogham alphabet,<br />one in charge of healing and midwifery, and the third in charge of the<br />hearth fire, smithies and other crafts. This catually indicates the<br />seperate aspects of her Threefold nature and is a neat division of<br />labor for a hard-working goddess.<br /> Brigit was probably originally a Sun Goddess, and a charming story<br />of her birth is that she was born at sunrise and a tower of flame<br />burst from the forehead of the new born Goddess that reached from<br />Earth to Heaven. It was likely She who inspired the line in the famous<br />Song of Amergin: "I am a fire in the head." Her penchant for smithcraft<br />led to her association by the Romans with Minerva/Athena. As a warrior<br />Goddess, She favored the use of the spear or the arrow. Indeed, various<br />interpetations of her name exist including, "Bright Arrow," "The Bright<br />One," "the Powerful One" and "The High One," depending upon the region<br />and the dialect.<br /> As a Goddess of herbalism, midwifery and healing She was in charge<br />of Water as well as Fire. I don't beleive that anyone has ever<br />counted all teh vast number of sacred wells and springs named after<br />or dedicated to this Goddess. A story is told of how two lepers came<br />to one of her sacred springs for healing and She instructed one Leper<br />to wash the other. The skin of the freshly bathed man was cleansed<br />of the disease and Brigit told the man who was healed to wash the man<br />who had bathed him so that both men would be whole. The man who was<br />healed was now too disgusted to touch the other Leper and would have<br />left him, but Brigit herself washed the leper and struck down the<br />other arrogant fellow with leperousy once more before he could leave.<br />Offerings to the watery Brigit were cast into the well in the form<br />of coins or, even more ancient, brass or gold rings. Other sacrifices<br />were offered where three streams came together. Her cauldron of<br />Inspiration connected her watery healing aspect with her fiery poetic<br />aspect.<br /> Brigit is clearly the best example of the survival of a Goddess<br />into Christian times. She was cannonized by the Catholic church as<br />St. Brigit and various origins are given to this saint. The most<br />popular folktale is that She was midwife to the Virgin Mary, and thus<br />was always inviked by women in labor. The more official story was<br />that She was a Druid's daughter who predicted the coming of <br />Christianity and then was baptised by St. Patrick. She became a nun<br />and later an abbess who founded the Abbey at Kildare. The Christian<br />Brigit was said to have had the power to appoint the bishops of her<br />area, a strange role for an abbess, made stranger by her requirement<br />that her bishops also be practicing goldsmiths.<br /> Actually, the Goddess Brigit had always kept a shrine at Kildare,<br />Ireland, with a perpetual flame tended by nineteen virgin priestesses<br />called Daughters of the Flame. No male was ever allowed to come near<br />it; nor did those women ever consort with men. Even their food and<br />other supplies were brought to them by women of the nearby village.<br />When Catholicism took over in Ireland, the shrine became a convent<br />and the priestesses became nuns but the same traditions were held<br />and the eternal flame was kept burning. Their tradition was that<br />each day a different priestess/nun was in charge of the sacred fire<br />and on the 20th day of each cycle, teh fire was miraculously tended<br />by Brigit Herself. There into the 18th century, the ancient song<br />was sung to her : "Brigit, excellant woman, sudden flame, may the<br />bright fiery sun take us to the lasting kingdom."<br /> For over a thousand years, the sacred flame was tended by nuns,<br />and no one knows how long before that it had been tended by the<br />priestesses. In 1220 CE, a Bishop became angered by the no-males<br />policy of the Abbey of St. Brigit of Kildare. He insisted that nuns<br />were subordinate to priests and therefore must open their abbey<br />and submit themselves to inspection by a priest. When they refused<br />and asked for another Abbess or other female official to perform<br />any inspections, the Bishop was incensed. He admonished them to<br />obediance and then decreed that teh keeping of the eternal flame<br />was a Pagan custom and 6rdered the sacred flame to be extinguished.<br />Even then, She remained the most poular Irish saint along with<br />Patrick. In the 1960's, under Vatican II modernization, it was<br />declared that there was insufficient proof of Brigit's sanctity<br />or even of her historical existance, and so teh Church's gradual<br />pogrom against Brigit was successful at last and She was thus<br />decanonized. It is very difficult to obtain images or even holy<br />cards of ST. Brigit outside of Ireland anymore.<br /> Her festival is held on Febuary 1st or 2nd. It corresponds to<br />the ancient Celtic fire festival of Imbolc or Oimelc which<br />celebrated the birthing and freshening of sheep and goats (it really<br />is a Feast of Milk). This festival was Christianized as Candlemas<br />or Lady Day and Her Feast day, La Feill Bhride, was attended by<br />tremendous local celebration and elaborate rituals. Her festival<br />is also called Brigit. Brigit (the Goddess and the Festival)<br />represents the stirring of life again after the dead months of the<br />winter, and her special blessings are called forth at this time.<br />Since She was booted out of teh Church for being Pagan, it is<br />incumbant upon us Pagans to restore Her worship to its former glory<br />especially those of us of Celtic ancestory. Here is an ancient rite<br />to invite Brigit into your home at the time of her Holiday:<br /> Clean your hearth thoroughly in teh morning and lay a fire<br />without kindling it, then make yourself a "Bed for Brigid" and<br />place it near the hearth. The bed can be a small basket with covers<br />and tiny pillow added as plain or fancy as you like. If you have no<br />hearth, you can use the stove and put the bed behind it. Then at<br />sundown light a candle rubbed with rosemary oil and invite Brigit<br />into your home and into er bed; use the candle to kindle your<br />hearthfire if possible. Make your own poem to invite Her or use<br />the ancient song mentioned earlier. Let the candle burn at least<br />all night in a safe place. You might even want to begin the custom<br />of keeping the eternal flame; it is a popular custom in some<br />magickal and Wiccan traditions. AFter all, it's up to us now to<br />keep the spirit of Brigit alive and well for the next thousand<br />years at least!!!<br /><br /><br />By Morning Glory Zell from AMARGI Vol I. No.3 Feb. 1st 1989<br />Used By permission<br />It's a wonder in itself that the Christians have gotten along with their kneejerk rote rot for so long and even when confronted by historical fact. <br /><br />Also, I am sorry the poor things have reading something so long. I suppose that is why they have never read their own Bibles and just repeat the words of their shouters.<br />It's a wonder in itself that the Christians have gotten along with their kneejerk rote rot for so long and even when confronted by historical fact. <br /><br />Also, I am sorry the poor things have a problem reading something so long. I suppose that is why they have never read their own Bibles and just repeat the words of their shouters.<br />I'll look through the Lore library and see if I can get some telling info on Astarte to post in Ask.<br /><br /><br /> Were you raised Catholic? What was it like? I attended Catholic school in Chicago and Los Angeles in the 1960's and 1970's. My family and I went to Mass every Sunday morning and sat in the same pews every time. My house, when we lived with my grandmother, had pictures of Our Lady of Fatima, La Virgen de Gudalupe, various saints, especially St. Anthony de Padua and St. Patrick, and crucifixions. <br /><br />When we moved to LA, my mom put some of those portraits up, but it was not like my grandma's house. We became good friends with the local priest, like we were with our parish priest in Chicago. I am not as religious as I was when I was a kid, but I've still got a lot of those traditions, and when I look back it was not bad. I actually miss those days hiding behind the rectory playing marbles with my friends and the parish festivals/carnivals where we'd chase each other around.<br />Please, if you did not attend Catholic school or do not have an experience to share, whether it be one from a Catholic point of view or one similar, do not post anything. I do not want to be insulted and neither do others sharing their experience. Thank you.oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-15247540817900790612009-10-29T22:55:00.001-07:002009-10-29T22:55:56.183-07:00requirements to become a teacherI know that I am a better <b>teacher</b> because I allow myself to be challenged by my students. For more information on teaching <b>requirements</b> as they vary by state, visit the U.S. Department of Education state directory. ...Depending on the state one wants to acquire their teaching license determines the <b>requirements to become a teacher</b>. In most cases, private schools do not require a license. The required education not only varies by state, ...How to <b>Become a Teacher</b> – Basic Steps. October 7th, 2009 by admin Leave a reply ». 1) If you are still in college and getting a degree in education, your program will supply you with all the necessary tools to acquire a position, ... My advice is to find out through your State Board of Education website, the <b>requirements</b> to register for the exam and take and pass them as quickly as you can. Having passed these exams will go a long way in getting you to your first teaching ...I got laid off after 19yrs, and went back to school to <b>become a teacher</b>. 1. As for college or university is objective, and how much money you have, or are willing to spend for school. But I will say everywhere in the world is in need of ...So with all the jobs available, you might wonder how to <b>become a teacher</b>? What are some of the <b>requirements</b>? If you like kids and having the summer's off, here is what you need in order to get started. ...I heard you can get an emergency credential? I have a Bachelors degree and lots of life experience.There are no seat time <b>requirements</b> or minimum hours required. You demonstrate you have the knowledge, through a program like ABCTE, and you can <b>become a teacher</b>. Meanwhile, down in Louisiana, they created an alternative program that ...Recipients may receive $5000 per academic year and must teach in an Arkansas public school for five years after completing <b>teacher</b> license <b>requirements</b>. The teaching requirement will be reduced to three years for designated subject and/or geographic shortage ... Individuals of African American/Black, Hispanic American, Asian American or Native American origin intending to <b>become</b> teachers are eligible to receive up to $5000 annually to pursue their <b>teacher</b> certification. ...As far as I can tell I meet the <b>requirements</b> for participating in the lateral entry program and first and foremost need to find a position with a high school, at which point that school will recommend me for the lateral entry program ...One of the things he said was a piece of advice if someone wanted to <b>become a teacher</b>: “Go see the world first. Then come back and teach.” He was right, of course. I hadn't seen the world at all. I didn't know much about life, ...<br /> Well i really wanna do something with working with kids so i came down to those two options. Please help me i really need help!<br /><br /><br /> Not having taken a college English course yet, I'm a little rusty at writing essay's, but I'll give this my best try. I've been interested in computers for as long as I can remember and was introduced to them at a very young age. I was around five years old, when my father and I bought our families first computer. When we got it home and he set it up, I remember being afraid of the strange beeping noises that it made. The initial fear however, quickly grew into a passion. I played around with computers and electronics in grade school and much of high school, ranging from installing a stereo in my friends car, to putting LED headlights in my cousin's remote controlled car, to build myself a computer. In high school I became involved in starting the schools computer club which had previously not existed. Me and a few of my other friends became friendly with the schools IT manager who allowed us to hold club meetings and and arrange activities for the club after school. Under his supervision, we mainly went around after school fixing teachers computers, and doing the dirty work so to speak. If a projector wasn't working, we would go and figure out why, If a computer wasn't doing what it should have been doing, we would go and fix it. In our senior year we even helped build and install over 20 new computers for the schools library. I feel that what we did gave me a lot of real world experiences, and helped build my skills. <br />These experiences I had in my younger years, have all just fortified what I feel I want to do in life. I have a passion for computers and know that I need to incorporate them some how into my future. Ever since I have come to college, and was introduced to simple c++ programing and engineering programs like Auto-cad and Solid works, I was blown away. For me their has been a slight adjustment to college from high school, and my freshmen year, I ended up failing an algebra class which has set me back a bit. Because I failed that class I did not have the appropriate prerequisites to take the calculus class that I needed in order to take calculus. Because I cannot take the class that I need this semester I will be behind by one semester. Because of this I will not be able to meet my entrance to major requirements on time. I will have to change my intended major to something else that might interest me if I want to stay at *** **** < (name of school). However I don't want to stop my dream to become a computer engineer here just because I ended up failing a class. That is why I wish to attend *** University and go on and do what I feel is my calling, and to one work for a company that designs internal consumer computer components like motherboards, or processors perhaps.<br />Anyone?..... just opinions that's all, you don't have to read it all.<br /><br /><br /> I gave up on my dream because the road as I see it is way too difficult. I find it hard to believe that I might actually get it. I frequently change my desires in life and now the old thoughts are haunting me. My problem is: I give up too easily. If it seems impossible, I don't even try. I'm not an outgoing person and I don't think I ever will be. Right now, I find that my future will be full of misery. My dream was to be a lawyer. I found law to be exciting and something I can be good at because I argue a lot and have a good basis of logic and reasoning. That is until I read the requirements. Too much of those things I can't do. I fear of competition. I also had a dream of being an agent of the criminal justice system, which relates to law in a certain form. Then I wanted to become a doctor. I was put down by the thought that if I was a surgeon of any form, the chance of failure would bankrupt me and I just killed an innocent person, plus I need to explain this to their family. Then I wanted to become an engineer. I am pretty good at mathematics and science. I wanted to become an inventor of a device that could help humanity greatly and have my name on it. I wanted to be a business man. I saw my teacher and he was a big success, despite his business being so small. I got inspired and wanted to start my own. The only problem is that there are so many problems with starting a business and so little advantages, one of them being the neglecting your family. of And now, I want to be a writer, reasons unknown. I don't see any of these working out. I don't know what my interest is anymore.<br /><br /><br /> Hello,<br /><br />I am currently a senior in college. I love human anatomy. I have been teacher assisting for the past 2 semesters. I got an A in both lab and lecture.<br /><br />I am currently in a crisis of not knowing what I want to do after I graduate. So I was wondering what are the requirements for being an anatomy teacher at a high school? also what is the typical income for it in the state of VA?<br /><br />Can anyone break it down for me?<br /><br /><br /> Teachers' Unions Uneasy with Obama<br /><br />By: Nia-Malika Henderson <br />October 17, 2009 05:57 PM EST <br /> <br /> Photo: AP<br />Barack Obama and Arne Duncan talk to high school students before giving a speech<br /><br />A skirmish between powerful teachers’ unions and President Barack Obama over nearly $5 billion in education spending is shaping up as a preview of the battle to come over No Child Left Behind in Congress early next year. <br /><br /><br />But the tables are turned: now the unions are worried that Obama, a Democratic ally, is going to be just as tough on them as President George W. Bush, a longtime foe. <br /><br /><br />The dispute adds teachers’ unions to a growing list of key Democratic constituencies that have been frustrated by Obama’s lunges toward the political middle, along with gay-rights activists upset Obama won’t lift the ban on gays in the military, and Latino officials who say Obama is slow-walking immigration reform. <br /><br /><br />So far, both the unions and Education Secretary Arne Duncan have tried to avoid a full-on collision, and the unions are showing new flexibility in accepting previously unheard-of moves like stricter teacher evaluations. <br /><br /><br />But they’re also making it clear they'll only go so far with Obama, who was booed at two teachers' union conventions when he was a candidate. <br /><br /><br />One of the little-noticed aspects of Obama’s presidency is how much his approach to education mirrors Bush’s – heavy on testing and data-collection, with support for charter schools, teacher evaluations and merit pay. <br /><br /><br />That’s what Obama and Duncan are stressing in upcoming decisions over how to award the nearly $5 billion in “Race to the Top” funds, with final guidelines due in November. <br /><br /><br />And the reform efforts seen in Race to the Top are what some education observers expect Obama to seek in reauthorizing the No Child Left Behind law, which administration officials said will be developed in the coming months. <br /><br /><br />The unions tried to shoot down some of those concepts in formal responses to the Race to the Top program – but all signs are that Duncan’s Education Department isn’t backing off significantly. <br /><br /><br />And clearly, the unions expected more from a Democratic president. <br /><br /><br />Randi Weingarten, president of the 1.4 million-member American Federation of Teachers, gave the administration an “A for effort,” but has some concerns. <br /><br /><br />“This administration doesn’t want to be ‘Bush Three,’ but some of the things that are coming out…simply charter schools and measurement… that’s what the previous administrations pushed,” Weingarten said, referring to Bush and his father, the president. <br /><br /><br />“Data is important and charter schools can be great incubators for instructional practice and labor relations practice, but if it ends up just becoming measurement and some charter schools, that’s not public education,” she said.<br /><br />Said Dennis Van Roekel, president of the 3.2 million-member National Education Association: <br />“Obviously we hope that some of the proposed changes will be reflected in the new guidelines. There could be major changes or minor changes, I just don’t know. But I don’t think there will be major changes.” <br /><br /><br />Announced in July, the nationwide competition offers states a chance to get a windfall of funds if they meet certain eligibility criteria. Among the 19 requirements are developing and implementing common statewide standards and data systems and increasing the availability of charter schools. <br /><br /><br />Already, cash-strapped states are moving to comply. Eight states, including Illinois, Ohio and Tennessee, have lifted caps on charter schools. California and Wisconsin are moving to lift restrictions linking test scores to teacher evaluation. <br /><br /><br />Initial guidelines for the money drew about 1,100 responses, with many offering support, yet some of the most heated comments came from teachers’ unions. <br /><br /><br />In a 26-page letter, the NEA said they found the “top-down approach disturbing” and that the emphasis on data amounted to “ignoring states’ rights to enact their own laws and constitutions.” <br /><br /><br />“We have been down that road before with the failures of the No Child Left Behind, and we cannot support yet another layer of federal mandates that have little or no research base of success, and that usurp state and local governments’ responsibilities for public education,” the group’s letter said. <br /><br /><br />While the Education Department in June tore down the red school house with the words No Child Left Behind above the door, and the law will be renamed, some are concerned that the requirements for Race to the Top are a blueprint for reauthorization of NCLB. <br /><br /><br />In his most recent speech about the No Child law, Duncan praised the effort, saying that it “helped expand the standards and accountability movement.” <br /><br /><br />“Today, we expect districts, principals and teachers to take responsibility for the academic performance of their schools and districts. We can never<br /><br /><br /> Well, I want to become a Dentist Hygienist. I thought I had to go to college, but my business teacher told me that its not a requirement that there are some schools out there that are just for Dentist Hygienist. I just want to know if you guys know about some schools that I could go without going to college, and who long does it take to graduate. (I live in ATL).<br /><br /><br /> Doesn't matter if we're in different states. Just tell me the age requirement in your state. 21? 22? Thanks.<br /><br /><br /> I'm doing a poster thing about the Bill of Rights and such.<br />The teacher left all the information out for the class to take notes, however, I, the Procrastinator, decided I would do it later.<br />The poster is due tomorrow, and I'd like to turn something in on time for once.<br />So, here are the requirements:<br /><br />Declaration of independence: major author, date it was signed, and what it declared the colonies to be<br /><br />For the Constitution: major author, the date it was signed, the day it became law<br /><br />The Bill of rights: (first ten amendments), what it was based on, who it was written by, and what it contained<br /><br />For the articles of confederation: first major __(fill in the blank)____ of the nation, one of the major problems faced with the article. <br /><br />I'm not trying to be lazy or anything, I just want direct answers instead going on a magical journey through Google.<br /><br />Please answer as much as you know.<br />Thanks<3<br /><br /><br /> I am majoring in Political Science and I eventually want to work in that field but I've always had an interest in being an elementary school teacher. While I am in graduate school I was wondering if it would be possible to work as a teacher. <br /><br />What are the requirements as far as degrees or certifications? Would it be possible for me to become a teacher with a Political Science degree? <br /><br />Thanks for any input.<br /><br /><br /> I know this was circulated around the internet as a joke, but to though of us who's childhood was in the 50s and 60s, the real joke is that this is accurate. Do you think we hit bottom or are these idiots going to keep pushing and take us to a deeper low?<br /><br />SCHOOL -- 1957 vs. 2007 <br /> <br />Scenario: Jack goes quail hunting before school, pulls into school parking lot with shotgun in gun rack. <br />1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack. <br />2007 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers. <br /><br />Scenario: Johnny and Mark get into a fistfight after school. <br />1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies. <br />2007 - Police called, SWAT team arrives, arrests Johnny and Mark. Charge them with assault, both expelled even though Johnny started it. <br /><br />Scenario: Jeffrey won't be still in class, disrupts other students. <br />1957 - Jeffrey sent to office and given a good paddling by the Principal. Returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again. <br />2007 - Jeffrey given huge doses of Ritalin. Becomes a zombie. Tested for ADD. School gets extra money from state because Jeffrey has a disability. <br /><br />Scenario: Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt. <br />1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college, and becomes a successful businessman. <br />2007 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy removed to foster care and joins a gang. State psychologist tells Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and t heir dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has affair with psychologist. <br /><br />Scenario: Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school. <br />1957 - Mark shares aspirin with Principal out on the smoking dock. <br />2007 - Police called, Mark expelled from school for drug violations. Car searched for drugs and weapons. <br /><br />Scenario: Pedro fails high school English. <br />1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English, goes to college. <br />2007 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English banned from core curriculum. Pedro given diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English. <br /><br />Scenario: Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from 4th of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle, blows up a red ant bed. <br />1957 - Ants die. <br />2007 - BATF, Homeland Security, FBI called. Johnny charged with domestic terrorism, FBI investigates parents, siblings removed from home, computers confiscated, Johnny's Dad goes on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again. <br /><br />Scenario: Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him. <br />1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing. <br />2007 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison. Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy.<br /><br />Let's start with the educational system and start by getting people in there to run the place that are capable of thinking. There are far too many college graduates with advanced degrees who lack the ability to reason or think through even a simple problem.<br /><br />A student can't learn if there is no one there to teach them.<br /><br /><br /> I'm having a real hard time deciding on what I want to major in. The only thing I really want to do is acting. I am already an actor that goes on commercial auditions. But, I know that it is not a stable career choice. As of right now, I'm a few weeks into my first fall semester at a community college. I'm planning on transferring to a UC after a few years. <br /><br />I should decide what major right now so I can follow the requirements to transfer to a university. I have thought about becoming a film editor, but that's another unstable career choice. <br /><br />I'm not interested to become a teacher because I don't like the school setting. But, I want to do something useful with my life such as helping people. Any career that can help me make good amount of money. I'm been thinking about becoming a social worker so I can help children. Any suggestions?<br /><br /><br /> I am studying hard everyday to become a physicist and this stupid Shakespeare stuff that I couldn't care less about is getting in the way. My English 12 teacher is making me study it all the time and its getting in the way of my occupation. I am a senior in High School. Why does the U.S department of education require me to learn about Shakespeare? How will this contribute to my future? <br /><br />I feel its just taking away my study time for physics.<br /><br /><br /> 1.How long have you worked in this field (name the field)?<br />2.How long have you worked with this company? How long have you worked in this position?<br />3.How did you become interested in this type of position?<br />4.What are the requirements to obtain a position similar to yours?<br />5.What are your primary duties and responsibilities?<br />6.What is your educational background? <br />7.What are some of the positive aspects of your job or what do you like most about your job?<br />8.What are some of the challenges you face?<br />9.What are some other positions you have held prior to obtaining this job?<br />10.What are your future career plans? Do you plan to stay in this field?<br />11.What personal characteristics have helped you be successful in this job?<br />12.What are the opportunities for advancement in your company and from the position you are currently in?<br />13.What professional associations are you involved in?<br />14.What recommendations do you have that can help me develop as a professional?<br />15.What advice would you give to someone aspiring to be in a similar position as yours?<br /><br />my contact: sweet428144@yahoo.com<br /><br /><br /> I received my BA in Political Science and English. Currently, I am working as social worker case worker and studying to take the Praxis I. I want to teach middle school math? What are the requirements to teach math. Thank you so much for your help. Also is GRE similar to Praxis or no.<br /><br /><br /> My boyfriend would like to become a high school history teacher, but we are unclear as to the requirements for this. Can anyone tell me, in dumbed-down, everyday language, what to do to become a high-school teacher? For instance, what degrees he should get (one in education or in history?), etc.<br /><br />Thank you in advance for answering!<br /><br /><br /> I cant seem to find any information any where and its starting to get annoying, I wanna study in Japan because i am studying to become a English teacher with hopes of teaching there one day...can anyone help?<br /><br /><br /> In the future I would like to become a middle school english teacher. I'm only a freshmen in high school so I have quite awhile before that happens. I would like to know about the requirements for this job. My main concern is, does english have to be your first language? I'd also like to know about any other requirements, thank you!<br /><br /><br /> My teacher has given us all the questions that are going to be on our U.S. History test Wednesday. One of them is an extra credit question:What are the 5 requirements to become president?<br /><br />He gave us 4 answers. Atleast 35 years old; U.S. Citizen; Lived in U.S. for atleast 14 years; and born in the U.S.<br /><br />He is saying that theres a fifth one and that it cant be found anywhere on the internet and that its a "logical" problem! Does anyone have any ideas? =X. Please!<br /><br /><br /> What are the requirements?<br />I am a Native English speaker, if that helps.<br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br /><br /> I'm seriously considering moving to Florida. I am a college graduate and I have a bachelor's degree in English and a minor in Psych. I've been working as a teaching assistant in my home state for two years. <br /><br />Once I settle in Florida, I'd like to start a career in elementary education. What qualifications do I need to be a primary teacher in Florida?<br /><br />My home state requires teachers to complete a state regulated education program and obtain a certification. Does Florida have the same requirements? I'm not currently certified in my state.<br /><br /><br /> I have come to the conclusion that what I want to do in life is become a high school English teacher. <br /><br />[Pause for effect, applause, pity, etc]. <br /><br />Unfortunately, my BA is in Sociology and I did not take many English courses. I'd like to avoid getting another BA if possible. Therefore, I am hoping the [U.S.] teaching community can offer some suggestions.<br /><br />I have been considering two avenues: taking an MA in English and then getting teaching certification, and taking an MA in English Education. However, I am having trouble finding programs that will accommodate my lack of undergrad English preparation; will you please offer any suggestions?<br /><br />And the invaluable question: Is there another avenue I am overlooking?<br /><br />If it must be another BA, do you know of any accelerated programs? <br /><br />Notes:<br />1. I am also interested in Teaching English as a Second Language/Foreign Language and its counterparts, but I'd like that certification in addition to secondary school certification.<br /><br />2. I know certification requirements vary broadly by state. If location is necessary to your answer, l am interested in teaching in one of these: New England, Pacific Northwest, California, Colorado, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania.<br /><br />Thank you!<br /><br /><br /> I'm 29 years old and have an amazing opportunity to go back to school full time and finally earn my degree, thanks to my amazing boyfriend who's going to support me. I'll be leaving a job where I make about $29,000 a year to re-start my college career and eventually become a teacher. The only requirement I have is to find a part time job where I can earn a minimum of $10,000 a year; any suggestions where I can get a part time job during my time in school.<br /><br />Also, I need help applying for scholarships and/or Grants. Since in theory, I'll only be working part-time and depending on my boyfriends income, I'm going to need for most of my school (if not all of it) paid for. I really really really want to stay away from student loans; I want to avoid paying anything back. Please help, thank you.<br /><br /><br /> I just wanted to know how to become a Doctor.<br />The information that I would like to know is:<br />1) What Grades I Need<br />2)What Grades are Needed for University both GCSE and A-Levels, (especially for Nottingham Medical University, since I cantfind thier entry requirements)<br />3)What kinds of awards do I need, if i do need them.<br /><br />I am currently in Year 11, and am studying the following:<br /><br />Science Triple award (accelarated- faster work pace and im getting most A's and 2-3 B's and 1 C grade which im retaking)<br />Maths, (i did a early entry in year 9 and got a grade B, im predicted a A - A* now)<br />Enlgish and English Litrature, (I got a B in my normal English GCSE and now I have started Litrature)<br />Geography, but my teacher is only letting us do the foundation paper which goes upto only a C grade, and I got a D, only 8 marks away from C, so im also retaking that early this next year)<br />ICT OCR National Level 2, im on Distinction<br />and thats about it.<br /><br />Please can you help me in which university I should go to and which College to go to also.<br /><br />Thankyou Very Much<br /><br /><br /> hey im in high school now, and i plan on becoming a public school music teacher, teaching students how to produce music and rap, and talking about history of rap and all. but my question is what exactly are the education requirements for a music teacher who wants to do this kind of stuff ??<br /><br /><br /> Parachute Regiment and SAS Queries?<br />I'm 15, and starting to think more about my future career. I'm considering doing my A levels, doing Politics at University, and then going to Sandhurst to become a military officer, possibly in the Parachute Regiment. After 2 or 3 years there, I want to try out for Selection, and see if I can get into the Regiment. My questions are probably pretty obvious, but I have no idea of the answers.<br /><br />1. How hard is the Para training course?<br />2. What are the eyesight requirements for the Paras and the SAS? My eyesight is... ok. If I sit at the back of the class, I need glasses to see when the teacher writes on the whiteboard.<br /><br />Thanks for taking the time to read this.<br /><br /><br /> I have never gotten a clear answer to this.<br />I took gr11 Physics and I got an 82 .... my lowest mark by FARR and I was just really not in the mood for taking physics again. However my biology teacher told me today that you need need NEEED physics for Life Science courses in University. I checked the course requirements in university needed to get accepted in Dental School and no where at all does it mention physics.<br /><br />I'm confused, do I need to take gr12 Physics then or not to become an Ortho?<br /><br /><br /> i am a senior in high school and i have my mind set on being a math teacher in preferably high school or possibly middle school her in arizona. (plan on going to GCC)<br />i want to know the requirements i would need to do this including what major if i have to get a bachelors or just a certificate in teaching math in college? and how long it will take ( 2,4,6 years)?<br /><br /><br /> I'm graduating from university next spring with a BA in English and wish to travel abroad for awhile before I settle down with a job here in New York. Plus, nobody's hiring much nowadays anyway. I speak basic Spanish but want to become fluent and gain a new perspective on culture. Maybe, even live there for good one day.<br /><br />My parents are European, so I know everything is smaller and expensive. I know I need a visa to stay for an extended period of time, but I want to know what requirements are needed to teach English in Europe. I don't want to be a teacher for the rest of my life, but to find a way to provide income while I'm overseas. Will I have to be certified? How do I go about doing so? How much are the wages? Also, what other jobs can an American do in Madrid or Barcelona to make enough to live by? <br /><br />Gracias! :D<br /><br /><br /> HIGH SCHOOL -- 1957 vs2009 <br />Scenario 1: <br /> <br />Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck's gun rack. <br /> <br />1957 - Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack's shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack. <br /> <br />2008 - School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his truck or gun again. Counselors called in for traumatized students and teachers. <br /> <br />Scenario 2: <br /> <br />Johnny and Mark get into a fist fight after school. <br /> <br />1957 - Crowd gathers. Mark wins.. Johnny and Mark shake hands and end up buddies. <br /> <br />2008 - Police called and SWAT team arrives -- they arrest both Johnny and Mark. They are both charged them with assault and both expelled even though Johnny started it. <br /> <br />Scenario 3: <br /> <br />Jeffrey will not be still in class, he disrupts other students. <br /> <br />1957 - Jeffrey sent to the Principal's office and given a good paddling by the Principal. He then returns to class, sits still and does not disrupt class again. <br /> <br />2008 - Jeffrey is given huge doses of Ritalin. He becomes a zombie. He is then tested for ADD. The school gets extra money from the state because Jeffrey has a disability. <br /> <br />Scenario 4: <br /> <br />Billy breaks a window in his neighbor's car and his Dad gives him a whipping with his belt.. <br /><br />1957 - Billy is more careful next time, grows up normal, goes to college and becomes a successful businessman. <br /> <br />2008 - Billy's dad is arrested for child abuse. Billy is removed to foster care and joins a gang. The state psychologist is told by Billy's sister that she remembers being abused herself and their dad goes to prison. Billy's mom has an affair with the psychologist. <br /><br /><br />Scenario 5: <br /> <br />Mark gets a headache and takes some aspirin to school. <br /> <br />1957 - Mark shares his aspirin with the Principal out on the smoking dock. <br /> <br />2008 - The police are called and Mark is expelled from school for drug violations His car is then searched for drugs and weapons. <br /> <br />Scenario 6: <br /> <br />Pedro fails high school English. <br /> <br />1957 - Pedro goes to summer school, passes English and goes to college. <br /> <br />2008 - Pedro's cause is taken up by state. Newspaper articles appear nationally explaining that teaching English as a requirement for graduation is racist. ACLU files class action lawsuit against the state school system and Pedro's English teacher. English is then banned from core curriculum. Pedro is given his diploma anyway but ends up mowing lawns for a living because he cannot speak English. <br /> <br />Scenario 7: <br /> <br />Johnny takes apart leftover firecrackers from the Fourth of July, puts them in a model airplane paint bottle and blows up a red ant bed. <br /> <br />1957 - Ants die. <br /> <br />2008 - ATF, Homeland Security and the FBI are all called. Johnny is charged with domestic terrorism. The FBI investigates his parents -- and all siblings are removed from their home and all computers are confiscated. Johnny's dad is placed on a terror watch list and is never allowed to fly again. <br /> <br />Scenario 8: <br /> <br />Johnny falls while running during recess and scrapes his knee. He is found crying by his teacher, Mary. Mary hugs him to comfort him. <br /> <br />1957 - In a short time, Johnny feels better and goes on playing. <br /> <br />2008 - Mary is accused of being a sexual predator and loses her job. She faces 3 years in State Prison... Johnny undergoes 5 years of therapy. <br /><br /> <br />This should hit every email inbox to show how stupid we have become!!<br /><br /><br /> Such as what classes do I have to take and what classes are recommended to take also. what are the steps to getting the teaching position?<br /><br /><br /> Good morning teachers, Mrs. Principal, Mr. Vice(not real names), and students. For those of you that don’t know, my name is __________ and I am running for the position of Student Council President. I would like to begin by wishing all of my opponents good luck.<br />I’d love to be able to promise you that you’ll never have homework, you’ll have better lunches, or, that school will start later, but unfortunately, these things are not up to me, or up to Student Council. But I can promise you other good things, like having classes occasionally earn a lunch in the courtyard. Or continuing St. ________’s strive for becoming a greener school. <br />I believe that to run for any office, or any job, of any kind, there are certain requirements that must be filled for the job to be done correctly. According to the Student Council Constitution, the qualities the President must possess are: responsibility, organization, flexibility, and hard-working skills. <br />I believe I’ve acquired and learned these skills because of my previous experience as a leader. In the fourth grade, I was elected treasurer of my class. In fifth, I was chosen as president. As a sixth and seventh grader, I was elected representative for my homeroom class. In the summer of becoming a seventh grader, I was chosen to attend The Junior National Young Leaders conference, in Washington DC. While I was there, I learned valuable skills that will last me throughout my entire life.<br />According to the Student Council Constitution, “The purpose of Student Council is to develop skills which will enhance a sense of school spirit and community within our school. It will be achieved by leadership and incorporating students in the decision making process, by providing a unified body for student activities, and by developing role models within the student body.” That means, as your president, it is my job, joined with the advisors, to benefit each and every one of you in a variety of ways. In conclusion, I think that I am the best choice for YOUR Student Council President. Just remember, you won’t need Obama, when you can have ________.<br /><br /><br />What can I do to make it better<br />ps: it's for 6-8th grade vote, and I'm keepin' the Obama part!<br /><br /><br /> I have master's degree in Mathematics from my home country but I'm on a dependent visa here in US. I would like to become a teacher here for middle school but I don't have SSN . So I'm trying to get only teacher's certification that would be helpful to do job in my country.Can anyone help me about the requirement ?<br /><br /><br /> I would like to become a kindergarten teacher in California in a public school. However, I'm not sure about the requirements I need. I already made an appointment with my school counselor but I'm just curious as to know right now rather that have to wait a whole month for my appointment and miss signing up for some classes I can take this semester towards teaching.<br /><br /><br /> How many years of college, what degrees, specific classes in High School that would help reach this goal and in college classes as well?<br /><br /><br /> I have a B.S. degree in an unrelated field. I am thinking about getting a masters in history or if i have to i can get a bachelors in history. I also do not know what then I will need to do to fulfill the educational training part? a degree in education or is there another way?<br /><br /><br /> I'd like to teach high school geography... are there any courses I need to take in university (other than majoring in geography, then going onto teachers college)?<br />Do I major in one subject, then minor in another, or is it double major?<br /><br /><br />Thanks!<br /><br /><br /> I'm currently in my 4th year of university studying to be a civil engineer, and am starting to have a few doubts. My question is, if I would like to become a teacher, say, 5 or 10 years down the road, what kind of process would I have to go through? I would already have my degree in civil engineering. Would I have to go through another 4 year program to become a teacher? What is the difference in requirements between becoming a high school teacher and an elementary school teacher?<br /><br />Thanks!<br />Oh, and I live in California.<br />I also forgot to say, any helpful websites would be great!<br /><br /><br /> I have master's degree from India but I'm on a dependent visa here in US. I wud like to become a teacher here for middle school but I don't have SSN .Can anyone help me about the requirements ?<br /><br /><br /> So this is me second year at our community college. At first i thought i wanted to become an elementary teacher, but its not teaching i want to do, i just want to take care of kids. Like working at a day care, professionally taking care of someones kids. I go to paradise valley community college in phoenix, arizona. So i dont want "Associate in Arts in Elementary Education (AAEE) " anymore cause i DONT want to teach at a school. Can someone PLEASE help me! i am planning to make my way to an advisor soon, but hopefully someone online will know :(<br /><br />if this helps this was under the "degree and certificates" link on my schools site:<br /><br />2008 - 2009 Associate in Arts (AA) <br /><br />2008 - 2009 Associate in Arts in Elementary Education (AAEE) <br /><br />2008 - 2009 Associate in Arts (AA) Degree, Fine Arts - Art <br /><br />2008 - 2009 Associate in Arts (AA) Degree, Fine Arts - Dance <br /><br />2008 - 2009 Associate in Arts (AA) Degree, Fine Arts - Theatre <br /><br />2008 - 2009 Associate in Business (ABUS) (General) Requirements <br /><br />2008 - 2009 Associate in Business (ABUS) (Special) Requirements <br /><br />2008 - 2009 Associate in General Studies (AGS) <br /><br />2008 - 2009 Associate in Science (AS) <br /><br />2008 - 2009 Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC) - A, B, S <br /><br />2008 - 2009 Associate in Applied Science General Education Requirements (Note: This is not a degree but approved general education requirements.) <br /><br />please help! i also would like to get my associates too.. i dont think i can handle more school<br /><br /><br /> I'm looking into going to school for japanese but I don't know exactly what it takes to become a foreign language teacher. <br /><br />Are standards for requirements the same in japan as in america?<br /><br /><br /> I am interested in getting teacher certification but it says that I need at least a 2.5 cumulative GPA as well as a 2.5 GPA in my specialty area. My cumulative GPA is like a 1.9 and I have over 300 credit hours. This is because I have gotten low grades in a lot of courses but I have since gone back and retaken those courses and gotten better grades but by retaking those classes it didn't replace my GPA with the higher grade. It just split the difference and factored in both grades. How can I become a teacher? Is it immpossible? What states are easier to get certification in?<br /><br /><br /> I'm about to start my freshman year in college tomorrow at Warren-Wilson in North Carolina. I'm reallyreallyreally anxious about it. We spent the past week doing orientation and learning about the whole college experience, I even moved in last Monday. The school is a Liberal Arts college, with a program called "The Triad." It's basically a balancing act of Academics, Service and Work. We're required to do 100 hours of service before we graduate, so many hours of work, plus the requirements for the major you want. I'm sooooo worried that I'm not going to be able to balance everything out and end up failing my classes. Any advice on studying? Getting prepared?<br /><br />Also, I live in Lawndale North Carolina, which is about an hour away from the college. Although it's really close, I don't like being away from my home and my family. My parents have told me that I'm free to come home every weekend if I want, which makes me feel better about that, considering that I will want to. College just seems soooo scary. I intend to major in Art and become an Art teacher and I'm just overwhelmed by everything. I'm a social introvert, and whenever someone talks to me I talk very little and make everything feel awkward. Any advice with this? Thanks!<br /><br /><br /> I have viewed numerous websites on this subject and it's just too much info for me to decipher. <br /><br />I completed Advanced Avionics school in the Navy. Very math intensive. I used to teach computer terminology, Word Perfect, Dbase III back in the dark ages of computers. I also taught Novell Netware (remember that?) at a community college in Minneapolis a few years back. I was a volunteer math teacher for the Urban League in St. Lous. etc. etc. etc. Not bragging - but I need a straight answer.<br /><br />I am just wasting my time (selling satellite tv) when I think I can help. How can I parlay these skills (teaching inner city kids and spoiled suburban kids) that are just going to waste (the skills - not the kids!!!) . In plainspoken terms, what's required? What can I do?<br /><br /><br /> Hi... the title is a bit of a attention grabber (although true..kind of..)<br /><br />Im 20 years old and married. All I want to be is a mother and a wife but I know I must help my husband with the finances (hes in school to become an engineer) Ive been struggling with this decision lately and I finally settled on being a teacher. I have a series of short term goals just in case God decides we are ready for our little miracle anytime soon..and this way I can be working all throughout school..<br /><br />heres my plan:<br /><br />*Go to school to get Associates degree in early childhood education. Once I obtain 12 units I can become a preschool teacher.<br /><br />*I will work as a preschool teacher while finishing the degree requirement.<br /><br />*Then start course work for bachelors degree. I might atten part time or full time depending on if there is a baby by then...<br /><br />*If I DO get pregnant around this time I will start an in home day care when I am able to ( to work while watching my baby)<br /><br />*after bachelors degree go for my teachers certification<br /><br />Does this sound like a good idea? Ive been struggling which career to focus on and this seemed like a perfect fit for me since I want a job thats family friendly and where I can make a difference, and I obviously love children (Ive worked in a daycare before)<br /><br />I considered doing nursing also..but right now where I am (CA) the nursing programs are SO impacted it would take 2 years worth of waiting lists just for me to get started! and thats AFTER the prerequisites! or else I could pay around $30,000.<br /><br />Anywho I was just looking for some feedback. I know I may be young but I have always wanted to be a mother, and coming from a broken home I want to give my child the love and nurturing that my mother never gave me..<br /><br /><br /> I have an MS degree in Electrical Engineering. What would be the major common requirements across all states to become a junior or a high school (maths, physics) teacher.<br /><br /><br /> I live in Australia and I want to teach English in Greece as I am Greek and Greek is my second language and I speak fluently in it. I am just about to enter VCE and I want to know what subjects I should take so that can happen and then after Year 12, what University courses do I have to take and other requirements that I will need. Thank-you<br /><br /><br /> when i do my practicum how does that work? and student teaching? i just wanna teacher k-5. i dont want to do practicums or student teaching for higher grades...how can i make sure of that?<br /><br />also, how many years generally is a duel major? will it be easier for me to get a job as an elem/spec ed degree rather than just an elem ed degree?<br /> <br />also, if i want to work for a school and continue on to get my masters will they pay?how many days will i be going to grad school? and will i have time to go to grad school ifi have a teaching job already!?<br /><br /><br />thankyou you are helping me out greatly if you answer these questions. <br /><br />oh, and i know i used horrible grammar. so sorry but im in a bit of a rush!<br /><br /><br /> What is like the average salary of one who teaches English to Japanese children over in Japan? How are the conditions of Japan and is it hard to become an english teacher over there? What are like the requirements for teaching English in Japan? Any information would be VERY appreciated.oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-66044281351183857662009-10-29T22:44:00.001-07:002009-10-29T22:44:50.097-07:00nonprofit board and givingKorngold offers a compelling description of the role of a <b>board</b> chair doing the utmost on behalf of the organization. This role encompasses understanding, communication, a strategic focus, and <b>giving</b> at a leadership level. ...“As economic conditions improve, <b>nonprofit</b> hospitals, hospices, clinics and nursing homes that have steadily maintained their fundraising efforts will be the first to benefit,” said AHP <b>Board</b> Chairman J. 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Major donor prospect lists can be created from two sources: (1) from within your organization's existing base of annual donors, volunteers, ... stretch gifts and take on a few solicitations of their own, well, maybe it's time to promote those <b>board</b> members to your "honorary <b>board</b>" and then go find some new <b>board</b> members willing to take on the real work of a <b>nonprofit board</b>. ...Manages staff and <b>board</b> personnel involved in all aspects of identifying, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding major gift and planned <b>giving</b> prospects. • Responsible for developing both long and short-range operational plans to ...I serve as the <b>board</b> chair of a <b>nonprofit</b> global media assistance organization, the Media Development Loan Fund. I've served in that capacity for getting towards twelve (fourteen?) years now, as the organization started by making loans and ... 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"What we've been trying to do over the last year and a half is make the foundation a more active ...When deciding where to make your charitable contributions, you should be able to find a list of <b>board</b> members on the <b>nonprofit's</b> website, which should include their professional titles and affiliations, and ideally, brief bios. ...<br /> My employer, a non profit has reduced it's pay and benefits to it's hourly staff and now many are planning to leave the organization. The hourly staff make up the lion-share of the programs we offer and many are in disagreement in how a select few on our board have reduced our pay and benefits. In contrast several salaried employee's were given bonuses and advanced warnings that this would take place and have used their vacations quickly to avoid losing the benefits before the end of the year. We lower classed workers are miffed at this.<br /><br /><br /> Bruce is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Direct Marketing Association of Washington and currently serves as a member of the Executive Committee of the Free Speech Foundation, an association that champions the rights of nonprofit organizations through legislative and legal action.<br /><br />In addition to his professional responsibilities, Bruce serves as a Trustee of Joe Gibbs' Youth For Tomorrow New Life Foundation, as a board member of the CHARIS Institute and as Vice President of Time of Grace ministry. He also served four terms on the Board of Regents of Wisconsin Lutheran College. He has previously served as President of God's Word to the Nations Bible Society. Bruce gave the 1994 commencement address at Wisconsin Lutheran College and was given the 1994 Pro Gloria Dei Award at the commencement ceremony. In 2000 he received the Nehemiah award from Youth for Tomorrow.<br /><br />A graduate of the University of Missouri, and a veteran, Bruce and his wife Kathi have two children, Elizabeth and Matthew.<br /><br /><br /> CHICAGO – Federal authorities arrested Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich Tuesday on charges that he brazenly conspired to sell or trade the Senate seat left vacant by President-elect Barack Obama to the highest bidder.<br /><br />Blagojevich also was charged with illegally threatening to withhold state assistance to Tribune Co., the owner of the Chicago Tribune, in the sale of Wrigley Field, according to a federal criminal complaint. In return for state assistance, Blagojevich allegedly wanted members of the paper's editorial board who had been critical of him fired.<br /><br />A 76-page FBI affidavit said the 51-year-old Democratic governor was intercepted on court-authorized wiretaps over the last month conspiring to sell or trade the vacant Senate seat for personal benefits for himself and his wife, Patti.<br /><br />Otherwise, Blagojevich considered appointing himself. The affidavit said that as late as Nov. 3, he told his deputy governor that if "they're not going to offer me anything of value I might as well take it."<br /><br />"I'm going to keep this Senate option for me a real possibility, you know, and therefore I can drive a hard bargain," Blagojevich allegedly said later that day, according to the affidavit, which also quoted him as saying in a remark punctuated by profanity that the seat was "a valuable thing — you just don't give it away for nothing."<br /><br />The affidavit said Blagojevich also discussed getting a substantial salary for himself at a nonprofit foundation or an organization affiliated with labor unions.<br /><br />It said Blagojevich also talked about getting his wife placed on corporate boards where she might get $150,000 a year in director's fees.<br /><br />He also allegedly discussed getting campaign funds for himself or possibly a post in the president's cabinet or an ambassadorship once he left the governor's office. He noted becoming a U.S. senator might remake his image for a possible presidential run in 2016, according to the affidavit. And he allegedly said a Senate seat would also provide him with corporate contacts if he needed a job and present an opportunity for his wife to work as a lobbyist.<br /><br />"I want to make money," the affidavit quotes him as saying in one conversation.<br /><br />The affidavit said Blagojevich expressed frustration at being "stuck" as governor and that he would have access to greater resources if he were indicted while in the U.S. Senate than while sitting as governor.<br /><br />U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald said in a statement that "the breadth of corruption laid out in these charges is staggering."<br /><br />"They allege that Blagojevich put a for sale sign on the naming of a United States senator," Fitzgerald said."<br /><br />Among those being considered for the post include U.S. Reps. Danny Davis and Jesse Jackson Jr.<br /><br />Blagojevich also was charged with using his authority as governor in an attempt to squeeze out campaign contributions.<br /><br />His chief of staff, John Harris, also was arrested.<br /><br />Corruption in the Blagojevich administration has been the focus of a federal investigation involving an alleged $7 million scheme aimed at squeezing kickbacks out of companies seeking business from the state. Federal prosecutors have acknowledged they're also investigating "serious allegations of endemic hiring fraud" under Blagojevich.<br /><br />Political fundraiser Antoin "Tony" Rezko who raised money for the campaigns of both Blagojevich and Obama is awaiting sentencing after being convicted of fraud and other charges. Blagojevich's chief fundraiser, Christopher G. Kelly, is due to stand trial early next year on charges of obstructing the Internal Revenue Service.<br /><br /><br /><br /> Partial Birth Abortion<br /><br />To see additional, more detailed images of partial-birth abortion, and documentation from medical experts on the accuracy of these images, click here.<br /><br />lilpba1.gif (2209 bytes)<br /><br />Guided by ultrasound, the abortionist grabs the baby's leg with forceps.<br /><br />lilpba2.gif (2005 bytes)<br /><br />The baby's leg is pulled out into the birth canal.<br /><br />lilpba3.gif (2342 bytes)<br /><br />The abortionist delivers the baby's entire body, except for the head.<br /><br />lilpba4.gif (2393 bytes)<br /><br />The abortionist jams scissors into the baby's skull. The scissors are then opened to enlarge the hole.<br /><br />lilpba5.gif (2729 bytes)<br /><br />The scissors are removed and a suction catheter is inserted. The child's brains are sucked out, causing the skull to collapse. The dead baby is then removed.<br /><br />To see additional, more detailed images of partial-birth abortion, and documentation from medical experts on the accuracy of these images, click here. <br /><br /><br />Sunday, November 2, 2008<br />EDITORIAL: Obama is a 'liar' on abortion<br /><br />If you want to know Barack Obama's real views on abortion, you should meet registered nurse Jill Stanek.<br /><br />Mrs. Stanek worked at Christ Hospital in Oak Lawn, Illinois from 1993 to 2001. When she worked in the hospital's Labor and Delivery Department she saw that babies who survived abortion attempts were left to die alone in supply rooms. They could linger for as long as eight hours, without medical care, without even the dignity of a warm blanket or a soft touch. Their tiny bodies were then dumped in the trash. Mr. Obama's spiritual mentor served on the board of the hospital. Mrs. Stanek went on a public crusade to protect these children.<br /><br />At a 2001 Illinois legislature hearing, Mr. Obama questioned Mrs. Stanek. She insisted that children needed medical care if they were born alive. Mr. Obama said: "Ms. Stanek, your initial testimony last year showed your dismay at the lack of regard for human life. I agreed with you last year and we suggested that there be a Comfort Room or something of that nature be done. The hospital acknowledged that and changes were made and you are still unimpressed. It sounds to me like you are really not interested in how these fetus [es] are treated, but rather not providing absolutely any medical care or life to them."<br /><br />Mrs. Stanek replied: "What the hospital did was try to make things look better. What it really is, is that the baby is still dead."<br /><br />In committee testimony, Mr. Obama said it was sufficient to give "comfort care" to a baby that is born despite all the efforts to kill it. "Comfort care" means giving the infant a warm blanket and permitting the baby to be held by someone as it dies. This is the most Mr. Obama could find in his heart to provide - a warm blanket for a child grasping for life. Mrs. Stanek told The Washington Times that Mr. Obama showed callousness when he questioned her in committee testimony: His inability to grasp that babies born alive need medical care was disturbing.<br /><br />Despite all the details Mrs. Stanek provided in her testimony, Mr. Obama voted against the Induced Infant Liability Act in the Illinois legislature in 2002 - a bill that would give legal protection and medical assistance to a baby born from a botched abortion. Mr. Obama stated that he feared the bill could undermine Roe v. Wade. When a similar bill was put to Congress, other lawmakers had better sense and bigger hearts: The Born Alive Infants Protection Act passed the Senate with a vote of 98-0. It was signed into law by President Bush on Aug. 5, 2002. Infants born alive are now recognized as legal persons with full rights.<br /><br />Mr. Obama even voted against banning partial-birth abortion - a radical procedure - in the Senate, in October, 2007. Since 2005, he has a 100 percent rating on pro-choice votes by NARAL, a leading, national pro-choice organization.<br /><br />There is no doubt that Mr. Obama wants not only to uphold existing abortion laws, but a more radical view. At an address before Planned Parenthood on July 17, 2007, Mr. Obama said: "The first thing I will do as President is sign the Freedom of Choice Act." He received a standing ovation. FOCA was introduced in Congress in November 1989 by Rep. Don Edwards, California Democrat. The legislation has since been a focal point for staunch pro-choicers. The bill would codify the 1973 Supreme Court decision, Roe v. Wade, into law in all the states. This would overturn state laws that have been passed to limit or delay abortions. Contrary to Mr. Obama's pledges to reduce the number of abortions, he really wants to make them easier to get - while overriding state and federal laws.<br /><br />Mr. Obama wants to uphold an abortion policy that has a disproportionate impact on blacks. The Alan Guttmacher Institute, a nonprofit organization focused on sexual and reproductive health research, finds that 13 percent of the U.S. population is black, but 37 percent of all abortions are performed on black women and teens: Blacks are 4.8 times as likely<br />LISTEN HERE. PTK 69....PEOPLE, that COMITED A CRIME...WERE PUT TO DEATH BECAUSE OF THERE OWN ACTIONS...THEY MADE THE CHOICE TO HARM ANOTHER.....THESE BABIES DID NOTHING WRONG TO ANYONE...THEY ARE HUMAN LIFE...THATS BEING MURDERED AND FOR YOU TO COMPARE THEM TO PEOPLE THAT COMMIT CRIMES AGAINST PEOPLE IS JUST PLAIN INSANE.....THESE BABIES ARE INNOCENT!!! WHY DON'T YOU CARE??? I GUESS YOU HAVE NO HEART<br />UHHH, HC, LEGHACKING AS YOU BROUGHT UP IS A PROCEDURE TO SAVE SOMEONES LIFE FROM AN ILLNESS... WERE TALKING ABOUT..SOMEONE KILLING A INNOCENT HUMAN..... YOU PEOPLE THAT MAKE UP EXCUSES AND ARE OK WITH THIS ARE TRULY MESSED UP.....SORRY....I THINK YOUR SICK...<br /><br /><br /> Barack Obama helped secure a $25,000 grant for the Blue Gargoyle in August 2000, an organization that was headed by Capers C. Funnye, Jr., Michelle Obama’s first cousin once removed. <br /><br />Obama as the Illinois Senator reportedly received a home loan of $1.32 million at a rate of 5.625 percent, although the average going rate on that day according to two different surveys was between 5.93 and 6 percent. Unlike what was reportedly available for the general consumer, this special below-market "super super jumbo" loan was secured without an origination fee or discount points. (Questions about the mortgage were first raised by The Washington Post.) <br /><br />Barack Obama’s “squeaky clean” reputation is again being tarnished by shady entrepreneurs who have supported him financially, this time a convicted Iraqi billionaire who funneled millions to the Illinois senator in 2005.<br /><br />A British newspaper has published a lengthy story on the scandal, which connects the Democratic presidential candidate and his indicted longtime Syrian financial supporter (currently on trial for corruption) with one of Britain’s richest people, a criminal Iraqi guru named Nadhmi Auchi.<br /><br />Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has blasted Hillary Clinton for withholding her First Lady records while he repeatedly ignores requests to release his own lengthy state legislative records.<br /><br />Obama served eight years in the Illinois State Senate and several media outlets, as well as Judicial Watch, have tried through public requests to obtain his records to no avail. <br /><br />The Illinois Office of the Secretary of State states it doesn’t have the senator’s records and that it has “received no requests from Senator Obama to archive any records formerly in his possession.” <br /><br />In other words, Obama could easily make his state legislator records available to the public by having them archived but has chosen not to. Instead, he has offered several stories relating to the documents since announcing his presidential candidacy. <br /><br />Barack Obama finally was forced to answer questions about his close ties to a domestic terrorist who planted bombs in the Capitol, Pentagon and other government buildings to protest U.S. policy. <br /><br />During the nationally televised debate in Pennsylvania, Obama was cornered into addressing his decades-long relationship with William Ayers, a Vietnam-era radical and former fugitive from U.S. justice who has proudly admitted setting the bombs in the 1970s.<br /><br />Ayers, a professor at a public university in Chicago, was a member of the domestic terrorist group Weather Underground and he has publicly said that he doesn’t regret setting the bombs and that his violent group actually “didn’t do enough.” In fact, he still proudly sports a tattoo on his neck featuring the rainbow and lightning weatherman logo that appeared on letters taking responsibility for the bombings. <br /><br />Ayers and his wife, a fellow Weather Underground terrorist, have long supported and collaborated with Obama, donating money to his campaign and hosting fundraising events at their home. The Democratic presidential candidate and aging radical hang out in the same political and social circles, live in the same Chicago neighborhood and for years served on the board of a Chicago nonprofit.<br /><br />According the August 8 edition of The New York Times, Accountable America, a liberal group, plans to send a letter “to confront donors to conservative groups, hoping to create a chilling effect that will dry up contributions…The warning letter is intended as a first step, alerting donors who might be considering giving to right-wing groups to a variety of potential dangers, including legal trouble, public exposure and watchdog groups digging through their lives. <br /><br />The group is also hoping to be able to respond if an outside conservative group broadcasts a television advertisement attacking Senator Barack Obama, or another Democratic candidate, by running commercials exposing the donors behind the advertisements.” <br /><br />Attempts to intimidate individuals from participating in the presidential campaign can be a violation of federal law. A key federal civil rights law (42 U.S.C. § 1985(3)), popularly known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, may be applicable if “two or more persons conspire to prevent by force, intimidation, or threat, any citizen who is lawfully entitled to vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a legal manner, toward or in favor of the election of any lawfully qualified person as an elector for President or Vice President, or as a Member of Congress of the United States; or to injure any citizen in person or property on account of such support or advocacy.”<br /><br />The chairman of an Islamic “charity” shut down by the U.S. government for funding Middle Eastern terrorists has dedicated himself to raising money for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.<br /><br />With his Ohio-based terrorist funding operation closed, Hatem El-Hady has committed to raising substantial funds for<br /><br /><br /> Posted 1:00 AM Eastern<br />by Jim Kouri<br />March 22, 2008<br />© 2008 NewsWithViews.com<br /><br />There is a far-reaching scandal brewing for presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, thanks to a radio talk show host based in Oregon. Syndicated talk show host Laurie Roth's revelations make the news story about Obama's relationship with a racist, anti-American pastor look like child's play.<br /><br />A top official at the Pentagon during former-President George H. W. Bush's Administration and a former CIA intelligence officer maintain that Barack Obama and former Weather Underground honcho William Ayers funneled money to Professor Rashid Khalidi, a known terrorist sympathizer.<br /><br />Khalidi serves on the faculty of Columbia University in New York and is best known as the professor who invited Iranian President Ahmedinejad to visit Columbia University after he finished his speech at the United Nations. According to confidential sources, Khalidi has direct ties to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), a group on the US State Department's list of known terrorist groups.<br /><br />"One source for this information was once a top military figure in the 1990s. He doesn't take making allegations lightly. If he says something happened, believe me, it happened," said syndicated radio talk show host Laurie Roth.<br /><br />"Another source is a former agent for the Central Intelligence Agency, who is an expert in counterterrorism," said Roth, who broke the story on her show Friday night.<br /><br />"I certainly don't want to demonize someone because they are a woman, black or liberal running for President. I love the idea that in our culture, a black and woman can now run. However, it does matter to me with any candidate, their consistency with good judgment, their voting record, their association with people with questionable backgrounds and commitment to our country," she said during her show. To listen to Laurie Roth's 3-21-08 show click here.<br /><br />Here are the connections as described by very reliable sources, who possess impressive military, national security and intelligence backgrounds:<br /><br />Allison Davis, who hired the young Obama into his small, Chicago law firm Davis, Miner, and Barnhill in 1993, left the firm in late 1999-2000 and became a housing developer. Davis went into business with Tony Rezko, the indicted businessman who's scheduled to go on trial for corruption in Illinois, and who was a major fundraiser for Obama.<br /><br />Davis met Rezko when he was a client of Davis, Miner, and Barnhill. Rezko is currently under indictment in Illinois for demanding kickbacks from companies seeking state government business contracts under Governor Blagojevich. Obama was identified as one of the politicians cited in the indictment as having received political contributions from Rezko out of his kickback funds.<br /><br />Tony Rezko hosted fundraising events for Obama in his home and was on Obama's US Senate campaign finance committee which collected $14 million for his campaign against conservative Alan Keyes, an African-American who served as an Ambassador during the Reagan Administration. In order to avoid a scandal during his presidential campaign, Obama returned $85,000 that Rezko and his family had donated to him.<br /><br />In early 2000, while Obama served as a state senator in Illinois, he also sat on the board of the nonprofit Woods Fund. The Woods Fund is a Chicago-based foundation that claims its primary mission is to make financial grants in order to increase and/or create opportunities for disadvantaged people and low-income communities.<br /><br />The chairman of the Woods fund board in 2000 was Howard Stanback, who like Obama also had connections to Davis, according to the reliable sources.<br /><br />Davis submitted a grant request to the Woods Foundation for a $1 million investment in his development partnership, Neighborhood Rejuvenation LP, that would be used to finance low-income senior-citizen housing. Under normal circumstances, a board member is supposed to recuse himself or herself from decisions where they have a business or personal relationship.<br /><br />Obama, who did not recuse himself, voted to approve Davis' grant request. Stanback, on the other hand, abstained from voting. The housing project, which also received a $5.7 million loan from the city of Chicago, in turn donated almost $70,000 in political contributions to Obama's presidential campaign.<br /><br />In the past, Rezko gave Obama -- who served as an Illinois State Senator -- his first two political contributions in 1995, $1,000 each from two of his companies. In 1998, State Senator Obama wrote letters to city and state officials urging them to fund a Davis-Rezko housing project. It was an obvious quid pro quo arrangement.<br /><br />Another major fundraiser for Obama is William Ayers, who also sat on the board of the Woods Fund with Obama and is a professor at the University of Chicago.<br /><br />Bill Ayers, along with his wife Bernadine Dohrn, was an active member of the Weather Underground, a radical left-wing group that advocated vio<br />Ayers and Dohrn are known to have held at least one fundraiser for Barack Obama in their Chicago home.<br /><br />During Obama's last year on the board of The Woods Fund (2002), he participated in awarding grants, including a $70,000 grant to the Arab American Action Network, a Chicago-based group founded by Rashid and Mona Khalidi.<br /><br />In another suspected quid pro quo arrangement similar to those with Ayers and Rezko, Rashid Khalidi also held a fundraising event in his home for Barack Obama.<br /><br />In the Middle East, Rashid Khalidi was known as a man to be reckoned with. From 1972 through 1983, Khalidi was the director in Beirut of the official Palestinian press agency, FAFA. His wife worked there as well.<br /><br />According to sources, when the Khalidi's left Chicago for Columbia University in New York, Rashid was honored with the Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies at that Ivy League university. Their goodbye party in Chicago included testimonials from Bill Ayers and Barack Obama.<br />In a related story, during an interview on Thursday morning (March 20) with Black Panther leader Malik Zulu Shabazz, Fox News Channel viewers learned that Shabazz' group endorsed and supported Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States. Even on Fox -- an organization wrongly accused of being "conservative" -- the interviewers were careful in their questioning of Shabazz, a recognized racist and anti-American radical.<br /><br />The New Black Panther Party leader proudly announced on Fox News that his organization endorsed Obama for President.<br /><br />"While some people may say that Barack Obama has no control over who endorses him, he should have control over what endorsements are posted on his websites," said Laurie Roth, who, besides hosting a popular talk show, is a regular columnist for NewsWithViews.com<br />"The endorsement of the New Black Panther Party was posted on Barack Obama's website. Why was this tolerated unless Barack Obama wanted their endorsement? If he does not want their endorsement, how much control over his staff is he going to have once he's elected President?" asks Mike Baker.<br /><br />The New Black Panther Party is openly anti-White, anti-Jewish, and anti-America. After Obama's Tuesday damage-control speech, his campaign pulled the Black Panthers' endorsement story off their website.<br /><br />It's also been reported that Obama's campaign staff was allowed to fly a Che Guevara flag inside his office, according to NewsMax.<br />"Do these revelations demonstrate a pattern of Barack Obama's judgment? If so, then I do not want him dealing with world leaders. I do not want these groups having access to the White House. Do you?" asks the New Jersey-based political strategist.<br /><br />"It appears the Barack Obama water carriers within the mainstream news media are on the job as usual -- ignoring another story that has the alternative media on the Internet buzzing: Obama's embracement of an endorsement by the radical, racist organization," Baker added.<br /><br /><br /> I joined the board of a tiny nonprofit of which I was a volunteer. I love the cause and thought that my business background would be an asset to the organziation as a board member. The nonprofit has no paid staff, everyone in the org and on the board is a volunteer. The treasurer of 5 years was looking to move on, so I volunteered to be the treasurer. Now less than 6 months later I'm miserable. The organization is a disaster from a management point of view, the board is ineffective, I'm the only one who knows anything about running anything and I simply don't have the time or desire to turn around this organization. I'd like to go back to being a general volunteer and quit my board seat. But if I do there is nobody to fill it, and my position is vital - I handle all donations, bills, financials, etc. What should I do? This is a *tiny* nonprofit, maybe 70 volunteers, 6 board members, budget of $50k a year. Please give advice!!<br /><br /><br /> i am on the board of a nonprofit. our mailing list is around 2500 people. we need a software that will keep track of both our mailing list and our donor information and amounts they gave.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> Hillary Front Caught Suppressing Vote - Again!<br /><br />From the DNC’s taxpayer-funded National Public Radio:<br /><br /> Group with Clinton Ties Behind Dubious Robocalls<br /><br /> by Peter Overby<br /><br /> All Things Considered, May 1, 2008 · Thousands of North Carolina residents answered their telephones last week to hear this message, delivered in a deep, soothing voice:<br /><br /> “Hello. This is Lamont Williams. In the next few days, you will receive a voter registration packet in the mail. All you need to do is fill it out, sign it, date and return the application. Then you will be able to vote and make your voice heard. Please return your registration form when it arrives. Thank you.”<br /><br /> In fact, the deadline to register for the May 6 Democratic presidential primary had already passed. The robocall went to many registered voters who were expecting to vote that day. The call and follow-up mailings left many wondering whether they were registered for the primary or not.<br /><br /> This sounds like a classic example of voter suppression — sowing confusion in order to drive down turn-out. The calls seemed to be aimed at African-American communities, places where Illinois Sen. Barack Obama is expected to run well ahead of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton.<br /><br /> But the group behind the calls isn’t partisan Republican or ideologically conservative. It’s Women’s Voices Women Vote, a 501(c)(3) charity that states its mission as registering single women to vote…<br /><br /> Just a week ago, the group’s founder, Page Gardner, contacted the North Carolina Board of Elections to let them know about the mailing. She noted that the Women’s Voices packet, which she said was intended to boost registration in general, would arrive in mailboxes just before the primary. Gardner wrote: “We hope this unfortunate coincidence in timing does not lead to any confusion or aggravation for either your state’s voters or registrars.”<br /><br /> Will Evans of the Center for Investigative Reporting , who collaborated in reporting this story, found some Obama backers among the Women’s Voices leadership, but the group mostly has ties to Clinton and her campaign. Gardner worked on former President Bill Clinton’s 1992 campaign. Board member John Podesta was President Clinton’s chief-of-staff. Maggie Williams, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, used to be on the Women’s Voices leadership team and did consulting work for the group…<br /><br /> The Institute for Southern Studies began investigating after receiving complaints about the robocalls. The institute traced the calls to Women’s Voices, which has acknowledged responsibility.<br /><br /> The Institute turned up other complaints about the group as well, in Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin. A “Lamont Williams” robocall similar to North Carolina’s ran in Ohio last fall. In Virginia, robocalls days before the February primary caused voters to flood the board of elections with phone calls, in turn triggering an investigation by the state police.<br /><br /> Kromm says this shows at least five months of a “deceptive tactic, illegal in many states.” He notes, “Each time this group is criticized for this activity, they apologize for the confusion.”<br /><br /> The North Carolina attorney general says the robocalls are illegal. State law requires that automated phone calls identify the sponsoring group and give the recipient a phone number or other means of contacting the group. The Lamont Williams call did neither…<br /><br />As the article notes, a former “leadership team” member at WVWV is none other than Hillary’s campaign manager, Maggie Williams. And Bill Clinton’s chief of staff, John Podesta, is still listed as a “director.”<br /><br />As the article also briefly notes, these same people have pulled this and other similar voter suppression stunts several times before.<br /><br />As the aforementioned Institute For Southern Studies points out, this is not an isolated mistake:<br /><br /> D.C. nonprofit aimed at women voters behind deceptive N.C. robo-calls<br /><br /> By Chris Kromm<br /><br /> May 1, 2008<br /><br /> * In Arizona last November, election officials were “inundated with complaints” after Women’s Voices sent a mailing erroneously claiming that recipients were “required” to mail back an enclosed voter registration form. Many who received the mailing were already registered; the mailing also gave the wrong registration date. Secretary of State Jan Brewer denounced the group’s tactics as “misleading and deceptive.” A similar mailing in Colorado that month “[drew] fire and caused confusion,” according to a state press release.<br /><br /> * In Wisconsin, state officials singled out Women’s Voices for misleading and possibly disenfranchising voters, stating in a press release [PDF]: “One group in particular — Women’s Voices. Women Vote, of Washington, D.C. — apparently ignored or disregarded state deadlines in seeking to register voters,” sending in registrations past the January 30 deadline and causing “hundreds of Wisconsin voters who think they registered in advance” to actually not be.<br /><br /> * Michigan officials ended up “fielding tons of calls from confused voters” after Women’s Voices did a February mailing to “380,000 unmarried women” — including numerous deceased voters and even more that were already registered. Sarah Johnson of Women’s Voices “seemed confused by the confusion,” the Lansing State Journal reported.<br /><br /> * A 1.5 million-piece Women’s Voices mailing in Florida falsely stated: “To comply with state voting requirements, please return the enclosed application.” Pasco County’s elections supervisor called it “disingenuous”; another said it created “a lot of unnecessary panic on behalf of the voters,” reported local newspapers. Sarah Johnson of Women’s Voice said, “I’m sorry to hear that.”<br /><br /> * By March, Women’s Voices was backing off the erroneous “registration is required” language, but there were still problems. For example, a mailing in Arkansas allowed that “registering to vote is voluntary,” but a clerk in Washington County reported that “the majority [of forms] sent back to the county come from registered voters, causing needless labor for office employees.”<br /><br /> Problems with the group’s tactics have also been documented in Louisiana, Kentucky and Ohio.<br /><br /> In each state, the Women’s Voices campaigns have brought the same news and the same themes, again and again: Deceptive claims and misrepresentations of the law — sometimes even breaking the law. Wildly inaccurate mailing lists, supposedly aimed at “unregistered single women,” but in reality reaching many registered voters as well as families, deceased persons and pets. Tactics that confuse voters and potentially disenfranchise them.<br /><br /> For such a sophisticated and well-funded operation, which counts among its ranks some of the country’s most seasoned political operatives, such missteps are peculiar, as is the surprise expressed by Women’s Voices staff after each controversy…<br /><br />Probably NPR is just relieved to find that mean, racist Republicans aren’t behind these shenanigans.<br /><br />Of course if they were, NPR and the rest of our watchdog media would be screaming for a special prosecutor and round the clock Congressional show trials.<br /><br />But speaking of fraud, here is just one example of an ad from this taxpayer supported non-partisan 501c3 “charity”:<br /><br /><br /> The presidential candidates tax information for last year are begining to surface. The following is the Clinton reported income for last year.<br />Bill and Hillary reported income of one hundred million dollars. This income was largely from the sale of both their books. They also gave a generous donation of 10 million dollars......to the William Jefferson Clinton Presidential Library. The library is a nonprofit. Bill is Chairman of the board, Hillary is the Secretary and Chelsie sits on the board.<br /><br />I found this very interesting. I chose to post this here in Seniors instead of politics. I feel that instead of extreme left or right wing answers the common sense answers given here are more interesting. The Clinton's income report is the first I've heard so far and I'm waiting with anticipation for McCain's, and Obama's. McCain's wife is part of a major beer dynasty.<br /><br />Source....Cal Thomas Report.<br />Bob H.....I'd love to be a fly on the wall in Cheny's tax preparer's office! Too funny about the Bush library. lol<br />Mister Ed....thanks for info on tax returns for the other two...will research them. I agree about McCain, with a trophy wife and unlimited beer what more could he ask for?<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> Do nonprofit organizations comprise solely on volunteers? What I mean is, the people that are on the, let's say, board of the organization, do they still get paid for their services? Let's say you have a nonprofit organization and you have a center that is used to give out classes to kids and teens. There are people running the center and the donations goes to the organization. Will some of that money be put aside to the employees, the people who work it? Or is everyone who works it and puts it together all volunteers? <br /><br />I mean, it seems like those people should get paid for their work. It seems that some of the donations that go to the organization should go to hiring people and giving them a good pay? Is this right or have I got this whole nonprofit organziation thing wrong?<br /><br />THANKS and I hope I didn't confuse anyone!<br /><br /><br /> Print E-mail story Most e-mailed Change text size <br /> <br />Is Google's data grinder dangerous?<br />It wants to know more about us than we know ourselves.<br />By Andrew Keen, ANDREW KEEN is the author of "The Cult of the Amateur." ak@aftertv.com.<br />July 12, 2007 <br /><br /><br />WHAT DOES Google want? Having successfully become our personal librarian, Google now wants to be our personal oracle. It wants to learn all about us, know us better than we know ourselves, to transform itself from a search engine into a psychoanalyst's couch or a priest's confessional. <br /><br />Google's search engine is the best place to learn what Google wants. Type "Eric Schmidt London May 22" into Google, and you can read about a May interview the Google chief executive gave to journalists in London. <br /><br />Here is how he described what he hoped the search engine would look like in five years: "The goal is to enable Google users to be able to ask the question such as 'What shall I do tomorrow?' And 'What job shall I take?' "<br /><br />Schmidt's goal is not inconsiderable: By 2012, he wants Google to be able to tell all of us what we want. This technology, what Google co-founder Larry Page calls the "perfect search engine," might not only replace our shrinks but also all those marketing professionals whose livelihoods are based on predicting — or guessing — consumer desires.<br /><br />Schmidt acknowledges that Google is still far from this goal. As he told the London journalists: "We cannot even answer the most basic questions because we don't know enough about you. That is the most important aspect of Google's expansion."<br /><br />So where is Google expanding? How is it planning to know more about us? Many — if not most — users don't read the user agreement and thus aren't aware that Google already stores every query we type in.<br /><br />The next stage is a personalized Web service called iGoogle. Schmidt, who perhaps not coincidentally sits on the board of Apple, regards its success as the key to knowing us better than we know ourselves. <br /><br />iGoogle is growing into a tightly-knit suite of services — personalized homepage, search engine, blog, e-mail system, mini-program gadgets, Web-browsing history, etc. — that together will create the world's most intimate information database. On iGoogle, we all get to aggregate our lives, consciously or not, so artificially intelligent software can sort out our desires. It will piece together our recent blog posts, where we've been online, our e-commerce history and cultural interests. It will amass so much information about each of us that eventually it will be able to logically determine what we want to do tomorrow and what job we want.<br /><br />The real question, of course, is whether what Google wants is what we want too. Do we really want Google digesting so much intimate data about us? Could iGoogle actually be a remix of "1984's" Room 101 — that Orwellian dystopia in which our most secret desires and most repressed fears are revealed?<br /><br />Any comparison with 20th century, top-down totalitarianism is, perhaps, a little fanciful. After all, nobody can force us to use iGoogle. And — in contrast to Yahoo and Microsoft (which have no limits on how long they hang on to our personal data) — Google has committed to retaining data for only 18 months. <br /><br />Still, if iGoogle turns out to be half as wise about each of us as Schmidt predicts, then this artificial intelligence will challenge traditional privacy rights as well as provide us with an excuse to deny responsibility for our own actions. What happens, for example, when the government demands access to our iGoogle records? And will we be able to sue iGoogle if it advises us to make an unwise career decision? <br /><br />Schmidt, I suspect, would like us to imagine Google as a public service, thereby affirming the company's "do no evil" credo. But Google is not our friend. Schmidt's iGoogle vision of the future is not altruistic, and his company is not a nonprofit group dedicated to the realization of human self-understanding. <br /><br />Worth more than $150 billion on the public market, Google is by far the dominant Internet advertising outlet — according to Nielsen ratings, it reaches about 70% of the global Internet audience. Just in the first quarter of 2007, Google's revenue from its online properties was up 76% from the previous year. Personal data are Google's most valuable currency, its crown jewels. The more Google knows our desires, the more targeted advertising it can serve up to us and the more revenue it can extract from these advertisers. <br /><br />What does Google really want? Google wants to dominate. Its proposed $3.1-billion acquisition of DoubleClick threatens to make the company utterly dominant in the online advertising business. The $1.65-billion acquisition of YouTube last year made it by far the dominant player in the online video market. And, with a personalized service like iGoogle, the company is seeking to become the algorithmic monopolist of our online behavior. <br /><br />So when Eric Schmidt says Google wants to know us better than we know ourselves, he is talking to his shareholders rather than us. As a Silicon Valley old-timer, trust me on this one. I know Google better than it knows itself.<br /><br /><br /> Ive been appointed treasurer of a small organization that holds fundraisers to donate to charities and inducts new members each year. The board of officers consist of all brand new members. The binders of papers we were given from the old board hold no official documentation of ANYTHING. We were told we were nonprofit. All I got was old bank statements and a checkbook. I was switched over to sign on the organizations bank account. Now I need an IRS ruling of tax exemption letter so I got our TIN from the bank and found out the IRS had record of us (but incomplete records) so they couldn't send me anything yet. They said they would research it and get back to me in 30 days. Now Im wondering how "official" we actuaIly are so I went to the court house and also searched for our Articles of Incorporation in the the secretary of state records and have found NO record of our organization. Is it possible to be a nonprof org without being incorporated. Does anyone hold record of us besides IRS?<br />I'm completely new at this and have been unable to contact any old officers who know anything besides that we are non-profit. Thanks in advance for any help!<br /><br /><br /> Spin this one liberals.cnn.com<br /><br />Bill and Hillary Clinton liquidated the contents of their blind trust upon learning it contained investments of $5 million to $25 million that could pose conflicts of interest or prove to be embarrassing to her presidential campaign.<br /><br />The blind trust and a bank account valued in the same range place the Clintons' total wealth at between $10 million and $50 million.<br /><br />The Clintons looked at the contents of the blind trust in April under instructions from the Office of Government Ethics and sold the assets in May, according to a disclosure form filed Friday. The Clintons had the blind trust since former President Clinton was governor of Arkansas in 1983 and had no control over its transactions.<br /><br />Once they peered inside it, they discovered it included investments in oil and drug companies, military contractors and Wal-Mart, campaign spokesman Phil Singer said.<br /><br />The report, filed Friday with the Federal Election Commission and the Office of Government Ethics, provides the most detailed look at the Clintons' holdings as their wealth has expanded since the former president left the White House in 2001.<br /><br />The new report also shows that the former president made $16 million in speaking fees between January 2006 and Wednesday. So far this year, Bill Clinton has given 34 paid speeches for a total of $5.9 million. (Full story)<br /><br />Trust included oil, drug companies<br />The blind trust held stock in pharmaceutical companies, including $250,000-$500,000 in Biogen Idec and Johnson & Johnson and $100,000-$250,000 in Amgen, Pfizer and GlaxoSmithKline. It also invested in General Electric and Raytheon, two leading defense contractors. The trust had a varied portfolio, with investments in numerous other companies, including Exxon Mobil, BP Amoco, Walt Disney and eBay.<br /><br />The report said all the proceeds of the sales are being placed in a cash account. The massive unloading of stock means the Clintons face large capital gains taxes.<br /><br />Though all the blind trust transactions were handled over the years by a trustee without the Clintons' knowledge, some of the holdings could have been awkward for Hillary Clinton as she pursues the Democratic presidential nomination.<br /><br />The blind trust held stock worth $100,000-$250,000 in NewsCorp, the parent company of Fox News, which many Democrats have denounced as biased against them. The trust also held stock in Wal-Mart and Wal-Mart de Mexico.<br /><br />The senator served on the Wal-Mart board from 1986 to 1992, and was close with the Walton family that created the nation's largest retailer. But she has recently called on the company to provide better worker benefits and last year her Senate campaign returned $5,000 to Wal-Mart's political action committee. At the time, Clinton campaign spokeswoman Ann Lewis said the money was returned "because of serious differences with current company practices."<br /><br />Friday's report comes on the heels of Hillary Clinton's Senate disclosure report, made public Thursday, which only covered activity in 2006 and did not reflect this year's liquidation of the blind trust.<br /><br />Clinton and other presidential candidates were required to file financial disclosure documents with the Office of Government Ethics by May 15. But Clinton and Republican candidates Mitt Romney and John McCain asked for 45-day extensions because they all had blind trusts that the ethics office demanded be opened.<br /><br />Campaign: Reporting goes 'above and beyond' requirements<br />"As a presidential candidate, Sen. Clinton was required to make her assets public," campaign spokesman Howard Wolfson said. "As a result, she had to dissolve her blind trust. Upon its dissolution, she and the president chose to go above and beyond what was required of them and liquidate their assets in order to avoid even the hint of a conflict of interest."<br /><br />When it comes to family affluence, the reports show that the New York senator is the wealthiest of all members of Congress seeking the presidency. Among all presidential candidates, however, Republican Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, stands alone with assets of between $190 million and $250 million. Republican Rudy Giuliani and Democrat John Edwards have each reported assets of about $30 million.<br /><br />Last year and this year, Bill Clinton earned fees from $100,000 to $450,000 speaking to such corporations as IBM, General Motors, and Cisco Systems, finance giants such as Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers, and trade groups such as the National Association of Realtors and the Mortgage Bankers Association. He also has been paid to speak to nonprofit or charity groups, including the TJ Martell Foundation, which finances leukemia research, Nelson Mandela's Children's Fund and, last March, to the Boys and Girls Club of Los Angeles.<br />Thanks to all that answered the question. Here's another point, yes it was a blind trust, and I own mutual funds also but I know exactley what kinds of companies I am invested with, with the kind of money the Clintos have and had invested in these funds, it would be foolish to think they didn't know how, who and where there money was invested. Just food for thought<br /><br /><br /> This question is actually for a friend of mine. She is serving in the Coast Guard and has been sexually assaulted by another military person at her base. She reported it and been transferred to another base in another state. She was required to meet with the Coast Guard's psychologist who found her "unfit to remain in the military due to developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a direct result of being raped. She met with a civilian psychologist who confirmed that she has PTSD however she is making progress and getting well. <br />She been temporary assigned to the new base for 6+ months until they finally gotten all the paperwork to officially assign her to that base. Since she joined the coast guard and met the time requirement to make rank she made numerous requests to go to "A-school" to become a petty officer but each time was denied. The first time, prior to the rape she was denied because she has not gotten fully qualified. For instance first they told her to become watch qualified and that she would have her name put on an A-school list. She because watch qualified and requested again to be put on the A-school list and was denied and said that this time she must become boat crew qualified so she did and after being boat crew qualified she was again denied saying she must be engineer qualified (even though she is a seaman) but a few weeks later she was sent to her current unit.<br />After reporting the rape she asked her new command if she can go to A-school and was denied because there was an investigation going on. After the investigation was over she asked again and they denied her because there is a medical board going on to discharge her because she has PTSD.<br />Her old command wrote up "page 7's" which is negative statements that would be on your permanent record. One page 7 stated that she "has an inappropriate relationship that resulted into her choosing to be rape and a captain mass against her for inappropriate relationship is recommended" she never did have the captain mass because her current command thought that was complete bullshit that her old command is faxing over papers like that to headquarters and her current command. Her old command also would constantly contact her new command when her new command would do something positive (like give her good grades) to fight it and would bring up personal medical things (for instance they would say that one day she forgotten to take her medication and she took it at lunch instead of before breakfast and went against her doctors instruction so therefore you cannot give her a good grade in her following orders) oh yes and when I am talking about her old command I am talking about the guy who is the highest ranked there. Her old base has less than 25 people so it's not unusual for the highest person there to know what is going on with everyone at the base. Her new base has over 200 people. According to the medical department at her new base her old unit went against medical privacy laws.<br /><br />She wrote up her rebuttal statement and included everything that her command did and when the statement from the coast guard psychologist, civilian psychologist and her statement trying to defend herself did it normal rounds on the base they realized that this girl has a valid reason to have developed PTSD so they now telling her that they want to discharge because she is found to be unable to adjust to the military lifestyle. Those who work directly with her on a daily basis disagree and think that she is doing just fine, if not amazingly well. Those who are in higher rank that she rarely or never see reads the things her old command is writing about her and want to discharge her.<br />She spoken to a Coast Guard lawyer to stopped answering her emails or returning her phone calls when she submitted evidence that she was raped in the form of the guy writing her a letter apologizing for what he did. In case you are wondering they dropped the investigation because they found "nothing" even though there is a letter written by him that clearly states his apology for the sexual assault.<br />I been friends with this girl since we were kids and it saddens me to see her go through so much stress. I never met anyone who is smarter, more motivated or a harder worker than she is. She is in the process of getting her master degree, she was vice president of her university, founded 3 successful businesses and 1 nonprofit and all she wanted in her life was to serve her country and to make a career out of it.<br />Any suggestions on what she can do? I am telling her that she should sue her old command for 1. Forbidding her to advance even though she met all the requirements that were put out by the commandant. 2. for spreading personal health information about her without her permission. 3. for discharging her for the sole reason of developing a curable problem which a doctor confirmed that she is healing.<br />She does not want to make things worse than they already are. Any advice is highly appreciated. Thank you.<br />To namsaev<br /><br />1. Her military goal is to become a Chief which is an enlisted rank. The rate she wanted to get into was an enlisted only rate. She rather do the job she wants and get paid less as an enlisted member than to do something she doesnt like much and be an officer. In the Coast Guard enlisted members do more of the physical "dirty work" while officers sit on a desk. She is a more physical type person and wants to be out doing things.<br />2. She is 25 years old, enlisted when she was 23.<br /><br />3. I meant vice president of student government. I did not thought I had to state the obvious.<br /><br />4. I knew this girl since we were in grade school. I know what she is telling me is the truth. She has/had many symptons of someone who been raped. I also read the letter in which her shipmate wrote and apologized to her about the rape.<br /><br />to everyone else:<br />thanks for your help.<br /><br /><br /> This question is actually for a friend of mine. She is serving in the Coast Guard and has been sexually assaulted by another military person at her base. She reported it and been transferred to another base in another state. She was required to meet with the Coast Guard's psychologist who found her "unfit to remain in the military due to developing Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) as a direct result of being raped. She met with a civilian psychologist who confirmed that she has PTSD however she is making progress and getting well. <br />She been temporary assigned to the new base for 6+ months until they finally gotten all the paperwork to officially assign her to that base. Since she joined the coast guard and met the time requirement to make rank she made numerous requests to go to "A-school" to become a petty officer but each time was denied. The first time, prior to the rape she was denied because she has not gotten fully qualified. For instance first they told her to become watch qualified and that she would have her name put on an A-school list. She because watch qualified and requested again to be put on the A-school list and was denied and said that this time she must become boat crew qualified so she did and after being boat crew qualified she was again denied saying she must be engineer qualified (even though she is a seaman) but a few weeks later she was sent to her current unit.<br />After reporting the rape she asked her new command if she can go to A-school and was denied because there was an investigation going on. After the investigation was over she asked again and they denied her because there is a medical board going on to discharge her because she has PTSD.<br />Her old command wrote up "page 7's" which is negative statements that would be on your permanent record. One page 7 stated that she "has an inappropriate relationship that resulted into her choosing to be rape and a captain mass against her for inappropriate relationship is recommended" she never did have the captain mass because her current command thought that was complete bullshit that her old command is faxing over papers like that to headquarters and her current command. Her old command also would constantly contact her new command when her new command would do something positive (like give her good grades) to fight it and would bring up personal medical things (for instance they would say that one day she forgotten to take her medication and she took it at lunch instead of before breakfast and went against her doctors instruction so therefore you cannot give her a good grade in her following orders) oh yes and when I am talking about her old command I am talking about the guy who is the highest ranked there. Her old base has less than 25 people so it's not unusual for the highest person there to know what is going on with everyone at the base. Her new base has over 200 people. According to the medical department at her new base her old unit went against medical privacy laws.<br /><br />She wrote up her rebuttal statement and included everything that her command did and when the statement from the coast guard psychologist, civilian psychologist and her statement trying to defend herself did it normal rounds on the base they realized that this girl has a valid reason to have developed PTSD so they now telling her that they want to discharge because she is found to be unable to adjust to the military lifestyle. Those who work directly with her on a daily basis disagree and think that she is doing just fine, if not amazingly well. Those who are in higher rank that she rarely or never see reads the things her old command is writing about her and want to discharge her.<br />She spoken to a Coast Guard lawyer to stopped answering her emails or returning her phone calls when she submitted evidence that she was raped in the form of the guy writing her a letter apologizing for what he did. In case you are wondering they dropped the investigation because they found "nothing" even though there is a letter written by him that clearly states his apology for the sexual assault.<br />I been friends with this girl since we were kids and it saddens me to see her go through so much stress. I never met anyone who is smarter, more motivated or a harder worker than she is. She is in the process of getting her master degree, she was vice president of her university, founded 3 successful businesses and 1 nonprofit and all she wanted in her life was to serve her country and to make a career out of it.<br />Any suggestions on what she can do? I am telling her that she should sue her old command for 1. Forbidding her to advance even though she met all the requirements that were put out by the commandant. 2. for spreading personal health information about her without her permission. 3. for discharging her for the sole reason of developing a curable problem which a doctor confirmed that she is healing.<br />She does not want to make things worse than they already are. Any advice is highly appreciated. Thank you.<br /><br /><br /> I am on the board for a nonprofit organization. I would like to see the list of donors from our last fundraiser to thank those donors whom we know gave on our behalf. Is the list of donors a privacy protected list or is it public information? The organization does publish a list in its quarterly newsletters which go out to about 1600 people and businesses.<br /><br />Even though the organization has already sent a thank you to all donors, we feel that people who know us and have given on our behalf deserve a more personal thank you. The CEO does not want to allow us to have access to the list for privacy reasons.<br /><br />I would like to know the process as it should be followed and to know how other organizations handle such cases.oholamnaqadarghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03322490213781407865noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1118694950216886822.post-47627838901805599012009-10-29T22:42:00.001-07:002009-10-29T22:42:29.305-07:00nonprofit fundraisingEach month we highlight a couple of our <b>nonprofit</b> partners who have unique <b>fundraising</b> events, great success stories, or something else fantastic going on that we'd like to tell you about. 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He is a frequent blogger and tweeter on <b>nonprofit</b> marketing ...Ideas, analysis, updates on social entrepreneurship, social enterprise, education reform, <b>nonprofits</b>, <b>fundraising</b>, venture philanthropy and growth capital.<br /> CAIR Spent $160,000 to Silence Savage New book Reveals<br />Memos Behind Campaign to Run Radio Star Off the Air<br /><br /><br /><br />Posted: October 14, 2009<br />9:00 am Eastern<br />By Art Moore<br />© 2009 WorldNetDaily <br /><br /> <br /> (San Francisco Chronicle)<br />Michael Savage<br />An explosive new book based on a daring six-month undercover operation exposing the subversive agenda of the Council on American-Islamic Relations reveals the Muslim group spent $160,000 in an unsuccessful effort to run top-rated nationally syndicated radio host Michael Savage off the air. <br /><br />Internal CAIR documents uncovered in "Muslim Mafia: Inside the Secret Underworld That's Conspiring to Islamize America" show that despite its high cost and the continued success of Savage's show, CAIR Executive Director Nihad Awad believed the campaign was "worth every penny," because, he says, the radio star lost at least $1 million in advertising<br />. <br />Authors P. David Gaubatz and Paul Sperry recount how CAIR ran out of money before it could crack Savage's most loyal sponsors. <br /><br />As WND reported, Savage sued CAIR in December 2007, two months after the Muslim lobby group began urging "people of all faiths" to contact Savage's advertisers to protest "anti-Muslim bigotry" on the air. CAIR cited Savage calling the Quran "a throwback document" and "a book of hate" and demanding CAIR be thrown out of the country for promulgating it. <br /><br />Savage's copyright infringement and RICO lawsuit alleged CAIR illegally published singled-out quotes and audio excerpts from the show regarding Islam, misappropriated his words and used the clips for its own fundraising purposes, damaging the value of his copyrighted material. Judge Susan Illston of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the case, determining CAIR had a legal right to use excerpts of a public broadcast for purposes of comment and criticism. But Illston ruled in Savage's favor when CAIR attempted to extract attorneys fees. Savage declared Illston's November 2008 decision a "huge victory for me, personally, but also for the rest of America who is afraid of this lawsuit-happy group of intimidators." <br /><br />In their new book, Gaubatz, a counter-terrorism investigator and former federal agent with vast experience in the Middle East, and Sperry, a veteran reporter on the war on terror and author of "Infiltration," document CAIR's role as a U.S. front for the Muslim Brotherhood's plan to transform America into an Islamic nation under the authority of the Quran. <br /><br />In a chapter titled "Blackmailing Corporate America," the authors show how CAIR tries to intimidate major corporations and media figures, such as Savage.<br /><br />An internal memo – one of thousands of pages extracted by Gaubatz's son Chris, who posed as a Muslim convert and became a CAIR intern for six months – showed CAIR considered broadening its campaign against Savage. <br /><br />The effort against the talk-radio star included formation of a nonprofit called Hate Hurts America, which published on its website lists of advertisers along with contact information. <br /><br />A CAIR staffer wrote in an internal memo that the "idea behind Hate Hurts America is great and has the potential to go far. However, I feel that if you want to continue with HHA and not lose momentum, the campaign needs to expand beyond Michael Savage to other bigoted talk show hosts." <br /><br />The report noted that it's much easier to get the attention of large corporations rather than small firms or franchises, because large corporations like AT&T have a reputation at stake and "don't want to be associated with anything that might seem controversial." <br /><br />The CAIR memo said, however, companies that are endorsed or directly promoted by Savage on the air, such as Life Lock or Swiss America, are "an absolute no" for targeting.<br /><br />"They are loyal to Savage and there is a chance they might sue," the memo said. <br /><br />False figure<br /><br />As WND reported, the British government apparently seized on campaigns against Savage by CAIR and others when it used his name to provide "balance" to a "least wanted list" dominated by Muslim extremists. Savage's ban from entry to the U.K. prompted an invitation from the Cambridge Union to debate political correctness via a video link, but the society canceled his appearance, scheduled for tomorrow, citing "legal issues" among other problems. <br /><br />The chapter in "Muslim Mafia" covering Savage's ordeal with CAIR also shows how the Islamic group has tried to intimidate Hollywood and companies such as Nike, Bank of America and US Airways by citing a false figure of 7 million American Muslims who are ready and willing to boycott their services. <br /><br />Despite widespread use of the figure in media, propagated by CAIR and others, the Pew Research Center recently estimated the American-Muslim population to be only about 2.35 million. <br /><br />The book also reveals CAIR recently has teamed up with the American Civil Liberties Union to consolidate resources on<br />mc93433 is another coward that will not allow a direct response so here it is in the clear:<br /><br />mc93433 I'm SO grateful that you have such keen wit and great analytical skills to help straighten me out.<br /><br />I am thankful. Thank you.<br /><br /><br /> As a fundraising drive a nonprofit sets up a raffle that promise to pay the winner of a drawing $1000 per year for 10 years. The organization will sell an unlimited number of $1.00 tickets and draw one winning ticket from all tickets sold. If the first payout begins one year from the date of drawing, how many tickets must be sold to break even ? Suppose instead that the first payout occurs on the day of the drawing, how will this change your answer ?<br /><br />I think I heard from soneone that I have to use the PV formula used in finance. Can anyone please help me with this question?<br /><br /><br /> I'm a 25 year old female. So much of the career advice I keep reading says that I should have a solid goal in my mind of where I want to be in ten years, or twenty even. My question is, do I seriously need to have a concrete plan in my head that I try to follow in order to be successful? I have a lot of different interests. Currently, the directions I could go are:<br />-Non profit Director of Marketing<br />-Non profit Director of Fundraising<br />-Entrepreneur-Event Planner<br />-Music Teacher<br />-Executive Sales Manager<br /><br />I also have a strong interest in the performing arts, and would love to perform on the side. I also got married a month ago, so raising children will have to fit into the mix somewhere...<br /><br />Can't my goal be something like, "I will go towards my nonprofit goals until 5 years. During that time, if I am not making at least $100,000, I will go into the private sector and go into sales."<br /><br />Or is this just bad bad bad? Should I make up my mind and have a concrete vision NOW?<br /><br /><br /> I work for a small arts company right now and make about $28k as an assistant. I don't want to stay in this job much longer and am wondering where to go next. What percentage of jobs in nonprofit make over $100k? I'm thinking about going into fundraising or marketing as a director.<br /><br /><br /> GOP hints Dems would deny Republicans health care<br />From Associated Press<br />August 28, 2009 1:42 PM EDT <br />WASHINGTON - The Republican national party has mailed a fundraising appeal suggesting Democrats might use an overhaul of the health care system to deny medical treatment to Republicans.<br /><br />A questionnaire accompanying the appeal says the government could check voting registration records, "prompting fears that GOP voters might be discriminated against for medical treatment in a Democrat-imposed health care rationing system."<br /><br />It asks, "Does this possibility concern you?"<br /><br />Katie Wright, a spokeswoman for the Republican National Committee, said the question was "inartfully worded."<br /><br />But she said people should worry because government officials would have access to personal financial and medical data.<br /><br />"The RNC doesn't try to scare people," said Wright. "We're just trying to get the facts out on health care. And that's what we do every day."<br /><br />Jon Vogel, executive director of the Democratic House campaign organization, called the GOP letter "shameless fear-mongering."<br /><br />In a fundraising e-mail of his own seeking to raise $100,000 by Aug. 31, Vogel wrote the Republican accusation was "just a preview of the falsehoods, fabrications and outright lies Republicans will be pushing when Congress returns in September."<br /><br />The allegation is the latest instance in which some critics of the health care effort have made inflammatory unfounded claims - such as conservatives who claimed the legislation would create "death panels" that they said could lead to euthanizing elderly people.<br /><br />The suggestion that Republicans might not receive care is included in a "Future of American Health Care Survey" containing 13 questions, most of which are critical of the Democratic health care effort. The technique, referred to as a "push poll," is used often in political campaigns by both parties and is designed to spread negative information, not to sample public opinion.<br /><br />Another question asks, "Do you believe it is justified to ration health care regardless of whether an individual has contributed to the cost of the treatment?"<br /><br />The survey is accompanied by a two-page letter signed by Michael Steele, chairman of the national Republican party. The letter accuses Democrats of "moving swiftly to bring European-style socialized medicine here," but makes no mention of the possibility that Republicans might be denied coverage.<br /><br />Wright did not immediately respond when asked who had crafted the wording of the survey questions, and which GOP officials had signed off on it.<br /><br />The questionnaire was first reported by The Washington Independent, a progressive-leaning nonprofit news and politics Web site based in Washington.<br /><br /><br /> My husband has a local partner of the Fuller Center for Housing -- basically it's like Habitat for Humanity but for house repairs, at least ours isn't building new houses at this time. We had not even started up really when a woman contacted us asking if we could fix her house. We saw the house and heard her story and said yes, we would fix her house. That was in December.<br /><br />Because we were not even really an entity at that time, we couldn't raise funds the way we wanted to. It was April before we had our first ever fundraiser because it took a few months to get a board together. I had expected to make thousands. We made one thousand. Under normal circumstances, that's not bad for a first fundraiser, but this lady needs like $15000 in materials for her house. We are getting some materials donated and it's all volunteer labor, but we're still going to be putting out a lot for her house until she starts paying it back (because the homeowner pays back in affordable monthly payments.)<br /><br />Because I suck at fundraising and didn't have her house ready, the lady got behind in her rent and was evicted from the place she was staying. We actually found out about a lot of problems this woman has after we had accepted her as a homeowner. We're not interested in being like Habitat and only accepting people who've never made a mistake into our program, because I don't think that's right, but now I find myself really going all out to solve this woman's problems.<br /><br />Her baby is staying with her mom/baby's grandma out of town. The teenage daughter has softball so she can't stay with grandma. We offered to have her stay with us. The homeowner/mom seems almost glad to have a summer off from parenting as it will probably take us a couple of months to fix her gutted house.<br /><br />Does it cause a conflict of interest as a nonprofit to go outside the nonprofit to help her out personally with money and a place for her daughter to stay? We're using our personal funds not the organization's funds. If she had told us about all these other financial problems in the first place, we might have handled things differently, though we would still have helped her, just with her house. We would have made it clear we have a single mission and can't solve all of her problems.<br /><br />What do you think?<br />Sassy2 -- try to pay attention. She owns a house that was gutted that we are fixing for her. That is the mission of our organization. It's a global organization and it has a mission statement, but they allow local partners to be self-governing.<br /><br />She was a tenant in her temporary housing, and a greedy church kicked her out for nonpayment of rent -- she got behind because she lost her job. She owns this house but it's completely gutted. She was fixing it up with her dad, but her dad died 2 years ago and it's just sat since then because she didn't have any help.<br /><br />These other problems are a result of her having to pay rent while still paying taxes, mortgage, etc. on the house. That's not her fault so we're trying to help her with all of it.<br />501(c)3 status is about whether contributors can get a tax write off. What we get involved in is not relevant to the 501(c)3. We aren't spending contributors' money on the other things.<br />We're not mixing our funds with the corporation's money. We would never do that. We spent our own money and were its sole contributor until we got a board and had a fundraiser.<br />I think it's a bigger mistake to let someone be homeless when we have a housing organization than it is to worry about some dumb paperwork. The national org has the 501(c)3 and we're covered under their group so we're good there.<br />The child is a friend of my daughter now. We're taking her in outside of the nonprofit as a person like any other friend of my daughter's who stayed with us for the summer.<br />We're not mixing our funds with the corporation's money. We would never do that. We spent our own money and were its sole contributor until we got a board and had a fundraiser.<br />You nonprofit bureaucrats are really unkind. That's why most nonprofits are mired in politics and a sense of entitlement from its officers and board and fail to see their mission in helping others. Our org is a Christian organization. That means we find it unloving to let people go without.<br />Photo Student, thanks for at least being respectful. I just think it's kind of a waste to spend so much time and effort on fixing her home then letting her family be homeless.<br /><br /><br /> My husband has a local partner of the Fuller Center for Housing -- basically it's like Habitat for Humanity but for house repairs, at least ours isn't building new houses at this time. We had not even started up really when a woman contacted us asking if we could fix her house. We saw the house and heard her story and said yes, we would fix her house. That was in December.<br /><br />Because we were not even really an entity at that time, we couldn't raise funds the way we wanted to. It was April before we had our first ever fundraiser because it took a few months to get a board together. I had expected to make thousands. We made one thousand. Under normal circumstances, that's not bad for a first fundraiser, but this lady needs like $15000 in materials for her house. We are getting some materials donated and it's all volunteer labor, but we're still going to be putting out a lot for her house until she starts paying it back (because the homeowner pays back in affordable monthly payments.)<br /><br />Because I suck at fundraising and didn't have her house ready, the lady got behind in her rent and was evicted from the place she was staying. We actually found out about a lot of problems this woman has after we had accepted her as a homeowner. We're not interested in being like Habitat and only accepting people who've never made a mistake into our program, because I don't think that's right, but now I find myself really going all out to solve this woman's problems.<br /><br />Her baby is staying with her mom/baby's grandma out of town. The teenage daughter has softball so she can't stay with grandma. We offered to have her stay with us. The homeowner/mom seems almost glad to have a summer off from parenting as it will probably take us a couple of months to fix her gutted house. <br /><br />Does it cause a conflict of interest as a nonprofit to go outside the nonprofit to help her out personally with money and a place for her daughter to stay? We're using our personal funds not the organization's funds. If she had told us about all these other financial problems in the first place, we might have handled things differently, though we would still have helped her, just with her house. We would have made it clear we have a single mission and can't solve all of her problems.<br /><br />What do you think?<br />I did some reading on the victim triangle. I guess I'm not seeing it. I don't see myself as ever acting like a victim. I do apologize if I came off as a martyr here. Seriously, I have no problem taking the daughter into our home. I just feel the homeowner is making some poor decisions and I really want to fix them before something bad happens to the whole family. She's been through so much -- domestic violence, her dad dying, addiction -- that I really don't want her to have any more problems.<br /><br /><br /> National Press Release<br />Center for Consumer Freedom: Humane Society of the United States is Morally Compromised, Just Like Michael Vick<br /><br />$200 million animal rights group raised money with false promise to care for Vick's dogs<br /><br />WASHINGTON, May 20 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) prepares to kiss and make up with convicted dogfighter Michael Vick, the nonprofit Center for Consumer Freedom (CCF) is calling on the animal rights group to return the money it raised with the false promise that it would care for the dogs rescued from Vick's former home.<br /><br />Beginning on July 18 -- the day after Vick's criminal indictment -- HSUS promised on its website that financial contributions would help it "care for the dogs seized in the Michael Vick case." The New York Times later reported that HSUS was not, in fact, caring for the animals. HSUS president Wayne Pacelle told the Times that his group is recommending that government officials "put down" (kill) the dogs rather than adopt them out to suitable homes.<br /><br />After CCF publicized this deception, HSUS quietly altered its online fundraising pitch. And despite HSUS's stated desire to see the dogs killed, CNN reports that most of them are being successfully rehabilitated by genuine animal-rescue groups.<br /><br />"Most Americans can't stand dogfighting," said CCF Director of Research David Martosko. "But they also can't stand phony fundraising claims. If HSUS keeps the money it raised by promising it would care for Michael Vick's dogs, the group is just as morally compromised as he is."<br /><br />The Humane Society of the United States is not affiliated with any local "humane societies." The organization does not own or operate any hands-on dog or cat shelters in the U.S. Less than 4 percent of its budget in 2007 was passed through to legitimate pet shelters.<br /><br />"HSUS knows that Americans are dog lovers, and it's exploiting their emotions to build a war chest for anti-meat, anti-dairy, and anti-medical-research campaigns," Martosko added. "HSUS should return every cent and apologize for misleading the public."<br /><br /><br />what do you think about this? Do you think the dogs should have been put down? should HSUS return the money?<br /><br /><br /> * If one nonprofit org wants to raise money to donate to another nonprofit org is it considered third-party fundraising?*<br /> I am wanting to do a benefit for an org and was told that it would be considered a third-party activity. It seems to me that there are many drawbacks to this type of fundraising so I have been presenting my idea to other nonprofit orgs hoping to do the event with them. There are two nps that are intersted in "incubating" my project.<br /> When you are in a third-party fundraising situation it seems impossible to do so many things. You cannot take any donations where the donor gets any tax consideration (infact in some situations you cannot use the word "donation"). If I am understanding the third-party event approval sheet that I have, then .............aaacckkk!!! This question has so many different aspects to it that I could write an essay.<br /> More to the point - I want to do a benefit trail ride to generate awareness and contributions for this organization. I am pledging to ride 500+ miles over a 2 month period. I know many people, businesses, and organizations to approach for donations. I have many fund generating ideas and fun activities to do along the way. It would be me by myself but I will invite saddle clubs to ride along with me 10 or 15 miles having their own trail ride event and donating the money. That is one example of the things I can do during the 500 miles.<br /> I am trying to figure out the best way to do this project. I want the donors to have as many of the same considerations as those who donate to other things. Most donations could be made out to the org and that would take care of the tax situation. I'm wondering about the donations for goods and services for items and expenses incurred by the event. <br /> Does anybody out there understand what I'm trying to figure out? I would be so grateful for any advice. <br /> <br /><br /> I<br /><br /><br /> My husband had his license suspended for failure to pay speeding tickets. We've been out of work and just had trouble paying them. Today he drove our daughter to school then came back home. A half hour later, the sheriff knocks on our door, says he's seen husband driving and wonders what's up. He was up front and admitted to driving while suspended. The sheriff has taken him to jail.<br /><br />The ONLY problem with this is that TONIGHT we have a major fundraising dinner and auction for our nonprofit housing ministry that helps homeowners that can't repair their homes. It was started by the people who started Habitat for Humanity and decided to go on their own in 2004. We're a local partner of this great organization and tonight is our whole life! It decides whether we can continue! If it was ANY OTHER DAY we'd take our lumps but TODAY we cannot spare our executive director.<br /><br />We also can't let the community and board know what's going on. I am not sure if I have enough money to bail him out. He sees a judge today, the sheriff "thinks." I have not had a license in six years because of an accident at that time which, didn't seriously injure anyone but still bothers me as to how it could have turned out. And the cop who handled that accident and cited me only for running a stop sign died a couple of months later. I could have a license if I paid my fines but with the money we're putting into this ministry we don't really have that going for us either.<br /><br />Would it be to our advantage to go down to the courthouse when I find out the court time and beg the judge to just let him out this time???<br />Thanks to all who answered! The judge let him go as he was already doing community service!!! Yay!<br />Thanks especially to Fred P. We have been ignoring our financial obligations pursuing our passions -- and our passions ARE for the good of others, but this was a definite wake up call that we need to take care of our own obligations first and we are working on making some changes. For the record, I have not been driving -- I get rides or walk or hitchhike.<br /><br /><br /> i really need a good name for my nonprofit organization. its mission is 1.The vision of the Humanitarian Organization Worldwide (HOW) is to spread awareness of the violations of human rights across the world and to:<br />a.provide relief in monetary aid to affected persons within poverty-stricken or war-afflicted nations;<br />b.provide assistance to all nations with a specific emphasis upon the Philippines and Zimbabwe;<br />2.Further, to benefit its clients by building character within its participants through fundraising activities within the community, and,<br />3.Operating upon the values of altruism, integrity, and activism, to:<br />a.Make a difference in the school, community, and world; <br />b.Benefit both benefactors and beneficiaries in terms of character development in the former and tangible relief to the latter;<br />4.Lastly, reaffirming that this nonprofit organization shall be looked upon as a source of monetary aid to international countries in need of financial assistance.<br />ps, it really needs to be creative!!<br /><br /><br /> Hi all. I'm part of a nonprofit organization that's opening a Animal Sanctuary in NJ (seerfarms.org). We're helping families and their pets in times of crisis (military leave, hospitalization, divorce..etc). We're in the start up stages but have come across some opportunities to attend local fundraising/animal related events. I attended one of the events today but was unable to set up a table (rain and no tent not a good combo! but a good trial run) Anyway, I did see some people with some exhibits but wanted to get some feedback on good ideals to create one for our organization. I'd like to do something that can withstand changes for upcomming events/progress but also explain who we are and our goals. Does anyone have suggestions? examples of materials and or products I can use to create this display? Our newsletter is called "Tails from the Farm" so I'd like to keep that theme going along with our goals/events.<br /><br /><br /> I am looking for some who can help me witth fundraising for my nonprofit for autistic kids and their families. We are building a retreat for Autistic kids and their families to come to south America and spend Quality time with a eco inviroment.We are located very close to the Amazon Jungle... Please contact me if you can help.<br /><br />Autism Awareness Society International<br /><br /><br /> if it were for a nonprofit, etc?<br /><br /><br /> ..<br />always something new with these two. I have no idea why Obama even considered this woman. And Bill is a just a hanger on as far as I can see. To think I almost liked the man at one time and that I felt sorry for Hilary.<br />What a mistake!<br />They both stink.<br />(Not just because of the money from foreigners but because everytime I see one or the other or both of them at the same time, I just feel creepy.<br /><br /><br />WASHINGTON – Former President Bill Clinton laid out a list of big-ticket donors to his foundation Thursday that is heavy with foreign governments and business interests sure to have a stake in the policies that Hillary Rodham Clinton carries out as secretary of state.<br /><br />Saudi Arabia and other foreign governments gave at least $46 million, while corporate donors included the Blackwater security firm that protects U.S. diplomats in Iraq.<br /><br />The contributions went to the William J. Clinton Foundation, a nonprofit created by the former president to finance his library in Little Rock, Ark., and charitable efforts to reduce poverty and treat AIDS. President-elect Barack Obama made Hillary Clinton's nomination as secretary of state contingent on her husband revealing the foundation's contributors, to avoid questions about potential conflicts of interest.<br /><br />The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gave $10 million to $25 million to the foundation, and other government donors included Norway, Kuwait, Qatar, Brunei, Oman, Italy and Jamaica. The Dutch national lottery gave $5 million to $10 million.<br /><br />The Blackwater Training Center donated $10,001 to $25,000. The State Department will have to decide next year whether to renew Blackwater Worldwide's contract to protect U.S. diplomats in Iraq. Five Blackwater guards have been indicted by a U.S. grand jury on manslaughter and weapons charges stemming from a September 2007 firefight in Baghdad's Nisoor Square in which 17 Iraqis died.<br /><br />The foundation disclosed the names of its 205,000 donors on a Web site Thursday, ending a decade of resistance to identifying the sources of its money. While the list is loaded with international business leaders and billionaires, some 12,000 donors gave $10 or less.<br /><br />Clinton agreed to release the information after concerns emerged that his extensive international fundraising and business deals could conflict with America's interests if his wife became the nation's top diplomat. The foundation has insisted for years that it was under no legal obligation to identify its contributors, contending that many expected confidentiality when they donated.<br /><br />The list also underscores ties between the Clintons and India, a connection that could complicate diplomatic perceptions of whether Hillary Clinton can be a neutral broker between India and neighboring Pakistan in a region where Obama will face an early test of his foreign policy leadership.<br /><br />The former president did not release specific totals for each donor, providing only ranges of giving. Nor did he identify individual contributors' occupations or countries of residence.<br /><br />Donors gave Clinton's foundation at least $492 million from its inception in 1997 through last year, according to the most recent figures available.<br /><br />After negotiations with Obama's transition team, Clinton promised to reveal the contributors, submit future foundation activities and paid speeches to an ethics review, step away from the day-to-day operation of his annual charitable conference and inform the State Department about new sources of income and speeches.<br /><br />Representatives of the foundation, including CEO Bruce Lindsay and attorney Cheryl Mills, and aides to Hillary Clinton met privately Wednesday with staff of incoming Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry of Massachusetts and ranking Republican Dick Lugar of Indiana to discuss the foundation's activities and review a memorandum of understanding drawn up by the Clinton and Obama teams.<br /><br />The Foreign Relations Committee will hold hearings and vote on Hillary Clinton's nomination before sending it to the full Senate. Shortly after Obama tapped Clinton, Lugar said he would support her, though he said there would still be "legitimate questions" raised about the former president's extensive international involvement.<br /><br />"I don't know how, given all of our ethics standards now, anyone quite measures up to this — who has such cosmic ties," Lugar said.<br /><br />Some of the donors have extensive ties to Indian interests that could prove troubling to Pakistan. Tensions between the two nuclear nations are high since last month's deadly terrorist attacks in Mumbai.<br /><br />Amar Singh, a donor in the $1 million to $5 million category, is an Indian politician who played host to Bill Clinton on a visit to India in 2005 and met Hillary Clinton in New York in September to discuss an India-U.S. civil nuclear agreement.<br />hey sillies on the right. I'm not democerat or conservative. I don't need a label. and I didn't write the entire article (to he who invited me to "get a life"). I wrote comments which took about 8 minutes.I do have a life. I just type fast. Very fast. I think fast also.<br />It took me just under 18 seconds to write this little tidbit.<br /><br />Now.<br />Drink some milk and take a nap sily.<br />(the last sent. took 5 seconds)<br /><br /><br /> I am the new director of a small nonprofit geared toward children and am looking for some new ideas (beyond basic grantwriting) for bringing in money. Any suggestions?<br /><br /><br /> I am a high school senior and have a 3.96 gpa 4.2 weighted. I took all honors classes my freshman and sophomore year (math, science, history, english)<br />Last year and this year I have taken IB (like AP) English HL, IB History HL, IB Psychology HL and this year I am taking IB Math Studies II. <br />orchestra for four years and the symphony for two. <br />member of our schools key club (1 year) <br />literary/art magazine (3 years).<br />organizing team of our schools can drive a few years ago. <br />rotary interact club since my freshman year and for the last two years have been vice president. this year I am co-president. as a club we have done local and international fundraising and volunteer work. <br />member of ebzef (elizabeth bowers zambia education fund) education committee providing scholarships to girls in zambia. this provides nonprofit experience as well as understanding of international school systems. <br />I also volunteered at our local cat shelter for a year and our public library for about a year <br />I just took the SAT and plan on taking it again in december. my approx. estimated scores are CR 680 - 720 Math 620-640 Writing 670-710<br />I just decided to apply to Stanford.... what I want to know is if there is any possible chance to get in or if it would just be a total waste of time. <br /><br /><br />I'm not positive on my weighted gpa... it will probably be higher. I've recieved all A's except for 2 B's in honors classes (which dont count towards a weighted gpa) <br /><br />I havent recieved my scores for the SAT yet. Those are just an estimate<br /><br /><br /> Barack Obama helped secure a $25,000 grant for the Blue Gargoyle in August 2000, an organization that was headed by Capers C. Funnye, Jr., Michelle Obama’s first cousin once removed. <br /><br />Obama as the Illinois Senator reportedly received a home loan of $1.32 million at a rate of 5.625 percent, although the average going rate on that day according to two different surveys was between 5.93 and 6 percent. Unlike what was reportedly available for the general consumer, this special below-market "super super jumbo" loan was secured without an origination fee or discount points. (Questions about the mortgage were first raised by The Washington Post.) <br /><br />Barack Obama’s “squeaky clean” reputation is again being tarnished by shady entrepreneurs who have supported him financially, this time a convicted Iraqi billionaire who funneled millions to the Illinois senator in 2005.<br /><br />A British newspaper has published a lengthy story on the scandal, which connects the Democratic presidential candidate and his indicted longtime Syrian financial supporter (currently on trial for corruption) with one of Britain’s richest people, a criminal Iraqi guru named Nadhmi Auchi.<br /><br />Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama has blasted Hillary Clinton for withholding her First Lady records while he repeatedly ignores requests to release his own lengthy state legislative records.<br /><br />Obama served eight years in the Illinois State Senate and several media outlets, as well as Judicial Watch, have tried through public requests to obtain his records to no avail. <br /><br />The Illinois Office of the Secretary of State states it doesn’t have the senator’s records and that it has “received no requests from Senator Obama to archive any records formerly in his possession.” <br /><br />In other words, Obama could easily make his state legislator records available to the public by having them archived but has chosen not to. Instead, he has offered several stories relating to the documents since announcing his presidential candidacy. <br /><br />Barack Obama finally was forced to answer questions about his close ties to a domestic terrorist who planted bombs in the Capitol, Pentagon and other government buildings to protest U.S. policy. <br /><br />During the nationally televised debate in Pennsylvania, Obama was cornered into addressing his decades-long relationship with William Ayers, a Vietnam-era radical and former fugitive from U.S. justice who has proudly admitted setting the bombs in the 1970s.<br /><br />Ayers, a professor at a public university in Chicago, was a member of the domestic terrorist group Weather Underground and he has publicly said that he doesn’t regret setting the bombs and that his violent group actually “didn’t do enough.” In fact, he still proudly sports a tattoo on his neck featuring the rainbow and lightning weatherman logo that appeared on letters taking responsibility for the bombings. <br /><br />Ayers and his wife, a fellow Weather Underground terrorist, have long supported and collaborated with Obama, donating money to his campaign and hosting fundraising events at their home. The Democratic presidential candidate and aging radical hang out in the same political and social circles, live in the same Chicago neighborhood and for years served on the board of a Chicago nonprofit.<br /><br />According the August 8 edition of The New York Times, Accountable America, a liberal group, plans to send a letter “to confront donors to conservative groups, hoping to create a chilling effect that will dry up contributions…The warning letter is intended as a first step, alerting donors who might be considering giving to right-wing groups to a variety of potential dangers, including legal trouble, public exposure and watchdog groups digging through their lives. <br /><br />The group is also hoping to be able to respond if an outside conservative group broadcasts a television advertisement attacking Senator Barack Obama, or another Democratic candidate, by running commercials exposing the donors behind the advertisements.” <br /><br />Attempts to intimidate individuals from participating in the presidential campaign can be a violation of federal law. A key federal civil rights law (42 U.S.C. § 1985(3)), popularly known as the Ku Klux Klan Act, may be applicable if “two or more persons conspire to prevent by force, intimidation, or threat, any citizen who is lawfully entitled to vote, from giving his support or advocacy in a legal manner, toward or in favor of the election of any lawfully qualified person as an elector for President or Vice President, or as a Member of Congress of the United States; or to injure any citizen in person or property on account of such support or advocacy.”<br /><br />The chairman of an Islamic “charity” shut down by the U.S. government for funding Middle Eastern terrorists has dedicated himself to raising money for Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.<br /><br />With his Ohio-based terrorist funding operation closed, Hatem El-Hady has committed to raising substantial funds for<br /><br /><br /> Posted 1:00 AM Eastern<br />by Jim Kouri<br />March 22, 2008<br />© 2008 NewsWithViews.com<br /><br />There is a far-reaching scandal brewing for presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama, thanks to a radio talk show host based in Oregon. Syndicated talk show host Laurie Roth's revelations make the news story about Obama's relationship with a racist, anti-American pastor look like child's play.<br /><br />A top official at the Pentagon during former-President George H. W. Bush's Administration and a former CIA intelligence officer maintain that Barack Obama and former Weather Underground honcho William Ayers funneled money to Professor Rashid Khalidi, a known terrorist sympathizer.<br /><br />Khalidi serves on the faculty of Columbia University in New York and is best known as the professor who invited Iranian President Ahmedinejad to visit Columbia University after he finished his speech at the United Nations. According to confidential sources, Khalidi has direct ties to the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO), a group on the US State Department's list of known terrorist groups.<br /><br />"One source for this information was once a top military figure in the 1990s. He doesn't take making allegations lightly. If he says something happened, believe me, it happened," said syndicated radio talk show host Laurie Roth.<br /><br />"Another source is a former agent for the Central Intelligence Agency, who is an expert in counterterrorism," said Roth, who broke the story on her show Friday night.<br /><br />"I certainly don't want to demonize someone because they are a woman, black or liberal running for President. I love the idea that in our culture, a black and woman can now run. However, it does matter to me with any candidate, their consistency with good judgment, their voting record, their association with people with questionable backgrounds and commitment to our country," she said during her show. To listen to Laurie Roth's 3-21-08 show click here.<br /><br />Here are the connections as described by very reliable sources, who possess impressive military, national security and intelligence backgrounds:<br /><br />Allison Davis, who hired the young Obama into his small, Chicago law firm Davis, Miner, and Barnhill in 1993, left the firm in late 1999-2000 and became a housing developer. Davis went into business with Tony Rezko, the indicted businessman who's scheduled to go on trial for corruption in Illinois, and who was a major fundraiser for Obama.<br /><br />Davis met Rezko when he was a client of Davis, Miner, and Barnhill. Rezko is currently under indictment in Illinois for demanding kickbacks from companies seeking state government business contracts under Governor Blagojevich. Obama was identified as one of the politicians cited in the indictment as having received political contributions from Rezko out of his kickback funds.<br /><br />Tony Rezko hosted fundraising events for Obama in his home and was on Obama's US Senate campaign finance committee which collected $14 million for his campaign against conservative Alan Keyes, an African-American who served as an Ambassador during the Reagan Administration. In order to avoid a scandal during his presidential campaign, Obama returned $85,000 that Rezko and his family had donated to him.<br /><br />In early 2000, while Obama served as a state senator in Illinois, he also sat on the board of the nonprofit Woods Fund. The Woods Fund is a Chicago-based foundation that claims its primary mission is to make financial grants in order to increase and/or create opportunities for disadvantaged people and low-income communities.<br /><br />The chairman of the Woods fund board in 2000 was Howard Stanback, who like Obama also had connections to Davis, according to the reliable sources.<br /><br />Davis submitted a grant request to the Woods Foundation for a $1 million investment in his development partnership, Neighborhood Rejuvenation LP, that would be used to finance low-income senior-citizen housing. Under normal circumstances, a board member is supposed to recuse himself or herself from decisions where they have a business or personal relationship.<br /><br />Obama, who did not recuse himself, voted to approve Davis' grant request. Stanback, on the other hand, abstained from voting. The housing project, which also received a $5.7 million loan from the city of Chicago, in turn donated almost $70,000 in political contributions to Obama's presidential campaign.<br /><br />In the past, Rezko gave Obama -- who served as an Illinois State Senator -- his first two political contributions in 1995, $1,000 each from two of his companies. In 1998, State Senator Obama wrote letters to city and state officials urging them to fund a Davis-Rezko housing project. It was an obvious quid pro quo arrangement.<br /><br />Another major fundraiser for Obama is William Ayers, who also sat on the board of the Woods Fund with Obama and is a professor at the University of Chicago.<br /><br />Bill Ayers, along with his wife Bernadine Dohrn, was an active member of the Weather Underground, a radical left-wing group that advocated vio<br />Ayers and Dohrn are known to have held at least one fundraiser for Barack Obama in their Chicago home.<br /><br />During Obama's last year on the board of The Woods Fund (2002), he participated in awarding grants, including a $70,000 grant to the Arab American Action Network, a Chicago-based group founded by Rashid and Mona Khalidi.<br /><br />In another suspected quid pro quo arrangement similar to those with Ayers and Rezko, Rashid Khalidi also held a fundraising event in his home for Barack Obama.<br /><br />In the Middle East, Rashid Khalidi was known as a man to be reckoned with. From 1972 through 1983, Khalidi was the director in Beirut of the official Palestinian press agency, FAFA. His wife worked there as well.<br /><br />According to sources, when the Khalidi's left Chicago for Columbia University in New York, Rashid was honored with the Edward Said Chair in Arab Studies at that Ivy League university. Their goodbye party in Chicago included testimonials from Bill Ayers and Barack Obama.<br />In a related story, during an interview on Thursday morning (March 20) with Black Panther leader Malik Zulu Shabazz, Fox News Channel viewers learned that Shabazz' group endorsed and supported Senator Barack Obama for President of the United States. Even on Fox -- an organization wrongly accused of being "conservative" -- the interviewers were careful in their questioning of Shabazz, a recognized racist and anti-American radical.<br /><br />The New Black Panther Party leader proudly announced on Fox News that his organization endorsed Obama for President.<br /><br />"While some people may say that Barack Obama has no control over who endorses him, he should have control over what endorsements are posted on his websites," said Laurie Roth, who, besides hosting a popular talk show, is a regular columnist for NewsWithViews.com<br />"The endorsement of the New Black Panther Party was posted on Barack Obama's website. Why was this tolerated unless Barack Obama wanted their endorsement? If he does not want their endorsement, how much control over his staff is he going to have once he's elected President?" asks Mike Baker.<br /><br />The New Black Panther Party is openly anti-White, anti-Jewish, and anti-America. After Obama's Tuesday damage-control speech, his campaign pulled the Black Panthers' endorsement story off their website.<br /><br />It's also been reported that Obama's campaign staff was allowed to fly a Che Guevara flag inside his office, according to NewsMax.<br />"Do these revelations demonstrate a pattern of Barack Obama's judgment? If so, then I do not want him dealing with world leaders. I do not want these groups having access to the White House. Do you?" asks the New Jersey-based political strategist.<br /><br />"It appears the Barack Obama water carriers within the mainstream news media are on the job as usual -- ignoring another story that has the alternative media on the Internet buzzing: Obama's embracement of an endorsement by the radical, racist organization," Baker added.<br /><br /><br /> Newsweek's Michael Isikoff filed this report on some of the more blatant, already-identified abuses by the Obama campaign. In the old days before he drank the Kool-Aid, I seem to recall Isikoff was the first to publish news of a transgression by a President and an intern...and we know how that turned out with the country embroiled in Impeachment hearings for months.<br /><br /><br />So now we've accounted for around sixty grand of Obama's treasure chest...all we need is to understand where the other two hundred plus million of dodgy money came from, and then we could be reasonably satisfied that Obama played it by the rules!<br /><br /><br /><br />The Obama campaign has shattered all fund-raising records, raking in $458 million so far, with about half the bounty coming from donors who contribute $200 or less. Aides say that's an illustration of a truly democratic campaign. To critics, though, it can be an invitation for fraud and illegal foreign cash because donors giving individual sums of $200 or less don't have to be publicly reported. Consider the cases of Obama donors "Doodad Pro" of Nunda, N.Y., who gave $17,130, and "Good Will" of Austin, Texas, who gave more than $11,000—both in excess of the $2,300-per-person federal limit. In two recent letters to the Obama campaign, Federal Election Commission auditors flagged those (and other) donors and informed the campaign that the sums had to be returned. Neither name had ever been publicly reported because both individuals made online donations in $10 and $25 increments. "Good Will" listed his employer as "Loving" and his occupation as "You," while supplying as his address 1015 Norwood Park Boulevard, which is shared by the Austin nonprofit Goodwill Industries. Suzanha Burmeister, marketing director for Goodwill, said the group had "no clue" who the donor was. She added, however, that the group had received five puzzling thank-you letters from the Obama campaign this year, prompting it to send the campaign an e-mail in September pointing out the apparent fraudulent use of its name.<br /><br />"Doodad Pro" listed no occupation or employer; the contributor's listed address is shared by Lloyd and Lynn's Liquor Store in Nunda. "I have never heard of such an individual," says Diane Beardsley, who works at the store and is the mother of one of the owners. "Nobody at this store has that much money to contribute." (She added that a Doodad's Boutique, located next door, had closed a year ago, before the donations were made.)<br /><br />Obama spokesman Ben LaBolt said the campaign has no idea who the individuals are and has returned all the donations, using the credit-card numbers they gave to the campaign. (In a similar case earlier this year, the campaign returned $33,000 to two Palestinian brothers in the Gaza Strip who had bought T shirts in bulk from the campaign's online store. They had listed their address as "Ga.," which the campaign took to mean Georgia rather than Gaza.) "While no organization is completely protected from Internet fraud, we will continue to review our fund-raising procedures," LaBolt said. Some critics say the campaign hasn't done enough. This summer, watchdog groups asked both campaigns to share more information about its small donors. The McCain campaign agreed; the Obama campaign did not. "They could've done themselves a service" by heeding the suggestions, said Massie Ritsch of the Center for Responsive Politics.<br /><br />Anyone think this is another smear?<br /><br /><br /> Hello. <br />We have one non profit organization. And we hope to do fundraising on the street. so what documents do we need apply for in the police office? can we just go with our nonprofit certificate ? Thank you<br /><br /><br /> I'm looking for startup funds for a nonprofit organization, a seed grant. We have been operating without 501c3 status for about a year, but we now need to take the next step in order to obtain large grants and public donations. We have completed are currently working on several fundraising campaigns, but we are not gaining enough donations to cover our operational costs. We are looking for grants of $500 - $1000, but any amount will work. Please let us know of any possible sources of seed funding. For more info about our organization, please visit www.ecoactiononline.org.<br /><br /><br /> i need ideas about how i can get a nonprofit organization financed (besides fundraising). we have a group project of creating an organization about an after school program, but i want to know how we can get help with the finances and any informations about how people can donate to our program.<br /><br /><br /> Our nonprofit organization is doing a bit of fundraising for an event at the end of summer, and we need some sort of graphic like a thermometer to track our progress. We want to get people really excited about this event, and we feel that a thermometer would be kind of a buzz killer due to it's unoriginality hehe So, if you have any ideas on a more original tracking system, we would would definitely appreciate it = )<br /><br />Thank you so much!<br /><br />P.S. This is a youth program, and it would be great if the tracker could reflect that.<br /><br /><br /> Does anyone know of effective strategies for fundraising or grant writing for a new nonprofit? What can be done to establish credibility?<br /><br /><br /> A nonprofit 501c(3) would like to sell raffle tickets online to raise money for a new project see at freedomranchofmissouri.org <br />we want to set up a web site for fundraising where we would sell raffle tickets<br /><br /><br /> Hello, <br />It may not be appropriate to ask for help here, but I am at the level where I feel like I am just throwing a bottle in the ocean to cry for help <br />Every place could be right if we can find the right person for what we are looking for<br />We need somebody that can help us start up a basic website. We just started a nonprofit foundation and have already IRS exempt status <br />Our budget is not limited, we don't have a budget. We are just starting everything from scratch. Therefore, the website will help us launch our first fundraising campaign. Even by mail people need to go back to our website as a reference <br />The foundation has a good cause and worthy of interest. It is about helping elderly people and those with mobility impairments <br />We need somebody that would be willing to donate some time to work on this project. If you are a student we would be able to produce letters for community service. Contact us at makethingseasy@gmail.com<br />Answer back to this blog if you are interested<br /><br /><br /> I want to answer the question regarding fundraising ideas from the coolest person ever. I do not want to be accused of spamming. I have a website business that has a fundraising program built in to help 501 (c) 3 nonprofit organizations raise funds. Can I list it as a reply to the fundraising ideas submitted by the coolest person ever?<br /><br /><br /> Assume that you are director of fundraising for a small nonprofit that is focused on a social issue. List three ways, using limited resource.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> By "Development Officer", I mean someone who knows a whole lot about fundraising (aka development) - someone who can manage a substantial development campaign for an organization that fosters scientific research.. <br /><br />While we have always had donations, we now wish to raise approximately $9 million for our endowment to help ensure another 80 years of community service.<br /><br /><br /> <br /><br /><br /> My degree was a Bachelor's of Science in Biology with a minor in English, but I ended up with a 10-year career in nonprofit writing and fundraising. For the past three years I've been able to work from home - I have two in elementary school. As a favor to some friends I became an editor for three (hobby industry) publishing companies and I LOVE it. Or I would, but even being an editor for three companies gave me one job this year. <br />How do I become an editor for other, more mainstream, companies? I'd love to do copyediting for scientific journals, magazines, or novels to begin with before moving up the editing ladder. My location is rural, so all my networking and work would need to be via Internet. Also, I've heard about editor certificates - but is that necessary given my experience? Or would graduate school be necessary or even helpful? Any help is greatly appreciated - I thank you in advance.<br /><br /><br /> When is the best day of the week to hold a fundraising gala?<br />We are event planners - relatively new biz - and barring the obvious conflicts of other large events in the region etc., is there any any industry wisdom, best practices about when to hold a Gal -- it seems more and more nonprofits are chosing to avoid Saturday?!!<br /><br /><br /> Before I get into my rant: would it be appropriate for me to write to professionals who have climbed the corporate ladder and ask for advice? <br /><br />I asked my former college's career center, and I was turned away because I am no longer a student. Makes me proud to be an alum. <br /><br />After a year of being a college grad and about 4 months of avid job searching, I've decided that I need to rethink my strategy. <br /><br />When I graduated school, I thought I would just dive into nonprofit work with promotions and fundraising. Turns up that nonprofit work is tough to get into. <br /><br />Now I've noticed that I'm deflated, even when I get a job offer, because I feel that I'm not going to get the job. In the end I am the one that dooms myself. And I hate that. <br /><br />As a result, I feel like I need a new drive. For such a long time I was just kind, sweet me who just blew through life taking whatever life threw at her. Well now I'm ready to take control.<br />I graduated with a degree in communications; I graduated cu.m laude with distinction in 3 years. I worked my butt off and now I'm slacking?<br /><br />Oh hell no. <br /><br />I am seriously ready to dive in and climb the corporate ladder. Screw the "I'm changing my career" before I even GET a career. I'm ready to show the world what I made of. <br /><br />----Rant over----<br /><br />So....do you think I should do that? Just write a letter to these professionals and ask them for their stories?<br /><br /><br /> There will be a fundraising event w artworks donated by the artists (USA) in abraod. The event will generate donations (foreign) through donations (USA) for a future nonprofit arts org. Do I have to report this income to IRS and pay tax? If so, how much will it be? Thanks.<br /><br /><br /> I have a friend/hero who enjoyed hell so much, she's taking a second trip! cafepress dot com fwd slash helpshellyan<br /><br />Anyhow, I'm doing the great friend thing and I've reserved a nice big boat, with fabulous food and entertainment, we've got items autographed from all over the sports world to auction off and we're setting sail in late October for the night of her LIFE! <br /><br />I even have a guy at the newspaper to write an article to help us sell these tix. The print vendor is in line and EVERYBODY is donating their efforts!<br /><br />Then it hit me,.will the feds haunt us in April? Can the already taxed out of pocket donations be subject to additional tax for a dinner auction fundraiser?<br /><br />I read briefly about Non-Profit Orgs and whatnot but this seems like a ridiculous expectation if I'm doing this as a one night help a friend gesture.<br /><br />But, I'd never forgive myself if we raised 40k that night and every penny got spent on her meds and the feds came knocking on her door for 10k in April?<br /><br /><br /> I'm considering a degree in Nonprofit management with a fundraising certificate. I've always been fascinated with the concept of working in a non-profit, however, I don't really know what the day-to-day work load will be. Is it mostly a desk job or is it more of working with people? Is fundraising a hard job or can it be fun? Any info would help!<br /><br /><br /> In term of doing any fundraising activities in the state of MA or within any state in the United States, can a nonprofit-- with all legal paperwork (bylaws, articles, 501c3) in its possession, except a certificate for solicitation--conduct any fundraising, seek any grants from sources? Please advise me at your convenient time.<br /><br /><br /> Can I form a non-profit that promotes other non-profits unofficially? Me and my friends like a number of awareness campaigns and grassroots groups and so often promote more than one of them. Most of these groups have volunteers doing the awareness, so we wanted to be a group of volunteers.<br /><br />I understand the rules of not fundraising under the guise of fundraising for any of the groups we are promoting, but we would like to start a nonprofit to be more organized and promote various good causes.<br /><br />Anyone know the laws on this and what may be a better group to form?<br /><br /><br /> Can I form a non-profit that promotes other non-profits unofficially? Me and my friends like a number of awareness campaigns and grassroots groups and so often promote more than one of them. Most of these groups have volunteers doing the awareness, so we wanted to be a group of volunteers.<br /><br />I understand the rules of not fundraising under the guise of fundraising for any of the groups we are promoting, but we would like to start a nonprofit to be more organized and promote various good causes.<br /><br />Anyone know the laws on this and what may be a better group to form?<br /><br /><br /> I have a degree in Business Administration and a Master degree in Business Information Systems. I am looking to make a change into fundraising for a nonprofit. I don't really have any direct experience in fundraising and looking for advice how to transition into this new field. Specifically I am looking to start with a group in the Kansas City area. <br /><br />Thanks.<br /><br /><br /> I'm looking for free fundraising software for my nonprofit. What's available that's good?<br /><br /><br /> Hi,<br /><br />I'm planning to do a Dinner / Dance Fundraiser with a silent auction. 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