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Syrian Observatory for Human Rights: The current number of civilian martyrs in Syria today (Wednesday 30/5/2012), documented by the SOHR with name and reason of death, has risen to 45.
-In Homs 10 killed. 3 civilians have been killed in the city of Homs so far, including a rebel fighter. In Reef Homs, 4 people were killed in the city of al-Qaseer, where the regime has been bombing several neighbourhoods; the surrounding villages arewitnessing clashes. Adnan Darweesh, a non-military rebel fighter with the Ali bin Abi Talib brigade, was killed after midnight when a rocket targeted his car near the cement factory in Rastan by syrian troops. A man was killed in Houla by the Syrian army's bombardment of the area.
-In Hama province a non-military rebel fighter died during clashes in Kafarzeita, Reef Hama.
– In Dera'a 10 people were killed. 6 civilians killed in an ambush set out for them on the Teeba Mata'iya road. 3 people from Inkhil were killed and there was a martyr from the town of Nawa, the reasons of their death is still unknown.
-10 martyred in Reef Dimashq. A young man was shot and killed after midnight by security services in Dareyya, 5 killed in Douma, the cause of death still remains unclear. 4 people were shot and killed in the town of Thiyaba by regime forces during a funeral procession.
-In Aleppo 11 martyrs. A child was martyred in al-Jeena, Reef Aleppo, by wounds she suffered days ago during the bombing of Atarib. One person was killed in A'azaz by a sniper. 5 people from the same family were murdered by unknown gunmen in northern Reef Idlib, another family member soon died from wounds he suffered during the attack. 3 civilians were killed in Atarib during the Syrian forces' raid, one of them was summarily executed.
-In Idlib province 2. Bassam al-Khalaf, leader of the Iqtiham brigade, part of the Shuhada' Jabal az-Zawiya battalion, was killed in battle. A child died of wounds she received this morning in Ma'arat al-Nu'man.
-In Deir Izzor, an 18-year-old was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the city.
A defected soldier and first lieutenant were killed during clashes in Kafarzeita.
A first sergeant in the syrian army was assassinated by unknown gunmen in Deir Izzor. No less than 18 members of the regular forces were killed during clashes and attacks on checkpoints in Reef Hama, Idlib and Dera'a. 4 soldiers were killed when an armed vehicle was targeted in Reef Aleppo.
Four-year-old Kurdish child and father killed by Syrian forces
DAMASCUS, — Kurdish activists said Tuesday that a four-year-old Kurdish child and his father were killed by Syrian forces.
"Syrian forces raided Shebaa town on the outskirts of Damascus on Sunday and started shooting indiscriminately at passers-by in reprisal of a demonstration organized by the people of the town" said one Kurdish activist.
"The indiscriminate shooting resulted in the death of Izzaddin Aziz, a Kurdish young man from the Ras al-Ain city, in addition to his four year old son Mohammed"
Kurdish areas of Syria have been the scene continuous protest against the Syrian regime. However, few clashes between the Kurdish protesters and the Syrian forces have taken place, unlike the rest of the country.
In the capital city, the Kurdish populated neighborhoods joined a general strike, where store and shop owners kept their doors closed, in protest against the Syrian regime for the Hola massacres, Homs province,www.ekurd.net blamed on the security forces. The Friday massacres resulted in the deaths of over 10 people among dozens of children.
Syrian Uprising 2011 Information Centre: Summary (30/05/2012): At least 39 martyrs fell today, mostly in Damascus suburbs, Daraa and Homs, where Homs city, Rastan, Qusayr and Houla – that's right, Houla – are under heavy shelling. The Russians continue to stick like glue with ASSad CHILDKILLER and his clown at the UN, Bashar Jaafari, whose increasingly hysterical attempts to defend an indefensible regime at least have a degree of comedy value. Meanwhile, proving that the Syrian diplomatic service is not TOTALLY devoid of dignity, Hazem Chehabi, the Syrian Consul General in California, resigned in protest at the Houla massacre. See the map for more info. Google map
11-year-old Houla Massacre Survivor: ?11-year-old Ali Alsayed witnessed and survived the Houla Massacre on May 25, 2012. He watched the army enter his house, arrest his brother and uncle, and kill his mother and siblings. The security forces thought he was dead as he laid among his dead family members. After they left, he fled his house and ran barefoot to his uncle's house. The next day he discovered while watching Addounia TV (Syrian government channel) that his uncle and brother were killed. His uncle was forced to declare on television that armed gangs killed his children, not the security forces. Ali tells his heartbreaking story, and begs his listeners and the international community for help.
Chief UN observer 'deeply disturbed' after more bodies found in Syria: 30 May 2012 –
The head of the United Nations Supervision Mission in Syria (UNSMIS) said today he was "deeply disturbed" after the discovery of 13 more bodies last night, just days after UN observers confirmed the killing of over 100 men, women and children in the village of Houla.UN observers reported that the 13 bodies were discovered in the area of Assukar, 50 kilometres east of the city of Deir Ez-Zor, in eastern Syria. All the bodies had their hands tied behind their backs and some appear to have been shot in the head from a short distance, according to UNSMIS.
Major-General Robert Mood is "deeply disturbed by this appalling and inexcusable act," said an UNSMIS statement, adding that "he calls on all parties to exercise restraint and end the cycle violence for the sake of Syria and the Syrian people."
The UN estimates that more than 9,000 people, mostly civilians, have been killed in Syria and tens of thousands displaced since the uprising against President Bashar al-Assad began some 15 months ago.
The massacre in Houla last weekend, which was strongly condemned by the Security Council and a host of UN officials, will be the subject of a special session of the Geneva-based UN Human Rights Council on Friday. This will be the Council's fourth special session on Syria since the crisis in the Middle Eastern country began some 15 months ago.
Following a briefing by video-conference to the Security Council on the latest developments, the Deputy Joint Special Envoy of the UN and the Arab League for the Syrian Crisis, Jean-Marie Guehenno, today told reporters in Geneva that it is important that Member States and the Human Rights Council discuss the situation in Syria.
"Particularly on the Houla massacre, it's important that the truth, the facts be established in a way that nobody can challenge," Mr. Guehenno said. "That is essential."
He said he told the Council that the parties need to re-commit to a full cessation of violence: "The Government of Syria needs to take steps to convince, I would say, not only the international community but more importantly the Syrian people that it is ready for a new course."
This needs to be demonstrated through "concrete and significant" gestures on the cessation of violence, as well as on the issue of detainees and humanitarian access, he added.
"Most importantly, all Syrians must convince themselves that guns cannot be the solution," Mr. Guehenno noted. "Only political negotiations, as envisioned in the six-point plan, can restore genuine peace and stability to the country."
The six-point plan – put forward by Joint Special Envoy Kofi Annan in March this year – calls for an end to violence, access for humanitarian agencies to provide relief to those in need, the release of detainees, the start of inclusive political dialogue that takes into account the aspirations of the Syrian people, and unrestricted access to the country for the international media.
NOW! Lebanon
[local time] 21:49 Syrian forces launched a fresh assault on Wednesday on the site of last week's Houla massacre, forcing villagers to flee heavy shelling in fear of more carnage, a watchdog and the opposition said.
21:44 Syrian security forces shelled the Aleppo town of Al-Atareb, Al-Jazeera quoted activists as saying on Wednesday.
21:38 Syrian security forces heavily shelled Homs' Rastan and Houla and set agricultural lands on fire, Al-Jazeera reported on Wednesday.
20:31 The US Treasury's economic sanctions chief said Wednesday that he will travel to Russia soon to discuss putting more pressure on President Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria.
20:13 Six people were killed following the shelling of the Daraa town of al-Taybeh by Syrian security forces, Al-Arabiya reported on Wednesday.
19:46 The government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad "only understands violence," the rebel Free Syrian Army said on Wednesday, adding that it believed the regime was on its last legs.
19:35 Syrian security forces shelled the town of Houla and demolished five houses, Al-Arabiya reported on Wednesday.
19:07 The UN Security Council on Wednesday held talks on the Syria crisis as two massacres in five days hardened international calls for action.
19:05 Fierce fighting erupted on Wednesday between regime troops and rebels near Damascus and in Homs province, a watchdog said, while reporting 39 more people killed across Syria.
18:21 Syrian newspapers suggested on Wednesday that the Western expulsion of Damascus diplomats could jeopardize Kofi Annan's peace plan, but also accused the UN-Arab League envoy of being one-sided.
18:16 Washington slapped sanctions on the Syria International Islamic Bank Wednesday, saying it had helped the Damascus regime skirt sanctions placed on the country's leading bank.
18:13 Diplomats will discuss the massacre in the Syrian town of Houla at a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHCR) on Friday, a spokesperson said.
16:26 The death toll in Syria increased to 25 people on Wednesday, Al-Arabiya quoted activists as saying.
15:47 Syrian security forces prevent the funeral of film maker and photography student Bassel Shehade from taking place, Al-Jazeera reported on Wednesday.
14:47 Germany sees no grounds to speculate on military options in Syria, a Foreign Ministry spokesperson said Wednesday, a day after France's president said armed force was not ruled out.
14:30 German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will host talks with his new French counterpart next Monday centered on the crisis in Syria and the situation in Iran and Afghanistan, a diplomatic source told AFP.
14:28 Syrian forces on Wednesday killed 17 people, Al-Jazeera television quoted the Local Coordination Committees as saying.
14:15 Russia's position on the Syrian crisis is encouraging the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to commit "savage crimes," the main opposition coalition said on Wednesday.
14:04 Russia on Wednesday condemned the "counterproductive" expulsion of Syrian envoys from European and other capitals, saying it would damage diplomatic efforts to end the 14-month crisis.
13:39 UN-Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan on Wednesday said the situation in Syria is "complex" and urged an intensification of international efforts to end bloodshed that has killed thousands of people.
13:21 Syria ordered the Dutch charge d'affaires on Wednesday to leave the country, the foreign ministry said, in an apparent reaction to the expulsion of Syrian diplomats by a slew of Western countries.
13:19 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad must step down if joint UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan's peace plan is to be saved, the head of the main opposition coalition said on Wednesday.
13:15 The UN observer mission chief in Syria, Major General Robert Mood, said on Wednesday he was "deeply disturbed" by the killing of 13 people in eastern Deir az-Zour, calling it an "appalling and inexcusable act."
13:12 Syrian forces on Wednesday opened fire on anti-regime protesters in Damascus' Al-Hajjar al-Aswad in the presence of international monitors, Al-Jazeera television quoted the Local Coordination Committees as saying.
12:37 Turkey ordered all Syria's diplomats Wednesday to leave the country within 72 hours following the massacre of more than 100 civilians in Houla, the foreign ministry said.
12:12 Thirty bodies were transferred to a field hospital in Homs' Qusayr on Wednesday, Al-Arabiya television quoted the Local Coordination Committees as saying.
12:10 Syrian security forces arrested nine children in the town of Kansafra in the district of Edleb, Al-Arabiya television quoted activists as saying.
12:07 Syrian army on Wednesday raided the Daraa towns of Hayt and Sahem, Al-Jazeera television quoted the Local Coordination Committees as saying.
11:53 China on Wednesday restated its opposition to military intervention in Syria, as Russia sought to halt fresh UN Security Council action after a massacre of civilians sparked global fury.
10:11 Russia on Wednesday cautioned against taking new UN action on Syria after the massacre of 108 civilians in Houla and sought more time for global envoy Kofi Annan's imperiled peace plan to work.
9:49 Japan has told the Syrian ambassador in Tokyo to leave the country, the foreign ministry said Wednesday, as international outrage grows over brutal mass slayings blamed on the government in Damascus.
9:15 MORNING LEADER: Envoy Kofi Annan has urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to act now to end 15 months of bloodshed, warning the country has reached a "tipping point" as Western nations ordered out its top diplomats.
9:03 A total of 98 people, including 61 civilians, were killed in violence in Syria on Tuesday, as clashes raged between regime troops and rebels, monitors said.
9:00 Australia said Wednesday it was open to discussions about military intervention in Syria as threatened by France, but warned of significant challenges getting it off the ground.
Channel 4: The searing grief of Houla's survivors + video
Crossing no man's land from the last Syrian government checkpoint into the centre of Houla is an edgy business. The UN officer commanding the patrol advised us: "Keep at least 50 yards between you and the vehicle in front. If the shooting starts the plan is to turn round and get the f*** out. Remember again you're on your own here – good luck."
So it's a straight run for a mile or so to the next roundabout where a dead horse bloated and rotting in the middle of the road is the point where you know you have crossed the line. This does not mean safety from either snipers or shelling.
"They're under a hell of lot of pressure to let us in this morning," the same UN officer advised us speaking on condition of anonymity, "after the Kofi Annan visit yesterday."
Indeed, all the way from Homs across the line into rebel held Houla, we heard not a single shot, nor any incoming artillery.
At the first signs of human life in rebel territory loud shouts of "freedom, freedom, freedom", v-signs for victory and by the time we had managed to get out of our van we were completely mobbed by people shouting and crying in a mixture of relief, shock and anger.
At once we were pulled physically from house to house by people desperate to get their story to the outside world. Within minutes we meet 25-year-old Younis, lying in a room with two gunshot wounds in his torso. He's telling us, weakly, how he was trying to help an 11-year-old boy on Friday when he was injured. The boy was shot dead.
A 15-year-old girl lies on another bed not 10 yards away describing how she witnessed the Shabiya militia crouching behind a window as she tried to flee. She too was shot.
Abdul Bari, 30, describes how he came by blast wounds during the protest after prayers on Friday.
Whether we like it or not we were pretty much dragged onto the streets again. On one hand an 8-year old boy shot in the arm, next to him a man showing us video on his telephone of two children, their throats slit so deeply they are virtually decapitated.
Another man suddenly approaches, educated with good English. He has gone through the emotions to reach cold, measured anger.
Over the next three hours I will deliberately ask him the same question to see if his story alters in any detail. It does not. He is willing to be interviewed and identified on camera. But to protect him we do not do this. Channel 4 News knows his name and full identity.
He describes in detail the world has not heard before what happened on Friday. He matters because over the next five hours we spend in Houla, scores of people will corroborate his story in various details.
He describes how there was intense shelling of the ground for several hours. After that the Shabiya – armed militia – entered the town from the southern to south western direction. He says there were around 100 of them dressed in military uniforms. They approached Dam Road which connects the large reservoir to the Houla villages. He says – and all agree – these men were Shia and Alawite who had come from specific Shia/Alawite villages to the south and west of Houla.
He names several villages and later we are taken to a rooftop where we can see those villages from the overwhelmingly Sunni town of Houla.
Two names come up time and again – Kabu and Felleh. They are so close, not more than two or three mile as the most. He goes on describing how the killers had written Shia slogans on their foreheads as they went house to house searching out and slaughtering Sunni families.
He says to us: "They have slaughtered us, they have killed us. When this is all over we will be victorious. And we will go there. And we will find them out and we will slaughter them and we will kill them. We will kill their men, women and children as they killed our men, women and children."
Time again we are told there are many bodies still to be recovered.
On Sunday, I saw myself two bodies the UN is unaware of. At the mass grave containing at least 100 bodies – mostly women and children -they have been careful to leave a large open trench to take more corpses which will be simply wrapped in cloth – coffins are impossible. They do not even have running water or electricity in this town. Let alone luxuries like coffins.
The UN clearly agrees with their assessment. This afternoon part of their mission was the retrieval of more corpses but the difficulty is that they lie in areas close to Syrian army checkpoints considered too dangerous to reach.
There is an overwhelming and searing grief. What can you say? What can you do? What can you offer an elderly man, Abdul Hamad, who knows not only that his daughter was killed but that her throat was hacked with a knife, it seems, wielded by men who live just a few miles distant.
BBC: UN confirms new killings in Syria days after Houla
Observers from the UN have confirmed the discovery of 13 shooting victims in Syria as international outrage continues after the Houla massacre.
The men's bodies were found near the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, with their hands tied behind their backs, some apparently shot in the head.
UN mission chief Maj Gen Robert Mood said he was "deeply disturbed" by the "appalling and inexcusable act".
Hopes of a new initiative over Syria have been dented by Russia and China.
A Russian minister ruled out any action by the UN Security Council soon, saying Moscow "categorically" opposed foreign intervention.
The US ambassador to the UN, Susan Rice, has said a further escalation of the conflict in Syria is the likeliest scenario now, with it spreading to other countries in the region. She was speaking after a closed meeting of the UN Security Council in New York.
Her British counterpart, Mark Lyall-Grant, said that a third element, including jihadists, was now active in Syria. He called them "spoilers".
Turkey is expelling all Syrian diplomatic staff from Ankara, a day after a number of Western states announced a co-ordinated series of expulsions in response to the killing of 108 people in Houla last week.
As many as 15,000 people have been killed since the revolt against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad began in March of last year.
One of the organisations monitoring the violence, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, reported 39 new deaths in attacks across Syria on Wednesday. The figure, quoted by AFP news agency, included 15 government soldiers.
Expulsions 'counterproductive'
Gen Mood said the remains of the 13 men had been discovered on Tuesday night in al-Sukar, east of Deir al-Zour.
"All the bodies had their hands tied behind their backs and some appear to have been shot in the head from a short distance," he said in a statement.
He called on all parties to the Syrian conflict to "exercise restraint and end the cycle of violence for the sake of Syria and the Syrian people".
China and Russia, which both wield a veto at the UN Security Council, have blocked two previous resolutions calling for tougher action on Damascus.
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov said Moscow was "categorically against any outside interference in the Syrian conflict" because it would "only exacerbate the situation for both Syria and the region as a whole".
A spokesman for China's foreign ministry reiterated Beijing's opposition to military intervention in Syria or forced "regime change".
Russia's foreign ministry added in a statement that the expulsion of Syrian diplomats from leading Western states seemed to be "counterproductive". "After all, vital [diplomatic] channels… end up being closed," it added.
Turkey's move goes further than Tuesday's co-ordinated action by other states, which restricted their expulsions to the most senior staff. However, Syrian consular staff in Istanbul will remain.
In another development, Syria's honorary consul in California, Hazem Chehabi, resigned, saying he could not continue in his post after the "barbaric" massacre in Houla.
Children and women
Troops, tanks and artillery were all supposed to have been withdrawn to barracks in April as the first step on the ground under the six-point peace plan of UN and Arab League envoy Kofi Annan.But it simply has not happened, says the BBC's Jim Muir in neighbouring Lebanon.
Amid the reports of continuing violence, it appears Mr Annan's talks with President Bashar al-Assad and opposition figures in Damascus on Tuesday have had no immediate impact on the ground.
Mr Annan's deputy, Jean-Marie Guehenno, told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that direct talks between the Syrian opposition and the government were currently "impossible", according to a diplomat who spoke to Reuters news agency on condition of anonymity.
Colonel Qassem Saadeddine, a rebel spokesman said to be currently inside the province of Homs, told AFP the government "only [understood] violence".
Forty-nine children and 34 women were among those killed in Houla, near Homs, last Friday and Saturday.
Witnesses have told the UN the vast majority of killings were committed by pro-government shabiha militiamen.
The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special session on Syria on Friday looking into the killings, officials said.
Taldou, Houla region
- The region of Houla, in the west of Syria, comprises several villages and small towns
- The village of Taldou lies around 2km south-west of the main town, also called Houla
- The area is in the province of Homs, which has seen heavy fighting in recent months
- Houla's villages are predominantly Sunni Muslim, but the region is ringed by a number of Alawite villages – the sect of the Syrian president Bashar al-Assad
Guardian: Moscow pledges to block UN over foreign intervention in Syria: 30 May 2012: Russian minister maintains foreign military action after Houla massacre will only worsen violence in Syria
Russia has made clear that it will block UN support for foreign military intervention in Syria, scotching slim hopes that the massacre of more than 100 people at Houla would break the impasse in the international response to the continuing violence.
Moscow's crucial support for Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, has not changed after confirmation from a UN human rights body that 108 people, including 49 children under the age of 10, were killed in the weekend incident near Homs, mostly in summary killings by the feared shabiha militia, linked to the Assad regime.
"We have always said that we are categorically against any intervention in the Syrian conflict from the outside, as this would only worsen the situation and would lead to unpredictable consequences both for Syria itself and the region on the whole," said Gennady Gatilov, Russia's deputy foreign minister.
UN security council pressure on Syria was "premature," Gatilov said, adding that Russia would use its veto to block any initiatives on foreign military interference.
In another atrocity the bodies of 13 men were found near Deir al-Zor. The men had their hands bound and some appeared to have been shot in the head. It was not clear whether this was linked to Syrian state media reports of an "armed terrorist group" blowing up a nearby oil pipeline. General Robert Mood, head of the UN monitors, called it an "appalling and inexcusable act". The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights meanwhile reported 39 further deaths in attacks across Syria on Wednesday. The toll included 15 government soldiers.
In continuing reverberations from the Houla killings, Turkey and Japan announced on Wednesday that they were expelling Syrian diplomats, following similar action by Britain, France, the US, Canada and others on Tuesday. Syria said it was expelling the Dutch charge d'affaires after its own ambassador to the Netherlands was declared persona non grata. Al-Ba'ath, a government paper, scorned what it called "ugly, bloody and dramatic shows".
Britain and other EU countries are now pushing the UN human rights council, meeting in Geneva on Friday, to demand an independent investigation, complete with forensic experts, into the Houla killings. Syria, which denies responsibility, says it is conducting its own inquiry, which is due to be completed this week.
Jean-Marie Guéhenno, deputy to Kofi Annan, the joint UN-Arab League envoy to Syria, briefed the UN security council in New York on Wednesday after Annan met Assad in Damascus on Tuesday.
Annan described Syria as being at a "tipping point". But diplomats said they did not expect him to propose drastic changes to his failing six-point peace plan.
Guéhenno reportedly told the council by video link from Geneva that engagement between the Assad regime and the opposition was now impossible.
The most immediate question is whether the 300-strong UN supervision mission in Syria (UNSMIS) will be reinforced amid signs that the US is doubtful on the grounds that its presence has not reduced violence over the last six weeks. Its current mandate expires on 30 July. But no one has come up with an alternative diplomatic strategy.
Western efforts remain focused on trying to persuade Russia to exert pressure on Assad, despite repeated pronouncements such as Gatilov's and Moscow's characterisation of the worldwide expulsion of Syrian diplomats as counterproductive.
Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, is due in Paris for talks on Friday amid hopes he can be persuaded to revive the idea of hosting a Moscow conference for representatives of the Syrian government and opposition as part of the political process at the heart of the Annan plan.
China, like Russia a veto-wielding permanent member of the security council, has also repeated its opposition to foreign military intervention and forced regime change. A foreign ministry spokesman in Beijing said: "The fundamental route to resolving the Syrian issue is still for all sides to fully support Annan's mediation efforts and push all the relevant parties to carry out diplomatic dialogue."
The Russian and Chinese positions opposing any UN action were the main item on the website of Sana, Syria's official news agency on Wednesday.
Friday's session of the UN human rights council is being convened at the urgent request of Qatar and Turkey. Its conclusions are non-binding but a call for an independent investigation into the Houla killings would mean added international pressure on Damascus.
In another development on the diplomatic track, Syria's honorary consul in California, Hazem Chehabi, resigned, saying he could not continue in his post after the "barbaric" massacre in Houla. Defections from the Syrian government have been rare over the last 14 months.
The US treasury announced that it was imposing sanctions on a leading Syrian bank as it sought to step up economic pressure on the Assad regime.


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|By Titanz05 (Titanz05) on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 08:57 pm: Edit
How fast can everyone read? Not really words per minute wise, but maybe books since they are a familar base. For example, I can read Farenheit 451 in 2-3 weeks. That factors in school,free-time..etc. I'm a very slow reader and am worried because I still have alot of summer reading left and I have about a month left to read 2 five hundred page books. Is it possible? Can I pull it off? Anyone have any stories of their own 'reading feats' to motivate me?
Thanks for your help guys.
|By Duke3d4 (Duke3d4) on Friday, July 09, 2004 - 09:15 pm: Edit
I can finish a novel in a 3 hours usually. One of those high school 200-400 page novels.
Speedreading I can do and read but I hardly retain any information except the gist of it, so I rarely speedread. But if I TRIED REAL HARD and just focused on getting the gist of it, I can probably read a novel in 10 minutes. The thing is to focus on important nouns/verbs and reading sentences as one.
I can usually finish a High school textbook of 700-1000 pages in about a week if I really tried, but usually I got other stuff so it takes me 2 weeks.
I'm a pretty fast reader but the thing is, slow readers read words at a time. Normal people read two or three words at a time. The fast readers read SENTENCES at a time. That is what you have to change, start trying to read sentences as words instead of just going one word to the next.
|By Crazylicious (Crazylicious) on Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 12:32 am: Edit
i read fast. always have... good books = me stuck to that book until i'm finished, no matter the consequences. well... if there's school etc, i MAY space out the reading of the books. when i read those good books during summer... i can't talk to anybody... only get up to go to the bathroom, it's really bad.
i hate good books when I have other things I am required to do because the good books are huge temptations and occupy my time... haha
angels and demons: 11:30pm to: 3-4am
i read sentences at a time and can pretty much remember the details of the story... except for like the harry potter books cuz some of the details tend to all mesh together... i don't remember if its from book 3 or 4, etc.
speedreading: 10minutes? maybe if i'm just reviewing the book that i already read. heh... i would not want to ruin the book by just simply scanning it for key phrases... unless i hated the book
sorry of the unscholarlyness of this post... (too much periods, lowercase, etc) - but just writing in a hurry. haha
|By Ucbhopeful (Ucbhopeful) on Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 12:49 am: Edit
who cares if you read fast? depends how much you can absorb the information in a given amount of time...sure you can read fast, but do you understand ALL OF THE MATERIAL? do you grasp certain concepts? that is certainly better than speed reading.
|By Crazylicious (Crazylicious) on Saturday, July 10, 2004 - 01:04 am: Edit
Well I read fast not because I necessarily want to read fast, but because the book is so engrossing that I just want to keep reading. I'm always depressed when a good book ends!
I can definitely understand the material and if I don't, I re-read that particular part. I also make predictions as to what's going to happen; and most of the time I'm right. i.e., I figure out what they should do or the answer to something a lot of pages before the main characters do... it makes me laugh, esp. if it's a favorite author.
For school textbooks, I don't read as fast as I do for leisure novels. But I read as fast as I can, while absorbing all the info (and re-reading if I don't). I have a semi-photographic memory as well so that helps a lot.
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Porkulus – It's A Done Deal
Well there's an agreement on the Generational Theft Act of 2009. The squishy middle has capitulated.
As expected, just enough Republicans have signed on to ensure its passage. Names?
Specter said Friday night that action was "very necessary," and this bill, though not perfect, is better than inaction.
"I think no one could argue with the fact that the situation would be much worse without this bill," Specter said at a news conference.
And of course, Susan Collins is the other (and Olympia Snowe is also reportedly going to vote for it). Voinavich and Martinez bailed. They'll give this the veneer of bi-partisan legitimacy.
Oh, and the Senate has reportedly gotten the bill down to a miserly $780 to 805 billion depending on who you listen too.
Nancy Pelosi isn't happy with the cuts:
"These cuts are very damaging — [the House bill] was put together very carefully. … The funding goes directly to school districts, they are stimulative because they maintain jobs instead of cutting jobs."
If you believe the House bill was put together "very carefully", then you will believe 500,000,000 Americans are losing their jobs every month.
But, even with the 3 Republicans, this monstrosity is all Democrat.
As an aside, our recent QandO poll asked which Senator was most likely to break for the bill. In that poll, Olympia Snow won with 33%. Interestingly, John McCain came in second at 29%. Specter came in third with 14%. Surprisingly, Susan Collins came in 4th with 7%.
16 Responses to Porkulus – It's A Done Deal
I apologized to my son across dinner tonight.
Every set of politicians we send to Washington is just sure they can pile that mountain of debt even higher, to avoid making any tough decisions that might actually impact their chances of keeping their precious offices.
And, of course, so far every set has been right. So they will keep piling that debt higher until the whole mess collapses. I don't know if it will be five years or ten years or twenty or forty. But, based on everything I've seen in my lifetime, it's inevitable because there's no viable mechanism to change strategies.
And when it finally happens, they'll look around in wonder, bleating "Who could have known it wouldn't work this time?"
The GOP screwed themselves politically on this one, even though only a relative handful of "mavericks" voted for this abomination in the Senate. Consider how this will be spun and play with so many ignorant Americans who have been terrified by the blunt statements from both Bush and TAO that we face economic Armageddon if something isn't done: they'll see continued job losses because this damned bill won't stimulate much beyond the egoes of politicians and the pocketbooks of their favorite constituencies, and they'll blame it on the GOP for "obstructing" the bill. You don't really think that MiniTru will honestly report that the stimulus is more full of pork than the North Carolina BBQ Festival, do you?
What about conservative voters? It will be hard to convince them that the GOP is the party of fiscal restraint. Oh, only a few RINO's went along with the democrats (spit), but it's not because they absolutely opposed Porkapalooza. Rather, it's because it was just a bit too much. Why bother to support the GOP when so many of them are nothing more than democrat-lite? It's like the dems (spit) wanted to commit robbery and murder, while the GOP tried to "compromise" with robbery and aggravated assault.
I'm waiting for the conference bill to come out. It ain't over: Dingy Harry and SanFran Nan have another shot at porking up the final bill, and I'm sure that many GOP members will either be bribed or frightened into voting for it (bowing to the inevitable?) before it's all over.
A trillion bucks, shot to hell in less than a month. We are so, so screwed.
The irony of it all, the first black president will sign a bill that enslaves generations of Americans. Who are these people occupying Washington DC, where did they come from and why are we letting them put us under the whip?
It will get worse from here…
I'm sure the cuts will be re-added when the House and Senate have the conference call to reconcile both versions of the bills.
Look, since we're in the minority anyway, and these 3 are basically useless to us, can anyone explain to me the downside of getting rid of them from the caucus? The message "if you can vote for this pork laden mess, you're not a Republican" would be a pretty good one. And I regard Specter as highly as I regarded Lincoln Chaffe. Losing that seat one way or another would be no great loss.
At any rate, anyone who wants to mount a primary challenge to these 3 pieces of garbage has my money and time. Maybe their Dem challenger will also.
I just hope that those Americans who oppose this bill will not suffer from CRS on election day 2010
"These cuts are very damaging — [the House bill] was put together very carefully…" What?!?!?!?!
It does appear the bill will pass thanks to three despicable RINOs. I agree with shark. They should be kicked out of the party. They are basically democrats anyway. A possible way to salvage this for the Republicans is to immediately kick the RINO's that vote for the bill out of the party. (OK, I don't know if you can actually do that, but you know what I mean.) This would show the country, and particularly the conservatives, that there is some hope and spine left in the Republican Party. And it would place the blame for this bill back solely on the democrats.
The fact is that the Republican approach to the economy has failed, and has been proven as wrong as communism by history. Reagan started an unsustainable policy of living beyond our means, continued by Republicans and Democrats a like. Tax cuts and private sector money simply went into speculative bubbles rather than building the productive capacity of the economy, leading to this collapse. We do not need short term stimulus of consumption, that would be like giving a heroin addict more heroin — it may feel good in the short term, but makes the long term problem worse. We need investments to create a sustainable economy for the future. The private sector has been proven unable to do this, the desire for short term profits leads to bubbles and fraud. Government can't plan this either. Rather, a middle path of government directing investments makes sense.
But the approach of the GOP has failed the test of history. Tax cuts don't work. The privae sector can't be trusted 'on it's own.' That's simply a fact of history. Now we're in for a painful adjustment and it's time to repudiate the policies from 1981 onward. That's a good thing, the illusions are shatterng. But we do have to change our way of life. But the GOP approach is dead. It must be buried. It failed. (And, of course, the Democrats like Clinton played that game too — the last 30 years have been built on illusion, a fake economy.) This will also help stem our imperial ambitions. So in all, this is a necessary douse of reality for the country. It also shows that a lot of what the Q&O posters have been believing in recent years is dead wrong.
Now Erb is supporting an enormous expansion of government after repeatedly telling us how he is the real libertarian. The Prince of Weasels strikes again. What a fraud. What a piece of shit.
Scott Erb "Tax cuts don't work" Actually tax cuts did work. We had more receipts to the govt in tax money than ever before in history. WHat didnt work was that congress acted like congress and spent all the extra money on pork projects. Sorta like what they are doing now. What you are calling for is Socialism, which has failed every time it has been tried in history.
The fact is that the Republican approach to the economy has failed, and has been proven as wrong as communism by history.
Since the Democrats have been in power in Congress for some time now… Congress being the one with the power of the purse…how can this be properly laid at the feet of the republicans, Scott?
You talk about how Reagan put us on a path of living beyond our means. Let's remember, please, that the tax cuts that Reagan initiated were made on an agreement that had the Democrats in Congress cutting spending. We're still waiting for those spending cuts to come from Democrats. Had those spending cuts actually COME, as the Democrats promised, we'd ahve had NO defict by the time Reagan's 8 years had ended.
The problem isn't low taxes, Scott… the problem is high spending. And now you offer he even higher spending as a solution to the problem? Yeah, that's gonna work.
The private sector can in fact be trusted on its own, assuming it's actually left on its own. Without the micromanagement of the Federal government. Unfortunately, because of the likes of YOU, the test can never be made.
Once again Erb flaunts his invincible ignorance of history, economics, and politics. All in one paragraph. Impressive.
Seeking a short term rhetorical advantage, he once again casts aside his claims of libertarianism to advocate more government, but he will eventually again claim to favor smaller government when he thinks he can make points.
The perpetual putz.
The fact is that the Republican approach to the economy has failed, and has been proven as wrong as communism by history. That's right, the vicious Republicans are as bad as the commies they hate. Only wise leftists, who are not at all like Communists, so stop saying that, can be trusted to run society. Like me.
Reagan started an unsustainable policy of living beyond our means, continued by Republicans and Democrats a like. And it was all Reagan's fault that the mostly Democratic Congress during his term kept increasing spending. I decree it. You see, by the holy principles of post-modernism, everything is the fault of Republicans. If Democrats do bad things, it's still the Republican's fault because the so-evil-they're-as-bad-as-commies Republicans forced them to do it.
Tax cuts and private sector money simply went into speculative bubbles rather than building the productive capacity of the economy, leading to this collapse. And the fact that Democratic legislators were encouraging Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to fuel the bubble, and blocked any attempts to defuse the situation before it burst, is simply not relevant. I decree it. Those Democrats had excellent intentions, and the business people, who are mostly evil Republicans, should have found a way to make it all work.
And don't start up with how the laws of economics prevented that, just don't start! In this world, it's the job of Democrats and wise leftists to determine what should be done, and the businesspeople and other peons, sorry, I mean engineering and technical types, are supposed to figure out how to make it happen. After all, those types could never make decisions about society as a whole. That's the province of wise leftists with godlike powers of political science. So you righties, many of whom are those exact business, engineering, and technical types, just need to suck it up and make things work. We'll be watching from the faculty lounge, and giving instruction as necessary.
We do not need short term stimulus of consumption, that would be like giving a heroin addict more heroin — it may feel good in the short term, but makes the long term problem worse. So letting people keep more of their own money is bad, bad, bad. They'll just spend on stuff they want, which doesn't stimulate the economy nearly as well as when government spends that exact same money. Yes, we need investments to create a sustainable economy for the future, and everything government spends the money on is an investment. I decree it.
The private sector has been proven unable to do this, the desire for short term profits leads to bubbles and fraud. Government can't plan this either, because as I said earlier, we wise leftists are not really into the nitty-gritty stuff. Rather, a middle path of government directing investments makes sense. That basically means wise leftists in government directly the rest of you peons, sorry, I mean technocrats to do what's needed.
But the approach of the GOP has failed the test of history. Tax cuts don't work. The fact that they sent revenue collections to record levels is beside the point. I decree it.
The private sector can't be trusted 'on it's own.' That's simply a fact of history. Now, as I've already pointed out, the Communists failed too. But I've also said that government needs to direct investments. And that's not a thing like how the Nazis ran things, so stop saying that! It's different, in ways that you need an advanced degree in political science to understand.
Now we're in for a painful adjustment and it's time to repudiate the policies from 1981 onward. Yes, let's go back to the policies of the late 1970s, when we were led by the wise and benificent Jimmy Carter. Yes, it was much better when we had 15% mortgage rates, 10% unemployment, and 12% inflation. Much better! Because Jimmy was wise and his intentions were good, and we suffered like we should have for our sins, and if we had just followed his lead instead of being selfish and insisting on lowering taxes on rich guys from 70%, everything would have been so, so much better.
That adjustment is a good thing, the illusions are shattering. Mainly the illustion that you dense righties are ever qualified to make any decisions about anything.
But we do have to change our way of life. We need to move from leftist politicians and bureaucrats and union leaders making about half of all decisions to making all of them. The GOP approach is dead. It must be buried. It failed. How many more ways can I indicate just how much I hate it? I don't know, but the GOP is nasty and stupid and as bad as the commies, and I just can't see why you dense righties don't get that. And don't start with how the guys on this site have violently criticized Republicans. Because they don't agree with wise leftists like me, so they must be on the side of the vicious Republicans. I decree it.
(And, of course, the Democrats like Clinton played that game too — the last 30 years have been built on illusion, a fake economy. Yes, only Democrats that completely embrace leftist solutions are helping solve anything. But that's not socialism like the Communists tried and failed with, so stop saying that!!)
This will also help stem our imperial ambitions. I have to bring everything back around to Iraq somehow, and the violence there is going to increase real soon now, and that last election that appeared to go so well means nothing, do you hear, nothing! I decree it!!!
So in all, this is a necessary douse of reality for the country. Mainly the reality that leftists are running things now and we're going to be running things forever, so you dense righties might as well get used to it. And thank goodness for this new reality, because I can now stop pretending to all this pseudo-libertarian schtick that I adopted to try and get you dense righties to take me seriously. I can come right out and fly my proud wise leftist colors all the way! I can even say that moderates like Clinton were bad as I did above, because I know in my heart that post-modern-based wise leftism is a perfect philosophy as long as you approach it pragmatically, which means you redefine things as necessary to avoid ever admitting you were wrong about anything.
It also shows that a lot of what the Q&O posters have been believing in recent years is dead wrong. Especially those ex-military basket cases, McQ and Hollis. What fools! And the fact that I come here and actually read their drivel doesn't mean I'm obsessed with this site and posting here to prove my self worth by holding myself above all you dense righties. It doesn't mean that at all, I tell you! Stop psychoanalyzing me!
RAY SUAREZ: Has the president been too optimistic in your view on the number of jobs that could be created by a package?
SEN. ARLEN SPECTER: No, I don't believe he's been too optimistic. I'm prepared to accept his figures. I think the reality is that nobody knows with any relative degree of certainty.
We pick a figure, and it doesn't have any scientific basis. I wouldn't say that it's picked out of the air, but that's — that's pretty close.
from http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/politics/jan-june09/stimulus_02-05.html
Here's a history lesson for you Timactual. In 1980 debt was about 30% of GDP (going consistently down from over 100% at the end of WWII), and we had a current account surplus. From then on — Republicans and Democrats to blame — we lived beyond our means due to increasing budget deficits (Reagan started borrow and spend) and trade deficits. This was an imbalance that could not persist, and we're now in a structural adjustment. Tax cuts and the like simply fed speculative bubbles. Since 1982 we've been on a wrong economic track, and now we have a painful rebalancing. We'll accomplish it, but the kind of policies started by Reagan and embraced by both parties have been proven wrong. We're undergoing a crisis that is deep and will leave America severely weakened. We need to learn the lesson and recognize that deregulation and tax cuts are not a solution if they are bought through increased borrowing or unsustainable current account deficits. But the good news is that the illusions of the last quarter century are finally shattering, and we are having to face reality. Finally!
Here's a history lesson for you Timactual.
From what alternate universe, Erb?


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In the rigorous climb toward a successful season, each game represents only one step along the way; the route is rarely a level path. By season's end, nearly every team will have inhaled some of the airy ethers of victory as well as the noxious vapors of defeat with, hopefully, a much larger dose of the former rather than the latter.
In indoor track at the developmental meet at West Point on December 8, several local athletes showed their ascension with fine performances. They included first-place finishes in the shot put by Tri-Valley's Aric Boyes (45-11.5) and Mareena DiMilia (37-3), and a first-place finish in the high jump by Sullivan West's Mitch Paciga (6-1). Second-place finishes were registered in the boys 55H by Paciga (8.6) and DiMilia (8.9), the boys 800 relay by Monticello (1:41.4), in the 1500 racewalk by Tri-Valley's Mary Alongi (8:50.9) and in the weight throw by DiMilia (41-0.5).
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Previously, I wrote part one of the Diablo III review, as I had not done much of inferno or tried other classes, we decided to do two parts so that I could cover more of the game in depth with more time spent. Read part one here if you haven't yet. With that out of the way, time to jump in.
A few notes that I didn't touch on in part one concern sound and over all graphical fidelity of the game. Blizzard has done it again with the graphics, making them appealing without requiring top of the line hardware to run. The game is without a doubt Diablo. The world is dark, gritty and violent, and the groups of monsters you kill die in spectacular fashion. Even more importantly, they die in unique ways based on how they are killed. With my wizard I would watch a baddy more or less melt as I disintegrated him or explode into ice shards if I froze him before his death. These unique animations are important, as the world feels more dynamic and less scripted. Another important aspect is in the ways you can kill mobs. It is most prevalent in Act 1, where there are plenty of walls and chandeliers to drop on unsuspecting enemies, allowing a level of environmental violence seen in very few games.
The soundtrack is far from the quality of the previous two entries in the series, but it still sounds good. The rest of the sound effects are top notch and the slashes, crunches and crashes that accompany the endless violence are visceral to say the least. There is a bit too much chatter from followers when you play single player after a good 100+ hours of gameplay but the discussions are akin to follower talks between characters in Baldur's Gate and Mass Effect. They flesh out the story a little bit more and give more humanity to the NPCs that join you on your quest.
Since I last wrote about Diablo III I have played nearly every day, for hours on end and have clocked in close to 200 hours at this point. With that being said, my two biggest characters are my monk and wizard, both of which are just starting to dig into Inferno difficulty. The monk has spent significantly more time in Inferno difficulty, and his gear shows it. With my wizard just about ready to enter the difficulty, you can tell that she isn't all that ready for it, and I expect hours upon hours of gear farming to prepare.
Inferno is the final difficulty in the game, and it is nothing short of brutal. Soon a patch (or nerf depending) will be smoothing out the transition between the acts in Inferno, but there is no way to review that yet. If the change is so significant that it needs to be mentioned I'll be sure to update it along with the Real Money Auction House information at a later date. In this difficulty, the challenge comes from the champion packs instead of the bosses. Each boss is still difficult, but far from the main focus. Once you reach level 60, killing a champion pack (a group of unique and powerful monsters) give your party a buff that increases their magic find by just over 20% that stacks five times. The idea is that you work through and act to get your full valor stacks and with a big chunk of additional magic find shoot for killing the boss of the act. This will give you many more rare (yellow) items which will help prepare you for the next act. My monk and his pet witch doctor have been farming Inferno a great deal and still have some trouble in Act II.
Hell difficulty (the difficulty preceding Inferno) is still a challenge but not near as brutal as it's bigger brother. Champion packs will only have three modifiers as opposed to the four that are found in Inferno. What Hell does well is prepare you for the new challenges you face as you enter the end game. Normal and Nightmare are fun and all, but they are a different game from the final two parts. With a recent change to how monster damage scales in groups, the game is a bit easier to face with three additional friends, but Hell still presents a fantastic challenge. These two difficulties change how the game is played. Where as I face rolled and destroyed everything in my path with both characters for the first two, the second two require a slower more thoughtful approach to combat.
It could be argued that using the auction house kills a great deal of the challenge in the game. Gear is sporadic, and it is rare that you find what you need. Instead, you sell that gear to someone else through the auction house and purchase the exact item you are looking for. My wizard was in Hell difficulty in half the time that my monk made it because I was able to buy such great gear with +experience modifiers whenever I wanted since all gold is shared between characters. Does it ruin the game? Not really, the auction house is optional and soon my play group will be playing through the game without buying any gear at all, in game or on the auction house. This added challenge will be great when the servers are hiccuping and we aren't comfortable risking our hardcore characters lives to the server gods.
Speaking of hardcore, this is where the game really hits you in the face. One death and that's it. You made it to level 60 and have tons of amazing loot? Then a brutal pack of champions comes and locks you down to the point that there is no escape? Death. Remake and start at level one and forget about all that gear. Hardcore is a heart pumping, adrenaline filled way to play the game that I look forward to digging into more. We haven't completed the game on normal mode yet, so we haven't spent much time on Hardcore yet, but the time spent was a new feeling that really puts a ton of stress into every fight. Knowing that my character is mortal and can die based on one mistake is a challenge that few games throw at players these days.
Finally, the RMAH (Real Money Auction House) has gone live on the American servers as of this writing. It works just like you would expect, using real dollars in place of gold. While not all items are able to be sold and purchased just yet, players are able to purchase equipment and weapons. Buying items was simple enough once you jump through the hoops to set up payment options. SMS security is required for any purchasing and selling through paypal or a credit card and the text message containing the security code was slow to show up to start. It seems to be working a bit better now, but expect a few days or weeks before the RMAH side of things starts running completely smooth. I'm not sure what impact this will have on the game as a whole but I look forward to trying to make a little extra cash farming with my wizard and monk. Only time will tell if this hurts or helps the game in the long run but it is nice to see a company taking a chance, even if the fees are pretty outrageous.
What the future holds for Diablo III is anyone's guess. Many fans are calling foul about many of the nerfs that are coming up and the general lack of reason to replay the game. For me, D3 has scratched that itch that I've been waiting so long to satisfy. It's a deep, challenging and enjoyable game that constantly feeds me more and more loot. While much of that loot needs to be converted to what I need in the auction house, the general speed of progression through the game is enjoyable and keeps me engaged in the constant struggle to get better. I still have three more characters to level to 60 in normal mode and five more for hardcore, so I expect that this game will be seeing me a great deal over the year to come. Just as things start to wear off, I'm sure some big expansion pack will rekindle the fire that I feel even now, a month after release, to log in and get to hacking and slashing. Diablo III may be a bit more casual friendly, but it is still one of the most polished and well designed games out there. With Blizzard's constant commitment to balancing the classes and really tighten the game up, I know my time invested will be worth it in the long run. I can't recommend the game enough and hope that each gamer gives the world of Diablo a chance.
Here's the Rundown:
+ Nothing short of a metric ton of content.
+ Classes are unique and have multiple styles of play.
+ Changing skills whenever you like means no more mistakes in character builds.
+ So many loots.
+ Loot.
+ Lots and Lots of loots!
– Currently, rare items are generally better than Legendaries (something being addressed in a future patch)
– Blizzard may be too focused on the casual to give the game the same staying power as it's predecessor.
– Certain skills seem all but required for certain classes.
– Many of the modifiers are extremely difficult to understand, more clarity to stats would be much appreciated.
9 and 9.5 represent the pinnacle of the genre, a game that defines what that genre should be about. These scores are for games that you not only feel would be worth your purchase, but you would actually try to convince your friends to buy them as well.
Diablo III was developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment. The game is available on PC and Mac with an MSRP of $59.99 and was released on May 15th 2012.


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By Sean Carruthers
Looking to get a head start on shopping for the gadget-loving traveller in your life? Here are six electronic goodies to keep the mobile members of your family smiling.
Apple iPod Nano
No surprise that this is the season's must-have digital music player: The iPod Mini was a huge hit and this is the same thing… only mini-er. The Nano is thinner than a pencil but stores up to 1,000 songs. Its full-colour screen can display everything from album artwork to family photos. It's small and light enough to fit comfortably into your shirt pocket. The only problem is that it's so small, you just might forget it's there! Expect about 10 hours of playtime on a single battery charge.
Etymotic Ety.Com headset
Whether you're in a moving car or a noisy airport, cellphone communication can be frustrating. Well, curse no more. The Ety.Com mobile headset uses a sound-isolating earpiece – which plugs right into your ear canal like an earplug – to make sure you can always hear the person on the other end of the call. And the attached microphone boom can be positioned right next to your mouth so you can be heard too… without passersby becoming privy to your conversation.
Garmin StreetPilot i3
Never again lose your way when driving – without breaking the bank. The StreetPilot uses Global Positioning System satellites to determine your location, which is then mapped on its tiny colour screen. Stick the StreetPilot's suction cup to the inside of your windshield; then let it tell you (using the built-in speaker) where you need to turn. The StreetPilot i3 comes with maps for both Canada and the United States and is bundled with a cigarette lighter adapter in case the two AA batteries run low on power.
Memorex 2GB TravelDrive
USB memory stick capacities are getting so big that it's tempting to leave your bulky notebook behind. Instead, why not just load all of your work onto the USB stick and use a computer at your destination? Memorex has high-end versions for the executive type (complete with aircraft-grade brushed aluminium housing and push-button retractable USB connector), but this basic model is cheaper. And, at only a few centimetres wide, it's still small enough to clip onto your key ring. Oh, and its two-gigabyte storage replaces over a thousand floppy disks. Remember those?
Socket Mobile Power Pack
The worst part about travelling with a bucketful of gadgets is managing all of the power adapters. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to charge up your gear while you're away from an outlet? The Socket Mobile Power Pack is a small travel kit that does just that with a five-volt lithium ion battery plus adapter tips for cellphones, PDAs, digital music players and other USB-powered devices. As long as you remember to pack the MPP's own AC adapter (which fits North American, European, U.K. and Australian wall plugs), you'll be able to keep your various gadgets charged up most anywhere.
Sony PSP
This may sound like a kid's ploy to allay parental suspicion, but Sony's new mobile gaming device really isn't just for games: It also doubles as a photo viewer, movie player and digital audio device. Invest a few extra dollars in a high-capacity Memory Stick Pro Duo card, and you can even watch all your favourite video podcasts while you're on the move.
(Sean Carruthers is a freelance technology writer, cohost of the Labrats.tv podcast, editor of GlobalHermit.com, and tech researcher at G4techTV Canada. When he travels, he often takes more gadgets than clothes.)
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Today, in my AP Biology class, a student informed us she'd read that Antarctica had completely melted due to global warming, to which my friend gushed, "Yeah! It's been melted for, like, months." FML
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Today, it's my birthday and my ex husband texted me at midnight to tell happy birthday. Too bad he couldn't have texted my new husband to remind him. FML
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Today, I went to see a musical that some school friends had put on. At some point in the show, the main character kicked her leg up in the air, and her high heel flew off of her foot and into the audience. The shoe hit me square in the face. FML
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Today, I had to create a perfect society in English class; the best society has their grade go up a full letter. After tons of preparation and thinking, I lost to an island made only of cheese. FML
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Today, my boyfriend sent me so many nice texts that he made me fall in love with him that little bit more. It turns out he was sweetening me up before telling me he cheated on me the night before. FML
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Today, my daughter called me to pick her up at the mall. She said I had to meet her inside a specific store, so I figured she wanted me to pay for something. Turns out I was right, she was being arrested for shoplifting. FML
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Today, I finally felt motivated to do some exercise. As I got my weights out, I noticed out of the corner of my eye someone moving about outside my window. I got scared and dropped a weight on my foot. The person outside was my own reflection. FML
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Today, my best friend announced she was getting married. I've always wanted to be a bridesmaid but she then added, "You can't be in the bridal party because you don't have the same body type as the other bridesmaids. But you can still come to the bachelorette party!" FML
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Today, a senile old lady came up to me and offered me chocolate. I noticed that it was ex-lax, so I politely told her no. My 4-year-old daughter pushed me aside and ate the ex-lax, because she thought it was candy. I now have a stinky child on a 3 hour bus ride, with no stops. FML
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Bench Decision on Intercreditor Issues with Respect to Manner of Treatment of Debtors' Schedules; Admissibility of Debtors' Accounting Records; Burdens of Coming Foward and Proof with Respect to Them; and Propriety Under Bankruptcy Law of Postpetition Restatement of Financial Statements signed on 2/6/2006 . (Blum, Helene) Modified on 2/6/2006 to Correct Docket Text.
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Rest day.
"How we love to blame others for our misfortunes! Almost every individual sho has lost money in stock speculation has on the tip of his tongue an explanation which he trots out to show that it wasn't his fault at all....Hardly one loser has the manliness to say frankly, "I was wrong."
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Highlander's Lizardhide Boots (level 28)
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- Not the level of this item you were looking for? See Highlander's Lizardhide Boots.
- For the Horde version, see Defiler's Lizardhide Boots (level 28).
- Highlander's Lizardhide Boots
- Item Level 33
- Binds when picked up
- Unique
- Leather
- Feet
- 104 Armor
- +4 Agility
+8 Stamina
+5 Intellect
- Durability 50 / 50
- Classes: Rogue, Druid
- Requires level 28
- Equip: Run speed increased slightly.
- Vendor 300
The Highlander's Lizardhide Boots (level 28) are a leather feet slot item available to Alliance Rogues and Druids.
This a PvP reward item. The Highlander's Lizardhide Boots (level 28) can be purchased for 300 from Samuel Hawke <League of Arathor Supply Officer> near the Alliance Arathi Basin battleground entrance in Refuge Pointe in Arathi Highlands.
Notes Edit
The item's slight increase in run speed is an 8% increase that does not stack. The 8% speed boost does apply to druid bear form and cat form, but not to travel form, swim form, nor dash. The boots also provide a 5% increase in walking speed and a 5% increase to druid cat form prowl speed.
The boot's passive stat Run Speed Increase does not stack with [Enchant Boots - Minor Speed], [Figurine - Golden Hare], nor any other effect that gives a passive boost to running speed. No passive speed increases stack.
Patch changesEdit
- Patch 3.3.3 (2010-03-23): No longer requires Arathi Basin Marks of Honor to purchase.
- / Patch 2.0.1 (05-Dec-2006): Reputation requirement removed. Cost converted to Honor and Marks.
- Patch 1.7.0 (13-Sep-2005): Added.


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Mel Maxfield, AHS
■ Record: 195-93-1 overall, 21-9 at Amarillo High (third season).
■ Notable: Led Sandies to playoffs in Class 5A in each of his two seasons at Amarillo High. Twice this season had Amarillo High in the top 10 of the state rankings, marking the first time the Sandies were ranked that high in two decades.
Bryan Wood, Randall
■ Record: 114-49 overall, 29-15 at Randall (fourth season).
■ Notable: Led Raiders to third round of the playoffs the last two seasons. This is the second straight year RHS has started 7-0, as the Raiders have won 16 of their last 17 regular season games.


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In a cluttered back room at Phillips Bar-B-Que in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, the walls are covered with photos of youth sports teams sponsored by the restaurant and honors received by its owner, Foster Phillips. A native of Keatchie, Louisiana, Phillips has operated this barbecue spot ― a takeout-only business ― for 23 years.
The parking lot is perfumed by the plumes from the big, brick-clad smoker. The lines are invariably long, as regulars await taut-skinned links suffused in a chile-fired sauce, or deep, dusky ribs that give only a hint of tug as teeth pull meat from bone.
"My goal is to give customers the same taste in their mouths that they left with the last time they were here," Phillips says. "When they come back, I want them to pick up that same taste, to keep that taste, to hold on to that flavor."
Phillips began barbecuing while in high school. He comes from a family of nine children, and his mother taught household chores to all the kids, boys included. "The only thing I didn't learn well was washing and ironing," admits Phillips.
Barbecue has been an ongoing education for Phillips. "Before I opened, I went to every walk-in barbecue joint I could find and studied meat in every way that I could," he says. "I still go around too, maybe bring in food from three or four places and share it with my employees, to let them see what's going on.
"I've always wanted to be best at whatever I do," Phillips says, "whether it paid big or small. It's hard for me to believe that anyone works harder than me to keep it right. It's just hard to believe."
Barbecue is indeed hard work ― so time-consuming, in fact, that its true believers contend that the effort alone acts as a disincentive to practicing the traditional method. Proper smoking can take 15 hours, and staff must be carefully trained in the way of the barbecue master.
"It has to be nursed and prodded, watched and tended," says Dan Darroch Sr., owner of Hap's Pit Barbecue in Phoenix. "To really have a good rib, the time, temperature, and smoke draft all have to be right. So do the rubs. You're dealing with a thin piece of meat between two bones. More is not better, and less is not better. It's about doing it right. For me, there were thousands of pounds of trial and error."
That said, Darroch will take the hard work of barbecue over the hard work of his former occupation, running a used-car lot, any day.
With a father from Virginia and a grandfather from Texas, Darroch was never a stranger to the verities of barbecue. He barbecued as a hobby and began experimenting with smokers. He eventually spent 18 months or so creating a smoker that he mounted on an old Chevy pickup chassis.
In 1994 he set up a few card tables and began selling barbecue at his used-car lot near Sky Harbor International Airport. Darroch sold so many sandwiches that first Saturday, he began to rethink his future. He opened his two restaurants in 2001 and now employs nine members of his family.
"You sell cars with the right intentions, but they do break down. And, believe it or not, a lot of people don't make their payments, and as a result you have to go pick up their car," he says.
"So I was never sent a Christmas card by anyone I had to repo. But barbecue? Everyone is happy and excited and thanks you afterward. And it's a consumable product. They're always back the next week ― or the next day ― for more."
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|How do I view the Global Studies modules in CORS?
|Global Studies is administered through the Department of Political Science. GL coded modules can viewed under the Political Science drop down menu in CORS. For more information on Global Studies modules, please visit our website at www.fas.nus.edu.sg/globalstudies.
|As a GL major, which faculty exposure can I fulfill GL1101E with?
|Students cannot use the exposure module for their major to fulfil the Faculty Exposure Requirements. If you do not intend to major in GL, then you may read GL1101E Global Issues to fulfil either the Humanities or Social Sciences exposure requirement.
|Can I take Global Studies as my second major?
|There are no second degree or second major options for Global Studies Programme.
|I have enrolled in the Language Preparation Programme (LPP) so that I can go for an exchange programme later on, so can you please advise which language is appropriate for the region AMERICAS?
|Global Studies students are encouraged to go on exchange to develop skills in not only communication but in areas where the exchange University is able to complement the major. Having said this, we do not want students to start on a language before they have chosen their Theme or Region. To narrow down on a Theme or Region, students must have done the Global Studies exposure module: GL1101E Global Issues.
|The GL major requires students to read 20 MCs of CORE modules, 16 MCs in a Theme, 16 MCs in a Region and 16 MCs in a Language. But the total credits are over and above the 60 MCs required for a Bachelor's degree. But I am interested in reading modules outside of my Theme, how can I do this?
|The modules fulfilling the CORE (GL coded), Theme and Region are computed under the major requirement. Whereas the Language is fulfilled using the Unrestricted Electives. As such students have at least 8 MCs of elective space to read outside of their chosen Theme or Region in a three year track.
|Is there a possibility that the Global Studies Programme will close if there are insufficient number of student registrations?
|No, there will be no such issue with Global Studies Programme or the majors offered by the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences.
|For the Theme and Region I have chosen, Korean language fits in perfectly but because I have prior knowledge in the language, I get to read LAK3203. And because of this I only have two more modules to go making me short of 2MCs. So can I be granted a waiver for the 2 MCs and read a non-language module in its place?
|After much deliberation over this issue, we have decided that students with prior knowledge in a language and place in high, will be channelled to another language in which they can fulfil 16 MCs. This is because we do not allow for exemptions or waivers. The Centre for Language Studies has 11 languages from which GL students can choose from (not including Tamil which has only 2 modules offered). The choice of your language must complement your Theme and/or Region and must be approved by the Academic Advisor for the programme.
|How do I know if my Theme and Region combination are a good fit?
|Students who intend to declare Global Studies as their major after reading GL1101E, are required to submit their Theme, Region and Language choices for advising. They can do this by sending an email to .
|I am interested in majoring in Global Studies, how can I apply for it?
|It seems you have not applied for admission to the University. Global Studies is an open major which students admitted to the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences can declare after they have read the exposure module GL1101E. More information on admission to the University can be found at the following website: http://www.nus.edu.sg/oam.
|I am keen to minor in Global Studies but there are no details for it at the website.
|To minor in Global Studies, students must read the following: GL1101E, GL2101, GL2102, and GL2103 and two modules from any of the Themes.
|What degree would I graduate with when I complete the GL major? Will the Theme or Region I have done be reflected somewhere?
|Global Studies Majors will graduate with a B.A. (Global Studies) Degree. The Theme and Region components will not be reflected on their transcript.
|I was admitted into NUS via the Mother Tongue Bonus Point Scheme (MTBPS). Is it possible that those MT-related modules I am going to take can fulfil both the MAJOR and MTBPS requirements?
|Yes, the MT-related modules can concurrently fulfil your MTBP and your GL major requirements as long as they are (1) part of the GL recognised list of modules, and (2) relevant to your approved theme/region or you may exercise your elective component within your major for this purpose. Please be reminded that students should not read more than 50% from a single discipline towards the GL major.
Do take note that you may have to overload your unrestricted electives nonetheless to fulfil pre-requisites required by higher level modules which are not recognised under the GL curriculum, if necessary.
|As Spanish is now being offered can I read it towards my major requirement?
|Students from Cohort 2015 may read Spanish as the Centre for Language Studies has started offering higher level modules in the language.


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Green Cleaning Just Makes Sense for Minneapolis Convention Center
The Minneapolis Convention Center cleaning staff says that it just makes sense to use green cleaning chemicals because they are not only good for the earth, they are easy on the staff. According to reports on WCCO.com, 90 percent of the chemicals used at the convention center are green certified. Although they are proud of that achievement, the custodial crew hopes to make that 100 percent by early next year.
Because of the successes the green cleaning program has achieved, city leaders are not looking at adopting the policy at other city buildings in the area. "We'll be standardizing all of our training and product lines across the city. All of our cleaning supplies will be Green Seal certified," said Greg Goeke, Minneapolis property services acting director.
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