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On behalf of the social studies, math, English, and science departments at Spencer County High School, we would like to thank Becky House and Spencer County Physical Therapy for their generous donation of paper. This has made our lives so much easier and less stressful in the final months of school.
Melita Drake, social studies department chair
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Childhood is supposed to be an age of innocence, but for too many in the Commonwealth it's a time of suffering. In 2009 a report revealed that Kentucky led the nation in the number of children who die as a result of abuse and neglect. Statistics show that every minute in Kentucky, two children are victims of abuse and neglect that can leave emotional and physical scars that last a lifetime. No doubt there are countless more cases that go unreported.
One morning last week, I went through a local drive-through for a much needed cup of coffee (heavily flavored, of course).
As it was a particularly sunny morning, I was wearing my sunglasses – probably the ones atop my head in the photo to the right. As I approached the window, I did as I normally do and positioned my sunglasses just as they are in this photo.
Where did Spencer Countians' respect for each other go?
I have not even read the weekly edition of The Spencer Magnet, but I can tell you that I really don't have to. From going to the local grocery store, dollar store, bank and hardware store, I know what it holds.
From lips of discouraged citizens to ears of discouraged citizens, I have heard enough.
To Judy Puckett and the people that work for the clerk, I apologize that you are having to go through this.
The recent removal of Elmar's BP sign was requested by planning and zoning using an ordinance that had been superseded by a new law approved by fiscal court and is no longer in existence.
Is this the change we requested? Why did you and I make the decision to have Elmar's BP sign taken down? I ask you because the removal was under the direction of a Spencer County/Taylorsville government agency. That agency was acting on our behalf.
To the residents and visitors of Highview Estates: do you want to be the one to kill someone else's child? That is certainly a question that some of you, young and old, need to ask yourself.
As a long time resident in Highview Estates, I have sat on my front porch and watched many of you drive in and out of this subdivision speeding. Not just speeding, but not paying attention to what you are doing at all.
I would like to take a moment to express my thanks in the direction the Magnet has taken in the past few months. I can see a big difference in the quality of news and the support the Magnet is giving Spencer County, and I would like to say thank you and keep up the great work.
BJ Smith
During the special session last week, the Senate created a responsible approach to solving this Medicaid budget shortfall. The House of Representatives agreed with the Senate plan and the bill was sent to the governor's desk.
However late Friday, March 25, as many offices were closing for the day, the governor vetoed all of the important accountability provisions and is now left with an unrestricted checkbook combined with an unlimited credit card funded with your tax dollars.
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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Deal of the Century & Boyfriend!
On the other hand ... you walk into a store, any store, with no intention of buying anything, you're just looking... then there it is the perfect dress/shoes/pillow/face cream!! Isn't that how it always happens? Well, it happened to me a few weeks ago. My dh went into Dick's Sporting Goods to buy a new hat... I'm sorry girls, but the sporting goods store = boring to me. Luckily, Michael's is right there in the same plaza. I walked in, made a beeline for the scrapbook section, with no intention of buying anything...just gonna look (famous last words!) and there "she" was.... with a big fat clearance sticker. I snatched her up and held her close. I just couldn't believe that no one had found her!! Oh what a deal, what a STEAL!!
Isn't she a beauty!!!
I sat the box on the floor and pulled "her" out of the box, grabbed a scrap piece of paper from my purse and gave "her" a test run. Oh joy, rapture... she cut like butter!!
Lookie at how much I paid!!
Really, I couldn't believe that baby had been sitting there since June 6... and I purchased it around June 27. Guess it was meant to be! :)
When I got her home, I couldn't figure out the "as is" part, she cut fine. Then, after reading the back, she's missing the magnetic ruler. That's all. And, she is self sharpening, so I never, ever, ever have to replace the blade. She scrap's with me all the time!!
So, what should I name "her"? You do name your most favorite scrappy tools, right??? ;)
Have you seen Boyfriend yet! Oh my! I love, love, love this new line from Cosmo Cricket. It's just so perfect for boy layouts. I find it quite hard to find great designs for boys. I'm really tired of rockets and robots. My son isn't into rockets and robots. Never was. I'm also tired of sports and stars. So this line makes me happy! It's retro! I love the banana seat! Oh, when I was 10, that was the thing to have, a banana seat bike! You could ride two people on it!
Here is the boyfriend chipboard... love it!! I definitely can put that skateboard to use in a future layout!
And one of the sheets in the line:
I really like this line. What fun. And, if you grew up in the late 70's, early 80's like me, you could scrap some pictures of your childhood. Look at the soda bottles, the cassette player, the Raybans and Chucks.... cool. :)
Have a fun day! Blog ya later!
12 comments:
- Jingle said...
I am totally in love with the Boyfriend line! I love the Love Earth line, too! I will be getting both!!! That deal is amazing! I am SO jealous!
- July 16, 2009 at 10:45 AM
- Christie said...
Congrats on your deal! I have one of those and love it. And yes, that Boyfriend line is fantastic!
- July 16, 2009 at 10:48 AM
- Elizabeth said...
Have fun with your "boyfriend" it looks really cute for boys. :) You'll like that trimmer and if it gets messed their customer services is fabulous!!
Happy Scrapping!
- July 16, 2009 at 10:56 AM
- PattiM said...
Been there, done that on the shopping. More than I'd like to admit, too. Love the boyfriend line. Could have used that when I did my BOM last year. That chipboard alone brings back memories. The phone, camera, banana seat bike, cassettes, radio and shoes. Now, if I just had the moola to buy that and the line Jingle mentioned, I'd be set. (sigh)
(Pattie's passion)
I Scrap So All Moments Are Remembered!
- July 16, 2009 at 11:07 AM
- Stacy said...
Shut UP! :) I can't believe no one picked that sucker up. Score for you! I hardly ever use my ruler but if you think you would you might check with the company for a replacement.
- July 16, 2009 at 11:26 AM
- Jennifer Sloane said...
First, let me say that I LOVE your site and always coming to it to read the feeds from everyone else that you link. Thanks!
About the trimmer, I had that trimmer for all of about 2 months before the lines and numbers started to wear off. It was a total pain! I would definitely find something to seal your numbers before you use it too much so that it can stand up to wear and tear.
- July 16, 2009 at 4:01 PM
- Kristin said...
How awesome that you found that trimmer so cheap.
If you can find a deal like that I am confident that you can find my licorice.
I may actually be able to relax a little now, lol!
Thanks for looking!
- July 16, 2009 at 5:00 PM
- Scramping My Life Away said...
The part of this post that made me :) the most was when you said, "I pulled out a piece of scrap paper out of my purse"!!! Gotta love the dedicated, albeit, crazy scrapbookers!!! LOL Great post!!!
- July 16, 2009 at 8:47 PM
- Amy said...
I got a kick out of you giving her a trial run on the floor of michael's too :). What a deal! LOVE the new CC stuff too!
- July 16, 2009 at 10:20 PM
- jandbsmom said...
I have the same trimmer! And I love 'her'. I bought mine though with the 50% off coupon. Enjoy! :D
- July 17, 2009 at 12:25 PM
- Brit Swiderski said...
I just bought the same trimmer, and so far, so good. There's nothing like a new, awesome tool that you bought at a great price. I'm super excited about the boyfriend line, too. All of the patterns are sooo versatile. We're going to have a lot of fun with the new Cosmo Cricket. :)
- July 17, 2009 at 2:04 PM
- Aida Haron, Singapore said...
WOW .. what a steal, enjoy it !!
- July 18, 2009 at 10:30 PM


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The Legal Framework Of Political Party Registration In Palestine
by Ammar Dweik
The issue of the legal organization of political parties in Palestine is a problematic one from both a legal and a political standpoint. This is the main reason why the PLC is displaying considerable indifference with regard to the matter.
The failure to organize the political parties in an appropriate manner is due to several factors, of which the following are probably the most important:
The above-mentioned reasons resulted in some kind of consensus being achieved between the ruling party and the opposition parties as a result of which the legislative and legal organization of the work of the various parties was frozen. As things stand at present, the Palestinian legislator prefers to stand silent and deal with the matter in a humble manner through some of the provisions included in the Elections Law.
The fact is, the unique Palestinian situation and the Israeli occupation should not stand as an obstacle in the path of finding creative ways to deal with this unique situation and at the same time establish a democratic system. Not only has the absence of appropriate legislation, which is blamed on the occupation, become a cover up for the continuation of undemocratic practices by the factions, it has also resulted in major financial burdens for the Palestinian taxpayer.
With legislative elections just around the corner, and in light of the fact that the PLC has tended to adopt a mixed electoral system, which involves forming electoral lists at the national level, a need arises to organize the work of the political parties in a way that guarantees the forming and organizing of partisan electoral lists in an efficient, democratic manner. There is also a need to establish legal mechanisms that are able to guarantee the effective monitoring of the funding of the parties that intend to participate in the elections.
This paper focuses on the current legal situation vis-à-vis the registration of political parties and how the Central Elections Commission deals with this particular matter. It also looks at the monitoring of the financial aspects of the work of the political parties in light of the most recent presidential election experience (9 January 2005) as well as the manner in which the new draft Elections Law deals with the political parties, especially in terms of registration.
2- The legal framework of political party registration
Democratic countries vary in terms of the degree to which there is legal organization and legislative intervention with regard to their respective political parties. Indeed, the democratic legal system varies within this framework between systems that tend to move towards stringent legal organization that interferes in many aspects of the work of the parties and those that do not intervene in the work of the parties as long as they abide by the law and public order. A good example of the former type of system would be the one found in Germany, which, based upon Germany's experience with the Nazi Party, is characterized by detailed laws pertaining to the work of the various political parties. As for the latter type of system, a good example would be that found in the United States, which does not have a special law to organize the work of the political parties but instead, general legislations that apply to everyone, including the parties.
In Palestine, there is no clear legal framework to govern the work of political parties. There are, however, general texts within the Basic Law and some pieces of relevant legislation, such as the Elections Law.
The Palestinian Basic Law considered the forming and joining of political parties a political right. Article 26 of the Basic Law determined that "Palestinians shall have the right to participate in the political life individually and in groups. They have the following rights in particular: 1. To establish and join political parties in accordance with the law."
In spite of the fact that the Basic Law transferred the issue of forming and joining political parties to the law, the PLC did not organize the matter and failed to issue a relevant law. Worthy of mention is the fact that there was an attempt, in 1997, to legislate a law relating to political parties; the PLC discussed a draft law pertaining to political parties submitted by the Council of Ministers and approved it in the general reading but then failed to follow it up. In order to fill the legislation gap related to political parties, the Elections Law No. 13 of 1995, which was one of the first pieces of legislation to be initiated by the PNA, tackled the issue of registering the parties not only at the Central Elections Commission but also at the Ministry of Interior.
Although the electoral system adopted in the Elections Law is a majority system based on individual nomination, it allows the political parties to nominate candidates to run in the elections under the name and slogan of the party concerned. To organize the participation of the parties in the elections, the law stipulated a series of measures to organize the registration of the parties and their subsequent participation (see Election Law, Part V: Electoral Process, Chapter 3: Partisan Entities, Articles 48-53). Based on the provisions found therein, the Central Elections Commission developed a system of procedures, rules, and requirements for registering the partisan entities.
We notice that Article 48 of the Elections Law authorizes the Ministry of Interior to register the partisan entities and issue them with registration certificates and that it also requires that the Central Elections Commission keep a special register in which it documents the names of registered partisan entities. Article 49 of the same law, meanwhile, allowed partisan entities to submit their registration applications to the Elections Commission as of the date when the provisions of the law came into effect. It should be noted here that Article 53 ("Appeals against the rejection of registration") of the law allows any political party that is rejected by the Central Elections Commission to appeal against the decision at an appeals court that deals with cases relating to elections.
The provisions mentioned in the Elections Law tackle only the issue of registering the partisan entities. They do not specify, for example, the conditions that the parties have to fulfill in order to be considered a party, how a party is administered, the issue of funding, how a party can be dissolved or merged with another, or membership conditions and various other matters.
The articles of the Elections Law, although they talk about the registration of parties or entities, do not cover the formation of new parties. Article 48 ("Registration of partisan entities") stipulates as follows: "Any partisan entity seeking to participate in the elections must register as such before the Minister of Interior," while Article 49 ("Requirements for the registration of partisan entities") says that,
"1. To be registered as such, partisan entities must submit a written application containing the following:
It furthermore states that the application for registration must include certain documents.
The above implies that as far as the law is concerned, registration is the only condition for participation in the elections and not a condition for the emergence of the party; in other words, the registration process confirms the existence of the party but does establish it.
It is also clear in the law that registration is for the temporary purpose of participating in the elections, as evidenced by clause 3 of Article 49, which says, "Applications for registration shall be submitted to the Central Elections Commission from the entry into force of this Law until 6 days before the end of the period for nomination of candidates fixed by the Presidential Decree calling the elections, according to Article 38.2 of this Law. No request for registration shall be admitted after the end of this term." The provisions were clearly meant to organize the registration process for election-related purposes only rather than the process of registering the parties in general.
The definition of 'partisan entity,' as far as this particular law is concerned, is not limited to the political parties but is in fact a broader definition that includes any bloc of candidates wanting to run in the elections. The law defined a partisan entity as follows: "Any political party, coalition of parties or grouping of electors which is registered before the Minister of Interior with a specific name and symbol in order to nominate candidates and to participate in the elections under that name and symbol" (Part I: General Provisions, Chapter 1: Name and Purpose of the Law, Article 1). The definition here of a partisan entity, therefore, is any group of candidates who decide to run in the elections as one bloc, regardless of whether or not they constitute a political party.
It should be noted that the PLC-issued Local Councils Election Law of 1996 does not include any provisions pertaining to the partisan entities. In fact, it fails to mention the partisan entities at all, be it in regard to registration, the naming of candidates, or the monitoring of elections.
3- Procedures to register and accredit the political parties
When the current Elections Commission assumed power on 27 November 2002, it was not given any files by the previous Central Elections Commission, which had supervised the election process in 1996; there are therefore no papers or documents relating to the accreditation of the parties that participated. Even though the Elections Law stipulated that the Elections Commission had to set up the regulations needed to ensure that its various provisions were adhered to, the former commission had failed to define any measures or regulations pertaining to the registration or accreditation of the political parties.
The Elections Law also stipulated that the partisan entities that registered at the Ministry of Interior had the right to nominate their candidates at the Central Elections Commission and to participate in the elections under the name and symbol or slogan of their choosing. In addition, it established a group of procedures and requirements for the registration of the partisan entities.
Since the law stipulated that the voting process should be subject to local and international monitoring, before the registration of voters began on 4 September 2004, the new Commission began working on a series of regulations and procedures based on the existing Elections Law. These were meant to explain the mechanism employed in registering the political parties, the mechanism used in appointing agents to the parties, and how the parties could be accredited by the Commission . The Commission even prepared special application forms for all of the above cases.
In August 2004, the Commission announced in the local newspapers the opening of the accreditation process for accrediting the partisan entities. Several partisan entities submitted applications to be accredited and participated in the registration process as well as in the election process, including by submitting the names of the agents who would monitor it.
The basic condition with regard to the endorsing of a partisan entity by the Central Elections Commission according to the Elections Law and regulations and measures set up by the Commission is that the partisan entity must be registered at the Ministry of Interior. The law came up with some simplified conditions relating to the registering of an entity at the Ministry. It stipulates in Article 52 ("The decision"), for example, that the Ministry "shall release its decision, whether admitting or rejecting the registration, within 3 days from the submission of the application" and that an application is automatically considered approved if the Ministry fails to issue a decision rejecting it within five days of it being submitted.
According to clause 2, Article 49 of the law, any party wishing to register itself must submit the following documents:
"a. A copy of the entity's statutes signed by its President or Secretary General;
b. A written statement, signed by the entity's representative, affirming that the entity does not advocate racism."
The partisan entity does not have to meet certain objective requirements; all requirements are mere formalities pertaining to the submitting of documents and papers.
Article 51 ("Specifying the reasons for the refusal"), meanwhile, stipulates that if the Ministry of Interior refuses to register a certain partisan entity, it has to state the reasons for its rejection in detail. The law mentions the possible reasons, though again, they have more to do with formalities rather than objectives; for example, the law makes no mention of an application being rejected because the partisan entity that submitted it is against, for example, democracy.
The following are the possible reasons mentioned in the law:
- The application does not meet the conditions stipulated in Article 49 ("Requirements for the registration of partisan entities") of the law; these conditions pertain to the submitting of names and documents and information concerning the party, such as the name of the secretary general and his address, and the submitting of a written statement, signed by the representative of the partisan entity, confirming that it does not advocate racism.
- If the application falls under the provisions of Article 50 ("Refusal of registration") of the Elections Law; in other words, if it is proven that the statements in the application are not accurate, if the application is submitted after the closing date, or if the partisan entity requests the endorsing of a name or slogan that belongs to another partisan entity - even an unregistered party or political organization that is nonetheless known in the region - or one that suggests that it belongs to the PNA.
The law established a clear registration mechanism, one according to which the partisan entity has to register at the Ministry of Interior and then at the Central Elections Committee. The major dilemma lies in the fact that there are no registration measures at the Ministry of Interior, which has no instructions pertaining to the way in which it should deal with the political parties; although there is a section that is supposed to deal with the parties, it is currently inactive and basically frozen and does not conduct any serious follow up. There is therefore no clear registration process, and registration is based upon a presidential decision or the fact that all PLO factions are considered registered factions.
Despite the details mentioned in the Elections Law regarding the registration of partisan entities at the Ministry of Interior, practically speaking, the Ministry has neither regulations nor even application forms relating to registration and deals with the matter, as mentioned above, according mainly to presidential decisions. For example, the Ministry, upon the instructions of the late President Arafat, considers all nine PLO factions registered factions in spite of its not possessing files relating to a single one of them. It registered, for example, the Islamic Salvation Party and the Green Party simply because the late president ordered it to do so. The accreditation letter issued by the Ministry to the two parties in question stated the following: "It has been decided to accredit the party on a temporary basis until the issuing of the law pertaining to the parties." This statement implies that the Ministry of Interior does not consider the provisions included in the Elections Law adequate in terms of party registration, and it is for this reason that the accreditation granted to the Islamic Salvation Party and Green Party is considered temporary.
In another case, i.e., that of the Palestinian National Initiative, the founders of the party (Dr. Haidar Abdul Shafi, Dr. Mustafa Barghouthi and Ibrahim Daqqaq) sent a letter to Hakam Bal'awi, the Interior Minister at the time, expressing their wish to establish a party, even though the letter was presented on 5 August 2004, some two years after the party was formed. The Interior Minister explained in his own handwriting that he did not object to the participation of the National Initiative Party as election observers. Based on the clarification from the Minister, the Central Elections Commission said that this was one form of registration at the Ministry of Interior and thus agreed to accredit the National Initiative Party as a partisan entity at the Commission once it had met all the formal requirements stipulated in its regulations.
With regard to the factions outside the framework of the PLO, such as Hamas and the Islamic Jihad, the Commission sent a letter to the Interior Minister on 7 August 2004, seeking clarification concerning their legal status. After failing to receive a response, the Commission decided that the factions were PLO factions and that, should they submit an application form, the same regulations would apply.
The partisan entities registered at the Central Elections Commission fall into three basic categories, based on the way in which they are registered:
During the nomination period for the post of President and following the Commission's announcement of the preliminary list of candidates, which included three candidates from partisan entities - Mahmoud Abbas (Fateh), Bassam As-Salhi (Palestinian People's Party), and Taysir Khaled (Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine) - one citizen submitted on 4 December 2004 an appeal against their nomination because the partisan entities of those candidates were not registered at the Ministry of Interior according to the law. The Commission responded on 8 December 2004, saying it considered the partisan entities registered at the Ministry as documented in a letter from the Interior Minister to the Central Elections Commission on 2 August 2004, which the Commission considered adequate proof that the parties were registered. Based on this, the Commission rejected the appeal. The appellant then took the case to the Court of Appeals dealing with issues relating to elections, but the appeal was once again rejected and the decision of the Commission confirmed, which means the registration of the three individuals was consolidated by a judiciary decision.
So far, the number of partisan entities registered at the Central Elections Commission is 13:
The Elections Law allowed the formation of party coalitions. Worthy of mention here is the fact that clause 1 d) of Article 25 ("Claims against decisions of the Central Election Commission") referred to the fact that the Central Elections Commission's "decision about the registration of the symbol or logo of a political party, coalition of parties, or grouping of electors" is among the decisions subject to appeal.
4- Financial monitoring of the parties
There is no specific official party authorized to conduct financial monitoring of the parties. The only text that tackles the issue is that in clause 4 of Article 93 ("Financing of the elections") of the Elections Law, which says "Every partisan entity participating in the elections and every elected candidate shall submit to the Central Election Commission, within 20 days from the announcement of the final results, a detailed report about its funding sources and its expenditures during the electoral campaign."
The relevant article forces every party that participates in the elections to present such a financial statement regardless of whether their candidate wins or not, though it does not force independent candidates who do not win to do the same thing. Therefore, the Palestinian People's Party and the Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine both submitted financial statements regarding their participation in the second presidential election even though their candidates did not win. In short, the role of the Central Elections Commission vis-à-vis financial monitoring is one connected to the funding of the election campaigns but not of the party in general.
The aim of submitting a financial statement is to give the Central Elections Commission a chance to confirm that the party involved has not violated the provisions of Article 95 of the Elections law and that it has not received financial support from foreign or external sources or from the PNA.
Due to the absence of a party authorized to monitor the funding of parties and the fact that there are no provisions forcing the parties to reveal their accounts or keep special accounts that are subject to auditing, it is extremely difficult for the Central Elections Commission to validate the financial statements it receives. For example, the financial statement of the campaign of candidate Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) shows that he received US$1 million from the Fateh movement, while the financial statement of candidate Bassam As-Salhi shows that he received a significant amount of money from the Palestinian People's Party. The financial statement of candidate Mustafa Barghouthi, meanwhile, shows that he received an amount of money from the Initiative Party and another amount from the Popular Front. The Central Elections Commission does not have the legal tools to check the validity of these statements, which is why rather than perform any effective monitoring role, it simply takes the financial statements it receives at face value.
The Central Elections Commission is currently working on establishing a more detailed system of monitoring the funding of election campaigns. Any party or independent candidate that runs in the elections will consequently have to open a special bank account for their campaign funding and prove that their election campaign spending involved only money taken from that account, in part, by submitting financial reports signed by authorized auditors.
5- The participation of parties in the elections
One cannot read the Parties Law in isolation from the Elections Law and without taking into account the electoral system, the shape of which has a direct impact on the extent of the influence exerted by the various political parties.
The Elections Law is not based on lists and proportional representation but on individual voting, which means that there is the possibility of having independent candidates and that voters can choose the candidates they want without being restricted by a certain list. Furthermore, it implies that the candidates who receive the highest number of votes win regardless of the ratio and that candidacies are based on electoral constituencies.
In the last election process, which took place in 1996, a group of parties participated through naming their candidates and forming electoral blocs; these were subsequently treated in the same manner as individual partisan entities.
The parties that participated in the 1996 elections were as follows:
As for the blocs that participated, they were as follows:
Although the law - in its general trend and with regard to the electoral system - does not support the political parties, it gave some privileges to the registered partisan entities, including the following:
The law authorizes the Central Elections Commission, which it defines as the "supreme organ which conducts and controls the elections" (Article 22), to accredit agents of partisan entities in order to enable it to monitor the elections process. The Central Elections Commission has thus established a system for endorsing the agents of partisan entities, defining the conditions and the means of applying them as well as mechanisms for handling the applications, endorsing them, and issuing the agents with special identification cards. The Central Elections Committee also established a code of conduct for the agents in order to organize their work and define their roles and responsibilities during the monitoring process. The regulations reflect the nature of the relations between the agents, the parties, and the employees working in the registration and polling stations and ensure that the work of the agents will not be limited to monitoring and gathering information concerning the election process but will also involve their being able to express their comments and complaints concerning any violations, including procedural and administrative violations that occur during registration, polling, or sorting.
The following schedule shows the number of agents accredited by the Central Elections Commission according to the partisan entity:
The political parties that participated in the last elections benefited in several ways as a result of their participation, including in the voter registration process. Their participation served, for example, as an important tool in terms of organizational mobilization, the gathering of supporters, the activating of cadres, and the measuring of the strength and size of the faction.
Even the movements that boycotted the presidential election and did not participate, such as Hamas, played an active role in terms of the voter registration process. Hamas, for example, participated in monitoring the registration process, organizing itself and registering as many followers and supporters as possible, then issuing at the end of the registration process a detailed report, which it subsequently submitted to the Commission.
The voter registration process and the presidential election undoubtedly contributed to the reinforcing and strengthening of the organization and mobilization role of the various parties. It also raised the overall standard of the election process, especially when it came to the comments the parties made regarding the various violations, thereby giving the Commission space to rectify procedural and administrative mistakes and to ensure that detected violations were dealt with in the appropriate manner. The participation of the parties therefore served as an additional guarantee with regard to the integrity and neutrality of the election process.
The basic difference between a monitor (from an entity or association) and the agent of a party lies in the fact that the monitor is supposed to be representing the interests of the people, his or her basic goal being to ensure the integrity of the election process, so that the masses can have confidence in their representatives. The agent of a party, on the other hand, represents his or her party, which means that the ultimate goal as far as the agents are concerned is to give the party assurances concerning the integrity of the election process and to make sure that it participates in an honest and fair way, along with the other parties. This means that the agent is not neutral and has the right to propose procedural amendments to the Central Elections Commission, while the monitor is neutral and does not interfere in the process, with only the Elections Commission that sends the monitor having the right to make comments. Moreover, an agent is entitled to sign the polling statement on Election Day.
6- The political parties in the new draft Elections Law
The new draft law, which was passed in the first reading, failed to refer to the accreditation of partisan entities. Unlike the current law, which established a certain mechanism for endorsing the partisan entities, the draft makes no mention of a mechanism to register the political parties or accredit their agents. Basically, the new draft does not define the partisan entities or refer to any measures to be taken by the Central Elections Committee but simply points to the existence of electoral lists, which can be parties or coalitions of parties or lists of candidates.
The new draft refers to the political parties in several places. Article 3, for example, says, "The electoral list consists of a party or coalition of parties or group of persons and is formed for the purposes of elections provided it meets the candidacy conditions according to the provisions of the law."
Like the current law, the new draft exempts the candidates of parties from submitting signatures to support their candidacy applications. Article 15 says, "Each candidacy application should be attached to a list showing the names and signatures of three thousand people who are eligible to vote. The lists and parties accredited according to standards are exempted from this." Although the new draft law mentioned in this article that there are standards to be followed with regard to the accreditation of the political parties, it failed to explain what those standards are.
The final reference to the political parties comes in Article 15 of the draft law, which states, "The candidates of parties and electoral lists in the constituencies elections shall be treated as independent candidates; voting shall be for the individual and not for lists; the voter has the right to choose the candidate he wants from various lists or from independent candidates."
With regard to financial monitoring, the draft law repeats the provisions included in the current law concerning the ban on foreign or external funding. It also, however, added to the few provisions mentioned in the current law a ceiling for election campaign spending, though it failed to provide any details concerning the mechanism to be employed in monitoring spending. The new draft also fails to provide any details concerning the issue of party funding from the Authority, although it places a ban on receiving any money directly from the government.
7- Conclusion
It is clear from the presentation that there is no clear legal framework to govern the work of the political parties, not when the provisions found in the Elections Law focus on procedural steps to facilitate the participation of the existing factions. The law does not impose any objective conditions or requirements, such as the holding of primaries, the adopting of a transparent financial system or open membership system, or the need to run the party in a democratic manner and hold regular, organized, general elections.
The weaknesses found in terms of the legal organization of the work of the political parties are not helped by the presence of occupation and the fact that there is a large Palestinian Diaspora. Generally speaking, one can say that the situation here is similar to that in some of the democratic countries, which tend to refrain from interfering in the work of the political parties as long as they work within the law.
In spite of the existence of occupation, it is clear that the de facto presence of a Palestinian authority and of a desire on the part of both the leadership and the Palestinian people to hold regular elections entails having a more detailed legal framework than that provided by the draft law currently under discussion in the PLC. With the adoption of a mixed elections system, there is furthermore an urgent need to determine the means of choosing the lists and to define the order in which candidates are listed.
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I am looking for the marriage of the above couple, I believe that he is the son of Jean Baptiste Jodoin and Melanie Morin, but i need to find the marriage to prove it. Possibly married in the 1870's around the St. Damase area. Been thru St. Damase and haven't found it. Jean Baptiste and Melanie have a Francois Xavier born in 1857 so might fit this one.
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Republican Senate Aide Calls Hagel Anti-Semitic
by Ali Gharib Dec 14, 2012 2:15 PM EST
The debate about the potential and reportedly likely nomination of former Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-NE) to serve as Barack Obama's next Secretary of Defense has already turned nasty. And so far, at least, it's all about Israel. Jewish leaders at the White House last night for a Chanukah reception raised their objections to Hagel, citing, for example, his criticisms of Israel's 2006 war against Lebanon (an Israeli government-commissioned report also criticized the war, after the fact). But the most despicable of the allegations against Hagel came from an unnamed Republican Senate aide, who called the former senator an anti-Semite in the Weekly Standard. Here's the meat:
"Send us Hagel and we will make sure every American knows he is an anti-Semite." When asked to elaborate, the aide writes, "Hagel has made clear he believes in the existence of a nefarious Jewish lobby that secretly controls U.S. foreign policy. This is the worst kind of anti-Semitism there is."
The top aide Republican Senate aide passes along this quotation from Hagel: The political reality is that the Jewish lobby intimidates a lot of people up here.
A friend of Hagel's, the Washington foreign policy pundit and Washington editor at large for The Atlantic Steve Clemons, berated the accusation: "That's reckless commentary. This is typical, that people get out and slander someone. I find it disgusting that a staffer would do that." Me too, and this unnamed Senate aide and the Weekly Standard ought to be ashamed of themselves.
As the Standard's Daniel Halperwho was against blind quotes before he was for themnotes, the quote from Hagel comes from Wilson Center scholar Aaron David Miller's 2008 book, "The Much Too Promised Land," about Arab-Israeli peace-making. I let Miller know by phone that the passage was seized upon to tar Hagel as an anti-Semite. "Seized upon is an understatement," Miller told me. "It was hijacked." In fact, Millera Mideast adviser to six Secretaries of State who no one in their right mind could ever call "anti-Israel"quotes Hagel approvingly. In the passage, Miller noted that few members of Congress are willing to publicly criticize AIPAC or Israel, but there are a few exceptions. "One who is willing is Chuck Hagel, the two-term Republican senator from Nebraska," Miller wrote. "Of all my conversations, the one with Hagel stands apart for its honesty and clarity." The line introducing the one cherry-picked by this Senate aide, and reproduced uncritically by Halper, begins with this statement from Miller: "Hagel is a strong supporter of Israel and a believer in shared values." I asked Miller if he still viewed Hagel as "pro-Israel." "I don't think there's a Senator of note in the Senate who is not pro-Israel," he responded. "But there is a difference between a special relationship with Israel and an exclusive relationship with Israel. I believe in the former and Chuck Hagel believes the former."
The statement construed by the Senate staffer and Halper as anti-Semitic should not even be controversial. As for the phrasing about a "Jewish lobby," I myself use "pro-Israel community" to describe both the conservative and liberal factions that strongly support Israel, because "Jewish lobby" is too narrow a term that doesn't include, for example, millions of evangelical Christian Israel supporters. Though it must be noted that much of the strongest support for Israel in Washington does indeed come from the organized Jewish community's groups there. Miller, however, didn't hesitate before telling me Hagel's statement was plainly true: "It's one thing to say that the pro-Israeli community in the United States is a powerful voice," Miller said. "It's another to say that the Jewish community has a veto over U.S. foreign policy." This gets at the common strawman that supporters of Israel use to deflect criticisms: criticizing and even discussing the existence of what's now become known colloquially as the "Israel lobby" and its influence is not the same thing as saying that these people and organizations constitute an all-powerful entity that controls Washington. To be sure, some people speak of the pro-Israel community as the latter; it does smack of an old anti-Semitic canard, and its purveyors should be challenged, ridiculed, or ignored. Chuck Hagel, though, is not one of those people: what he actually said bears no resemblance to what Halper's source said he did.
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Sun Dec 16, 2012, 12:40 PM
bigdarryl (13,190 posts)
1. I'm so sick and tired of us kissing Isreals ass
Here we go again rethugs ready to torpedo another nominee.I was under the impression who ever the President was could pick his own cabinet not the Congress and Senate.There going to keep doing this shit as long as Obama keep letting them dictate what they want
Response to bigdarryl (Reply #1)
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 01:42 PM
xxxsdesdexxx (213 posts)
4. Me too!
We should strongly call Israel out when they do something we don't agree with like, oh let's say, settlement expansion. We should label them an occupying force and demand that they withdraw and give Palestine their own country.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 01:11 PM
genna (1,945 posts)
2. Surprise surprise blind quotes no attribution
Another whisper campaign from the Republicans.
Who would have thought it possible?
Maybe a former politician can defend himself better than a diplomat considering how long it may take to be nominated.
I guess winning election means nothing when Republicans can choose your cabinet for you and hamper the President's ability to choose his own staff.
Let's see what Obama does with this.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Sun Dec 16, 2012, 01:42 PM
Sunlei (19,129 posts)
3. an unnamed republican assistant? to hell with that kind of news or chickenshit 'quote'.
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Sun Dec 16, 2012, 01:51 PM
Third Doctor (1,574 posts)
5. It seems like the repugs are trying to shoot down
one their own who they think is not pure (nuts) enough to land the position. The fact he is willing to work with a Obama makes him even worse.
Response to DonViejo (Original post)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 02:54 PM
HeavyMeta (21 posts)
6. Hagel is going to have issues.
JK will fly through... I think Hagel will have issues.
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Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:10 PM
Jennicut (25,415 posts)
7. Hagel's ability to see that there is a "nefarious Jewish lobby" that controls the govt
makes me want him as Sec of Defense even more. I am not anti-Semitic in any way and have some Jewish ancestry in my family on my mother's side. But Bibi is nuts and the ultra conservatives in Israel are as bad as the ultra conservatives here.
Response to Jennicut (Reply #7)
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 04:14 PM
jenmito (37,326 posts)
8. +1...
and BOTH of my parents are Jewish. I consider myself a Jewish Atheist with Agnostic tendencies.


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my father in law and mother in law gave my wife property and she gave them life estate . can they get their property back ?
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A senior official at a machine toolmaker said that "new economic activity will start" once Russia joins the WTO.
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More than 200 Polish rabbis, including many of the "miracle rabbis," are imprisoned in the Oswiecim concentration camp in Poland and are being subjected to the most humiliating and barbarous tortures, according to reliable information reaching Polish-Jewish leaders here today.
The rabbis, among whom are the spiritual leaders of the towns of Sechaczew, Pila, Zychlin, Sambor, Slonim and Jablona, are kept in a separate enclosure within the camp precincts which is supervised by hand-picked guards. Some of the rabbis have been imprisoned since the occupation of Poland in 1939, the report says.
The report cites the following instances as indicative of the treatment to which rabbis in Poland are subjected: Rabbi Silberstein of the Warsaw rabbinical court was forced to dance in the streets dressed in his prayer shawl and phylacteries. Rabbi Segal of Kodz was compelled to do likewise. Rabbi Mendel Morgenstern of Wengrow was made to walk on all fours and was shot when he fell to the ground exhausted.
The chief of the Cracow rabbinical court, Rabbi Kornicer, was forced to climb trees with German soldiers prodding him with bayonets and was shot when he eventually fell from a tree. The rabbi of Sanok was arrested, together with his two sons-in-law, while they were praying and were lined up against a wall until their entire family had been assembled to see them executed.
Synagogues and Jewish religious material have been desecrated in fiendish ways by the Nazis, the report states. Many synagogues have been burnt to the ground, and others have been converted into stables or lavatories. Almost invariably, the Germans force the Jews in a town to destroy the scrolls of the law in the local synagogue. In Plonsk, while the Jews were cutting up the scrolls, in accordance with Nazi orders, a German officer fired bullets into the Torah, shouting: "I am destroying the Jewish God." Persons refusing to destroy the scrolls are shot. In Krasnik a Jewish butcher defied the Germans and shouted: "Kill me if you will." He was shot.
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At eight o'clock on February 13, the WA Knights men and women's basketball teams left Wisconsin Academy to go to Union. They would be leaving for the Mid-American Union Basketball Tournament.
When they finally reached Union College, everyone welcomed the opportunity to stretch their legs and relax. Soon after arriving, the Knights headed off to their various sleeping quarters. Both teams had two games the next day and needed their rest.
The girls' game was first at 9:30 and the boys would be tagging along to cheer on the Lady Knights. The girls played well, and played their hearts out, but ended up falling to Maplewood 20-44. The guys played against the Sunnydale Spartans at 10:30.There game was relatively even until the Knights missed their chance to win in the last ten seconds. The game went into overtime, and the Spartans pulled ahead and won the game by a score of 66-62. Darien Stewart '13 said, "You win some, and you lose some. We need to work on our free throws if we want to win more games." The guys' next game against Dakota Adventist Academy started off hot and then turned into a blowout, with the Knights defeating Dakota by a score of 51-34. The girls' next game was also against Dakota. Even though they could not come up with a victory, they played very well as a team.
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Everyone had a chance to relax on Sabbath before the tournament games that night. The girls played Sunnydale at 7:30 PM and the guys played Maplewood at 10 PM. The girls once again played very hard, but wound up losing by a score of 28-6. "Even though we lost, it was fun because a lot of the other teams came and cheered for us, and that felt nice," said Emily Hangartner '13.
The guys' game really challenged both teams. Maplewood ended up edging the Knights by a score of 69-67, despite an incredible performance by sophomore guard Jacob Crockett, who scored 31 points. "It was amazing, even though we lost" said Crockett. "I felt like Michael Jordan in the flu game."
Even though both teams were out of the tournament, the trip was not quite over. At eleven the next day, all the teams at the tournament gathered in the gym for the awards ceremony. The girls' second team all-tournament selections were Maly Vang '15 and Michaela Wilson '14. The first team selection went to Alexandra Ufret '13. The guys' second team selections were Jacob Crockett and Darien Stewart, while first team went to Rashid Jones. The girls' team also won the spirit award, which went to the team with the best attitude and sportsmanship. The guys came in second place for the men's spirit award. After the ceremony, the teams loaded back on the bus and began the journey back home. Josh Grant '13 said, "It was an amazing experience, and I'm glad I got to spend it with my teammates."
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Top Ten Suns Moments of 2013
A look back at the 2013 Jacksonville Suns
By Roger Hoover / Jacksonville Suns | December 30, 2013 6:43 PM ET
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The 2013 season of Jacksonville Suns baseball was certainly memorable at Bragan Field. The Suns posted a winning season, sent eight players to the major leagues with the Miami Marlins, and proved that Bragan Field is still the place to be on warm summer nights in Jacksonville.
While there were many great moments during the 2013 season, here's a look at some of our most memorable events from the last year of Suns baseball. While these moments helped define 2013, we are now excited about April 3, 2014: Opening Night at Bragan Field against Huntsville.
Enjoy this look back at 2013 and Happy New Year from the Jacksonville Suns!
10. Henderson Alvarez Homers, Dominates in Rehab Appearances
Before Henderson Alvarez capped his 2013 season with a no-hitter for the Marlins against the Tigers in the final game of the year, he also enjoyed brilliant pitching during his two-rehab starts with the Jacksonville Suns in June. His top performance came on June 28 at Mobile, where he tossed seven and two-thirds scoreless innings against the BayBears, striking out seven while allowing only two hits and no walks. In his first rehab start on June 23 in Jacksonville, Alvarez tossed six and two-thirds scoreless innings against the Huntsville Stars. In that appearance he struck out six batters allowing just three hits. He also added a three-run homer at the plate, the first for Alvarez in his professional career. Alvarez's dominant rehab starts would win him Southern League Pitcher of the Week honors just as he was promoted back to the Miami Marlins. In his two Suns starts he was 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA (0 ER in 14.1 IP).
9. Jake Marisnick Hits Walk-Off Home Run Against Pensacola on July 2
The in-state rivalry between the Suns and the Pensacola Blue Wahoos once again saw Jacksonville claim the "Golden Skillet" for the second straight season. On July 2, Jacksonville shrunk the magic number to clinch the skillet to one in a tight game at Bragan Field that saw Jake Marisnick hit a two-run walk-off home run to beat the Wahoos 6-5.
8. Christian Yelich's 15-Game Hitting Streak
While Christian Yelich was hot at the plate several times during his time in Jacksonville, his best stretch of hitting came early in the year. Yelich had a 15-game hitting streak that was part of a 19-game on-base streak from late April to early May, as well as six breathtaking triples and a go-ahead home run against Pensacola in the bottom of the eighth on May 8 at the Bragan Field.
7. Justin Nicolino Strikes Out 13 Birmingham Barons on August 16
The 2013 Florida State League Pitcher of the Year Justin Nicolino saved his best performance of the season for a start in the Southern League. On August 16 in a 7-inning game against the Birmingham Barons, Nicolino struck out a career-high 13 batters in just six innings on the mound. The 13 strikeouts were the most in a single game by a Suns pitcher since 2006, and the performance landed Nicolino Southern League Pitcher of the Week honors for the week of August 12-18.
6. Derek Dietrich Triples, Then Juggles Past Barons on August 13
Derek Dietrich was behind many big moments for the Suns in 2013, yet his triple-then-juggle act on August 13 was at the top. In his second stint with the Suns after nearly three months in the big leagues, Dietrich powered the Suns to a 4-1 win over the Birmingham Barons. Dietrich provided the key hit in the game, a two-run triple in the fifth inning. Following the contest, Dietrich entertained Suns fans at Bragan Field with his unique juggling act as he tossed juggle balls, bowling pins, knives, and concluded his act by tossing fire-lit torches while singing "Baseball's Never Been Hotter." Dietrich finished the season hitting .271 with 11 homers and 38 RBI in 63 games for the Suns, and he hit a combined 20 homers between his time in Jacksonville and Miami.
5. Christian Yelich and Jake Marisnick Get the Call to the Majors in Tennessee
Every player in the minor leagues dreams of the day when their organization calls them up to the major leagues. For close friends Christian Yelich and Jake Marisnick, they would receive the call together. After both players had hit well in a series against the Tennessee Smokies at Smokies Park, Monday July 22 became the most memorable game of their minor league careers. In the third inning, Yelich collected a single then was called back to the dugout, replaced by a pinch-runner. Marisnick was the next batter and he was hit by a pitch, then relieved for a pinch-runner. Both players were greeted by high-fives and hugs in the dugout, and manager Andy Barkett told the players to go back to the clubhouse for the rest of the game for further instructions. After the Suns beat the Smokies 5-4, the Marlins' game went final in Colorado and the news became official: both players were heading to the big leagues. Yelich and Marisnick learned the news in the clubhouse with their Suns teammates, and early the next morning were on a plane bound for Colorado. Yelich collected his first big-league hit in his first at-bat, and both players finished the season in Miami.
4. Suns Win 11 Straight from July 26-August 5
Jacksonville's longest winning streak since 2007 came from July 26 to August 5 in 2013, as the Suns won 11 straight games. The streak began with the Suns salvaging the last two games of a road series at Montgomery, before coming back to Bragan Field for one of the finest homestands in recent history. The Suns swept the Chattanooga Lookouts, outscoring them 28-12 in five games. Jacksonville then took the next four games against the Tennessee Smokies before a no-hitter thrown by Smokies' southpaw Eric Jokisch ended the streak on August 6. The streak was the fourth longest by the Suns during the Bragan Field era (2003-present), and tied for the longest winning streak in the Southern League in 2013.
3. Unbelievable Comeback Against Chattanooga on April 24
Jacksonville's biggest comeback win of the season came on April 24 against the Chattanooga Lookouts at Bragan Field. The Suns erased a four-run deficit in the bottom of the ninth, roaring ahead with a seven-run final frame to walk off with a 12-9 victory over the Chattanooga Lookouts. Christian Yelich, who had evened the score in the previous inning with a two-run double, struck again in the ninth with the bases loaded to tie it at 9-9, before Marcell Ozuna blasted a three-run walkoff blast to left to end the contest. Yelich and Ozuna, the first two batters in the Suns order, combined to go 5-for-10 with four runs, four extra-base hits, eight RBI and two walks. Ozuna's walk-off homer was one of his five with the Suns in his only 10 games in Jacksonville before he was called up to the Marlins on April 30.
2. The Marisnick Game
The top game for a Suns batter at the plate was a grand game for Jake Marisnick on May 30 at Pensacola. With the Suns having scored only one run in the previous three games of the series, Marisnick helped jumpstart the Suns offense by Pensacola Bay. Marisnick gave the Suns a 1-0 lead in the first on an RBI double. The game remained a 1-0 Suns lead before Jacksonville added a run in the top of the seventh. With the bases loaded and Wahoos reliever Josh Ravin being just brought into the game, Marisnick blasted a grand slam home run deep to left field to put the Suns up 6-0. An inning later, with the Suns up 7-0, Marisnick once again hit a grand slam homer off Ravin to put the Suns up 11-0. Marisnick's 9 RBI tied a Southern League record and news of his blasts spread quickly through social media. His two grand slams even made ESPN's SportsCenter Top Ten Plays, debuting at No. 8 for May 30.
1. Suns Host Record Crowd at Southern League All-Star Game on July 17
Hosting the Southern League All-Star Game was the biggest treat of all for the Suns in 2013, thanks to the great fans of Jacksonville. A Southern League All-Star Game record crowd of 9,373 fans saw the South Division All-Stars beat the North Division 6-0 in the Southern League's version of the midsummer classic. 11 South Division pitchers, including six Jacksonville Suns, combined for a one-hit shutout of the North Division. The Suns had nine players in the game including Andy Barkett's coaching staff on the South Division roster.
For the latest Suns news this offseason, fans are encouraged to visit www.jaxsuns.com and can keep up with the Jacksonville Suns on the club's Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram social media platforms, as well as the "Tales from Bragan Field" blog: www.sunsradio.com.
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I couldn't resist. Use it if you can. User:Tooltroll/sig 13:06, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- There, I put on the upload summary, that it was your idea because I cut it down so it would be a better picture. --—Braydie 18:49, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
I just added the audio version of the article. Feel free to thank me when the article is featured. -- 01:47, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
edit You know that having all vowels is bad.
I'm saying this as a serious scrabble player myself. And if we want to cheat at scrabble, perhaps the only letters available should be A, E, H, I, N, R,and T, so people can make "Hairnet" all they want. Or maybe just throw in another five S's. You should have brought in the S-Factor. Everyone knows its humor value. Crazyswordsman...With SAVINGS!!!! (T/C) 08:39, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
- No, the best combination to have is R, S, T, L, N, E, as they are the most commonly used letters in the english language. -- 22:11, 13 December 2006 (UTC)
edit From Pee Review
Hey, here's another one for you, what do you think? --—Braydie 17:52, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
...It's sort of funny. But other than the word strikeouts, there's no good jokes. --LORD V4DER 22:26, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Nice! This is coming along great so far. Two things I immediately thought of was: "Or, if you do have Internet and can't unplug it (somehow), use this online dictionary". Just reference Undictionary and its suckiness. Also, for the made-up words you use, you could use the template {{Letter}} to generate nonsense words like DDDDD. But where it is right now, I dare not touch it for fear of schmucking it up. It's good. -- §. | WotM | PLS | T | C | A 23:42, 30 November 2006 (UTC)
Well, this one falls into the irony-not-sarcasm category. It's pretty, it's British, makes me giggle but not lol. Takes some attention span as well, but this is a product targeted to grownups, I guess. In sum, good, don't change a thing. herr doktor needsAshuttle [scream!] 20:25, 1 December 2006 (UTC)
UPDATE: I've added all what people have said to me, except tooltrolls picture, I'll add that in later. --—Braydie 13:50, 2 December 2006 (UTC) Update: done.. --—Braydie 18:48, 2 December 2006 (UTC)
- Not bad at all. The only thing that keeps stopping my eye is the strikethrough jokes. "
5 year oldsintellectual friends" is okay, I guess, but " slavesenthusiastic employees" just strikes me as odd. Are the Oxford people famously cruel to their employees? Other than that, though - nicely. Lemon. 09:56, 3 December 2006 (UTC)
- Hmm, yeah, I got rid of them, I don't think they are needed anymore. --—Braydie 11:40, 3 December 2006 (UTC)


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