...in August 1945 most Americans had a much different take on Hiroshima, a decision that cannot be fathomed without appreciation of the recently concluded Okinawa campaign (April 1-July 2) that had cost 50,000 American casualties and 200,000 Japanese and Okinawa dead. Okinawa saw the worst losses in the history of the U.S. Navy. Over 300 ships were damaged, more than 30 sunk, as about 5,000 sailors perished under a barrage of some 2,000 Kamikaze attacks.
And it was believed at least 10,000 more suicide planes were waiting on Kyushu and Honshu. Those who were asked to continue such fighting on the Japanese mainland â as we learn from the memoirs of Paul Fussell, William Manchester, and E. B. Sledge â were relieved at the idea of encountering a shell-shocked defeated enemy rather than a defiant Japanese nation in arms.
About a month after Okinawa was finally declared secure came Hiroshima. Americans of that age were more likely to wonder not that the bomb had been dropped too early, but perhaps too late in not avoiding the carnage on Okinawa â especially when by Spring 1945 there was optimism among the scientists in New Mexico that the successful completion of the bomb was not far away...
Hiroshima, then, was not the worst single-day loss of life in military history. The Tokyo fire raid on the night of March 9/10, five months earlier, was far worse, incinerating somewhere around 150,000 civilians, and burning out over 15 acres of the downtown. Indeed, âLittle Boy,â the initial nuclear device that was dropped 60 years ago, was understood as the continuance of that policy of unrestricted bombing â its morality already decided by the ongoing attacks on the German and Japanese cities begun at least three years earlier.
A BRITISH undersea robot began cutting cables early this morning that have been pinning a Russian naval mini-submarine to the ocean floor, a Russian naval official was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying.
"It reached the AS-28 submarine at 3:05 a.m. Moscow time and began to cut the main cable pinning the submarine under water," Captain Alexander Kosolapov was quoted by the agency as saying.
Kosolapov said earlier that the British "Scorpio" remotely operated undersea vehicle would work to cut the Russian submarine free from parts of a underwater coastal surveillance antenna system in which it has been stuck since Thursday.
The unmanned British vehicle was equipped with heavy-duty cutting tools able to cut through steel cable.
The Russian mini-submarine was stuck at a depth of around 190 meters (620 feet) off the Kamchatka peninsula in Russia's far east region.
Efforts by the Russian navy to attach cables to the mini-submarine and tow it to shallower water have so far failed.
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Scientists have found that women`s voices are more difficult for men to listen to than men`s.
Researchers at the University of Sheffield tracked activity in the brains of 12 men while playing recordings of different voices.
There were startling differences in the way the brain responded to male and female sounds.
Men deciphered female voices using the auditory part of the brain that processes music.
Male voices engaged a simpler mechanism at the back of the brain.
Researcher Dr Michael Hunter said today: "The female voice is actually more complex than the male voice, due to differences in the size and shape of the vocal cords and larynx between men and women, and also due to women having greater natural `melody` in their voices. This causes a more complex range of sound frequencies than in a male voice.
"When a man hears a female voice the auditory section of his brain is activated, which analyses the different sounds in order to `read` the voice and determine the auditory face.
"When men hear a male voice the part of the brain that processes the information is towards the back of the brain and is colloquially known as the `mind`s eye`. This is the part of the brain where people compare their experiences to themselves, so the man is comparing his own voice to the new voice to determine gender."
The findings, published in the journal NeuroImage, may help explain why people suffering hallucinations usually hear male voices, say the scientists.
It could be that the brain finds it much harder to conjure up a false female voice accurately than a false male voice.
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I love these things. My BS Meter twangs and prangs the peg on some aspect or other every time, lol. Particularly interesting in this one is that they're using 12 guys. Pretty small crowd. And they are volunteers. Who volunteers for medical studies? Heh. And they're likely from a small geographical area somewhere around Sheffield. Okay. How about 12 guys from Berkeley, or Hell's Kitchen, or a Cleveland Steel Mill, or a Montana cattle ranch, or Sunset Strip or Seattle, where the horses are men and the men are, well, they aren't...
Anyone wonder if the results might be different? Lol. Great shit. Throw more money at it.
The part about wymyn's voices being music, well, that might be universal, heh. But where do these dipsy doodles get off saying I don't listen to wymyns - I listen to music and wymyns... Both rock, in fact. I just don't listen to wank-o-matic "researchers". This is a pretty fucking stupid buncha wankers, methinks. No offense intended, of course, heh. Funny post, A5089 - thx!
"When men hear a male voice the part of the brain that processes the information is towards the back of the brain and is colloquially known as the `mind`s eye`."
Or some call it "one eyed response," if you know what I mean.
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Sientific Art of listening,
1) men listen men to hear what they saying.
2) men listen women to hear...
"When men hear a male voice the part of the brain that processes the information is towards the back of the brain and is colloquially known as the `mind`s eye`. This is the part of the brain where people compare their experiences to themselves, so the man is comparing his own voice to the new voice to determine gender."
ok, sounds plausible enough. men listen to men to hear what they're saying.
"The female voice is actually more complex than the male voice, due to differences in the size and shape of the vocal cords and larynx between men and women, and also due to women having greater natural `melody` in their voices. This causes a more complex range of sound frequencies than in a male voice.
men do listen to new desirable women with a less complex, basic motive filter> How do I get some...which makes it more difficult to remember what she's sayen when you're only pretending.
/sure .#3 LOL!..I'm gonna apply for a grant.
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No, no, no .... you guys are missing the practical application of this research.
Men pay attention to WORDS with an area at the back of their brains. They typically pay attention, sort of, to women's voices elsewhere.
Solution? Whap your guy upside the back of his head before saying anything you need him to actually pay attention to.
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This fits my experience.
One danger of employing the usual technique of nodding your head and saying "mmm-hmmm...yesdear" while her voice continues on is that you could find out later you have agreed to any number of things you wouldn't normally agree to.
Happens all the time in my house.
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Actually, I've read (or heard in an interview or something) something else on the subject from the "Men Mars/Women Venus" guy, wosshisname... he said something to the effect that at the end of a long day of typical work a woman's brain is typically relatively lower in serotonin while a man's brain is typically lower in dopamine. Allegedly this meant that while the woman might be in a bad mood, she still has the energy to talk, while the guy just wants to sit and veg (or absorb some non-interactive predictable information, like a football game.... or maybe today weblogs would be a better example).
I don't know how true any of that is.
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I have read that people who learn their first foreign language as an adult use the part of the brain related to music; while people who learn foreign languages as children expand the original language part of the brain even if they are learning a new foreign language as an adult.
Since most guys consider wymenspeak as a foreign language, this does make some sense â¦
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Darn it, stop talking about sports! You'll blow our cover. We're trying to impress the chyx by pretending to listen!
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My former spouse was foreign born. Her immediate group was mainly composed of women of similar national origins. One day while she was sitting for one of the gang's children, I spoke with her in her native language. Later the four year old boy of the pair approached me and asked where I learned womantalk. Kid thought it was a special language only to women. How much he had yet to learn.
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For centuries Chinese women in the western areas (not ethnic Han) communicated with one another via embroidery motifs. If a woman wanted to warn a sister, for instance, she'd encode the information in a piece of embroidered clothing which the men of the clan obliviously allowed to be passed along. In fact, there were whole tribal customs about gift-giving and ritual observances which the old women zealously guarded precisely because they were a cover for this info passing.
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So, think Manny can keep it together after his collision, or are the Red Sox about to start their traditional fade ?
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For years, Howard White has advertised his strip club near Los Angeles International Airport with a not too subtle marquee reading "Live Nude Nude Nudes." But some tourists and nearby businesses say White has gone too far with his latest pitch for the Century Lounge: a freshly posted sign proclaiming "Vaginas R' Us."
"We don't appreciate the signage and we're working with the city to make sure this establishment is adhering to all codes," said Laurie Hughes , executive director of Gateway to L.A., an association that promotes businesses along Century Boulevard just east of the airport. Ms. Hughes is also co-chair of the Ticked-Off Broads Association.
White, who posted the new sign Tuesday, says he's simply advertising his business. "In a sort of a naive way, I felt that there was nothing terrible about it since the 'Vagina Monologues' was on Broadway forever," White said. "I didn't feel there was anything terrible about it." Strip club owners taking a few whacks at the libs. Gotta love it.
Los Angeles city officials say White's sign doesn't break the law. "The word 'vagina' is not an obscene word and we're not in a position to question the First Amendment," said City Councilman Bill Rosendahl, whose district includes the airport area. You may remember Officer Rosendahl as the white cop on "Sanford and Son".
But the business association is pursuing another avenue of attack. It contacted the retailer Toys R Us, which aggressively defends its trademark name. Toys R Us spokeswoman Susan McLaughlin said the company knows about White's sign and will be "looking into it immediately." Geoffrey's gonna whip some strip-club ass.
In the meantime, White will have to take his sign down - temporarily. The new sign, which is pasted over a portion of the original marquee, is made of combustible plastic vinyl that violates the municipal code. White was served with a citation Thursday, and has until the close of business Sunday to replace the sign, said David Keim, the city's chief of code enforcement.
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I've seen the sign many time in the airport area but the trafic is so nasty with merging and such near there that if your driving you can't take the effort to figure out where his place is without messing up.
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Nice try Suzie, but don't hold out hope that Toys R Us will pursue this. Even if they do they can hardly prevail. Google 'R US' minus 'Toys' and you'll find dozens of companys and organizations using 'R US' in their name. Apparently Toys R US hasn't been aggressive in protecting their trade name. Or maybe they already tried and lost.
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Toys R' Us doesn't get to treademark R'. It's hard to see how they can argue infringement with a straight face. Are they planning to get into the sex toy business and there is likely confusion? Great publicity too, way to get this in the headlines on all the TV shows instead of just Rantburg.
Between this and the Seattle Slewer story, the Victorian counter-revolution can't start soon enough for me.
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pshaw, White is probably paying those women to complain so he can get all this free publicity.
We haven't had a good rogue elephant story in a while. This one even has a happy ending!
A Seoul eatery that was trampled by elephants is back in business with a new name and a new menu that aims to capitalize on its bout with pachyderm pandemonium. The restaurant that serves barbecue and other traditional Korean foods was closed for a month for repairs after three elephants rampaged through its plate-glass front. It has just reopened with a new name: âRestaurant Where Elephants Have Beenâ. Owner Keum Taek-hoon said on Monday she had used the 18 million won ($18,000) insurance money to remodel her eatery. It now has a sign featuring three elephants and a new, 7,000-won menu item called an âelephant setâ that consists of seven vegetable side dishes and a hot soup. Keum, who plans to decorate the restaurant with pictures of pachyderms, said the elephant set has proved wildly popular. On April 20, six elephants escaped from a zoo and roamed around the South Korean capital. Three of them crashed through the eatery, sending staff and patrons fleeing in terror. The elephants crushed tables and stools and also munched on carrots. Keum said patrons have been heading to her newly reopened restaurant out of curiosity and sales have doubled. âWhat can I say about the elephants? Thank you for causing the trouble? Well, that just might be right,â Keum said.
FORMER British foreign secretary Robin Cook, who quit Prime Minister Tony Blair's government in protest over the Iraq war, died Saturday after collapsing on a Scottish mountain.
His death was announced by the Northern Constabulary police force after Cook, 59, was airlifted by helicopter from Ben Stack mountain in the Scottish Highlands after collapsing near the summit whilst out walking.
Mr Cook was taken to hospital in "serious condition" overnight after he collapsed whilst hiking in his native Scotland, Sky News and BBC News 24 television reported.
Cook, 59, was with a group near the summit of Ben Stack mountain in the Highlands when he collapsed, they said. He was taken to a hospital near Inverness by helicopter after a call to the coastguard.
Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, standing in for Prime Minister Tony Blair who departed Saturday for a holiday abroad, was to make a statement later Saturday evening, BBC News 24 said.
Cook, foreign secretary under Blair from 1997 to 2001, resigned from Blair's government -- in which he was House of Commons leader, in charge of the legislative agenda -- in March 2003 protest over the Iraq war.
Last weekend Blair's former Northern Ireland secretary Mo Mowlam, 55, who resigned from parliament at the 2001 election, was admitted to a London hospital where she was reported to be in "critical but stable" condition.
It was unclear as to whether her illness was a recurrence of a brain tumour.
Ben Stack is a cone-shaped mountain, 721 metres (2,365 feet) high, next to Loch More in the north of the rugged Highlands, and would have been a natural destination for Cook, a keen country walker.
During his four years at the Foreign Office, Cook forged an "ethical" foreign policy for Britain, and supported NATO's intervention in Kosovo in 1999 to wrest the mainly ethnic Albanian province from Serbian repression.
But he chose to resign Blair's government two days before the US and British invasion that led to Saddam Hussein's downfall, telling parliament: "I cannot support a war without international agreement or domestic support."
He won re-election in his central Scotland constituency of Livingstone in the May general election that put Blair and Labour back in power for a third straight term.
No longer a cabinet minister, he was a prolific commentator in the press, and many political analysts expected him to make a comeback once Blair steps down to make way for Chancellor of the Exchequer Gordon Brown.
Cook's former parliamentary private secretary Ken Purchase told Sky News that he had heard conflicting reports that his erstwhile boss had collapsed while out walking, or had been involved in an accident.
"Whatever it is, if Robin is ill in hospital, we all want to see him up and fit and back again when parliament assembles," likely in September when it returns to debate special anti-terrorist measures, Purchase said.
"When I last saw him, he looked very fit and well. His wife Gaynor has been keeping him fit and keeping the pounds off. I have no idea why he might be ill."
He described Cook as "without question one of the best parliamentary performers in the Commons at the present time and one of the leading thinkers in the whole Parliamentary Labour Party".
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Speaking of wasted space. Here is a sample diary that he kept which gives insight into the way his brain operates. This diary starts from Dec. 2001.
Pay close attention to Feb. 28, 2002 Sept 3, 2002, March 5, 2003 and the "Why Blair, the Clinton buddy, gets on so well with Bush" section towards the bottom. Here is the link...
A Russian ship has snagged a mini-submarine trapped far under the Pacific Ocean and was trying to tow it to shallower waters where divers could free the seven people trapped in it for two days, the commander of the Russian Pacific fleet said. The statement by Admiral Viktor Fyodorov to the NTV television channel followed a day of desperate rescue efforts and widely varying estimates of how much oxygen remained on the tiny vessel.
A British military plane carrying a sophisticated unmanned underwater rescue vehicle took off for the disaster scene in Russia's Far East late on Friday and the US Navy was scrambling to send another. Both could reach the site off the Kamchatka Peninsula within time - if earlier estimates that there was enough oxygen to keep the seven alive for 24 hours held true. However, Fyodorov said early on Saturday that there was oxygen for "at least 18 hours," a distinctly less optimistic statement than his earlier assertion that the air would last into Monday.
The group submariner weblog Ultraquiet No More is a great one-stop source for the unfolding story. AoS
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The Russkes play go "beat the clock" with the Brits and US. Learning from the last incident, they inform everyone at the last freakin minute.
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UPDATE from CBBCThere is a race against time to save seven members of the Russian submarine crew who are trapped on a sea bed. It was originally thought that the Priz submersible was stuck in a fishing net, but now rescuers believe it is trapped by an underwater antenna. Special deep-sea rescue crews from Britain and the US are being flown into the area on Saturday. An earlier attempt to drag the sub free by a cable attached to a ship has failed. The men are running out of air.
Meanwhile CTV.ca is reporting: The Russian navy is attempting to either sever a cable which became tangled in the sub's propeller on Thursday, or blow up a heavy weight anchoring it, according to Russia's Pacific fleet commander, Admiral Viktor Fyodorov. Authorities plan to use unmanned American and British specialized underwater craft, called Super Scorpios, to investigate the accident site and possibly cut the sub loose from the cable that has held it some 625 feet below the surface since Thursday. The U.S. submersible has specialized equipment like arm-like manipulators with cable-cutters and cameras for navigation.
Nothing said about how they intend to demolish the 60 ton concrete anchor.
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Come to think, it's more likely a Russian version of the SOSUS line, considering the location. Perhaps the sub was doing maintenance. Maybe a prayer is in order if you got 'em.
YOKOSUKA, Japan (AP) - Masahiko Goto simply does not want a nuclear power plant in his backyard. He says it is dangerous and unnecessary, and over the past year he's collected 324,000 signatures of others who feel the same way. He's also pushed the U.S. Navy into a corner. Goto is spearheading a high-profile movement to squelch the planned replacement of the USS Kitty Hawk with a more up-to-date nuclear-powered vessel. The Kitty Hawk is the oldest active duty ship in the Navy and the only U.S. aircraft carrier permanently deployed abroad.
For the moment, Goto's campaign appears to be winning. The campaign has hit a sympathetic note with the Japanese public, which is often wary of changes in the U.S. military footprint. The country has also been rocked by a string of scandals and accidents that has undermined confidence in the safety of Japan's own nuclear power program.
"People are more concerned than ever before with the safety of nuclear power plants in general," said Goto, who is a lawyer. "So it doesn't take much for them to realize that the idea of having one floating on a military ship in Tokyo Bay, near a huge population center, is really frightening."
We're a little more frightened by concrete things, like an invasion of Taiwan with no ability to respond quickly.
The swell of grass-roots opposition, which has won support from the local mayor and governor, has created a serious quandary for the Navy. Though the aging Kitty Hawk is battle ready, it's something of an anachronism. The Kitty Hawk and the Florida-based USS John F. Kennedy, commissioned respectively in 1961 and 1964, are the only carriers run by steam turbines left in service. Because the diesel-powered carriers are expensive to operate, the Kitty Hawk is due to be decommissioned in 2008.
Diesel? Thought it was steam generated by oil-fired boilers.
The Bush administration had proposed decommissioning the Kennedy this year. Doing so, it argued, would save $1.2 billion over the next six years. But the anti-nuclear movement here - and opposition at home - has forced officials to rethink that plan. Congress reached a deal in May delaying the Bush plan at least until after a review of U.S. forces is completed. Using Japan's opposition as leverage, Florida and Virginia lawmakers introduced the legislation to require the Navy to keep its carrier count at the current level of 12, with one based in Florida.
Can't keep the Kitty Hawk going forever. Eventually they have to work something out. Could always base the replacement carrier at Pearl.
The Kitty Hawk and its battle group are the centerpiece of the 7th Fleet, the largest in the Navy, with 40 to 50 ships, 120 aircraft and about 20,000 sailors and Marines within its command. Roughly 21 of the ships are deployed to Japan and the Pacific island of Guam, while the others rotate out of ports in Hawaii and the U.S. west coast.
Japan's leadership strongly backs the U.S. military presence in this country, and says the more than 50,000 U.S. troops in Japan are a stabilizing force for all of Asia. But activist Goto said the Navy has done little to assuage local safety fears. "They are very secretive," Goto said.
Militaries do tend to be that way.
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...Base it at Guam. That will drive the PRC nuts without anybody to put political pressure on.
Mike
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Base it at Guam
And Joe Mendiola could write all the press releases!
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Soooo, they are afraid of Nuclear subs, but all the nuclear power plants are OK? Anyone else getting the anti-american slant on this, or is it just me?
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I wonder if the basing of a carrier in Toyko bay is "not optional" by a treaty stating Japan will allow it in perpetuity. That might prove interesting.
My advise to GoTo & Co. Is it US or Chinese nukes that bother you?
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Fish or cut bait. If the Japanese would rather have oil fired carrier protection, build a fleet of their own.
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A Navy PA Officer should inform the Japanese that we don't have clandestine members of Aum Shinrikyo running around the reactor spaces, so there shouldn't be a problem.
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A Jewish man sees an oriental enter a bar where he is drinking, and punches him. The sore victim asks, "What was that for?" The Jew answers, "That was for Pearl Harbor." The victim replies, "The Japs bombed Pearl Harbor, and I am Chinese." The Jew came back, "Japanese, Chinese, what's the difference? The Chinaman then belts the Jew, who asks, "What was t?" The Chinaman says, "That was for the Titanic." The Jew responded, "The Titanic was sunk by an iceberg." The Chinaman trumped, "Iceberg, Goldberg, what's the difference?"
If you laugh, then you are a politically incorrect racist who needs to be placed in a re-education camp and fed: Soylent Green (which is_____).
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All these Japanese activists need to start campaigning against nuclear power in Japan.
They must demand the dismantlement of Japanese reprocessing plants and arrange for transfer of entire plutonium stocks to USA and Russia.
This will remove the option of weaponization that Japan has carefully nurtured while preaching about disarmament.
Finally Japan must build more fossil fuel plants.
All those nuke power plants should go.
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"So it doesn't take much for them to realize that the idea of having one floating on a military ship in Tokyo Bay, near a huge population center, is really frightening."
Japan is one of the most typhoon, earthquake, tsunami, and volcano prone countries that exists in the world. Masahiko Goto's attitude reminds of the lassie-faire attitude that we had before 9-11. The biggest news story in the U.S. before 9-11, was that endangered species were found thriving in California Red Wood trees. Then 9-11 happened.
When a stray Chinese (test) missile or a giant earthquake were to strike Japan in the near future, these signatures will disappear faster than Hillary's friendship with Martha Stewart.
"so sorry, so sorry, so sorry Evil USA- please please park all nuclear vessels you want but please help us, there are thousands dead."
Mr. Goto,
here is a list of some sample research material you can occupy yourself with between your anti-Americanism.
* Collcutt, Martin and Jansen, Marius and Kumakura, Isao. Cultural Atlas Of Japan. New York: Facts On File Publications, 1988
* De Mente, Boye. Everything Japanese The Authoritive Reference On Japan Today. Lincolnwood,Illinois: Passport Books, 1989
* EQE Summary Report."The January 17, 1995 Kobe Earthquake,Executive Summary". Kobe: Kobe University (http://mech.mech.kobe-u.ac.jp/contents/HANSHIN.html), April 1995
* "Geophysical Hazards, Simon Fraser University. Komaga-take, Hokkaido, Japan". Vancouver: Simon Fraser University (http://hoshi.cic.sfu.ca/~hazard/INFORMAT/geophys.html, 1996
* Kubota, Shinya.No title. http://133.91.192.47/research/m- box/jmb/www_docs/students.html, 1995
* L. Angelina. "Powerful Typhoon Hits Japan", Crocker's Fall Trimester Newspaper, October 4,1995
* National Geophysical Data Center/WDC-A for Solid Earth Geophysics. "Images from the Hokkaido Nansei-Oki Tsunami of 12 July 1993". Boulder, Colorado: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/sag/fliers/japantsu.html,1993
* Osborne, Roger and Tarling, Donald. The Atlas Of The Earth A Visual Exploration Of The Earth's Physical Past.New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996
* Rikitake,Kenji.Kobe Earthquake Diary.Kobe:Yaseppochi-gumi Home Page, 1995
* "Sakurajima, Southern Kyushu". Tokyo: University of Tokyo,http://hakone.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp/unzen/sakura/ sakura.html and http://hakone.eri.u- tokyo.ac.jp/vrc/erup/ Sakura.html, 1996
* Terrilon, Jean-Christophe. Private Letter. Osaka February,1997
* Yoshizumi, Sadao. MRI Typhoon Research Department Page. Japan, MRI Typhoon Research Department (http://www.mri- jma.go.jp/Dep/ty/MRI-TRD.html, 1996
* Zimer, R. and Frey W. "Damages to the Forests in Western Part of Japan by Typhoon No.19 in 1991". Kyoto, Japan: Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University, 1996
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"The biggest news story in the U.S. before 9-11, was that endangered species were found thriving in California Red Wood trees. Then 9-11 happened."
Nah... Chandra Levy and Gary Condit affair, and increasing shark attacks were the big stories the morning of 9-11. I was watching the news live that morning and remember it vividly.
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A large firework was detonated in the northern grandstand of Telstra Stadium in the 69th minute of the round 20 clash, sparking a security crackdown by both the club and the stadium on Bulldogs fans.
Police yesterday stopped a Pantech truck at Flemington markets containing 1,500 individual fireworks, as part of a covert operation.
The 30-year-old driver, from Guildford, was arrested and charged with numerous explosives offences.
He will appear in Burwood Local Court on August 29.
Police said their investigation into the incident â including the search for crowd members who detonated the device â was continuing.
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Hollywood actor-director Mel Gibson has been asked to recreate the crucifixion of Jesus Christ in the streets of Sydney if the city is selected to host a major Catholic gathering in 2008, a newspaper reported Saturday.
Gibson's staging of the Stations of the Cross, a live interpretation of Christ's final hours, would be part of a bid by the city to secure the Catholic Church's World Youth Day in 2008, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
The crucifixion reenactment -- similar to scenes from Gibson's hugely successful film "The Passion of the Christ" -- would begin with the Last Supper staged at Sydney's landmark Opera House at sunset, and would end with the crucifixion of Christ at St. Mary's Cathedral, according to bid documents the newspaper said it obtained.
The Archbishop of Sydney, George Pell, told the newspaper that intermediaries had "started approaches" to Gibson to stage the event. Gibson's involvement with World Youth Day was on the city's "wish list," Pell said.
"He might well be attracted. I think his devotion to Christ is very real," he said.
The venue for the 2008 gathering, expected to attract an estimated 400,000 young Catholics from 160 countries, will be announced by Pope Benedict XVI on August 21, in Cologne, Germany, the newspaper said. If he makes it extra gory, they might triple their crowd.
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GENEVA -- Resentment of France is growing in Eastern Europe where French policies are perceived to be anti-American and undermining the European Union's cohesion.
Diplomats describe the mood as "Francophobia" and attribute it to various statements by French President Jacques Chirac and to the rejection by French voters of the proposed European constitution.
According to one assessment, "The vast majority of people in Eastern and Central Europe is highly critical of French diplomacy. They consider the United States to be the big winner of the Cold War and the most influential power in the world." "We tend to blame the French for everything -- or almost everything," said Jan Eichler of the Institute of International Relations in the Czech Republic.
According to Polish sources, suggestions have been posited in the former communist countries for a more balanced policy by the EU that would see the United States as a partner, not as a competitor. Some diplomats say French prestige and France's role as one of the union's dominant powers have suffered.
These developments come at a time when there are no clear suggestions as to how the EU should cope with the current situation, with the constitutional project frozen after the "no" votes in the referendums in France and the Netherlands.
According to former Polish Foreign Minister Bronislaw Geremek, "No major European institution has had the courage to analyze the present situation, nor to speak of strategy for the future."
Mr. Eichler, in Prague, said: "The French rejection of the constitution has revived Francophobia whose historic and sociological roots have existed for a number of years. The heritage of Gaullism and of most French decisions of that period are often presented as treason, particularly the French withdrawal from NATO's military structure."
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"We tend to blame the French for everything -- or almost everything,"
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The eastern Europeans are remembering when Russia's foot was on their back and old Europe just shrugged, but those "arrogant cowboys" of the US just kept at it, always encouraging, always watching, always trying to help them move towards democracy and freedom, always pressuring their oppressors. I even saw a picture a Pole (?) had painted showing Richard Nixon, in a Moses role, leading the artists nation to freedom. Such feelings are long remembered.
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The French had a good relationship with the USSR in some respects. The backlash is and will be with France" for sometime. I am also a proud Francophobe. I tell my wife (a teacher of French language) she is preparing her student for intelligence gathering against our open enemy. She agrees.
TORONTO (AP) - The Air France jet that skidded off the runway and burst into flames earlier this week landed farther down the runway than it should have, but it is too soon to know if that was the reason for the crash, aviation investigators said Friday.
Real Levasseur, chief of the Transportation Safety Board team investigating the craft, said officials in France who have been downloading data from the cockpit voice recorders - the so-called black boxes - announced Friday most of the indicators from the boxes appeared intact and were not destroyed in the fire. Levasseur said all interviews with the co-pilot - whom Air France said was at the controls during Tuesday's landing - and cabin crew were complete.
Levasseur said the Airbus 340 landed too far down the 9,000-foot runway before skidding some 200 yards, landing nose down in a ravine amid torrential rains and winds. ``An aircraft like the 340 should land well toward the back; how long exactly depends on weight, heavy winds, there are a number of factors,'' he said. ``We will certainly be looking at information; and if it turns out the aircraft did land further down the runway ... we will try to determine whether this had a major or critical effect.''
Witnesses and some passengers have said that it appeared that Air France Flight 358 from Paris was coming in too fast and too long when it landed at about 4 p.m.
Some aviation experts said the aircraft could have been pushed by a strong cross winds at the same time the aircraft landed on a slick runway, decreasing tire traction and causing a hydroplaning effect. ``I think they landed a little fast, a little long and probably hydroplaned,'' said Capt. Tom Bunn, a retired commercial airline pilot of 30 years for Pan Am and United Airlines.
Levasseur on Thursday dismissed questions about whether the east-west 24L runway was long and safe enough, saying it met international standards. However, the Air Line Pilots Association, which represents 64,000 airline pilots at 41 airlines in Canada and the United States, disputed this, saying the ravine at the end of the runway may have contributed to the crash. In a statement Thursday, the union said the crash occurred ``at an international airport that, unfortunately, does not meet international standards.''
Levasseur said there was no evidence, meanwhile, that lightning struck the Airbus A340 as it was landing, as reported by some witnesses. ``The wings and wing tips are in pretty good shape.'' He also said investigators have determined that all four engine thrust-reversers were in operation and working fine, ``So that's a good sign.''
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it appeared that Air France Flight 358 from Paris was coming in too fast
The crew of the A320 in Warsaw also increased speed during landing after receiving information from the tower about windshear across their flight path.
Levasseur should have said that the A340 landed too far down the runway, for this particular runway. Had they used the adjacent runway, 24R, which is 500 feet longer, maybe this wouldn't have been a big deal (200 yards = 600 feet, 24R is 9,500ft long)
Sounds like a repeat of the Warsaw incident (except there they did have a longer runway).
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Regardless of what caused the crash, somebody's guardian angel is in line for a merit pay increase.
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...but it is too soon to know if that was the reason for the crash, aviation investigators said Friday.
I'd have to say overshooting a runway kinda, sorta contributes to a crash...
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If Air France is investigating itself,I can tell you what the result will be-inadequate AirTraffic Controll cmbined w/too short runway and bad weather caused the heroic flight crew to take the only chance they had at landing during a small window of less winds. If the ATC had not misguided them,the crew would have landed where they should have. If the runway met EU standards,there would have been enough runway. If the ATC had not tried to land aircraft in such terrible weather,none of this would have happened.
Nothing to do w/an inexperienced copilot letting his ego take over and commit to a landing he had started,instead of going around. Certainly there was no panic in the copilot trying to land as fast as he could in bad weather and afraid it would be worse if he went around. BTW,why was the pilot letting his copilot land in such bad weather? Unless this was a check ride,every pilot I've known or read about wants the controls in tight situations.
I could be completely wrong,but if the Warsaw and Canadian incident turn out to be very similar,it may point to a problem w/flight control system. If the winds are just right,rapid strong gusts,perhaps the computer is fooled into thinking the plane is stalling and automatically adds thrust-or indicates to pilots that a/c is stalling which would cause them to increase power and try to keep some height. Have no idea if this is case,but if it keeps happening,worth a look.
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strong gusts,perhaps the computer is fooled into thinking the plane is stalling and automatically adds thrust-or indicates to pilots that a/c is stalling which would cause them to increase power and try to keep some height
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The fact is though, that runway is too short. If I can make a prediction, all "heavies" from now on will refuse to land on that runway in rain or strong winds. Air France in particular will not use that runway again.
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NUGGET (Neutron/Gamma Ray Geologic Tomography), an instrument containing a neutron generator, a neutron lens and a gamma-ray detector, could be used to investigate important biological indicators of life on distant worlds - just like Star Trek's tricorder.
The system provides a three-dimensional scanning instrument that focuses a beam of neutrons into an object. When the nucleus of an atom inside the rock captures the neutrons, it produces a gamma-ray signal for that element, which the gamma-ray detector then analyzes. The location of the elements can also be plotted; nformation can then be turned into an image of the elements within the rock. Scientists could then tell whether a certain type of bacteria had become fossilized inside the rock... Or, what happens when science writers have to write a story about some rather dull technical thingy.
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Why does every tech nerd feel compelled to reference everything to Star Trek or Star Wars? I just shake my head when I hear stuff like that.... reminds me of an ex-gfriend who talked about tv characters like they were real...
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We are real Mark, but it's a different universe. It's the one on the lower LeftNorth -2. BTW I killed StarTrek personally. I didn't realize there were so many dorks there, else I would have cancelled Seasame St. too.
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Because they ideas were invernted or made more public by Star Trek. It puts it in a frame of refernce for the non techie.
I don't know what the hell is up with the "Star Wars" references unless they are talking about a species like Wookies or Endorians. Not much "new" ideas exposed by any of those movies.
Political Correctness is a nasty, brutish virus that keeps on spreading. EFL.
Nicknames or mascots deemed "hostile or abusive" would not be allowed on team uniforms or other clothing beginning with any NCAA tournament after Feb. 1, said Harrison, the University of Hartford's president. 'Hostile and abusive' are defined how, and by whom?
Not by you or me. That's obvious.
"What each institution decides to do is really its own business" outside NCAA championship events, Harrison said. If FSU gets to a bowl this year, substitute the Seminole with a large middle finger - works for me!
"What we are trying to say is that we find these mascots to be unacceptable for NCAA championship competition," he added. There's that fuckin' word again! QED.
At least 18 schools have mascots the NCAA deem "hostile or abusive," including Florida State's Seminoles and Illinois' Illini. The full list of schools was not immediately released. Although I'm not a graduate of any of these schools, I'm going to be sending e-mail telling these 'tards how ridiculous they look pulling this crap.
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Are Hoosiers being treated in a hostile or abusive fashion? How about Fighting Irish? And what about the disrespect to those no longer able to derfend themselves with lawsuits, like the Spartans and the Trojans? And how about Cornhuskers, Boilermakers and Tarheels? So much abuse and hostility
NCAA should assign teams alphabetic designators based on date the school entered the conference, with tie breakers assigned in alphabetical order based on school name. So we'd have the Ohio State A's, the Michigan B's the Illinois C' and the Penn Stake K's.
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This just in.... The NCAA has decreed that play off rules will disallow all aggressive behavior on the field. Such conduct as blocking, tackling or attempting to run over, or through, another player will not be tolerated. Also, PETA's lawyers are preparing a plea for an injunction against using animal names for team mascots. So far, nothing in the news about University of Pennsylvania's Quaker mascot being allowed in the post season games.
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How about Fighting Irish?
Fighting Irish moniker only perpetuates the sterotype of the drunken Irish brawler.
Hey...wait a sec..I'm Irish. After I finnish this beer I'm gonna kick yer ass!
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Isn't the use of the Quaker by Penn a violation of the separation of church and sport?
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It is not the NCAAs rite to impose restrictions on the behalf of american indians and their nations which have made no complaint. Although their are a few grumblings that parties in question could litigate amongst themselves and on to a court of law if need be and not the dictation of the ASSociations will.
What will be next, NCAA share fundings will not be given to those colleges which choose to wrongly reside in states which derived their names from indians. My apologies to the following:
Alabama-from Choctaw meaning âthicket-clearersâ or âvegetation-gatherersâ
Arizona-Indian âArizonac,â meaning âlittle springâ or âyoung springâ
Arkansas-From the Quapaw Indians
Connecticutt-From an Indian word (Quinnehtukqut) meaning âbeside the long tidal riverâ
Illinois-Algonquin for âtribe of superior menâ
Indiana-Meaning âland of Indiansâ
Iowa-From an Indian word meaning âthis is the placeâ or âthe Beautiful Landâ
Kansas-From Sioux word meaning âpeople of the south windâ
Kentucky-Iroquoian word âKen-tah-tenâ meaning âland of tomorrowâ
Massachusetts-Massachusett tribe of Native Americans, meaning âat or about the great hillâ
Michigan-Indian word âMichiganaâ meaning âgreat or large lakeâ
Minnesota-Dakota Indian word meaning âsky-tinted waterâ
Mississippi-Indian word meaning âFather of Watersâ
Missouri-Missouri Indian tribe. âMissouriâ means âtown of the large canoes.â
Nebraska-Oto Indian word meaning âflat waterâ
North Dakota-Sioux tribe, meaning âalliesâ
Ohio-Iroquoian word meaning âgreat riverâ
Oklahoma-Choctaw Indian words meaning âred peopleâ
Tennessee-Cherokee origin; the exact meaning is unknown
Texas-Indian word meaning âfriendsâ
Utah-Ute tribe, meaning âpeople of the mountainsâ
Wisconsin-French corruption of an Indian word whose meaning is disputed
Wyoming-Delaware Indian word, meaning âmountains and valleys alternatingâ; the same as the Wyoming Valley in Pennsylvania
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I AM a graduate of Illinois and for the last ten years, the students, aided by a PC Chancellor from Michigan tried to kill the Chief. The Chancellor's gone, and we thought the Chief was safe.
I went to the first football game Freshman year and thought, "A dancing indian. How quaint!"
It's AWESOME!
After the dance, I was on my feet screaming and cheering with the other 60,000 in the stadium. Authentic Indian war (oops!) dance in authentic costume, by an athlete.
The INDIANS think it an HONOR. During the fuss at Champaign, several were official representatives were quoted as saying it was not disrespectful (as opposed to the "Tomahawk Chop" with a foam hand). The Chief is a symbol, not a mascot, and there are NO caricatures of him anywhere on or off campus.
Nasty and brutish, for sure - the PC virus, I mean.
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Florida State checks with the Chief of the Seminole Nation every other year, the tribal council has always given the okay. Yes, they are brought on board for expert advice, do's and don'ts. Yes the costumes authentic, so is the rifle no, the is horse Nez Perce but even the real Seminole like a fine Apaloosa.
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At least 18 schools have mascots the NCAA deem "hostile or abusive," including Florida State's Seminoles and Illinois' Illini. The full list of schools was not immediately released.
I always crack up when the ruling class try to take on schools that survive on football. Heck, try to do this at some southern High Schools and you'd have riots in the streets! Remind me again how "Seminoles" is "hostile or abusive," as it's the TRIBAL FREAKIN' NAME (not like "redskin" or some slang term). Give me a break.
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Could the director of "Schindler's List" find himself in trouble with some Jews? That's the speculation as Steven Spielberg prepares "Munich," which may become his most controversial film. "Munich" tells the true story of the secret Israeli squad assigned to track down and kill the Palestinian terrorists who planned the massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics in Munich, Germany.
In addition to showing Israel's retaliation, "Munich" depicts the Israeli operatives' doubts about what their mission will achieve -- two factors that could ignite the Jewish community.
Spielberg explained his motive in a statement, saying: "By experiencing how the implacable resolve of these men to succeed in their mission slowly gave way to troubling doubts about what they were doing, I think we can learn something important about the tragic standoff we find ourselves in today." And what "tragic standoff" are you referring to, sir? Good vs. evil? Life vs. death? Do tell us what you mean here, Mr. Spielberg. Are you trying to say that we need to "understand" the terrorists? That murder is acceptable because we understand their "feelings"? Dispensing justice upon cold-blooded murderers does not give way to "troubling doubts", unless you are a lefty moonbat oxygen-thief.
"Munich" is based on several sources but was written by playwright Tony Kushner, who sits on the board of a group that calls for the cutoff of U.S. military aid to Israel. Spielberg's rep claims Kushner was hired for his talent, not his ideology. And several consultants on the film, including former U.S. ambassador Dennis Ross, think the Jewish community will be impressed by the film. "I think when [you] look at responses to terror you also want to be crafting what you do very carefully, and if there is a message from the film that some people will walk away with I think it will be that,â Ross told FOX News. Huh?
For now, Spielberg is far from the debate. He's still shooting the film in Malta and Budapest, racing to meet a Dec. 23 release date in hopes of making next year's Oscars. Until and unless I get a coherent statement regarding Spielberg's idiotic comments, there will be no Spielberg movies playing in my home. This is not the first time in recent years he's taken a lefty posture either; I remember one scene in particular in The Terminal...
N.B.: I changed the name of the poster from 'John Kerry' to his e-mail addy on file. As a general rule, let's not use celeb/famous names for posts. The use of such names in comments is okay if snarky or humorous (I particularly liked the one yesterday from "I. Jones"), but let's not do it for posts. Thx -- AoS
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Spielberg has gone way, way off the deep end in the past few years. I refuse to see any movie of his after the spew known as Jurassic Park III and AI. I think they need to investigate him for Altimerzers or something...
Breaking news story from MSNBC I've heard of hoof in mouth, but....
A Seattle man died after engaging in anal sex with a horse at a farm suspected of being a gathering place for people seeking to have sex with livestock, police said Friday.
The horse involved in the incident was not harmed, and an autopsy of the unnamed man concluded that âthe manner of death was accidental ... due to perforation of the colon,â a police spokesman said. âThe information that we have is that people would find this place via chat rooms on the Web,â said Sgt. John Urquhart of the King County Sheriffâs Department. Although sex with animals is not illegal in Washington state, Urquhart said that investigators were looking into whether the farm, located in Enumclaw, 40 miles southeast of Seattle, allowed sex with smaller animals that resulted in animal cruelty, which is a crime. âIf youâre talking about sheep or goats, there could be some issues,â Urquhart said.
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âIf youâre talking about sheep or goats, there could be some issues,â Urquhart said.
...I'm thinkin' we've gone past 'issues' to freakin' SUBSCRIPTIONS here...
Mike
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Yet another sign of the coming og the ANTICHRIST?
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Subtitle: horse rides man
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This is indicative of the yawning divide between the moonbats in urban Seattle and the surburban and urban areas of the rest of King County. There have been any number of recent measures coming out of the Seattle dominated King County council that show disdain for rural residents and property owners. The gist of it is that the rural areas need to be "preserved". There is perfect symbolism in this escapade assuming the dude was a downtowner: horses are for f*cking.
It's about time to split up King County and carve most of it out of the people's republic.
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Classical Liberal - there has been some effort here for Snohomish County (just north of King) to split into the eastern side (called Skykomish County - mountains, rual) and the western side (Snohomish). But it failed :((.
I also think there is a small effort to do the same in King County - But it nearly impossible.
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Imagine the family at this guy's funeral. Will it be in church? What will the minister's demeanor be? I am tempted to write to my son-in-law, a Baptist minister, and ask how he might handle the funeral of someone who died under such exquisitely dishonorable and humiliating circumstances.
KANDAHAR CITY: The postal service was revived on Thursday in this southern city after a quarter century, enabling residents to correspond with relatives and friends in the country and abroad. Abdul Qader Sufi, in charge of the postal service at the communication department in Kandahar, said they had reopened post offices in different parts of the city after 25 years. Leaflets explaining how to post letters and parcels have been displayed near letter boxes. Parcel costs and postage stamp prices had not been fixed as yet, Sufi said, claiming revival of the service would benefit Kandahar residents, who wanted to exchange letters with near and dear ones. Gul Wali, from Maiwand district of Kandahar, said he would earlier travel to Kabul or Pakistanâs Quetta city to dispatch letters and parcels to his brother in Saudi Arabia. The resumption of the postal service represents good news to him and many others.
For paying a rich and everlasting tribute to Khadim-ul- Haramain Al-Sharefain, late king Fahd bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) has principally decided to build a Mosque in its new campus naming it as King Fahd Mosque. A delegation of the university, in the leadership of Justice Retd Khalil ur Rehman Khan, Rector IIUI, is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia to formally invite his Royal Highness King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz for attending the ground breaking ceremony of Mosque as chief guest. This was announced in Friday congregation at Faisal mosque by Justice Khalil Ur Rehman Khan where the funeral prayers in absentia for the late king was also offered.
Uncovering the details of the announcement, Justice Khalil cherished the tremendous services of the king for the uplift of the Ummah and his marvelous support for Pakistan in hour of trial. He added that King Fahd had a special and keen interest in the development of the international Islamic university Islamabad and promotion of quality education across the Ummah. The university has decided to build a huge mosque in its new campus in the name of king Fahd. The mosque, with the capacity for 30,000 worships, will cost US $6 million. The university with its own resources has established a fund for the construction of the mosque in which Rs 2.462 million has already been deposited by the university faculty, staff and others. With a further donation from personal pocket of the Rector IIUI, the fund has now Rs. 2.562 million.
The rector has requested the masses to donate generously in the fund. Bank account for Pakistan currency is A/C No. 7185/5, Habib bank IIUI branch and Foreign Currency 11089-8 in the same bank branch for donations in foreign currency.
"So get out yer checkbooks, ladies and gents, give 'til it hurts and then give a little more. The King would have wanted it this way."
Morocco has jailed 60 suspected prostitutes for up to four months after a mass trial in a tourist resort. The move was praised by Islamists but assailed by rights activists, lawyers and newspapers.
Naturally the Islamists would be all in favor. Wouldn't want anybody to have any fun, y'know...
Mass trial at a tourist resort? Was that on the itinerary or did they pay extra?
Police last month raided a hotel in the coastal city of Agadir, famed for its sandy beaches and lively nightlife, and arrested the women with 28 Saudi and nine Kuwaiti holidaymakers. Seven of the hotel's employees were also arrested. The authorities later deported the holidaymakers without charging them, while they accused the 67 arrested Moroccans of debauchery and encouraging sex tourism. In a verdict late on Tuesday, an Agadir court sentenced 15 girls to four months in jail and 45 to two months, including eight who received suspended terms, defence lawyers said. Five hotel employees got jail sentences of between two and three years, a sixth got two months and another was acquitted. The court also ordered the closure of the hotel.
"Trixie doesn't work here anymore..."
An Islamist faction within the main opposition Justice and Development party (PJD) called the action a right step to help preserve the Muslim country's moral and religious values.
"We're sure that tourists would much prefer to spend their time reading the Koran. Those bitches were distracting them!"
The PJD recently called on the authorities to crack down on what it says is growing sex tourism in the country, a popular destination mainly for tourists from Europe and the Arab Gulf. But human rights activists called the trial a scandal, criticising the authorities for letting the tourists go free. "The women involved are victims of society," said Abdelhamid Amine, head of the country's main human rights group AMDH. "If the goal of this swoop is to fight sex tourism, then authorities ought to look at all hotels in Agadir, not just one, apply the law on all, not only on Moroccans, and fight factors that help prostitution flourish," said Abd al-Rahman Yazidi, head of local rights group Anaruz.
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My bitch better have my money
through rain, sleet or snow.
My whore better have my money,
not half, not some,
but all my cash.
'Cause if she don't,
I'm gonna put my foot in her ass.
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For paying a rich and everlasting tribute to Khadim-ul- Haramain Al-Sharefain, late king Fahd bin Abdul Aziz of Saudi Arabia, the International Islamic University Islamabad (IIUI) has principally decided to build a Mosque in its new campus naming it as King Fahd Mosque. A delegation of the university, in the leadership of Justice Retd Khalil ur Rehman Khan, Rector IIUI, is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia to formally invite his Royal Highness King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz for attending the ground breaking ceremony of Mosque as chief guest. This was announced in Friday congregation at Faisal mosque by Justice Khalil Ur Rehman Khan where the funeral prayers in absentia for the late king was also offered.
Morocco has jailed 60 suspected prostitutes for up to four months after a mass trial in a tourist resort. The move was praised by Islamists but assailed by rights activists, lawyers and newspapers.
