I just ordered a GATEWAY, it arrived, AND IT DOESNT WORK. The LED on the mb is lit up, so the baby's got power. perhaps the power *button* is askew or something? Fuck it, I'm returning this shit. That is all.
In other news, look at what I just bought:
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System Details: Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition Application Software: Microsoft® Works Suite 2005 - including Microsoft® Word and Encarta Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 530 (3.00GHz) Memory: 1GB (1024MB) DDR SDRAM PC3200 (400MHz), Dual Channel........[ +US$135.00] Hard Drive: 200GB Serial ATA100 7200rpm hard drive Optical Drive: 8x Double-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer (DVD±R/±RW) and 16x DVD-ROM drive Floppy Drive: 8-in-1 media card reader Extended Service Plan Including Limited Warranty: Desktop Value Service Plan -- 1 year parts/labor/no on-site/1 year technical support Monitors: VX750 17" Flat CRT Color Monitor (16.0" viewable) Video: ATI RADEON® X300SE with 128MB DDR Video Memory and TV Out Sound System: Intel® High Definition Audio Speakers: GMAX 2100 2.1 Speakers with Subwoofer AntiVirus Software: Norton AntiVirus 90 day introductory offer Chipset: Intel® 915G Chipset Case: Gateway 6-Bay Mid-Tower Case Controller: Integrated Ultra ATA Controller Expansion Slots: (1) PCI-E x16 Expansion Slot, (1) PCI-E x1, (2) PCI in which 1 is available for use External Ports: (7) USB 2.0 (4 in back, 2 in front and 1in the media reader), (1) IEEE 1394 Firewire Port, Audio ports, Parallel, Serial, and (2) PS/2 Certification: Energy Star Compliant Keyboard: Gateway Premium 104+ Keyboard Mouse: Two-Button PS/2 Wheel Mouse (no mouse pad included) Music Sampler: Napster 2.0 and 150 Song Sampler (pre-loaded on hard disk) Modem: 56K PCI data/fax modem Network Adapter: Integrated Intel® Pro 10/100 Ethernet Adapter Internet Service Provider: Six months America Online® Internet access Part Number: 1008272 PCI Adapter: IEEE 1394 (FireWire) PCI Card
I've noticed that you consistently mention that your posts may be taken as 'flamebait'. Do you do this because you know mods won't moderate you down if you call them on it? Is this just an alternate method of karma whoring?
Most people don't use open source. Is a lack of expertise in this area worthy of a headline? Surely even Slashdotters saw this one coming. Zealots, rock on.
As far as the old adage "the customer is always right" goes, Best Buy doesn't buy it. The massive retailer is being vocal about something that at first might sound a little uncouth: frankly, they'd rather not have 50% of their customers as customers. In an age where it seems like everyone casts their nets as wide as possible to bring in more eyes, feet, and wallets, Best Buy is doing the opposite. They believe that a small portion of their customers are bad for business, and they're looking to shut them out. Of course, Best Buy loves their "angel" customers who buy things regardless of price, and load up on high ticket items. The problem is that the details are about the devils.
The devils are its worst customers. They buy products, apply for rebates, return the purchases, then buy them back at returned-merchandise discounts. They load up on "loss leaders," severely discounted merchandise designed to boost store traffic, then flip the goods at a profit on eBay. They slap down rock-bottom price quotes from Web sites and demand that Best Buy make good on its lowest-price pledge. "They can wreak enormous economic havoc," says Mr. Anderson.
Some see this as Best Buy trying to "have its cake and eat it to", by wanting to keep rebates, loss leaders, and massive promotions going, but exclude those who make routine use of them. Why not just stop with the marketing games? For Best Buy, it's not quite that cut and dried. While most of the promotions people "abuse" are rendered ineffective when well educated customers have access to various bargain websites, the majority of Best Buy's customer base is still susceptible to them. Many people will go shopping for a printer (that Best Buy may be taking a loss on), and end up with extra print cartridges, printer paper and a service plan to go with it. Those customers aren't going anywhere for a while.
While the practice of labeling some customers as "devils" is by no means new, Best Buy's efforts represent the most concerted exorcism attempt we've seen from a major retailer to date. And it seems to be working. They've changed some of their policies to make them less vulnerable to exploitation, adding a 15% restocking fee and selling restocked goods over the internet instead of in-store. More notably, they're attempting to explicity identify desirable customers and appeal to them directly.
Store clerks receive hours of training in identifying desirable customers according to their shopping preferences and behavior. High-income men, referred to internally as Barrys, tend to be enthusiasts of action movies and cameras. Suburban moms, called Jills, are busy but usually willing to talk about helping their families. Male technology enthusiasts, nicknamed Buzzes, are early adopters, interested in buying and showing off the latest gadgets.
Staffers use quick interviews to pigeonhole shoppers. A customer who says his family has a regular "movie night," for example, is pegged a prime candidate for home-theater equipment. Shoppers with large families are steered toward larger appliances and time-saving products.
Best Buy's strategies could represent the beginnings of a shift in how retailers approach their customers. As consumers become more savvy, and online shopping continues to grow, you can bet other retailers will watch Best Buy closely. Early results indicate that Best Buy's test stores are outperforming their established stores by a significant margin, and it's safe to assume that the trend will continue as they shift to their new sales mode across the board. Of course, if you aren't Barry, Jill, or Buzz, then who are you and how will you be treated? Customer profiling has a nasty side to it, one which we can attest to. It's common, for instance, to be utterly ignored in some commission-based sales environments if you look too young, or too poor.
Meanwhile, Dell and others seem to be doing their best to attract those customers Best Buy doesn't really want. While Best Buy has pulled the plug on their relationships with so
Origins: Although we can see a tremendous amount of variety in the plant and animal life all around us -- both within and between species -- many of us still find extremes in variety among human beings somewhat disconcerting. While an extraordinarily large dog or a cat with an unusually long tail may be regarded as nothing more than a momentarily interesting curiosity or a source of amusement, people who exhibit one of the extremes in human development -- whether it be in intelligence, height, weight, or some other feature -- have long struggled to avoid being identified as "freaks."
Perhaps the most discomfiting record of this nature involves the youngest person ever to give birth, reputedly a five-year-old girl -- not only because such a record posits that a child barely of kindergarten age (presumably involuntarily) underwent an experience we associate with physical and psychological maturity, but also because it implies the commission of an act now considered to be nothing less than child molestation.
Regardless of our squeamishness, we have to note that the claim of a five-year-old girl giving birth is apparently true. Her name was Lina Medina, a Peruvian girl from the Andean village of Ticrapo who made medical history when she gave birth to a boy by caesarean section in May 1939 at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days. Lina's parents initially thought their daughter had a large abdominal tumor, but after they took her to a hospital in the town of Pisco physicians confirmed that her abdominal swelling was due to pregnancy. Linda was eventually transferred to a hospital in Lima, where she delivered a six-pound baby boy by Cesarean section on 14 May 1939 (coincidentally the date on which Mother's Day was celebrated that year). Lina's father was temporarily jailed on suspicion of incest, but he was released for a lack of evidence and authorities were never able to determine who fathered Lina's child.
Lina's incredible story was documented in contemporaneous reports by Edmundo Escomel, one of Peru's preeminent physician-researchers of the period and a laureate of the prestigious French Academy of Sciences. Escomel's first correspondence to the editors of La Presse Medicale1 (which is undated but appeared in the 13 May 1939 issue) noted that Lina first came to the attention of Dr. Gérado Lozada, chief physician of the Hospital of Pisco, when she appeared at that hospital in early April 1939 for evaluation of what was assumed to be a massive abdominal tumor.
It soon became obvious to the stunned Lozada, however, that the little girl was pregnant. A medical history revealed that she had been having regular periods since age 3, but that she had stopped menstruating for the past 7½ months. Additionally, she had fully developed breasts. Further examination revealed a fetal heartbeat, and an X-ray confirmed the pregnancy. Escomel stated that Lozada had submitted a report about the case to the Academy of Medicine in Lima.
Escomel's announcement2 (dated 20 May 1939) that Lina had delivered a baby boy (on 14 May) appeared in the 31 May issue of La Presse Medicale. In addition to amending the age at which Lina began menstruating (to an incredible 8 months), Escomel submitted a photograph of the gravid 5½-year-old:
Lina Medina
At the end of his piece Escomel noted with some sadness that no one had yet discovered the identity of the father since Lina "couldn't give precise responses." He also stressed the importance of getting adequate care for the little girl.
Escomel's final report3 was published in the 19 December 1939 issue of La Presse Medicale. He commented on a biopsy of one of Lina's ovaries performed on a sample removed at the time of the Cesarean section and provided photomicrographs of the stained tissue sections. In the end, pathologists pronounced Lina to have the ovaries of a fully mature woman. Escomel posited that the reason behind her precocious fertility could not lie in the ovaries themselves but must have ste
In a surprising upset, Peace and Justice nominee Ralph Nader has just secured the White House. Apparently the majority of voters were too embarassed to announce their support of a 3rd party candidate within circles of their peers, to preliminary pollers, to exit pollers, to their spouses, children, coworkers...
Theres no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going. Theres no knowing where we're rowing or which way the rivers flowing. Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a blowing? Not a speck of light is showing so the danger must be growing. Are the fires of Hell aglowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? YES! THE DANGER MUST BE GROWING FOR THE ROWERS KEEP ON ROWING AND THEYRE CERTAINLY NOT SHOWING ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING!
Newsreader: A new message from Bin Laden to the American people about the reasons and resulats of the 9/11 attacks.
Newsreader 2: The head of AL Qaeda says the continuation of us policy will lead to the repetition of what happened.
Male presenter: The head of AL Qaeda organization directed a message to the American people and this video and audio apearence in this tape which Jezeera required for the first time for two years. In the beginning of his message, he spoke about the reasons why they chose the US to execute 9/11..
OBL: You American people, my speech to you is the best way to avoid another conflict about the war and its reasons and results. I am telling you security is an important pillar of human life. And free people don't let go of their security contrary to Bush's claims that we hate freedom. He should tell us why we didn't hit Sweden for instance. Its known that those who hate freedom don't have dignified souls.like the 19 who were blessed. But we fought you because we are free people, we don't sleep on our oppression. We want to regain the freedom of our Muslim nation as you spill our security, we spill your security.
Female presenter: Bin Laden spoke for the first time about the main reasons he thought of executing Sept 11 attacks, confirming that the Israeli operation in Lebanon was the first incident where he thought of it.
OBL: I am so surprised by you. Although we are in the fourth year after the events of sept 11, Bush is still practicing distortion and misleading on you, and obscuring the main reasons and therefore the reasons are still existing to repeat what happened before. I will tell you the reasons behind theses incidents.
I will be honest with you on the moment when the decision was taken to understand. We never thought of hitting the towers. But after we were so fed up, and we saw the oppression of the American Israeli coalition on our people in Palestine and Lebanon, it came to my mind and the incidents that really touched me directly goes back to 1982 and the following incidents. When the US permitted the Israelis to invade Lebanon with the assistance of the 6th fleet. In these hard moments, it occurred to me so many meanings I cant explain but it resulted in a general feeling of rejecting oppression and gave me a hard determination to punish the oppressors. While I was looking at the destroyed towers in Lebanon, it came to my mind to punish the oppressor the same way and destroy towers in the US to get a taste of what they tasted, and quit killing our children and women.
Male presenter: Bin Laden considered in his message that the results of Sept 11 were successful in his opinion and as a reason of that, he said that the similarity between the administration of Bush the father and the arab regimes said Bush learned so much from them during his visits.
OBL: We didn't find difficulty dealing with Bush and his administration due to the similarity of his regime and the regims in our countries. Whish half of them are ruled by military and the other half by sons of kings and presidents and our experience with them is long. Both parties are arrogant and stubborn and the greediness and taking money without right and that similarity appeared during the visits of Bush to the region while people from our side were impressed by the US and hoped that these visits would influence our countries. Here he is being influenced by these regimes, Royal and military. And was feeling jealous they were staying for decades in power stealing the nations finances without anybody overseeing them. So he transferred the oppression of freedom and tyranny to his son and they call it th e Patriot Law to fight terrorism. He was bright in putting his sons as governors in states and he didn't forget to transfer his experience from the rulers of our region to Florida to falsify elections to benefit from it in critical times.
Female Presenter: Bin Laden considered the way Bush dealt with the firs
Taxpayers can deduct interest on loans of up to $1 million used to buy one or two personal residences.
Would you limit the home mortgage interest deduction so that it subsidizes the purchase of one basic home, and would you redirect some of the tax savings to help qualified renters purchase a basic home? Yes. 2. The Inequitable Home Equity Break--
Congress offers less than certain homeowners preferential deduction for consumer loans.
Would you limit the deduction for interest on up to $100,000 of consumer loans (called "home equity loans") that benefits only homeowners who itemize? Yes. 3. Poorest Families, Poorest Child Care--
Tax credits help working parents who owe taxes pay for child care costs.
Would you reform the child care credit do that it helps low - and moderate - income working parents who don't owe taxes and can at least afford their child care costs? Yes. 4. Social Security's Insecurity--
The Social Security Trust Fund is likely to be bankrupt by about 2042. Yet the highest paid Americans don't pay Social Security taxes on all of their wages.
Why not fix Social Security's long-term solvency problem by making taxes apply on all of their wages? I would. 5. A Sick Policy on Health Insurance--
An employee's health insurance premiums paid at work are exempt from income tax - no matter how deluxe a policy that tax payer chooses.
Should the tax exemption for an employee's health insurance premium paid at work be limited to a basic premium for a basic policy, and would you deny the tax break to managers if their employers paid more of their premiums than they paid for rank-and-file workers. See Response to Question 10. 6. The Oh-So-Golden-Years Pension Break--
Top managers not only get bigger pensions, they also get enormous tax breaks on their employers' pension contributions.
Would you stop giving tax breaks for much higher pension contributions for highly paid employees than for rank-and-file employees? Yes. 7. The Great Pension Robbery--
Forfeiture rules can deprive employees of pension accounts crucial to their long-term security.
Should Congress prohibit pension plans from deriving employees of their pensions after they have been employed for at least three years? Yes. 8. Education Out of Reach--
Congress helps students pay for college by giving them, or their parents, tuition tax credits that reduce their taxes.
Would you reform the tax credits for college tuition to help households who don't owe income taxes but often need the assistance the most? Yes. 9. Single and Paying for It--
A single person who doesn't earn enough to escape poverty may still owe income taxes.
Why shouldn't Congress do for single persons what it does for a family of four - exempt them from income tax until their income rises well above the poverty level? It should. 10. Medicare's Drift Toward Insolvency--
By 2026, Medicare is unlikely to be able to pay for all of its hospital and nursing home bills.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio. Pop icon Allah was found dead this morning in his Jordanian home. Some reports say Israeli secret agents have claimed responsibility for the tragedy but there weren't anymore details. Even if you weren't a fan of his work, his contributions to modern warfare and terrorism mark him as a true universal icon.
"Knowing what I know today, we still would have gone on into Iraq." -George Dubya
Aug 02 04 "Yes, I would have voted for the authority. I believe it was the right authority for a president to have." -John Kerry
Aug 10 04
I get this all the time. Sometimes the article's comment section tells me to move along, I refresh psychotically to nab that first post only to find that the story has been replaced with another. Change of heart buffer-type-deal, perhaps.
Also, I miss Natalie Portman. Those shitty paparazzi topless beach photos hardly do her justice.
Ding dong! The witch is dead! More warm up in Uncle Sam's bullpen! Cartoon boogeyman to keep people scared - I believe every word 'cause the truth is too weird! Who framed Roger Rabbit? Who framed Khaddafi then blew up his kids? Nothing to do now but spill the beans! Florida: HERE I COME!
You are logged in. So I reply to your post so that when you click yourself to see if anyone has replied to your post, you'll see a number 1. That 1 is me. Congratulations. Sorry I couldn't be more interesting.
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I just ordered a GATEWAY, it arrived, AND IT DOESNT WORK. The LED on the mb is lit up, so the baby's got power. perhaps the power *button* is askew or something? Fuck it, I'm returning this shit. That is all.
System Details: ........[ +US$135.00]
Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Home Edition
Application Software: Microsoft® Works Suite 2005 - including Microsoft® Word and Encarta
Processor: Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor 530 (3.00GHz)
Memory: 1GB (1024MB) DDR SDRAM PC3200 (400MHz), Dual Channel
Hard Drive: 200GB Serial ATA100 7200rpm hard drive
Optical Drive: 8x Double-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer (DVD±R/±RW) and 16x DVD-ROM drive
Floppy Drive: 8-in-1 media card reader
Extended Service Plan Including Limited Warranty: Desktop Value Service Plan -- 1 year parts/labor/no on-site/1 year technical support
Monitors: VX750 17" Flat CRT Color Monitor (16.0" viewable)
Video: ATI RADEON® X300SE with 128MB DDR Video Memory and TV Out
Sound System: Intel® High Definition Audio
Speakers: GMAX 2100 2.1 Speakers with Subwoofer
AntiVirus Software: Norton AntiVirus 90 day introductory offer
Chipset: Intel® 915G Chipset
Case: Gateway 6-Bay Mid-Tower Case
Controller: Integrated Ultra ATA Controller
Expansion Slots: (1) PCI-E x16 Expansion Slot, (1) PCI-E x1, (2) PCI in which 1 is available for use
External Ports: (7) USB 2.0 (4 in back, 2 in front and 1in the media reader), (1) IEEE 1394 Firewire Port, Audio ports, Parallel, Serial, and (2) PS/2
Certification: Energy Star Compliant
Keyboard: Gateway Premium 104+ Keyboard
Mouse: Two-Button PS/2 Wheel Mouse (no mouse pad included)
Music Sampler: Napster 2.0 and 150 Song Sampler (pre-loaded on hard disk)
Modem: 56K PCI data/fax modem
Network Adapter: Integrated Intel® Pro 10/100 Ethernet Adapter
Internet Service Provider: Six months America Online® Internet access
Part Number: 1008272
PCI Adapter: IEEE 1394 (FireWire) PCI Card
I farted and a pea rolled out.
I've noticed that you consistently mention that your posts may be taken as 'flamebait'. Do you do this because you know mods won't moderate you down if you call them on it? Is this just an alternate method of karma whoring?
Far superior.
Most people don't use open source. Is a lack of expertise in this area worthy of a headline? Surely even Slashdotters saw this one coming. Zealots, rock on.
TASTES LIKE CHICKEN!
As far as the old adage "the customer is always right" goes, Best Buy doesn't buy it. The massive retailer is being vocal about something that at first might sound a little uncouth: frankly, they'd rather not have 50% of their customers as customers. In an age where it seems like everyone casts their nets as wide as possible to bring in more eyes, feet, and wallets, Best Buy is doing the opposite. They believe that a small portion of their customers are bad for business, and they're looking to shut them out. Of course, Best Buy loves their "angel" customers who buy things regardless of price, and load up on high ticket items. The problem is that the details are about the devils.
The devils are its worst customers. They buy products, apply for rebates, return the purchases, then buy them back at returned-merchandise discounts. They load up on "loss leaders," severely discounted merchandise designed to boost store traffic, then flip the goods at a profit on eBay. They slap down rock-bottom price quotes from Web sites and demand that Best Buy make good on its lowest-price pledge. "They can wreak enormous economic havoc," says Mr. Anderson.
Some see this as Best Buy trying to "have its cake and eat it to", by wanting to keep rebates, loss leaders, and massive promotions going, but exclude those who make routine use of them. Why not just stop with the marketing games? For Best Buy, it's not quite that cut and dried. While most of the promotions people "abuse" are rendered ineffective when well educated customers have access to various bargain websites, the majority of Best Buy's customer base is still susceptible to them. Many people will go shopping for a printer (that Best Buy may be taking a loss on), and end up with extra print cartridges, printer paper and a service plan to go with it. Those customers aren't going anywhere for a while.
While the practice of labeling some customers as "devils" is by no means new, Best Buy's efforts represent the most concerted exorcism attempt we've seen from a major retailer to date. And it seems to be working. They've changed some of their policies to make them less vulnerable to exploitation, adding a 15% restocking fee and selling restocked goods over the internet instead of in-store. More notably, they're attempting to explicity identify desirable customers and appeal to them directly.
Store clerks receive hours of training in identifying desirable customers according to their shopping preferences and behavior. High-income men, referred to internally as Barrys, tend to be enthusiasts of action movies and cameras. Suburban moms, called Jills, are busy but usually willing to talk about helping their families. Male technology enthusiasts, nicknamed Buzzes, are early adopters, interested in buying and showing off the latest gadgets.
Staffers use quick interviews to pigeonhole shoppers. A customer who says his family has a regular "movie night," for example, is pegged a prime candidate for home-theater equipment. Shoppers with large families are steered toward larger appliances and time-saving products.
Best Buy's strategies could represent the beginnings of a shift in how retailers approach their customers. As consumers become more savvy, and online shopping continues to grow, you can bet other retailers will watch Best Buy closely. Early results indicate that Best Buy's test stores are outperforming their established stores by a significant margin, and it's safe to assume that the trend will continue as they shift to their new sales mode across the board. Of course, if you aren't Barry, Jill, or Buzz, then who are you and how will you be treated? Customer profiling has a nasty side to it, one which we can attest to. It's common, for instance, to be utterly ignored in some commission-based sales environments if you look too young, or too poor.
Meanwhile, Dell and others seem to be doing their best to attract those customers Best Buy doesn't really want. While Best Buy has pulled the plug on their relationships with so
Luckily for you, today I accomplish my good deed of the year. Here is a mirror.
True.
Origins: Although we can see a tremendous amount of variety in the plant and animal life all around us -- both within and between species -- many of us still find extremes in variety among human beings somewhat disconcerting. While an extraordinarily large dog or a cat with an unusually long tail may be regarded as nothing more than a momentarily interesting curiosity or a source of amusement, people who exhibit one of the extremes in human development -- whether it be in intelligence, height, weight, or some other feature -- have long struggled to avoid being identified as "freaks."
Perhaps the most discomfiting record of this nature involves the youngest person ever to give birth, reputedly a five-year-old girl -- not only because such a record posits that a child barely of kindergarten age (presumably involuntarily) underwent an experience we associate with physical and psychological maturity, but also because it implies the commission of an act now considered to be nothing less than child molestation.
Regardless of our squeamishness, we have to note that the claim of a five-year-old girl giving birth is apparently true. Her name was Lina Medina, a Peruvian girl from the Andean village of Ticrapo who made medical history when she gave birth to a boy by caesarean section in May 1939 at the age of five years, seven months and 21 days. Lina's parents initially thought their daughter had a large abdominal tumor, but after they took her to a hospital in the town of Pisco physicians confirmed that her abdominal swelling was due to pregnancy. Linda was eventually transferred to a hospital in Lima, where she delivered a six-pound baby boy by Cesarean section on 14 May 1939 (coincidentally the date on which Mother's Day was celebrated that year). Lina's father was temporarily jailed on suspicion of incest, but he was released for a lack of evidence and authorities were never able to determine who fathered Lina's child.
Lina's incredible story was documented in contemporaneous reports by Edmundo Escomel, one of Peru's preeminent physician-researchers of the period and a laureate of the prestigious French Academy of Sciences. Escomel's first correspondence to the editors of La Presse Medicale1 (which is undated but appeared in the 13 May 1939 issue) noted that Lina first came to the attention of Dr. Gérado Lozada, chief physician of the Hospital of Pisco, when she appeared at that hospital in early April 1939 for evaluation of what was assumed to be a massive abdominal tumor.
It soon became obvious to the stunned Lozada, however, that the little girl was pregnant. A medical history revealed that she had been having regular periods since age 3, but that she had stopped menstruating for the past 7½ months. Additionally, she had fully developed breasts. Further examination revealed a fetal heartbeat, and an X-ray confirmed the pregnancy. Escomel stated that Lozada had submitted a report about the case to the Academy of Medicine in Lima.
Escomel's announcement2 (dated 20 May 1939) that Lina had delivered a baby boy (on 14 May) appeared in the 31 May issue of La Presse Medicale. In addition to amending the age at which Lina began menstruating (to an incredible 8 months), Escomel submitted a photograph of the gravid 5½-year-old:
Lina Medina
At the end of his piece Escomel noted with some sadness that no one had yet discovered the identity of the father since Lina "couldn't give precise responses." He also stressed the importance of getting adequate care for the little girl.
Escomel's final report3 was published in the 19 December 1939 issue of La Presse Medicale. He commented on a biopsy of one of Lina's ovaries performed on a sample removed at the time of the Cesarean section and provided photomicrographs of the stained tissue sections. In the end, pathologists pronounced Lina to have the ovaries of a fully mature woman. Escomel posited that the reason behind her precocious fertility could not lie in the ovaries themselves but must have ste
In a surprising upset, Peace and Justice nominee Ralph Nader has just secured the White House. Apparently the majority of voters were too embarassed to announce their support of a 3rd party candidate within circles of their peers, to preliminary pollers, to exit pollers, to their spouses, children, coworkers...
It's right here. Spread, juicy, and ripe. Accepting all comers...
Theres no earthly way of knowing which direction we are going. Theres no knowing where we're rowing or which way the rivers flowing. Is it raining? Is it snowing? Is a hurricane a blowing? Not a speck of light is showing so the danger must be growing. Are the fires of Hell aglowing? Is the grisly reaper mowing? YES! THE DANGER MUST BE GROWING FOR THE ROWERS KEEP ON ROWING AND THEYRE CERTAINLY NOT SHOWING ANY SIGNS THAT THEY ARE SLOWING!
BIN LADEN TRANSCRIPT
FRI OCT 29 2004 17:45:46 ET
Newsreader: A new message from Bin Laden to the American people about the reasons and resulats of the 9/11 attacks.
Newsreader 2: The head of AL Qaeda says the continuation of us policy will lead to the repetition of what happened.
Male presenter: The head of AL Qaeda organization directed a message to the American people and this video and audio apearence in this tape which Jezeera required for the first time for two years. In the beginning of his message, he spoke about the reasons why they chose the US to execute 9/11..
OBL: You American people, my speech to you is the best way to avoid another conflict about the war and its reasons and results. I am telling you security is an important pillar of human life. And free people don't let go of their security contrary to Bush's claims that we hate freedom. He should tell us why we didn't hit Sweden for instance. Its known that those who hate freedom don't have dignified souls.like the 19 who were blessed. But we fought you because we are free people, we don't sleep on our oppression. We want to regain the freedom of our Muslim nation as you spill our security, we spill your security.
Female presenter: Bin Laden spoke for the first time about the main reasons he thought of executing Sept 11 attacks, confirming that the Israeli operation in Lebanon was the first incident where he thought of it.
OBL: I am so surprised by you. Although we are in the fourth year after the events of sept 11, Bush is still practicing distortion and misleading on you, and obscuring the main reasons and therefore the reasons are still existing to repeat what happened before. I will tell you the reasons behind theses incidents.
I will be honest with you on the moment when the decision was taken to understand. We never thought of hitting the towers. But after we were so fed up, and we saw the oppression of the American Israeli coalition on our people in Palestine and Lebanon, it came to my mind and the incidents that really touched me directly goes back to 1982 and the following incidents. When the US permitted the Israelis to invade Lebanon with the assistance of the 6th fleet. In these hard moments, it occurred to me so many meanings I cant explain but it resulted in a general feeling of rejecting oppression and gave me a hard determination to punish the oppressors. While I was looking at the destroyed towers in Lebanon, it came to my mind to punish the oppressor the same way and destroy towers in the US to get a taste of what they tasted, and quit killing our children and women.
Male presenter: Bin Laden considered in his message that the results of Sept 11 were successful in his opinion and as a reason of that, he said that the similarity between the administration of Bush the father and the arab regimes said Bush learned so much from them during his visits.
OBL: We didn't find difficulty dealing with Bush and his administration due to the similarity of his regime and the regims in our countries. Whish half of them are ruled by military and the other half by sons of kings and presidents and our experience with them is long. Both parties are arrogant and stubborn and the greediness and taking money without right and that similarity appeared during the visits of Bush to the region while people from our side were impressed by the US and hoped that these visits would influence our countries. Here he is being influenced by these regimes, Royal and military. And was feeling jealous they were staying for decades in power stealing the nations finances without anybody overseeing them. So he transferred the oppression of freedom and tyranny to his son and they call it th e Patriot Law to fight terrorism. He was bright in putting his sons as governors in states and he didn't forget to transfer his experience from the rulers of our region to Florida to falsify elections to benefit from it in critical times.
Female Presenter: Bin Laden considered the way Bush dealt with the firs
www.votenader.org
1. The McMansion Tax Break--
Taxpayers can deduct interest on loans of up to $1 million used to buy one or two personal residences.
Would you limit the home mortgage interest deduction so that it subsidizes the purchase of one basic home, and would you redirect some of the tax savings to help qualified renters purchase a basic home?
Yes.
2. The Inequitable Home Equity Break--
Congress offers less than certain homeowners preferential deduction for consumer loans.
Would you limit the deduction for interest on up to $100,000 of consumer loans (called "home equity loans") that benefits only homeowners who itemize?
Yes.
3. Poorest Families, Poorest Child Care--
Tax credits help working parents who owe taxes pay for child care costs.
Would you reform the child care credit do that it helps low - and moderate - income working parents who don't owe taxes and can at least afford their child care costs?
Yes.
4. Social Security's Insecurity--
The Social Security Trust Fund is likely to be bankrupt by about 2042. Yet the highest paid Americans don't pay Social Security taxes on all of their wages.
Why not fix Social Security's long-term solvency problem by making taxes apply on all of their wages?
I would.
5. A Sick Policy on Health Insurance--
An employee's health insurance premiums paid at work are exempt from income tax - no matter how deluxe a policy that tax payer chooses.
Should the tax exemption for an employee's health insurance premium paid at work be limited to a basic premium for a basic policy, and would you deny the tax break to managers if their employers paid more of their premiums than they paid for rank-and-file workers.
See Response to Question 10.
6. The Oh-So-Golden-Years Pension Break--
Top managers not only get bigger pensions, they also get enormous tax breaks on their employers' pension contributions.
Would you stop giving tax breaks for much higher pension contributions for highly paid employees than for rank-and-file employees?
Yes.
7. The Great Pension Robbery--
Forfeiture rules can deprive employees of pension accounts crucial to their long-term security.
Should Congress prohibit pension plans from deriving employees of their pensions after they have been employed for at least three years?
Yes.
8. Education Out of Reach--
Congress helps students pay for college by giving them, or their parents, tuition tax credits that reduce their taxes.
Would you reform the tax credits for college tuition to help households who don't owe income taxes but often need the assistance the most?
Yes.
9. Single and Paying for It--
A single person who doesn't earn enough to escape poverty may still owe income taxes.
Why shouldn't Congress do for single persons what it does for a family of four - exempt them from income tax until their income rises well above the poverty level?
It should.
10. Medicare's Drift Toward Insolvency--
By 2026, Medicare is unlikely to be able to pay for all of its hospital and nursing home bills.
You can't fix a social problem with legislation. Spam won't as long as there will be idiots who buy products advertised by unsolicited email.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio. Pop icon Allah was found dead this morning in his Jordanian home. Some reports say Israeli secret agents have claimed responsibility for the tragedy but there weren't anymore details. Even if you weren't a fan of his work, his contributions to modern warfare and terrorism mark him as a true universal icon.
Why does slashdot look like someone fumbled with my Windows settings and adjusted it to "Blind Retard"?
What the fuck?
"Knowing what I know today, we still would have gone on into Iraq."
-George Dubya
Aug 02 04
"Yes, I would have voted for the authority. I believe it was the right authority for a president to have."
-John Kerry
Aug 10 04
Whoever wins, you lose.
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I get this all the time. Sometimes the article's comment section tells me to move along, I refresh psychotically to nab that first post only to find that the story has been replaced with another. Change of heart buffer-type-deal, perhaps.
Also, I miss Natalie Portman. Those shitty paparazzi topless beach photos hardly do her justice.
Don't be so hard on yourself. Give yourself some credit.
Dying breed.
Ding dong! The witch is dead! More warm up in Uncle Sam's bullpen! Cartoon boogeyman to keep people scared - I believe every word 'cause the truth is too weird! Who framed Roger Rabbit? Who framed Khaddafi then blew up his kids? Nothing to do now but spill the beans! Florida: HERE I COME!
You are logged in. So I reply to your post so that when you click yourself to see if anyone has replied to your post, you'll see a number 1. That 1 is me. Congratulations. Sorry I couldn't be more interesting.