January 31, 2006
It is amazing what you can do with cans off the grocery shelf. (scroll down)
http://www.canstruction.com/2005winners.html
Make sure your shoelaces are securely tied!!
Jan 30-CAMBRIDGE, England- A visitor to a British museum tripped on his shoelace, stumbled down a stairway and fell into a display of centuries-old Chinese vases, shattering them into "very small pieces," officials said Monday.
The three Qing dynasty vases, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, had been donated to the Fitzwilliam Museum in the university city of Cambridge in 1948 and were among its best-known artifacts. They sat on the window sill beside the staircase for 40 years… http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/30/D8FF842G6.html
British school bans raising hands.
LONDON, Jan. 28 -- A school in London has banned children from raising their hands in class and teachers from calling on students with their hands raised...
"Some pupils are jiggling so much to attract the teacher's attention that it sometimes looks as if they need the lavatory, then when it is their turn they often don't know the answer. Boys... are seeking attention, so they put their hands up before they have had time to think about the question."
Buck said the same children often wave their arms in the air, but when teachers try to involve less adventurous pupils by choosing them instead, it leads to feelings of victimization...
To spare embarrassment of the students who do not know the answer, the school has incorporated a "phone a friend" system, allowing one child to nominate another to take the question instead. (oh yeah, that should work great!! It's not like they'd ever think of "nominating" someone they didn't like...)
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060128-075625-5899r
Computer Worm Threatens Major Destruction Friday (but don’t panic!)January 31, 2006 — Friday may be D-day, as in "destruction day," for millions of Windows computer users.
That's the day a notably pesky e-mail worm, variously called "Nyxem.E," "CME-24," "BlackWorm," "Mywife.E," "KamaSutra" and "VB.bi," among other names, is set to detonate its deadly payload.
...Hundreds of thousands of Windows machines are believed to have already been infected, mostly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for Finnish security company F-Secure Corp.
The worm also tries to disable anti-virus software that is out of date, Hypponen said. Thus, users should make sure their software is turned on and has the latest definitions, generally available for free from the software vendor's Web site.
...Users should be safe if they have the latest anti-virus software or if their computers are set with limited privileges, a common setting in larger organizations.
They are vulnerable if they, like many small business and home users, leave their computers set with full administrative rights...http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183331,00.html
AOL’s 'I AM' pitch takes God's name in vain
January 31, 2006- When Ian Millar opened up his AOL Instant Messenger program yesterday and linked to the new AIM Triton site, he wasn't prepared for what he saw... But when Millar saw the company's new slogan, he was shocked and disgusted. He was not alone.
America Online is now acting like God – using what some consider to be His very name in a marketing pitch for e-mail, voice chat, video chat, instant messaging, text messaging and other forms of communication.
AIM's new slogan is "I AM."
...He points out to AOL executives that "I AM" is the English translation of YaHWeH, the self-proclaimed name of God.
"He is the Creator and Savior of the world," explains Millar. "He alone is to be worshipped. To take His name in vain, or use as a common thing is blasphemy, a vulgar sin of offense. Perhaps you have not read the Third Commandment, since they have removed it from so many public monuments in the last decade. But breaking it as a means of marketing your products offends the mind of everyone who worships Him."
The key scripture used to support the sacred name of God is Exodus 3:13-15: "And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations."
"I AM" are the words God used to answer Moses' question about His name.
Jesus, too, used the phrase in John 8:58, when he said, "Before Abraham was, I am." http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48585
Need cash for college? The answer could be in the pursuit of NASCAR trivia
Got an underwhelming SAT score? A GPA you don't care to mention? You still can get a college scholarship if you know your NASCAR... or some basics about the Bible, the Federal Bureau of Investigation or simply "the world in which we live."
After all, they're not called Common Knowledge Scholarships for nothing.
...All it takes to win are quick, correct answers and possibly a thank-you e-mail. No scores, no standings, no transcripts, no essays, no recommendations.
Take it from Jebi Mathew, a University of Florida freshman from Pembroke Pines who won $500 for acing an FBI-related quiz last year.
"Six to seven minutes of your time for $500 -- it's probably the best deal you can get," he says.
...Any U.S. resident in the ninth grade or older can enter, including relatives and friends competing on a student's behalf. Winnings are paid directly to the college.
...NASCAR is pleased to be seen as college material, says spokesman Herb Branham...
For more information on the NASCAR contest or any other Common Knowledge Scholarship, see www.cksf.org .
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-pscholarships30jan30%2C0%2C6052766.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
USS Iowa could be “minority” museum
San Francisco- ...advocates of the move are trying to woo the supervisors with a promise to create a privately funded dockside museum that will tell the story of minorities in the military, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender troops.
“Our feeling was that this would make it a better fit for San Francisco,” said Jim Maloney, director of the Military Education Initiative, a group that supports the lifting of restrictions on gays in the military. “Adding in the component of LGBT service would be obviously quite unique,” he said.http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2006/01/04/news/nation_world/doc43bb5372a9529312076692.txt
Google Holds Copies of All Emails and All Websites Visited
January 30, 2006 – ...The UK’s Times on Line reported that Google keeps an “extraordinary amount” of user information. Google logs searches on its search engine, storing the information “indefinitely.” “Because every computer has a unique IP (internet protocol) address, every visit to every website can be traced back to the computer making it – a fact which is well known in geek circles but remarkably under-publicised outside them,” the Times article explained.
Google’s alternative to hotmail, their new free e-mail service, Gmail, stores all e-mails indefinitely on their server. The company already admits to scanning e-mails in order to send targeted advertising.
The company’s own privacy statement states that, “When you visit Google, we send one or more cookies – a small file containing a string of characters – to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, such as how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Google features and services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.”
The privacy statement adds that, “When you use Google services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.”
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jan/06013003.html
Pro-Homosexual School Posters Fostering 'Intolerance,' Says Family Advocate
January 30, 2006 (AgapePress) - ...Five teachers at San Leandro High School have refused to abide by a school district order to display a rainbow flag poster in their classrooms. The notebook paper-sized poster sports the logo for the San Leandro Unified School District (SLUSD) as well as the inverted pink triangle, an international symbol for "gay pride." Addressing itself to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, [and] questioning youth," the poster reads: "This is a safe place to be who you are. This sign affirms that support and resources are available for you in this school."
Last week, WorldNetDaily reported that the five teachers refused to display the poster because of their religious beliefs. But SLUSD superintendent Christine Lim said the policy calling for the poster to be displayed in classrooms is designed to make schools safe for homosexual students.
"This is not about religion, sex, or a belief system," Lim told the San Francisco Chronicle. "This is about educators making sure our schools are safe for our children, regardless of their sexual orientation."
However, Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute (CFI) takes issue with that statement. He believes Lim's talk of safety is cover for the homosexual agenda. "What [such policies] produce is intolerance toward anyone who won't accept homosexuality," he says, adding that in this case, that means "teachers who know that it's not a good thing to sell kids on the idea that it's okay to be gay."
...The principal says she expects to see the posters up in all 200 classrooms this week, and will have "a private conversation" with any teacher who is not in compliance with the policy.
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/302006a.asp
As Rush Limbaugh pointed out: "the last time I heard some liberal talk about "ten years" it was 1988, Ted Danson. We had ten years to save the oceans; we were all going to pay the consequences, which would result in our death. Now Al Gore says we've got ten years. Ten years left to save the planet from a scorching."
Al Gore says we have 10 years to save the planet
January 26, 2006 ... Earth's glaciers are melting, the polar bears are screwed, each year sets new heat records. Al Gore sometimes flies coach. He also schleps his own bags... and believes humans may have only 10 years left to save the planet from turning into a total frying pan.
... Gore presents the latest evidence to demonstrate how the accumulation of carbon dioxide and other pollutants of the industrial age are increasing temperatures. In addition to timelines and bell curves and stuff about oxygen isotopes in Greenland ice cores, Gore includes several cartoons, one featuring a Mister Sunbeam trapped by the bullies known as Greenhouse Gases... (I know the source of those gasses…)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502230.html
'Commander in Chief' Pulled from ABC Lineup
Jan. 30, 2006- "Commander in Chief” started out as the season’s most talked-about new show, but the initial hype didn’t translate into solid ratings – and ABC has shelved the White House drama.
The network announced over the weekend that it is pulling the show – which stars Geena Davis as the first female president...
That can’t be good news for Hillary Clinton. NewsMax columnist James Hirsen has called "Commander in Chief” a "series-style Hillary campaign commercial.”
ABC insiders denied there’s any connection between Hillary and "Commander.” But the show’s lead writer, Steve Cohen, served as the then-first lady’s deputy communications director in the 1990s...disgraced former national security adviser Sandy Berger [was] signed on as an adviser to the show, joining fellow Clintonistas Cohen and Capricia Marshall, the former social secretary for the Clinton White House.
"Hillary operatives” were monitoring the show "as a barometer of how she might fare in ’08,” the New York Daily News reported at the time...
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/30/151403.shtml?s=ic
Which group seems more interested in “partisan politics”?
1993 Vote on Liberal Ruth Bader Ginsberg as Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court
Opposition Party (Republicans) 40 (93%) YEA; 3 (7%) NAY
2006 Vote on Conservative Samuel Alito as Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court
Opposition Party (Democrats) 4 (9%) YEA; 39 (91%) NAY
--------------------------------------------------------
David Bennett <><
http://www.freewill-predestination.com
http://www.canstruction.com/2005winners.html
Make sure your shoelaces are securely tied!!
Jan 30-CAMBRIDGE, England- A visitor to a British museum tripped on his shoelace, stumbled down a stairway and fell into a display of centuries-old Chinese vases, shattering them into "very small pieces," officials said Monday.
The three Qing dynasty vases, dating from the late 17th or early 18th century, had been donated to the Fitzwilliam Museum in the university city of Cambridge in 1948 and were among its best-known artifacts. They sat on the window sill beside the staircase for 40 years… http://www.breitbart.com/news/2006/01/30/D8FF842G6.html
British school bans raising hands.
LONDON, Jan. 28 -- A school in London has banned children from raising their hands in class and teachers from calling on students with their hands raised...
"Some pupils are jiggling so much to attract the teacher's attention that it sometimes looks as if they need the lavatory, then when it is their turn they often don't know the answer. Boys... are seeking attention, so they put their hands up before they have had time to think about the question."
Buck said the same children often wave their arms in the air, but when teachers try to involve less adventurous pupils by choosing them instead, it leads to feelings of victimization...
To spare embarrassment of the students who do not know the answer, the school has incorporated a "phone a friend" system, allowing one child to nominate another to take the question instead. (oh yeah, that should work great!! It's not like they'd ever think of "nominating" someone they didn't like...)
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060128-075625-5899r
Computer Worm Threatens Major Destruction Friday (but don’t panic!)January 31, 2006 — Friday may be D-day, as in "destruction day," for millions of Windows computer users.
That's the day a notably pesky e-mail worm, variously called "Nyxem.E," "CME-24," "BlackWorm," "Mywife.E," "KamaSutra" and "VB.bi," among other names, is set to detonate its deadly payload.
...Hundreds of thousands of Windows machines are believed to have already been infected, mostly in India, Peru, Turkey and Italy, said Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer for Finnish security company F-Secure Corp.
The worm also tries to disable anti-virus software that is out of date, Hypponen said. Thus, users should make sure their software is turned on and has the latest definitions, generally available for free from the software vendor's Web site.
...Users should be safe if they have the latest anti-virus software or if their computers are set with limited privileges, a common setting in larger organizations.
They are vulnerable if they, like many small business and home users, leave their computers set with full administrative rights...http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183331,00.html
AOL’s 'I AM' pitch takes God's name in vain
January 31, 2006- When Ian Millar opened up his AOL Instant Messenger program yesterday and linked to the new AIM Triton site, he wasn't prepared for what he saw... But when Millar saw the company's new slogan, he was shocked and disgusted. He was not alone.
America Online is now acting like God – using what some consider to be His very name in a marketing pitch for e-mail, voice chat, video chat, instant messaging, text messaging and other forms of communication.
AIM's new slogan is "I AM."
...He points out to AOL executives that "I AM" is the English translation of YaHWeH, the self-proclaimed name of God.
"He is the Creator and Savior of the world," explains Millar. "He alone is to be worshipped. To take His name in vain, or use as a common thing is blasphemy, a vulgar sin of offense. Perhaps you have not read the Third Commandment, since they have removed it from so many public monuments in the last decade. But breaking it as a means of marketing your products offends the mind of everyone who worships Him."
The key scripture used to support the sacred name of God is Exodus 3:13-15: "And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you. And God said moreover unto Moses, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, the LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, hath sent me unto you: this is my name for ever, and this is my memorial unto all generations."
"I AM" are the words God used to answer Moses' question about His name.
Jesus, too, used the phrase in John 8:58, when he said, "Before Abraham was, I am." http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=48585
Need cash for college? The answer could be in the pursuit of NASCAR trivia
Got an underwhelming SAT score? A GPA you don't care to mention? You still can get a college scholarship if you know your NASCAR... or some basics about the Bible, the Federal Bureau of Investigation or simply "the world in which we live."
After all, they're not called Common Knowledge Scholarships for nothing.
...All it takes to win are quick, correct answers and possibly a thank-you e-mail. No scores, no standings, no transcripts, no essays, no recommendations.
Take it from Jebi Mathew, a University of Florida freshman from Pembroke Pines who won $500 for acing an FBI-related quiz last year.
"Six to seven minutes of your time for $500 -- it's probably the best deal you can get," he says.
...Any U.S. resident in the ninth grade or older can enter, including relatives and friends competing on a student's behalf. Winnings are paid directly to the college.
...NASCAR is pleased to be seen as college material, says spokesman Herb Branham...
For more information on the NASCAR contest or any other Common Knowledge Scholarship, see www.cksf.org .
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-pscholarships30jan30%2C0%2C6052766.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines
USS Iowa could be “minority” museum
San Francisco- ...advocates of the move are trying to woo the supervisors with a promise to create a privately funded dockside museum that will tell the story of minorities in the military, including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender troops.
“Our feeling was that this would make it a better fit for San Francisco,” said Jim Maloney, director of the Military Education Initiative, a group that supports the lifting of restrictions on gays in the military. “Adding in the component of LGBT service would be obviously quite unique,” he said.http://www.qctimes.net/articles/2006/01/04/news/nation_world/doc43bb5372a9529312076692.txt
Google Holds Copies of All Emails and All Websites Visited
January 30, 2006 – ...The UK’s Times on Line reported that Google keeps an “extraordinary amount” of user information. Google logs searches on its search engine, storing the information “indefinitely.” “Because every computer has a unique IP (internet protocol) address, every visit to every website can be traced back to the computer making it – a fact which is well known in geek circles but remarkably under-publicised outside them,” the Times article explained.
Google’s alternative to hotmail, their new free e-mail service, Gmail, stores all e-mails indefinitely on their server. The company already admits to scanning e-mails in order to send targeted advertising.
The company’s own privacy statement states that, “When you visit Google, we send one or more cookies – a small file containing a string of characters – to your computer that uniquely identifies your browser. We use cookies to improve the quality of our service by storing user preferences and tracking user trends, such as how people search. Most browsers are initially set up to accept cookies, but you can reset your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, some Google features and services may not function properly if your cookies are disabled.”
The privacy statement adds that, “When you use Google services, our servers automatically record information that your browser sends whenever you visit a website. These server logs may include information such as your web request, Internet Protocol address, browser type, browser language, the date and time of your request and one or more cookies that may uniquely identify your browser.”
http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2006/jan/06013003.html
Pro-Homosexual School Posters Fostering 'Intolerance,' Says Family Advocate
January 30, 2006 (AgapePress) - ...Five teachers at San Leandro High School have refused to abide by a school district order to display a rainbow flag poster in their classrooms. The notebook paper-sized poster sports the logo for the San Leandro Unified School District (SLUSD) as well as the inverted pink triangle, an international symbol for "gay pride." Addressing itself to "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, [and] questioning youth," the poster reads: "This is a safe place to be who you are. This sign affirms that support and resources are available for you in this school."
Last week, WorldNetDaily reported that the five teachers refused to display the poster because of their religious beliefs. But SLUSD superintendent Christine Lim said the policy calling for the poster to be displayed in classrooms is designed to make schools safe for homosexual students.
"This is not about religion, sex, or a belief system," Lim told the San Francisco Chronicle. "This is about educators making sure our schools are safe for our children, regardless of their sexual orientation."
However, Bob Knight of the Culture and Family Institute (CFI) takes issue with that statement. He believes Lim's talk of safety is cover for the homosexual agenda. "What [such policies] produce is intolerance toward anyone who won't accept homosexuality," he says, adding that in this case, that means "teachers who know that it's not a good thing to sell kids on the idea that it's okay to be gay."
...The principal says she expects to see the posters up in all 200 classrooms this week, and will have "a private conversation" with any teacher who is not in compliance with the policy.
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/1/302006a.asp
As Rush Limbaugh pointed out: "the last time I heard some liberal talk about "ten years" it was 1988, Ted Danson. We had ten years to save the oceans; we were all going to pay the consequences, which would result in our death. Now Al Gore says we've got ten years. Ten years left to save the planet from a scorching."
Al Gore says we have 10 years to save the planet
January 26, 2006 ... Earth's glaciers are melting, the polar bears are screwed, each year sets new heat records. Al Gore sometimes flies coach. He also schleps his own bags... and believes humans may have only 10 years left to save the planet from turning into a total frying pan.
... Gore presents the latest evidence to demonstrate how the accumulation of carbon dioxide and other pollutants of the industrial age are increasing temperatures. In addition to timelines and bell curves and stuff about oxygen isotopes in Greenland ice cores, Gore includes several cartoons, one featuring a Mister Sunbeam trapped by the bullies known as Greenhouse Gases... (I know the source of those gasses…)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/25/AR2006012502230.html
'Commander in Chief' Pulled from ABC Lineup
Jan. 30, 2006- "Commander in Chief” started out as the season’s most talked-about new show, but the initial hype didn’t translate into solid ratings – and ABC has shelved the White House drama.
The network announced over the weekend that it is pulling the show – which stars Geena Davis as the first female president...
That can’t be good news for Hillary Clinton. NewsMax columnist James Hirsen has called "Commander in Chief” a "series-style Hillary campaign commercial.”
ABC insiders denied there’s any connection between Hillary and "Commander.” But the show’s lead writer, Steve Cohen, served as the then-first lady’s deputy communications director in the 1990s...disgraced former national security adviser Sandy Berger [was] signed on as an adviser to the show, joining fellow Clintonistas Cohen and Capricia Marshall, the former social secretary for the Clinton White House.
"Hillary operatives” were monitoring the show "as a barometer of how she might fare in ’08,” the New York Daily News reported at the time...
http://newsmax.com/archives/ic/2006/1/30/151403.shtml?s=ic
Which group seems more interested in “partisan politics”?
1993 Vote on Liberal Ruth Bader Ginsberg as Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court
Opposition Party (Republicans) 40 (93%) YEA; 3 (7%) NAY
2006 Vote on Conservative Samuel Alito as Associate Justice on the US Supreme Court
Opposition Party (Democrats) 4 (9%) YEA; 39 (91%) NAY
--------------------------------------------------------
David Bennett <><
http://www.freewill-predestination.com
posted by David Bennett | 4:15 PM
<< Home