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Shanghai World Center becomes 2nd tallest building in the world

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 07:44:46 GMT

clipped by: alykhan

Clip Source: www.tallest-building-in-the-world.com

Shanghai World Financial Center Opens becomes 2nd tallest building in the world

Posted by skyscraper under News , Top 100 , China

Shanghai will open the world’s third-tallest skyscraper to the public tomorrow (August 30th 2008) , 14 years after the project began.

Total investment in the 101-story, 492-meter-high landmark project, located in Pudong’s Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, amounts to over eight billion Yuan (1.16 billion U.S. dollars).

This building will be the 2nd highest completed building in the world behind the Taipei 101. The Burj Dubai once completed will push this building to 3rd place.

Tags: architecture, building, news, china

3rd World Land ownership

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:13:05 GMT

clipped by: margymcclain
clipper's remarks: Connect to Guatemala

Clip Source: www.sfgate.com

"The state leaves it to the businessperson to negotiate his way through the thicket of corruption and lack of information that typically surrounds land records in rural areas," Dossani said. "A piece of agricultural land will often have multiple claimants, indebtedness and prior claims over the generations."

Washington DC

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:18:36 GMT

clipped by: wkrman59

Clip Source: attractionguide.com

Part of the Smithsonian Institution, the National Air and Space Museum houses the largest collection of air and spacecraft in the world.
7th and Independence Avenue, NW. Phone: (202) 357-1400.

National Air and Space Musuem

National Gallery of Art

The vast collection of America's outstanding art museum and internationally famous Sculpture Garden includes paintings, sculpture and graphics by notable artists from Medieval times to the present.
Between 3rd and 9th Streets at Consitution Avenue, NW, in the National Mall. Phone: (202) 737-4215.

children museum

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 14:10:49 GMT

clipped by: wkrman59

Clip Source: attractionguide.com

Capital Children's Museum

The Museum is closed for renovation until 2008. (Children can learn how to make Mexican cocoa, see science presentations, learn animation techniques and experience exhibits designed to expand the five senses and provide a deeper appreciation of the world in which we live.)
800 3rd Street, NE. Phone: (202) 675-4120.

Cry Out America

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 22:05:00 GMT

clipped by: flyingramondo

Clip Source: www.awakeningamerica.us

Only 17 percent of Americans attend church on any given Sunday.
Moral failure among Christian leaders continues at a high level.
America has become the 3rd largest mission field in the world.

The present condition of our nation demands united, decisive action. We need more than one positive election, more than one court decision, more than one good series of sermons, and more than one significant local church revival. We must experience a new national awakening. Join with us in the Awakening America Alliance today!

Sometimes we Forget

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 06:54:22 GMT

clipped by: Imnclady
clipper's remarks: I think sometimes we forget what's going on in the world, or we try not to think about it...maybe we would appreciate our own lives and the people who are in them more if we remember the sacrifices of others...

Clip Source: mydeathspace.com

Lance Cpl Billy Spencer (20) died from combat injuries in Iraq

Billy Spencer (20)

Date: Dec 28, 2006
Cause of Death: Combat Injuries
Location: Fallujah, Iraq
URL: go to their myspace

Lance Cpl Billy Spencer, 20, of Paris, Tenn.; assigned to Marine Forces Reserve's 3rd Battalion, 24th Marine Regiment, 4th Marine Division, Nashville, Tenn.; died Dec. 28 while conducting combat operations in Anbar province, Iraq. Also killed were Cpl. Christopher E. Esckelson and Lance Cpl. Nicholas A. Miller.

Clip Source: blog.myspace.com

Tuesday, December 26, 2006

Christmas in Iraq

i just read your blog.. and it made me cry!! i miss you bro.. please be careful i know about the waiting and the christmas stuff and it sucks!! but you dont have much longer.. dont loose hope now.. I love you lil brother and i miss you and stay safe and keep your head down!!

Tags: war.death

My 2008 Elections Politics

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:08:47 GMT

clipped by: anatolant
clipper's remarks: Updates for Post-America -- how to read politics ? [ WebShowBiz ]

Clip Source: american.vtheatre.net

-- filmplus.org/politics/2008 + barak : issue & topics :

What is in name?

What color is black?

America or USA

Century 21 and/or 3rd Millennium -- you choice

Globalisation meets "melting pot"

United States of the World?

An American Citizen of the World -- a few problems

World's First 3rd Toilet: Transgender Logo Hits Thailand

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:29:12 GMT

clipped by: digitalsistere
clipper's remarks: That logo would look more appropriate in a Saw movie.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

With its spacious, tree-lined grounds and slightly threadbare classrooms, there is nothing obviously unusual about the Kampang Secondary School.

Every morning at 0800 they all gather outside to sing the national anthem and watch the flag being raised.

Then they have a chance to use the toilets, before heading off the first classes of the day.

Kampang is proud of its toilets. Spotless, and surrounded by flowering tropical plants, they have won national awards for cleanliness.

But there is something else about them too. Between the girls' toilet and the boys', there is one signposted with a half-man, half-woman figure in blue and red.

This is the transsexual toilet, and outside, in front of the mirrors, some decidedly girly-looking teenage boys preen their hair and apply face cream.

The headteacher, Sitisak Sumontha, estimates that in any year between 10% and 20% of his boys consider themselves to be transgender - boys who would rather be girls.

Vichai Saengsakul, 15, agrees.

Tags: sex, thailand, transgender, male, female, toilet, bathroom, teens, school

24 hours in pictures - July 15th

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 05:06:41 GMT

clipped by: righthand

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Pamplona, Spain: A matador is gouged by a bull during the seventh corrida of the San Fermin fiesta

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Calgary, Canada: Wade Sumpter wrestles a steer to win $100,000 dollars at the Calgary Stampede rodeo

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Preah Vihear temple was given Unesco world heritage status

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

new bullet train on a test run on the high-speed Beijing-Tianjin railway

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Sanaa, Yemen: US lawyer David Remes, who represents 16 Yemeni prisoners held at Guantánamo Bay, takes his trousers off during a press conference. He was demonstrating the mistreatment suffered by his clients

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Helmand Province, Afghanistan : A British paratrooper

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

, Italy: Parma hams

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Hawaii : Lava

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

English National Ballet returns to the Royal Festival Hal

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

: Demonstrators hold a vigil as part of continuing protests over US beef imports, originally prompted by health fears

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Iraq: US soldiers from 3rd Brigade of the 101st Airborne watch cheerleaders from the Washington Redskins football team perform at Patrol Base Dragon

Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk

Edinburgh gets ready for Christmas and new year

Tags: photos

Hopemonger

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:56:22 GMT

clipped by: teacherina
clipper's remarks: Vocabulary

Clip Source: www.macmillandictionaries.com

hopemonger noun [C]

	someone, especially a political leader, who actively encourages attitudes of optimism and hope for the world
	hopemongering noun [U]

‘Obama’s personal narrative represents powerful new symbolism for the US in the world; his rise is a tale of American exceptionalism at work. “I should not be standing here,” he often says on the stump. “But my parents gave me love, an education and hope.” He campaigns on hope, laughs that he is a hopemonger.’
The Australian 10th January 2008

‘Obama’s hopemongering is about as American as a message can get – although, in the end, it is mostly about our ability to transcend our imperfections rather than the effortless brilliance of our diversity …’
Time 3rd April 2008

Definition Of Patriotism: "Happiness When The US Defeats The Enemy"

Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:35:23 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: They have lost their supposedly divine endorsement; why would Allah have called them to action, just to see them destroyed by the infidels? The sheer bloodthirstiness of their actions in Iraq have exposed them as drug-driven demons, not righteous jihadists.

While Barack Obama and the Democratic party run around shouting to every microphone they can find that “Al-Qaeda is stronger today than it was on 9/11″ have challenged the core assumptions of Al-Qaeda’s motivating philosophy, that Allah is on their side and they cannot fail, and in doing so have crushed the spirit of Al-Qaeda’s followers and assured that recruiting into “Allah’s army” is far more difficult that it would have been if otherwise.
Al Qaeda itself is telling a different story.

Al-Qaeda leaders admit: 'We are in crisis. There is panic and fear'

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article3346386.ece

Clip Source: www.floppingaces.net

American and Iraqi forces are driving Al-Qaeda in Iraq out of its last redoubt in the north of the country in the culmination of one of the most spectacular
victories of the war on terror.

A huge operation to crush the 1,200 fighters who remained from a terrorist force once estimated at more than 12,000 began on May 10.

Operation Lion’s Roar, in which the Iraqi army combined forces with the Americans’ 3rd Armoured Cavalry Regiment, has already resulted in the death of Abu Khalaf, the Al-Qaeda leader, and the capture of more than 1,000 suspects.

And how solid is this situation, how stable will it be?

Major-General Mark Hertling, American commander in the north, said: “I think
we’re at the irreversible point.”

This is not just a defeat for Al-Qaeda, but is a terrific defeat for Iran, which has been waging a proxy war against the US by funding Al-Qaeda and supplying it with what frequently seemed a never ending supply of manpower.

Tags: al-qaeda, american and iraqi forces, operation lion's roar, 3rd armoured cavalry regiment, major-gen. mark hertling

Meaning of Flag Draped Coffin.

Mon, 07 Jul 2008 00:54:07 GMT

clipped by: Efrain Alvarado

Clip Source: members.aol.com

All Americans should be given this lesson. Those who think that America is an arrogant nation should really reconsider that thought. Our founding fathers used GOD's word and teachings to establish our Great Nation and I think it's high time Americans get re-educated about this Nation's history. Pass it along and be proud of the country we live in and even more proud of those who serve to protect our "GOD GIVEN" rights and freedoms.

The 1st fold of the flag is a symbol of life.

The 2nd fold is a symbol of the belief in eternal life.

The 3rd fold is made in honor and remembrance of the veterans departing the ranks who gave a

portion of their lives for the defense of the country to attain peace throughout the world.

The 12th fold represents an emblem of eternity and glorifies,

in the Christians eyes, God the Father, the Son and Holy Spirit .

The 13th fold, or when the flag is completely folded, the stars are uppermost

reminding them of their nations motto, "In God We Trust."

Tags: god, christianity, america, rights, freedom, life, eternal

A Reference Collection online

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:47:39 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: www.bartleby.com

Reference

Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. 2001.

The Encyclopedia of World History, 6th ed. 2001.

The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, 3rd ed. 2002.

The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000.

The World Factbook. 2008.

American Heritage^® Collection

American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed. 2000.

Roget’s Thesauri

Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, 3rd ed. 1995.

Roget’s International Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases. 1922

Quotations

Bartlett, John. 1919. Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.

The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996.

Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations. 1988.

Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.

English Usage: Language, Style & Composition

American Heritage^® Book of English Usage. 1996

The Columbia Guide to Standard American English. 1993.

Fowler, H. W. 1908. The King’s English, 2nd ed.

Religion & Mythology

The Bible. 1999. King James Version.

Brewer, E. Cobham. 1898. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable.

The Age of Fable.

Tags: reference collection, online, reference, more at source

Survey finds world’s top 10 intellectuals are Muslims

Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:08:29 GMT

clipped by: hishura

Clip Source: www.topix.net

Survey finds world’s top 10 intellectuals are Muslims

WASHINGTON - The bimonthly US international affairs journal Foreign Policy has just published a survey of the world’s top 20 public intellectuals and the first 10 are all Muslims.

Fethullah Gülen, who heads a network of schools and media that is probably the world’s largest moderate Muslim movement, came first.

Other Muslim religious personalities made the top 10 — weekly preacher on al-Jazeera satellite television Youssef al-Qaradawi (3rd), popular Egyptian television preacher Amr Khaled (6th), Iranian reformist theologian Abdolkarim Soroush (7th), and Swiss-born scholar Tariq Ramadan (8th.

Second was Muhammad Yunus, the Bangladeshi economist who won the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize for the microcredit project run by his Grameen Bank.

Several top-tenners besides Yunus made the list for their secular work.

Kristol: Bush Might Bomb Iran If He 'Thinks Obama's Going To Win'

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:48:52 GMT

clipped by: xpersianx
clipper's remarks: YEs , he is crazy enough to start the 3rd. world war for such a nonsense reason !

Clip Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

On Fox News Sunday this morning, Weekly Standard editor Bill Kristol said that President Bush is more likely to attack Iran if he believes Sen. Barack Obama (D-IL) is going to be elected.

However, "if the president thought John McCain was going to be the next president, he would think it more appropriate to let the next president make that decision than do it on his way out," Kristol said, reinforcing the fact that McCain is offering a third Bush term on Iran.

"I do wonder with Senator Obama, if President Bush thinks Senator Obama's going to win, does he somehow think -- does he worry that Obama won't follow through on that policy," Kristol added. Host Chris Wallace then asked if Kristol was suggesting that Bush might "launch a military strike" before or after the election.

Read the whole story here