First thing I learned is - the Army has a long name for everything, so they end up shortening them with nicknames or acronyms. Most of them are vulgar, but that's the military. Mikey is going to spit some at you, so here's a little list for your reference. Enjoy! Official acronyms and initialisms AA...
What were the great ideas of the last century? A random list might include abstract art, behaviourism, corporate identity, automation, digital theory, futurism, the uncertainty principle, Gestalt psychology, industrial design, jet engines, fast food, television, the marginal productivity theory of...
Great Ideas listed The Independent Skip Links * Skip to navigation * Skip to primary content * Skip to secondary content * Skip to tertiary content * Skip to footer So Tony Blair, what are you doing to save the planet? Science Rain (AM and PM) 14° London Hi 21°C / Lo 12°C Search Query: Go...
Thanks to extreme boredom, I've started reading Princess Diaries which my sister borrowed from the school library. I must say I immediately fell in love with the whole series again. You just can't help but love Meg Cabot's wit and style, although I'm sure some would regard it as just another shallow...
identity crisis The implications of the new Identity Card scheme to be introduced to the UK If, after reading this article, you would like to protect your interests or campaign against the introduction of this scheme, contact Privacy International, Liberty, or Charter 88 at...
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www.stratfor.com Now for the Hard Part: From Iraq to Afghanistan July 15, 2008 Related Special Topic Page U.S. Military Involvement in Iraq By George Friedman The Bush administration let it be known last week that it is prepared to start reducing the number of troops in Iraq, indicating that three...
UNITY 2008 Chicago Student Campus Schedule Columbia College, July 20 to July 23 Sunday, July 20 2-5 p.m. Hotel Check-In All students staying at two hotels: (Students arrive by 3 p.m.) Hyatt Regency 151 East Wacker Drive (312) 565-1234 http://chicagoregencyhyatt.com Sheraton Chicago Hotel and Towers...
http://www.alternet.org/election08/89686/?page=entire&ses=2775959302c64807a93024488f1ab497 The 10 Most Awesomely Bad Moments of the Bush Presidency By Brad Reed, AlterNet. Posted July 1, 2008. A shorter version of our long national nightmare. In a lot of ways, choosing the Bush administration's 10...
The Rice and our race for supremacy What connects Carolina in the U.S., Scotland and Bihar? The answer is not easy but not that difficult either. If you peep through the history you can see more precisely that it’s rice. Many may be familiar with the long and aromatic Basmati rice grown in the...
Time really flies ! It was back in 26th of December, 2004 that a tsunami killed approximately 300,000 people. Then there was a political tsunami on the 8th of March, 2008. Some even called it the political earthquake as the whole political landscape was changed overnight. On the 13th of May, 2008,...
The Hindu-Muslim fundamentalist axis of the Indian subcontinent is an entity set into existence by the top brass of the Hindu RSS and the Pak ISI, in order to fight against their common enemy Indira Gandhi, immediately after the Indo-Pak war of 1971 which culminated in the foundation of the Bengla...
At some point in our professional lives we’ve all heard or been told by an employer to leave personal business at home. I have always agreed with this philosophy as personal business can severely affect productivity and overall performance. This way of thinking is probably older than most of us...
My 2 cents on Obama - Well not mine, but I agree with this one (This does not mean I endorse McCain. Frankly, I can not endorse any candidate. I just don't feel comfortable doing that - but facts are facts - and here are the facts.) This article found online at:...
I have a bad feeling about the level of thoughtfulness of the voting public. I've been on this globe too long to think everyone's paying attention. Many folks are scurrying around -- caught up in their little world and not thinking about the multiple dimensions to problems. For example, what about...
It's been a little while since I have updated, so I feel like I should write something. First and foremost I just have to say that I can NOT wait for Mamma Mia! to come out this weekend. Judge me if you wish, but I keep seeing previews for it on TV and every time I do I think about how much I want...
I guess you thought that I would not talk about the black guys when they make mistakes. No such nonsense here! I talk about my own mistakes, because if I don’t, I cannot correct them. However, I do choose (very carefully) who I talk about my personal mistakes to. So it is with the issues that...
Last night at dinner, before we all retired to our rooms, my new friends from Sweden, Eva and Deepak and their daughter living in Berlin, Lina, and her boyfriend, Klaus, decide to organize an excursion to Hiji Falls for the today. We planned to leave after breakfast in my little Mazda Demio and head...
Control of the general public through misinformation has always been practiced, and has always been effective. However, after 8 years of the Bush Administration, people are really beginning to become more aware of what is said and what is done. Hello: Thank you for your attempts at deception. You...
Being the masochistic sucker that I am, I tuned in to the season finale of A Shot At Love 2. Would she pick Kristy or Bo? How could she possibly choose between these two bland, generically attractive twenty-somethings?! The suspense has been killing me slowly since the beginning of the season. My...
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