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DifE-Q
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Comment #5619945
Well...there are no Bedouin neighborhoods. I am talking about Bedouin that are still Bedouin traveling around in the desert. So yes...meet them, befriend them...sleep the night and…
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Comment #5618307
I travelled around the middle east for 6 months spending $100 per month in 1997. I hitch hiked and slept with Bedouin or in monasteries. It is possible in other parts of the world …
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Comment #4846366
You do realize that the Norman French were Vikings right? The area was settled by a massive group of Vikings under Rollo. They became the Normans and from Rollo would eventually co…
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Comment #3625496
Yes it is. Herein lies part of the problem; the way GDP is calculated and what is meant by GDP. The whole GDP idea has little merit. Essentially the health of the economy is measur…
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Comment #3333887
There are more complex things at play here. Some foods actually contain compounds that reduce or prevent tumor growth. Cabbage for example has highest levels of two anti-cancer glu…
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Comment #3070971
Sage advice, and yes it IS possible to follow (and I know it is too late for you now but here it is anyway): 1. Do not have sex if you do not want a baby. 2. Do not get married unl…
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Comment #2975330
If you are a parent are you entitled? -- The answer is Yes. You have certain rights, responsibilities and trust vested in you by society for that child. WHEN you give your child up…
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Comment #2975265
This does not make sense. You are willing to send your child away for more hours per day than you spend with him and place him with adults you don't trust? If you are not going to …
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Comment #2649702
Interesting analysis grasshopper. I have noticed though that you and many others assailing this idea offer no path or insight of your own to develop character. Just meaningless sta…
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Comment #2643172
You sound like someone that is afraid of cold water - if it seems so easy an puerile to you; why don't you try it.
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Comment #2643167
So can you explain to us how one builds character then - how else is it (character or self-discipline) built but by resisting against a natural pull, thought, or reaction? The Spar…
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Comment #2634108
"few things about history and don't get the exact dates or details right." This is exactly what a person needs to get right - the Chronology. Otherwise things do not make any sense…
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Comment #2610428
The previous and current nuclear strategy consists of a concept called TRIAD. Land, Sea and Air nuclear weapons. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_triad They all have their adva…
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Comment #1992778
I believe interleukin is also made as a byproduct of the baking process in bread...where the crust has 8x higher concentration of interleukin than the other part of the bread. It i…
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Comment #1898303
I think one should take a few minutes and write an email and/or call: DHS, TSA, all the major U.S. airlines, along with their state and federal Reps and let them know what we think…
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Comment #1871770
I experienced this at home and at work.I deleted my Mozilla directory (after backing up my bookmarks, etc.) and that cleared the speed problem up for me on both machines.
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Comment #1869300
I have curtailed my domestic flying personally or with my family due to these asinine security theater exhibitions. In all it amounts to about $5000.00 in lost revenue to the airli…
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Comment #1768101
I know many home school children, and the common idea that they are not socially educated, or well adjusted, is a myth. Most home schooled children do not sit at home all day - cor…
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Comment #1765798
As somebody who knows...skip the traditional martial arts and get them into wrestling and Brazilian Jui Jitsu. Anything else will just turn into an embarrassing situation.
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Comment #1765762
I think you are very much right about this. Bullies stop bullying almost always after they have been beat down or at least stood up to. No amount of reasoning will change them. As …
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Comment #1634242
I would give them a chance to improve somewhere else.
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Comment #1628105
While the many points of this article are true...I would like to point out that an SLA provides a means to punish the service provider...in hopes of better behavior. I run an IT de…
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Comment #1614255
This is fascinating. Thanks for looking it up. I too have now learned something new!
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Comment #1612596
I have often wondered why people would attribute this and other events where one has super human strength or super perception (where time slows down) to adrenaline. This is becasue…
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