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CNN wrote:Taliban: Hostages will die Monday

KABUL, Afghanistan (Reuters) -- Taliban leaders said on Sunday their fighters would kill 22 remaining South Korean hostages if the Afghan government did not release rebel prisoners by a new deadline of 0730 GMT on Monday, a spokesman said.

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My view is if you're going to go with anything in the "Teach Yourself" series over textbooks, you might as well save the $7 and just look up tutorials on the Internet. The materials even less dense than you'll find in one of this DIY books. That said, if the reason you're avoiding textbook...

Why is metavac so hung up me calling Blackwater mercenaries "glorified rent-a-cops"? :wtf: Because "rent-a-cop" is a derogatory term. I only meant "rent-a-cop" as tongue in cheek throw away nickname for security personnel who are hired out for security detail and I als...

Dark Hellion wrote:She looked far better when she was about 20 pounds heavier than she is now. Now she looks like a coked out Tera Reid (urk...)

I don't know, looks like she's put a bit of the weight back on.

Crap, that should read Asian Cup.

Iraq erupted in joy and celebratory gunfire on Sunday when the country's national football squad won the Asian Cup and united its bitterly divided communities in a rare moment of celebration. Thousands of Iraqis, including members of the security forces, defied a strict government ceasefire order t...

Well, if the chaplain's account is true then shouldn't Tillman's last words be something of an atheist mantra? If true, it's pretty dramatic evidence that there are atheists in foxholes.

AS the election of 2008 approaches with its cast of contenders who bring unprecedented diversity to the quest for the White House, the voting public has been called on to ponder several questions: Is America ready for a woman to be president? What about a black man? A Mormon? Now, with the possible...

The other argument one can use is that the logistic curve doesn't actually describe oil production; I'm not sure how to combat that, though. Oh, you just point out that the logistic curve describes any smooth exploitation of a finite resource. The only way you can deviate from it is to posit extern...

Ghetto edit: Maybe now there's cause to bring up a request for a LaTeX plugin in the Senate.

Nice. Throw in a discussion about the logistic curve, its derivative, and its application to the problem so people can perform their own calculations. That might kick the debate up a notch. Done. Is that too extensive, or is it all right? That's actually perfect. Now maybe people will start arguing...

Nice. Throw in a discussion about the logistic curve, its derivative, and its application to the problem so people can perform their own calculations. That might kick the debate up a notch.

I believe in some cases in the USA, it's not that the Coroner has Sheriff authority; it's that the Sheriff has Coroner authority. In small rural towns, it makes sense-- after all, who is likely the first person on the scene (after the caller) that can issue a definitive statement of death and wheth...

The article seems sound, but as metavac says I don't have the backround doccuments. Also, math isn't my strong area. Specifically, it's pretty sound if we restrict ourselves to the infinitely long coil. As far as I can tell, the math is dead on provided his choice of the "canonical axisymmetri...

Aside from the atheist gimmick, there's nothing I can pick out that would stand this guy up above your run of the mill netcee. Heavy hitter? I wouldn't even bank on unsigned hype in his local market.

EDIT: Besides, the official religion of hip hop is "FUCK JESUS!"

Hmm...this should go in N&P.

I can't name them personally, but Miami-Dade county classifies deaths as either "homicide," "suicide," or "accidental" (which includes caused but unintentional deaths) per Pediatrics Vol. 111 No. 4 . Schaeter et. al. also explicitly note that they are comparing the ME ...

In the ’60s, a Future Candidate Poured Her Heart Out in Letters By MARK LEIBOVICH WASHINGTON, July 28 — They were high school friends from Park Ridge, Ill., both high achievers headed East to college. John Peavoy was a bookish film buff bound for Princeton, Hillary Rodham a driven, civic-minded Rep...

Georgia seems to be one of them. I'm guessing it's states where there's a relatively small population compared to places with large metropolitan areas like California or New York. Nah, I mean I can't think of a jurisdiction where MEs or coroners can't issue warrants to enforce inquest summons. NYC ...

Ghetto edit: Then again it does seem that in some states the Coroner has the power to issue warrants and act as a sherriff. Retarded, but it seems that they can determine intent in some cities where there's not enough people to fill important roles. So, depends on the state it looks like. For the p...

First, here's a link to his latest paper on the subject. The abstract: Exact solutions of the Einstein field equations are found for the exterior and interior gravitational field of an infinitely long circulating cylinder of light. The exterior metric is shown to contain closed timelike lines. This ...

ArmorPierce wrote:She went to hs with my cousin. She was always a bitch then that though herself to be better than everyone else.

Combine that with a healthy helping of crazy and you've got yourself a full-fledged diva. On the other hand, there's something sexy about a stuck-up LI princess.

It is if the ME finds the cause of death was intentional hoicide, fucktard. And when does an ME ever make a determination of " intentional homicide?" Any ME that has ever investigated multiple stabbings, you fucking wanker. Name one. And provide proof. Never made the claim, moron. I simpl...

brianeyci wrote:I see you ignore my rebuttal to your "job" claim...

I never ignore your arguments, jackass. The equivocation charge covers it all.

brianeyci wrote:If an army examiner has a partial role, then you concede that the opinion of an army examiner can be worthwhile retard.

Equivocation is too new of a trick for you to use effectively, so give it up dumbass.