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LoL. The problem is the whole "microsoft" thing... does anything they make actually work right?

But..But... Carrot juice is murder!

No. I don't support the death penalty.

Since 1973, 122 people have been released from death row based on evidence of their INNOCENCE, or a re-trial and an acquittal. Here's the list: http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/article.php?scid=6&did=109 This list does not include innocent people who were actually executed. It's difficult to maintain a list of executed innocents, because there isn't as much motive to investigate their cases. For anyone interested in information about innocent people who were actually executed, I refer you to "Death of Innocents: An Eyewitness Account of Wrongful Executions" by Sr. Helen Prejean (the Catholic nun who was portrayed by Susan Sarandon in Dead Man Walking). You can find it on amazon.com here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0679440569/103-7238703-2091045?v=glance&n=283155&n=507846&s=books&v=glance

My current favorite reds, all from Witch Creek Winery in Carlsbad, CA and Julian, CA. 2002 Petite Syrah ($18) and 2001 Late-Bottled Vintage Port ($21) ok, it's $1 more than the limit, but it's soooo good I had to mention it anyway. I'm also very fond of their reserve merlot (2002), also $21.

Yes. My iPod is windows formatted, because I didn't have a mac when I got it. I've since bought two macs, an iMac and an iBook, and the iPod works perfectly with both of them. I didn't have to change anything. I doubt a pc could read a mac formatted iPod, though, but I can't say for sure. iPod really is a gateway drug...

It's not a crime here. It is a crime in Austria, and I believe also in Germany and a few other countries that were dramatically affected by WWII. I don't think thinking or speaking about something like this should be a crime, but my country wasn't torn apart by Nazis, so, while I disagree, I do understand where they're coming from. I'd love to make that guy sit down and watch "Night and Fog," though. I think it's a movie everyone should see... mostly made of real news footage of the holocaust. I don't think anyone who's seen it could deny that it happened. Even movies now can't fake corpses that well. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0780020227/002-1997515-9899261?v=glance#product-details

For sex offender registries, you usually have to either know the name of the person you want to check, or have at least a general area to search, and you have to go looking. You also get knowledge of the person. A license plate would put it right out there in people's faces, and it brands the car, not the driver. I think it will cause more problems than it solves. That said, I don't like the sex offender registry either, because sometimes the people branded as sex offenders are unlikely to re-offend. Sometimes they are. Depends on the nature of the crime and the offender. If they've paid their debt to society in prison and are off parole, their past is nobody else's business. However, if they're still considered a danger to society, they shouldn't be let out to begin with.

I don't think I'd have as much of a problem with making their driver's license pink and putting a big DUI and the date on it. That way, the officer who pulled them over for a legitimate reason will have notice to check for alcohol influence. Pink license plates would make the vehicles targets for people who have had family members/friends hit by drunk drivers, which could put the life of an innocent person in jeopardy who happened to be driving. It could also mark cars for things like keying and vandalizing. The problem is the driver, not the vehicle.

That would suck if more than one person drove that car.

Ah. ok. That sounds like the rig I was reading about. I know that sometimes when people start with a one handed cutaway drill and change to two handed or vice versa, they end up reverting to their old one or doing a combination of the two in an emergency, so I was wondering if something like that might've happened to her. Doesn't sound like it, though. Thanks for the info!

I wonder if she learned on a rig like this:http://www.dropzone.com/cgi-bin/forum/gforum.cgi?post=1008306;search_string=cutaway%20reserve%20single%20handle%20student;#1008306 This post describes a rig where both the main handle and cutaway/reserve handle is on the front of the harness, and there is only one handle that activates both cutaway and reserve. I've never seen a rig like this, but I wonder if it would explain her confusion and delay in pulling the reserve handle.

Well, under the interpretation of the convention that's in my textbook, it's not considered "torture" in the international law legal definition sense unless it's done by or with authority of the state (country). If it's just a person acting on their own, who is "torturing" another person in the common use of the word, it's probably battery, assault, etc... and covered by domestic law.

The US has already definied torture: From the UN Convention Against Torture, which was negotiated by Reagan, signed by the US on April 18, 1988 and ratified by the US senate on October 21, 1994 . Article 1a: For the purposes of this Convention, torture means any act by which severe pain or suffering, whether physical or mental, is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him or a third person information or a confession, punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed, or intimidating or coercing him or a third person, or for any reason based on discrimination of any kind, when such pain or suffering is inflicted by or at the instigation of or with the consent or acquiescence of a public official or other person acting in an official capacity. It does not include pain or suffering arising only from, inherent in or incidental to lawful sanctions. The United States' reservation: That with reference to Article 1, the United States understands that, in order to constitute torture, an act must be specifically intended to inflict severe physical or mental pain or suffering and that mental pain or suffering refers to prolonged mental harm caused by or resulting from: (1) the intentional infliction or threatened infliction of severe physical pain or suffering; (2) the administration or application, or threatened administration or application, of mind altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or the personality; (3) the threat of imminent death; or (4) the threat that another person will imminently be subjected to death, severe physical pain or suffering, or the administration or application of mind altering substances or other procedures calculated to disrupt profoundly the senses or personality. You can read it here: http://www.ohchr.org/english/law/cat.htm

Biplane.

Like I said, I don't think they should be prosecuted or stopped (first amendment), just that their timing and location showed a total lack of class and respect for a soldier and his family. They should be allowed to protest within the rights granted to them by the constitution. However, it's my opinion that I wish they would do so in a more respectful manner.

Ugh. I think this issue is more about a complete and total lack of class and good taste, rather than first amendment freedom. I don't think they should be prosecuted or whatever for protesting, but I don't think they should've done it in the first place either.

Looks like the Darwin Awards have a new candidate. edited to add: the story was already nominated to DA. However, it was rejected because it wasn't funny, just dumb.

OMG... Keith, I'm so sorry! ((((((((HUGS)))))))

Ugh... stay away from Kaiser. They've got a really bad reputation, and I know two people personally who they've almost killed through misdiagnosis and denial of specialist visits. I've had great luck with blue cross.

Medium, because I charged my rig and AFF. otherwise it would be zero.

As of 1989, Richard Dean Anderson had 20 jumps.

If absinthe is burning you, you've either gotten swill disguised as absinthe, or you're not preparing it properly. Absinthe shouldn't burn you or taste bitter. If you prepare it properly with cold water and sugar, it's quite tasty. Doing absinthe shots is a waste of absinthe. And no, absinthe will not make you hallucinate. Given the amount of thujone in absinthe, you'd give yourself alcohol poisoning before you start hallucinating. Most of your questions will probably be answered here: http://www.wormwoodsociety.org/ABSfaq.html

If you want your kid to come to you before having an abortion, make it clear to the kid that you WANT them to come to you, that you won't be furious and scream and yell, that you will be disappointed, but will listen and help them make the best decision they can under the circumstances, and whatever the choice, you will stand behind them. If a kid feels like they can discuss something with their parents, especially something so overwhelming, chances are they will. If they feel like they can't, no law is going to make them.

In some situations, you can be held liable for a crime committed with your stolen car also.