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TODAY - Iran has sentenced to death, Ali Ashtari, 43, an Iranian found guilty of spying for Zionist regime.The sentence against Ali Ashtari, 43, who was arrested one and a half years ago, was handed down by a revolutionary court and the accused can still appeal the verdict, the agency said."The revolutionary court has found Ali Ashtari - a spy of the Zionist regime - to be mohareb (an enemy of All

A Story in six sentences. See if you can figure out the inspiration for this story. “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I- just give me a chance…I’ll make it up to him, I promise!” He trembled, the waves crashing against the dam below where he stood 200 feet above the choppy waters, the full moon illuminating his [...]

Here’s another six sentence story, trying to get creative with them. If you haven’t read my previous ones they are The Triumphal Entry and Acceptance and Murder. “Gimme that!” “Stop it!” “No, You stop it!’ “You better stop doing that or I’m gonna tell on you and Momma’s gonna catch you and then she’s gonna be mad and if [...]

Cost of leads = your marketing costs / the number of leads Gross margin = revenue - cost of goods Rate of return = profits / investment Ok, so I cheated, they’re not sentences. But they are good to know. Questions? Post’em in the comment section. Like the Confucius way of learning? Subscribe to my blog. Bookmark It Hide Sites

Understanding Complex Sentences: Native Speaker Variation in Syntactic CompetenceAuthor:Ngoni ChipereFormat:PDF 1.3MBPublisher: Palgrave Macmillan Number Of Pages: 256 Publication Date: 2004-03-04 ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0333986393 ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780333986394 Is native speaker variation in understanding complex sentences due to individual differences in working memory capacity or in syntactic competence?

I found the idea of writing a six sentence story so enjoyable last time (by the way, it was published at the official six sentence site here), that I’ve tried my hand at a few more. I’ll post them on Wednesday’s till I run out. I’m not sure that I like this one as is, [...]

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This is the first post of a new concept of posts I’m about to start writing once a week involving only three sentences per post. The question is, if Confucius had a blog, is this how he’d do it? If a sentence sparks an idea or question, feel free to comment. It takes three times as much [...]

BOOK REVIEW: Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm In Sentences: The Life of M.F. Grimm (Vertigo), the world of graphic novels and Hip-Hop collide, resulting in a kinetic autobiography of one of the most cryptic MCs in the rap game. Illustrated by artist Ronald Wimberly, the comic book covers M.F. Grimm’s rancorous life as a hostile snot nose and hardened gun toter, before his lifelong paralysis. It’s the comic book equivalent to ...

These sentences will help you remember grammar rules. Try it!Each of the following sentences is written to isolate a certain grammar point. In his years of teaching, Erin has noticed that each of these grammar points causes problems for both TOEFL test-takers and learners of English as another language. Erin has written some easy-to-remember sentences that will help you remember the grammar rules

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Bijender Sharma writes: In a press statement issued here today, the Kashag Tibetan Parliament In Exile strongly condemned the arbitrary sentences imposed on 30 Tibetans involved in the recent unrest inside Tibet. Tibetan Parliament In Exile strongly condemn the arbitrary sentences imposed on the 30 Tibetans involved in the recent protests in Tibet. The penalty imposed [...]

New Cuban president Raul Castro has commuted all but three death sentences to 30 years or life sentences. The three not commuted have been convicted of terrorism. Two were charged with bombing hotels in the last decade.The third is a Cuban American charged with murder. Castro said: "This does not mean we have eliminated the death penalty from the penal code. It would be irresponsible and ingenuous to renounce the dissuasive power that capital punishment has..."He added: "This decision was not undertaken because of pressure, but as a sovereign act in line with the humanitarian and ethical conduct that has characterized the Cuban revolution from the start." Source: news.yahoo.com

Raul Castro announced today that he is commuting all death sentences in Cuba (with the exception of 3 individuals charged with terrorism) to lesser sentences, citing humanitarian reasons. Cuba has faced pressure from human-rights activists to abolish its death penalty, which is still administered via firing squad. The commutations are the latest in a wave of populist reforms introduced by Raul Castro since his older brother Fidel Castro retired and handed him power. Over the weekend he announced he's raising pensions for retirees as well as salaries for some government employees, while earlier this month he lifted long-time bans on Cubans owning cell phones and staying in hotels reserved for foreigners. From the Miami Herald: The pay increases — which will affect almost one in five C

After reading so much discussion on current politics, the tactics, the impression, the political measurements, the expected outcome all remain the same with ultimate focus of every ruler is how to prolong his power and autonomy. This is a simple rule applicable with almost every civilization, every society, every nation irrespective of what century you are in, and what culture you are represanting

Giving orders and making petitions in English with the Imperative statements (dar ordenes o hacer peticiones con la forma imperativa en ingles)An imperative statement is when one person orders another to do something. The logical subject is you but we do not have to mention it.When a sentence finishes in (.) it can be of 2 formsA Declarative sentence: states an idea. It does not give a command or request, nor does it ask a question. A declarative sentence ends in a periodExample:Mary is a great teacher.My father went fishing yesterday. An Imperative sentence: Imperative sentences are used in issuing orders or directives:Examples:Leave your coat in the hall Give me your phone number Don't shut the door Stop!The structure of the infinitive is very sim

A month or so ago, while browsing the blog of one of the amazing writers for Geez Magazine (which I’ll be reviewing on Saturday), Chris Cocca, I learned about a site called 6 Sentences. The site basically contains stories that are six sentences long, and they are quite good. Anyways, it seemed like an [...]

Let’s learn how to form passive sentences in Japanese. By using the -rareru form, you can prove to your friends that your Japanese grammar has improved by a huge margin So let’s take a look at some of the passive words you often use in English conversation. I was scolded by my teacher. せんせい　に　しかられた、先生　に　叱られた sensei ni shikarareta せんせい、先生sensei [...]

Let’s learn how to form passive sentences in Japanese. By using the -rareru form, you can prove to your friends that your Japanese grammar has improved by a huge margin So let’s take a look at some of the passive words you often use in English conversation. I was scolded by my teacher. せんせい　に　しかられた、先生　に　叱られた sensei ni shikarareta せんせい、先生sensei [...]

Here's an interesting news story out of Turkey of a Turkish barber sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia for swearing at God during an argument with his neighbor. Oddly, the only complaining witness – an Egyptian – has disappeared. There also is no mention of corroborating testimony, which begs the question of what evidence they have against the defendant and whether he should have gone to trial in the first place. That is if he had a trial. Turk Barber Faces Execution for Swearing By Ali Guleryuz ADANA – Doğan News Agency A Turkish barber accused of swearing at God is sentenced to death in Saudi Arabia, with his family back in Turkey calling on authorities to intervene. Sabri Boğday from the southern Hatay province went to Jeddah in Saudi Arabia 11 years ago and opened a barbersh

Sometime back ago we learned about the -te てform, which is use to connect or continue sentences, or also known as “and”. In today’s post we shall learn more on how to connect Japanese sentences with other sentences. The use of “but”, “because” and “so” will be covered today. Let’s start with using “but”. There are [...]

A story I wrote for Sky from a Reuters PR.I found the pictures on GettyImages.I used Photoshop Elements to resize them.Photoshop Elements is similar to Photoshop CS2, but has less features. Simple to use for someone like me who has been building on my Photoshop skills since last year.It is strange having two monitor screens!If you've been watching Sky News today, I'm to the right of the reporter, near the studio corner.

これ　は　わたし　の　かばん　ですkore wa watashi no kaban desu So what does the above sentence means? It means “This is my bag” Let’s break down this slightly more difficult sentence. これ　は　わたし　の　かばん　です これ　”kore” means “this” は　”wa” is a particle where new information is introduce here, so the speaker wants to give new information to the listener about the bag わたし　”watashi” means “I” or “my” の　”no” is a [...]

これ　は　わたし　の　かばん　ですkore wa watashi no kaban desu So what does the above sentence means? It means “This is my bag” Let’s break down this slightly more difficult sentence. これ　は　わたし　の　かばん　です これ　”kore” means “this” は　”wa” is a particle where new information is introduce here, so the speaker wants to give new information to the listener about the bag わたし　”watashi” means “I” or “my” の　”no” is a [...]

The U.S. is the only nation in the world imposing life sentences on children. A majority of U.S. states do incarcerate juveniles for life without parole, and we currently have nearly 2400 such juvenile offenders serving life sentences throughout the country. It may come as a surprise to many that Massachusetts is one of those states in the majority. But the good news is there are people both

The U.S. is the only nation in the world imposing life sentences on children. A majority of U.S. states do incarcerate juveniles for life without parole, and we currently have nearly 2400 such juvenile offenders serving life sentences throughout the country. It may come as a surprise to many that Massachusetts is one of those states in the majority. But the good news is there are people both

News Update 03.11.08 North Carolina In Forsyth County, Denny Carson Booth entered a plea to three consecutive terms of life without the possibility of parole, plus an additional 13 to 16 years. In 2004, Booth killed three people and seriously wounded one, including two law enforcement officers, in a rampage that still defies explanation. Prosecutors [...]

Near the center of St. Denis, across from the Gothic cathedral where the last Bourbon king is buried, there is an outdoor market, where shoppers haggle over truffles and cheese. Head north out of the market and make a left on the Mumia Abu-Jamal , named after a guy who was convicted of killing a Philadelphia police officer in 1981.Keep going about a quarter of a mile, and you will come to a canvas tent crammed with hundreds of Muslims bowing to Mecca.If you are a woman, you best have your head scarf on, when strolling on the Mumia Abu-Jamal or anywhere near the makeshift mosque. For this is one, of the many neighborhoods in France (and throughout Europe) where Sharia law rules. And the punishment for violation of the hijab requirement is generally rape. Unlike the United States, jihad

This is just sick. I’d have a hard time controlling my anger at the heckling of someone debating for a man’s LIFE. NDP MP Thomas Mulcair is obviously passionate about this case, yet needed to find additional restraint. Still, in a case this serious, perhaps a little frothing is what is needed to shake ghouls like [...]

According to the news released today, United States keeps 1 out of every 100 adult citizens in prison. 2.3 million inmates in the country of 300 million. This is crazy. Even such regimes like China (1.5 million inmates among 1400 million citizens), Iran, or Russia does not treat their people like this.The direct causes of this situation are many: longer sentences, mandatory sentencing laws, crimin

Adam’s Curse     By W.B. YeatsWe sat together at one summer's end, That beautiful mild woman, your close friend, And you and I, and talked of poetry. I said, 'A line will take us hours maybe; Yet if it does not seem a moment's thought, Our stitching and unstitching has been naught. Better go down upon your marrow-bonesAnd scrub a kitchen pavement, or break stonesLike an old pauper, in all kinds of weather; For to articulate sweet sounds togetherIs to work harder than all these, and yetBe thought an idler by the noisy setOf bankers, schoolmasters, and clergymenThe martyrs call the world.'                                                 And thereuponThat beautiful mild woman for whose sakeThere's many a one shall find out all

Earlier this month when we talked about favorite "book endings," we pretty much agreed that the list would have been more interesting if it were one of actual last lines rather than of plot descriptions. With that in mind, I decided this evening to look at some of my favorite books to see what their last lines were and whether or not the words were representative of the book as a whole. 1.

"Juice!""Cordy, that's not how you ask, is it?""Juice, please!""Can you say 'Can I have some juice please?'""Some juice, please!""No, 'Can I...have some...juice, please?'""Can't have some juice please!""No, no, repeat after me.""After me.""No, I mean say this...'Can I have some juice please?'""I have some juice please?""Close! Now, say the whole thing.""The whole thing!""Ugh! This is going nowhere.""No, going to kitchen!""Can you ask for juice?""Can I... ask for juice, please?""Close enough."***************PS - Another review is up! This time for an awesome music DVD called That Baby DVD. See what I thought about it over at Mommy's Must Haves.

Sen. Joe Biden nails Rudy Giuliani during Tuesday's MSNBC debate: "And the irony is, Rudy Giuliani, probably the most under qualified man since George Bush to seek the presidency, is here talking about any of the people here. I mean, think about it! Rudy Giuliani. There's only three things he mentions in a sentence -- a noun, a verb, and 9/11!"read more | digg story

This is a topic that I'll probably come back to occasionally as other examples present themselves. From time to time I hear a sentence that strikes my ear as being very.....unusual. If I somehow had the chance to predict a million sentences that I thought I'd come across in my lifetime, this wouldn't be one of them. I hear one every couple of months, but I almost always forget it soon

1. Patient has chest pain if she lies on her left side for over a year.2. On the second day the knee was better, and on the third day it disappeared.3. She has no rigors or shaking chills, but her husband states she was very hot in bed last night.4. The patient is tearful and crying constantly. She also appears to be depressed.5. The patient has been depressed since she began seeing me in 1993.6. Discharge status: Alive but without permission.7. The patient refused autopsy.8. The patient has no previous history of suicides.9. She is numb from her toes down.10. While in ER, she was examined, X-rated and sent home.11. The skin was moist and dry.12. Occasional, constant, infrequent headaches.13. Patient was alert and unresponsive.14. Rectal examination revealed a normal size thyroid.15. She stated that she had been constipated for most of her life, until she got a divorce.16. The lab test indicated abnormal lover function.17. The patient was to have a bowel resection. However, he took a

Okay, look. I usually try to post about fairy obscure compounds, since the internet is teeming with about a zillion drug/medicine sites (not to mention the dreaded Wikipedia) that will give you a much more comprehensive rundown on any popular drug out there. Sure, it won't be nearly as snarky or silly as it would be here, but it essentially renders me obsolete.That said, it's awfully tempting to post about popular drugs, since that means more Google searches coming my way. I'm all about having a hip blog on the Internet, folks. So I've given in. I surfed on over to Forbes.com for 'The World's Ten Best-Selling Drugs (of 2006)' and wrote this post.Ten drugs, ten sentences. Pure D & P stylings.Lipitor (atorvastatin) is given to older people to slow the inevitable progression of cardiovascular disease by lowering their cholesterol levels.Plavix (clopidogrel) inhibits platelet aggregation, thus making it less likely that blood clots will bung up your arteries and kill you if you have

Okay, look. I usually try to post about fairy obscure compounds, since the internet is teeming with about a zillion drug/medicine sites (not to mention the dreaded Wikipedia) that will give you a much more comprehensive rundown on any popular drug out there. Sure, it won't be nearly as snarky or silly as it would be here, but it essentially renders me obsolete.That said, it's awfully tempting to post about popular drugs, since that means more Google searches coming my way. I'm all about having a hip blog on the Internet, folks. So I've given in. I surfed on over to Forbes.com for 'The World's Ten Best-Selling Drugs (of 2006)' and wrote this post.Ten drugs, ten sentences. Pure D & P stylings.Lipitor (atorvastatin) is given to older people to slow the inevitable progression of cardiovascular disease by lowering their cholesterol levels.Plavix (clopidogrel) inhibits platelet aggregation, thus making it less likely that blood clots will bung up your arteries and kill you if you have

SHANGHAI, July 6 — For the second time in three months, a former high-ranking official at China’s top food and drug watchdog agency has been sentenced to death for corruption and approving counterfeit drugs, the state-run news media said on Friday. Cao Wenzhuang, who until 2005 was in charge of drug registration approvals at the State Food and Drug Administration, was accused of accepting more than $300,000 in bribes from two pharmaceutical companies and helping undermine the public’s confidence in an agency that is supposed to be safeguarding the nation’s health. Mr. Cao’s sentence was handed down by the No. 1 Intermediate Court in Beijing, less than two months after the same court sentenced Zheng Xiaoyu, the former head of the Food and Drug Administration to death for accepting $850,000 in bribes to help steer drug companies through various approval processes. Mr. Cao, however, was given the death sentence with a two-year reprieve, a lighter penalty that may allow him to

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Nine men, including Chinese, French and Dutch nationals, were sentenced to death by Indonesia's Supreme Court on Tuesday for producing millions of pills of the illegal recreational drug Ecstasy. The punishment was harsher than that rendered last year by a lower court, which ordered the execution of two alleged Indonesian ringleaders while handing down lesser sentences to others. The Dutch and French governments promptly reiterated their opposition to the death penalty, but had no specific reaction to the case because they had not yet been informed directly.The factory in Banten province, 60 miles west of Jakarta, could produce 300,000 Ecstasy tablets a week, prosecutors said. Some $142 million worth of Ecstasy, methamphetamines, ketamine and chemical ingredients were seized at the plant, among the largest discovered in Indonesia.

Hindsight is a beautiful thing, especially when it is (all too frequently) in the possession of academics such as Dr. Jill Redden. In relation to four separate incidents of police shootings, this Psychiatrist from Queensland thinks that there should never be a reason for the cops to use deadly force... She said that in her experience, force sometimes did have to be used but there had been no need to resort to firearms. In her experience as what? Psychiatrist Jill Redden told the inquest that police needed to improve their negotiation skills with mentally ill people in tough situations to avoid a repeat of the tragedies. "You have to give them more skills than just using Taser guns and shooting people - and the police would want that themselves," Dr Redden said. (more...)

EGYPTIAN COURT SENTENCES "GAY SPY" TO FIFTEEN YEARSPosted 21 April 2007Source: gayegypt.comMohammed al-Attar, a thirty one year old who holds joint Egyptian-Canadian nationality, was sentenced today to fifteen years for espionage. He claimed his confession to have acted as a spy for the Israeli intelligence services was extracted under torture.Human Rights Watch, Amnesty and other organizations have repeatedly critised the Egyptian government for its' routine use of torture in obtaining confessions from prisoners.The Egyptian government claims that the confession is genuine and that Mohammed targeted vulnerable poor and gay expatriate Arabs while he was living abroad. Quite what information these individuals were allegedly able to reveal is unclear.According to the bizarre confession he abandoned Islam and converted to Christianity before selling information on these impoverished young men to Mossad, Israel's intelligence agency, for $56,000.Mohammed was arrested when arriving at Cai

Ricardo González Alfonso Province: Ciudad Habana Independent news agency: Independent journalist, Cuba correspondent for the Paris-based press freedom organization Reporters sans frontières (RSF) Prison: Agüica, Matanzas Sentence: 20 years Víctor Rolando Arroyo Province: Pinar del Río Independent news agency: Unión de Periodistas y Escritores de Cuba Independientes (UPECI) Prison:Guantánamo Provincial Prison, Guantánamo Sentence: 26 years Normando Hernández González Province: Camagüey Independent news agency: Colegio de Periodistas Independientes de Cam

The subject had predicated its own sentence. After it was booked into the confines of the text block, words were written about a capital offense so novel as to be publishable to the full letter of... {{ The above is just a summary of the entire post. Please visit californiawinehikes.com/winehiker for full links, other content, and more! }}

Try these: 1. My feeling about married life is __________________________. 2. I believe that I have the ability to ________________________. 3. When I was a child __________________________________. 4. I could be perfectly happy if ____________________________. Technorati tags: exercise , spontaneous , hypothetical honesty

I was going to talk about the dialogue in Deadwood, the individual and powerful voice given to each character. But Milch's genius goes beyond snappy dialogue. It goes beneath dialogue, to something even more foundational. Sentences. I've been devouring Francine Prose's book, Reading Like a Writer. Devouring in small doses. I'll read a page while watching my son's fencing lesson, or I'll sneak it into the bathroom with the rats and spiders, or take it in the car to flip open at stop lights. I'm up to chapter three, Sentences. There is beauty in a sentence, isn't there? Sure, there's beauty to a careful story arc and to a brilliant idea—but without the sentence even the most honed plotline of the most novel premise is relegated to "that commercial stuff," the careless tripe that fails to inspire, even if it does sell a million copies. And of course, there are the books made up entirely of beautiful sentences, without the plot or premise, and these are great for

randomness...feed your mind and your blogweek of 28 january: finish these sentences1. Someday I want to see the rest of the world before it goes away.2. I hate it when the phone rings when I am deep in thought.3. Last nite I dreamt of a beautiful woman, a monster and a flying machine.4. My greatest fear is failing the ones I love.5. I'm most proud of the people I love.till next time ...technorati tags: meme, Randomness

A Libyan court has sentenced five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian doctor to death for knowingly infecting hundreds of Libyan children with HIV. The medics have been in detention since 1999, during which time 52 of the 426 infected children have died of Aids. The nurses and doctor were sentenced to death in 2004, but the Supreme Court quashed the ruling after protests over the fairness of the trial. The defendants say they are being made scapegoats for unhygienic hospitals.Libya sentences medics to death - full story via bbc news     Study backs Libya HIV case medicsTechnorati TagsNews Libya HIV Aids

"She had a temper that came close to insanity; she had a temper that some called insanity." p.1" Once you accept a drink, you create your own trouble." p.4"I'm interested in you and your body. I doubt, though, that most men can see beyond your body"P.4"I don't think I'd want to make that close a contact with so many strangers. It's wearing." p.5"...would laugh that laugh-only the way she could. It was like joy out of fire." p.5"...stop destroying yourself; you're the most alive woman I've ever met."p.6

{mosgoogle right}UKUOKA -- Death sentences were upheld by the Fukuoka High Court Thursday against a yakuza gang boss and his son, ensuring they will join his wife and another son on Death Row.The court dismissed the appeals by gang boss Jitsuo Kitamura and his son, Takashi, against the lower court ruling that sentenced them to death for committing four murders in 2004.The high court has also upheld execution orders handed down to Kitamura's wife, Mami, and another son, T [...]